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Chapter 322 Daily life before the banquet
Andrew marked his friends' birthdays - but he only learned about Percy's birthday party through Percy's invitation letter a few days ago.

The seventeenth birthday is no ordinary event for wizards. Not only is it a time of simple coming of age in the wizarding world, it is also a time when a series of dangerous licenses are opened and the ban on wands is lifted.

After the age of seventeen, wizards can live freely within the limits of the Statute of Secrecy, rather than being confined to Hogwarts.

So, this was a more important festival than Andrew had imagined - so important that Percy had sent a special invitation.

'So, what should I give as a gift?'

Andrew was still thinking - he could easily come up with an ordinary birthday gift with a little thought, but as for the coming-of-age gift, he was a little unsure.

He didn't read many books outside of his professional courses, and he didn't know much about the customs within the wizarding world.

"The point is, Percy," Andrew sighed, leaning back in his chair, "his preferences are totally unreasonable. Whose seventh-grade student is so obsessed with the Ministry of Magic?"

This was of no help at all - he couldn't find some connections in the Ministry of Magic to curry Percy's favor, nor could he catch a bad guy to give Percy credit.

Not to mention the school, Percy is the top choice - this year's scheduled male student union president is Percy, which is already the highest recommendation of Hogwarts.

That must be correct, the letter was written by Andrew, and the professor was on a business trip at the time.

Apart from this, the only thing left is the recommendation for the first place. Percy is better at this than him. He has all the certificates and graduated with first place easily.

There was no need to think about books. The books he could buy were also available to Percy, and they were nothing new.

"I can't just give the magic item away. It's too heavy..."

Andrew thought about it and finally decided to try something tacky - the things in the box were not useful, but it was not against the rules to buy a gift box.

A dozen hardcover quill pens plus an expensive quill made of a magical creature, the main one looks expensive - anyway, no one would dislike a pen.

Forget it, let’s just make it seventeen and add five high-end items.

Andrew made up his mind, then went to the Owl Shed to find his own Rose and place an order.

Obviously, the house-elves had added food here before lunch. Even during the summer vacation, there were still dense crowds of owls in the owl shed - the school itself prepared a lot of owls, but Andrew didn't know the exact number.

"rose!"

He called out in a low voice - his own owl looked too much like the one at school. He bought it for its concealment, but it was now difficult to find.

The shouting woke up the owls that were eating - about one or two hundred owls turned their heads and stared at the rude wizard.

"Cuckoo!"

Rose let out a cry of joy, but it was not too loud, and flew over quietly.

"Here, this is a piece of Mouseketeer. It's a fine product Hagrid just gave me," Andrew took it out of his bag and placed it in front of Rose. "The store gave him a lot of it when he purchased owl food."

"Goooooo!"

Rose shouted with joy in a long tone - it seems that what Hagrid said was right, it is indeed a high-quality product.

After watching Rose happily eat about two mice, Andrew touched her head, told her to deliver the mailing list, and then left the owl shed.

But on the way back, he met Harry again.

"Good afternoon, Harry."

Andrew was in a relaxed mood at the moment and greeted casually.

"Good afternoon, Andrew. Are you going tomorrow too? I heard from Ron. Do you want to join us?"

???

What and what?
Andrew was stunned for a moment, but soon realized that Harry was also invited - no, it should be said that he should have thought of it earlier. The wizard's coming-of-age ceremony is actually a large-scale exchange activity. After all, the entertainment activities in the wizarding world are limited, and it is a good choice for everyone to get together at this time.

And this is quite rare - not many students are born during the holidays and can hold their coming-of-age ceremony at home. Most of them spend their seventeenth birthday at school.

"Yes, I'm invited," Andrew nodded, "Are you going tomorrow too?"

"I'm with Sirius."

Harry nodded. "I thought if you were coming too, we could go together."

"Of course, no problem. We'll go together."

Andrew responded, then waved goodbye to Harry.

There is still a whole afternoon until tomorrow, and he is not the kind of person to waste time.

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"The Boggart's protection is no longer effective. Next time, I will have to use my left hand..."

Andrew read the materials again while arranging his next experimental procedures.

It is no longer possible to pay someone to do this kind of thing. The danger of human body deformation is too high, especially since his deformation power is too strong, the danger is even greater.

"But if you are careful, the danger is still controllable. Besides, Dumbledore is here. If you don't even dare to take this little risk, then your path to Transfiguration will come to an abrupt end."

"That's it. At my age, I've already been able to transform to a limited extent in Vagado. Those guys are the real ones..."

"Andrew?"

He didn't continue thinking because the professor beside him interrupted his thoughts.

Nina waved her hand. "Don't stare at this kind of forbidden book and think about it. It's extremely dangerous. No one knows what kind of curse is hidden in it!"

This was absolutely true - if this book had not been given to him by Professor McGonagall, he would not have dared to be distracted while reading.

"Thank you, I was so careless."

Andrew thanked him sincerely.

"Be more careful next time. The reason why banned books are banned is not just because of the problems with the content, but also because of the problem with the medium of the book. The banned books section at Hogwarts is so large, there must be such books there!"

"Yes, I won't take it lightly again."

"That's good," Nina smiled, her tone a little proud, "By the way, where is Professor Black? He didn't come to the library this afternoon."

"You went to pick out gifts?"

Andrew thought for a moment, "After all, this is the first time I appear in a social setting."

"Social occasion?"

"Yes," Andrew nodded, "There is a wizard's coming-of-age party, and there should be quite a few wizards participating."

"Coming of Age Party, here at Hogwarts?"

Nina's eyes suddenly lit up.

There is no excitement in this world that adventurers dare not join in.

"Yes, he's a nice guy," Andrew said halfway before noticing the professor's gaze, "but it's impossible, Professor Nina, there's no reason for this!"

He is not an adventurer who comes here to make a living, so what's the point of bringing a professor along?
Which kind person would bring his professor to a banquet?
(End of this chapter)