Hogwarts: Dumbledore reigned over the wizarding world

Chapter 4 The Party and Diggory
Letters from Hogwarts are important to any family.

It can change the fate of a Muggle family and allow them to enter the magical world of wizarding.

It can also dispel a wizard family's greatest fear - that their child is a Squib!
So the Weasley family celebrated all day long, and Molly prepared a sumptuous meal.

At noon, the family set up a shed in the garden, near the edge of the garden pond, ready to enjoy the breeze, beautiful scenery, and lake water, and have a picnic party.

Arthur even wanted to invite all the neighbors nearby, but in the end he failed under the feather duster raised by Molly - Molly always felt that the Lovegood family was strange, and the Fawcett family was not a good match because they didn't interact much.

So in the end only the Diggory family was invited.

Amos Diggory, like Arthur Weasley, was an employee of the Ministry of Magic, working in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, so the two could barely be considered colleagues.

But Arthur's invitation was not out of courtesy to colleagues.

"That guy is annoying!"

"Every time we meet, he always brags about his son, Said, and looks down on other people's children with such a hateful look!"

When he said this, Arthur looked very angry.

So when Amos Diggory Apparated at the Burrow with his son, Arthur happily greeted them with Vaughan in his arms!

"Amos, welcome to the Burrow. This is my son Vaughn. I bet you've heard of him."

Amos had a short brown beard and a red face, as if he had been drinking.

He shook Arthur's hand and looked Vaughn over.

Vaughn smiled in a way that matched his elders' expectations.

"Yes, yes, Arthur, your family's Potions genius, of course I've heard of it. Was he the one who received the letter from Hogwarts today? Where's Ron?"

Arthur's smile froze. He hadn't expected the other party to find his weakness so accurately. He looked around with a flickering look in his eyes: "Oh, Ron got it too..."

Amos immediately raised his eyebrows. "Why didn't you bring him here? If you ask me, you should let Ron spend more time with Ced. Our Ced is obedient and good at studying. Even Professor McGonagall praised his Transfiguration skills. He's also a Quidditch Seeker. Maybe he can help Ron make some changes..."

When it comes to showing off his son, it’s clear that Amos is experienced and knows how to circumvent the opponent’s advantages and seize their pain points.

Vaughn almost laughed out loud at the childish competition between adults.

However, the little boy who came with Amos, Cedric Diggory, looked a little embarrassed.

He is very handsome and has a youthful shyness.

While Arthur was being pulled away by Amos, he approached Vaughn and apologized, "I'm sorry, my dad didn't mean any harm. He's just always used to exaggerate."

As if hearing his words, Mr. Amos praised loudly from afar: "...Sed is always humble and polite, always full of gentlemanly demeanor..."

"..."

Cedric's expression was stiff, and he had to change the subject abruptly.

He extended his hand to Vaughn: “My name is Cedric Diggory. Mr. Vaughn Weasley, it’s a pleasure to meet you. I’ve read several of your papers on potions, and I must say, some of the development ideas you mentioned are quite remarkable.” Vaughn shook his hand and smiled: “Thank you. It’s just some clever tricks. Nowadays, some people in the Extraordinary Apothecaries Association are even criticizing me for practicing crooked methods.”

Wherever there are people, there are disputes.

Over the years, Vaughan has earned a lot of gold galleons with the "Vaughan Beauty" series of products, which naturally arouses the jealousy of other potion masters.

Not to mention Vaughan's astonishing talent in potions - at only 8 years old, before even attending Hogwarts, he was able to develop mature potion products, which had never happened before.

If they hadn't had some shame at the time and hadn't been embarrassed to snatch the child's research results, and because Vaughn was a pure-blood, the "Vaughn Beauty" series of products would probably have been cracked and the market would have been taken over by others.

Of course, with the publication of several papers on the development of magic potions, Vaughan has become a big name, and "Vaughan Beauty" has become famous, so those people can only engage in verbal battles in newspapers.

Cedric was somewhat envious of Vaughn's composure.

He was very ambitious and admired people with real talent and knowledge. Therefore, even though Vaughn had not yet enrolled in school, Cedric still humbled himself and asked Vaughn a few questions about potion transmutation.

"...I haven't tried Polyjuice Potion yet. You know, there's no recipe for this kind of advanced potion on the market. It's said that the Scarpin Apparition Charm can analyze the specific ingredients and proportions of the potion, but it's a spell that the Ministry of Magic has explicitly restricted."

"So I'm looking forward to attending Hogwarts. Its library and professors can teach me a lot of knowledge that I can't learn on my own... Let's get back to the previous topic. Although I haven't brewed Polyjuice Potion, I do know its main ingredients. I suggest that you use its main ingredient, powdered bicorn horns, to conduct some low-risk experiments..."

By noon, Cedric had completely become Vaughn's little fan.

He even ignored Mr. Amos and sat down next to Vaughan so that he could ask for advice.

Hearing this, he pondered for a moment and asked, "You mean to say that the main factor that allows Polyjuice Potion to transform comes from the Dicorn?"

"No, transformation mainly relies on the properties of the sap grass, but the bicorn offers even more possibilities. Just like its appearance, it resembles a leopard, a cow, and a human. It's the key to the Polyjuice Potion's ability to help you transform into someone else, even transgender. This involves the transformation of the human body's essence. I believe its potential is far from being tapped!"

Vaughan spoke freely.

No one in the family was particularly talented in potions, and he usually had no one to talk to about potions. Although Cedric's questions were mainly about potion transfiguration, he was still happy to have someone to communicate with.

While the conversation here was lively, Ron was in dire straits on the other side of the table.

Even though he tried hard to stay awake until dinner time, he was still caught by Mr. Amos and had to endure Mr. Amos's flattery of his son and his overt and covert put-downs of him together with his father.

To get out, Ron even had to move out of Vaughan.

"Ced is asking Vaughn about potions, I want to go and listen," said Ron.

Mr. Amos immediately shut up and let him go.

This made Ron feel even more uncomfortable, as he always felt that his brother's shadow was everywhere!

Especially when it was time to eat, Molly brought out the carefully prepared hot pot - that was the Chinese cuisine that Vaughan, who had eaten British "delicacies" for several years and hated, "restored" from a Muggle magazine under the pretext of his father's work convenience.

When the hot pot was served, his father, who had been depressed for a long time, cheered up again and boasted to Mr. Amos about Vaughan's dietary invention.

Ron just felt weak all over!

(End of this chapter)