My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 157, Section 154: Preparations

"What is 72 multiplied by 2?" Lynn asked Umaru.

Xiaomai subconsciously wanted to count on her fingers, but as soon as she stretched out her hand, she suddenly realized that this number could not be calculated with her fingers at all.

She thought about it for a long time, and Lynn didn't rush her. After a long while, she finally came up with the answer.

"That equals 74!"

Before Lynn could speak, a small ball on the table burst into laughter.

"Idiot! It's 144!"

Umaru gritted her teeth in anger as she looked at the little ball, grabbed it with one hand, and kneaded it forcefully.

"Tom is the idiot! Tom is the idiot!"

"You idiot, you moron, you moron! You can't even do such a simple math problem and you still dare to curse me!"

Lynn rescued Tom from the little ball and warned him.

"Don't forget our agreement, no swearing."

Tom's soul was clearly somewhat unconvinced; he secretly pursed his lips, but dared not speak further due to Lynn's intimidating presence.

Lynn has been home for five days.

Putting everything else aside, little Tom, who was sealed in the ball, was anything but well-behaved. After accepting reality and discovering that magic was real, he tried every means to get Lynn to teach him magic.

He had many tricks up his sleeve, using all sorts of deception and enticement. Compared to him, Umaru was as pure as a blank sheet of paper.

However, Lynn was not so easily fooled. Taking advantage of the magic and the promise of his freedom, she laid down three rules for him, hoping to change his nature. But judging from the results over the past few days, the effect was minimal.

Therefore, Lynn does not yet have a good method for educating Tom.

As a result, he has recently shifted his focus on educating Umaru.

However, Umaru's cleverness was all used for stealing food, and she was completely clueless about studying.

Kira had already taught her some basic math, but when Lynn taught her multiplication, she was completely lost and couldn't learn it no matter what.

"Go back to copying the multiplication tables, and recite them to me again when I get back this afternoon."

Umaru isn't worried about copying things at all. She actually finds those winding numbers quite interesting, but unfortunately, she just can't seem to learn them.

"Lynn, are you going out?" She keenly noticed the crux of the problem.

Lynn changed out of the casual clothes he was wearing at home and put on the robes that wizards often wore.

"I have something to do today, I need to go to the Leaky Cauldron."

"Can you take me there?" Little stars lit up in Umaru's eyes.

Lynn ruffled her hair: "I don't think that will work, because I have a private meeting, and you haven't finished copying your multiplication tables yet. I'll check them when I get back. If you haven't finished copying them or memorized them, I'll eat meat in front of you and then let you eat cookies."

"What an evil punishment!" she exclaimed in horror.

"Then hurry up and copy it."

Lynn summoned Kira and had him use Apparition to take him to the backyard of the Leaky Cauldron. Then he sent Kira back to supervise Umaru copying the mantra.

Lynn walked into the Leaky Cauldron. It wasn't too lively or too deserted. After all, it was the entrance to Diagon Alley, and there were always wizards who would like to have a few drinks here.

He didn't linger in the tavern's lobby, but went straight up to the second floor, where the rooms were located.

Following the room number given in the previous letter, Lynn found room 204.

At this moment, Tom in his pocket couldn't help but ask.

"Who are you here to see?"

Lynn felt that he was a bit of a nuisance because he had to keep him with him all the time due to the Soul Sealing Curse, but since he was always with him, he was bound to hear some things that were not suitable for him to hear.

"Go see that white-bearded old man you're most afraid of. By the way, Tom, what did he do to you that night that made you so afraid of him?" Before even entering the room, Lynn took the opportunity to ask Tom.

But Tom didn't seem to want to talk about it: "Let's not talk about this anymore. I don't want to recall that night."

Lynn was just curious and didn't mean to force him to tell her.

"Knock knock".

He knocked on the guest room door.

"Come in," came Dumbledore's voice from inside.

He pushed open the door and went inside. The old bee was sitting at a table drinking soda.

Lynn walked over and sat down opposite him. Before he could say anything, he pulled out Tom from his pocket.

"Do you have any ideas on how to get him to sleep for a while?"

"A very simple spell will do. Let me demonstrate for you first." Dumbledore smiled and took out his Elder Wand.

Tom, who was thinking of eavesdropping on the conversation, suddenly screamed.

"You can't do this! I swear I won't eavesdrop on your conversation, no."

Before he could finish speaking, Dumbledore's spell had already landed on him, and Tom's voice stopped abruptly as he fell into a deep sleep.

"How long will he sleep?" The spell Dumbledore used wasn't difficult, and Lynn was very interested in its effects.

"Four hours, this is a little spell for the soul. It was originally invented to help ghosts who wanted to recall what it felt like to sleep."

They didn't chat for long before getting to the point.

Dumbledore took a piece of parchment from the pocket of his robe.

"As you requested, this is an identity document issued to you by the British Ministry of Magic. It has the Ministry's special insignia and the name on it is Hubert Anderson."

He handed the parchment to Lynn, who glanced at the information on it, confirmed it was correct, and then put it away.

"Also, here's this address and this letter. The address is where Ms. Yelena Shaik lives, and the letter is a letter of introduction from a magic committee official I contacted for you in the Soviet Union. Once you arrive in the Soviet Union, it's up to you whether you want to contact Ms. Shaik first and handle the handover of the treasury, or take this letter to that official and have him show you around the magic world of the Soviet Union. I haven't arranged a specific time with them; you decide when to go to them yourself."

Lynn carefully put away the address and letter, and finally, Dumbledore handed him a fiery red feather.

"This is Fawkes' feather. If you are in danger, just squeeze it tightly, and Fawkes will appear and take you away. Don't worry about anti-apparition magic. Phoenix's apparition has no restrictions in the magical world, and it will guarantee your safety."

Lynn solemnly took the feather, then looked up at Dumbledore and asked.

"How do you plan for me to get there?"

Dumbledore pointed to the fireplace in the room: "To get to the Sultanate, you'll need to use several different modes of transport. First, you'll use Floo Powder to get to Poland, then you'll need to use the Portkey there, and finally, you'll need to ride a flying broomstick for a while."

"When do we leave?"

"If you don't have anything else to do, then let's do it in three days."

I guess this counts as an extra chapter. I just had some time today to organize the outline, so that's all for now _(:з」∠)_

(End of this chapter)