Study Days at Hogwarts

"Yes, yes, I will take good care of Ian and Sophia."

"I know, I will also take good care of myself."

"Yes, okay, I know, I love you too, goodbye!"

At this moment, in the Anderson family's study, a brown-haired little girl was sitting at the desk, using a two-way mirror to talk to her family.

After ending the call, Alice carefully put the two-way mirror back into the hidden compartment next to the mirror cabinet, turned her head, and looked at the young couple smiling at her from the wall.

A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts.

The next moment, the study door was pushed open, and two small heads peeked in from the crack in the door, their eyes meeting Alice's directly. Just as they were about to speak, a fat, short-haired cat squeezed in from below the two small heads.

"You don't look very happy. Aren't Dad and Mom planning to come back to send you to Hogwarts?" the younger little girl couldn't help but ask.

"They don't plan to come back anymore."

Alice bent down, picked up the fat cat Jack, walked to her younger brother and sister, bent down, and touched their little heads.

"Not coming back?" Ian was a little disappointed.

"Ian, while staying in Avalon, get along well with everyone, don't be naughty, and... take care of your sister. I will write to you every week and share interesting things about Hogwarts with you."

Alice looked at her half-brother, whose face resembled the young man in the wedding photo, and hooked her fingers with him.

Ian puffed out his chest like a little man.

Sophia hugged the fat cat Jack that Alice handed over, and earnestly promised, "I will keep an eye on Ian. If he is naughty, I will write to you immediately."

"I'm not naughty," Ian protested.

"Very good, I'll go back and pack my luggage first, and then go find Sophia's godmother, Miss Hermione. Dad said Miss Hermione is happy to take me to Platform 9 and 3/4 at King's Cross Station."

Ever since her grandmother passed away two years ago, Miss Hermione and the other residents of Avalon have taken good care of the three siblings, who were temporarily left in Avalon to receive primary education.

Of course, Alice also knew a big secret, that Sophia's godmother, who held a high position in the Ministry of Magic, was actually her father's old flame. It was precisely because of her father's misfortune that the respected Miss Hermione had never married.

Alice had just rung the doorbell of Hermione's house, a few villas away, when she was warmly welcomed into the villa by Hermione, who was nearly thirty and still very young.

"Albert has told me everything."

Hermione took Alice's hand into the living room and asked her to sit on the sofa first.

"I'll drive you to King's Cross Station then."

"Thank you for tomorrow,"

Alice solemnly thanked Hermione.

"Don't be angry with them, Albert didn't deliberately not come back to send you to Hogwarts," Hermione looked at the little girl who wasn't in a good mood and said gently, "They just... aren't suitable to do that."

"Why?" Alice asked knowingly.

She actually knew the reason why her parents no longer returned to Avalon.

"This is the price of staying young!"

Ever since Albert successfully replicated Nicolas Flamel's Philosopher's Stone seven years ago and created a potion that could delay aging based on it.

However, delaying aging and maintaining eternal youth was too shocking.

Countless people in this world pursue immortality. Once this terrifying matter spread, even if Albert was the most powerful wizard in history, he wouldn't be able to withstand people's madness.

Therefore, the price of taking the potion was to disappear from the sight of the world.

Albert, who was always generous, shared this achievement with his lovers. Hermione naturally had such an opportunity, but Hermione ultimately couldn't let go of her career in the Ministry of Magic and rejected this incredibly tempting invitation, not choosing to go into seclusion with Albert.

"They said something similar."

Alice didn't care much about this matter. She looked at the photo frame on the table and suddenly asked, "So, why did you refuse? I thought you always liked that man!"

In the photo frame on the table, in addition to the Granger family's family photo, there was also a family photo taken after Hermione became Sophia's godmother.

"Albert told you?"

Hermione wasn't surprised. Some things definitely couldn't be hidden from the children.

"I saw your wedding photos at his place!" Alice pouted. "I really don't understand what's so good about that guy!"

There are no mistakes, one song, one hair, one inside, one appearance, all in one look!

"Some things need to wait until you grow up to understand."

Hermione winked at Alice and made a shushing gesture. "Remember to keep it a secret, and do you want to have dinner together? I'm preparing..."

"Kara has already prepared a sumptuous dinner," Alice suddenly said, "I'm here to invite you to have dinner together. Sophia also misses you very much."

Hermione looked at the "Albert's simple dinner" that was halfway prepared in the kitchen and silently sighed in her heart, "Wait a moment, I'll tidy up a bit."

"Sophia will be very happy!"

Alice looked at Hermione, who was tidying up in the kitchen, and then looked at the third photo frame on the table: Hermione was holding a baby.

Alice was sure that wasn't Sophia, so the result was self-evident!

"What's his name?" Alice asked the question she had never dared to ask before, "I know that's not Sophia."

"You really inherited Isabel's wisdom!" Hermione wiped her hands on her apron, took it off, and hung it aside, then took Alice's small hand and said, "His name is Alvin, Alvin Granger."

"But I've never seen him?"

Alice knew that this was another sin committed by her father.

"Alvin is not in England. I left him in Australia to be with my family," Hermione said softly.

"Don't you hate him?" Alice really couldn't understand. "You can't even live with your own child."

"Some things always require a price. You'll know later." Hermione saw Albert and Isabel's shadows in the mature little Alice, and she couldn't help but ask with a smile, "Do you hate Albert?"

"No, I just..."

Alice remembered the happy times in previous years and couldn't help but mutter, "I just don't like their irresponsibility!"

"Albert is indeed not a qualified father!" Hermione nodded in agreement with Alice's point of view.

She has been coming here more often in the past two years.

After gently hugging Sophia, who opened the door for them, Hermione took Sophia's small hand and walked into the villa.

The character chapters are very short, each with a few thousand to tens of thousands of words.

It's so great not to code for many days! Sure enough, people like to be lazy.