Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 197: New teacher
Chapter 201 New Teacher
After experiencing the previous "false alarm", Matthew Wakefield no longer dared to act rashly.
He stayed obediently in the Honeydukes Candy Store as an ordinary temporary clerk...
Daily life is extremely regular, do not do any "violation" things, just as usual!
He didn't dare to approach the Pig's Head Bar again... There, the "fishing" behavior of those "saints" in order to earn some "extra money" is probably still going on.
Matthew never told anyone about what happened at the Pig's Head Bar.
It is even more impossible to try to contact the Order of the Phoenix!
Of course, no one from the Order of the Phoenix took the initiative to contact him... It seemed as if this organization had disappeared from the wizarding world.
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In this way, before you know it, a month has passed.
Business at the Honeydukes Candy Shop has been brisk throughout the month of July.
It's hard to imagine that there are so many wizards in the UK, regardless of men, women and children, who love such sweets so much... Not to mention, there are many foreign wizards who come here for the name.
Every day from morning to night, the candy store needs to welcome countless customers; especially at dusk, the business is the best.
The owner of the candy store, Mr. and Mrs. Froome, are exhausted every day; so is Matthew, their helper.
Business is so hot that it is very difficult for him to ask for a day off...
Matthew Wakefield does need a day off right now, and there is a reason for that—
July is coming to an end, it's time for him to go to Diagon Alley to buy some necessities for the new school year at Hogwarts!
In the third grade, Hogwarts students will have several elective courses: including ancient runes, Muggle studies, protection of magical creatures, divination and arithmetic and divination; There are three electives.
Matthew took Ancient Runes Studies, Care of Magical Creatures and Divination from it.
In addition to the new textbooks required by other courses (some are due to the renewal of textbooks, and some are due to new course teachers)...
So in order to complete the third grade course, he needs to purchase the following books:
"An Intermediate Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Swich
Standard Spells, Level 3, by Miranda Goshawk
The Book of Potions, by Sigismund Bach
Putting Through the Fog to See the Future by Cassandra Vabraski
A Guide to Protecting Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the Many Dangers of Magical Creatures by Edward Lima
"The Lexicon of Runes, by Arafat-Horst"
All students who have taken "Divination" need to bring their own crystal ball; all students who have taken "Protection of Magical Beasts" need to bring their own set of dragon skin protective clothing.
In addition, with the passage of two years, the previous set of black Hogwarts robes (school uniform) and pointed hat have become significantly smaller, and Matthew needs to go to Diagon Alley to buy a new set new.
All in all, Matthew desperately needs a day off right now.
It took him a lot of effort to convince Mr. Froome (the business in the store during this time is really good, and the Froome and his wife are obviously not too busy), and finally Mr Froome, rather reluctantly, granted him a day off on the last day of July.
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The last day of July——
Early in the morning, Matthew came to the fireplace of Honeydukes.
Light the fireplace, then grab a small handful of Floo powder from a flower pot beside it, and throw it in.
As emerald green flames burst out, Matthew shouted: "Diagon Alley!"
Then, he disappeared into the emerald green flame.
The feeling of traveling with Floo powder is really not very pleasant; it's like riding a roller coaster, and it's even more uncomfortable... After a while, Matthew successfully appeared in front of another fireplace.
This is also a fairly familiar place...the "Leaky Cauldron" in Diagon Alley.
Old Tom, who had lost all his teeth, passed by slowly; obviously, he was already used to wizards suddenly appearing in the fireplace of the bar, and he was not surprised at all.
"Good morning, Mr. Abbott!"
Matthew greeted him, then entered the courtyard in the backyard and walked into Diagon Alley.
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Diagon Alley, the largest commercial street for wizards in the UK, looks much deserted than before.
Many shops around are closed, and there are not many pedestrians on the street.
But it is also possible, because it is still early.
Fortunately, several important stores are still open.
Matthew first went to a bookstore to buy the books he needed; of course it was not the Lihen Bookstore, which had closed down a year ago, and he went to Foyle on the north side of Diagon Alley bookstore.
Then he went to a nearby leather shop and bought a dragon skin protective suit; then he bought a crystal ball in a magic item shop.
Finally, he stopped outside Madam Malkin's robe store.
Lady Malkin was a dumpy witch with a big smile and a purple dress.
"Are you here to buy a new robe, my dear?" She stood at the door of the store, and before Matthew could speak, she offered to introduce: "Can I ask which college you are from?"
"Slytherin!" Matthew replied honestly.
"Then you can try this one!" Mrs. Mojin took out a silver and green robe from the hanger: "We have a lot here, to be honest, there are a few young people trying clothes in it now What about."
"Okay, thank you." Matthew nodded.
At the back of the shop, several tall boys were standing on footstools, and several witches were pinning up their robes... They were obviously a few grades older than Matthew; and the robes in their hands were Yellow and black, they are Hufflepuff students.
Madam Malkin had Matthew stand on another footstool beside them, and put a robe on him, pinned to his length.
At the same time, Matthew also heard those senior Hufflepuff students chattering there:
"Have you heard about 'Professor Snape'?" A freckled student said with some mystery: "It is said that he has resigned from Hogwarts!"
"What's the matter, I really like him!" On the other side, a student who was a little shorter asked very surprised.
"His real identity has been exposed...'Severus Snape' is just a fake name, his real name is Remus Lupine, a werewolf registered by the Ministry of Magic... ..." The freckled student ~IndoMTL.com~ continued: "Although it is a gossip, many people already know about it!"
"Werewolves... We actually lived with a werewolf for a year... This is too scary!" A young man with a pale face and a thin body looked a little frightened.
"My father said that Professor Grindelwald has always been a little irresponsible in choosing teachers..."
"In addition to the dead Professor Slughorn, wouldn't we have two new teachers next year?"
When he heard the name of Horace Slughorn, Matthew's eyes suddenly became a little sour.
"Don't be so stiff, child, take it easy!" Madam Malkin reminded.
Matthew nodded quickly.
"No, there are three..." The freckled Hufflepuff student continued, "We seem to be welcoming a new divination professor!"
(End of this chapter)