Chapter 8： The bus is the correct way for the wizard to travel

"The relationship between wizards and Muggles has always been a proposition worth studying.

It is precisely because of this knowledge that Hogwarts has opened a Muggle study course in the past 100 years to encourage wizards to put down their bodies and understand the lives and habits of another group of humans.

But I always think that until now this course has deviated from its original intention, as you can tell from its name, Muggle Studies, the discriminatory implications of this are obvious.

Belloc, you are a Muggle-born wizard who is about to enter school. What do you think of this phenomenon in the wizarding world? "

On the bus, Lynn looked dumbly at Professor Fox who was making a serious talk about him. The seats around them were empty. People avoided them after hearing Fox's dreamlike remarks.

There is even a boy’s mother who points to Lynn and they educate her children: if they don’t study well in the future, they will be like this old, one and two lunatics, talking crazy on the bus.

"I said, Professor, you are a wizard plus me, a preparatory wizard who doesn’t fly or teleport and run to take the bus. It’s embarrassing. If you ask me these shameful questions in a public place like this, maybe we will all tomorrow. You may be nothing to get on the headlines of the Times, but I want to die socially."

Lynn did not answer Fox’s question, but tried to redeem his qualifications to continue living in a normal society.

Fox realized that the situation they were in now seemed a bit unfavorable, and his novelty faded, and the indescribable sense of shame instantly occupied the peak.

He whispered to Lynn's ear and asked quietly.

"What I said just now sounds silly to them, right?"

"It's not very stupid." Lynn shrugged, "and I'm home stupid."

"Can't you comfort me euphemistically?"

"Sorry, professor, since I was a child, the teacher taught me to be an honest person."

...

Twenty minutes later, they arrived at their destination. The speed at which they got out of the car was like a hapless person rushing home to put out a fire.

Lynn lamented listlessly.

"So I shouldn't choose to take the bus in order to save money. It's better to take a taxi."

Fox straightened his windbreaker without changing his face, and coughed.

"Well, Belloc, now we have come to our home court."

Lynn followed Fox’s sight, and he saw a bar with an extremely violent age in a long street in a busy city: the Broken Cauldron Bar.

The various passers-by in the surrounding area turned a blind eye to this conspicuous building, but it was so abrupt in Linn's eyes.

"Muggle expulsion spell, a very useful spell that can make Muggles ignore certain things subconsciously, but it has no effect on people with magical powers. It is generally used in wizard gatherings and special places." Although Lynn Not yet enrolled, but Fox has already played the role of a teacher.

They walked into this dilapidated bar. There were not many customers inside. Most of them wore dark robes and pointed hats with wide brims. They were more in line with the image of wizards in people's hearts than Fox.

After entering the door, Lynn felt several gazes looking at them, and then when their gaze swept over Fox, they quickly lowered their heads pretending to be nothing.

At the same time, Lynn could clearly feel that after they appeared, the atmosphere in the bar became a bit... cramped.

Old Tom, the owner of the bar, saw Fox for the first time. He hurriedly wiped his hands with his apron and greeted him. The expression on his face seemed to be very welcome, but he was very reluctant.

"Welcome back to Adrian, have you received your students?"

Fox seemed unaware of the change in the atmosphere in the bar, he patted Lynn on the shoulder.

"This trip back and forth is not easy for me, but it's worth it. Let me introduce, this is the new Hogwarts freshman who enrolled this year, Lynn Belllock, and this is the owner of the Broken Cauldron Bar, old Tom. "

"Hello, Mr. Tom." Lynn said hello politely.

Although I have read the original work, it’s pretty good to remember the general plot, even if it’s been nearly 20 years since this life.

is really impressed by another person named Tom who has the same name as him, but that person's surname is Riddle.

"Hello, hello, if you want to stay in a store in the future, you can find me. Even if you drink, your age is not enough." Old Tom's attitude was a little perfunctory, and his attention was always focused on Fox.

Lynn doesn't care, he now feels even more that his defense against the Dark Arts professor has a problem.

Although they haven't known each other for a long time, except for being teased at first, Fox can be called easy-going in dealing with people and things.

The performance of these wizards in the bar seems to be afraid of him.

"We still have a lot of things to buy, time is limited, we will talk about something next time."

Fox took Lynn and did not stay in the bar much. After greeted old Tom, he went out the back door to the backyard of the bar.

"They seem to be a little afraid of you." Lynn asked.

Fox did not deny, nor did he admit, he seemed to not want to answer this question.

"Perhaps." Then he took out his wand and pointed it at the brick on the unpainted wall of the backyard.

"You see Bellok, you can use that trash can as a reference. Just count three bricks up, count two more horizontally, knock it with your magic wand, and the UU Reading door can be opened. "

Fox showed Lynn the steps to open the door once, and the whole wall trembled violently, and then split a passage from the middle like a piece of living building blocks.

The neat cobblestone trails, noisy streets, various shops with quirky names, and people with clothes that are completely different from modern times showed Lynn a magical Diagon Alley.

"It's so lively here."

Lynn looked at the scene in front of him with a bit of distraction. Compared with the text in the book and the pictures in the movie, the reality of Diagon Alley would definitely be more surprising and shocking.

Fox's reaction to Lynn was no surprise. At this time, he looked like a child of his age.

"Let's go, there are a lot of things to prepare."

...

Broken Cauldron Bar.

With the departure of Fox and Lynn, the atmosphere in the bar eased a lot.

"I heard that he recently went to Hogwarts to become a professor?"

Someone asked in a low voice. Although there was no name, everyone knew who he was talking about.

Someone chuckled and said inexplicably.

"Besides, I'm still a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts class, I have to say, it's really ironic."

"He has a very good relationship with Dumbledore, and his defender was Dumbledore himself."

"Only people like Dumbledore dare to hire him. Is he still continuing his research?"

"Hmm, I haven't stopped. It is said that he spent a lot of money to operate in the Ministry of Magic. For his current research, the Ministry of Magic is almost equivalent to default."

"I really don't know if it is lucky or unfortunate."

Finally, someone exclaimed.