v2 Chapter 11： Isn't there a print shop there?

Today, most shops in Diagon Alley are closed for inspection. The Ministry of Magic really hit hard this time, confiscating a lot of prohibited items one after another. However, most of these items are prohibited items, not related to black magic, but with a hint of mischief. Such as keys that will become smaller, teapots that can bite, etc. If strictly pursued, Mr. Weasley's Ford sedan is no exception.

Tom waited outside the store for a while, and finally came to Hermione.

"Let's go! You don't have to go to work today." Tom told Hermione what had just happened.

"It's a good thing," Hermione was very supportive of the Ministry of Magic's actions, "I really need to clear up all kinds of contraband, what are your plans today?"

Tom also had some thoughts: why don't we go to London with Hermione?

Suddenly, two owls landed beside them and handed a yellow parchment envelope into their hands.

"Oh, it's the school's owl!" Hermione opened the letter, and inside was the second grade book list sent by the school. Hermione knew the contents of the book list a few days ago, but now it's only confirmed.

Hermione smiled. "Looks like the new professor is a fan of Mr. Lockhart—he wants books full of Lockhart. If only Mr. Lockhart could be our professor, he must be very Amazing, writing so many books, he must have been through a lot of thrilling adventures, right?"

Hermione revered knowledge, and she felt that a person who had written so many books must be an amazing person.

Tom rolled his eyes.

"Okay, it looks like I've been busy for a while." Hermione calculated her salary and found that all the money she earned from working in the past few weeks had been posted to buy books. If you count the books she saw in the bookstore , I'm afraid I still need family support.

Tom didn't panic, he had already received his own set of books. But for Lockhart's behavior, Tom really hates it: you can use two or three copies a semester, but you have to make the students buy seven! This is also too much.

Because of the addition of a professor like Lockhart this year, the Weasleys directly emptied their savings. It's hard to imagine how the Weasleys managed to prepare five sets of Lockhart's books, while also buying robes and wands for their younger sister Ginny.

As far as Harry can see, Mrs Weasley has withdrawn all the coins stored in Gringotts...

Oh, Lockhart!

Tom took Hermione out of Diagon Alley to the streets of London.

"Where to?" Hermione asked a little embarrassedly. She lowered her head and tapped the ground with her little brown leather shoes with bows.

Tom looked around and went to the ice cream shop on the street to buy two ice creams, three balls: vanilla, yogurt and original.

The best flavors of ice cream are vanilla, yogurt and original flavor, followed by chocolate, and the rest belong to the first grade. These three flavors can best reflect the quality of raw materials. Strawberry, mango, etc., add too much syrup, even if the ingredients are excellent, other fruity flavors are also mixed in, which overwhelms the guest and affects the taste of milk.

Tom only chooses these three flavors when he eats ice cream.

Tom came back with ice cream - he is quite rich now, his good friend and partner Yuri gave him a lot of money, and recently he wanted to take him out to talk business, but Tom had more interesting things to do, so declined him.

Tom handed one ice cream to Hermione and ate the other himself.

"I'm going to gain weight," Hermione looked at the ice cream and smiled, but she still declined.

"Look, ice cream is cold, right?" Tom licked the top vanilla ball, "then eat the ice cream, the liquid inside will warm up to the body temperature, it needs to absorb heat, that is, absorb heat? So, ah, The heat from the ice cream itself is absorbed by itself!"

Hermione: Σ(⊙▽⊙)!

She heard it in the mist, and felt that what Tom said was in the mist, but it seemed to make sense?

But she quickly reacted: "Although I don't know how to refute you... But after all, I ate something. It's impossible to lose weight after eating, right? How can there be such a good thing in the world?"

Tom was not in a hurry when he was dismantled, he looked at Hermione with a smile, "Girls are pretty good at all."

Then, of course, he was punched twice.

The two were just walking on the streets of London. Today is a rare sunny day in London, which is very pleasant. Really, the capitals of the two countries of Western Europe, Britain and France are very fascinating, and it is rainy and cloudy all day long. Some people are gloomy every time they pass through Paris, and they are really lucky to see the sun.

Tom's eyes were sharp, he saw a printing press on the street, he immediately walked there.

Coincidentally, the two happened to be talking about the textbooks to be prepared for the new semester.

"There is no need to buy Lockhart's books, I have a whole set, you can take them directly." Tom is very generous - there is no difference between Lockhart's books and novels sold in Muggle bookstoresoriginal books Send it out and send it out. Oh, there is still a difference. Other best-selling authors don't turn the covers of their books into gifs. Tom is still very reluctant to see Lockhart's big face smiling at him every day.

"Then what do you do? You've run out of books, are we reading the same book together?" Hermione imagined the scene of two people sitting and reading books together in class, and she had a little expectation: reading a book with a good friend must feel very good Great.

"No, isn't there a printing shop there?" Tom ignored the little girl's thoughts, and pointed at the print shop with some excitement.

Hermione looked over and said, "My God, Tom, wouldn't you be?" She immediately understood what Tom meant: Lockhart's books were mostly storytelling, interspersed with photos, nothing special. , so even if it is a Muggle copy, it will not affect the use at all.

"This is a pirated copy!" Hermione said angrily.

"Hermione, do you really think it's reasonable to use seven textbooks a year for one subject?" Tom looked at Hermione, "Professor McGonagall takes two years for a "Basic Transfiguration Guide", and Potions. "Thousands of Magical Herbs and Mushrooms" is still in use until the sixth grade, and "History of Magic" can be used for graduation, so why should a black magic defense professor who will only teach for one year use seven books? By the way, most of the above works only require 1 or 2 Galleons, while Lockhart's masterpiece costs 5 Galleons!"

Hermione was speechless, she was so confused right now that she couldn't evaluate Tom's behavior for a while.

"Hermione, not everyone lives a prosperous life like you, I'm just helping others in my own way."

Tom walked into the print shop after dropping such a sentence.

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