Chapter 197: New teacher

Chapter 201
After experiencing the previous "false alarm", Matthew Wickfield no longer dared to act rashly.
He stayed obediently in the Honey Duke Candy Store, as an ordinary temporary clerk...
Everyday life is extremely regular, do not do any "violation" things, just as usual!
He didn't dare to approach the pig's head bar anymore... There, the "fishing" behaviors of the "saints" in order to earn some "extra", I am afraid it will continue.
Matthew never told anyone about what happened in the pig's head bar.
It is even more impossible to try to contact people from the Order of the Phoenix!
Of course, no one from the Order of the Phoenix took the initiative to contact him... as if this organization had disappeared from the wizarding world.
...
In this way, unconsciously, a month passed.
Throughout July, the business of Honey Duke Candy Store has been very hot.
It is hard to imagine that there are so many wizards in Britain, regardless of age or sex, who love such sweets so much...not to mention that there are many foreign wizards who come here admiringly.
Every day from morning to night, the candy store needs to welcome countless customers; especially at dusk, business is best.
The owner of the candy store, the Frooms, are almost exhausted every day; the same is true for Matthew, their helper.
The business is so hot that it is very difficult for him to take a day off...
Matthew Wakefield does need a day off now, for a normal reason—
July is about to end, and it is time for him to take a trip to Diagon Alley to buy some necessities for the new school year at Hogwarts!
In the third grade, Hogwarts students will have several more electives: including ancient runes studies, Muggle studies, conservation of magical creatures, divination, and arithmetic divination; they need to take three of them. door.
Matthew took the study of ancient runes, the protection of magical animals and divination.
In addition to the new textbooks needed for other courses (some because of the updating of textbooks, and some because of new course teachers)...
So in order to complete the third grade course, he needs to buy the following books:
""Intermediate Transformation Guide" by Emeric Swich
"Standard Spells, Level Three" by Miranda Gosak
"The Book of Potions" by Zygmunt-Batch
"Peep out the fog and see the future" by Cassandra Wablaski
"Guide to the Protection of Many Dangerous and Magical Creatures in Great Britain and Northern Ireland" by Edward Lima
"Mowen Dictionary" by Arafat Horst"
All students who have taken "Divination" need to bring their own crystal ball; all students who have taken the "Protection of Magical Animals" course need to bring their own set of dragon skin protective clothing.
In addition, as two years have passed, the previous black Hogwarts robe (school uniform) and peaked cap are obviously smaller. Matthew needs to go to Diagon Alley to buy a new set.
All in all, Matthew now desperately needs a day off.
It took him a lot of effort to persuade Mr. Froome (the business in the store is really good during this period, and the Frooms alone are obviously not busy), and finally Froome The husband reluctantly agreed to take a day off on the last day of July.
...
The last day of July--
Early in the morning, Matthew came to the fireplace of Honey Duke.
I lighted the fireplace, then grabbed a small handful of Floo powder from the flower pot on the side and threw it in.
As the emerald flame came out, Matthew shouted: "Diagon Alley!"
Then, he disappeared in the emerald green flame.
The feeling of traveling with Floo powder is indeed not very pleasant; it is like riding a roller coaster, and it is even more uncomfortable... After a while, Matthew successfully appeared in front of another fireplace.
This is also a fairly familiar place... "Broken Cauldron Bar" in Diagon Alley.
Old Tom, who had lost his teeth, passed this way slowly; obviously, he had been accustomed to the sudden appearance of wizards in the fireplace of the bar, and he was not surprised at all.
"Good morning, Mr. Abbot!"
Matthew greeted him, then walked into the patio in the backyard and walked into Diagon Alley.
...
Diagon Alley, the largest wizarding shopping street in the UK, looks much deserted than before.
Many shops around are closed, and there are not many pedestrians on the street.
But it's also possible, because it's too early.
Fortunately, several important stores are still open.
Matthew first went to the bookstore and bought the books he needed; of course it wasn't Lihen Bookstore. Lihen Bookstore had closed down a year ago. He went to Foyle Bookstore in the north of Diagon Alley.
Then he went to a leather shop nearby and bought a dragon leather protective suit; then he bought a crystal ball in a magic item shop.
Finally, he stopped outside the Madam Morkin's robe specialty store.
Mrs. Morkin was a short and squat witch with a nice smile and a purple dress.
"Are you here to buy a new robe, dear?" She stood at the door of the store, and before Matthew could speak, she took the initiative to introduce: "Can you ask which college you belong to?"
"Slytherin!" Matthew answered honestly.
"Then you can try this one!" Mrs. Morkin took out a silver-green gown from the hanger: "We have a lot here. To be honest, there are now a few young people interviewing clothes."
"Okay, thank you." Matthew nodded.
Behind the shop, a few tall boys are standing on the footstool, and a few witches are pinning their robes... They are obviously several grades older than Matthew; and the robes in their hands are yellow and black. , They are students of Hufflepuff College.
Mrs. Morkin asked Matthew to stand on another footstool next to them, put a robe on him, and used a pin to fit his length.
At the same time, Matthew also heard those senior Hufflepuff students chatting and talking there:
"Have you heard about'Professor Snape'?" a freckled student said mysteriously: "It is said that he has left Hogwarts!"
"What's the matter, I kind of like him!" On the other side, a shorter student asked very surprised.
"His true identity has been exposed...'Severus Snape' is just a pseudonym, his real name is Remus Lupin, a werewolf recorded by the Ministry of Magic..." Freckled students, UU Read www.uukanshu.com continued: "Although it is a gossip, many people already know it!"
"Werewolves... We actually spent a year with a werewolf... This is too scary!" A pale, thin young man looked a little frightened.
"My dad said that Professor Grindelwald has always been a little unaccountable in choosing teachers..."
"Plus the dead Professor Slughorn, wouldn't we have two new teachers next year?"
When he heard Horace Slughorn's name, Matthew's eyes suddenly became sore.
"Don't be so stiff, kid, relax!" Madam Morkin reminded.
Matthew nodded quickly.
"No, it's three..." The freckled Hufflepuff student continued: "We seem to be welcoming a new divination professor!"
(End of this chapter)