Chapter 7: Dashed hope

　　 Early the next morning, a boy appeared in the "Wonderful Zoo" shop in Diagon Alley.
　　 His eyes were flushed, his face was tired, and he looked like he didn't sleep well last night; especially he was holding a dead toad in his hand, which looked very funny.
　　 This boy is Matthew Wickfield.
　　 His exhaustion is normal, because he didn't close his eyes almost all night last night.
　　 This is not surprising. After such a terrible incident, I am afraid that few people can fall asleep. Throughout the night, he was thinking about whether he would die on the bed like that poor toad, and then the strange book appeared under him.
　　 Fortunately, such a bad situation did not occur, and he was still alive until early the next morning.
　　 That weird book still stayed quietly in the glass box, motionless.
　　 Matthew didn't dare to actively touch it, he just fished the dead toad out of the glass box and ran to Diagon Alley.
　　……
　　 "You mean, this little guy, suddenly died?"
　　 The owner of "Wonderful Zoo", the witch with heavy glasses, took the toad's corpse from Matthew's hand in an incredible way.
　　 "What's going on here, you must know that Toad's vitality is very tenacious." She murmured.
　　 Matthew spread out his hands: "Madam, I also want to know what happened."
"Wait a moment!"
　　 While talking, the witch pulled out her wand from her waist and waved it gently.
　　 A magnifying glass flew out of unknown place in the shop and flew into her hands. She sat down at the wooden table next to her, put the dead toad in front of her, raised the magnifying glass, and began to observe carefully.
　　Matthew can only wait on the sidelines.
　　While waiting, he was also carefully observing the witch's expression...At first she was always calm, but it seemed that after seeing something, a horrified expression appeared on her face.
　　 "What's the matter, ma'am?" he asked softly.
　　 "No...nothing..." The witch shook her head abruptly, and her horrified face quickly turned into an unbelievable look: "This is impossible..."
　　 Matthew bit his lip, and he made his tone as casual as possible: "Is the cause of Toad's death strange?"
"This poor little fellow, it seems to be scared to death..." The witch said without a preface, "It can't be...it won't be like that...just a toad, no one Would do that to it..."
　　 She stood up tremblingly and threw the body of the black-eyed toad into the trash without hesitation.
　　 Her voice gradually returned to calm: "I will compensate for this, sir, you can choose another toad in the shop."
　　 Although her state is still very wrong.
When she reached into the cage to catch the toad, she couldn't grasp it for a while, and almost fell into the cage. When writing the transaction record, she broke two quill pens in succession; and Matthew took the new toad. When she accidentally kicked a kettle on the ground...
　　 In short, when Matthew was sent away from her shop like a plague god, the witch wearing heavy glasses was relieved as if she was relieved.
　　……
　　 The performance of the witch, Matthew Wickfield saw everything in his eyes.
　　 The worries and doubts in his heart have also become deeper.
But he didn't dare to continue to stimulate her. After all, although the other party seemed to be unconscious, she was a genuine adult witch... She was a minor child who knew nothing about magic. If she didn't want to say it, it would be almost impossible for her to ask anything. .
　　 was holding the new toad he just got, and he came to his next destination:
　　 Lihen Bookstore.
The clerk of 　　 Lihen Bookstore, it seems that they don't remember that the boy had been here once yesterday, and they still received him with a smile.
　　 Matthew was wandering in the bookstore while considering the language, he did not dare to directly ask about the book.
　　 After strolling for about three to five minutes, Matthew slowly approached a clerk who was not surrounded by anyone:
　　 "Do you... have any older... old books like that..." he asked softly.
　　 "No!" The clerk replied without lifting his head.
"Really?"
Matthew saw that the other person raised his head and quickly added: "A friend of mine told me that he had found a book in the Hogwarts bookbox that your bookstore gave him before, and the pages were all yellowed. The old..."
"He's lying!" The clerk said unceremoniously, with a very indifferent expression on his face: "In Hogwarts' bookcase, there can be no things that do not belong to it; also, Lihen Bookstore only sells new books, if If you want to find that kind of antique, you should go to the library!"
　　 "But..." Matthew wanted to say something else.
　　 "You are here to find someone to chat, not to buy a book, then please get out!" The clerk said impatiently, "I can give you a little help!"
　　 He stood up, UU reads www.udkahnshu. Com also drew a magic wand from his waist--
Before Matthew had time to react, he was pushed out of the bookstore by an invisible force, unable to control his actions...The boy was easily pushed out of the Lihen Bookstore, and then fell heavily on the cobblestone floor of Diagon Alley on.
　　 Several wizards in black robes hurried past him, no one paid any attention to him.
　　 Matthew got up from the ground in embarrassment and patted the dust on his body.
　　 It seems that I can't ask the origin of the book... Finally, after reading the sign of Lihen Bookstore, he secretly thought.
　　 Although the clerk was very rude in his attitude and actions, but what he said did not seem to be fake...
　　 So, where did that book come from?
　　……
　　 Matthew returned to the entrance of Diagon Alley dingy.
　　 He doesn't have a magic wand, so he can't get through here... He can only wait for a wizard to pass by, and walk in behind him.
　　 His heart is a bit heavy, and that weird book is like a big mountain weighing on his heart.
what can we do about it?
　　 The only way I can think of now is to wait until after Hogwarts, and give the book of unknown origin to Albus Dumbledore. With Professor Dumbledore’s insights, maybe he can figure out a way, maybe he can help himself out of trouble...
　　 Suddenly, Matthew was stunned.
　　 In such a world, will Albus Dumbledore still be the principal of Hogwarts?
　　 I'm afraid not...
　　 As this hope was shattered, he smiled bleakly, and then walked to Room 13 of the Broken Cauldron Bar.