Chapter 159 Letter from the Owl
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Yun Yin Shen
Chapter 159 Letter from the Owl
"Why are there envelopes in the owl mail at this hour?" Harry called.
……
Not long ago, Harry used snacks as a bet, and he ended up being the worst loser.
Now I can only watch Ron, Hermione, and McGuffin playing with the three of them.
But even the MacGuffin couldn't do it... On the contrary, Ron made a killing, and almost all the snacks were in his pocket.
He is self-taught in this respect, and McGuffin can use the rules of the game to kill them all by simply mentioning the rules.
——At the end of the day, a few people had no game experience.
As soon as Harry said this, Hermione and McGuffin immediately dropped the playing cards and turned to look outside.
A black and gray owl was rapping above the windowpane, carrying a parchment envelope.
Ron, who was sitting by the window, saw that the three of them didn't want to play anymore, so he had to throw down the poker, turned around and closed the window, letting the owl fly in.
After leaving the envelope at McGuffin's feet, the owl stood on the table and began to comb its feathers.
(And the playing cards that were thrown down instantly gathered and integrated.
Constantly moving, shuffling, and finally closing into a stack, which automatically enters the card box)
And that letter was addressed to MacGuffin.
He picked it up and glanced at the name and address on the envelope.
He curled his lips, tore open the letter, and read it, his face became more and more ugly.
"This is actually a letter from the Ministry of Magic!" Ron yelled immediately when he saw the address of the caller.
"What?" Harry stood up.
"What's on it?" Hermione asked suspiciously.
They leaned together and read the strange letter together.
……
Mr McGuffin Albert:
We have received reports of an unbelievable event at Hogwarts a week ago - that Quirinus Quirrell is a dark wizard and is trying to steal Hogwarts property.
We are here to express our condolences for your hurt.
But there are too many things that need to be investigated about the incident about Quilinus Quirrell. This needs to be the victim of that incident and the first person to experience it...
You need to come to the Ministry of Magic.
Don't worry, this is just a routine investigation to check for missing defects.
You know, the Ministry of Magic finds it hard to believe that a young wizard can say he can turn a grown wizard into a golden statue by casting the Midas touch.
And since the establishment of modern magic, Hogwarts is generally not allowed to teach ancient magic... especially this kind of ancient magic that is easy to lose control.
In addition, as far as we know, Mr. Albert was born in a Muggle family, so we will send staff from the Ministry of Magic to pick him up in mid-August, please don't worry.
The specific time will be notified separately.
I wish you a happy summer vacation!
Ministry of Magic
Law Enforcement Division
……
"These guys... must be revenge! McGuffin, do you want to write and ask Professor Dumbledore, or Professor McGonagall... How could it be so coincidental that this letter from the owl was mailed when he was leaving school!" Harry said indignantly.
"It's certainly possible that this is the case...it's Lucius Malfoy! This family is really bad... But it's also possible that it's Umbridge, the pink toad you mentioned, McGuffin," Ron added.
Last time, in order to underestimate Rita Skeeter's article published in the [Daily Prophet] the next day, McGuffin had to tell Hermione and the others about his feud with the three who came to Hogwarts.
In fact, a few people have been tempered by [Snape and Quirrell fan fiction], especially Hermione's style of this kind of writing has greatly improved.
(He can’t complete such a large volume by himself. All kinds of soft articles, especially shocking ones, especially McGuffin’s words and sentences still carry the habits and flavors of his previous life. These little wizards must provide opinions for gradual revision... Of course, the final article was handed over to Professor McGonagall for review and polishing... Although her face was indescribable, she finally considered that Hogwarts should not be involved in conflicts with the Ministry of Magic, pinching her nose and re-editing them to make it more in line with the Daily Prophet, readers of the wizarding world. ...)
With the help of several people, McGuffin completed a few "shocking style" soft articles, the main content of which is roughly titled:
[Secrets that Quilinus Quirrell has to tell~Shocked!He missed it 5 years ago, and when they met again, they actually did this kind of thing in public]
[For him, how did Quilinus get into Hogwarts, the most heavily guarded campus]
【This secret that had been buried for decades was finally revealed...but it led to Quilinus Quirrell...? 】
……
Of course, apart from this kind of novelty and eye-catching news, there are others.Of course, this is also because of Hermione's participation... the title and content were unknowingly affected, and there were some deviations.
It is inevitable that some editors and wizards will not like it.
Just in case, McGuffin wrote two more articles by himself:
[Discuss how Quilinus Quirrell degenerates step by step...The great influence of a wizard family on a child's growth]
【Mystery of the Golden Statue of Quilinus】
——This kind of magic essay.
Anyway, I wrote an article according to the way of thinking of the folk science keyboard man. At first glance, it seems to be full of reason, but it is actually a way.
However, it turned out to be unexpectedly popular. The Daily Prophet was almost occupied by these "shocking style" and "anti-wisdom magic" articles on the entire page.
Rita Skeeter's article is estimated to be too homogeneous to continue to be published.
Although the matter has ended satisfactorily, now that such a incident has happened, Ron thinks about these people, especially Ron said that Lucius Malfoy will definitely retaliate against McGuffin.
He thinks the Malfoys are small-minded... 'The Malfoys made my father's job a lot of trouble at the Ministry...they're always looking for trouble...'
Harry also thought so, so upon seeing such a letter, the two immediately jumped out to suspect members of the Malfoy family.
Only they have the motivation and ability to take revenge on a little wizard.
McGuffin didn't think that way, he knew in his heart that this was probably an aspect of the power game between the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts, and he just happened to be picked
Also Hermione was not as impulsive as Ron and the two of them.
She thought for a while, then shook her head, "The important thing now is not who did it,... but what should the McGuffin do then? You can't really let you go to the Ministry of Magic alone..."
"And now that we have left school for vacation, we wrote to the professors, and they have no position to help us..."
Seeing the serious expressions of the little wizards, McGuffin smiled and comforted them, "It's not as serious as you imagined. How do you describe it in the letter? They asked me to describe the incident of Quirrell that night..."
"Do you imagine that this can be done by me alone? Besides, the words of a young wizard are really not convincing. At that time, Dumbledore or other professors will definitely appear on behalf of Hogwarts..."
"By the way, McGuffin, you have to come to our house during the summer vacation... At that time, just let my father take you to the Ministry of Magic, so that with him... Lucius and that pink toad dare not do anything to you?" Ron said happily.
"... After you get off the train in a while, tell my father about this matter, and he will definitely agree... After all, according to him, your father, Mr. Longman, was his first Muggle friend... Especially he likes your father explaining the use of sockets, or things with electricity."
"That's it... McGuffin, after all, it will be very helpful to have an acquaintance accompany you to the Ministry of Magic," he added.
"That's true... But, will I also receive the same letter? After all, I am also present." Harry agreed, and thought it was very likely that he would receive the same letter.
In this regard, Hermione and Ron looked at each other and looked at McGuffin.
McGuffin knows what they mean and think.
——How could the famous Harry Potter possibly be treated like this.
They didn't say it clearly, they just agreed vaguely.
Sure enough, when it was time to get out of the car, Harry did not wait for the letter from the Ministry of Magic.
The train passed through villages, towns... The scenery on the road outside became more and more clean and modern.
This train seemed to bring them back from the magical world to the Muggle Iron Forest City.
Finally, they checked whether there were any traces of the wizarding world on their bodies, put away some badges or other magical gadgets, and tidied up their jackets and jackets a little.
Finally, the speed of the train gradually slowed down, and it stopped at Platform [-] and [-]/[-] of King's Cross Station again.
There was an old wizard on guard, and only two or three were allowed to pass at a time.Let the little wizards not rush out, causing Muggles to discover clues, and let the Aurors who are here frequently cast spells to erase memory on a large scale.
"You and McGuffin let my father know about the letter by the way... At that time, you can take Harry to your house first, and then let my father pick you up, so it should be fine! By the way, where is your house? Is there a fireplace?" Ron said.
After McGuffin answered Ron's question, he pretended not to know and asked for the address of Uncle Harry's house.
"That's it!..." Harry hastily pulled out his quill and a piece of parchment, scribbled the address on the top half, tore it in two, and handed it to McGuffin.
McGuffin also wrote down the address of his home and gave it to Ron.
In this way, they passed the entrance together and returned to the Muggle world.
As soon as he came out, he heard a high-pitched voice shouting.
"Where is he, mother, where is he, look!"
It's Ron's sister, Ginny. Of course, as Harry's little fan, she doesn't mean her own brother Ron.
"Harry Potter!"
"Look! Mom, I see—"
"Come on, Ginny—it's impolite to point fingers at others!" Mrs. Weasley pulled Ginny over and educated her, who was peeking shyly at Harry.
When Harry fell into the star chasing of the little fan girl, McGuffin finally found Mr. Langman, and his father was waving to him in the crowd.
He was wearing a red T-shirt, shorts,...a bright red jersey, and even painted a football pattern on his face with oil paint and heavy makeup. His hair was shaved and a number was on it. That number seemed to be a player he fanatically pursued.
have to!Another star chaser appeared...
Before he could think about it, his elder brother Clooney Albert was also dressed in bright red, walking from the crowd with a colorful flag in his hand, his entire face completely painted red.
At first glance - it looks like someone who sang a big show on the stage in the previous life.
The outfits of these two critters are even better than the strange outfits of other wizard parents.
MacGuffin somewhat regretted waving at the two of them.
Relying on their tall and strong figures, the two of them forced their way through the crowd.
By this time Harry had finished introducing his little girl, Ginny, and he had thanked Mrs. Weasley for her Christmas gift.
Mr. Weasley on the other side stroked his little red hair, listened to Ron's description of the situation of McGuffin and Harry, and gave him the letter for inspection.
At this time, Vernon Dursley had come to Harry and said to him angrily.
"I said, are you ready?"
He had a big purple face and a big beard, and he glared angrily at Harry and the group in front of him.
In his opinion, Harry was holding an owl cage and greeting these strange people—especially hateful, making the family very uncomfortable.
So... were Petunia and Dudley standing behind Vernon Dursley?
McGuffin turned his attention to them. Sure enough, although their appearances were slightly different from those in the movie, they were still recognizable by him. Petunia had a particularly long neck, and Dudley was like a pig. Even now, he was still wearing a backpack. He kept taking out donuts, chips, chocolate and other foods from there, stuffing them into his mouth without stopping for a moment.
evil!
...that's really... no wonder Harry hated the family so much.
Mrs Weasley wanted to say hello to Harry's family.
But Vernon Dursley responded coldly, urging Harry to leave quickly.
"Come on, boy, we don't want to stay here any longer..." He hurriedly turned and walked away.
——From his contorted expression, it could be seen that Vernon Dursley had tried his best to maintain his politeness.
But this kind of politeness probably had a lot to do with the pig tail that Hagrid conjured up.
Hermione couldn't believe there were such people in the world.
But at this time, Hermione's parents also saw her and walked upright.
McGuffin could only describe what he saw of the Grangers - how white their teeth were!
They could only rush through a few words and begin to say goodbye.
"Then see you after the summer vacation!"
"Harry, remember to wait for the owl's notice. I'll let Ron tell you the exact time, and we'll pick you up then!"
"Then I wish you a happy summer vacation!"
……
Finally, after Langman and Mr. Weasley met, the two families came to a place where the crowds were not so dense, took a break, and discussed the McGuffin's summer vacation to the Burrow and the Ministry of Magic.
"Mr. Longman, are you going to watch a football match?" After Mr. Weasley and Longman agreed to discuss the arrangement for the McGuffin, they asked the other party's appearance curiously.
"Ha...you know football too? It's Liverpool's..."
Longman talked endlessly to Mr. Weasley about the team he fanatically insisted on, and even showed Mr. Weasley the tattoo on his back.
After a long time, amidst Mrs. Weasley's more and more collapsed expression, Mr. Weasley finally seemed to realize something... The two bid farewell in a hurry, and agreed on a time to visit each other.
And as expected... After leaving here, Longman and Clooney abducted McGuffin to the stadium to watch the game.
Thus began the first day of life after the holiday.
McGuffin, who was caught up in the frantic shouts of thousands of crazy British fans, always felt that this was not the beginning of his summer vacation life as he had imagined.
(End of this chapter)
"Why are there envelopes in the owl mail at this hour?" Harry called.
……
Not long ago, Harry used snacks as a bet, and he ended up being the worst loser.
Now I can only watch Ron, Hermione, and McGuffin playing with the three of them.
But even the MacGuffin couldn't do it... On the contrary, Ron made a killing, and almost all the snacks were in his pocket.
He is self-taught in this respect, and McGuffin can use the rules of the game to kill them all by simply mentioning the rules.
——At the end of the day, a few people had no game experience.
As soon as Harry said this, Hermione and McGuffin immediately dropped the playing cards and turned to look outside.
A black and gray owl was rapping above the windowpane, carrying a parchment envelope.
Ron, who was sitting by the window, saw that the three of them didn't want to play anymore, so he had to throw down the poker, turned around and closed the window, letting the owl fly in.
After leaving the envelope at McGuffin's feet, the owl stood on the table and began to comb its feathers.
(And the playing cards that were thrown down instantly gathered and integrated.
Constantly moving, shuffling, and finally closing into a stack, which automatically enters the card box)
And that letter was addressed to MacGuffin.
He picked it up and glanced at the name and address on the envelope.
He curled his lips, tore open the letter, and read it, his face became more and more ugly.
"This is actually a letter from the Ministry of Magic!" Ron yelled immediately when he saw the address of the caller.
"What?" Harry stood up.
"What's on it?" Hermione asked suspiciously.
They leaned together and read the strange letter together.
……
Mr McGuffin Albert:
We have received reports of an unbelievable event at Hogwarts a week ago - that Quirinus Quirrell is a dark wizard and is trying to steal Hogwarts property.
We are here to express our condolences for your hurt.
But there are too many things that need to be investigated about the incident about Quilinus Quirrell. This needs to be the victim of that incident and the first person to experience it...
You need to come to the Ministry of Magic.
Don't worry, this is just a routine investigation to check for missing defects.
You know, the Ministry of Magic finds it hard to believe that a young wizard can say he can turn a grown wizard into a golden statue by casting the Midas touch.
And since the establishment of modern magic, Hogwarts is generally not allowed to teach ancient magic... especially this kind of ancient magic that is easy to lose control.
In addition, as far as we know, Mr. Albert was born in a Muggle family, so we will send staff from the Ministry of Magic to pick him up in mid-August, please don't worry.
The specific time will be notified separately.
I wish you a happy summer vacation!
Ministry of Magic
Law Enforcement Division
……
"These guys... must be revenge! McGuffin, do you want to write and ask Professor Dumbledore, or Professor McGonagall... How could it be so coincidental that this letter from the owl was mailed when he was leaving school!" Harry said indignantly.
"It's certainly possible that this is the case...it's Lucius Malfoy! This family is really bad... But it's also possible that it's Umbridge, the pink toad you mentioned, McGuffin," Ron added.
Last time, in order to underestimate Rita Skeeter's article published in the [Daily Prophet] the next day, McGuffin had to tell Hermione and the others about his feud with the three who came to Hogwarts.
In fact, a few people have been tempered by [Snape and Quirrell fan fiction], especially Hermione's style of this kind of writing has greatly improved.
(He can’t complete such a large volume by himself. All kinds of soft articles, especially shocking ones, especially McGuffin’s words and sentences still carry the habits and flavors of his previous life. These little wizards must provide opinions for gradual revision... Of course, the final article was handed over to Professor McGonagall for review and polishing... Although her face was indescribable, she finally considered that Hogwarts should not be involved in conflicts with the Ministry of Magic, pinching her nose and re-editing them to make it more in line with the Daily Prophet, readers of the wizarding world. ...)
With the help of several people, McGuffin completed a few "shocking style" soft articles, the main content of which is roughly titled:
[Secrets that Quilinus Quirrell has to tell~Shocked!He missed it 5 years ago, and when they met again, they actually did this kind of thing in public]
[For him, how did Quilinus get into Hogwarts, the most heavily guarded campus]
【This secret that had been buried for decades was finally revealed...but it led to Quilinus Quirrell...? 】
……
Of course, apart from this kind of novelty and eye-catching news, there are others.Of course, this is also because of Hermione's participation... the title and content were unknowingly affected, and there were some deviations.
It is inevitable that some editors and wizards will not like it.
Just in case, McGuffin wrote two more articles by himself:
[Discuss how Quilinus Quirrell degenerates step by step...The great influence of a wizard family on a child's growth]
【Mystery of the Golden Statue of Quilinus】
——This kind of magic essay.
Anyway, I wrote an article according to the way of thinking of the folk science keyboard man. At first glance, it seems to be full of reason, but it is actually a way.
However, it turned out to be unexpectedly popular. The Daily Prophet was almost occupied by these "shocking style" and "anti-wisdom magic" articles on the entire page.
Rita Skeeter's article is estimated to be too homogeneous to continue to be published.
Although the matter has ended satisfactorily, now that such a incident has happened, Ron thinks about these people, especially Ron said that Lucius Malfoy will definitely retaliate against McGuffin.
He thinks the Malfoys are small-minded... 'The Malfoys made my father's job a lot of trouble at the Ministry...they're always looking for trouble...'
Harry also thought so, so upon seeing such a letter, the two immediately jumped out to suspect members of the Malfoy family.
Only they have the motivation and ability to take revenge on a little wizard.
McGuffin didn't think that way, he knew in his heart that this was probably an aspect of the power game between the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts, and he just happened to be picked
Also Hermione was not as impulsive as Ron and the two of them.
She thought for a while, then shook her head, "The important thing now is not who did it,... but what should the McGuffin do then? You can't really let you go to the Ministry of Magic alone..."
"And now that we have left school for vacation, we wrote to the professors, and they have no position to help us..."
Seeing the serious expressions of the little wizards, McGuffin smiled and comforted them, "It's not as serious as you imagined. How do you describe it in the letter? They asked me to describe the incident of Quirrell that night..."
"Do you imagine that this can be done by me alone? Besides, the words of a young wizard are really not convincing. At that time, Dumbledore or other professors will definitely appear on behalf of Hogwarts..."
"By the way, McGuffin, you have to come to our house during the summer vacation... At that time, just let my father take you to the Ministry of Magic, so that with him... Lucius and that pink toad dare not do anything to you?" Ron said happily.
"... After you get off the train in a while, tell my father about this matter, and he will definitely agree... After all, according to him, your father, Mr. Longman, was his first Muggle friend... Especially he likes your father explaining the use of sockets, or things with electricity."
"That's it... McGuffin, after all, it will be very helpful to have an acquaintance accompany you to the Ministry of Magic," he added.
"That's true... But, will I also receive the same letter? After all, I am also present." Harry agreed, and thought it was very likely that he would receive the same letter.
In this regard, Hermione and Ron looked at each other and looked at McGuffin.
McGuffin knows what they mean and think.
——How could the famous Harry Potter possibly be treated like this.
They didn't say it clearly, they just agreed vaguely.
Sure enough, when it was time to get out of the car, Harry did not wait for the letter from the Ministry of Magic.
The train passed through villages, towns... The scenery on the road outside became more and more clean and modern.
This train seemed to bring them back from the magical world to the Muggle Iron Forest City.
Finally, they checked whether there were any traces of the wizarding world on their bodies, put away some badges or other magical gadgets, and tidied up their jackets and jackets a little.
Finally, the speed of the train gradually slowed down, and it stopped at Platform [-] and [-]/[-] of King's Cross Station again.
There was an old wizard on guard, and only two or three were allowed to pass at a time.Let the little wizards not rush out, causing Muggles to discover clues, and let the Aurors who are here frequently cast spells to erase memory on a large scale.
"You and McGuffin let my father know about the letter by the way... At that time, you can take Harry to your house first, and then let my father pick you up, so it should be fine! By the way, where is your house? Is there a fireplace?" Ron said.
After McGuffin answered Ron's question, he pretended not to know and asked for the address of Uncle Harry's house.
"That's it!..." Harry hastily pulled out his quill and a piece of parchment, scribbled the address on the top half, tore it in two, and handed it to McGuffin.
McGuffin also wrote down the address of his home and gave it to Ron.
In this way, they passed the entrance together and returned to the Muggle world.
As soon as he came out, he heard a high-pitched voice shouting.
"Where is he, mother, where is he, look!"
It's Ron's sister, Ginny. Of course, as Harry's little fan, she doesn't mean her own brother Ron.
"Harry Potter!"
"Look! Mom, I see—"
"Come on, Ginny—it's impolite to point fingers at others!" Mrs. Weasley pulled Ginny over and educated her, who was peeking shyly at Harry.
When Harry fell into the star chasing of the little fan girl, McGuffin finally found Mr. Langman, and his father was waving to him in the crowd.
He was wearing a red T-shirt, shorts,...a bright red jersey, and even painted a football pattern on his face with oil paint and heavy makeup. His hair was shaved and a number was on it. That number seemed to be a player he fanatically pursued.
have to!Another star chaser appeared...
Before he could think about it, his elder brother Clooney Albert was also dressed in bright red, walking from the crowd with a colorful flag in his hand, his entire face completely painted red.
At first glance - it looks like someone who sang a big show on the stage in the previous life.
The outfits of these two critters are even better than the strange outfits of other wizard parents.
MacGuffin somewhat regretted waving at the two of them.
Relying on their tall and strong figures, the two of them forced their way through the crowd.
By this time Harry had finished introducing his little girl, Ginny, and he had thanked Mrs. Weasley for her Christmas gift.
Mr. Weasley on the other side stroked his little red hair, listened to Ron's description of the situation of McGuffin and Harry, and gave him the letter for inspection.
At this time, Vernon Dursley had come to Harry and said to him angrily.
"I said, are you ready?"
He had a big purple face and a big beard, and he glared angrily at Harry and the group in front of him.
In his opinion, Harry was holding an owl cage and greeting these strange people—especially hateful, making the family very uncomfortable.
So... were Petunia and Dudley standing behind Vernon Dursley?
McGuffin turned his attention to them. Sure enough, although their appearances were slightly different from those in the movie, they were still recognizable by him. Petunia had a particularly long neck, and Dudley was like a pig. Even now, he was still wearing a backpack. He kept taking out donuts, chips, chocolate and other foods from there, stuffing them into his mouth without stopping for a moment.
evil!
...that's really... no wonder Harry hated the family so much.
Mrs Weasley wanted to say hello to Harry's family.
But Vernon Dursley responded coldly, urging Harry to leave quickly.
"Come on, boy, we don't want to stay here any longer..." He hurriedly turned and walked away.
——From his contorted expression, it could be seen that Vernon Dursley had tried his best to maintain his politeness.
But this kind of politeness probably had a lot to do with the pig tail that Hagrid conjured up.
Hermione couldn't believe there were such people in the world.
But at this time, Hermione's parents also saw her and walked upright.
McGuffin could only describe what he saw of the Grangers - how white their teeth were!
They could only rush through a few words and begin to say goodbye.
"Then see you after the summer vacation!"
"Harry, remember to wait for the owl's notice. I'll let Ron tell you the exact time, and we'll pick you up then!"
"Then I wish you a happy summer vacation!"
……
Finally, after Langman and Mr. Weasley met, the two families came to a place where the crowds were not so dense, took a break, and discussed the McGuffin's summer vacation to the Burrow and the Ministry of Magic.
"Mr. Longman, are you going to watch a football match?" After Mr. Weasley and Longman agreed to discuss the arrangement for the McGuffin, they asked the other party's appearance curiously.
"Ha...you know football too? It's Liverpool's..."
Longman talked endlessly to Mr. Weasley about the team he fanatically insisted on, and even showed Mr. Weasley the tattoo on his back.
After a long time, amidst Mrs. Weasley's more and more collapsed expression, Mr. Weasley finally seemed to realize something... The two bid farewell in a hurry, and agreed on a time to visit each other.
And as expected... After leaving here, Longman and Clooney abducted McGuffin to the stadium to watch the game.
Thus began the first day of life after the holiday.
McGuffin, who was caught up in the frantic shouts of thousands of crazy British fans, always felt that this was not the beginning of his summer vacation life as he had imagined.
(End of this chapter)
