#119 - Section 119

【 Avid Consumer of Avada Kedavra 】

A flash of green light, fear permeates the heart, the fire of life is extinguished, the light of hope fades away, the soul succumbs in trembling.

Achievement Goal: Kill a wizard using Avada Kedavra (100/100)

Achievement Reward: Avada Kedavra Spell Advancement

Only after claiming it did Ethan understand what this so-called Avada Kedavra Spell Advancement was all about.

Just like a certain game he used to play, his Avada Kedavra could chain, relying on curses.

And Ethan used magic power. If he hit the target and took their life, he could randomly find a target around the hit person to ricochet to. This ricochet would only end when there were no more hostile targets nearby, or when the magic power in Ethan's Avada Kedavra was used up.

If he had used this advanced version of Avada Kedavra just now, he could have solved all the dozens of people in the church with one Avada Kedavra, instead of having to do it one by one.

Also, Fenrir Greyback's method of using others as Avada Kedavra has also lost its effectiveness.

Chapter 152: Hermione's Aesthetics

Mid-August!

Ethan brought Penelope and Cassandra to Diagon Alley to buy books for the upcoming semester.

Beauxbatons also starts school on September 1st. Fleur and Gabrielle went back the day before yesterday at their father's request, using a Portkey.

"Ethan, over here!"

Hermione and Cho Chang stood by the roadside and waved to Ethan from afar.

Both of them were holding the new ice cream cones launched by Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour this year.

After giving each of them an ice cream cone, Hermione took out two newspapers from under her arm and showed them to Ethan.

"Do the wizarding world and Muggles still have contact?"

"Look, he's even on the Muggle newspapers."

The front page of both newspapers featured a large photo of a haggard-looking man with long, messy hair.

The Daily Prophet reported that the Ministry of Magic confirmed today that Sirius Black is still at large. He is probably the most evil prisoner Azkaban has ever held.

The Muggle newspaper recorded that Sirius Black killed thirteen people with a gun twelve years ago.

"There is contact. We Muggle-born wizards go to Hogwarts, and that's the result of communication from above."

"The Malfoy family used to serve the English royal family and still have Muggle titles, but because of the International Statute of Secrecy, contact has been cut off. But the higher-ups in the Ministry of Magic still have frequent contact with the higher-ups in the Muggle world."

This was not something that could not be said, so Ethan directly told Hermione.

"I thought the wizarding world and Muggles were two completely unrelated worlds."

Hermione nodded thoughtfully.

The matter of Black was quickly left behind by the group. His escape posed no threat to them. No one here knew him, they only knew he was a criminal, and they had nothing to do with him.

Hermione's surprise was only because Black was able to appear on Muggle newspapers.

After putting away the two newspapers, the group began to stroll around Diagon Alley.

When passing Quality Quidditch Supplies, they saw the store was full of excited wizards, men, women, young and old.

"Ethan, look, there's a new model of flying broomstick! Let's go in and take a look."

Cho Chang said excitedly, pulling on Ethan.

"Alright!"

Anyway, there was plenty of time today. They mainly just needed to buy a few books, and the rest of the time would be spent accompanying them to stroll around Diagon Alley.

Ethan led the girls into the store along with the crowd. A stage was set up inside the store, and on the stage was a rather gorgeous and impressive flying broomstick.

Although Ethan was indifferent to it, the surrounding crowd looked at the flying broomstick with suppressed delight in their eyes.

"Just came out... sample..."

This was a wizard with a square jaw nearby who was introducing the situation of this flying broomstick to his companion.

"Is this the fastest broom in the world, Dad?"

A young boy shook his father's arm, his eyes fixed on the flying broomstick and unable to move away.

The surrounding crowd was discussing this broomstick, but on Ethan's side, only Cho Chang liked Quidditch. The others had no interest in Quidditch.

If you have no interest in Quidditch, you basically have no requirements for flying broomsticks. After all, the Nimbus 2000 and such are not unusable.

But why were there more and more people? People were constantly coming in from outside.

"Penelope, take them out first!"

"I'll take Cho Chang to take a look inside."

"Okay!"

Penelope didn't want to stay inside either. With so many people, there were all sorts of strange smells. If it weren't for Cho Chang, she wouldn't have come in at all.

When they brought Cho Chang to the side of the stage, the two finally saw the sign next to it.

【 Firebolt Crossbow 】

This latest high-speed flying broomstick adopts a streamlined design, high-quality ash wood handle, diamond polishing, and the registration number is hand-engraved.

Each carefully selected birch branch at the tail of the broomstick is ground into a streamlined shape, giving the broomstick unparalleled balance and exquisite accuracy.

The Firebolt Crossbow can accelerate from standstill to 150 miles per hour in ten seconds and can reflect magical braking effects.

Price negotiable!

The price is negotiable, isn't that just wanting to increase the price?

This acceleration is indeed good, 150 miles, which is 241 kilometers. Compared to Ethan's McLaren F1, it is certainly nothing, but for other flying broomsticks, it is a dimensionality reduction strike.

Seeing so many people gathered, the shop owner also stood up and gave the Firebolt Crossbow another wave of publicity:

"The Irish International Club has just placed an order to buy seven of these fine products!"

"They are the hot items of this World Cup!"

Ethan looked at Cho Chang beside him, whose eyes were sparkling with stars, and knew what to give her for Christmas this year.

As for the price, Ethan wasn't short of money now.

He had made more than a million from Slez, and Wolle, the head of the family, had given him more than 70,000 gold Galleons in a quarterly bonus two months ago.

After leaving the Quality Quidditch Supplies shop with Cho Chang, who was still a little reluctant to leave, Ethan and his party arrived at Flourish and Blotts, which was only a few dozen meters away.

The main purpose of this trip was to buy textbooks for elective courses. Ethan, Cassandra, and Hermione all chose Care of Magical Creatures, Ancient Runes, and Divination.

Walking into the bookstore, the place where gilded magic books used to be placed was now replaced by a large iron cage, inside which were about a hundred copies of 'The Monster Book of Monsters'.

These books were all entangled together, aggressively tearing at each other, like they were engaged in a fierce wrestling match, with shattered pieces of paper flying everywhere.

Ethan was silent, wondering which alchemy master's work this was, and what the significance of making it like this was.

"Hogwarts?"

"Here to buy new textbooks?"

The manager on the side saw Ethan and the others standing there and suddenly walked over to ask.

"Yes!"

Hermione nodded seriously.

"How many do you need?"

The manager's voice trembled a little.

"Three!"

The third-year textbook is 'The Monster Book of Monsters', but the fourth and seventh-year textbooks are not this one.

Taking a deep breath, the bookstore manager put on a pair of thick gloves and picked up a gnarled walking stick, heading towards the cage door of 'The Monster Book of Monsters'.

Ethan and the others watched as he used the walking stick to separate the books that were biting each other, and then grabbed one and dragged it out, but unfortunately, he was still bitten. Two copies of 'The Monster Book of Monsters' were biting his arm tightly and were dragged out.

"This is the seventh time I've been bitten today!"

The manager was almost crying as he said this. This year's Care of Magical Creatures teacher must be crazy!

To choose this book.

"We also need three copies each of 'Unfogging the Future' and 'Rune Primer'."

"Okay, textbooks for Divination and Ancient Runes, right!"

The manager walked towards the depths of the bookstore to get the required textbooks for Ethan and the others.

Whoosh!

The movement on the side attracted Ethan and the others' attention. Turning their heads, they found that a copy of 'The Monster Book of Monsters' had been torn apart by other books, with paper flying everywhere.

No wonder there were only seventy or so people in a grade, but they had stocked so many books. It turned out that many of them were consumables.

Counting the ones that had been bought and the ones that had been torn up, Ethan estimated that they had probably stocked about two hundred copies.

With this, they were definitely losing money!

After Penelope and Cho Chang also finished choosing their textbooks, the group left, leaving behind the manager who was silently looking at the wreckage of the books.........

Afterwards, they went from Madam Primpernelle's Beautifying Potions to Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, and in the middle, they also went to Eeylops Owl Emporium and Scribbulus Writing Instruments.

Finally, they stopped at the entrance of the Magical Menagerie.

"Ethan, let's go in and take a look!"

"When I first entered school, I thought about bringing a cat to Hogwarts, but at that time, I didn't have enough Galleons, and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to take care of it in a new environment."

"But now, I think I can take care of a cat!"

Hermione looked at Ethan with some excitement. Although cats are not on the list of pets allowed at Hogwarts, it shouldn't be a big problem. If it really doesn't work, she can just secretly raise one.

"Okay, let's go in and take a look!"

Ethan was silent for a while, then nodded in agreement.

He remembered that Hermione had a very ugly cat. Could it be that she bought it here!

"Welcome, what kind of pet do you need?"

As soon as the group entered the door, a middle-aged woman with thick black-rimmed glasses greeted them.

Hermione frowned as she looked at the very crowded pet store, filled with various animal sounds and noise.

She doubted whether she could buy a suitable cat here, but since they had already come, it would be impolite to just leave.

"I want to buy a cat. Do you have any recommendations?"

"Please follow me, the cats are all here."

The proprietress led the way, and Hermione followed behind.

Ethan went to pet the magical creatures. Since he came in, their gazes had been focused on him. Of course, these were all common ones. There was not a single one with an XXXX rating.

"Ethan, come and see what you think of this cat?"

After a while, Hermione picked up a cat and shouted loudly towards Ethan, with a strong excitement on her face.

"You've taken a fancy to it?"

Ethan gave Hermione a strange look. She really did run into it!

He couldn't appreciate this cat. Dense ginger fur, bow legs, a face that looked like a flattened pancake, and a thick tail like a bottle brush. It just didn't fit the aesthetic of a normal person.

"What do you think? It's cute, right!"

Hermione said excitedly, she really liked it more and more as she looked at it.

"If you like it, then it's good."

Ethan really couldn't bring himself to say something against his will.

Cassandra and the others on the side also looked at Hermione with astonishment. They didn't expect her aesthetic to have collapsed to this point.

"This is Crookshanks. He has some Kneazle blood in him. He is a very smart child and can be taken away for only three Galleons. Of course, you have to take good care of him."

Unlike Ethan and the others, the proprietress was smiling at this moment.