Chapter 183 The long-lost new task
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Chu Ni Fan Wan
Snow fell outside the window at some point, and Sun Zhu nestled in a plush recliner, with a wool blanket on his legs, holding hot milk in his hand, listening to his father and the others chatting.
The fireplace burns quietly, so even if the wizards don't have air conditioning and heating, they still won't get cold.The floor of the second floor was also covered with a warm brown woolen blanket, which looked brand new and thick, so Harry sat cross-legged on it and flipped through an atlas.
It was a Christmas gift from Sun Zhu to him, as a gift for the "first" meeting—please, the overview of the classic "landscape" of the wizarding world brought by senior sister Cecilia from Hogsmeade, a thin book, less than three ten pages.
There are seven locations including Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade Village, Gringotts, the British Ministry of Magic, Godric's Hollow and St. Text introduction and a few moving photos.
It is said that a certain witch who went to work in a book company after graduation specially applied to the Ministry of Magic to make it specially for "science popularization" for newly enrolled little witches.
Harry, who wasn't a bitch, clearly liked the booklet, too.Although Sirius must have introduced him a lot earlier, the verbal description is definitely not more intuitive than the moving pictures.
Sun Zhu drank the milk in the cup in one gulp and yawned.
And Uncle Long, who was invisible, hovered not far from Harry, looking at him for a while, and Sun Zhu for a while.
"Boring." Uncle Long commented, "What's so good about this booklet?"
Sun Zhu spread his hands and said nothing.Unlike Comrade Jianguo, she can be both invisible and silent—although none of his spells have any effect on her, it is enough that the other people in the room cannot see his presence.
The three adults of the same age on the sofa seemed to have endless topics to talk about. Although Dad was sometimes restrained and Sirius often let himself go, but with Lupine as a reliable person in the middle, they actually seemed like Talking and laughing like friends, having fun.
Sun Zhu listened carefully, most of the topics revolved around the Ministry of Magic, she easily became sleepy.
Don't forget about work while chatting, so forget about dad, Sirius, are you the kind of person who works hard?Obviously, I can't go to the office several times a week.
After Sun Zhu yawned for the third time and began to wonder why she didn't have a Muggle TV or radio to entertain her, Harry finally finished flipping through the thin booklet.
The little Uncle Long flew into the air with his movements, and Sun Zhu pointed to him upstairs, indicating that if he was bored, he could go somewhere else for a stroll.
Black's old house has five floors. They are now in a large living room on the second floor. There are many rooms upstairs, as well as Sirius' former bedroom... Although Sun Zhu is not sure about these things for Mr. Long Fun or not, but it's more fun than keeping him here all the time.
After seeing Grandpa Long wagging his tail and turning into a golden light and flying away, Sun Zhu noticed that Harry had moved to her feet at some point.
"Bamboo..." He whispered in a breathy voice.
Sun Zhu immediately lowered his head to look at him, his black eyebrows raised slightly, and at the same time he replied in a breathy voice: "What's the matter? By the way, why are you sitting on the ground, aren't you cold?"
Harry shook his head, and continued to whisper: "Thank you, it's so interesting. No one has ever shown me this, so the wizarding world really exists..."
Sun Zhu's eyes widened slightly: "No one has ever told you about this? Didn't Professor Black either?"
Harry shook his head again: "He said he'd love to tell me everything he knew right away, but someone wouldn't let him do it. The man said that in the future I'd discover it myself, and it would be more pleasant."
Sun Zhu hugged her blanket tightly: "Then shouldn't I give you this?"
"No...! After seeing this, I look forward to it even more. Unfortunately, I still have more than 200 days to see these with my own eyes... And, what if Hogwarts doesn't accept me when the time comes? "
"How is it possible that Harry Potter can't go to Hogwarts? What you are saying is like..."
Sun Zhu straightened up, and swallowed back the words that came to his lips.
She was going to say, Hogwarts is just for you.After all, without Harry, there would be no "Harry Potter", so where is Hogwarts?
Seeing that he was still confused, she simply opened the booklet and introduced: "Hogwarts, your future alma mater; Diagon Alley, the wizarding world shopping center; Hogsmeade, the holy place for wizards to date; Gringotts, Wizard Bank, it seems that your family has a lot of money there. Don’t ask me how I know it. If you want to ask, just ask Sirius. He said in front of my dad every day that his godson Harry will definitely live a good life in the future Life. As for the Ministry—”
She pointed to the three people not far away, and continued: "If you are curious, go and listen to what they are talking about; St. Mungo's Hospital, if possible, I hope that it is better not to have the opportunity to know this place..."
Harry's eyes widened: "What about the last one, Godric's Hollow?"
"Oh, that seems to be your home..." Sun Zhu paused, "Well, Principal Dumbledore also lived there before, I don't know about the others."
"You already know a lot! Thanks for telling me that!"
Harry looked very excited and seemed unaware of Sun Zhu's hesitation.
It's a good thing he didn't ask about Godric's Hollow, otherwise, would she have told Harry about the tragedy that shocked the wizarding world ten years ago?
"But... why would you know where my family lives?" Harry scratched his head curiously.
Sun Zhu's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly calmed down: "Because you are famous, there are wizards in the magic world who have never heard of you, and you can count them on one hand."
Harry nodded without asking why he was famous.Sun Zhu felt that he must have the answer in his heart.Fortunately, his mood should not have been affected.
Sun Zhu took a long breath, and nestled back into the reclining chair.Suddenly, an identical chair appeared not far from her. Harry and she subconsciously looked at the sofa, and Lupine smiled at them and said, "It's going to catch a cold, Harry. Would you like some more chairs?" How about dessert?"
Sun Zhu smiled and waved his hands: "Thank you, Mr. Lu Ping, I have eaten enough before."
The dinner was prepared by a Muggle chef invited by Sirius using his superpower and money ability, and Sun Zhu ate very full without much regard for his image.
Harry whispered, "I don't need it either."
Lupine smiled and said, "If you need anything, you can tell me anytime."
Too thoughtful, Sun Zhu sighed in his heart.
Now the person who is most worried here must be Lu Ping. He has to pay attention to both the big and the small. Fortunately, there is no possibility of any trouble now.
Sun Zhu wandered into the sky, thinking of Fina, and thinking of Senior Tonks.
Harry sat obediently on the recliner, but his posture was much more disciplined, with his feet together, like an obedient schoolboy.
He whispered again: "Zhu, what are you thinking about?"
"I'm wondering what kind of a future wife will be for such a gentle person as Mr. Lupine." She thought of Senior Tonks in her mind, and said casually.
"Ah..." Harry was a little surprised. He turned his head and glanced at the sofa, but he didn't notice that Lupine changed his sitting position unnaturally.
"Should be a gentle person too." Harry said.
"No, no, generally speaking, a person's partner is most likely to complement him in a certain way." Sun Zhu looked like an emotional expert.
"Then...the person I like in the future must be very brave." Harry continued in a low voice.
"Huh? You think so?" Sun Zhu thought about Ginny's appearance, and said noncommittally, "You are only ten years old, have you started thinking about this problem?"
Harry's face turned red instantly.
"I'm just talking casually..." He seemed eager to win the game, "What about you? You are two years older than me, so you can think about it."
The sofa on the opposite side fell silent, and the three adults listened with their ears closed.
One was helpless, one was excited, and the other was worried.
"Me? You don't have to ask, you must be handsome." Sun Zhu said casually without realizing it.
"Is this the only requirement? Don't you want him to be very powerful, or rich?"
"Child, you know a lot." Sun Zhu tutted, "But..."
Suddenly there were several deafening noises in the attic.The two who were chatting and the three who were eavesdropping were taken aback at the same time.
It seemed that something had collapsed, or something had been blown away. Sun Zhu got up from the chair and asked Tongzi in his heart: "What did Jianguo do just now?"
"I only know that it is now in the southernmost room on the third floor, and I don't know the rest."
"Sires, is there... other than us in your family?" Sun Zhu heard his father's voice.
"As far as people are concerned, you are the only ones. But there are still a few foxes and a bad-tempered ghoul living here. When I cleaned the place a few days ago, they were unwilling to leave, so I let them live on the top floor."
"Top floor?"
"Yes, on the fifth floor, there is the room where my brother and I used to be. I let them go to my brother's room, anyway, no one else will go there in the future." Sirius said indifferently.
"You are such a good brother." Sun Zhengxing shook his head, "But such a big movement, it doesn't seem like a ghoul can make it. Ghouls don't have much ability, they just look scary."
Sun Zhu probed guiltyly, but the adults didn't doubt her meaning at all.
"The movement just now doesn't seem to be coming from the top floor. The sound should not be far from us." Lupine said: "Let's go separately and have a look."
"Leave it to us!" Sun Zhu said suddenly: "Go to the top floor, we will go to other places to have a look."
"How can I do that? I don't know if there is any danger. You stay here first, don't go anywhere." Sun Zhengxing said: "Let's go upstairs and have a look."
Father and Sirius hurried off with their wands, while Lupine stayed where he was and didn't follow.
Sun Zhu asked with a guilty conscience: "Hey, Mr. Lu Ping, aren't you together?"
"In case of danger, I have to stay here to protect you."
"How could it be dangerous, or you can take us to see it together."
"Yeah, Remus, maybe something interesting!" Harry agreed.
Lupine remained motionless, only smiling back at them.
Sun Zhu sighed and sat back in his original position.Harry also sat down on the sofa with a disappointed face and continued to flip through the booklet.
Three minutes later, she suddenly got up again, and said with a look of embarrassment: "Cough... I want to know, where is the bathroom here?"
Lupine glanced at her, thought for a moment, and said, "There's a room by the window at the far south end of the second floor."
While thanking Sun Zhu, he quickly ran away.
Harry asked worriedly: "Is it dangerous to let Zhu leave alone?"
"Her skirt is equipped with high-level defensive magic, which is enough to protect her. If you are worried... we will go and have a look in 5 minutes?"
Following Tongzi's guidance, Sun Zhu trotted all the way into the room at the far end of the third floor. What he saw was a huge collapsed mirror. The evil dragon is flying around there.
Sun Zhu held her magic wand and yelled "Recovery as before" towards the hole, but unfortunately her magic is not strong enough, although the spell works, but the recovery speed is slow.
She simply grabbed the dragon, stuffed it into her pocket, added a few restorative spells to the hole and the large mirror that fell on the ground, and hurried downstairs again.
"What happened, you will explain to me later. Now, we have to leave the crime scene quickly."
"Host!" Tongzi's shocked notification sounded again, "Although I don't know what happened just now, you have started a new mission."
The fireplace burns quietly, so even if the wizards don't have air conditioning and heating, they still won't get cold.The floor of the second floor was also covered with a warm brown woolen blanket, which looked brand new and thick, so Harry sat cross-legged on it and flipped through an atlas.
It was a Christmas gift from Sun Zhu to him, as a gift for the "first" meeting—please, the overview of the classic "landscape" of the wizarding world brought by senior sister Cecilia from Hogsmeade, a thin book, less than three ten pages.
There are seven locations including Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade Village, Gringotts, the British Ministry of Magic, Godric's Hollow and St. Text introduction and a few moving photos.
It is said that a certain witch who went to work in a book company after graduation specially applied to the Ministry of Magic to make it specially for "science popularization" for newly enrolled little witches.
Harry, who wasn't a bitch, clearly liked the booklet, too.Although Sirius must have introduced him a lot earlier, the verbal description is definitely not more intuitive than the moving pictures.
Sun Zhu drank the milk in the cup in one gulp and yawned.
And Uncle Long, who was invisible, hovered not far from Harry, looking at him for a while, and Sun Zhu for a while.
"Boring." Uncle Long commented, "What's so good about this booklet?"
Sun Zhu spread his hands and said nothing.Unlike Comrade Jianguo, she can be both invisible and silent—although none of his spells have any effect on her, it is enough that the other people in the room cannot see his presence.
The three adults of the same age on the sofa seemed to have endless topics to talk about. Although Dad was sometimes restrained and Sirius often let himself go, but with Lupine as a reliable person in the middle, they actually seemed like Talking and laughing like friends, having fun.
Sun Zhu listened carefully, most of the topics revolved around the Ministry of Magic, she easily became sleepy.
Don't forget about work while chatting, so forget about dad, Sirius, are you the kind of person who works hard?Obviously, I can't go to the office several times a week.
After Sun Zhu yawned for the third time and began to wonder why she didn't have a Muggle TV or radio to entertain her, Harry finally finished flipping through the thin booklet.
The little Uncle Long flew into the air with his movements, and Sun Zhu pointed to him upstairs, indicating that if he was bored, he could go somewhere else for a stroll.
Black's old house has five floors. They are now in a large living room on the second floor. There are many rooms upstairs, as well as Sirius' former bedroom... Although Sun Zhu is not sure about these things for Mr. Long Fun or not, but it's more fun than keeping him here all the time.
After seeing Grandpa Long wagging his tail and turning into a golden light and flying away, Sun Zhu noticed that Harry had moved to her feet at some point.
"Bamboo..." He whispered in a breathy voice.
Sun Zhu immediately lowered his head to look at him, his black eyebrows raised slightly, and at the same time he replied in a breathy voice: "What's the matter? By the way, why are you sitting on the ground, aren't you cold?"
Harry shook his head, and continued to whisper: "Thank you, it's so interesting. No one has ever shown me this, so the wizarding world really exists..."
Sun Zhu's eyes widened slightly: "No one has ever told you about this? Didn't Professor Black either?"
Harry shook his head again: "He said he'd love to tell me everything he knew right away, but someone wouldn't let him do it. The man said that in the future I'd discover it myself, and it would be more pleasant."
Sun Zhu hugged her blanket tightly: "Then shouldn't I give you this?"
"No...! After seeing this, I look forward to it even more. Unfortunately, I still have more than 200 days to see these with my own eyes... And, what if Hogwarts doesn't accept me when the time comes? "
"How is it possible that Harry Potter can't go to Hogwarts? What you are saying is like..."
Sun Zhu straightened up, and swallowed back the words that came to his lips.
She was going to say, Hogwarts is just for you.After all, without Harry, there would be no "Harry Potter", so where is Hogwarts?
Seeing that he was still confused, she simply opened the booklet and introduced: "Hogwarts, your future alma mater; Diagon Alley, the wizarding world shopping center; Hogsmeade, the holy place for wizards to date; Gringotts, Wizard Bank, it seems that your family has a lot of money there. Don’t ask me how I know it. If you want to ask, just ask Sirius. He said in front of my dad every day that his godson Harry will definitely live a good life in the future Life. As for the Ministry—”
She pointed to the three people not far away, and continued: "If you are curious, go and listen to what they are talking about; St. Mungo's Hospital, if possible, I hope that it is better not to have the opportunity to know this place..."
Harry's eyes widened: "What about the last one, Godric's Hollow?"
"Oh, that seems to be your home..." Sun Zhu paused, "Well, Principal Dumbledore also lived there before, I don't know about the others."
"You already know a lot! Thanks for telling me that!"
Harry looked very excited and seemed unaware of Sun Zhu's hesitation.
It's a good thing he didn't ask about Godric's Hollow, otherwise, would she have told Harry about the tragedy that shocked the wizarding world ten years ago?
"But... why would you know where my family lives?" Harry scratched his head curiously.
Sun Zhu's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly calmed down: "Because you are famous, there are wizards in the magic world who have never heard of you, and you can count them on one hand."
Harry nodded without asking why he was famous.Sun Zhu felt that he must have the answer in his heart.Fortunately, his mood should not have been affected.
Sun Zhu took a long breath, and nestled back into the reclining chair.Suddenly, an identical chair appeared not far from her. Harry and she subconsciously looked at the sofa, and Lupine smiled at them and said, "It's going to catch a cold, Harry. Would you like some more chairs?" How about dessert?"
Sun Zhu smiled and waved his hands: "Thank you, Mr. Lu Ping, I have eaten enough before."
The dinner was prepared by a Muggle chef invited by Sirius using his superpower and money ability, and Sun Zhu ate very full without much regard for his image.
Harry whispered, "I don't need it either."
Lupine smiled and said, "If you need anything, you can tell me anytime."
Too thoughtful, Sun Zhu sighed in his heart.
Now the person who is most worried here must be Lu Ping. He has to pay attention to both the big and the small. Fortunately, there is no possibility of any trouble now.
Sun Zhu wandered into the sky, thinking of Fina, and thinking of Senior Tonks.
Harry sat obediently on the recliner, but his posture was much more disciplined, with his feet together, like an obedient schoolboy.
He whispered again: "Zhu, what are you thinking about?"
"I'm wondering what kind of a future wife will be for such a gentle person as Mr. Lupine." She thought of Senior Tonks in her mind, and said casually.
"Ah..." Harry was a little surprised. He turned his head and glanced at the sofa, but he didn't notice that Lupine changed his sitting position unnaturally.
"Should be a gentle person too." Harry said.
"No, no, generally speaking, a person's partner is most likely to complement him in a certain way." Sun Zhu looked like an emotional expert.
"Then...the person I like in the future must be very brave." Harry continued in a low voice.
"Huh? You think so?" Sun Zhu thought about Ginny's appearance, and said noncommittally, "You are only ten years old, have you started thinking about this problem?"
Harry's face turned red instantly.
"I'm just talking casually..." He seemed eager to win the game, "What about you? You are two years older than me, so you can think about it."
The sofa on the opposite side fell silent, and the three adults listened with their ears closed.
One was helpless, one was excited, and the other was worried.
"Me? You don't have to ask, you must be handsome." Sun Zhu said casually without realizing it.
"Is this the only requirement? Don't you want him to be very powerful, or rich?"
"Child, you know a lot." Sun Zhu tutted, "But..."
Suddenly there were several deafening noises in the attic.The two who were chatting and the three who were eavesdropping were taken aback at the same time.
It seemed that something had collapsed, or something had been blown away. Sun Zhu got up from the chair and asked Tongzi in his heart: "What did Jianguo do just now?"
"I only know that it is now in the southernmost room on the third floor, and I don't know the rest."
"Sires, is there... other than us in your family?" Sun Zhu heard his father's voice.
"As far as people are concerned, you are the only ones. But there are still a few foxes and a bad-tempered ghoul living here. When I cleaned the place a few days ago, they were unwilling to leave, so I let them live on the top floor."
"Top floor?"
"Yes, on the fifth floor, there is the room where my brother and I used to be. I let them go to my brother's room, anyway, no one else will go there in the future." Sirius said indifferently.
"You are such a good brother." Sun Zhengxing shook his head, "But such a big movement, it doesn't seem like a ghoul can make it. Ghouls don't have much ability, they just look scary."
Sun Zhu probed guiltyly, but the adults didn't doubt her meaning at all.
"The movement just now doesn't seem to be coming from the top floor. The sound should not be far from us." Lupine said: "Let's go separately and have a look."
"Leave it to us!" Sun Zhu said suddenly: "Go to the top floor, we will go to other places to have a look."
"How can I do that? I don't know if there is any danger. You stay here first, don't go anywhere." Sun Zhengxing said: "Let's go upstairs and have a look."
Father and Sirius hurried off with their wands, while Lupine stayed where he was and didn't follow.
Sun Zhu asked with a guilty conscience: "Hey, Mr. Lu Ping, aren't you together?"
"In case of danger, I have to stay here to protect you."
"How could it be dangerous, or you can take us to see it together."
"Yeah, Remus, maybe something interesting!" Harry agreed.
Lupine remained motionless, only smiling back at them.
Sun Zhu sighed and sat back in his original position.Harry also sat down on the sofa with a disappointed face and continued to flip through the booklet.
Three minutes later, she suddenly got up again, and said with a look of embarrassment: "Cough... I want to know, where is the bathroom here?"
Lupine glanced at her, thought for a moment, and said, "There's a room by the window at the far south end of the second floor."
While thanking Sun Zhu, he quickly ran away.
Harry asked worriedly: "Is it dangerous to let Zhu leave alone?"
"Her skirt is equipped with high-level defensive magic, which is enough to protect her. If you are worried... we will go and have a look in 5 minutes?"
Following Tongzi's guidance, Sun Zhu trotted all the way into the room at the far end of the third floor. What he saw was a huge collapsed mirror. The evil dragon is flying around there.
Sun Zhu held her magic wand and yelled "Recovery as before" towards the hole, but unfortunately her magic is not strong enough, although the spell works, but the recovery speed is slow.
She simply grabbed the dragon, stuffed it into her pocket, added a few restorative spells to the hole and the large mirror that fell on the ground, and hurried downstairs again.
"What happened, you will explain to me later. Now, we have to leave the crime scene quickly."
"Host!" Tongzi's shocked notification sounded again, "Although I don't know what happened just now, you have started a new mission."
