#327 - Detention (asking for monthly ticket recommendation)

“Rest assured, these are alchemical products certified by the Ministry of Magic. They just happen to resemble Muggle items in appearance. See, there's our mercantile guild's emblem on them, absolutely no problem!” Vivian, seeing someone who knew their stuff, immediately started to laugh.

“Is that so?” Mavis thought carefully. As a legitimate alchemical merchant guild, they probably wouldn't do such a thing. Misusing magic on Muggle items was illegal, after all. Perhaps they were just borrowing the appearance of Muggle items.

Half an hour later, when Mavis walked out of Anduin's shop, there was a hint of bewilderment in her eyes.

“I thought I just came to buy equipment…” Mavis looked at the large box of goods she was holding and carefully recalled her experience in the shop. It felt like a lifetime ago.

Mavis thought it was a truly wonderful shop. Now, in addition to the few pieces of equipment she originally wanted to buy, she also had two more pieces of jewelry, a magical gramophone, four records, a magical decorative lamp, and a magical mechanical clock.

And the people in the shop were also strange. The salesperson was a little sister who was extremely persuasive, plus a neatly dressed house-elf. Even more outrageous was that a husky was at the counter doing the accounting. The problem was that the dog operated the cash register with such skill that she couldn't see anything wrong with it.

With this sense of bewilderment, Mavis left Diagon Alley.

The experience Mavis had was constantly being repeated in Anduin's shop.

After the redesign and improvement, the shop's current situation was a stark contrast to its previous state. Customers flocked in, and most of them chose to buy something.

Even if they couldn't afford the expensive alchemical equipment with powerful functions, other small decorations like magic lamps and music boxes were not expensive.

And after a little calculation, Anduin found that, not counting the non-civilian alchemical equipment, he was making as much as a thousand Galleons in turnover just from selling the alchemical products in the existing shop.

Even after deducting the large portion from the humanoid targets, there was a net income of three hundred Galleons. Of course, it was just the opening, with many wizards buying out of novelty.

Even if it stabilized in the future, the shop's average daily sales could probably reach dozens of Galleons, with thousands of Galleons in revenue a year after deducting costs. If you add other tactical equipment and replenishment from the Ministry of Magic, an annual income of ten thousand Galleons is not a dream.

Thinking of this, Anduin couldn't help but nod in satisfaction. With so much money, many ideas had become possible.

However, with more products, the pressure on production capacity suddenly increased. After all, not all civilian products could be outsourced to the Muggle world.

So, in the days before the start of school, Anduin made another magical lathe, specially used to process civilian alchemical products.

Time flew by, and in a few days, it was time to return to Hogwarts. Once school started, the flow of customers in the shop would decrease accordingly.

So Anduin entrusted the shop to Qi Qi with peace of mind. Hogg had to accompany him back to school to watch the monitoring for a while.

At the same time, he specifically told Qi Qi not to relax her surveillance of Aselia. He had other guesses about this woman's identity.

Afterward, Anduin pulled Hogg back to Hogwarts.

In fact, after the sixth year, if you weren't preparing for the final exams to get a certificate, your studies weren't very busy. You could even apply to leave school early and go out for an internship.

By the seventh year, it basically didn't matter whether people stayed in the academy or not.

Anduin really didn't plan to stay in Hogwarts for long. After all, he still had business to do outside, and now that he had a better economic foundation, he could also do some research and experiments that cost more.

But he still remembered that he had promised Snape to take care of Slytherin, so he had to stay in the academy for a few months when school started to keep an eye on them. After a summer of relaxation, some of these little wizards would definitely slack off.

He would spend some time rectifying discipline before applying to leave school.

As soon as he returned to Hogwarts, Anduin became the snake-like leader of the snake house again, with a serious look on his face.

At the same time, after experiencing the previous school year, the other colleges besides Slytherin also saw Anduin's prestige. Now, when everyone saw him, they couldn't help but feel a sense of awe in their hearts.

Of course, except for Tonks, she always maintained a rebellious personality.

In the first month after returning to the academy, there were indeed many cases of lax willpower in the entire Slytherin. For this reason, Anduin carried out another iron-blooded rectification, pulling all their minds back from the holiday.

From the second month, the atmosphere in the academy finally returned to normal, and disciplinary violations were greatly reduced.

By the third month, basically even the first-year wizards had developed good habits in the school, and disciplinary violations had almost disappeared.

At this time, Anduin was preparing to apply for early departure from school. For this reason, he specially wrote an application and then found his dean, Snape.

“Do you really think you understand all the knowledge in the school? Or are you so arrogant that you don’t take the school seriously at all?” After seeing Anduin's application, Snape was furious and spared no effort to ridicule him.

Of course, his real consideration was that Slytherin, managed by Anduin, showed an invincible momentum in both mental outlook and academic performance. Snape asked himself whether he could achieve such an exaggerated result even if he was himself.

So when he heard that Anduin wanted to apply for early departure from school, Snape naturally showed considerable opposition.

As soon as Anduin saw Snape's attitude, he knew what the other party was thinking. Wasn't he afraid that Slytherin wouldn't be able to maintain the status quo after he left, and wanted him to be a free tool?

“Don't worry, my great dean. Even if I don't stay in the academy, nothing will happen to Slytherin. You know, even usually, I often disappear from their sight, and their performance is still very good, isn't it?” Anduin comforted in a gentle tone. This scene was more like a teacher comforting an exasperated student.

“But…” Snape couldn't help but want to say something when he saw that the other party had made up his mind, but for a moment he didn't know how to persuade him.

“Moreover.” Anduin smiled at Snape, “I'm just applying for permission to leave school early, it doesn't mean I'm leaving Hogwarts immediately.”