Chapter 225 I don’t like cute ones

In the Florin cold drink shop in Diagon Alley, Mike and Harry, as well as the Weasley brothers, Franklin, Penello and a large group of people were sitting around eating cold drinks.

Penelo's dress today was similar to the first time she went on a date with Mike, still wearing a pair of hot pants and short sleeves.

The only difference from that time was that Penello wore longer short sleeves this time, and she did not tuck the hem into her pants.

Therefore, when she stands up, the long hem of her top will completely cover her hot pants, giving people the illusion that she is not wearing any pants.

Mike gives her full marks for what she wore today.

Franklin is a little different today. Perhaps because he has recently become obsessed with hip-hop music, his overall clothing style has begun to resemble those of American hip-hop singers, which is quite exaggerated.

He felt very good about himself. He imitated Mike and leaned on the back of the chair wearing sunglasses, looking at the passers-by. He had the aura of a gangster.

Of course, this is just what he thinks.

In fact, Mike felt that his attire, combined with his stocky build and skin color, made him look like a clothed chimpanzee.

Taking his eyes away from Franklin, Mike looked at the watch on his hand and sighed deeply.

They were out for a big shopping trip this time. Under Harry's suggestion, Mike invited everyone, and except for Cedric, Abt, and others, almost everyone agreed to come.

Including Hermione.

It's just that the time they agreed on was 9 o'clock in the morning, and Hermione was already more than half an hour late.

It has been almost half a month since I tried to use the Patronus Charm for the first time, and the summer vacation will be over soon.

Mike, after all, still did not release the complete Patronus.

Putting it this way, you might also think that Mike's Patronus is pretty good. After all, releasing a complete Patronus is the manifestation of the Mahayana Patronus Charm. In fact, compared to other spells, Mike's learning progress for the Patronus Charm was as slow as a snail.

This is the biggest setback Mike has encountered since learning the spell.

What he released when he used the Patronus Charm for the first time could not be said to be a Patronus Charm at all. The concentration and brightness of the white mist was, at best, a lightweight version of fluorescent light.

It was really a firefly's light, disappointing.

After more than half a month of study, this firefly has evolved into a flashlight, although it still has no soft use.

Mike estimated that not to mention Dementors, even Boggarts could remain calm in the face of this Patronus Curse.

This made Mike very irritable, but fortunately his ability to comfort himself was very good. Through constant psychological suggestion, he finally convinced himself to accept this fact.

In fact, Mike was very satisfied. At least he was not directly killed by the backlash. Moreover, this kind of learning difficulty is worthy of the name of the Patronus Charm.

If the Patronus Charm were so easy to learn, it wouldn't be such a famous defensive spell.

In the original book, the reason why little wizards like Harry were able to learn the Patronus Charm and even release a complete Patronus was because Mike guessed that first of all, they had Dumbledore to trick them, that is, they had the guidance of a famous teacher.

The second reason is because they are relatively young.

What is most needed to release the Patronus Charm is the positive emotion of happiness. Compared with adults, children's happiness is obviously purer. Perhaps this makes it easier for them to release the Patronus Charm.

Rubbing Penello's outstretched hand under the table, Mike shook his head slightly.

It was a pity that he could not release the full version of the Patronus Charm in a short period of time. He was very curious about what his Patronus would be.

However, from a practical point of view, the Patronus Curse may not be the best solution for him to fight against Dementors. Don't forget, he owns the Sword of Victory and Oath, and this holy sword has the effect of killing evil spirits.

So, is it useful against monsters like dementors?

Just as Mike was thinking about this problem, a voice suddenly brought his consciousness back.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Everyone looked up and saw Hermione, wearing a small dress, standing in front of them, panting.

"Oh, that's great!" Ron complained, "We've been waiting here for almost an hour for you!"

"Don't say that, Ron!"

Harry quickly stopped Ron and continued talking. And Ron may have realized that it was impolite to do so, so he lowered his head and stopped talking.

But Hermione obviously didn't take Ron's words to heart. At this time, she was looking at Mike and Penello with bright eyes. The angle she was standing at happened to be able to clearly see the little moves the two made under the table.

Facing Hermione's gaze, Penello did not feel shy at all. Instead, he held Mike's hand tightly with his backhand as if to declare his sovereignty.

Mike was not as calm as Penello. Under Hermione's scum-like gaze, Mike coughed twice and retracted his hand in embarrassment.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's set off quickly."

Ron cheered and rushed out of the cold drink shop. Mike had just paid him a large salary not long ago. This was the first time in his life that he had so much money. He couldn't wait to go out and spend it now.

Compared to him, the others were much calmer. Needless to say, Franklin was a poor man. The Weasley brothers had already had enough of it, so they acted very calmly.

Harry is truly a little angel, even though he himself is very much looking forward to shopping today. But living at Uncle Vernon's house gave him a strong ability to observe words and emotions early on, which allowed him to detect at a glance that Hermione was not in a high mood.

"Don't worry, Hermione. Ron is just a little tired of waiting." Harry patted Hermione on the shoulder, "Let's go quickly, everyone has already set off."

Harry's nose kept twitching as he said this, and as soon as he got close to Hermione, he smelled a very pleasant smell. He followed the scent and saw the pretty and slightly blushing Hermione nodding at him.

Hermione nodded in agreement and slowly followed the group, while Harry froze in place.

He felt that... Hermione today was a little different from usual, as if... more beautiful.

In fact, Harry's feeling was not wrong. The reason why Hermione was late today was because she spent too much time on dressing up.

Hermione didn't know why she was dressing up, and she didn't even know why she accepted Mike's invitation.

If she hadn't come today, she wouldn't have seen the scene just now.

When she thought of what Mike and Penello did under the table just now, her face turned red with embarrassment. She unconsciously raised her head and glanced at Mike who was walking in the front, and then quickly lowered her head.

Mike, who was walking in front, didn't notice anything strange about Hermione at all. Although Hermione was dressed very cute today, it was a pity that he was not a pedophile.

And Mike prefers sexy women to cute ones.

Isn't there a saying that says so?

Cuteness and innocence are worthless in front of sex appeal.

He likes sexy ones with good figures, just like Penelo who is next to him now.

Thinking of this, Mike smiled evilly and put his hand on Penello's waist to squeeze slightly, earning a beautiful eye roll from the other party.

You see, sexy women look so good even when they roll their eyes.

A group of people came to Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore in a mighty manner. Now Mike looked very strong due to his good exercise. The T-shirt he was wearing was bulging out from the muscles inside. He looked great standing next to Penello. It is a beautiful scenery, and it attracts the attention of many people along the way.

The owner of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore saw Mike and Penello from a distance and hurriedly ran out of the store to greet them.

He is no stranger to Mike. This is a newly minted tycoon. He will definitely do good things when he comes.

"Good day, Mr. Townley." The boss said enthusiastically, "How can I help you?"

"Oh, you're welcome, boss. We're here to purchase some books for the new semester."

"Please come here, we have packaged versions of each grade of Hogwarts."

The boss brought everyone to a shelf in the store, where stacks of magic books were neatly placed, and the sections were marked for different grades.

These are compulsory courses for all grades, so everyone picked up a copy and ran away without much hesitation.

But something went wrong when it came to elective courses.

When Ron asked the boss if he had any books on Care of Magical Creatures, the boss's face darkened instantly.

"Do you want to buy that monster book?" the boss said with a dark face, "Yes, yes, I can even give you the cost price, but the premise is that you must get it yourself."

Ron was overjoyed after hearing this. Magic books are very expensive. If you can get the book at the cost price, you will undoubtedly save a lot of money.

However, Ron was dumbfounded when he saw the 'Monster Book of Monsters'.

I saw many monster books stacked together in a huge iron cage. These monster books have fluffy covers and four eyes side by side on the front. As the books open and close automatically, they can also open and close. Seeing the sharp teeth inside, Ron could guarantee that a bite from them would be extremely painful.

In fact, these books do bite. They are now biting each other, and many books have been bitten.

Mike looked at Ron with a smirk on his face. He knew that just stroking the spines of monster books could make them quiet.

But why should he tell him?

Wouldn't it be better to make Ron suffer more?

Maybe it was because he noticed Mike's evil smile, or maybe it was the many things that happened in the past two years that made Mike develop an omnipotent impression in Harry's mind.

I only heard Harry pleading: "Mike, can you think of a solution quickly?"

"I'm sorry, I'm helpless."

"But...but don't you need to buy one?"

Mike didn't speak this time, but Franklin on the side was obviously led astray by Mike. He replied with gloating: "We have received the news a long time ago. The old Magical Creatures professor with only one leg has retired. This year's professor is a sea creature." Passed. So none of us signed up for this course.”

After saying that, he and Mike looked at each other, and the two of them smiled evilly at the same time.

The Weasley brothers also gathered around, looking at the dejected look on their little brother Ron's face. Their reactions did not disappoint Mike.

I saw George stuffing a large manure fork into Ron's hand, and then George and Fred said to Ron with evil smiles: "Come on Ron, come on! Go up and kill those terrible people." The monster book!”

"Yes Ron! Come on! I can't wait to see you get bitten... No, I mean see you fighting bravely!"

Encouraged by his two unscrupulous brothers, Ron finally rushed forward with a manure fork.

Half an hour later, Ron, whose clothes were bitten and in tatters, walked out of the bookstore with two tightly tied monster books, grinning, and handed one of them to Hermione.

Behind him were the Weasley brothers and Mike, who were already laughing so hard.

After experiencing this little episode, the atmosphere among everyone finally became lively, and even Hermione, who was gloomy at first, began to smile on her face.

The only one who was unhappy was Ron. There was no part of his body that didn't hurt.

After he almost regained his breath, Mike announced his next plan and split up.

He was in one group with Penello, and the others were in another group.

His move could be said to be Sima Zhao's intention, and a lewd smile immediately appeared on the Weasley brothers' faces.

But they didn't say anything more and just took Harry and others away. After all, they were not devils and had to be light bulbs.

As soon as they left, Mike completely let go. His originally sneaky hand was placed on Penelo's waist openly, and his body leaned over. This intimate act in public made Penelo's whole body shake. They all froze.

Mike felt Penello's slight trembling and couldn't help but smile.

After all, he is still a young man and his face is still too thin.

Fortunately, Mike did not intend to embarrass Penello too much and did not make any further moves, so the two began their date.

It turns out that women like the same things, clothes, jewelry, cosmetics...

For a whole afternoon, Mike and Penello visited almost all the shops in Diagon Alley. Mike, who was not short of money, would not be stingy when it came to making purchases. As long as Penello's eyes stayed on an item for more than Three seconds, then Mike will buy it without hesitation.

Due to the popularity of Dolphin's Magic Drink some time ago, the name of Mike, the big boss behind the scenes, was also spread among these bosses, so there was no bloody show-off during the shopping.

Generally, whenever Mike comes to these shops, the bosses and clerks will rush up to say hello with red eyes, eager to enshrine Mike as an ancestor.

In doing so, Mike achieved what he wanted. When Mike and Penello finished shopping and returned to the Leaky Cauldron to meet everyone, Penello no longer resisted Mike's dishonest hands.

Even, sometimes she takes the initiative...

Hey, woman.

Mike and Penello had a great trip, and everyone else wasn't too bad either.

With the help of his two brothers, Ron finally owned the first flying broomstick in his life, Nimbus 2000.

Hermione, on the other hand, hugged an ugly cat with all its features collapsed together.

Mike noticed that from the time they met at the Leaky Cauldron to the time they said goodbye to each other and left the Leaky Cauldron, Penello's eyes had been falling on the cat from time to time.

So he leaned close to Penello's ear and said, "I'll buy you one later too. What cat do you want? Blue cat? British Shorthair? Ragdoll? Oh! Or let's get a big black dog."

"Big black dog?"

Penello looked at Mike in surprise. She didn't understand why she suddenly said "big black dog" when she had said it well before.

Mike didn't have much reaction to Penelo's question. At this time, he was staring at a corner, where a dirty big black dog was sneaking its head and watching. Watching Harry slowly walking away.

"nothing."

A wicked smile appeared on Mike's face, and he answered Penelo's question perfunctorily. Then, he watched the big black dog stretch out its scarlet tongue and lick its lips.

‘Ah, black dog. I really miss it. ’