Chapter 9

The train was packed with people, but the train was packed with people.

September 1, King's Cross Station.

The conductor rubbed his brows tiredly.

Every year on this day, he would explain again and again without getting tired.

"Sorry, we really don't have Platform 9 and 3/4 here!"

Unfortunately, every time the explanation is finished, it won't take long before the next person to ask comes.

And they are all half-grown children!

Not only that, there are always some strange people in the station.

Whether it is behavior or clothing, they are different from ordinary people.

For example, this strong man with a full beard in front of him, for some reason, he is wearing a floral dress.

He wants to vomit when he sees it!

A girl with messy black and brown hair was also speechless. Before she came into contact with the magic world, she always thought that such people were doing performance art.

It was not until today that she realized that these were wizards who knew nothing about the Muggle world!

"Wizards have a natural contempt for Muggles. The arrogance in their bones makes them rarely understand Muggle life."

"It's not surprising that such a problem occurs."

Hermione turned her head in confusion and looked at the gentle voice behind her.

"Hello, my name is Argus Grindelwald, a freshman at Hogwarts."

"Hermione Granger!"

Sure enough!

Argus's smile became even brighter: "You are also a freshman at Hogwarts, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes! But I haven't found Platform 9 and 3/4 for a long time, and I don't know where the conductor here is!"

Hermione looked a little distressed and complained to Argus.

"Of course the conductor doesn't know. You should ask those weird-looking people. They are wizards!"

"Yeah! Why didn't I think of that!" Hermione woke up as if from a dream, with a bit of surprise in her eyes.

"No need to bother, come with me, I'll take you in."

Noticing the box in Hermione's hand, Argus took out his wand and pointed it at her luggage while the platform was blocking it.

"Shrink quickly!"

The half-person-high box instantly turned into a matchbox. Argus picked it up from the ground and put it in the pocket of Hermione, who was surprised.

"Let's go, we're going to be late!"

Finding the third pillar between the tenth and ninth platforms, Argus led her and bumped into it in Hermione's confused eyes.

It was not until she sat in the carriage that Hermione realized what had happened.

"Did you just use the shrinking spell? Is this something you have to learn in the first grade? Why don't I have any impression of it?"

"No, I want to read the first grade book again!"

King of rolls, please stop rolling!

Although Argus is also a book king, he is not as crazy as Hermione.

If you don't pay attention, you will read all the books.

No wonder she can always maintain the first place in the original book.

"No need to read it. The shrinking spell is not part of the first-year magic category. It will be touched in the second half of the second year."

"If you want to learn it, I can teach you."

"Really?" Hermione said in surprise and hurriedly covered her mouth, fearing that Argus would see something.

Argus didn't care about these, took out the wand and began to teach Hermione how to release it.

Not long after, two red-haired heads that looked exactly the same poked in.

"Hey, George, we disturbed a couple talking about love!"

"No way, who would have thought that our dear Ronnie would abandon his poor brother to find other friends."

The two were smiling and their clothes were a little worn out, and there were some traces of burns from the fire.

Argus knew their identities without guessing.

The famous Weasley twins!

"Hermione and I met at the station. We were just discussing spells."

"If you two can't find a seat, you might as well come in and sit down."

Argus took the initiative to open the carriage for the two of them and gave Hermione a soothing smile.

"Oh, Merlin's black silk! Are the freshmen so strong now?"

"When we first entered school, we didn't even read the books, but they have already started discussing spells!"

Fred pretended to be amazed, and then sat opposite Argus with a smile.

George sat down next to Fred and took out a pile of parchment from his bag.

"Don't say anything, Fred, hurry up and finish your homework. I wanted to borrow some from others, but who would have thought that Percy would be so close to me!"

"If we don't finish it, Professor McGonagall will definitely make trouble for us."

"It's a pity that our experiment is not finished yet. If Ronnie hadn't complained, it would have been completed!"

Hermione stared at Fred blankly

The two of them looked suspicious of the world.

Before entering the carriage, the only wizards she had close contact with were Professor McGonagall, who sent her to Diagon Alley, and Argus.

Both of them were elegant people!

Although the wizards at the station were a bit... eye-catching, it was also because they did not understand the Muggle world.

Therefore, she has always had a misunderstanding in the magical world, that is, people here are like Argus.

Knowledgeable, polite and elegant.

But these two guys in front of her...

"George, have you finished your homework for History of Magic? Copy it for me!"

"It seems to be done, let me find it!"

The way George tried to search made Hermione unable to bear it anymore.

"You are wrong! You have to complete your homework by yourself!"

"Another Professor McGonagall! If you are sorted into Gryffindor or Hufflepuff, you will know that this kind of thing is too common!"

George was not angry because of Hermione's words, and teased her nonchalantly.

After handing Fred the History of Magic homework, he immediately started to make up for Potions.

"Hey, Fred, where did the Poso Stone come from?"

"In the dog's stomach? I think so, I can't remember clearly."

"Just fill it in randomly..."

Hermione, who was standing by, was holding a thick book, her ears pricked up quietly, as if she was secretly thinking whether she remembered what they said.

Hearing the two people's answers full of loopholes, he couldn't stand it anymore.

"No, what dog's stomach!"

"The Poso Stone was taken out of the goat's stomach!"

"Is it true?"

George's eyes lit up, and then he showed doubt.

Hermione was so angry that her cheeks bulged into a ball: "I'll tell you the answer, believe it or not!"

"If I remember correctly, the Poso Stone was indeed taken out of the goat's stomach, and it is very effective in detoxification."

Agus's reply made George's eyes light up.

"Dude, don't lie to me. These are things that you learn in the third grade, which means Snape will arrange them in advance!"

"If you are talking about the content of the second section of Chapter 3 of the Book of Potions, then I should be right."

"Chapter 3, Section 2? Dude, you didn't memorize the whole book, did you? This book is half a foot thick!" George couldn't believe it and covered his mouth exaggeratedly.

Hermione next to Argus couldn't sit still.

When Argus explained the second-year course to her just now, she noticed something was wrong!

Originally, I thought that the other party was preparing in advance like me, but the content of the preparation was more.

Unexpectedly, the gap was so big!

I haven't even finished memorizing the first-year books, but Argus knows the knowledge of the third grade!

How can she, who has always been the king of the book, bear this!

"I can't memorize it, but I should be able to remember most of the contents."

"Savior, you are our savior!"

Fred and the others looked at Argus as if they had seen the light of the world.

Ignoring Hermione's pouting mouth that could hold a soy sauce bottle, he pushed her aside with his butt.

"Help me take a look at this, the materials needed for the shrinking potion."

"Daisy root, fig peel, caterpillar, a small drop of leech juice, and mouse spleen."

"This, the use of wormwood..."