What Qiu had worried about happened very quickly.

As the school term was about to start, most of the people who came to Diagon Alley were students who had a crazy summer vacation, so Wayne and his party easily met many familiar faces.

When the Slytherin students saw Wayne, their faces were very complicated and they turned and ran away. Students from other colleges were also very embarrassed.

However, Wayne did not care. He greeted a few familiar Hufflepuffs and began to buy the books he needed for this school year under the guidance of Hermione.

His casual attitude also made the badgers feel that nothing had changed, and they gathered together to discuss.

"Did Wayne really do what happened that day? It doesn't look like it..."

"It must be. There are photos in the Daily Prophet and interview records of many people."

"This is called... this is called being close to the people. He used to be like this. He never looked down on people just because he was a genius. We are Hufflepuffs, not Ravenclaws."

This statement was unanimously agreed.

Wayne was able to achieve a hundred responses in Hufflepuff because he treated everyone equally.

Never treated people differently.

Even if it was a sinister villain like Zacharias Smith who was jealous of him and played tricks on him, he never targeted him.

When talking about this, the badgers became more disgusted with Smith.

However, they would not deliberately target Smith. He had no friends in Hufflepuff. In other colleges, except for a few people in Slytherin, no one else wanted to pay attention to him. He lived like a ghost and was totally worth targeting.

......

"Isn't it that the school is starting to run out of money?"

In the potion material store, Wayne asked in confusion as he watched Hermione put boxes of potion ingredients into the cart.

Lionfish spine powder, belladonna essence, dried bay leaves...

Shouldn't these materials be provided by the school for free? Why did they have to buy them themselves this year?

"Maybe, after all, if everything is free, the cost is also quite high."

While Qiu was talking, he also put a bottle of toad eyes into the shopping cart.

Wayne's eyelids twitched.

He now holds two seats on the board of directors thanks to Nicolas Flamel and Mrs. Greengrass, and knows how much Hogwarts spends a year.

The twelve directors have to donate between 2,000 and 3 Galleons each year, and the Ministry of Magic matches the donations of the 27 directors. That is to say, if the directors donate more than 20,000, the Ministry of Magic will also donate more than 20,000.

In addition, the school will also sell some raw materials. With a fund of 50,000 to 60,000 Galleons per year, many ingredients are self-sufficient, enough to support the consumption of thousands of students.

He has reason to suspect that Snape secretly pocketed the money.

No, as the future successor of the school, how can he allow such a thing to happen?

Wayne was shocked and immediately excited.=|

If it is found out that Snape did it, he will definitely publicize it in the newspaper and make the old bat lose his reputation.

Hehehe...

In the small house far away at the end of Spider Alley, Snape sneezed inexplicably, felt a little cold, silently put on a robe, and continued to do research...

"I have basically bought everything. You don't need to buy parchment and quills. Then the crucible is left. Your crucible should still be usable, right?"

Hermione recalled the contents of the list and said at last.

"Well, it's time to buy a crucible." Wayne said, "Mine is about to break, and I need a few Gardevoirs. Let's buy more at one time."

Then, they saw what Wayne meant by buying more.

He bought more than half of the inventory of crucibles in Michaelis's Crucible Shop, as long as the model matched, there were hundreds of them.

Jerry's private money was cleared out on the spot, and the manager laughed so hard that he couldn't stop. He gave him many brass scales and beakers, as well as some small utensils for materials.

After buying things, several people prepared to go to Celia's store to see the situation in the store.

The recent customer flow has increased significantly. Nagini is a little worried that she can't handle it, so she has been in the store these days.

When they passed by Madam Malkin's robe shop, several people who were trying on clothes in the store saw Wayne and shouted excitedly:

"Wayne! This way!"

The boy turned his head and saw George and Fred waving at him in burgundy robes.

Not only the two of them, Ron and Harry came, and even Cedric stuck his head out from behind the twins and smiled foolishly at the outside.

Fifteen minutes later, under the tent of Florin's Cold Drink Shop, several young people sat together and ate cold drinks.

"Are you the only ones here?" Wayne asked.

"Ginny is shopping with her mother at Madam Primpianer's Beauty and Potion Shop." Fred took a big bite of the chocolate on the ice cream and said, "We took too long to try on clothes, and they were too lazy to wait."

"There are dress robes on the list of necessities. We almost missed it." Ron complained: "I even suspect that Lockhart has been resurrected and has become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor next semester."

Several people laughed, and Wayne also admired Ron's complaining skills, which was very unique.

But everyone was also wondering why the school suddenly had such a request.

Hermione and others who knew the inside story smiled at each other and did not reveal it.

The topic of the chat was unconsciously linked to the World Cup final. Mr. Weasley had been working overtime for half a month, and it was not until yesterday that it came to an end, but he was also very tired.

So he did not follow everyone today.

"My dad is still working overtime." Qiu couldn't help complaining: "His ears haven't been working well recently. My mom and I have to speak loudly to him to communicate normally."

"Why?"Hermione asked curiously.

The girl spread her hands helplessly: "Recently, they have been dealing with the Ministry of Magic of other countries, all using Howler Letters."

Imagining that scene, several people shuddered.

Wayne felt a little uneasy.

It seemed that he had accidentally pitted his father-in-law again.

Classmate Sai kept winking at Wayne, "Wayne, my dad got promoted."

"What position?" Wayne asked curiously.

"Deputy Director." Cedric said happily.

"Why is he still the deputy?"

"It's already very impressive." Cedric rolled his eyes: "But thanks to your help, otherwise he might have to wait a few more years until the previous deputy director retires."

"He asked me to ask you when you are free to treat you to a meal."

"School is about to start, let's talk about it during the holidays." Wayne waved his hand and skipped the topic.

As long as Cedric is there, he doesn't have to deliberately maintain a relationship with Mr. Diggory. This child show-off will do everything for his son. They are natural allies.

If he doesn't cooperate, he will beat up Little Cedric.

George said sarcastically: "So should I call you Master Director from now on?"

"Don't be so polite." Cedric pretended to be reserved, "With our relationship, just call me Master Cedric."

Fred said viciously: "Then Master Cedric, your birthday present this year is a dung egg."

Cedric's face changed: "No, didn't we agree..." He became hesitant halfway through.

Seeing his strange behavior, Wayne immediately realized that something was wrong, and approached Fred and asked: "What did you agree on?"

"Don't!" Cedric stood up and was about to stop him, but it was too late. Fred laughed and whispered in Wayne's ear.

After hearing this, Wayne looked at Cedric with disdain: "Look at your useless look, isn't it just an adult magazine? Why do you have to hide it so much?"

Hearing this, the girls immediately looked at Cedric with a look of scum.

Little Cedric wanted to cry but had no tears, and rushed towards Fred, yelling: "Neither of us will live!"

.......

September 1st, the first day of school.

The temperate marine climate began to show its power again. Since last night, large dark clouds have floated over London and started to rain.

Until the time of departure in the morning, the sky was still gray and extremely dull.

Faced with this bad weather, Wayne took Qiu and Hermione home, and Astoria and Daphne also used the Floo powder to come over.

Several people put their hands on Wayne's hands and Apparated to King's Cross Station together.

Wayne deliberately chose a remote cleaning room, but by chance, an employee came to wash the mop and saw them appear out of nowhere.

Wayne had no choice but toCast the Great Amnesia Spell.

Entering the platform nine and three quarters, the Hogwarts Express had already stopped there, spewing thick smoke, and a group of people were crowding on it.

A Slytherin parent's face suddenly changed after seeing Wayne, and he said to his son: "Marcos, remember, don't mess with Lawrence, otherwise you'll be on your own."

After saying that, he actually Apparated away, leaving Marcos standing there with a blank face.

No... Dad, forget about leaving, but leave the luggage for me!

Wayne didn't notice the "funny things" happening here at all. Qiu and the others went up to find the box first, and he was talking to the Weasley family.

"Maybe I'll see everyone soon." Charlie plugged his hands and said with a smile.

"Why?" Fred asked anxiously.

"You'll know soon." Charlie blinked at Wayne, then looked at the twins and Ron: "Don't tell Percy that I mentioned this... You know, this is 'top secret information.'"

"I really hope I can go back to Hogwarts this year." Bill also sighed and shook his head, and the two huge earrings made a dinging sound.

"What happened?" Ginny was so anxious that she almost pounced on the two to interrogate them.

It was obvious that something big was going to happen, but the two didn't tell her. Remember the little girl blushed.

"You will have a very interesting year, unprecedentedly lively." Bill's eyes sparkled: "Maybe I will take a leave and come back."

"The pyramid is indeed a little far away." Wayne nodded in agreement: "Bill, have you ever considered transferring back?"

Bill smiled bitterly: "Of course I have considered it. I thought it would be more interesting there at first, but now it's not so easy to come back."

"There are only a few curse breakers in total, and there is no position for me in the UK for the time being."

Wayne nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

The twins were already anxious. When they wanted to ask more questions, the train whistled and Mrs. Weasley urged: "Okay, kids, you should leave."

"I think you will figure it out tonight. Enjoy this school year. I will go on a trip with my dad at Christmas, so you don't have to come back."

After that, she pushed them onto the train.

George was still indignant, "They all knew, but they kept it from us. What is it?"

Cedric looked at Wayne suspiciously, "I just saw Charlie wink at you, and you weren't curious or surprised at all. You must know something."

All of a sudden, everyone looked at Wayne and stood still in the corridor.

"I do know." Wayne said frankly, then looked at everyone's curious eyes and smiled, "But I won't tell you."

After that, he ran away.

A group of people gritted their teeth and spoke angrily, FredHe said viciously: "If I can beat Wayne, I will definitely catch him and hang him up and beat him!"

"There is no chance in this life, you should look forward to the next life." Ron said numbly.

The twins were immediately diverted from the firepower.

If they can't do anything to Wayne, can they still deal with you?

The two of them lifted Ron and left tacitly.

Ginny stamped her feet in hatred and went to find the box 570 where Wayne was.

........

Along the way, no matter how she coaxed and persuaded, Wayne refused to reveal a single word.

"Secrecy is a tradition of Hogwarts, just like the sorting ceremony." Wayne made an excuse for himself: "If we talk about it for a while now, there will be no surprise."

"But Hermione and the others know it, even Luna knows it!" Ginny said aggrievedly.

"Know what?" Luna, who had been watching the dissenter, looked up at her strangely.

Ginny didn't know how to describe it for a moment: "It's the thing that was hidden from me."

Luna shook her head: "I don't know anything, and Wayne didn't tell me either."

Ginny looked at her in disbelief: "Then why aren't you curious at all?"

Luna said as a matter of course: "You'll know when you get to school."

Ginny was speechless.

Suddenly, she was shocked: "We're here!"

The train slowly slowed down and stopped at the dark Hogsmeade station. Several people got up, changed into school robes, and walked out of the door.

There was a rumbling thunder in the sky. Wayne found that it always rained every time school started, which was a bit abnormal. Could it be that Dumbledore was trying to show off his power to the students?

"First-year students! Come over here!"

Hagrid was still in charge of welcoming the students, holding an oil lamp in his hand and shouting loudly. Wayne waved to him, and the half-blood giant motioned him to come over.

When the boy walked over, Hagrid said excitedly: "Merlin, I finally understand what you mean, I can see Norbert!"

"They actually did such a big thing!"

"Keep your voice down, Hagrid. Do you want to be invited to the Ministry of Magic for tea because of revealing the content of the competition?" Wayne reminded.

The half-blood giant noticed his own gaffe and quickly lowered his voice.

"You will participate, right?"

"I'm sorry, but I won't." Wayne shrugged helplessly: "My participation in the competition will make this event boring."

Although it was a bit regrettable, Hagrid also felt that it should be so.

If Wayne participated, there was no need for students from other schools to come. The Ministry of Magic could just give awards directly.

"I'm leaving first."

"Go ahead. If we don't drown, we'll see you at the party." Hagrid waved.

Wayne returned to Hermione's side. They got on the Thestrals and after a violent jolt, the long convoy of carriages set off along the path.

Due to the strong wind, the twoThe curtains on the front were drawn, so they couldn't see what was happening outside.

About half an hour later, the carriage stopped, and they knew they had arrived.

"Oh my God!"

"Am I dazzled?"

"Jenny, look at the castle!"

There were bursts of exclamations from outside the carriage, and Wayne also felt a little strange. He got out of the carriage and looked up at the castle, and his expression suddenly became extremely surprised.

This... is still Hogwarts? .

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