A Hogwarts Professor of Magic Chapter 228: Spread of Influence



The crowd dispersed, and the young wizards were still discussing the topic of the couple's mirror enthusiastically. In a corner of the lounge, Harry said thoughtfully: "Fred and George must have referred to the real phone, but currently only one-to-one calls can be realized."

"Is it the dropped call...call I called you on the holiday?" Ron said: "What a strange word!" Harry

recalled: "You were shouting so hard at the time that I felt you thought you were talking to someone across half of the Quidditch field, afraid that the other party couldn't hear clearly."

"I caused you trouble that time, and it sounded like your uncle answered the phone." Ron said awkwardly.

"Yeah, he scolded me severely after hanging up the phone and almost stuffed me back into the cupboard." Harry said indifferently.

Ron and Hermione looked at him with worry. Hermione said angrily, "Your family is terrible!"

Harry shrugged, "This is the only place I can go during the summer vacation. Fortunately, it's only two months, and I can move out when I become an adult." Ron

suddenly said, "Why don't you come to the Burrow during the summer vacation? There will be a Quidditch World Cup next summer. My dad can get tickets from the Ministry."

Harry's heart was pounding, "Is it okay?"

"Anyway, it's not the first time. My parents will definitely welcome you, not to mention Ginny..."

Harry's mood became happy, and even not being able to go to Hogsmeade for the weekend became unimportant. "I bet the Dursleys will let me go, especially after what I did to Aunt Marge."

Hermione thought for a while and said, "Harry, judging from the Dursleys' address, you should live not far from London. You are also welcome to visit my house. When the time comes," she laughed, "I will introduce you to my parents as the wizard boy Mick."

"What is that?" Harry asked.

"The protagonist of a magic comic book from the wizarding world." Hermione said.

"How come I've never heard of it?" Ron looked at her suspiciously.

"Because it was published not long ago, I bought it from Flourish and Blotts through Owl two days ago." Hermione hurried back to the dormitory. Not long after, she came back with a pile of books and slammed them on the small round table with a "bang".

Harry fiddled with these books. One was obviously a big book, named "Magic in the Muggle World". The rest was a whole set of comic books, which were slightly thinner but larger in horizontal size. There was a playground on the cover, and a little boy dressed as a wizard was looking around at the entrance of the playground. The title of the book was "The Adventures of Little Wizard Mick".

Ron looked at the big book in fear, without even touching it. He casually opened the comic book and soon became fascinated. "Wow, it's really interesting!"

Harry noticed the author's name on the cover: Felix Hepp. "Is this the work of Professor Hepp?" He said in surprise. It was hard to imagine that Professor Hepp would create a comic book.

He thought he was seeing things, so he subconsciously flipped open the big book "Magic in the Muggle World". It was filled with dense small characters and various illustrations, which made him dizzy.

This is Professor Hep's style!

Ron closed the book and looked at the lower right corner of the cover carefully, "It really is! Wait, LCA Comic Book Publishing House, my God, this is my favorite publishing house!" He was so excited that he danced with joy, and after a while he realized that Harry and Hermione were looking at him blankly.

"This is the famous LCA. The "Adventures of Martin Miggs" they published was my favorite when I was a child!"

Harry suddenly remembered that he had seen this comic book in Ron's room the last time he went to the Burrow, but the magic on it had almost disappeared, and the movements of the character wearing a beret in the book were very stuck, which made people uncomfortable.

He opened the brand new "The Adventures of Little Wizard Mick" and flipped to a page. This page was divided into nine pictures. From the first picture to the end, it tells the story of the little wizard Mick's first experience with a pop-up toaster when he was a guest at a friend's house.

Looking at the comic strip, Mick pointed at the bread slices that suddenly popped up with his mouth wide open, and the words in the book: "This is magic, absolutely magic!" Harry couldn't help laughing. He had seen a toaster at the Dursleys' house, but he didn't expect it to be so interesting from a

different perspective. He even began to expect that Ron would have the same expression of surprise when he saw the real toaster.

Harry and Ron quickly got together and read from the first page in order.

"Wait, I haven't finished reading yet." Seeing that Harry was about to turn the page, Ron said anxiously.

Hermione looked at them in confusion. "Although I admit that this comic book is good, there is no need for you to be so exaggerated, right?"

Ron looked up. "Exaggerated? It's definitely the best comic book in the past decade or so. I bet it can be compared with The Adventures of Martin Miggs. Besides, Martin's book is actually a bit outdated..."

Harry said honestly, "I think it's good too. It's as if my ordinary life in the past eleven years has suddenly become extraordinary."

"But..." Hermione said, "Don't you think the book 'Magic in the Muggle World' is more logical and attractive?" She turned a page of the big book, "Look, it tells about the prototype of the steam engine, and even combines the levitation spell to conceive a large airship..."

Ron looked up blankly, "What are you talking about, Hermione? What is a steam engine, what is a large airship?"

Seeing that Hermione wanted to force popular science, Ron quickly hid behind the comic strip and shouted, "Hey, Harry, look, why is the bread slice bouncing up..."

His voice attracted their roommate Seamus Finnigan, and also Neville and Dean Thomas, who pointed at the comic strip.

Some little wizards thought there was something interesting to watch, so they gathered around.

Dean Thomas, who grew up in the Muggle world, saw one of the pages and couldn't help introducing it, saying, "This is an ice cream machine. It's very convenient. You just need to add cream, milk and other ingredients to get an endless supply of ice cream."

The others looked at him blankly, and Dean proudly said, "My uncle has a mobile ice cream truck. I played on it when I was a kid." Ron looked at Dean enviously. He also wanted to have an endless supply of ice cream.

Hermione tried to popularize the greatness of steam engines and large airships to the little wizards several times, but all she got was a polite glance, and then everyone turned their attention to the comic strip.

Percy didn't show much interest either, but he wrote down the title of the book, "I think it's necessary to recommend it to Madam Pince. Hogwarts needs this book."

Hermione was puzzled. Why didn't everyone like steam engines and airships?

When Hermione asked this question after the Ancient Rune class the next day, Felix laughed and said, "Granger, you have a special... love for knowledge, but you can't expect others to be as interested in slightly boring knowledge as you.

That book is for adults, and can even be used as a reference book. You can look up the corresponding entries when you need it.

Oh, by the way, this is the list of the Rune Club, and these coins. I need you to send them to the students on the list. You can ask Percy for help. He is the president of the Student Union."

Hermione had no objection. She just looked at the copper Knuts stacked together, "Is this a heating Knut?"

"Yes, I modified it casually. It was Fred and George who gave me the inspiration. They can heat up and display text." Felix said, "The time for the first club meeting has not been set yet. My schedule is full recently. It may have to wait until mid-November."

Hermione nodded and prepared to put away the list and coins, but when she saw the names of Draco Malfoy, Daphne Greengrass, and Pansy Parkinson, she couldn't help frowning.

Felix turned his head and waved at Harry, "Potter, come here!"

Harry, who was waiting for Hermione at the door, came over and looked at Professor Hepp with some trepidation. His thesis was still a little short of finishing, so he shouldn't ask him for it at this time.

Fortunately, Felix didn't ask about the thesis. He whispered, "Harry, do you still have that endoscope with you?"

Harry took out a pocket endoscope from his pocket, and Felix took it. "Wait a minute," he said, and then kept tapping it with his wand. Soon, Felix drew a thin thread from the endoscope, and he quickly pulled the thread to a gold galleon.

"What is this?" Harry showed a look of astonishment.

"A kind of synchronization magic," Felix explained, "Once the pocket mirror is triggered, I will get the news immediately, no matter where you are."

Harry understood that Professor Hepp was concerned about his safety, just like Mr. Weasley, who sent a reply letter some time ago. In the letter, he severely criticized the three people's attempt to find out the secrets of Sirius Black, believing that this was "reckless, undesirable, and unnecessary. Staying in school safely is the best choice."

In comparison, he still prefers Professor Hepp's approach. At least he doesn't plan to lock himself in a cage.

In the next few days, the little wizards ushered in the first Hogsmeade weekend of the new school year, and many of them had a wonderful time.

For example, the Weasley twins went to Zonko's joke shop to purchase a batch of stink bombs. In their words, "Without the company of these cute, smelly little guys, we will inevitably be flustered and at a loss..." "I feel uncomfortable when I see Filch, as if something is missing."

The Halloween dinner was also great, and the ghosts in the castle presented a perfect performance. But soon, the young wizards were attracted by the upcoming first Quidditch match.

On the first Saturday in November, thunder rumbled, wind howled, and heavy rain poured down.


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