There is no doubt that when Zuo Si disguised himself as an outstanding young man who was wise, rational, intelligent, modest, polite, and whose way of speaking and wording were pleasing to the eye, it would be almost difficult for anyone not to like him.

As a housewife, Molly was amused by just a few words, especially the exaggerated yet appropriate compliments, which made her feel very happy.

There was no way, because the magic item worn by Zuo Si could easily sense the thoughts of all creatures within a radius of ten meters.

Especially without using brain occlumency, he can say what everyone around him wants to hear most at any time as long as he wants.

Obviously, Molly did not use brain occlusion in her own home and without any defense, so she was naturally overjoyed by the praise.

Ron on the side was completely dumbfounded!

He watched in amazement as his mother was fooled by sweet words.

You have to know that when he was in school, Zuo Si always maintained a rather "cold" attitude. He hardly interacted with other students and most of the time he was too lazy to even say hello.

But now, his performance completely overturned all of Ron's previous understandings.

Of course, the twin brothers also felt quite incredible.

But considering that the better Zuo Si performed, the greater the chance of getting his pocket money back, he showed more happiness.

Finally, after some explanation, Molly finally understood where George and Fred got the huge sum of money.

"So the money George and Fred have is really the salary you paid them? And not the money they earned through illegal means?"

"That's right, ma'am. The money is all earned through their hard work. It is legal income earned through magical knowledge, technology and craftsmanship, so please don't worry." Zuo Si gave an affirmative answer with a smile.

"Okay. I can return the money to you. But! In order to prevent you from developing a habit of spending money recklessly, every expenditure must be recorded and I will check it at any time." Molly stared at her two most trouble-making sons and said in a serious tone.

"No problem, Mom."

George nodded quickly and vigorously, not daring to bargain at all.

Fred vowed, "We will make sure the accounts are presented in a very clear manner so that you can see at a glance where the money was spent."

Obviously, the twins knew their mother's character very well and understood that the best response at this time was to be obedient and agree to all the conditions proposed by their mother.

This was one of the reasons why the twin brothers, despite being constantly in trouble at school, never received a Howler Letter like Ron did.

They are smart and have long understood their parents' psychology and temper.

A look of satisfaction appeared on Molly's face. "Very good. After dinner, I will return the purse full of gold galleons to you."

"Hooray! Mom, I love you!"

When George heard that he would get the large sum of money back immediately, he jumped up and gave his mother a warm hug.

Fred followed suit and gave his mother a big kiss on the face, then jumped and danced around the living room.

"What a pair of naughty kids..."

Molly smiled and shook her head, with a hint of pride in her eyes.

But soon, she picked up the huge cake and returned to the kitchen, where she continued to prepare a sumptuous dinner.

Because if the cake is left in the living room, it will probably be eaten up by these greedy little creatures before dinner starts.

Sweets, especially in the UK, have an extraordinary appeal to teenagers.

Molly doesn't want her children to eat too many sweets and end up not being able to finish the beef patties she carefully prepared.

As soon as she left, George and Fred came to sit on both sides of Zuo Si, grinning and saying, "Thanks, brother. We owe you a big favor."

"Yes, we have made a lot of interesting new inventions during the summer vacation. Do you want to try them?"

Seeing the malicious expressions of the couple, Zuo Si immediately complained: "So your way of expressing gratitude is to use me as an experiment? No, thank you. I don't want some bird hair to grow on my face for no reason."

"Hahahaha! Don't worry, these bird feathers are not permanent. They will fall off by themselves after a while." George plucked a handful of bird feathers on his face and laughed.

Fred also explained: "We originally planned to make a kind of prank cookie that can turn people into an oversized canary after eating it. However, due to the problem of the formula, at this stage, only some bird feathers can grow. But this is also very interesting, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it's fun to see other people become like this, but it's not so fun if it happens to you. Why don't you hire Ron as a tester for the new product?" Zuo Si gave the twin brothers a bad idea.

Ron, who was originally sitting aside and watching the show, was stunned for a moment, with a hint of nervousness in his eyes.

In my heart I was screaming “It’s none of my business”.

Because the cruel things his twin brothers did to him were almost becoming a shadow in his childhood.

Especially the fact that a toy was instantly transformed into a lively giant spider, causing poor Ron to suffer from severe arachnophobia.

In addition, the two also did things including but not limited to trying to make young Ron sign an "unbreakable oath" with strong magical binding force, and making him drink some messed up potions with no idea what the effect was...

Come to think of it, it's really a miracle that Ron has managed to survive in this family until now.

"My dear brother, I believe you will not refuse the invitation from your brother, right?" George's eyes flashed with a frightening light.

Ron was so frightened that he stood up from his chair, backing away while shaking his head desperately: "No! Don't even think about it! I have already sworn that I will never touch anything you two hand me again in my life, especially food."

"Hey, don't be so absolute. Have you forgotten that we have a lot of money on hand now? If you are willing to be a tester of the new product, we can pay you some salary."

Fred even took out the little silver he had left from his pocket and tempted him.

Because he knew how much Ron, who always used second-hand goods for everything, wanted to get some extra pocket money.

What's more, the two of them would be able to get back a bag full of gold Galleons soon, so there was no need to worry about this small amount of money.

But for Ron, these small silver coins were exactly what he had always dreamed of.

As for the Galleons...

Sorry, he has only seen this highest denomination currency a few times since he was a child.

After hesitating and struggling for a long time, Ron finally couldn't help but ask, "How is the salary of a tester calculated?"

"Each test you take is five Silver Sickles. The more you take, the more you get. How's that? Fair, isn't it?"

As he spoke, Fred made a clinking sound with the coins in his hand.

Soon, poor Ron agreed to become the so-called "product tester" under the persuasion of his two brothers.

He had no idea how dangerous the twins' inventions were.

You have to know that for most first-year students at Hogwarts, it is very difficult to even turn a match into a needle.

But what about the Weasley twins?

When they were five years old, they could turn a teddy bear into a big furry spider! When they were seven years old, they almost succeeded in making the "Unbreakable Vow", which even many adult wizards could not do! It can be said that in terms of talent, George and Fred are definitely among the top few wizards.

It’s a pity that they didn’t use this talent in the right place, otherwise they would definitely be able to enter Hogwarts and become a respected professor in the future.

It is also because of this that those magic products that are used as jokes or pranks actually have a very high level of technical content and a very high risk factor.

When Zuo Si was in school, he had witnessed with his own eyes the spectacular scene of two people exploding a potion pot in the laboratory.

Because of this, they stayed in the hospital for a whole week.

Just watching the Weasley children playing and fighting, and talking about some interesting things that happened during the holidays, time unknowingly came to dinner time.

When Arthur returned from a busy day at the Ministry of Magic, dragging his tired body, the first thing he noticed was Zuo Si who was visiting as a guest.

To be exact, as long as one worked in the Ministry of Magic, it would be almost impossible to ignore this young man who had brought about tremendous changes to the entire wizarding world in just one year.

Whether it is the proposal and widespread application of the technology of storing spells in scrolls, or the "staff ring" equipped to all law enforcement agencies, they can be called epoch-making inventions.

At least these things played a significant role in dealing with those dark wizards who tried to resist.

Minister of Magic Fudge, in particular, even compared Zuo Si to a super genius who could surpass Dumbledore in the future, and praised him openly.

But Arthur understood that Fudge and his lackeys were praising this outstanding Hogwarts student in order to suppress Dumbledore's huge influence and create a new object of worship for the people to divert their attention.

Arthur has never been interested in participating in this boring political game and just watched from the sidelines.

But after seeing Zuo Si in person, he couldn't help but ask during dinner: "If you don't mind, can you tell me how you came up with the idea of ​​using scrolls and ink to store spells?"

"It's a book, a book kept in the restricted section of the Hogwarts Library." Zuo Si answered mysteriously.

"Oh? What book is it?" Arthur suddenly became interested.

Like all Gryffindor graduates, he often stayed up late at night to wander around the castle and went on adventures in the Forbidden Forest when he was in school, so he didn't think there was anything wrong for a freshman to go to the restricted area.

"A book called "Spells and Runes" compiled in 200 BC. When the author Tous was explaining the wandless casting technique, he mentioned that some special magic runes can produce spell-like effects after being arranged and combined. I conducted some in-depth research along this line, and finally found some of the rules with the help of mathematical exhaustive method."

"Spells and Runes? I really want to have some impression of this book." Arthur swallowed the beef pie in his mouth with a thoughtful expression.

Zuo Si responded directly: "This book is on the third shelf on the right hand side of the banned books section, at the end of the second row.

However, since it is written in ancient Latin, most students probably cannot understand it.

Not only ancient Latin, but also a large number of works in Old English, Old German and Old French, the meaning of which cannot be accurately understood by modern students with their reading level.

I think Hogwarts should offer some language courses, otherwise these precious books will be forgotten in an inconspicuous corner sooner or later."

"You know all these languages ​​and scripts?" Arthur raised his eyebrows in disbelief.

"Of course. As long as I have a dictionary and reference books, it only takes me about seven days to learn a completely unfamiliar language and writing." Zuo Si spread his hands pretending to be relaxed.

To be precise, with the help of the eye of knowledge, no matter how obscure, awkward, or difficult to understand the words and symbols are, they will eventually be transformed into content that he can understand.

"What an enviable talent. It seems those guys are right. You are indeed a rare genius. No wonder you can come up with so many creative inventions. Maybe in the near future, you can really bring some positive influences and changes to the wizarding world." Arthur couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"Dad, Soth has already done this. Didn't you read the latest Daily Prophet? Many magic schools will offer courses on how to make scrolls next semester, and maybe they will even include OWL exams in a few years." George suddenly interrupted.

"What? New courses? And OWL exams!"

Ron, who was originally eating with his head down, suddenly raised his head.

You know, this is not good news for him.

After all, one more course means more academic pressure.

And for reasons that he could not explain, he was inherently resistant to learning these things invented by Zuo Si.

"Here, here is the newspaper. Take it and read it yourself."

As he spoke, George handed a newly published copy of the Daily Prophet to his silly brother.

After seeing that the news was revealed by an official from the Ministry of Magic, the latter suddenly showed an expression of despair, and even the beef patties on the plate no longer smelled good.

However, as a "little invisible" in the family, Ron's dejection did not attract the attention of others.

There's nothing we can do about it, it's because his presence is so low.

Molly took the opportunity to ask her husband, "How is your work at the Ministry of Magic going recently? I heard that you are conducting a large-scale search on those pure-blood families recently?"

Arthur smiled bitterly and replied, "Not very effective. Apparently, someone in the Ministry of Magic tipped them off, so this surprise inspection found almost no evidence. Especially that bastard Lucius, he barely showed any clues."

"Don't lose heart. We all know that Lucius and his allies were Death Eaters around the You-Know-Who. Sooner or later, they will pay for the crimes they committed." Molly comforted softly.

"Maybe. If the wizarding world continues to maintain the current peace, I think it is unlikely that they can be sent to Azkaban."

After this surprise inspection, Arthur obviously saw something and had completely given up hope.

Especially the current Minister of Magic, Fudge, who is acting like a peacemaker and does not want any big trouble to happen during his term of office.

He hoped that everyone could live in peace with him and no one could cause trouble, thus maintaining the prosperous and beautiful scene of the British wizarding world.

Of course, from the perspective of most wizards, Fudge's approach could not be considered wrong. At least he maintained a superficial peace.

Most of the Weasley children were clearly not interested in the conversation between their parents.

Fred even poked Ron with the handle of his fork and asked quietly, "Have you written to Harry recently?"

"Of course he did. But for some reason, he just wouldn't reply to my letter." Ron rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"No reply yet? That's not right! He's not Soth, who would lock himself in the room all day doing experiments. If I remember correctly, he should be living with his Muggle aunt and can't use any spells at all." George's tone was full of strong doubt.

Ron nodded quickly. "It's really worrying. Hermione and Hagrid also wrote to say that they didn't get a response to any of their letters to Harry. This is quite abnormal."

"There are only two possibilities. One is that all the letters were intercepted by someone with ulterior motives, and the other is that Harry's Muggle relatives forbade him to write back. I believe you should know how much his aunt and uncle reject and hate magic." Zuo Si reminded calmly.

"Damn it! I would have forgotten if you hadn't told me! Harry once said that he was often abused by the Dursleys since he was a child." Ron exclaimed in sudden realization.

"What? Abuse? Who dares to abuse the savior of the British wizarding world!"

Ginny, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly became angry.

"According to Harry, the Dursleys often lock him up and don't give him food. No! We have to go and check it out."

Ron had completely lost his appetite at this moment and stood up from his chair.

But before he could take any action, Molly glared at him and shouted, "Sit down and eat! It's not your turn to interfere in this matter."

moment!

Ron, who was like an angry little lion in the last second, immediately wilted under his mother's threatening eyes. He sat down obediently and nibbled the beef pie on the plate bite by bite, with an expression that showed he had lost all hope in life.

After all, biological mothers are naturally intimidating to children.

After dinner was over, Fred secretly made a gesture with a very obscure movement.

But before they could return to the room upstairs, they heard Arthur, who was helping to clean up the dishes, complain in a low voice: "Damn it! It's an emergency! Harry Potter just used a hovering spell in his residence. According to Article 3 of the "Act for the Reasonable Restraint of Underage Wizards" promulgated in 1857 and Article 13 of the "International Statute of Wizarding Confederation", he will probably receive a very severe warning this time. I have to go back immediately to work overtime."

"Go ahead. I believe Harry is a good boy and there must be some misunderstanding." Molly hurriedly put on her husband's coat.

The latter waved his wand lightly, and instantly disappeared from the spot.

"I think Harry's situation is not very good. What do you think?" George asked Zuo Si in an uncertain tone.

The latter shrugged and replied, "That's obvious. But I'm afraid I can't help much in this matter. Because if I get involved, it will definitely be on the front page of the news tomorrow, and it will be used by some people with ulterior motives."

"Your help is not necessary. The two of us brothers are more than enough to deal with two Muggles. But mom will definitely keep a close eye on us tonight, so we have to wait two days before looking for an opportunity to act."

After saying this, Fred winked at George.

The latter immediately understood what he meant, sneaked down and began to search through the drawers and cabinets.

After a while, he stole a car key.

Zuo Si did not get involved in the twin brothers' rescue of Harry Potter, but got up and left quickly after dinner.

The content is also very simple, just the information of Professor Crocker's family members and friends.

Unlike most wizards who have complicated family backgrounds, relatives, and friends, this professor who is obsessed with studying time magic has a very simple social network.

He has a wife, two sons and four grandchildren.

On weekdays, he neither likes drinking nor is interested in attending various parties. He basically goes between the Department of Mysteries and home.

One of the sons was engaged in the excavation of magical relics and was basically away from home all year round. There was no sign that he was involved in the research of time magic.

另外一个儿子虽然曾经以助手的身份跟克罗克教授一起共事了大概两年，但在这方面显然没有什么天赋，所以很快换了份研究魔法植物的工作。

也就是说，克罗克教授的两个儿子应该都不具备施展时间逆转咒的能力。

反倒是四个孙子有一个叫克尔温的，在学校的时候展现出了惊人的天赋，后来别特招进神秘事物司。

至于时间转换器，到目前为止都有专人负责看管，从未有丢失过的记录。

“好吧，看来目前能够锁定的嫌疑人就只有这两个了。”

左思二话不说，直接通过旅法师的卡牌召唤出两个前不久才捕获的魅魔，并且给她们下达命令去接近克罗克教授和他的孙子，然后通过诱惑等方式套出一些秘密。

如果可以的话，最好将时间逆转咒和制作时间转换器的全套技术都弄出来。

两个魅魔在接受任务后，立马变化成成充满魅力的人类女性形象，转身消失在茫茫夜色之中。

大概两三个小时过后，她们就不约而同锁定目标，并且制造了一次意外的相遇。

其中比较年轻且正处于容易冲动年纪的克尔温，在不到两个小时就彻底被魅魔所展现出来的风情所深深吸引，不知不觉间彻底沦为对方的俘虏。

估计用不了多久，魅魔就能把他脑子里所有的秘密都榨得一干二净。

相比之下，克罗克教授这边进展就比较缓慢。

魅魔虽然成功吸引你了他的注意，但长期以来的谨慎性格，以及对于妻子和家庭的忠诚，让他暂时成功抵御了那种强大的诱惑。

不过一次失败并没有让魅魔产生任何挫败感，而是打算放长线钓大鱼。

毕竟她们又不是没见过意志坚定的凡人，只要肯花费时间，哪怕是那些象征秩序和善良的圣武士也会被一点一点腐化。

当猫头鹰送来霍格沃茨的信件，以及下学期所需要准备的书单时，左思惊讶的发现自己的书竟然也在入选之列，并且课表中也多出了一门选修的魔法卷轴制作。

跟随这两样东西一起来的，还有一封校长邓布利多的亲笔信。

内容自然邀请其在每周上一堂类似上学期那样的公开课，教授霍格沃茨的学生们如何制作魔法卷轴。

作为回报，左思不仅可以拿到一份额外的薪水，同时还能享受到一些教授才有的福利跟特权。

当然，如果拒绝的话，那么这门课就会由斯内普来代替。

在稍微考虑了几分钟之后，他很快写了一封回信，同意接受这个提议。

没办法，谁让下学期的黑魔法防御课是吉德罗·洛哈特呢。

左思可不想被这个讨厌且喜欢出名的家伙缠上，所以给自己搞个教授身份就非常有必要了。

至于像那些什么《与女鬼决裂》、《与食尸鬼同游》、《与母夜叉一起度假》、《与巨怪同行》、《与吸血鬼同船旅行》、《与狼人一起流浪》、《与雪人在一起的一年》这些书，他更是一本都不准备买。

“诺斯！准备一下，跟我一起去对角巷。”左思冲家养小精灵吩咐道。

后者立马弯下腰深深的鞠了一躬：“如您所愿。”

随后这个小东西便走到主人的身边，抬起细长枯瘦的手轻轻打了个响指。

啪！ 伴随着清脆的鸣响，两人瞬间从遥远的山区来到了破釜酒吧的正门入口。

尽管按照魔法部的规定，未成年巫师不得擅自使用魔法，但左思却钻了个漏洞，让家养小精灵来带自己传送。

不得不说，他的这种出场方式立刻引起了酒吧内不少人的注意。

因为家养小精灵是只有那些古老纯血贵族家庭，亦或是像霍格沃茨这种传承了上千年魔法学校才养得起的魔法生物。

等走进酒吧的时候，老板汤姆瞬间认出了左思的身份，立刻用半开玩笑的语气招呼道：“看看是谁来了！英国魔法界的明日之星！魔法卷轴与咒语存储技术的创造者，注定要超越邓布利多成为最伟大巫师的天才——索斯！知道吗？去年当你跟斯内普走进来的时候，我就知道你注定不凡。”

“快省省你那套陈词滥调，留着跟救世主哈利·波特说吧，我可不吃你这一套。”左思同样也用半开玩笑的语气做出回应。

因为他知道，这只是对方表达亲近和善意的方式，并没有任何讽刺挖苦的意思。

不过老汤姆的这番话，立刻让酒馆内的不少客人都意识到这个带着家养小精灵的年轻人究竟是谁，纷纷投来或是好奇、或是贪婪、或是惊讶的目光。

毕竟左思的照片已经不止一次被刊登在报纸上，甚至就连巧克力蛙的生产厂家都准备把他的名字和事迹制作成卡牌放进去，以吸引更多的孩子去购买。

“哈哈哈哈！你想要喝点什么？”老汤姆大笑着询问道。

左思瞅了一眼脏兮兮可能很久都没有认真擦洗过的杯子，还有那些一嘴大黄牙的客人，立刻摇了摇头拒绝道：“还是算了吧，你这里的饮料可不适合我。”

“那还真是遗憾。”老汤姆不以为意的耸了耸肩膀。

就在他还想要说点什么的时候，一名看上去足有六七十岁的老妪缓缓从位子上站起来，径直走到左思的面前以一种十分笨拙的动作鞠了一躬，用含糊不清的声音说道：“感谢您的发明，索斯阁下。它让我又有了新的赚钱渠道。”

“能麻烦您给我签个名吗？”

另外一个中年男人从背包里掏出一本《手把手教你将咒语存储起来——第一卷》。

“还有我！”

“请给我也签个名！”

……

一时之间，就馆内的不少客人都聚拢了过来。

很显然，他们都是第一波卷轴制作工艺的受益者。

有些甚至光靠卖自己最擅长的魔法卷轴就能获得相当不错的收入，所以对于眼前这个公开了这项技术的发明者充满感激。

毕竟从身上的穿戴打扮不拿看出，这些人之前都是魔法界的边缘群体，里边说不定还隐藏着受到歧视的狼人，根本找不到什么像样的正经工作。

左思没有拒绝，而是挥舞着魔杖在每一本递过来的书籍首页签上了自己的英文字母缩写。

等做完这一切准备转身前往对角巷的时候，他突然看到有一个熟悉的娇小身影带着两个大人从外面走了进来。

两个大人明显是不懂魔法的麻瓜，一直在用充满好奇的眼神四下打量这间一看就有起码几百年历史的古老酒吧。

至于前边那个穿着深蓝色连衣裙、黑色丝袜和棕色小皮鞋的女孩，正是赫敏·格兰杰本人。

与正在疯狂长身体的左思一样，短短一个假期的功夫，她看上去就长高了不少，棕色带着波浪的长发随意披在肩上，脸上甚至还画了淡妆、涂抹了唇彩。

“索斯？！”

女孩的声音中充满了毫不掩饰的惊喜，紧跟着立马跑到近前献上一个热情的拥抱，同时用极快的速度质问道：“你这个假期都在忙什么？为何一直到快要开学才给我回信？”

感受着女孩身上散发出来的淡淡香水味，左思不由得笑着解释道：“我在这个假期里可是忙的不可开交呢，根本没有时间去看那些猫头鹰送来的信。”

“比如？”赫敏仰起头盯着左思的眼睛。

“比如说我成功制造了这个……”

说着，左思从口袋里掏出了自己制作的强化版魔法石。

最开始的时候，赫敏还没认出来这玩意究竟是什么东西。

毕竟现存唯一的魔法石是尼可·勒梅制造出来的，它呈现出的是宛如石榴或者红宝石颜色一样的不规则结晶体。

而眼前这个则是浑浊的黑色。

只有在那些纹路缝隙中，才能依稀看到流淌着的魔法水银。

但很快，通过感受其散发出来的强大魔力和生命能量，女孩便注意到自己手上几天前被割开的小口子，竟然以肉眼可见的速度愈合了，甚至连一点疤痕都没有留下。

“魔……魔法石？你成功制作出了第二颗魔法石！”

赫敏下意识的捂住了嘴，满脸都是震惊和难以置信的表情。

虽然她早就知道，左思迟早有一天会尝试着制作自己的魔法石，但却没想到这天会如此快的到来。

并且成功制造出魔法石还意味着，其炼金水平已经达到了这个世界最顶尖的程度。

“没错。你看到这颗魔法石中间流淌的那些银色液体了吗？它们拥有改变物质特性的能力，甚至与治疗药剂混合后能够让非自然死亡的人重新复活。”左思贴在少女的耳边轻声低语道。

也不知道是说话时哈出热气产生的刺激，还是起死回生这个词所带来的强烈冲击，总之赫敏瞬间不受控制的打了个哆嗦。

After about three or five seconds, she finally came to her senses and exclaimed in a trembling voice: "Oh my God! If...if this is true, then the entire wizarding world will go crazy about it."

"So remember to keep it a secret for me. Because you are the second person so far who knows its true purpose." Zuo Si said meaningfully.

"Thank you for telling me this. I swear I will keep it a secret for you."

The girl's eyes revealed such a feeling of being trusted that she completely forgot about her previous intention to "hold him accountable" for not replying to the letter in time.

Just when she wanted to ask about the production process of the Philosopher's Stone and its other uses, Mr. Granger, who was standing by and watching his daughter kissing a strange boy for a long time, finally couldn't help but coughed loudly.

"cough!"

moment!

Hermione realized that the two of them seemed to have maintained this ambiguous and intimate action for a little too long. A faint blush suddenly appeared on her fair face. She quickly loosened her arms and forced herself to calm down. She turned around and introduced her parents: "Dad, Mom, this is Soth who I often mentioned to you. Soth, these are my parents."

"It's a great honor to meet you, Mr. Granger and Mrs. Granger." Zuo Si bowed without any panic.

"We are glad to meet you too, young man."

Mrs. Granger was obviously very satisfied with the politeness and maturity displayed by Zuo Si at this moment, and the corners of her mouth even showed a noticeable upward curve.

Because Zuo Si's current charm attribute is as high as eighteen points, coupled with the huge influence of divine power on mortals, and the temperament of a superior that has been cultivated for a long time, his every move will produce a strong attraction that cannot be described in words.

From a woman's perspective, this is a standard "high-quality stock".

Moreover, Mrs. Granger learned from her daughter that the young man in front of her was a bona fide millionaire in the wizarding world, and his wealth would continue to increase over time.

In contrast, although Mr. Granger was unhappy that his daughter might be snatched away by the other party in the future, he had to admit that his daughter did have good vision.

At least it's much better than the neighbor's daughter who hangs out with a bunch of hooligans all day, smoking and drinking or getting ugly tattoos on her body.

Just like that, with Zuo Si's deliberate catering and conversational skills, Hermione's parents opened up in less than ten minutes.

Mrs. Granger, in particular, even told her daughter some funny stories from her childhood, despite her strong protests, and they looked like a real family.

In the end, Zuo Si persuaded the two parents to stay in the Leaky Cauldron, and he took Hermione into Diagon Alley to purchase books and various tools and materials that might be used.

Since Hermione made a lot of money last semester, there was no need for her to go to Gringotts to exchange gold coins.

When they reached the door of the pet shop, Zuo Si took out the small cat statue and handed it to the girl.

"What is this? Some kind of craft?" Hermione asked in an uncertain tone.

"No, it's a civet cat that can see things that ordinary people can't, and it can also help its owner fight. Most importantly, it's different from an ordinary pet. You don't have to feed it, and you don't have to worry about it dying of old age one day."

Zuo Si briefly introduced the purpose of this magic statue.

Although in terms of functionality, the giant wolf spider statue in his hand is obviously more powerful.

But the thing is, when it comes to giving gifts to girls, the most important thing is never functionality or practical use.

Many straight men have problems in this regard, which is why they often find themselves spending money but getting no thanks.

Zuo Si, who considered himself a smart man, would never make such a mistake.

Moreover, after experiencing Talona's love confession and Isadora's self-replicating madness, he finally realized how precious Hermione's "normality" and "sanity" were.

"So how can I summon it?"

The girl was obviously moved by the statue's lifelike and cute appearance. She took it in her hands and examined it again and again.

"It only takes one spell. Repeat after me - Ashura!"

"Ashla!"

As the spell was recited clearly, the statue instantly emitted a green light.

Then the entire statue suddenly came to life, from a lifelike wood carving, into a feline covered with dark blue hair, which looked somewhat similar to a lynx and a mountain cat. It jumped lightly from its owner's arms to the ground.

In terms of size, it is undoubtedly much larger than an ordinary domestic cat.

Especially those dark eyes, which clearly exude magical power.

"Oh my God! It's...it's so beautiful!"

Hermione bent down and tried to stroke the civet's head.

The latter obviously knew that the girl in front of him was his new master, so instead of resisting, he took the initiative to come forward and meowed coquettishly.

After teasing him for a while, the girl stood up and said with emotion: "Thank you! This is definitely the best gift I have ever received in my life. By the way, what is its name?"

"I don't know. Maybe you can name it yourself." Zuo Si spread his hands indifferently.

He has never been very keen on naming pets, nor is he good at it.

In fact, when he had a dog, he was too lazy to give it a name, so he always referred to it as "wei".

As a result, when the dog grew up a little, it always thought that its name was "Hey".

When walking on the street, as long as someone shouts "Hey", it will immediately run over as a conditioned reflex, causing a lot of jokes.

"Really? I can name it?" Hermione's eyes lit up instantly.

"Of course. It's yours now, so you certainly have the right to name it." Zuo Si immediately gave an affirmative answer.

Because creatures like this that are made into summoning statues often do not have their own names, except for very few.

In other words, in the eyes of their makers and owners, they are merely tools used to delay time and hunt down enemies, and are not worth naming at all.

But Hermione, who keeps a civet cat as a pet, is different. She even came up with several names in less than a minute, and then began to struggle about which one to use.

Taking advantage of this gap, Zuo Si walked into the pet store and bought the cute and ugly Crookshanks...

(End of this chapter)