Chapter 142 Going to the Manor
In the hall of Hogwarts Great Hall, Mike was walking towards the outside of the castle accompanied by Professor Flitwick.
Mike was obviously dressed up today, wearing a well-fitting black suit, looking very capable.
This suit was specially made for Mike to attend the dinner held at Flitwick Manor tonight.
Mike originally planned to buy a dress in Diagon Alley, but when he actually came to the store that specializes in selling dresses in Diagon Alley, he was dumbfounded.
Almost all the samples displayed in the store were British ancient dresses. The women's dresses were still quite beautiful, but the men's dresses were really hard to look at. You know, many men's dresses in British ancient dresses are worn with stockings or high heels.
Mike had no choice but to go to a suit customization shop in London and ask the tailor inside to tailor a black suit for him.
Making a tailor-made suit is a very time-consuming thing. Even in Mike's previous life when modern technology was extremely advanced, it would take nearly two months to make one.
But Michael didn't have that much time to wait, as the dinner would be held next week.
Finally, after Michael paid the suit customization shop a large sum of overtime pay, the store manager finally agreed with a smile, but he also asked Michael to come to the store once a day to try it on during the week, otherwise the suit might not fit.
Finally, after going through a lot of hardships, Michael finally put on the suit, and the effect of the suit was also very good. As soon as Michael appeared in the auditorium in the suit, he attracted the attention of his classmates. If Professor Flitwick was still beside him, they would have surrounded him long ago.
"Are you really not going? Professor Flitwick." Michael asked, adjusting his cuffs.
"I'd better forget it. It's enough to have you as a representative." Professor Flitwick, who was asked, patted Mike on the back and brushed off the dust that didn't exist in the first place. "Besides, I prefer the Christmas dinner at Hogwarts to that kind of aristocratic dinner. Well, let's go. Abbot must be waiting anxiously."
Mike stopped persuading him after hearing this. He leaned over and gave Professor Flitwick a hug before walking out of Hogwarts Castle.
In an open space in front of the castle, an extended black Lincoln was parked quietly. There was already a circle of young wizards who chose to stay in school like Mike. It was the first time for them to see such a luxury car, and they couldn't help but feel curious.
The driver who was waiting by the car noticed Mike and hurried forward to open the door for Mike. After Mike nodded to thank him and got into the car, the driver rubbed his hands and came to the driver's seat.
As soon as Mike got into the car, he found Abbot wearing a black suit sitting upright on the leather chair in the car.
"Oh, you look so handsome." Abbott greeted, "Are you ready? If you are, we'll set off."
Mike nodded in agreement and said with a smile, "Why did you suddenly think of inviting me to the dinner? Is there something going on?"
"Don't worry too much. I just suddenly wanted to meet you." Abbott showed a strange smile on his face, "It's just that this dinner tonight is indeed a little special."
"How special?"
Abbott looked strangely and leaned towards Mike, whispering, "Let me tell you, including the dinner hosted by our family, the dinners held by various large families during this period are essentially large-scale blind date activities, and their purpose is to find suitable spouses for the heirs of the major families.
As you know, the entire British wizard aristocracy circle is almost all relatives. If everyone continues to intermarry like this, sooner or later the children born will be deformed."
"So you need some fresh blood." Mike's face turned a little dark, "And I am that fresh blood, or one of the fresh blood." Mike
's tone was a little unfriendly. He originally thought that Abbott wanted him to attend the dinner because he had something to discuss with him face to face, but he didn't expect that he wanted to pull him over as a stud.
"No, no, no! You misunderstood! You are definitely not the so-called fresh blood, but our VIP. The fresh blood this time is actually the ladies from some wizard families in France." Abbott on the opposite side saw that Mike had misunderstood and hurriedly explained. "If you think about it carefully, you will know that most of the heirs of each wizard family are male. How can they let you be the fresh blood? You can't give birth to children for them."
After Abbott finished speaking, he saw that Mike's face was a little red. He knew that he had understood what he meant, and then said:
"I invited you here just to let you show your face in the British wizard aristocratic circle. There is no other meaning. Don't think about it anymore.
Of course, if you like a girl at the banquet, you can chase her. Don't worry about people discriminating against your bloodline. You are a friend of our Fry family."
Seeing Abbott's proud face when he talked about the Fry family, Mike couldn't help but feel warm in his heart and said, "Sorry, I misunderstood you just now."
"What are you talking about? We are friends who have lived together for a lifetime." Abbott punched Mike in the chest and said with a smile, "Come on, don't talk about this, let me tell you about my experience in the Auror Corps. I was promoted after the last incident, and now I am the captain of the Auror Corps..."
The driver in the driving seat saw that the two were talking happily, so he started the extended Lincoln and drove out of Hogwarts.
The road leading to the outside world from Hogwarts is not easy to travel, especially in this season, almost all the roads are covered with a thick layer of snow. The ground under the snow is also bumpy and slippery.
But this black extended version of Lincoln is obviously not an ordinary vehicle, but a modified magic car like the Knight Bus that Mike has taken.
But this car is much more advanced than the shabby Knight Bus. No matter how bumpy the road is when driving, people sitting in the car can't feel any vibration of the car body.
The extended Lincoln turned into a black shadow and rushed out of the Hogwarts Castle. Just when Mike thought they were going to drive all the way to Foley Manor, the black Lincoln suddenly slowed down.
"Don't worry, the fun is yet to come." Abbott saw Mike's puzzled expression and explained to him, "This is the latest official vehicle of the Ministry of Magic. If it can only be driven like a Knight Bus, it would be too useless."
As soon as Abbott finished speaking, the driver sitting in the front seat pressed a button, and then the 6-meter-long black Lincoln turned into a distorted light and disappeared in the wind and snow.
By the time Mike reacted, the black Lincoln had already stopped in a manor.