Chapter 206 New Home
On that day, Mike and Professor Flitwick lived directly in the Flitwick Manor, because their tea party lasted until the evening.
Although it was a long time and most of the conversation was about old things, Mike, who had an adult soul, still listened with great interest.
Because the people present were not ordinary people, not to mention Professor Flitwick, Uncle Mario was the patriarch of the Flitwick family, and Mike benefited a lot from their conversation.
After this day's tea party, Mike also learned more about the Flitwick family.
Abbott's mother died of dystocia when giving birth to his sister Ellen, and Uncle Mario never remarried after that, and that was why his sister Ellen always blamed herself.
But Ellen was the most favored in the entire Flitwick family, because she was not only the little princess of the Flitwick family, but also looked like Abbott's mother.
When Mike asked about the appearance of Princess Ellen, Abbott and Uncle Mario all praised her, praising Ellen to the sky. Uncle Mario also directly said that he would introduce Ellen to Mike after she came back. If Mike had the ability to pursue Ellen, he would be willing to be Mike's father-in-law.
Mike naturally said that this was a joke, but he was clear in his heart.
Uncle Mario was very likely serious.
Because the Fry family had been marrying in a small circle for many years to maintain the purity of their bloodline, their fertility had dropped significantly. Now there are only three people left in the direct line of the entire Fry family, so they are in urgent need of fresh blood from outside. They
don't like ordinary Muggle-born wizards, but Mike, a little guy who has recently become famous, is very suitable to be recruited as a son-in-law.
At that time, their Fry family will not only get a top wizard for free, but also improve their genes, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.
To this, Mike just wanted to say, sugar-coated bullets, I will accept the sugar-coated bullets and hit them back. You want me to be a son-in-law? That's impossible! The
next morning, Mike woke up in a guest room on the east side of the Fry Manor.
Since Mike was used to sleeping on his side, when he opened his eyes, he saw a short house elf wearing a black and white beret carefully placing a tray of hot milk and toast on the bedside table.
Mike's sudden awakening seemed to scare the little guy, and he screamed and got under the bed.
Mike, who had just woken up and was not quite sober, looked at Beta's operation with a confused face. After a while, he cleared his throat and said, "Uh, Beta, right!"
"Yes! Master!"
A shrill voice came from under Mike's bed, and then a huge head appeared from the bedside little by little.
"What time is it now?"
"7:38, Master!"
"Why are you here to bring me breakfast? Where are the house-elves in the Foley Manor?"
Beta got excited when he said this. He stood up straight and looked at Mike like a puppy who just picked up a ball and wanted his master to praise him. He said, "Those house-elves are so clumsy. I was worried and took over their work!"
Seeing that Beta was almost sticking out his tongue, Mike, who had lived with Lolo for a long time, naturally understood what he meant. He reached out and gently touched Beta's smooth forehead and praised him, "Very good, thank you."
Mike's action was like triggering something. Beta's big eyes were immediately filled with tears. Then he pulled his ears frantically, shouting "Master praised me!" and ran out of Mike's room, leaving Mike confused again.
But 5 minutes later, Mike's door was opened again.
The one who pushed the door open was Shuke, who was holding hot water, towels and other toiletries, while Beta followed his brother with his head down, obviously he had just been taught a lesson.
"Master, please wash up." Beta controlled the basin to float in front of Mike with a solemn face, and then said, "Please forgive Beta, he is really a little too naughty, I have already taught him a lesson before."
"No, no, Shuke, it's good, in fact, you don't have to be too restrained." Mike said while washing up, "You all know that I am a Muggle, so I am not used to doing those messy things. From now on, we are a family, we support each other and help each other."
To be honest, Mike's words of winning people's hearts were extremely perfunctory, especially since he was washing up while saying this, so it seemed even more insincere.
If it were any person with online IQ and EQ, they would be able to see that Mike was just being polite, but it was such an insincere polite word that moved Beta to tears again, and because his brother Beta was there, he didn't have a fit like last time.
Even the serious Shuke had red eyes, and was obviously very moved.
After washing up, Mike started to enjoy breakfast. As he was eating, he seemed to suddenly think of something. He looked up and said to Shuke and Beta who were waiting beside him: "By the way, you should all know how to Apparate, right?"
"Of course, Master."
"Then can you lead others to Apparate?"
"I'm sorry, Master, because Beta usually neglects to exercise, so for the time being, only I can lead others, and with my current magic power, I can only lead one person at a time."
After saying that, Beta on the side lowered his head with a frustrated look on his face. For a house elf, not being able to share the worries of the master is the greatest shame.
Mike waved his hand to indicate that it was not a big deal and fell into deep thought.
House elves and fairies can both use magic, but their magic system is completely different from that of wizards. That is why they do not need a wand to cast spells.
This does not mean that they cannot use wands. In fact, wands are like powerful magic amplifiers. Goblins have always longed to have the technology to make wands, and wizards relied on wands to defeat many magical creatures, and from then on, the serfs sang. Therefore, wizards never allow other creatures to use wands. For this reason, goblins and wizards have fought several wars. Of course, the result is that wizards with wands have won a great victory.
Now all wands are added with restrictions when they are made to ensure that other creatures cannot use wands.
On the other hand, because the magic system of house elves is different from that of wizards, their Apparition is also different. Their Apparition can even ignore the space restrictions of Hogwarts and use it in Hogwarts. The reason is that the space restrictions of Hogwarts are aimed at humans, but not against magical creatures.
This was good news for Mike, because it meant that his mobility within Hogwarts would be greatly enhanced in the future. If he wanted to go outside the school during the school day, he would no longer have to report. He could just let Shuke take him to Apparate.
After finishing breakfast, Mike waved off Shuke and Beta, and after saying goodbye to Uncle Mario, he returned to Godric's Hollow with Professor Flitwick.
After Flitwick and Mike were teleported to Flitwick's house through the fireplace, they did not stay for too long, and went out directly to find Mike's new home.
Professor Flitwick was very familiar with the entire Godric's Hollow, and took Mike directly to No. 518 Godric's Hollow.
What appeared in front of Mike was a somewhat dilapidated villa. From the outside, this villa was much larger than Professor Flitwick's house. It was a standard English villa with two and a half floors and a loft.
The part of the villa near the road was surrounded by wooden fences. Due to the years of disrepair, the white paint on these fences had fallen off a lot, and it looked mottled.
The garden inside the fence was also overgrown with weeds because it had not been maintained for a long time. Mike even saw many goblins playing happily in the grass.
Mike and Professor Flitwick looked at each other and walked towards the villa, but Professor Flitwick was unmoved.
"Mike, this villa has a protective spell. Anyone who enters this villa without the owner's permission will be attacked, so you have to allow me to enter the villa first."
Flitwick looked at Mike helplessly, and at this moment Mike patted his head as if he had suddenly realized something, opened the door of the villa, bowed and made a gesture to Flitwick like the head of the hotel guard. If
he hadn't said it, Mike would have forgotten about it. The protective ban of this villa, which was originally used as a safe house, was quite strong. Even a top wizard like Professor Flitwick would encounter considerable trouble if he rashly stepped into the villa.
And it also had a Muggle-repelling spell attached to it. Muggles without magic could not see this villa. In their eyes, this is just a wasteland. In fact, they can't even see the wasteland. The existence of this villa is completely zero in their eyes.
After entering the villa with Professor Flitwick, Mike found that compared to the bad appearance outside, the villa was actually in good condition.
The ground of the first floor of the villa was paved with marble with complex patterns. Because no one had taken care of it for a long time, a thick layer of dust had accumulated on it. When Mike swept away a large piece of dust, he magically found that the marble floor here had no trace of splicing, as if it was paved with a whole piece of marble.
The floor of the second floor was a dark wooden floor. Compared with the marble floor on the first floor, their condition was a little worrying. Many places were damaged. Mike had decided to replace them later.
The furniture in the villa was complete, and because the previous user covered them with dust-proof white cloth before leaving, these furniture were well maintained.
In general, this is still a very good villa. Of course, it also has its shortcomings.
First of all, although this villa looks much larger than Flitwick's house, because there is no traceless extension spell attached to it, the actual area is much smaller than Flitwick's house.
Secondly, since this villa was used as a safe house before, the fireplace in the villa is just a very ordinary fireplace. It is not connected to the Ministry of Magic's Floo Network (a magical transportation network that connects various fireplaces), and the fireplace cannot be used for teleportation.
Of course, these are all minor problems.
At present, only Mike and two house elves live in this villa, so the space is enough.
The problem of the Floo Network is more troublesome, because the Floo Network needs to be reported to the Ministry of Magic, and the British Ministry of Magic is notoriously slow. It may take ordinary people ten days or half a month to apply for it.
However, Professor Flitwick has already considered this for him, so he has already asked the students who specialize in the Floo Network in the Ministry of Magic. The installers will come here to install the Floo Network tomorrow at the latest.
After rejecting Professor Flitwick's request to stay and clean together and sending him away, Mike stood in the living room on the first floor of the villa and snapped his fingers:
"Shuke, Beta."
As soon as Mike finished speaking, Shuke and Beta appeared in front of him out of thin air, bowing and greeting him.
"Okay, from now on this is our home." Mike looked around and said to them, "How can we have a new home that is so dirty! Then let's start cleaning!"
The word "our home" obviously stimulated the fragile nerves of Shuke and Beta. They raised their hands and shouted "OK" and started cleaning.
Their cleaning method is very special. They basically don't need to do it themselves. Generally, except for those particularly valuable things that they need to wipe carefully by themselves, they rely on magic to complete tasks such as cleaning the floor.
They were seen shuttling in the villa like phantoms. As they waved their arms, a gust of wind blew in the villa.
This gust of wind blew up all the dust on the floor and furniture, and flew out through the open door, disappearing.
As for the weeds and goblins in the garden, they were more meticulous. They threw their hands at the garden, and then large pieces of black powder appeared out of thin air and flew towards the weeds.
As soon as they came into contact with the black powder, the originally lush weeds withered rapidly, and were finally uprooted and piled aside.
Perhaps because they hadn't seen anyone for a long time, the goblins came out of the ground to check the situation outside after discovering the abnormality in the garden.
Taking this opportunity, Shuke gently grabbed dozens of goblins in the air, and the remaining goblins all fled back to the underground.
Seeing this, Shuke didn't chase them anymore. The tunnels of these goblins were very complicated. If they wanted to completely eradicate them, they had to go to Diagon Alley to buy potions specially used to kill goblins, so he was not in a hurry at this moment.
Seeing their enthusiastic appearance, Mike also rolled up his sleeves and prepared to help.
But as soon as he showed his intention to help, Shuke and Beta started to bang their heads against the wall, as if if you talk about working again, we will both commit suicide together.
Seeing this, Mike had to take back his wand. He could not help here. He threw a bag of 100 gold galleons to Shuke for the purchase of daily necessities and then left the villa to Professor Flitwick's house. When Mike came
back after dinner, he saw that the villa, which was originally in a mess, had changed drastically.