Chapter 225 I don't like cuteness

In Florin's Ice Cream Shop in Diagon Alley, Mike and Harry, as well as the Weasley brothers, Franklin, Penelope and a large group of people were sitting together eating cold drinks.

Penelope's outfit today was similar to the first time she went out on a date with Mike, still a pair of hot pants and short sleeves.

The only difference from that time was that Penelope's short sleeves were longer this time, and she didn't tuck the hem into her pants.

So when she stood up, the long hem of her top would cover the hot pants completely, giving people the illusion that she didn't wear pants.

Mike gave her full marks for her outfit today.

Franklin was a little different today. Perhaps because he had recently become obsessed with hip-hop music, his overall clothing style began to resemble that of American hip-hop singers, which was quite exaggerated.

He felt very good about himself. He imitated Mike and leaned back in his chair with sunglasses on his head, looking at the pedestrians coming and going, with the momentum of a gangster.

Of course, this was just what he thought.

In fact, Mike felt that his outfit, coupled with his short and stocky figure and skin color, made him look like a chimpanzee in clothes.

Taking his eyes off Franklin, Mike looked at the watch on his hand and sighed deeply.

They were out for a big purchase this time. At Harry's suggestion, Mike invited everyone, and almost everyone agreed to come, except Cedric and Abbott.

Including Hermione.

However, they agreed to come at 9 o'clock in the morning, and Hermione was more than half an hour late.

It has been almost half a month since I first tried to use the Patronus Charm, and the summer vacation will be over soon.

Mike, after all, has not released a complete Patronus.

You might think that Mike's Patronus is good, after all, releasing a complete Patronus is a manifestation of the Patronus Charm. But in fact, compared with other spells, Mike's learning progress of the Patronus Charm is as slow as a snail.

This is the biggest setback Mike has encountered since learning spells.

The thing he released when he used the Patronus Charm for the first time could not be called the Patronus Charm at all. The density and brightness of the white mist was at best a light version of the fluorescent flicker.

It was really like the light of a firefly, which was disappointing.

After more than half a month of learning, this firefly has evolved into a flashlight, although it is still useless.

Mike estimated that not to mention Dementors, even Boggarts would not change their faces in front of this Patronus Charm.

This made Mike very irritable, but fortunately his self-comfort ability was very good. Through constant psychological suggestion, he finally convinced himself to accept this fact.

In fact, Mike was very satisfied, at least he was not directly backfired to death. Moreover, this kind of learning difficulty is worthy of the name of the Patronus Charm.

If the Patronus Charm was so easy to learn, it would not have become such a famous defensive spell.

In the original book, the reason why Harry and other young wizards were able to learn the Patronus Charm and even release a complete Patronus was that Mike guessed that first of all, they had Dumbledore to help them, that is, they had a famous teacher to teach them.

Secondly, it was because they were all relatively young.

The most important thing for releasing the Patronus Charm is positive emotions such as happiness. Compared with adults, children's happiness is obviously more pure, which may make it easier for them to release the Patronus Charm.

Under the table, stroking Penelope's outstretched hand, Mike shook his head gently.

It is a pity that he cannot release the complete version of the Patronus Charm in a short time. He is very curious about what his Patronus will be.

However, from a practical point of view, the Patronus Charm may not be his best solution to fight against Dementors. Don't forget that he has the Sword of Victory and Oath, and this holy sword has the effect of killing evil spirits.

So, is it useful for monsters like Dementors?

Just as Mike was thinking about this question, a voice suddenly pulled his consciousness back.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Everyone looked up and saw Hermione, who was wearing a little dress, standing in front of them breathlessly.

"Oh, great!" Ron complained, "We have been waiting for you here for almost an hour in vain!"

"Don't say that, Ron!"

Harry quickly stopped Ron from continuing. Ron may have realized that it was not polite to do so, so he lowered his head and stopped talking.

But Hermione obviously did not take Ron's words to heart. At this time, she was looking at Mike and Penelope with a sharp gaze. The angle she was standing at was just right to see the little movements made by the two under the table.

Facing Hermione's gaze, Penelope did not feel shy at all. Instead, she held Mike's hand tightly with her backhand as if she was swearing sovereignty.

Mike was not as calm as Penelope. Under Hermione's gaze like a scumbag, Mike coughed twice and took back his hand awkwardly.

"Okay, since everyone is here, let's go quickly."

Ron cheered and rushed out of the cold drink shop. Mike had just given him a lot of salary not long ago. This was the first time in his life that he had so much money. He couldn't wait to go out and spend it.

Compared with him, the others were much calmer. Franklin, needless to say, was a poor bastard. The Weasley brothers had already had their fun, so they acted very calmly.

Harry is indeed a little angel, even though he himself is looking forward to today's shopping. However, living in Uncle Vernon's house has given him a strong ability to read people's expressions, which made him notice at a glance that Hermione was in a bad mood.

"Don't worry, Hermione. Ron is just a little tired of waiting." Harry patted Hermione's shoulder, "Let's go quickly, everyone has already set off." Harry's

nose kept twitching as he said this, and he smelled a very good smell as soon as he approached Hermione. He followed the scent and saw Hermione nodding at him with a slightly red face.

After Hermione nodded in agreement, she slowly caught up with the main group, while Harry froze in place.

He felt... Hermione was a little different today than usual, as if... more beautiful.

In fact, Harry's feeling was not wrong. The reason why Hermione was late today was because she spent too much time on her dressing up.

Hermione didn't know why she dressed up, and she didn't even know why she accepted Mike's invitation.

If she hadn't come today, she wouldn't have seen what happened just now.

Thinking of the little action between Mike and Penelope under the table just now, she blushed with shame, unconsciously raised her head and glanced at Mike who was walking in front, and then quickly lowered her head.

Mike who was walking in front didn't notice Hermione's abnormality at all. Although Hermione was dressed very cute today, it was a pity that he was not a pedophile.

And compared to cuteness, Mike prefers sexy women.

Isn't there a saying that goes like this?

Cuteness and purity are worthless in front of sexiness.

He likes sexy women with good figures, just like Penelope who is next to him now.

Thinking of this, Mike smiled evilly, and the hand on Penelope's waist slightly pinched, in exchange for a beautiful eye roll from the other party.

You see, sexy women look so good even when rolling their eyes.

The group came to Flourish and Blotts. Mike now looks very strong due to proper exercise. His T-shirt is bulging with muscles. Standing with Penelope, they are a beautiful sight. They attracted many people's attention along the way. The

owner of Flourish and Blotts saw Mike and Penelope from a distance and ran out of the store to greet them.

He was not unfamiliar with Mike. He was a newly rich man. He must have good things when he came.

"Good day, Mr. Townley." The boss said enthusiastically, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Oh, you're welcome, boss. We are here to purchase some books for the new semester."

"Please come here. We have packaged versions of Hogwarts for each grade."

The boss took everyone to a shelf in the store, where piles of magic books were neatly placed, and the sections were marked for different grades.

These were the required courses for each grade, so everyone didn't hesitate too much and each picked up a copy and ran away.

But there was a problem when it came to the elective course.

When Ron asked the boss if he had any books on the Care of Magical Creatures course, the boss's face instantly turned dark.

"You want to buy that monster book?" The boss said with a dark face, "Of course I can, I can even give you the cost price, but the premise is that you have to get it yourself."

Ron was overjoyed

when he heard this. The price of magic books is very expensive. If he can get that book at the cost price, he will undoubtedly save a lot of money. However, when Ron saw the "Monster Book of Monsters", he was dumbfounded.

In a huge iron cage, many monster books were stacked together. These monster books had furry covers, and there were four eyes side by side on the front. As the books opened and closed automatically, you could see the sharp teeth inside. Ron dared to guarantee that it would be very painful to be bitten by them.

In fact, these books do bite people. They are biting each other now, and many books have been bitten.

Mike looked at Ron with a smirk on his face. He knew that he could calm them down by stroking the spine of the monster book.

But why should he tell him?

Wouldn't it be good to let Ron suffer more?

Perhaps it was because he noticed Mike's smirk, or perhaps it was because of many things in the past two years that made Mike form an omnipotent impression in Harry's mind.

Harry only heard a pleading: "Mike, can you think of a solution?"

"Sorry, I'm powerless."

"But...but don't you need to buy a book?"

Mike didn't speak this time, but Franklin on the side was obviously also led astray by Mike, and replied gloatingly: "We have received news a long time ago that the old professor of magical creatures with only one leg has retired, and this year's professor is Hagrid. So we didn't sign up for this course."

After saying that, he looked at Mike, and the two of them smiled slyly at the same time.

The Weasley brothers on the side also gathered around, looking at their little brother Ron's dejected look, and their reaction did not disappoint Mike.

George stuffed a large dung fork into Ron's hand, and then George and Fred said to Ron with a smirk on their faces: "Come on Ron, go! Go and kill those terrible monster books!"

"Yes, Ron! Go! I can't wait to see you get bitten... No, I mean to see you fighting bravely!"

Under the instigation of his two unscrupulous brothers, Ron finally rushed up with the dung fork.

Half an hour later, Ron, whose clothes were bitten to tatters, walked out of the bookstore with two tightly tied monster books and handed one to Hermione.

Behind him were the Weasley brothers and Mike, who were already laughing.

After this episode, the atmosphere among the crowd finally became lively, and even Hermione, who was unhappy at the beginning, began to smile.

The only unhappy person was Ron, who was now in pain all over his body.

After almost catching his breath, Mike announced the next plan to act separately.

He was in one group with Penelope, and the others were in another.

His action was obvious to everyone, and the Weasley brothers immediately showed obscene smiles on their faces.

But they didn't say much, and directly pulled Harry and the others away. After all, they were not devils and didn't have to be light bulbs.

After they left, Mike completely let go. His hand, which was originally sneaky, was now openly placed on Penelope's waist, and his body leaned over. This intimate action in public made Penelope freeze.

Mike felt Penelope's slight tremor and couldn't help but smile.

After all, he was just a young man, and his face was still too thin.

Fortunately, Mike didn't intend to embarrass Penelope too much, and didn't take any further action, so the two began their date.

It turns out that women like similar things, clothes, jewelry, cosmetics...

Mike and Penelope spent a whole afternoon visiting almost all the shops in Diagon Alley. Mike, who has plenty of money, is naturally not stingy. As long as Penelope's eyes stay on an item for more than three seconds, Mike will buy it without hesitation.

Due to the popularity of Dolphin Magic Drink some time ago, the name of Mike, the big boss behind the scenes, also spread among these bosses, so there was no bloody plot of pretending to be cool and slapping faces during the shopping.

Generally, whenever Mike came to these stores, the bosses and clerks would rush up to greet him with red eyes, wishing to worship Mike as an ancestor.

And Mike achieved his goal by doing this. When Mike and Penelope finished shopping and returned to the Leaky Cauldron to meet up with everyone, Penelope no longer resisted Mike's dishonest hands.

Sometimes she would even take the initiative...

Ha, woman.

Mike and Penelope gained a lot from this trip, and others were not bad either.

With the sponsorship of his two brothers, Ron finally got his first flying broom in his life, Nimbus 2000.

And Hermione hugged an ugly cat with all its facial features collapsed.

Mike noticed that from the time they met at the Leaky Cauldron to the time they said goodbye to each other and left the Leaky Cauldron, Penelope's eyes kept falling on the cat from time to time.

So he leaned close to Penelope's ear and said, "I'll buy you one later. What kind of cat do you want? A blue cat? A British shorthair? A ragdoll? Oh! Or how about we get a big black dog?"

"Big black dog?"

Penelope looked at Mike in surprise. She didn't understand why he suddenly said a big black dog when they were talking just fine before.

Mike didn't react much to Penelope's question. At this moment, he was staring at a corner, where a dirty big black dog was sneakily poking its head out, watching Harry slowly going away.

"Nothing."

Mike showed a wicked smile on his face, and answered Penelope's question perfunctorily. Then, he looked at the big black dog and licked his lips with his scarlet tongue.

'Ah, black dog. I really miss it.'