Chapter 157 Book List and Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore

With the help of the answering quill, the efficiency of replying has increased several times. Ivan only needs to open the envelope, read it once, and then put it aside, and the quill placed on the table will automatically start writing the reply.

Even so, Ivan still spent a whole morning,

When he opened the last envelope, Ivan discovered that this letter was different from the others. It was sent from school.

The specific content is to ask him to go to King's Cross Station to take the train to school on September 1st, and also attaches a book list for the second grade.

Ivan briefly scanned it and found that in addition to a few professional books used in various subjects, there were also seven works by Lockhart, and each one was more expensive than the last.

Ivan suddenly understood who the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts class next semester would be.

However, Lockhart's shamelessness also amazed him. He actually used his status as a professor to let Hogwarts students increase the sales of books. No one else

"Mom, you may have to give me more Galleons. This year's books are extremely expensive, maybe dozens of Galleons." Looking at the price marked on it, Ivan sighed and had to ask for help. .

Although he attracted a lot of business for his family's magic shop, after all, it was Asia who collected the money, so he couldn't get it at all, and the gold galleons he had accumulated before were almost used up.

"A few dozen galleons? Is it so expensive?" Asia, who was helping to collect the reply, took the book list out of curiosity and glanced at it.

"Gilderoy Lockhart?" Asia asked in surprise.

"Mom, do you know him?" Ivan had a bad feeling. If he remembered correctly, Lockhart seemed to be a friend of women and had countless fans in the magical world.

Fortunately, Ivan soon saw Asia shake her head.

"No, I don't know him. I just heard about him. I heard that he is a powerful person. His books have been recognized by many famous people."

"It looks like you have a great Defense Against the Dark Arts professor next school year." Asia said with a smile.

Ivan curled his lips, this guy was just a parallel importer, so he could only use the Forgetting Curse better.

But Ivan didn't tell Asia clearly that this guy would be exposed as soon as he became a professor next school year. Even if he didn't lose his memory due to the basilisk incident, he would probably get into trouble.

Asia helped Ivan sort out the list, and then took out a hundred gold galleons from the cabinet, put it into a magic bag and handed it to Ivan.

"These should be enough, I'll leave the rest for you to use at school." Asia said generously.

One hundred gold galleons is not a small amount. If Ivan hadn't performed extremely well during the summer vacation and never spent money carelessly, Asia would have been worried about a child holding such a large amount of money.

In fact, Aisia originally thought about simply closing the business for a long time and taking this opportunity to take Ivan for a walk in Diagon Alley, but this idea was rejected by Ivan.

Ivan didn't go to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore just to buy books. More importantly, he remembered that one of the ways to obtain academic points was to read through magic books.

As long as the reading progress reaches 100%, you will be rewarded with academic points corresponding to the difficulty, and you can also improve your magic knowledge. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

So in the remaining days before school starts, Ivan plans to go to Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore and read as much as he can.

Of course, Ai Xia couldn't stay closed for several days, especially when the business was just picking up, so she had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​accompanying her.

"Otherwise, I'll let Docter accompany you these days." Asia was somewhat worried about Ivan walking alone in Knockturn Alley.

"No, I would rather drink the polyjuice potion and go alone!" Ivan shook his head firmly.

He'd had enough of that bastard Doggett, and except for the one at the Ministry, nothing good happened every time he went out with him.

"Okay," Aisiya couldn't resist the determined Ivan, so she sighed and agreed, but then reminded her. "You are not allowed to go out in my shape."

Ivan nodded, he was not in the habit of becoming the opposite sex.

Back in the room, Ivan took out the polyjuice potion placed in the drawer, which he had brewed before and could be used by adding other people's hair.

Thinking about it, Ivan added a piece of hair he collected and took a small sip, which was probably enough for him to walk out of Knockturn Alley.

The next moment, Ivan felt as if his body had been torn apart, with waves of itching spreading throughout his body, followed by bones being dislocated, skin stretching, and the originally fitting robe being stretched open.

Ivan felt that there was some miscalculation. He actually forgot that his clothes would be torn after the transformation. He should have prepared in advance.

Fortunately, this little thing didn't bother Ivan, who was close to the fifth level of transformation. With a wave of the wand, the torn clothes were quickly restored, and then became wider and larger under the influence of the transformation spell.

After putting on his clothes, Ivan stood in front of the mirror again and looked at the seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy opposite him with some freckles on his face, who looked exactly like Walker.

The reason why he chose to become Walker was naturally because he didn't come into contact with many people every day. He only collected the hair of Asia, Docter, and Walker.

He didn't intend to transform into a middle-aged man like Docter, so this was the only option.

"Mom, I'll go out first." Before Ivan left, he greeted Asia, who was still sending letters.

Asia turned her head and looked at the seventeen or eighteen-year-old young wizard in front of her with a strange expression on her face, but she still nodded.

This is also the reason why Asia doesn’t let Ivan become her. It always feels weird.

Walking alone on the streets of Knockturn Alley, Ivan felt another experience, as if there was some kind of malice surrounding him.

Along the way, Ivan met several strangers who approached him, some were selling various products, and some were asking him to visit "certain places".

However, no one dared to take action. Even so, Ivan had to act tougher to make these people retreat.

When he was about to leave Knockturn Alley, Ivan found that the street leading to Diagon Alley on this side was half blocked. A grinning old witch in front of him was pulling a small wizard who didn't look very big.

The surrounding wizards seemed not to notice, and there were a few wizards squatting in the corner, probably watching the fun.

Ivan raised his eyebrows, and when he was hesitating whether to intervene or take a detour, he realized that the figure of the little wizard was somewhat familiar to him.

That seems to be Harry Potter?

But what about Hagrid? Where has he gone?