Chapter 292 Special Gift, Arrangement for Harry Potter
Ding ding~
A car horn suddenly sounded outside the door, and Fudge stood up immediately.
"Excuse me for a moment."
Fudge smiled at the two, tidied his clothes and walked out the door.
"What's outside?" Aaron asked curiously, "Wizards' transportation?"
"That's the Knight Bus, an emergency transportation for wizards in trouble." Jins explained, "It's normal that you don't know, because you have never been in trouble.
The trouble here is mainly... poverty."
Aaron's eyes twitched, and he was inexplicably glad that he still had some assets.
After a while, Fudge pushed a person in, and it was the famous Harry Potter.
"Harry, how did you get here?"
"Aaron." Harry was a little surprised, but the next second the surprise turned into frustration, "I ran away from home and turned my aunt into a balloon."
"She bullied you first, right?"
Harry nodded, "I tolerated whatever they said about me, but she insulted my mother, I... I couldn't control myself."
"Heh! What kind of people are you?" Aaron said speechlessly, then looked at Fudge, "Mr. Minister, although Harry has caused a little trouble to the Ministry of Magic, please give me some face."
"Of course, of course." Fudge smiled slightly excitedly, "The Ministry has already sent the Incident Reversal Department to deal with it. Her aunt has been restored to her original state and her memory has been erased.
She won't remember anything about that incident, so it was resolved satisfactorily without any damage."
After that, Fudge looked at Harry and introduced himself, "Nice to meet you. I'm Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic."
"Hello." Harry said nervously. He had met Fudge once last year, but that time they watched them take Hagrid away under the cover of the invisibility cloak.
"That's the way it is. Nothing has happened."
"So... I won't be put in Azkaban?"
"This is just an accident. The Ministry of Magic has to deal with many such accidents every day.
If everyone is put in Azkaban, the prison would be full."
Harry breathed a sigh of relief. "Will I be punished? For example, expelled from Hogwarts?"
"No." Fudge shook his head, thinking of the purpose of his visit, and added seriously, "But I hope you don't leave Diagon Alley before school starts.
The accommodation has been arranged, in Room 11, and you must return here before dark every day. Boss Tom will keep an eye on you for me."
"Okay, no problem." Harry said.
This is not a bad thing for him, but a great thing.
This means that he doesn't have to live with his uncle before school starts, and he can study magic with confidence without anyone stopping him.
"Okay, that's it. I have to go. I still have a lot of things to do."
Fudge said hello to Aaron and Jeans, and then hurried out of the Leaky Cauldron!
"It's really puzzling." Harry said in confusion, but soon he thought of something, "I should have stopped him.
If the Minister of Magic can sign my permission form, then I can go to Hogsmeade Village."
"He won't." Aaron shook his head, "and even if he signs, Dumbledore may not allow you to go."
"Master is right, Fudge is the Minister of Magic after all, and he has always been very disciplined in public." Jins said, "Fudge is not your parent or guardian."
A trace of regret flashed across Harry's face, and then he looked at the two of them with some excitement, "I didn't expect to see you here."
"It's normal to see us here. Didn't I tell you that I opened a drink shop in Diagon Alley?
I will be in my shop these days. If you need anything, come to me at any time." Aaron said, "By the way, did you receive my birthday present for you?"
"This. ..” Harry hesitated for a moment, lowered his head in shame, “You shouldn’t have sent it directly to the Dursleys. Dudley took it for himself when he saw the gift box.
The Dursleys didn’t show it to me at all, and they protected the gift so well. I still don’t know what you gave me.”
“That’s not important.” Aaron waved his hand casually, “Did your cousin look unhappy in the next few days? Did your uncle and aunt always put on a smile to coax him?”
Harry nodded subconsciously, “How did you know?”
“The gift I gave you is a set of test papers, corresponding to each of Dudley’s current subjects, and there are also the handwritten signatures of the test setters.
Tsk tsk tsk, this represents the teacher’s deep love for any student. The Dursleys will never give this test paper to you.”
Hearing this, Harry opened his mouth blankly, “You are still awesome, but this is too mean.”
“Huh?”
"Well... that's how you should treat Dudley." Harry smiled slightly excitedly, "He just deserves to be punished. He has been crying for four days. I have never seen him so wronged."
"The young master originally wanted to give you a set of broom maintenance tools, but he was worried that you couldn't touch your broom, so he changed a method. I hope you can relax for a few days."
Harry was a little flattered. Ron and Hermione sent him gifts secretly through owls, but Aaron put the gifts at the door openly, but the effect was very good.
"Please follow me, Mr. Potter." Tom walked up and said with a smile, "Room 11 has been arranged. I have moved your things up. In addition, your owl is there. It flew over five minutes ago."
"Thank you very much."
"See you tomorrow, Harry, we have to go home." Aaron waved his hand and walked out of the Leaky Cauldron with Jeans.
"See you tomorrow."
After getting in the car, Aaron held the steering wheel and asked meaningfully: "Uncle Genes, the reason why Fudge personally arranged Harry Potter was because Sirius Black escaped from prison, right?
Is my judgment wrong? Sirius Black escaped from prison to avenge Harry Potter?"
"I don't know. I also suggest that you don't think about these irrelevant things, young master." Genes said indifferently, "Sirius has been imprisoned for twelve years. He is very dangerous, but he only targets Harry Potter. He is not a threat to you, young master."
Aaron nodded and didn't care.
With his current strength, he doesn't have to be afraid even if he faces Sirius head-on, but it's better to have less trouble than more.
.......
The next day, Aaron came to Diagon Alley early.
As soon as he opened the door of the store, Harry Potter appeared in front of him.
"Is this your shop?" Harry looked at the furnishings inside curiously, "Didn't you hire anyone?"
"I did hire some people, but I had to go on a trip some time ago, so I sent them away.
But it doesn't matter. A small beverage shop can be taken care of by Genes alone."
"I didn't say that." Genes walked out of the fireplace, "It is necessary to hire people. Hogwarts will start school soon, and there will be more and more students in Diagon Alley."
"You can arrange this." Aaron yawned and was indifferent to this. The employment pressure in the magic world is not small. It is easy to post a recruitment notice to recruit people.
"Can I come here to work?" Harry asked with some interest.
"You?" Aaron raised his eyebrows, "Didn't your parents leave you an inheritance?"
"That's true, but I still have to go to Hogwarts for five years, and those Galleons are barely enough." Harry said awkwardly, "And after graduation, I will definitely not live with the Dursleys. Food, clothing, housing and transportation all cost money, so..."
"No need to say, I understand." Aaron interrupted Harry, "My work here is very easy, watching the store, selling goods, and collecting money.
9 to 5, you can rest for two hours at noon, food is provided but accommodation is not provided, but this doesn't matter to you, after all, Fudge has invited you to live in the Leaky Cauldron until school starts.
Now there are only three weeks before school starts, your salary will not be too high, how about thirty gold Galleons?"
"Okay." Harry agreed immediately, thirty Galleons means ten Galleons per week, which is enough for his expenses before school starts.
"Very good." Aaron took out 30 gold Galleons from the counter and put them in his hand. "This is your salary for this period. Work hard."
"Uh... this is not appropriate." Harry said a little stiffly, "I haven't done anything yet!"
"It's an advance payment, so you don't have to go to Gringotts to withdraw money."
"Thank you, boss."
"You're welcome." Aaron waved his hand. This salary is considered a low standard in the wizarding world, but Harry Potter is only thirteen years old. An underage wizard should be satisfied to have a job, and the treatment here is definitely better than other stores in Diagon Alley.
Harry sat in front of the counter. At first, he was not quite used to it, but after serving a few customers, he became proficient in his current job.
This was the first time he had dealt with so many strange wizards since he came into contact with magic. It was a different kind of fun for him.
The only thing to pay attention to was to cover the scar on his forehead, otherwise it would be almost impossible for Harry Potter to have a stable job with his reputation.
When there were no customers, he could take a break from his busy schedule, flipping through magic books or completing papers assigned by the professor. He was a hundred times happier than when he was at Vernon's house.
Aaron was practicing the depiction of advanced magic circles in the back room. He was pleased to see the new employees working tirelessly, especially when he found the store spotless and the accounts on the counter were neatly sorted out when closing the store at night. This made him even more satisfied, and he even wondered whether to give Harry a raise or something.