Chapter 319
: The Monster Book of Monsters
Chapter 319: The Monster Book of Monsters
Compared to the ever-changing Muggle cities, changes in the wizarding world always seem particularly slow.
In recent years, apart from the fact that Aslan's Magic Workshop produces something new every year and triggers new trends, other trends in Diagon Alley have hardly changed, as if they were all NPCs that refreshed at fixed locations.
Therefore, Wade and his companions followed almost the same process as every time in the past: they went to the robe shop to order new robes, went to the potion shop to replenish materials, and went to the bookstore to buy books.
In the window of the bookstore, there was a large iron cage filled with hundreds of copies of "Monster Books of Monsters". They were biting and fighting each other ferociously inside, just like a group of crabs with bared fangs and claws.
——Books are fighting in groups. Has anyone ever seen that?
Pieces of paper flew everywhere and hoarse roars were heard one after another, but the wizards seemed to be accustomed to it and walked past without even looking.
But even though Wade and Harry already had the book given by Hagrid, they still stopped to look at it.
At this moment, a student was buying books with a list in hand. The bookstore manager, wearing thick gloves and holding a knotty cane, was beating the student like he was driving away a group of vicious dogs snatching food, while roaring angrily.
While the monster books were retreating and avoiding, the manager quickly grabbed the book closest to him.
As he retracted his hand, a book next to him jumped up without warning, and sharp teeth opened between the pages and bit towards the manager's arm!
"careful!"
As Harry shouted, he shook his wand subconsciously, and a red light hit the monster book, causing it to fly backwards with a bang.
Harry himself was stunned. He stared blankly at the book that flew out, and then looked at his wand.
While he was in a daze, the manager quickly retracted his hand and breathed a sigh of relief. Before he could thank him, he saw another little wizard also draw out his wand and wave it -
All the monster books suddenly stopped moving, and then fell to the ground with a clatter. They were then tied up one by one with ropes that appeared out of nowhere, and finally piled up into a neat pile.
The monster books were still struggling and shaking, and their covers were slapping loudly, but they could no longer bite people or run around.
The manager was stunned again. He looked at the crazy books that had finally calmed down, and then looked at the two little wizards who were obviously not very old. They had dull expressions and were speechless for a long time.
"Vader, Harry!"
The student who came out of the bookstore after buying the book turned out to be Rolf Scamander.
He said happily: "You are here to buy books too! I never thought I could meet you here!"
"Hey, Rolf." Wade asked curiously, "Are you here to buy "The Monster Book of Monsters" too?"
"Yes." Rolf said, "I didn't expect that this book would not be on my bookshelf. Actually, there were two copies originally, but later they accidentally rushed into the fireplace when they were fighting. Grandpa was very sad and didn't buy a new one."
"That's it..."
Wade thought to himself: ...Could it be that Scamander is raising these books as special magical creatures?
"Here, your book."
At this time, the manager also came to his senses, tied up the monster book he had snatched with great difficulty, and handed it to Rolf.
"Thank you."
Rolf paid the money and went to buy other things, so he waved goodbye while picking up the book.
"Did you see that, Vader?"
Only then did Harry suppress his excitement, with an expression of surprise and doubt on his face, and said, "Just now... just for a moment... suddenly..."
"Congratulations." Wade smiled, "This is your first time using a silent spell."
Harry got the confirmation and immediately smiled with pure joy.
He turned to look for Sirius and Lupin to share his joy, but saw only Sirius there.
The man with a slightly haggard look didn't pay much attention to them. He stared at everyone who passed by with his searchlight-like eyes, especially the children with their pet mice. Sirius's eyes could scare them to tears.
Seeing this, Harry sighed slightly, and the joy in his heart suddenly wasn't so strong.
He once again realized that although he was James Potter's son, the pain Sirius felt was far deeper than his.
Harry never had it, so it didn't hurt that much.
"Um...you guys are from Hogwarts too? Are you here to buy books?"
The manager observed for a while, then came over and said gratefully: "Thank you for your help just now. What grade are you in? Let me see the book list."
Harry hurriedly handed him the list of books and said, "Grade 3." "Okay, wait a moment."
The manager glanced down at his bibliography and quickly pulled a few books from the pile next to him and packed them up.
"Wait, we already have the Monster Book of Monsters!" said Harry.
“Oh…” The manager seemed to put the monster book back with some regret, and then quickly finished packing it up.
Then he saw Vader's bibliography and raised his eyebrows in surprise: "You took all the courses? That's not easy."
Wade nodded: "I made my choice after careful consideration."
"Well, I knew it..." The manager said enviously, "Not everyone can calm down more than a hundred monster books in one go."
Vader smiled but said nothing.
In fact, Wade was quite surprised that the manager of a magic bookstore couldn't even do this and had to rely on physical means to prevent being bitten.
It can be seen that not everyone who manages books can wisely draw enough nourishment from books.
Wade usually interacted with the best wizards, but seeing this manager made him realize that the magic level of many adult wizards did not improve gradually after graduation, but regressed to a level that was even worse than that of school students.
For example, this manager may have forgotten most of the spells and knowledge about potions, herbs, astronomy, history, etc., except for the spells related to running a bookstore, due to his boring work day after day.
In front of him, any humble words Wade said sounded like mockery.
Not long after, the manager had sorted out Wade's textbooks, and when it came time to settle the bill, he gave him a 50% discount.
The two men came out carrying books, but there was still no sign of Lupin.
"Where's Remus?" Harry couldn't help but ask.
"He seemed to see someone he knew and came back soon," said Sirius.
……
"Remus, something seems to have happened to Will."
The thin blonde girl said sadly: "I can't contact him. I went to his house but couldn't find any trace of him... The workshop said that he hasn't been to work and has been fired... He would never be like this. I know he must, must be..."
The girl whimpered and covered her face with her hands and sobbed quietly.
Lupin was speechless for a moment.
He knew that there were many reasons why a werewolf disappeared from this world, and even reporting it to the Ministry of Magic would not help.
Many people feel that werewolves do not deserve to survive.
"Claire, do you have any clues about his disappearance?" Lupin was silent for a moment and asked without any hope.
But Claire said, "Yes, yes... before he disappeared, he had just received a commission... I heard him say before that this kind of thing is dangerous. I kept persuading him not to go, and I also said that I could take his place... but he disagreed..."
"What commission?" asked Lupin.
"I don't know... He didn't tell me anything..."
Claire said sadly, "But I think the person who entrusted him with the task should be related to Hogwarts..."
"Hogwarts?" Lupin was stunned and asked, "How do you know?"
"Didn't Hogwarts kill a basilisk not long ago? Students were even allowed to watch the snake slough off..."
Claire wiped her tears and said.
"That's right," said Lupin.
Claire said: "My sense of smell is different from that of ordinary people. Even if several days have passed, even if I have taken a shower, I can still smell the fishy smell of the basilisk. And that day... I also smelled that smell from the person who was looking for Will..."
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