Hogwarts and the Atypical Wizard

Chapter 206: Watching Rat in Diagon Alley

On the morning of September 1st, Sainz left home and took the Knight Bus to Diagon Alley.

"Hey, Padgetson, this year doesn't seem to be easy!" he said mischievously to the clerk at Flourish and Blotts.

Parkerson was trying to use a stick to drive away two copies of the Monster Book of Monsters that were fighting each other in a large iron cage.

"Hi, Sainz!...Oh...Merlin!" He heard Sainz's voice, turned around and greeted him, but one of them didn't pay attention, and the other two started biting each other.

He said a little collapsed, "Okay, I know, you need one too, just wait a minute while I find my dragonhide gloves first!"

"Haha, Padgetson, that's not like you. I think you should remember that I already have a book about these noisy guys in the cage!"

Padgetson slapped his head in annoyance, "Yeah! You did take one away before!

You see, they messed it up for me, and I actually forgot about it."

He suddenly seemed to remember something, and said expectantly: "Hey, Sainz, you have owned that savage and rude guy for a year or two, how did you deal with it? ... You must know, right, brother?!"

"Hahaha... do you need help?" Sainz handed him the small cake in his hand, "My chef's new creation, would you like to try it?"

Padgetson took it and thanked him, "But I'm not in the mood to enjoy delicious food now. I'm almost going to collapse because of them.

My friend, if you have any solution, please help me!" His tone revealed helplessness and pleading.

Sainz stopped teasing him, "It's simple, Padgetson, we are wizards, aren't we? We have wands!"

Padgetson said disappointedly, "Well, you think I didn't use magic, but even if I freeze them, there will always be a time to release them, and then it will be the same."

"It seems you have suffered a lot?"

"That's right! When students were buying books a while ago, I was bitten at least five times a day!" Padgetson said angrily, "The last time I saw such a difficult book was the 'Invisible Book of Invisibility' that you wanted to buy! We lost a lot that time..."

"No way, I remember I gave you advice!"

"Oh, let's not talk about that..." Padgetson seemed a little embarrassed.

Sainz used magic to make the rough guys in the cage stop tearing each other apart, "Open the cage!"

Padgetson also realized at this time that Sainz really had a way to deal with these guys. He quickly opened the cage in surprise, "How do we do it?"

Sainz picked up a book, fastened the belt buckle on the book first, and cancelled the freezing spell on the book. The violent guy immediately began to vibrate and try to open his mouth.

"Like this!" He stroked the spine of the book with his fingers. The book trembled and immediately became quiet, lying quietly in his hand like an ordinary book.

"Oh!" Padgetson sneered sarcastically, "Great, just stroke it like a dragon, why didn't I think of that, this is really great, I wonder which genius chose this textbook!"

"I think you can guess it!"

Padgetson stamped his foot. "Hagrid! I can't think of anyone else but him!"

Damn, I should have thought of that sooner!

But I never thought he could become a professor!"

"Who can be sure of what's going on in the wizarding world?"

"yes……"

Sainz helped Parkerson put all the Monster Books back in order and put them back on the bookshelf instead of keeping them in cages. The students had already purchased them all, and there were less than fifty copies left in the cages, so the two of them finished cleaning up quickly.

"Thank you, Sainz, you've been a great help!"

Sainz waved his hand, signaling him not to worry about it, "I haven't congratulated you yet, but you've changed your clothes. Does this mean you've become a store manager?"

Padgetson smiled proudly, "Not yet, I just got promoted to manager of the Diagon Alley store!"

"That's not bad!"

"Thank you, Sainz, the cake was amazing, I think you should reward your chef!"

"Wow, it's different now that I'm a manager. I can even eat during work hours!"

"Hey, hey! The boss isn't here, relax a little."

"Really? Then I've caught you with something!"

"Oh, Merlin, are you a devil? You seduced me..."

After some jokes, Sainz said goodbye, "Well, I just came to see you. I haven't been to Diagon Alley in a year. I'll go take a look around."

"Okay, goodbye! If you need any help, you can call me. You know I'm always here." Padgetson said enthusiastically.

"Okay, bye!"

After coming out of Flourish and Blotts, Sainz strolled on the street, ordered an ice cream, sat down under the big parasol outside the ice cream shop, and slowly enjoyed it.

"Hi, is that Sainz? Sainz!" Someone called his name in the distance.

Sainz turned around and saw that it was the three salvation men who saw him from a distance. After he turned around, they saw that it was really him, and the three of them quickly walked over.

In Hermione's arms was a large ginger cat, its face as flat as a persimmon that had been thrown against a wall.

"Hi, how are you guys?"

After not seeing each other for more than two months, the three of them have changed a lot. Ron and Harry are obviously taller, and Hermione is obviously tanned.

"Everyone please choose a flavor you like. It's my treat, so don't hesitate!"

The three of them were very happy and immediately ran to the store to choose their favorite ice cream and took it out to sit with Sainz.

Sainz said to Ron, "You seem to have had a good summer!"

Ron immediately became excited, "You know everything!"

"Of course, what about the big photo in the newspaper!"

"Hey, I told them about your prediction at the time, and George and Fred kept saying you must have prophetic blood!"

Sainz noticed that Harry's expression changed, but he didn't say anything.

"This cat was adopted by you, and his name seems to be Crook..."

"Crookshanks!"

Ron said a little unhappily, "This cat is very rude. He scared Scabbers yesterday!"

"Who is Banban?"

Hermione rushed to say, "Scabbers is Ron's mouse," and then she said to Ron, "Crookshanks is a cat. It's just his instinct to chase mice. It's not his fault!"

Ron said angrily, "But he scared him so badly that Ben has been sick and listless ever since."

Hermione said sharply: "He is not sick because he was scared by Crookshanks, but because he is too old. Didn't you hear the manager of the pet shop say that he is too old!"

Seeing his friends quarreling, Harry tried hard to be a peacemaker. He said to Hermione, "Well, Hermione, Scabbers was really frightened yesterday."

Before Hermione could refute, he said to Ron, "But, Ron, come to think of it, Scabbers does seem too old. I heard you say that he used to belong to Percy. He must be twelve years old this year..."

Sainz pretended to be interested and looked at the pocket that looked like Ron's. "Oh, really? That's amazing. I've never seen such a long-lived mouse. Do you mind letting me see it?"

Ron was obviously very pleased with the compliment from Sainz, the "other people's kid" whom he could never compare to, and he immediately took out the mouse that he had treasured so much just now from his shirt pocket with a smile!