A day at Hogwarts

"Charles?!"

Hermione immediately recognized the person who stole her dessert.

"Shh... you didn't see me!"

Charles put his finger to his lips and whispered to everyone.

Today he was wearing a leather jacket, a baseball cap, and a pair of big sunglasses. If it weren't for his skill with a knife, even Hermione wouldn't be able to recognize him.

Harry asked him: "Why are you here?"

Charles never went to Quidditch matches in the past, so it was a bit strange to be here today.

Charles just smiled, naturally he would not say that he came to see the old man's excitement.

"I'm here to see how the restaurant is doing," he said.

Everyone agrees with this reason.

Harry was about to say something about the Greengrass family when Charles waved his hand and said, "I'm leaving."

Hermione kept pouting and reached out to Charles to ask him to return the dessert, but Charles just disappeared.

Everyone always thought that Charles' mirror space was a particularly powerful invisibility technique, so they didn't pay much attention to it.

When Harry and the three of them returned to the tent after visiting the camp, they found Ginny waving to Hermione excitedly.

"Hehehehe!" Ginny smiled and handed a big bag to Hermione, "A gift from a gentleman."

After Hermione took the bag, she gritted her teeth and said, "I originally bought these myself, but he took them away!"

The desserts she bought were packed separately into snack boxes at Dancing Grass Restaurant. Each box had a countdown on it and only one could be opened a day.

Harry said with a smile: "Charles really cares about you."

"He's worried about you. If you keep eating, you'll become fatter than Dudley."

Ginny also covered her mouth and laughed. Everyone knew that Charles usually controlled the number of desserts Hermione ate.

Ron once heard Harry mention Dudley and asked curiously: "How fat is he?"

Others were also a little curious.

Harry thought for a while and replied: "In terms of size, you are the same as Fawkes, and Dudley is the same as Ruby."

Ron and others understood immediately.

At this time Ginny said to Harry: "Harry, tell me about Fred and George!"

Harry asked strangely: "What happened to them?"

Fred and George often played pranks that only their mother could tell.

Harry was very surprised. He had wanted to participate in the past, but why did Ginny let him talk about them.

Ginny said: "Ludo Bagman came here just now. He is the Director of the Sports Department of the Ministry of Magic."

"He wanted Fred and George to place a bet on tonight's game and these two idiots almost did."

"I told them that Charles hated gambling."

Harry understood what was going on.

Fred and George were obviously tempted by the bet, but now they were waiting for Charles to invest more, so Ginny became a little hesitant when she said that Charles hated gambling.

And before leaving, Bagman said that if they changed their minds, they could find him before the game started.

Harry said seriously to the twin brothers: "Charles really hates gambling. If you still want to cooperate with him, don't touch these things."

"Charles said that gambling is addictive. Even if you start with a few copper coins, the feeling of getting money for nothing makes people unable to stop. Even if they lose everything, they will deceive themselves about winning next time."

He still didn't know how much Charles played football betting, participating in both public and private markets, so much so that Jack didn't regard pounds as money, and thought that all the pounds in the Smith family were earned by Jack.

But in Charles's eyes, this is an investment using memories from his past life, just like building an air fryer or getting involved in the Internet industry, so he is very confident when educating Harry.

Fred and George were swayed by Harry's momentum. They looked at each other and promised not to place bets.

Time passed little by little, and the deep and deep sound of gongs came from the distance. Various lanterns hanging on the trees in the forest lit up, lighting up the road leading to the arena.

Arthur led everyone through the woods, and a huge building that could accommodate 100,000 people appeared in front of everyone.

The witch who checked the tickets at the entrance checked that the tickets and the number of people were correct and said: "First class seats, box number one on the top floor! Go all the way upstairs, Arthur, to the top."

The spectators brought in by several ticket inspectors gathered together at the top of the stairs, and Charles and the others were surprised to find an acquaintance.

"Professor McGonagall?!" Bill exclaimed in surprise.

Charlie greeted the dean warmly: "Professor McGonagall, I didn't expect to see you here."

Professor McGonagall was wearing a sparkling emerald green robe and a pearl necklace around her neck today. She looked particularly energetic.

She greeted Bill, Charlie and the others, asking about their work along the way, and unknowingly arrived at the top corridor together.

There are many doorways in the corridor with numbers hanging on them, even numbers on the left and odd numbers on the right. Some also have national flags or other symbols hanging on them.

Harry saw the St. Mungo's Hospital sign hanging on the door of the second box on the left. A therapist who had appeared in the newspaper opened the door and entered.

Percy chatted in English with a young Italian wizard and pulled Harry over for introductions.

Harry politely shook hands with the medical wizard from the Italian Ministry of Magic and said a few polite words, looking downright generous.

Professor McGonagall looked at the ticket in her hand, box number three.

Hermione discovered a problem. Judging from the position at the door, box three was much smaller than the other boxes.

Then she discovered a new problem. There was a ball-like phoenix logo on the door of Box No. 5 next to Box No. 3.

At this time, a young couple walked into Box No. 5. Hermione found that she had seen them before. In Dijon, France, Charles recruited that gentleman to work in his company. At that time, that gentleman's girlfriend was also there.

Hermione was sure that Box No. 5 was the box of Charles' company.

She subconsciously took a step forward, thinking that Charles must be there, and she wanted to punch this guy in the head for her snack.

Harry saw her walking forward and immediately ended the conversation with the Italian wizard and followed her to see what she was going to do.

At this time, Professor McGonagall greeted them and asked them how their summer vacation was going. At the same time, she turned around and pushed open the door of Box No. 3.

Harry and Hermione looked inside curiously and found a familiar back in the not-so-big box, so they ran away immediately.

Harry and Hermione came to Box No. 1, sat down on the chair, and whispered.

Harry said, "I didn't expect him to be here."

Hermione thought for a moment and said, "Charles must have separated a box into a single room."

Ron asked curiously, "What single room are you talking about?"

Harry turned and said to him, "Charles' grandfather is next door."

Percy, who was next to Ron, heard it and immediately said to Harry, "Really? I'm going to go over and say hello to him."

Percy and Jack have known each other for two months, and he thinks he has learned a lot from him during this time, so he wants to say hello.

Harry immediately said, "No, Professor McGonagall is also in that box."

Ron and Percy knew the situation of the two people and widened their eyes in surprise.

Ron smiled and said, "It seems that we have a chance to see Charles being scolded by his grandmother."

Harry also smiled and said, "If you talk to Mr. Smith later, he will give you a lot of pocket money."

However, Hermione said, "There may also be more Transfiguration homework."

Everyone chatted and looked at the huge billboard in front of the box from time to time.

At this time, the advertisement of Dancing Grass Restaurant was broadcast, and two lines of words appeared under the twisting dancing grass:

What letter is an animal?

From today to September 30, you can enjoy a 10% discount with the answer!

Harry curled his lips and said, "Charles often asked me to guess such secret words before."

Hermione nodded.

At this time, a voice came from the back: "Oh, Charles, long time no see!"

Harry and his three friends immediately turned around and found that it was two old men shaking hands enthusiastically, obviously with the same name.

"Dobby?" Harry was surprised to find that there was an elf sitting behind him, who looked very similar to Dobby.

"Sorry, I recognized the wrong person." Harry immediately realized that he had recognized the wrong person, because the elf was wrapped in a tea towel for wiping tea sets, while Dobby was now wearing a suit, sunglasses, and a gold chain.