From Azkaban To Hogwarts

The two exchanged a few words, and Xenophilius quickly took the child away.

At another time and place, he might have been able to hold William and talk for a long time - but not now.

No father wants to look embarrassed in front of his daughter, let alone being grabbed by the collar and almost getting into a fight on the street. The incident happened not long ago, and he and William were not very familiar with each other. What if the secret is exposed?

As the father of a single-parent family, he would never allow his tall image to collapse in front of his daughter.

William was also worried about how to get rid of this paparazzi leader. The two hit it off immediately, and their free and easy relationship was comparable to two people who used online pictures to date and show up again.

Mrs. Malkin probably saw something, but the clever lady began to measure William without even asking a question.

Not long after, all the measurements were taken. Since William was not in a hurry, he simply chose the customized version that he would wait a few days to get - anyway, the price difference between the two was not much different. Although Mrs. Malkin's clothes were claimed to be hand-sewn, they were actually not. They operate all the magic equipment that 007 doesn't get paid for.

Considering that there was a high probability that Old Tom would come to chat with him for a long time after he returned, William simply gave up on going back to the tavern and simply walked towards the famous second-hand bookstore here.

He is not short of money for the time being, and he has some extra income today, but Flourish and Blotts Bookstore is too formal, let alone books related to black magic. Even the books mentioned by the prisoners in the cell are all secretive and will not be sold to them. As a new customer, it is really difficult to find some useful books there.

After passing through the best streets and going around a few corners, those shabby shops turned out to be second-hand shops.

Second-hand books, second-hand clothes, second-hand cauldrons, second-hand broomsticks - there is nothing you can't think of, and there is nothing you can't find here, except of course, shared girlfriends, which the Ministry of Magic does not allow on the surface.

The division of these stores is not very detailed, and the businesses are a bit involved with each other, but the direct relationship between the several bosses is quite good.

William went directly to the store with the most used books - although he did not rule out the possibility that he might be able to pick up some magic props in these stores, but from his perspective, it was better to think about such a beautiful thing.

"welcome."

A hoarse sound came from a copper box. The boss, who was lying on the rocking chair, struggled to get up from the chair and looked at William with a sleepy expression.

"Good afternoon-" He covered his mouth with his hand and yawned.

"See for yourself, novels are 30% off, history books are 40% off, old textbooks and magic books are 50% off, especially old ones are 40% off."

The boss pointed at the books inside, roughly said the number, then lay down on the chair and continued to close his eyes.

"Can you let me read the books you haven't chosen?"

"Okay, that's the pile at the back, but if you want to buy it, it costs four galleons a book. It's the same price whether it has a price tag or not."

"Okay, boss, please rest first."

William carefully avoided the books stacked on the ground in the front bookshelf and walked directly towards the back - it was only when he was taking notes on books in the past few days that he realized the existence of second-hand bookstores, otherwise the owner of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore would not know a word of it. Don't even think about taking it from him.

Although he didn't pay.

With second-hand books, you can find barely used new books with a little selection. If you are lucky enough to meet someone who loves to take notes in books, it will give people the feeling of digging for a treasure.

However, William did not plan to do this kind of gold digging today, but wanted to find some less legal books to read.

Compared to looking for books to learn the notes you have, those books that were sold to stores due to various accidents are more exciting.

Especially when the wizarding world was in chaos more than ten years ago, panicked people printed and published many things that should not be released in peacetime in order to protect themselves. For example, William had read a militia manual before. It is hard to imagine that such books would be allowed to be published and distributed on a large scale in peacetime.

But it is not feasible to look for those books now. After all, too much time has passed, and William is just looking forward to finding something missing.

After casting a good Bubble Charm on himself, William simply used a pile of selected books of little value as a stool. He cleaned with the wand in one hand and flipped through the books with the other hand, and began to search seriously.

The bookstore owner has obviously not tidied up his warehouse for a while. Although these books are protected by magic from rats and insects, they have also accumulated a thick layer of dust - probably after picking out the newly collected textbooks. The books I acquired this time are placed here.

After all, you can't use magic to organize these books, and it is really tiring to do it. Looking at the piles of books, it seems that William Duxin is hiding all the old stuff from ten years ago.

Thinking of this, William simply gave up on the pile of books in front of him and looked for the longest book based on the thickness of the dust accumulation.

But apparently he is not the only smart person in the wizarding world - because there is a book published two years ago in the pile of ashes.

After a long time, William estimated that he had found a bunch of books that had been published for a long time. Then he calmed down, and did not bother to dust himself off, so he just squatted and rummaged through them.

“Old-fashioned picture book—the photos are yellowed.”

"The great Dark Lord, Grindelwald? This book is old, right? Times have changed, and the Dark Lord has changed."

"An old and charming building? This one is interesting -"

William flipped through it briefly, and there were a lot of introductions to ancient magic mechanisms inside, which might be helpful in the future, so he simply put them on the other side.

"How to use magical creatures? Use them? Not eat them?"

William relied on the Bubble Charm and didn't care about the dust caused by flipping through the book. He flipped through a few pages and threw the book aside - how could such a shabby book pass the review?

After looking through the private books without pricing and order, it was estimated that some pure-blood family had broken down and leaked out the private books.

"Defence Against the Dark Arts?"

This is an old version. William flipped through it and found no notes, but found that half of the book mentioned coping methods that seemed to have been classified as black magic in modern times. It was considered an expansion of knowledge, so he gritted his teeth and put it away. That pile.

"The first half of my life? Adventure notes?"

William discovered that there were a lot of illustrations in the book. The front part was normal, but the back story was getting more and more outrageous. Considering that it was four galleons, he simply put the book on the other side.

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Looking through them, time went much faster than William expected, especially because there were some books that he didn't have the financial resources to take away, but he couldn't bear to put them down for a while, and couldn't help but turn a few more pages.

Pick and choose, and then give up a few books based on financial considerations. By the time he came out from behind holding several books, it was already getting dark.