The Admiral of Hogwarts

"By the way, Harry, have you figured out why that house-elf named Dobby is trying to stop you from going to school?" After chatting with the Weasley twins, Hugo walked over to Harry, greeted him, and asked.

In any case, as acquaintances who are quite familiar with each other, it's natural to ask a few questions when you can't get in touch for half a day.

"I haven't figured out the reason yet, but Ron told me that house-elves are only owned by very wealthy and ancient families, so it's likely that some Slytherin student is trying to stop me from going to school through this method," Harry said, spreading his hands helplessly.

Previously, in everyone's letter exchanges, Hugo also learned that Dobby, like in the original novel, was trying to prevent Harry from going to Hogwarts.

That is to say, Lucius Malfoy will also try to get rid of the diary that Voldemort gave him this school year, just like in the original story.

And now, Harry seems to be reacting the same way as in the original story, not understanding the reason why this happened, and even thinking that Dobby was instructed by some Slytherin students to stop him from going to Hogwarts.

However, it's a good thing that he thinks this way, because at least he won't be as eager to take risks and cause trouble for others like he was last year.

Thinking of this, Hugo relaxed a lot and started chatting with Harry about his summer vacation.

Harry and Ron, who were next to him, were obviously very interested in Hugo's summer trip and said that if they had the opportunity, they would also like to travel abroad and see the different scenery from England.

Just as everyone was chatting, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley came out of Gringotts.

Then, a large group of people began shopping in the street.

Because they didn't need to buy five sets of Lockhart's books all at once, Mrs. Weasley obviously had more money on hand this year than in the novel.

This allowed them to buy some slightly better things for the children this year, such as buying each of the children a new robe instead of an old one, and buying a new wand for their youngest daughter, Ginny, who was going to Hogwarts this year, instead of a second-hand wand like her older brothers.

And on this point, Hugo also saw the unity within the Weasley family.

At least, knowing that Ginny would be the only one among the younger Weasleys present to get a new wand when she entered school, all the Weasleys present expressed their support, even Ron, who usually liked to be jealous.

Because there were many people, the time it took for everyone to shop was also shortened a lot.

After all, except for things like buying clothes or wands that required the person to be present, most of the things could actually be done separately, such as buying books, replenishing potion ingredients, or things like paper and pens.

And during the shopping process, Hugo and the others also saw Hagrid and went up to greet him.

After all, unlike other people, a half-giant like Hagrid was hard to ignore no matter where he appeared.

"Hagrid, it's nice to see you," Mr. Weasley, as a member of the Order of the Phoenix, naturally knew Hagrid, so he greeted him as soon as he saw him.

"Are you here in Diagon Alley to buy some things, or do you have some work to do?"

"No, of course not work. I'm still on vacation, so I'm just here to take a stroll and relax, and maybe find something to deal with those carnivorous slugs," Hagrid said with a smile.

"You know, these bugs multiply very quickly once they find the right place, and I've recently found several carnivorous slugs in the vegetable garden. If I don't control them quickly, they'll eat all my cabbages."

"That sounds pretty bad," Mr. Weasley said, shaking his head. As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Weasley next to him immediately said.

"Are you talking about carnivorous slugs? Our vegetable garden used to have those bugs, but I later used Mrs. Neat's Insecticide to eliminate them."

"Yes, that old brand of insecticide is a bit toxic when it's first sprayed, but it's very effective against many bugs.

Most importantly, the residual time of this potion is very short. You can spray it in the morning and eat the vegetables in the afternoon. Unfortunately, this potion was discontinued two years ago."

As someone who had been planting various plants next to his hut, Hagrid naturally encountered all kinds of annoying pests when planting those crops, so he accumulated a lot of experience in this area.

It's just a pity that the most effective potion has now been discontinued, so Hagrid felt that he might need to go to Knockturn Alley to buy some illegal potions to deal with these bugs.

"By the way, Hagrid, how are your new books selling now?" After the topic of carnivorous slugs ended, Harry couldn't help but ask Hagrid out of curiosity.

If he remembered correctly, Hagrid said in his letter that with the help of Miss Hood's friend, the book had been successfully printed and put on the market.

"It's selling so-so, but at least it's better than I imagined," Hagrid said excitedly when Harry asked about the sales of his book.

"21 copies, I really didn't expect that my book would actually sell a total of 21 copies in about a month."

Although this number was very small, considering that Hagrid was not given any recommendations due to his identity and the first printing was only 150 copies, plus the fact that this book should be considered a niche book.

Under such circumstances, selling 21 copies in a month can be said to be very good.

"Of course, I must thank you for the success of this book," Hagrid said very excitedly, looking at Hugo and the others.

"I also know what my writing level is like. If it weren't for your full support, I don't think my book could have been published at all, let alone achieve such achievements."

"We just did some things we should do," Vineto said with a smile. "Actually, we are also very honored to participate in the creation of such a work, after all, the core of this work is the knowledge you possess, and we just did some things that anyone can do — —"

"When did a new store open here? I remember there used to be a store selling drinks and alcohol here," Mr. Weasley said with a puzzled expression as everyone was chatting and preparing to leave.

Then he pointed to a newly opened shop not far from the exit of Diagon Alley.

"It should be last month, Mr. Hans, who used to run the store here, retired.

So he sold the store to a few British people who came back from abroad," As a bachelor, Hagrid often came to this place to hang out, so he knew what happened to this store.

"The Renown, they opened a shop here?" Looking at the blue anchor mark on the signboard, Hugo immediately recognized what this shop was all about, and then inquired through the Admiral Network.

"Of course, we can go in and take a look later," Hood said. "I remember they recently got a lot of interesting merchandise."