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Chapter 255 An encounter in Diagon Alley

Hermione found Ron in Diagon Alley. She looked curiously at a little girl behind Ron. She was Ron's sister, a very cute little girl.

With a hint of complaint in his tone, Ron said to Hermione casually: "Harry said he can't come over. He has bought all his things."

Hermione also knew about this. They had originally agreed to come to Diagon Alley to buy things together on the same day. Unexpectedly, Harry actually bought all the things alone.

Although this was not a serious matter, in Ron's opinion, it was Harry letting him go. However, Ron soon put this unhappiness behind him. He excitedly pulled Hermione and told her about his family's affairs during the summer vacation.

Mostly it’s the little things…

Hermione's mind was listening to Ron's boring little things while observing the people coming and going in Diagon Alley.

At this time, Diagon Alley was very lively, full of parents and students. Mr. and Mrs. Granger were standing together with Mr. Weasley. Mrs. Weasley looked at her husband with helplessness, because Mr. Weasley was I am very curious about things on the Muggle side, so after meeting the Grangers, I couldn't help my curiosity and asked about things on the Muggle side.

It can be seen that the Grangers are a little surprised, because they seem to think that the wizarding world is more interesting, and they did not expect wizards to be interested in the Muggle world.

Although this was the second time they came to the commercial street of the wizarding world, the Grangers were still very keenly aware of wizards' hidden contempt and hostility towards Muggles. That feeling would be very uncomfortable, if it weren't for the fact that Hermione is Granger. The couple's baby daughter, they also know that her daughter is a witch after all, and they have to accept the life here.

Meeting such friendly wizards as Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, as well as curious wizards like Mr. Weasley, made the Grangers feel good about their senses.

It could be seen that the few people were having a good chat, which made Hermione feel a little relieved.

Hermione was a very smart little witch who could see her parents' discomfort and fear of wizards.

I hope Mr. Weasley won't be too enthusiastic and scare his parents.

Hermione still hopes that her parents can have a good impression of wizards.

Just when Hermione was distracted, she saw some familiar people out of the corner of her eye.

Draco Malfoy, and Tom Riddle.

Behind the two people stood another young-looking man, a man with black hair and green eyes, which reminded Hermione of her friend, Harry from the Potter family.

Seemingly noticing Hermione's gaze, the man's deep green eyes followed his turn, passed through the crowd, landed on Hermione, and then met Hermione's gaze.

The man was a little surprised. He nodded slightly and smiled at Hermione, without any malice.

This made Hermione couldn't help but smile at the man. I wonder who he is?

Hermione thought, because the man standing behind Draco looked nothing like Draco Malfoy, but he was indeed a familiar person. Could it be Draco Malfoy's family? elder?

If it weren't for the fact that Tom Riddle looked nothing like this man, Hermione might have thought he was Tom's brother or uncle. After all, the man's age didn't make him look like Tom Riddle's father. Yes, but Tom Riddle also seems to have black hair and green eyes.

These characteristics should be very common...

Hermione was too distracted by her thoughts to pay attention to Ron's words. When Ron said: "What do you think? Hermione."

Hermione was brought back to her senses by Ron's words, and looked at Ron with a blank expression.

Ron said stupidly: "You must feel the same way, right?"

Hermione didn't actually know what Ron said, but she hummed vaguely, sounding as if she recognized Ron's words, which made Ron's expression become very proud.

Hermione sighed inwardly, wondering if she had agreed to something wrong because of her distraction this time, but she hoped it was nothing important.

Then, she heard Ginny's voice: "Is that Malfoy over there? His hair is very special."

Ron looked at his little sister, followed Ginny's finger, and saw Draco Malfoy.

"It's really Malfoy..." Ron frowned. "Malfoy..."

Hermione knew that, it seemed a long time ago, according to Ron, Draco Malfoy's father was a very bad wizard, and he and Ron's father had always had a bad relationship, which was extremely bad.

However, something big happened to the Malfoy family, and Draco was left alone.

"Do you know who the wizard is following Draco Malfoy?" Hermione asked in a low voice.

She was asking about Salazar Slytherin.

But it was obvious that Ron didn't know Salazar.

He shook his head, then asked Hermione, "Why do you ask?"

Hermione didn't answer. She had a very strange feeling. He was a very special person, very special, full of stories, but she just didn't know who he was.

"What is Malfoy doing standing in front of the Quidditch boutique?" Ron said vaguely.

Ginny spoke with excitement: "I remember Hogwarts said that students in second year and above are allowed to bring broomsticks! Is it that person, Malfoy, who plans to buy a broomstick?"

Ron's eyes immediately widened: "Broomstick?!" He looked at Draco Malfoy with jealousy in his eyes. Ron also remembered that students above the second grade can bring broomsticks into the Hall. Gwarts, but... Ron couldn't help but look at the busy mother over there, Mrs. Weasley. She was arguing with the Weasley twins about something, probably about what the Weasley twins wanted to buy. , rejected by Mrs. Weasley.

Ron sighed and lowered his head reluctantly.

The financial situation of the Weasley family makes it impossible for them to spend a sum of money to buy Ron a broomstick, especially for the Weasley twins, George and Fred, who play Quidditch in Gryffindor. In the team, Mrs. Weasley had to spend a large amount of money to buy broomsticks for her two sons, which made their family's financial situation even worse in the past two years and they were very tight.

Ginny, who is enrolling in school this year, is afraid that all her textbooks will have to be bought second-hand. You know, Ginny is the most beloved daughter of the Weasley family.

The only good thing is that Ginny's wand is not second-hand like Ron's. Mrs. Weasley gritted her teeth and bought Ginny a new wand, but in this case, Ginny's other school supplies would have to be used. Second hand stuff.

There is no alternative.

Wands are very important to a wizard, and it is a good thing for Ginny to have a wand that suits her.

However, Weasley has five students going to Hogwarts this year, and this year's Hogwarts textbooks have many more books. Mrs. Weasley said goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Granger a little embarrassed, saying that she wanted to go to Hogwarts. She went to a second-hand bookstore to collect five sets of Lockhart's complete works for her children. That was not an easy task.

It was obvious that Mrs. Weasley had no hope of this.

Lockhart's books were bestsellers, and it was difficult to get second-hand books. Moreover, she had to work hard to buy all the textbooks for her five children, which was not an easy task.

Just when Mrs. Weasley had to blush and said that her family was going to the second-hand bookstore instead of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, everyone noticed that there was a sudden movement in the crowd at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, as if something had happened.

Hermione's eyes immediately lit up, and she pulled Ron through.

"Merlin! That's Lockhart!" Hermione looked at Lockhart with shining eyes. "I've heard of him. He's a very powerful wizard, right?"

Ron muttered: "Yes, my mother likes him very much too!"

Ginny squeezed in front of Ron, and Ron simply stretched out his hand to protect the two curious and excited little witches.

"It's Lockhart! It's really Lockhart!"

Yes, Ginny is also a fan of Lockhart. She thinks Lockhart is an explorer full of courage.

Lockhart announced to everyone's exclamation that he would go to Hogwarts to take up the post of Professor of Dark Arts this year, which made Ginny and Hermione even more excited.

It also made Ron's face darken.

Then, Ron heard a voice above him saying, "Is that guy awesome?"

I don’t know who had the courage to say such a thing. After all, the atmosphere at the scene was very enthusiastic. If Lockhart fans heard this, they would probably scream and argue with this person, right?

Hermione also heard this, and she immediately turned her head to see who was speaking, with dissatisfaction in her eyes.

Then just as Hermione turned around, a familiar voice sounded: "It looks like that..."

Hermione looked over Ron's shoulder and met Tom Lee's gaze.

Tom raised his eyebrows, raised the corners of his mouth, and said, "Oh, it's classmate Granger."

The eyes of the two people collided in the air, and there seemed to be some murderous intent.

Speaking of the feud between Tom and Hermione, we have to talk about the final exam results of last semester. Yes, Tom and Hermione's final exam scores tied for first place. Both of them got perfect scores, which is very rare.

Especially for Tom, he was doing it all over again. He never expected that a real first-year wizard would get excellent results in front of him, a cheating comeback. Tom thought he would It was the absolute number one. I never thought that Hermione would come out.

So, at the end of the semester, Tom took a special look at Hermione. He seemed to be very interested in this extremely smart little witch. After knowing that Hermione was just a very simple Muggle witch, Tom behaved like this. Some of them were very irritating, and naturally they had conflicts with Hermione.

Hermione felt that Tom looked down on her.

And Tom really doesn't like Hermione, who is a Muggle.

"It turns out that Granger also likes people with such a bright appearance." Tom said with a disdainful tone.

Hermione puffed up her cheeks and was about to retort when she saw the young man behind Tom raising his hand and hitting Tom on the head hard.

"Don't talk sarcastically." Sarah looked at Hermione. "Especially to a woman, that's rude."

This made Hermione, who was originally angry, a little confused. She didn't know if she should have a quarrel with Tom. After all, the adult wizard behind Tom seemed to be very friendly to Hermione.

And Draco's eyes fell on Draco beside Salazar.

Draco misunderstood Ron's meaning, rolled his eyes, and stood beside Salazar. Salazar's attention was entirely on Tom, and he deliberately made faces at Ron.

Ron rolled his eyes at Draco unceremoniously in return.

Just listen to Draco say: "Why can't you see Harry Potter? Aren't you three always good friends? Did something happen during the holidays? You have gone your separate ways now?"

Draco seemed to find this idea very interesting, and smiled, showing his big white teeth.

This made Ron unable to hold back his emotions any longer, and shouted at Draco angrily: "What about me and Harry? What does it have to do with you? Are you minding your own business?! Why didn't I see you? With that Zabini and Nott? You must be unhappy to have to go with this Riddle, right? It's not because you have to go with this Riddle that the other two people abandon you Got you?"

Hermione: "..."

Ginny looked at Ron suspiciously, and then looked at Draco and Tom with puzzled eyes.

The corner of Tom's mouth twitched and he said angrily: "Weasley, what do you mean?!"

Draco would not protect Tom at all: "Of course, you are very annoying!"

Salazar touched his chin and looked at the children, seeming very interested.

Look, Draco obviously didn't get along with Ron Weasley, but when Ron attacked Draco and Tom, Draco made no secret of insulting Tom, as if a hostile object was mocking him. It's not as important as him seizing the right opportunity to mock Tom.

This is really interesting.

Hermione was about to say something to persuade Ron, but soon Ron and Draco started arguing loudly. Tom was about to join in, but Salazar put a hand on his shoulder. As a result, Tom, who was originally aggressive, delayed turning off the engine and became extremely silent.

This also made Hermione look at Tom curiously.

After all, in her impression, Tom was also an unforgiving person.

Hermione was even more interested in the man behind Tom, because Tom seemed to be afraid of this man.

Over there, Ron and Draco both started to roll up their sleeves, and they were about to start a fight. Such a big movement immediately attracted Lockhart's attention on the stage.

Perhaps in order not to let the conflict between Ron and Draco affect his press conference, Lockhart brought the two people to the front desk.

In the end, Draco and Ron, each given a new set of books, smirked and had to shake hands with Lockhart's blessing.