Borgin And Burkes

Harry was also shocked. Compared to the first time, there were many more people in Diagon Alley today. It was like a huge crowd.

"There are so many people, are they all wizards?" Chris asked.

Felix nodded. "Most of them are wizards, but maybe it's because it's back-to-school season, so there are so many people."

"Back-to-school season?"

Felix was not in a hurry to answer. Seeing the crowds, he was not in a hurry to buy anything, so he suggested: "Let's go sit in a cafe. Many stores should be very busy now."

Several people crossed the crowd and arrived at a coffee shop in the middle of Diagon Alley. Hermione was stunned along the way. She felt like she had a lot of questions to ask. Harry was not much better. It was not as lively as the last time he came here.

After ordering drinks and some snacks, Chris wanted to pay, but when he saw the gold coins that Felix took out, he immediately retracted his hand from touching his wallet.

"This is Galleons, the currency of the wizarding world," Felix explained. A few people came to the street and sat under the awning, having fun.

"Mr. Peregrine, what do you mean by the back-to-school season?" Chris immediately asked impatiently.

"The start of term at Hogwarts. It's a wizarding school that recruits young wizards of appropriate age and teaches them how to use the magic power in their bodies."

"Magic school?!" Shock flashed in the couple's eyes. "In other words, our daughter will also go to study there in the future?"

Felix nodded. "Yes, according to the information I found, basically every young wizard goes there. By the way, how old is your daughter?"

"I am ten years old," Hermione answered immediately.

"Like me, then we should be in the same year," Harry said, looking at Hermione in surprise.

"Pete, you can take Hermione for a walk," Felix suggested, noticing the restlessness of the two children.

"Mom, is that okay?" Hermione looked at her mother, who seemed a little hesitant, and said, "You come with us."

"Martha, let's go shopping. Little Hermione is obviously very excited," Chris laughed. Then, suddenly remembering something, he turned to look at his daughter and whispered, "Sorry, girl, your mother and I didn't believe what you said just now."

Of course, he was referring to what happened on Charing Cross Street earlier.

"It's okay, Dad," Hermione said happily, then pulled her mother and said goodbye to the two of them under Harry's leadership.

"Peter, just stay in Diagon Alley, don't go too far," Felix ordered.

Harry nodded. He had been directed to the candy store by Uncle Felix when he first arrived, and he was no stranger to Diagon Alley.

As for Knockturn Alley, although more than a month had passed since the incident, he would never go near it.

...

After the children left, Felix and Chris also talked a lot. When Chris heard that his baby daughter was going to study far away in the future, his first reaction was reluctance.

But after Felix told him the consequences if a wizard could not master the magic power in their body, he fell silent again.

"There is still one year left, so you don't have to worry too much," Felix said calmly.

Chris held his forehead helplessly. "I don't know... Today's news has had a great impact on me. Maybe I will suddenly feel that this is a dream when I wake up tomorrow. And as parents, how can we not worry about it?"

After saying that, Chris suddenly asked, "Mr. Peregrine, is Peter your child?"

Felix shook his head. "He is my neighbor's child. He is not living a good life, I think you can tell. So occasionally I will take him out for a walk."

"Oh, okay," Chris said, thinking he should change the subject.

As for Felix, he focused his attention and began to look around. Since earlier, he felt that someone was watching him.

Not long after, he locked onto a person among the passing crowd.

It was a man with bowed legs, a short and fat appearance, and a greasy demeanor.

The moment Felix met his gaze, the man smiled, revealing his yellow teeth, and then took out a piece of parchment from his clothes. On the paper, a figure with a cat's head and a human body was clearly drawn.

After confirming that Felix had seen him, the man disappeared into the passing crowd.

Felix's eyes narrowed into a vertical line, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He stood up and straightened his clothes. "Mr. Granger, I'll excuse myself for a moment."

"Oh, of course, it's up to you," Chris replied, reaching out.

Felix nodded and followed the flow of people downstream. In the blink of an eye, Chris could no longer find him.

Knockturn Alley, after the big explosion a month ago, has been restored to its original state thanks to the repairs made by all parties.

At this time, a figure sprang out from Diagon Alley, running towards the depths of Knockturn Alley with bow-legged steps. He looked very flustered, but when he came around the corner, he would always look back.

Mundungus looked at the flow of people behind him and wondered. Could it be that he had identified the wrong person? Or maybe the guy didn't follow at all?

Thinking about it, he turned around again and ran towards the alley.

But what he didn't expect was that a figure appeared in front of him out of nowhere, and before he could react, he bumped into him.

With a bang, Mundungus felt like he had hit an iron plate. He even had the illusion that the person standing in front of him was Rubeus Hagrid.

Holding his sore nose, Mundungus slowly opened his eyes, and then he saw clearly who was standing in front of him.

It turned out to be the man who was in the coffee shop just now.

Felix patted the non-existent dust on his chest and looked at the man in front of him with a half-smile: "I'm very curious about what you want to do with my portrait to purposefully attract me here."

Mundungus stood up quickly, distanced himself from Felix, held the parchment with Felix's image in his hand, and pretended to be proud as he said:

"I didn't expect you would actually dare to follow me. Don't blame me for not warning you. As long as you dare to mess around, your appearance will appear in the mailbox of the Auror office tomorrow."

Felix looked at him, and he could clearly see the strength in his smile.

"So what do you want to express?" After saying that, Felix suddenly raised his hand!

The next moment, Mundungus' body suddenly flew up and hit Felix hard. Before he could even panic, his neck was pinched, making a clicking sound.

Is this... the power a wizard should have? !

At this moment, Mundungus only felt like his throat was being held by an iron pincer.

Felix whispered softly: "I'm asking, what is your purpose?"

As he spoke, he snatched away the parchment, unfolded it, took a look, and threw it into the air.

In the sun, the parchment quickly corroded into fly ash and disappeared.

Felix relaxed his hand slightly and waited for this guy's next words.

"Cough cough... I... cough cough..." Mundungus suddenly lost his strength and fell to the ground trembling all over. He covered his neck with one hand and tried to pull away from Felix with the other hand.

Those two blows just now had frightened him out of his wits.

Having spent many years hanging out at the bottom of the magic world, he was completely unable to resist the feeling that death was so close.

"No, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!! Please don't... I didn't mean to provoke you... Ahem, he told me that you were a criminal and asked me to find you in Diagon Alley.

So when I found you... I just wanted to give you a blow, sorry! Please, let me go..."

Felix walked slowly towards Mundungus, scaring him so much that he backed away.

"Who is the 'him' you are talking about?"

"Mr. Borgin, before you -" Just as he was speaking, a green light suddenly flew out and hit Mundungus, causing his words to stop abruptly.

"Silencio!!"

Felix looked at the place where the curse struck, which was in the alley between the houses. A hunched man stood in the darkness, his craggy and wrinkled face cast into a haze because of the shadow.