Chapter 4 Hermione and her two useless men

"O Merlin! I can't believe you're reading at home again, I bet you'll be sorted into Ravenclaw, that's what my mum said, she always wanted me to be like you."

Ron had an exaggerated look on his face, but then realised that it was a bit wrong to say that and changed his tone, "I'm not saying it's bad for you to be like this, I mean - we haven't even gone to school yet, have we?"

By the tone of Ron's voice, it sounded as if he would study hard when he went to school.

Although Andy hadn't seen the follow-up Harry Potter films, he had heard a friend mention that the real content of the films was actually Hermione and Her Two Useless Men.

As if the two don't have a good brain.

"I'm more fond of books."

Andy explained casually, inviting Ron to sit on the sofa and asking, "What do you want to drink, is orange juice okay?"

"Sure!"

Ron said excitedly, "How about a game of Quidditch later? I brought my broom, I wrote to Charlie again and learnt a lot of secret tips."

"That's what you said last time." Andy shrugged.

Andy could actually understand Ron quite well.

Born in the wizarding world, Ron basically didn't have many friends his own age, and not being able to go to a muggle village to play, life was pretty slow and quite boring.

Andy loved life in the wizarding world, though.

It was close to nature, and life was stress-free and liberating, allowing him to do what he liked to do with the utmost freedom.

Most importantly, there is magic here.

Thinking about his past life again.

The technology in his previous life was very advanced, and life was actually very comfortable. However, Andy had a busy schedule every day, and overtime work had become the norm, and he could feel the heavy pressure of life from time to time.

Well, maybe it was his childhood life that gave Andy this illusion.

"That was an accident last time!"

Making excuses for one's failures was something most people did, and Ron was especially the best at it, "Watch, I won't let you score a single goal this time."

"Isabel!"

Andy shouted, the little girl darted over in her slippers, puffing out her face in anger, "Bugger Andy, where did you hide my snacks?"

"You'll have to find it yourself, it's a great adventure."

Andy responded casually, then said, "Ron is going to play Quidditch with me, are you coming?"

"Sure!" The little lass was immediately distracted.

Ron looked at Andy with admiration, "You're awesome, I'd get killed by my mum if I did that."

Andy rolled his eyes, that's because Ginny is the only girl in your family.

Honestly speaking, the wizarding world was actually a bit patriarchal. Of course, this was because the society of the wizarding world was still relatively backward.

After drinking the orange juice, Andy called them, "Let's go."

Although Ron's arrival had disturbed Andy's reading time, as a mentally mature adult, Andy rarely lost patience with little children.

Unless that little child made a big mistake.

Moreover, Andy didn't want to act too differently.

Having a friend would at least put Kyle and Helen at ease.

The Quidditch pitch had been built by the adult wizards in the neighbourhood, not too high, but high enough for the young wizards to play on.

And the match ended unsurprisingly, with Ron suffering yet another crushing defeat at the hands of Andy.

Ron's skills were actually okay, especially since Andy didn't usually play Quidditch at all, and the two could be considered half-assed.

However, Ron had one fatal weakness, his mental capacity was too fragile. As long as he was on the losing end, he would easily lose his confidence, thus collapsing at the touch of a finger.

Although he understood this, Andy did not have the intention of giving Ron any advice or comfort.   

What little children hated the most was being lectured by their peers, especially being pointed out about their shortcomings by their peers - even if you meant well.

Hermione in the original was isolated because of this, and naturally, Andy wouldn't do it knowingly.

"Ron, it's almost noon, let's go to my house and have dinner together!"

"Thanks, but my mum told me that I have to go back at noon."

"Alright then! I'll bring Isabel to your house to visit Mrs Weasley in a few days."

"Hey! My mum would die of joy. I mean, she loves you."

Saying goodbye to Ron, Andy gave a nod to his own tactful words.

See, a few random words had prevented Ron from coming back for more in the next few days, and he was happy about it.

When he flew home with his little sister, Helen was already preparing lunch.

"Mum, how's the potion boiling?"

"It will take a month."

"Big business!"

Ordinary potions were usually made within a few hours, but they were also cheap, whereas potions like this that took many days to make were usually ridiculously expensive.

"Keep it a secret." Helen knew that Andy had always been smart and mature, but she still warned carefully.

"Is it a Polyjuice Potion?" Andy asked in a small voice.

Helen gave Andy a knowing look.

Andy decided to pay close attention to the Daily Prophet in a month's time because the guy who bought the Polyjuice Potion might make big news.

After lunch, Helen, who had already taken care of the pre-potion work, was free, and this meant that poor Isabel would lose her freedom for the afternoon.

The little girl looked at Andy with an expectant face.

Perhaps for the little girl, searching for her snacks that were hidden by her brother would be the most interesting game in her entire childhood.

Andy ignored his little sister's plea for help, he didn't want to put himself in the middle of it.

Arriving at the study, Andy swept his eyes across the shelves, looking for the magic books he could currently read.

"I wish I could get my own wand sooner."

Having pretty much read all the books he could, Andy pulled out the book he had read in the morning, Research on the Development of Ancient Witchcraft, and once again flipped to the chapter that introduced Obscurial.

From what Andy knew, adult wizards wouldn't have much of a power gap between each other. It was like Muggles fighting empty-handed, the gap would be there, but it would never be as outrageous as the gap between ordinary people and Superman.

Perhaps Voldemort and Dumbledore were the exceptions?

"But how exactly does that gap open up?"

It wasn't the first time Andy had pondered this question; it obviously wasn't in the books, or else those ancient renowned wizard families would have long since levelled the gap with ordinary wizards.

However, the truth was that the gap between wizards was actually the same as that between muggles, relying not on strength, but on money.

"Perhaps... there were records in books on how to increase strength, just... very hidden?"

"It's like the records about Obscurial like this."

When a normal wizard saw the records about Obscurial, he would definitely think that such a thing was very scary, and at the same time, he would also have thoughts like 'I'm glad I didn't become an Obscurial'.

But the existence of the Obscurus certainly proved the possibility of mind power and magic power merging with each other.

"Perhaps I should go through these magic books again, looking for those little details that were mentioned, but then were overlooked."

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