Black Dog and the Grim

"You first."

"No, you first."

"All right. I think it's a bit silly for us to be following Katrina around like this."

After following Katrina through Diagon Alley for a while, Albert looked at the girl standing before the window of Flourish and Blotts, then turned to Isabelle beside him.

"I think so too." Seeing that her sister was fine, Isabelle relaxed as well.

"Then... let's go over."

With that, Albert headed toward Flourish and Blotts.

"Why are you two here?"

Hearing them speak, Katrina turned to look at the approaching young man and woman, her expression immediately becoming somewhat awkward.

"Er, I forgot to tell you that I already have a copy of Monster Book of Monsters." Albert raised a hand and pointed at the large iron cage outside the bookshop window, which held around a hundred copies of Monster Book of Monsters. "Hagrid gave me one last term."

The bookshop manager, wearing thick gloves and holding two copies of Monster Book of Monsters, immediately looked crestfallen. He had been bitten badly while taking the books out of the iron cage earlier.

"Give me the book."

Albert took the still-struggling Monster Book of Monsters from the manager. With a light stroke of his finger along its spine, he instantly calmed it down.

The manager was utterly dumbfounded at the sight. He stood there foolishly, watching Albert hand the subdued Monster Book of Monsters to Katrina before passing him the book list sent by the school.

"Two copies of everything else," Albert's voice rang beside the bookshop manager's ear.

"How did you... do that? These Monster Book of Monsters have been making a terrible fuss. I've already been bitten nine times this morning," the manager said mournfully.

"You should write and ask the Care of Magical Creatures professor who had