Did wizards' magic affect the development of their intelligence?
Harry was seriously wondering about that now, because he was currently caught up in a farce.
It had all started a little over ten minutes earlier.
After leaving Knockturn Alley and meeting up with the Weasley family again, Harry had found their classmate Neville Longbottom at the agreed meeting place. He had also unexpectedly met Neville's aunt, Britney Longbottom, a stylish beauty Harry had never seen in the Wizarding World before.
Afterward, Neville's aunt had other things to do, so she entrusted Neville to Mr. Weasley's temporary care. Taking the view that looking after a whole flock was no different from looking after one sheep, Mr. Weasley naturally agreed.
And so Mr. Weasley ended up taking the four youngsters shopping for the things they needed that term.
The first half of the shopping went fairly smoothly, but things went wrong in the second half. After buying the other odds and ends, Mr. Weasley brought Harry and the others to Flourish and Blotts to buy the biggest expense of the day: books.
Books were very expensive, in the Muggle world as well as the wizarding world. Harry, Hermione, and Neville were all right. They each only needed to buy one set, so it was not much of a strain.
Ron, however, was under a great deal of pressure.
Since the Weasley family had five children going to school that year, they needed to buy five sets. Harry had accompanied them to their vault and seen the Weasley family's assets. He was certain there was nowhere near enough to buy books for five children.
Of course, Mr. Weasley clearly knew this already and had come prepared.
For a start, Mr. Weasley did not need to buy textbooks. The textbooks were much the same