Snakewood Blossoms

The next day, all the luggage was loaded onto the train, and the students boarded the carriages.

To guard against an attack by Death Eaters, the young wizard was taken hostage, and a dean was also stationed in the carriage to oversee the operation.

Professor Flitwick has come this time.

The Hogwarts Express already had a professors' car, so this can be seen as a restoration of a tradition from twenty years ago.

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With William also involved, the two could handle almost any unexpected situation.

However, William almost never left the carriage; whenever he did, a group of little wizards would follow him.

Wherever he went, they followed; even when he went to the toilet, someone would stand guard at the door.

If he squatted there for even a little while, some students would bang on the door, seemingly afraid that he would jump out the window and run away, leaving them without anyone to protect them.

Don't these people know that... the greatest pleasure of using the toilet lies in doing things unrelated to using the toilet to kill time?

Of course, a more straightforward way to put it is:

Laozi 'm constipated!

In addition, students from several colleges even got into a fight over the carriage next to William's.

It seemed that as long as one was a little close to him, one would be the safest in the event of an attack by Death Eaters.

In the end George, Fred, and Lee successfully occupied the two adjacent carriages, and then rented them out by the hour, just like they would a short-term rental.

Those who pay the highest price will also have the chance to enter the next carriage and share... snacks with William.

This was arguably their last time fleecing others at Hogwarts.

The students' behavior is actually understandable.

Judging from the newspapers, the Death Eaters dared to invade even the Ministry of Magic, so a special express train is nothing to them.

However, they were overthinking it.

From the failed escape from Azkaban to the disastrous failure of the Ministry of Magic's Prophecy Orb operation... Voldemort lost far too many of his men.

He also needs to stay under the tower and catch up on his development.

Winning over Pure-blood families and restoring power to its peak are the most urgent tasks; there's no time or energy to attack the express train.

Sitting in the carriage, William was reading the Daily Prophet.

With a new minister in office, there's bound to be a lot of publicity, and at this point, the headlines are all about Bones.

After "beheading" Fudge and Umbridge, she began to play the "take them in as dogs" card.

She created several new departments, intending to use them as dog bones to be thrown to officials who were either neutral or on Scrimgeour's side.

Aside from these, there were mostly articles about how to defeat Dementor, the Ministry of Magic's attempts to hunt down Death Eaters, and so on.

There are also reports that deliberately sell anxiety.

For example, a reporter in one report stated:

One early morning, the owner of the Magic Hot Pot restaurant saw You-Know-Who pass by his house... and steal all his cows.

As a last resort, we had to replace the complimentary beef cubes in the Magic Hot Pot with more expensive soy-based vegetarian meat.

Listen to this... Is this something a human being would do?

Furthermore, due to the outbreak of war, the Galleon investment funds launched by the Gringotts Goblin all turned green and plummeted.

Many people are trying to buy the dip... I buy, I buy, I buy again... but I find that it keeps falling and there's no chance of it picking up.

Hermione sat next to William, holding the Phoenix Book, trying to make a remote contact with Professor Babbling.

During Easter, the two met Elsa in Santa Claus Village and needed to inform her.

Anne, Luna, and Ginny, three girls, were huddled together, taking a short IQ test from "The Quibbler".

It is said that the problem was designed by Old Lovegood.

William was always curious: if the designer's IQ was only so-so, how could they design a measurement chart... that could measure the IQ of highly intelligent people?

However, Old Lovegood also had a deep understanding of public psychology.

He begins by writing, "Stark has done some really difficult IQ test questions," see how many you can answer correctly.

It was only thanks to William that Old Lovegood was able to raise Luna.

Neville was stroking his Mimbulus mimbletonia, which had grown a lot in the past year and now made a strange groan when touched.

This kind of thing can't be brought into the classroom, or it will cause social death.

Cedric and Cho were chatting enthusiastically. Although they had known each other for six years, they had only been officially a couple for six months before they were going to have a long-distance relationship.

This is truly a sad story.

"I want to open a wand counter inside Akali's Mystery Shop," Cedric muttered.

"Having sold fake wands for several years, I've accumulated quite a bit of experience, and I feel like I can give it a try."

Cedric has a lot of wands in stock... after all, he's plucked so much hair from Magical Creatures over the years.

Whether it's a regular Unicorn Hair, Thunderbird tail feather, or a rare Troll core wand... it could certainly generate some buzz.

"Didn't you say that after graduation you wanted to leave United Kingdom and see Gregorovitch's works?" Qiu asked curiously.

"I also want to travel to the Mediterranean Sea countries, the birthplace of the magic wand."

"The Wizarding Wars have broken out, and I don't want to leave United Kingdom for the time being," Cedric said, shaking his head.

"Furthermore, William gave me a large number of Mr. Gregorovitch's notes, which have been of great help to me. These are sufficient for now."

"But Mr. Ollivander hasn't retired yet, you definitely can't compete with him for business," Qiu said worriedly.

Before Ollivander retired, no one in the United Kingdom could outsell this big shot... unless he was soon kidnapped by Death Eaters.

However, Cedric had clearly made other plans, and he whispered:

"I can custom-make wands for wizards; quite a few people will buy them."

In the United Kingdom Wizarding World, Ollivander, while dominant, did not monopolize the entire market.

The reason is simple: not all wizards like ready-made wands.

The drawback of a finished wand is obvious: it cannot achieve 100% compatibility with a wizard.

It's like the clothes sold in a store; no matter how standard the size is, none of them actually fit perfectly.

Custom-made clothes are different; they're made exactly to your measurements.

Although Ollivander, with his experience, skill, and vast collection of wands, could always find a wand suitable for a wizard... there are always those who prefer custom-made ones.

For example, Phoebe... her wand is custom-made; she provides the Veela core herself.

Therefore, Cedric felt that he could still open a wand shop, after all, he had already received many orders.

Although they all come from wealthy women.

Cedric coughed a few times and quickly changed the subject:

"Actually, I'd prefer to expand into the North America market; I've heard there aren't many famous wand masters there."

Just then, a commotion arose at the door.

Everyone left the carriage to see what was happening outside.

It turned out that Harry, Ron, and the Malfoy trio were fighting.

After Lucius and his accomplices were arrested, they were sentenced to life imprisonment.

Malfoy didn't dare to cause trouble for William, so he took it out on Harry and Ron instead.

However, Cedric and the twins had already rushed out.

They both participated in that battle with the Ministry of Magic... they've fought side by side, so I should help them out.

William didn't rush over; he was a professor, and getting involved in such a fight would be akin to bullying the weak... but the spectacle was still worth watching.

Hermione suddenly came over, pulled William into the carriage, and then used magic to seal the doors to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

"What happened?" William asked suspiciously.

"It's Professor Babbling..." Hermione whispered in his ear, holding the Phoenix Book, "She sent a message."

William perked up, his dark green eyes appearing very sharp.

"She said... the Snakewood in Ilvermorny is about to bloom, and she wants you to go to United States as soon as possible."

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