September 1st!
At King's Cross Station parking lot, Ethan was saying goodbye to his parents, pulling a suitcase behind him.
The suitcase was just a cover, containing some clothes and a box that had been extended with the Undetectable Extension Charm.
The box contained a lot of books, some potion materials collected during this time, and some miscellaneous items such as fire dragon brains frozen with a freezing charm and the corpse of a Motrala rat.
The Crumple-Horned Snorkack and the Flobberworm were also carried with him.
The Crumple-Horned Snorkack was easy to handle, just turning into a ball and stuffed in Ethan's pocket.
This was its dormant state, it existed for camouflage and to lower its energy consumption, completely devoid of the predator aura unique to dangerous magical creatures. As long as it was not exposed, outsiders would not know that Ethan had such a thing in his pocket.
The fire dragon brain was prepared for it. Normally, the Crumple-Horned Snorkack only eats fresh brain flowers from living creatures, but fire dragon brain is an exception, it eats the frozen stuff with gusto.
Moreover, fire dragon brains are cheap, cheaper than sixteen Sickles per ounce of dragon liver. This is because, even though it contains magic, there's no use for it in potions, and the whole wizarding world doesn't eat brains much.
The Flobberworm was a nuisance, though it looked like a cloak, any wizard with a little knowledge could tell what it was. Plus, it was infamous, a kind of creature that couldn't be exposed in Hogwarts at all.
For this, Ethan had specially made a platinum pendant, which was hollow underneath and extended with the Undetectable Extension Charm. Due to its small size, it took him a long time to succeed.
The space inside was only the size of a room, but it was enough for the Flobberworm.
This kind of extremely small Undetectable Extension Charm object is impossible for people to enter, the entrance is too small, but it's just right for the Flobberworm.
With this Undetectable Extension Charm necklace as a cover, Ethan could carry the Flobberworm with him.
Over the past month, Ethan had also become more familiar with the Flobberworm. Using it as a cloak, he could control it completely, as long as the Flobberworm cooperated.
With one movement, the Flobberworm automatically put the hood on Ethan, making his entire face shrouded in a layer of black mist, but it didn't affect his vision. This perfectly concealed Ethan's entire appearance.
Not only that, this Flobberworm cloak had an extremely strong magical resistance, especially to dark magic. It could automatically block some impending curses for Ethan.
It's definitely a top-notch auxiliary prop, but only the Flobberworm is almost untamable. Otherwise, the Flobberworm cloak would be a hit in the wizarding world.
In terms of magic, Ethan didn't slack off either, especially the Occlumency.
Of course, the improvement was obvious.
Name: Ethan Adrian
Age: 11
Bloodline: Wizard
Talents: 《超量灵魂》(Overflowing Soul) (A heavier soul, leading to higher learning efficiency and casting speed.) 《强健体魄》(Robust Physique) (Improve physical fitness and magic adaptability through exercise.) 《黑暗之心》(Dark Heart) (Increase dark magic talent, no emotional assistance required to use dark magic.) 《专注》(Focus) (Significantly improve learning efficiency.) 《动物亲和》(Animal Affinity) (Also effective for magical creatures.)
Spells: Killing Curse (10), Cruciatus Curse (10), Imperius Curse (10), Occlumency (6), Protego (4), Undetectable Extension Charm (4), Energy Siphon (4), Shadow Sneak (3), Ghoul Mark (2), Transfiguration (2), Petrificus Totalus (3), Disillusionment Charm (3), Accio (3), Levitation Charm (2), Lumos (2), Shrinking Charm (2), Incendio (2)...
Walking into the station, Ethan followed the signs towards platform nine and three quarters.
But as he went deeper, he noticed that the people around him were wearing increasingly strange clothes.
Down jackets on top, shorts on the bottom. This explosive style wasn't even an exception. There were even big guys with full beards wearing long skirts and high heels.
"Every year on this day, it's like this. Just get used to it. There will be kids coming to ask where platform nine and three quarters is, and then there are these guys wearing strange clothes."
"Is there anything special today?"
"I don't know, does the start of the school year count?"
Listening to the conversation between two station workers next to him, Ethan took a step forward and crashed straight into a pillar next to them. However, the two workers didn't seem to notice and continued chatting about the previous topic.
A sense of squeezing came over him, and then his vision widened. But what did he bump into?
"Ouch!"
Following the sound, he saw a little girl lying on a pile of luggage.
Why is this girl blocking the door?
But he had bumped into someone, Ethan quickly helped her up.
He helped her lift her luggage as well.
But this girl looks familiar!
"Gaptooth, it's you!"
The iconic gaptooth and thick, messy brown hair, Hermione!
He had met her once before, they were considered acquaintances.
So the one who asked the station staff where platform nine and three quarters was was her!
Hermione, who also recognized Ethan, was about to say hello, but when she heard the words "Gaptooth", her face immediately turned black.
This name reminded her of some unpleasant memories.
"Thank you!"
After thanking him, Hermione picked up her luggage and walked forward, not wanting to say another word.
"She still remembers that!"
Ethan shook his head and sighed.
It had been about three years, the multi-school joint summer camp, Hermione and Ethan were both there. In the evening activity contest, Hermione took the lead, until Ethan appeared. Whether it was memory or logic, all the areas that Hermione was good at were crushed.
At the end, Ethan said, "Don't be sad, at least your gaptooth is bigger than mine!"
The little girl completely broke down, crying in front of everyone.
But it's fine if she remembers it!
Ethan, who seemed to be unfazed, didn't dwell on it, pulling his suitcase onto the red steam train.
Due to coming late, he passed by many carriages that were full. It's not Ethan's fault, after all, wizards can directly teleport over using magic, while Ethan had to drive for tens of miles in the morning to get here.
He went all the way to the back half of the train before finding a relatively empty carriage. There was only one young witch inside.
"Excuse me, can I sit in here?"
The young witch in the compartment, who was reading a book with her head down, looked up for a moment and then lowered her head again.
No words mean you agree.
Pulling open the compartment door, Ethan walked in, put his suitcase on the rack, and sat down opposite her before realizing that this was the girl he sat across from at Florean Fortescue's Ice-Cream Parlour last time.