Hogwarts, where the stars shine

Time always slips away inadvertently. The magical world of Mesa has just begun, and September [-]st arrives in a blink of an eye.

This morning, the naughty sunshine swayed outside the window, shattering people's dreams.

However, it was not the sunshine, nor life and responsibilities that woke Mesa up, but the clock placed above the fireplace.

Mesa lived in Room 16 of the Leaky Cauldron for more than two weeks, and the clock would wake him up every morning.

It's just that the way to wake him up is a little rough. The clock will ruthlessly launch its own parts at Mesa, including screws, coil springs, metal shrapnel, etc.

These ejected parts always hit Mesa's forehead accurately, shattering his sleepiness and waking him up from his sweet dreams.

The same is true today.The clock once again disturbed Mesa's dreams with its own parts, rudely waking him up from his sleep.

Just when Mesa was furious and wanted to find a hammer to smash the clock to pieces, the bullying clock finally calmed down and stopped firing its internal parts at Mesa.

Since the feeling of getting out of bed has replaced sleepiness, it means that the clock has completed its task responsibly, so why bother with Mesa again?After all, the texture of a desk clock is not as hard as a hammer.

Mesa, who was no longer sleepy, got out of bed angrily, changed clothes and washed up.The scattered parts flew back to the clock one by one at this time, and all traces of the battle in the room were erased, as if nothing had happened.

After washing up, Mesa appeared on the dark first floor of the Leaky Cauldron.

Mesa eats in busy bars every day. He likes to listen to the customers telling their experiences, stories, and their comments on that day's Daily Prophet.

On the first day of September, breakfast in Mesa is still toast and hot tea.

The heated flatbread is round and has a soft and light taste, and is spread with butter or jam.

Although it is a bit simple, it is enough to fill your stomach. A cup of steaming tea is served at the end of breakfast, and a beautiful day begins.

According to his previous habit, after enjoying his simple breakfast, Mesa would knock on the brick wall of the patio and enter Diagon Alley, the commercial center of the wizarding world, alone.

Mesa has been coming here this way recently.A certain literary figure went from Baicao Garden to Sanwei Bookstore, while Mesa went from Leaky Cauldron to Diagon Alley Coffee House.

Florin Fusco's Ice Cream Shop, Fantastic Beasts Shop, Wieseek Magical Supplies Shop, Windy Stationery Shop... etc. The cobblestone streets are full of Mesa's footprints.

During those long sunny days, Mesa wandered around Diagon Alley. He visited almost all the shops to the north and south of the street, except for the dark-looking Knockturn Alley.

Whenever Mesa looks at the dark alley and sees the strange figure moving in the alley, a sentence from a certain emergency food will pop up in his mind: The area ahead, let’s explore it later!

Among the tempting wizard shops in Diagon Alley, the one that impressed Mesa the most was the potions shop, which always gave off a pungent smell of rotten eggs and rotten cabbage leaves.

The places Mesa has been to most often are Flourish and Blotts Bookstore and thrift stores, which he uses as libraries.

For Mesa, the magical world, where he will live and study in the future, is a completely unfamiliar world with a different culture and history from the Muggle world.

If you want to survive in the wizarding world and study and live here, just an admission notice from Hogwarts is not enough. Mesa needs to understand the culture and history of the wizarding world and the living habits of wizards.

Take an inappropriate example.

It’s like someone asking Mesa who said, “Knowledge is power.”Such a simple question, but the answer Mesa gave was not bacon, but Angela.

Mesa didn't want to make himself the butt of a joke because of his ignorance.

Therefore, Mesa will appear at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore on the north side of Diagon Alley every day to learn about the strange magical world.

Whether it's a history of magic, biographies, spell books, or best-selling novels, Mesa has something for everyone to read.

But to this day, Mesa has not purchased any books from Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, and he has carried out his free whoring behavior to the end.

The clerks at Flourish and Blotts hated this, and Mesa became the most unpopular person in the bookstore.

They would sneer in Mesa's ears every day, but Mesa would turn a deaf ear.

No matter what they said, Mesa ignored them unless they kicked him out.But Flour Blossom and Blotts Bookstore is open for business, and it is impossible for them to drive away customers, especially to drive away a young man in front of the customers.

In fact, Mesa doesn't like to be looked down upon by others, and he knows how bad his behavior is.He also wants to buy his favorite books and then go to a quiet place to read them carefully instead of reading them in a noisy bookstore.

But who makes Mesa's pants pockets cleaner than his handsome face?

Prostitution for free is shameful, but Mesa can't think of a better solution.

In this way, time flew by, and in a flash it was the day when Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry started.

Perhaps because of the start of school, the Leaky Cauldron is a bit deserted today, far less lively than in the past.No one came to buy things early in the morning, and no one discussed the contents of newspapers and magazines.

Tom, the bar owner, was leaning against the bar, seemingly asleep.

After drinking the last bit of tea in the cup, Mesa turned and went upstairs. When he returned to the first floor, he had a large suitcase in his hands.

Mesa had packed this in advance last night. He didn't have many belongings. If it weren't for the equipment needed by the school, Mesa's suitcase might not even be full of a quarter.

Mesa walked straight to the bar, tapped the wooden countertop with his knuckles, and said, "Tom, it's time for me to go. Hogwarts starts today."

Old Tom, who looked like a shriveled walnut, opened his eyes, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and said, "Oh, are you leaving? Come with me."

With that said, Old Tom took the lead to walk to the dark room behind the counter, followed closely by Mesa, dragging his suitcase.

The small dark room was still the same as before. Mesa remembered the chair that was very uncomfortable to sit on, and he also remembered that he drank the extremely unpleasant Gamp social wine for the reward of one hundred gold galleons.

As Mesa recalled the horror of being dominated by Gamp's old social wine, Old Tom turned on the light in the darkroom.

The skinny old Tom turned his back to Mesa, opened a locked wooden box, and took out a leather bag.

Old Tom said: "Check the amount. I have already deducted the cost of your food and accommodation in the bar." As he said, he put the leather bag on the table.

The leather bag collided with the wooden table, making a pleasant sound, which was the crisp sound of metal coins.

This leather bag is the reward for the successful Mesa challenge and has been kept with Old Tom.The reason why Mesa keeps his wealth secret is not that he thinks the world is too bad, but that an 11-year-old boy with a "huge amount of money" is really a rare and perfect prey.

Mesa untied the drawstring of the leather pocket, counted out a few coins and put them into his trouser pocket, then retied the drawstring of the leather pocket and stuffed it into his suitcase.

It seemed that Mesa had so much trust in the bar owner that he didn’t even count the number.But in fact, Mesa roughly judged the number of coins in the leather bag by the weight of it.

Old Tom did not withhold the bonus, and it was basically consistent with Mesa's own account.

"Thanks again for taking care of me during this time, Tom," Mesa said.

In the past two weeks, in addition to eating and lodging at the Leaky Cauldron, Mesa also asked many questions about the magical world, and Old Tom would answer them one by one.Don't be surprised if there are so many people. It's not like I won't come to the Leaky Cauldron anymore. I still have to leave a good impression on the other party.

"It's nothing." Old Tom said, "You are a guest of the Leaky Cauldron, and it is my duty to serve the guests."

"It's almost time, I should leave." Mesa picked up his suitcase, "See you in the summer, Tom."

Old Tom bowed slightly and said, "See you in the summer, young Mr. Black."