Chapter 34: Hogsmeade Errand Business

When John returned to the dormitory, Ryan and Ethan weren't asleep either; they were sitting on the carpet, each holding a piece of paper, pointing at it, not knowing what they were saying.

"John, you're back, just in time, come take a look at this shopping list and see if there's anything you want."

Seeing John return, the two immediately said to him.

"Shopping list? What are you talking about?"

John walked over, sat on the carpet like them, and looked at the shopping list they handed over.

Cream Almond Candy, 1 Sickle.

Powder Coconut Ice Cream, 1 Sickle.

Honey Glazed Toffee Candy, 1 Sickle.

And Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, Jelly Slugs, Fizzing Whizzbees....

The shopping list was filled with all kinds of candies, along with their respective prices.

At this time, Ryan on the side also explained.

"These are all products from that Honeydukes shop in Hogsmeade village."

"Because only students in their third year and above can go there, we freshmen can't go."

"So two Gryffindor seniors started a proxy purchasing service, letting us freshmen choose our favorite products in advance, and then entrusting the seniors to buy them back for us; we only need to pay some extra errand fees."

666, even errand proxy purchasing has arrived.

Looking at the dazzling array of products on the list, John couldn't help but recall his previous life in school, where day students provided such services for boarding students; he didn't expect to see it again even after arriving in the magical world.

And Hogsmeade village was a wizarding village near Hogwarts.

As everyone knows, studying at Hogwarts means staying in this place for almost the whole year, but after staying in one place for a long time, some people can't stand it.

So there was a place to go out and get some air, which was Hogsmeade village.

Students in their third year and above, after obtaining permission from their guardians, could go to Hogsmeade village to play during the monthly Hogsmeade week.

There were many interesting shops there, and even the school's professors often went to Hogsmeade to dine and drink.

And they, the freshmen, had no chance to go there, so this proxy purchasing service came into being.

"Ethan and I both chose a few snacks we wanted to eat, and Titus also chose some; John, do you want to choose a few too? Don't worry, my treat!"

Ryan patted his chest heroically and said.

"Really? Then I won't be polite."

John smiled and chose two snacks that didn't look too bizarre.

There was still a month until Hogsmeade week; this senior doing the proxy purchasing service was really smart, knowing to promote the service early.

A month later, all the freshmen would definitely know about this proxy purchasing business, and at least more than half of the freshmen would be willing to spend money to try something new.

Actually, they could ask Senior Neville for help with the proxy purchase, and maybe even the errand fee could be waived.

But thinking about it, forget it.

After all, Senior Neville was only just in his third year, and it was his first time going to Hogsmeade; he wouldn't even have enough time to look around himself, let alone giving him tasks; that would be too unfair to him.

The next day, after lunch.

John came alone to the outside of Professor McGonagall's office.

He was here to submit his essay.

Knock, knock, knock, John knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

Professor McGonagall's voice soon came from inside.

John pushed the door open and entered, but his footsteps paused slightly because he didn't expect that there was someone else in the office besides Professor McGonagall at this time.

It was Hermione.

They seemed to be chatting about something, but were interrupted by John.

"John, you're here."

Seeing John, Professor McGonagall's eyes curved, revealing a kind smile.

John's talent was very good, and since getting Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration diary, he had made rapid progress.

And he would come to ask Professor McGonagall questions from time to time, so the relationship between the teacher and student was very familiar.

So in private, Professor McGonagall called John by his name directly.

"Hello Professor, and hello Senior."

John nodded and greeted the two separately.

Seeing John, Hermione raised an eyebrow, not expecting to meet him here.

"Hermione, this is the freshman I mentioned to you before, John Merrick; he is very talented, you can communicate more often and learn from each other."

Professor McGonagall said slowly to Hermione at this time.

It seemed Professor McGonagall and Senior Hermione were also very familiar, also calling her by her name directly instead of her surname.

There were very few students who received such treatment, and he and Hermione happened to be among them.

"I will; in fact, John and I have known each other for a long time, right, Junior Brother John?"

Hermione nodded with a smile, then looked at John and asked with a smile.

"... Yes."

John was silent for a moment, then nodded.

Because looking at Professor McGonagall's appearance, she seemed to very much approve of the term "Junior Brother" that Hermione said.

"That's good; John, is there anything you're here for today?"

Professor McGonagall nodded and asked John again.

"It's the essay you assigned me yesterday; I've already finished it and brought it to hand in to you."

"Finished it so quickly?"

Hearing the purpose of John's visit, Professor McGonagall was also surprised.

The essay topic she assigned to John yesterday was not simple, involving quite a bit of upper-year knowledge.

She thought John would take at least two or three days to hand it in.

"In fact, thanks to Senior Sister Hermione, she helped me point out many difficult problems when I was writing the essay yesterday."

Hearing John finally willing to call her Senior Sister, Hermione nodded with satisfaction.

"Really? Then let me take a look."

Hearing this, Professor McGonagall took the essay John handed over and began to read it seriously.

John waited obediently on the side for Professor McGonagall to finish reading.

Just as Professor McGonagall was reading the essay, Hermione walked to John's side with her hands behind her back.

John looked at Hermione, thinking she wanted to say something.

As a result, Hermione suddenly pointed to her own neckline, and then pointed to John's neckline.

John looked at her neckline strangely, and then looked at his own neckline.

What does that mean?

Seeing John's confused face, not understanding her meaning, Hermione rolled her eyes helplessly.

Because Professor McGonagall was seriously reading John's essay, Hermione didn't make a sound.

She directly reached out a hand, tugged at one of John's collars, and straightened it.

It turned out that one of John's collars was crooked, and Hermione wanted to remind him.

As a result, John didn't understand, so Hermione had to do it herself.

Hermione's action made John stunned; he subconsciously looked at the fair little hand that was close at hand, and then looked at Hermione's eyes.

Just happened to bump into Hermione's gaze.

After the two looked at each other, they subconsciously looked away.

Hermione also seemed to have just realized that their current actions were a bit ambiguous.

However, Hermione still had a calm and composed appearance.

After all, in her eyes, John was just a little brother who wasn't even as tall as her.

After hurriedly patting John's collar, Hermione quickly withdrew her hand, turned slightly to the side, and only left her profile to John.

John also didn't look at Hermione, turned his head awkwardly, and began to visit the interior decoration of Professor McGonagall's office.

Wow, this wall is really a wall. ===== CHAPTER 35 =====