The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

"Weasley, two tents, booked two days ago, for one night, right?" Mr. Roberts asked, looking at a form posted on the door.

"Yes," replied Mr. Weasley.

Once confirmed, it's time to pay. This is a very strange thing. Mr. Weasley, who claims to be very interested in Muggles, does not know the currency of Muggles and needs the help of real Muggles to pass the border smoothly.

He blushed and stepped back, trying to call Harry over. Mr. Granger, who had chatted with him all night, was very aware of Arthur Weasley's true level of awareness of Muggles, so he took the initiative to communicate with Mr. Roberts.

"Let's pay together, G-Lan-Jay, a tent, and the same night."

"No problem." Mr. Roberts readily agreed, but Mr. Weasley's actions made him suspicious again.

When Mr. Granger paid, Arthur put his hands on his hips and muttered something: "Is this one five dollars? Ah, I saw the number on it, it's fifty, why do you give two fifty-"【 Note】

"My God, that's a five-pound note!" Mr. Granger corrected in a low voice, confused: couldn't Arthur see the numbers on the money? Although the two sterling colorways are indeed similar.

This involves British monetary history. To put it simply, British banks began to issue new types of banknotes in 1928. They named this new type of money "A-series banknotes". Later, they continued to iterate, and successively introduced B-series, C-series, and so on.

In 1994, when the D-series and E-series sterlings were in rotation, the old sterling had not been abolished, and the new sterling had just been issued, so the currency was a bit confusing. The old fifty pounds and the new five pounds were somewhat similar in color, so It's normal to get confused.

All present were somewhat disturbed to find that Mr. Roberts had listened to their conversation word for word.

Mr. Arthur's remarks are really not like what an adult can say.

"First time in the UK?" asked Mr Roberts, as he was giving change.

Mr. Weasley: ?

"You are not the first person who can't figure out the amount of money. There are two people who want to pay with gold coins just now. What's even more strange is that there are too many tourists this year, there are hundreds of people..." If Mr. Roberts has Thinkingly said: "It's very strange, it seems that people from all over the world are gathering here, and there are many strange people - it feels like they are coming to a grand gathering."

At this time, a wizard descended from the sky and landed behind Mr. Roberts.

"Forget it!" he snapped, pointing the tip of his wand at Mr. Roberts.

Roberts' eyes suddenly disappeared. Soon, he loosened his frown, and his expression became dazed. His memory has been tampered with.

He calmly handed back the plan of the camp and the change to Mr. Granger, and then everyone walked to the camp in the company of the wizard just now.

Witnessing the whole process, the Grangers fell into silence. On the way from the stone house to the camp, the two remained silent until the wizard apparated away.

"So you treat... people who aren't wizards that way? Erase their memories?" Mr. Granger asked Mr. Weasley after a moment's silence.

Tom:  …

He shuddered and found that things didn't seem to be very good? Just now, a wizard cast an Oblivion Charm on a Muggle in the presence of Mr. Granger. If you look into it carefully, it may be difficult to accept.

"Well, that's right," Mr. Weasley nodded, "because of the requirements of the Statute of Secrecy, but don't worry, the Ministry of Magic has chosen a very good Master of Oblivion Spell, which won't cause any harm."

The oblivion spell is a very dangerous spell, and the wizard who casts the spell needs to have a strong enough control, otherwise it will bring very bad consequences.

In the original world line, Bertha Jorkins was hit by old Crouch's forgetting curse, and her mental state had a big problem, and she had to go on vacation to relieve it. Lockhart even used his own forgetting spell to send himself to the hospital, and spent the rest of his life in ignorance.

Spells involving memory require highly skilled wizards to cast.

Mr. Granger didn't quite believe Arthur's words. Although he is only a dentist, he is also a doctor and has a far more detailed understanding of the human body than everyone present. He felt that even if his new friend swore that the spell would not cause harm, it should not be a good thing to change his memory frequently.

Maybe magic is a little different? He comforted himself in this way that it is almost impossible to modify people's memory in a targeted manner with non-magical technology. Although everyone likes to play the "big memory recovery" stalk when chatting, everyone knows that it is a trick.

Even if you beat the bear until it admits that it is a rabbit, it still knows in its heart that it is a bear. Magic is different. Magic can make you feel like a rabbit from the bottom of your heart.

This is magic!

Mr. Granger shuddered, and he looked back at Mr. Roberts, who was standing at the door of his hut and looked up at the sky. This is the Muggle who touched the interests of wizards!

His serene demeanor made Mr. Granger visibly uncomfortable. But when his eyes fell on his daughter, the discomfort in his heart suddenly dissipated a lot - he still had his own daughter.

That feeling, like grabbing a ticket before the flood broke out. He stood on the boat gang and looked at passers-by who were flooded on the shore. Even though he felt sadness in his heart, he was "going ashore" after all.

He didn't think about ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ what would happen to him in this situation when his daughter was away. Thinking too much will only make you uneasy.

"Is that so..." Mrs. Granger pondered after listening to Mr. Weasley's explanation. "So why can't we just let them go? Wouldn't it be better to send that Mr. Roberts on vacation somewhere else? ?"

Mr. Granger caught his breath: Yeah, it doesn't seem like it would be difficult to send that hapless camp guard on vacation, right?

"Who knows? Maybe the Ministry has its own ideas." Mr. Weasley's mind was not on this at all, he was trying to find his own camping site.

Mr. Granger sank again.

"Maybe it's a matter of scale?" Tom couldn't take it any longer and decided to help Mr. Granger - at least he could help him find a good excuse.

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Note: Mr Weasley's mix of £5 and £20 in the original is really confusing. Pictures of the sterling can be found online, and the £5 and £20 are completely different colours, making no sense at all, even considering the different versions.