Hogwarts becomes host

The next morning, the group got up early and headed to King's Cross station to catch a bus back to school.

This is one of Hogwarts' strange traditions.

No matter who you are or where you live, you have to go to London to catch a bus back to school on September 1st. Even students who live in Hogsmeade Village can go back to school in fifteen minutes, but they still have to go. London takes several hours by train.

But this also has advantages. It not only promotes communication and affection between students, but is also very fair and no one has any privileges. The most important thing is that most parents of students will go to London in advance to find a place to stay for one night, and then wake up and take the bus. This will be of great help to the economy of Diagon Alley and the tax revenue of the Ministry of Magic.

As was the case with the sorting hat, there was a tacit understanding and over time it became a tradition.

Although the train was said to leave at eleven o'clock, everyone arrived at the station around ten o'clock. Elaine said she wanted to find the carriage in advance and avoid the crowds, but she knew the actual reason.

There were no problems with the roadblocks, and everyone entered Platform Nine and Three Quarters smoothly.

Even though they arrived early, there were already many people on the platform. When they saw Elaine, Harry and others, most of them paid their attention and saluted them in unison.

After Elaine racked her brains and Rita's brainstorming, the incident in Azkaban was defined as the work of "magic props inherited by the Shafiq family". This statement is better than "natural disaster-level magic destroyed Azkaban". "Ban" is much better and can be accepted by most wizards and will not regard Elaine as a monster.

It is normal for a pure-blood family to have one or two treasures at the bottom of the box. Even if Elaine carries such treasures with her, it is exaggerated, but it is not beyond common sense. After all, Adair is making enemies. In order to prevent the Death Eaters from being destroyed together, it is natural to protect them. The last of the Shafiq descendants.

When something goes out of the norm, the brain will always find a way to come up with a reasonable explanation, whether it's a wizard or a Muggle.

Thanks to this, Elaine's fame is getting wider and wider, not to mention Harry.

Due to the relationship between the two of them, Hermione, Daphne, Ron and others were also noticed.

"The Shafiq family heard that she demolished Azkaban and tried to find a way to get closer to her."

"Blake is indeed very powerful, but I would have gone crazy."

“It’s Harry Potter and The Boy-Who-Lived and it’s a perfect fit for the Shafiq family.”

"That's what Daphne Greengrass and Adair Shafiq really have in mind"

"The girl with unkempt hair is number one in grade. No wonder she is Shafiq's friend."

"The Weasleys don't know what kind of luck they have."

Some whispers can be vaguely heard.

Even if you lower your voice consciously, with so many people speaking at the same time, the volume will naturally not get any lower.

Daphne was the first to say goodbye to Elaine and her group. She had to go find her parents and her sister. Perhaps because she communicated with Elaine last night, she left very frankly this time, but before leaving, she touched Elaine's cheek again. A kiss.

The attention of everyone was even higher.

"Let's get into the carriage." Ron said. He seemed to be under a lot of pressure and his face was red. “I don’t feel comfortable being stared at.”

"I seem to have forgotten to bring a drink." Elaine said, rummaging through her backpack. "Hermione, can you help me buy a drink? Just like the old Coke."

"It was the same last year." Hermione said angrily, "Stop pretending, you're just worried that you won't be able to drink iced drinks, and you don't like ice bottles getting wet in your luggage. Buy a few more bottles when you want to go to the station."

"Anyway, we still have a lot of time. It doesn't matter. Just buy as many bottles as you can and share them with others." Elaine reminded. "Go with Harry and Sirius. They can help carry the drinks and Sirius can talk to Harry more."

After a while of deliberation, Lupine went back to deal with the affairs of the Shafik family first. Harry, Hermione and Sirius went to the Muggle station to buy drinks, while Elaine and Ron entered the carriage first to occupy their seats.

On the other side, Percy had already gone to the prefects' carriage, and Mr. Weasley seemed to be following Sirius secretly; Fred and George had already sneaked away to find their good friend Jordan Lee, and Ginny was taken by Weasley. The wife asked me to explain things.

After entering the car, Ron was still a little uncomfortable.

Although he did not hate Elaine and admired what Elaine had done, the two of them had never been alone together, and most of the time they were surrounded by Harry and Hermione.

Moreover, Elaine doesn't like men. This is a well-known quirk, and every classmate is aware of it.

But he didn't want to go shopping with Harry and Hermione either. The pressure of attention was too much.

"It's hard, isn't it?" Before Ron could speak, Elaine spoke first. "I have to compete with so many older brothers at home, and my friends are so famous, but I am so mediocre and weak, not as good as us──that's what you think."

Ron's face turned pale.

"Elaine, why do you-"

"The reason why I say this is probably because I was read a lot by Adair recently." Elaine shrugged and said. "He said that I am no different from you. I am ordinary, lazy and weak-willed. I am not as good as Hermione and Harry."

"You and me" Ron looked confused, "How is it possible, you are so powerful─"

"It's not me who's powerful, it's the soul in my body." Elaine said angrily, "The whole Shafiq family was destroyed. This bastard put his soul into my body for the sake of inheritance. I am constantly being urged by him. Still, he will use my body to kill people and set fires. I would rather not have this kind of power that does not belong to me."

"This is for your own good," Ron stammered. "Okay, I am indeed envious─"

"Well, you envy Harry, you envy Hermione, you envy me, you even get jealous, I can feel it, that's why I tell you this." Elaine looked out the window. "Harry also envies you for having loving parents and a large group of brothers; Hermione also envies you, because most people don't pay attention to her achievements because of her Muggle origin; I envy you for being carefree."

"You don't have the pressure of inheriting the Weasley family, and you don't have to worry about inheritance. Moreover, your parents are very open-minded and will not attach their own hatred to you, let alone force you to do things you don't want to do. To be honest, I I really envy you."

"" Ron was speechless, "But you are all better than me, I──"

"Without you, Harry and Hermione are really talented, but I am different. Adair used black magic to force my magic power up." Elaine's tone was a bit resentful, and Ron couldn't see her clearly. Expression: "This is not something to be happy about. In short, this magic is not a good thing. I have sacrificed a lot of things."

"Well, it's useless to tell you this. Don't take it to heart." But soon, Elaine turned around and said to Ron with that familiar smile, as if what just happened was just an illusion. "I know that Harry, Hermione and I have put a lot of pressure on you, and you will occasionally be jealous of us. However, Harry is your best friend. He values ​​you very much. His most precious thing is you. I hope you remember it." Lee values ​​you more than anything else, don’t do something you will regret out of jealousy, like Peter Pettigrew did—I just wanted to tell you about this.”

"Of course I know." Ron murmured to himself, "But why are you so sudden?"

"Well, that's a secret." Elaine put her index finger on her lips and made a shushing gesture. "Don't tell Hermione and Harry, they won't understand."

In the distance, Harry and Hermione were walking towards the train carrying a large bag.