Chapter 7： If there are new ones, who would want the old ones?

[You have received sincere praise from the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Adrian Fox, and he intends to invest in you. 】

[Offensive and defensive spell talent +1, offensive and defensive spell strength +1, black magic talent +1, black magic power +1]

Lynn was shocked.

It is not surprising that he can add some points to him when he is praised by the professor. After all, this has been reflected in Professor McGonagall before. As long as the praise is sincere, the professors of each subject will add points to various magics.

The compliments of the professor in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class can be understood by adding some points to the offensive and defensive spells.

But... what the **** is it to add something to the dark magic talent?

You are a defense against the dark magic! The black magic is getting stronger and stronger, you are defensive!

And his talent for dark magic is already high enough, is it going to make him become a dark wizard after adding it?

Fox thought that Lynn was considering the investment proposal he had just made, so he didn't bother to speak out. Instead, a person who was happy to see enjoyed the lamb that was just made in the hot pot.

Thinking about it, Lynn speculated that there are three possibilities for this situation:

The first one is the most likely. The problem lies in the course of Defense Against the Dark Arts, which is very special.

The second is that Fox just praised him not only, but also added some points to him when he proposed to invest, but there is no explanation for why it was added to the black magic, so the second may be a bit far-fetched.

The third type is also Lynn’s most inclined one, that is, his own defense against the Dark Arts professor, his own problem...

Fox found Lynn looking at him, and asked aloud.

"How are you thinking about it?"

"Although I live alone now, I still have a fixed monthly living allowance payment, so...sorry professor, I am not short of money."

Lynn didn't get a compliment, and after taking another two sips of beer, he forgot about the east and the west.

Investors invest for returns and gains. Now they get a sum of money that they don’t really need. Who knows what he will pay in the future.

Lynn's refusal didn't surprise Fox, he didn't treat him as a child now.

"Although you are very smart, you don't know much about the magic world, Belloc." Lynn is full, but Fox is still putting potatoes and lettuce in the hot pot.

"The currency of the magic world is not the same as the currency of Muggles. Oh, the Muggle here refers to ordinary people who don't know or believe in magic.

The bank of the wizarding world, although Gringotts has the business of Muggle currency exchange for the magical world currency, that is, Jin Jialong, this exchange is not endless.

The group of fairies are not fools. Some of them even pretended to be humans and went to Muggle Oxford University to study economics and received a degree certificate.

Therefore, the currency exchange rules they set are limited, fluctuating, and change at any time according to the currency inventory of the magic world and economic needs.

This year is very unfortunate. Because of the economic downturn in the Muggle world, they strictly limit the exchange of currency. Even if you pay a lot of pounds, you can only exchange up to ten gallons.

For ten golden gallons, a wand requires at least seven. You still have to save some money for emergencies. Do you still have the money to prepare the remaining school robes, books, cauldrons, etc.? "

Lynn does not have a deep understanding of the magical world, not to mention how much he remembers the plot of the original, even if he remembers all of them, there must not be much introduction to many related details in the original.

For example, currency, he really didn't know the specific exchange rules.

But ignorance does not mean that Lynn has no doubts about Fox's words.

"But students from a Muggle family like me are definitely not an exception. If they don't have enough money to buy magic items, what should they do when they go to school? Hogwarts won't just sit back and watch, right?"

"Of course not. In previous years, if such a situation was encountered, the Ministry of Magic and the school board would jointly fund. Hogwarts came forward to give a subsidy to the students of Muggle families. Although not much, it was enough to keep them tight. Baba meets daily needs. But the past two years have changed. The Ministry of Magic and the Hogwarts Board of Trustees are reducing school expenses, especially since the Board of Trustees is basically composed of pure-blood families. The direction of the knife is of course you little wizards from Muggle families."

What Fox didn’t say was too blunt. There are many twists and turns, the contradiction between Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic, the contradiction between Dumbledore and the school board, the contradiction between the academic school and the family school, and most importantly, pure The contradiction between blood and non-pure blood.

"Dumbledore has made the biggest fight for you. In addition to the necessities like the magic wand, other things like school gowns and books, crucibles, students from Muggle families can receive gifts from recent graduates, that is to say. You can use the second-hand goods they have used.

But I think, Belloc, you are definitely not a person who is willing to treat yourself badly. If there are new ones, who would use the old ones? "

Lynn was silent, in fact, he said to himself in his heart, that's not necessarily, if it was a potion textbook used by the Half-Blood Prince, he would be very happy to use a second-hand one.

"So if I accept your investment, what return do you need to get, Professor?" Lynn asked.

The smile on Fox's face became stronger, and it was obvious that Lynn was moved by it.

"I need you to come to me after graduation and be my assistant for a few years."

"Assistant?" Lynn frowned, "Can't others? There are many talents in the magical world? Why do I have to?"

Facing Lynn's series of questions, Fox smiled mysteriously at him.

"What I study is not ordinary things, Belloc, UU reading , you have not yet enrolled in school, so you don’t know a lot about things in the magic world. Even if I say something, you may not understand it, you only I need to know that I will definitely not let you do things that hurt the world, but it will require extensive knowledge of magic, multi-angle thinking ability, and...to be able to accept something that the magic world cannot accept."

After listening to him, Lynn looked at Fox with a weird expression, wondering if the thing he was talking about was black magic.

"You are so sure that I will meet the requirements you said after graduation?"

Fox looked at him with a smile.

"So I said this is an investment. If you fail to meet the requirements by then, it means that my investment has failed, but the loss is only a sum of money.

Anyway, maybe I won’t survive the time you graduated from Hogwarts. I'm not at all sure if I can spend the year at Hogwarts without incident. "

Lynn was lost in thought.

To be honest, he has no resistance to black magic. Magic itself is innocent. The guilty is the use of magic. What's more, his own talent for black magic is extremely high, and Hogwarts doesn’t. Teaching black magic, this is not an opportunity for him.

Of course, he can't be 100% sure that what Fox is talking about is black magic, but the chances are really high.

And, as he said, Lynn hasn't even enrolled in school yet, and it is even more invisible until he graduates. There will be a series of things in the restoration of Voldemort in the middle, and no one will know what changes will happen at that time. knowledge.

So Lynn made his decision.

"Happy transaction, Professor Fox." He raised his beer, smiled and blinked.