Gryffindor or Slytherin

A small town in the suburbs of London, the Isabella Yang Manor.

The owner of this manor is said to be a descendant of a traveler from the distant East many years ago. The original owner was a man named Yang Hang, a person of Chinese descent who settled here and married Isabella Berenka, a noblewoman from the local aristocracy. Their descendants have lived here for generations.

Currently residing here are Mrs. Caroline Yang, who is over eighty years old, and her daughter.

Next to Isabella Manor, there is also a sizable estate belonging to the Smith family. However, since the passing of the elderly Smith couple who lived here, their son and daughter-in-law, who reside in Greenwich, rarely stay here. Now, only an old housekeeper looks after the estate.

By the way, the daughter of the Smith couple is none other than Lin Yang, now known as Lin Smith.

For the residents of the town, both households are equally eccentric and rarely interact with the townspeople. However, these two families are very wealthy; otherwise, they couldn't have raised such outstanding children.

I heard he's even a university professor!

The townspeople often say so.

However, it's apparent that Lov Smith is unaware of such rumors. He received a good elite education from a young age, which completely isolated him from the townspeople.

...

An hour before dinner, the Smith family's figures emerged from the fireplace in the basement of the Isabella Yang Manor.

For Mr. Smith, this wasn't his first time using Floo Network. As the husband of a witch, his identity was registered with the Ministry of Magic to comply with the secrecy law. It was precisely these experiences of magical transportation that sparked Mr. Smith's curiosity about the wizarding world.

Welcoming them in front of the fireplace was the Yang family's house-elf, Calica. This female house-elf now served the Yang family along with her mother and brother. To them, the Smith family was also considered their masters.

No wonder, Lov Smith and Lin Smith grew up together from a young age. Although they couldn't reveal it due to the secrecy law, it didn't stop them from developing a fondness for Mr. Smith.

After Lov Smith and their young master got married, there was no need for secrecy anymore.

"Welcome back, my masters," Calica performed a standard noble bow and winked at Jon as she stood up.

Jon returned a look. His friendship with Calica, the house-elf, dated back to the time when he lived in the Isabella Manor. It was truly a pleasant time.

Returning to his own home, Jon didn't need the house-elf's guidance. As the Yang family, who had been a wizarding family in the local area for hundreds of years, they not only had their own house-elf but also a few wizarding servants. These wizards were not of high magical prowess but belonged to the category of finding decent employment. After all, the families of these servants still lived in the Muggle world, and some of them were not even wizards. They still needed Muggle currency to survive.

Lov Smith was the one who paid the wages for these servants. Of course, this expenditure was only a small sum for him.

Walking from the basement to the living room wasn't far. As Jon ascended the stairs, he saw his grandmother sitting on the sofa, wearing silk robes and glasses. She looked like an ordinary old lady, except that she casually turned a small wooden block next to her into an exquisite silver cup.

"Grandmother, I've missed you!" Jon smiled and walked over to Caroline Yang, hugging her arm. He couldn't act like a child and throw himself into his grandmother's arms—it would make him uncomfortable—but he could still show closeness.

In contrast, the Smith couple was more reserved. They greeted Caroline Yang and sat on the nearby sofa.

Lov Smith enjoyed coming to the Isabella Manor. The library here had many interesting books about the wizarding world. Every time he came, he would read one or two. Those books were about legends and mysteries in the wizarding world, suitable for leisure reading without being too difficult to understand.

Ms. Mae Yang, who heard that her sister's family had arrived, also came down from upstairs. Behind her was a black-haired girl who appeared two years older than Jon. She was Jon's cousin, Bella Yang, the future heir of Isabella Yang Manor.

Jon had a good relationship with Bella Yang. Due to the unfortunate marriage of their parents, Bella was obviously closer to her grandmother and her younger brother, Jon, while showing indifference towards her own mother.

There was still some time before the dinner started. Mrs. Smith and her sister wanted to have a private conversation, and Mr. Smith went to the library. Jon naturally went with his cousin Bella to explore the manor.

"I heard you already got your wand? Show it to me," Bella said as they left the presence of the adults.

Leaving their parents, Bella finally showed a bit of liveliness on her face. She showed great interest in Jon's wand.

Jon wasn't worried about his wand getting damaged and readily pulled out his wand to hand it to his cousin.

Bella waved the wand, but there was no reaction. It seemed she wanted to demonstrate a little magic to Jon.

As descendants of a pure-blood wizarding family, there were many benefits. For example, in terms of the "Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery" law, aside from underage wizards who haven't started learning magic but already possess a wand, pure-blood descendants don't receive warning letters from the Ministry of Magic for using magic during vacations while they're at school.

Jon seriously doubted that the Ministry of Magic's laws were designed for wizards of Muggle-born background, and they were severely discriminatory.

On one side, there were pure-blood wizards who could practice magic during vacations under parental guidance. On the other side, there were Muggle-born wizards who couldn't practice magic during vacations and had to study on their own. The Ministry of Magic's inclination was blatantly evident.

"It seems like you and my wand don't have much connection," Jon tilted his head and retrieved his wand, changing the topic. He asked, "Is Hogwarts fun?"

"There's nothing particularly fun about it. If you really want to learn something, you'll be quite busy. To be honest, there's a lot of homework," Bella Yang, currently studying at Ravenclaw House in Hogwarts, replied. She would be entering her third year soon. Entering Ravenclaw was a tradition for the Yang family of wizards.

"By the way, which house do you want to be in? Gryffindor or Slytherin?" Bella winked and said, "I heard from Mother that you have great magical talent. Do you want to be in Gryffindor or Slytherin?"