Harry's worries

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Harry and the Weasleys also needed to spend the night at the Leaky Cauldron before they could take the Hogwarts Express back to Hogwarts.

The Weasleys took Harry and Hermione to buy all the textbooks and necessities in Diagon Alley.

Hermione was still upset that Harry and Ron had not written to her for half the summer, making her miss Professor Ethan's special training.

Ultimately, they had to treat Hermione with an ice cream to reduce her anger.

The two agreed they would teach Hermione the skills Professor Ethan taught them when they returned to school.

It's a pity that this short-lived peace was broken again.

Ron rubbed his fingers in the Leaky Cauldron and kept arguing with Hermione. This year's Hogwarts book list asked them to buy a book.

The name is "The Monster Book of Monsters," and unexpectedly, this book is ultimately crazy.

When Ron saw the book, it was locked, wrestling furiously, biting and fighting aggressively, and shattered pages flying everywhere.

With his hands covered in bandages, the bookstore manager refused to help anyone with books and kept cursing the mad professor who ordered such crazy books.

Seeing that the bookstore manager was like this, Ron had to hunt for these terrifying, crazy books by himself.

Unsurprisingly, Ron got a few bites from the book.

It wasn't the worst; Hermione bought a cat at the Magic Pet Shop.

The cat's fur is thick and fluffy, but its legs are bent, and its face looks grumpy.

And it looks like it's been squashed as if it had rushed to the wall at some point.

What annoyed Ron the most was that the pesky cat seemed to target his pet, Scabbers.

The weird cat named Crookshanks took every opportunity to try to grab Ron's poor pet Scabbers and swallow it.

So Ron thought that Hermione had bought the cat against herself.

Hermione believed Ron had persecution paranoia, and the two had a heated argument.

Harry stared worriedly at the wanted notice for Sirius Black posted in the Leaky Cauldron.

Professor Eason must find out where he has gone, making him insecure.

At this moment, Ethan pushed open the door of the Leaky Cauldron and entered with a fat man in a gray-striped sweater.

"Professor Ethan!" Hermione greeted Ethan in surprise.

"Hello, Hermione, how about traveling in France?" Ethan smiled and chatted with Hermione about Hermione's summer vacation.

"Let me introduce you; this is my assistant, Mr. Jake White."

Ethan smiled and introduced Sirius, who had become a middle-aged Finnish man after drinking the polyjuice potion.

"Hello, Mr. White."

Harry, Ron, and Hermione greeted him together.

Sirius was staring straight at Harry's face at this time. This was the first time he had come into close contact with Harry in years.

"Hello, Harry."

Sirius completely ignored Hermione and Ron, who greeted him.

He stared at Harry's face as if he wanted to swallow Harry.

Sirius Black stared at Harry, and Hermione and Ron also discovered the abnormality of "Mr. White."

But Sirius wanted to do more than that. He took two steps forward as if he were trying to hug Harry.

Finally, Ethan stopped his unusual behavior.

He grabbed Sirius by the back of his sweater and dragged him back to him.

"Mr. White, he just came to the UK from a foreign country and is still jet lag." Ethan forcibly explained Sirius Black's strange behavior.

"I'll take him upstairs to rest first." After saying this, Ethan forcibly took Sirius Black to the second floor of the Leaky Cauldron.

"This guy is a weirdo!" said Ron, deeply breathing.

"Yeah, the way he looked at me."

Harry shuddered as he remembered the situation.

"Why does Professor Ethan have to find that person as his assistant?" Hermione asked suspiciously.

Harry shrugged, saying he didn't know either.

In the room on the second floor, Ethan squeezed Sirius's neck and threw him into the room.

"What are you doing? You almost exposed!" Ethan asked angrily.

"Sorry," Sirius Black rarely apologized to Ethan.

"I just didn't expect Harry to have grown so big." Sirius Black said, a little lost.

Seeing Sirius like this, Ethan couldn't keep blaming him anymore.

"If you're still trying to prove your innocence, don't do anything like this! Think what would happen if Peter Pettigrew recognized you!"

Hearing Ethan's words, Sirius nodded dejectedly to show he knew.

In the bar downstairs, Mrs. Weasley and George and Fred finally bought the textbooks needed for fifth grade.

Once back at the Leaky Cauldron, George and Fred couldn't wait to wink at Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

Then, a few people sneaked to a secluded corner of the Leaky Cauldron.

"We heard about a big thing about that Sirius Black!"

George couldn't wait to speak as soon as several people gathered.

"That Sirius Black is here for you!" George said.

Azkaban's guards said Black had been talking in his sleep for some time, always saying the same things.

"He's at Hogwarts—he's at Hogwarts."

George went out of his way to imitate the dark, hoarse voice that frightened Harry enough.

"Hey! Enough, you two! You are freaking Harry out!"

Hermione scolded George and Fred, noticing Harry's pale face.

However, what George and Fred were talking about at this time was in the mood, completely ignoring Harry's state.

"It's not the most amazing! Sirius Black is cruel!" Fred said excitedly.

"Sirius Black once killed thirteen people with a single spell!"

Hearing this, Harry's face turned even paler.

"Hey! Enough for you two!" Hermione said sharply.

At this time, George and Fred noticed the pale Harry.

"Oh my God, Harry, we didn't mean to!" George and Fred said guiltily.

"It's okay—I don't blame you—" Harry answered George and Fred in a dry voice.

"It's getting late. I'll go rest first," Harry said, walking upstairs.

"Harry, come and have dinner."

Mrs. Weasley, who didn't know the situation, roared to Harry.

"Thank you, no, I'm not hungry." Harry forced a smile.

After speaking, he returned to his room, locked the door tightly, and lay on the bed.