Chapter 222: Early Visit

In the evening, Mr. Weasley and the other children returned home.

Mr. Weasley was happy to see Arthur and told him about his other two boys.

"This is Bill; he's a curse breaker in Egypt for Gringotts Wizarding Bank. And this is Charlie; he works as a dragonologist in Romania."

Mr. Weasley said.

Bill was a cool and thin young man who shook hands with Arthur, while Charlie looked taller and fit the image of a Quidditch captain.

After a short introduction, Arthur asked Charlie, "Are you working at the Black Sea Dragon Farm?"

Charlie looked surprised and said, "Yes, that's where our dragon farm is. How did you know?"

Arthur hadn't expected this coincidence.

The Black Sea Dragon Reserve was the place Alia had given him as a Christmas gift, and Charlie was now his employee.

"Oh, I heard people mentioning that dragon reserve."

Arthur said, not revealing the truth and instead giving a casual response.

Charlie didn't doubt him, and he said mysteriously that Arthur and his brothers were on the side.

"Hogwarts is going to have some big events this year. Your days ahead will be exciting."

With just that sentence, everyone's curiosity was piqued.

But Charlie wouldn't answer their questions, which made Ginny so angry that she gave him a hard pat.

After dinner, Molly pulled Arthur aside.

"Arthur, in the next few days, we plan to go and pick up Harry. This is a letter I wrote for his uncle's family. I'm not sure how to send it in a Muggle way. Can you take a look and see if this will work?"

Molly handed him the letter.

Arthur took the letter with a strange expression.

The envelope was covered with numerous stamps, except for a small square with the address of the Dursley family and the receiver's name.

"I think it's fine, but you used quite a lot of stamps."

Arthur said as he handed the letter back to Molly with an awkward smile.

Molly was happy.

"Oh, so we don't need that many stamps? I thought sending a letter in a Muggle way was expensive. But why don't they use owls?"

Arthur didn't respond, feeling that these pure-blood wizarding families were somewhat out of touch with modern things.

Later in the evening, Arthur didn't stay at the Burrow but went back to his suitcase inside the tent.

While he enjoyed the warm atmosphere at the Burrow, he couldn't help but criticize the living conditions there.

"Nagini, would you like to go watch the Quidditch World Cup?"

Arthur asked, comfortably lying in the bathtub while the young house-elf was helping him with his bath.

Nagini was taken aback; she had heard of Quidditch but had never seen it.

Being curious about this popular wizarding sport, she cautiously asked, "Is that possible?"

"Of course, as I said before, you can go wherever you want."

Arthur replied, warming her heart, and she smiled in response.

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Privet Drive

The atmosphere was tense, and Vernon Dursley was feeling extremely annoyed.

He had received a letter from Molly, and a group of wizards was coming to visit his home today.

At first, he didn't want to agree to go to a Quidditch match with Harry. He had always treated Harry by the code, "If Harry is unhappy, I'm happy."

However, the thought of Harry leaving his house two weeks earlier made him reluctantly give in.

"I hope you'll tell them to dress appropriately. I don't want my neighbors to see a bunch of weirdos at my place. And by the way, how are they coming to my house?"

Vernon grumbled and questioned Harry, who hadn't thought about this.

"Ding-dong!"

The doorbell rang, and Harry's face brightened as he rushed to open the door while the Dursley family looked somewhat flustered.

Opening the door, Arthur was there, and he was dressed like a normal Muggle.

"Arthur? Why is it only you? I mean, where are Ron and the others?"

Harry looked around after seeing Arthur, wondering why Ron and the rest hadn't arrived.

"They're coming in a different way. I came early."

Arthur replied.

Earlier that morning, Arthur had asked if he should bring Ron and the others, but Mr. Weasley refused, saying it was already arranged in the letter, so Arthur came alone.

When Harry brought Arthur inside, Vernon was relieved to see a normal-looking Arthur.

"You're here to take Potter, right? You can leave now."

Vernon said.

Arthur handed him a business card and said, "Sorry, some others haven't arrived yet, but they'll be here soon."

Vernon glanced at the card and exclaimed, "Gaunt Finance? Why do you have their card?"

As a company executive, Vernon knew about investment firms, and Gaunt Finance was a well-known company in recent years with no history of failed projects or stocks.

"My name is Arthur Gaunt, and that company is one of mine. As a token of gratitude for taking care of Harry, you can call the number on it and mention my name; they'll know what to do."

"Of course, I also hope that in the future you treat Harry with more respect and consider his opinions."

Vernon swallowed nervously. He hadn't expected a bigshot like Arthur to be present in Harry's peculiar world of magic school.

He realized that if his company could receive an investment from Gaunt Finance, his career would rise to another level.

"O-of course we'll treat Potter the way we treat Dudley. You can trust us."

Vernon hurriedly nodded, carefully storing the business card away, and asked Petunia to prepare dessert for Arthur.

Sitting on the couch, Harry looked gratefully at Arthur and asked in a low voice, "How come you have company in the Muggle world?"

Arthur answered with a trace of arrogance, "You know, I'm an orphan, and if I want to live a better life, I have to open a random company to make some money."

Upon hearing this, Harry was left speechless, realizing he shouldn't have asked. He cursed himself for falling for Arthur's tricks once more.

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