In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

   Chapter 65 64. Smith

   Dumbledore left with the boy named Randy Smith.

   In addition to leaving Fox's feather and Polyjuice Potion to Jon, he also has a handful of hair cut from Smith's head.

  The boy's character is not known whether it is born like this or because of other things, he accepts what he has experienced, even if he is going to be taken away, he doesn't ask much.

   But maybe thinking about it, it is also possible that the year of living in that Hogwarts castle has completely numb him to the future. The previous life is already desperate enough, and the rest is nothing more than death.

  A boy who is only 12 years old already has such a mentality, which makes people think carefully.

This is Jon's first official contact with another Hogwarts student, and it's just this time that he has a very significant understanding of that "school" that also bears the name of Hogwarts. impression.

  Before, he only heard from Lily that she called the castle the Taming Ground, but only now did he understand that this name might not be an exaggeration at all.

  After Dumbledore left, Jon drank the compound soup with Smith's hair in it. It didn't taste very good, like drinking a bottle of bitter melon water. His current appearance and identity have also changed.

  Jon in the carriage will temporarily disappear for a year, and a Mudblood student in Hogwarts Castle will be replaced by a completely new person.

  He needs to help Dumbledore find something in that castle.

  After Voldemort occupied the original Hogwarts, perhaps due to his previous experience of being rejected by Dumbledore to let him serve here, he had an almost paranoid desire to control the school.

All the teaching staff in the castle were replaced by his closest subordinates. In the Ministry of Magic, he only had the honorary title of Minister for Life, but he personally came to serve as the headmaster of Hogwarts Castle, although he basically would not stay there. in a castle.

  The review inside the castle is also extremely strict, even higher than the martial law inside the Ministry of Magic. Dumbledore and Jon reminded that they also tried to make adult wizards drink compound potion and enter the castle disguised as students, but they were discovered by a spell that could detect age. Diggle's wizard was finally captured on the prison island called Azkaban.

  Because the division of blood and class rule are the basic policies of the Voldemort government, they have very precise management of the identity of every pure-blood and mixed-race student. Coupled with the fact that these students are not oppressed, and these students have their own families, it is difficult for the Order of the Phoenix to create a mixed-blood or pure-blood student identity for Jon.

  In comparison, almost all of the "Mudbloods" have become orphans since the day they were brought into the castle.

  The beautiful family is a thing of the past. Even if they tried their best to stand in front of their parents, their parents would only think it was strange for this strange child to cry at them.

When mixed-blood and pure-blood students go home on vacation, they still have to work for free in shops all over the wizarding world. As long as they are not starved to death, no matter what kind of persecution they suffer in the middle, Hogwarts Castle and the Ministry of Magic Will not ask.

   "Mudblood" has never been regarded as a human being in the current wizarding world, which makes it more difficult for Jon to carry out some actions in Hogwarts Castle, while also providing him with safe protection.

  Because of being as humble as dirt, those noble people who step on the soil rarely pay attention to whether the soil under their feet has changed from black soil to yellow mud.

  The cellar is cold and damp, not a suitable place for people to live.

  But Jon, who was lying on the musty-smelling bed, didn't care much about it. It's not like he hasn't been in a living environment worse than this, at least he still has a bed lying on it now.

It's not that Aikemo doesn't want to provide Smith with good treatment, but in today's social atmosphere, his kindness will not bring any improvement to Smith's life, and it is even very likely that he will will kill him.

And now, as he said, after Jon replaced Smith's identity, Aikemo used the Forgetting Curse to clear all his memories of Jon and Dumbledore being here today, so that even in the future he Any accidents here will not affect Jon in Hogwarts Castle.

  From now on, Dumbledore is the only one in the world who knows where Jon went and what he did, and the rest of the day can only be up to Jon himself.

With the dim light in the cellar, he carefully read the records of the boy Smith's character and habits in his hand. Even if no one pays special attention to a "Mudblood", he should try his best not to do anything that is contrary to Smith's personality. matter.

  The night gradually deepened, and the first night of changing identities just passed smoothly.

In the early morning of the next day, when it was just dawn, Jon got up and put on the old linen robe, washed up briefly, and then drank a bottle of the compound that was assigned a dose, and the effect was enough to last for 12 hours After the potion was over, he climbed up from the cellar to the potions shop.

  The store has not yet opened, and Aikemo has not yet woken up, but usually at this time, it is the time when Smith's work starts.

  He picked up half a bucket of water by the sink, then picked up a mop that was about the height of his entire body and started to clean the floor of the potion store with wet water. After that, he had to clean the shelves where the potions were placed, as well as the windows and the cash register.

  Normal cleaning tasks for wizards can be done with just a cleaning spell, but for "mudbloods" who don't have wands, they have to do it themselves, even though Smith is only 12 years old now.

  It was more than seven o'clock, when the store was about to officially open, and Aikemo came out of the bedroom inside. At this time, Jon had already cleaned the floor and shelves, and was preparing to clean the windows.

   "Good morning, Mr. Aikemo." Jon greeted him in a timid voice like Smith's.

  Aikemo, who had no memory of Jon and the real Smith replacing him, found nothing unusual. He looked at Jon and nodded as a response, and then opened the door of the shop.

  Jon's work cannot be stopped, especially during the business hours of the potion shop. If he is seen by the customers who come to the door to be lazy, then these people may write to Hogwarts Castle to inform the school.

  These performances will be recorded by a special person. After school starts, the number of "complaints" will vary. The castle administrator will hang up the "Mudblood" who made a mistake in public and whip him for punishment.

   According to the level of the brewer, the duration of the effect of the compound decoction is also different. The longest is 12 hours or more. In the original book, the effect that Hermione brewed for the first time lasted for more than an hour.

   After finishing this chapter, it was half past two, and I couldn’t bear it any longer. I promised to add a new chapter and write it after waking up during the day.

Good night.

  (end of this chapter)