Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Inside the Leaky Cauldron.

Draco and his parents, Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy, emerged from the Floo network fireplace.

Due to the use of the highest-grade Floo powder, the silk robes worn by the three of them were not stained with dust and were still as bright as new.

At this time, lunch time had just passed, and the Leaky Cauldron was still almost full, and there was a strange smell in the air. A shirtless and loudly brawny man, who looks like a beggar, a drunkard who is begging the bar owner Tom to give him an extra glass of whiskey, a weirdo who wears a mask and is talking furtively, who smells of herbs and looks like The strange witch who is the old witch in fairy tales...

All this made the Leaky Cauldron extremely busy at this time.

Lucius and Draco covered their noses as soon as they stepped out of the fireplace, frowned, raised their heads slightly and pointed their nostrils at the person, looking very disgusted.

Narcissa on the side looked at the father and son who were moving in sync and couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing.

Although Draco pinched his nose, the unpleasant smell still rushed into his nose uncontrollably. He looked at the chaos in the bar and couldn't help but snorted.

He hated staying with these lowly, poor low-class people, because their family were all holy and pure pure-blood nobles.

He also hated that unpleasant smell, because his father told him that the name of this smell was lowliness, and it was the smell that belonged only to the lower class.

All this forced him to leave the Leaky Cauldron as soon as possible.

However, one poster stopped him in his tracks.

This is a red poster with a simple white line drawing the shape of a Coke bottle and a line of small words.

Happiness is so simple!

And on that bottle, it also says: Dolphin's Magic Drink.

Dolphin's magic drink?

Draco was stunned for a moment. Wasn't this the most popular magical drink in Hogwarts last year? Now it has been sold off campus?

Lucius and Narcissa saw that their son's attention was attracted by the poster, and they also looked upward. Lucius showed a thoughtful look at this look.

"I finally remembered! When I read the Daily Prophet this morning, I thought the name looked familiar! Isn't Dolphin the child from the family that we humiliated at the Christmas dinner?" Lucius said suddenly, "That family full of idiots actually started a beverage business, tsk tsk! Narcissa, do you still remember the way they knelt in front of us that night and asked us to lend them money? Such a family is simply serving the interests of pure-blood nobles. Disgraceful name!”

Upon hearing this, Narcissa quickly looked around, and when she saw that no one was paying attention to them, she pulled her husband's arm and whispered, "Don't say such things here, there are so many people watching."

Lucius looked at his still charming wife, a smile reappeared on his face, and he gently held Narcissa's hand.

"Mike sells this drink."

Lucius and Narcissa were stunned when they heard this, and both looked at their son, not understanding what he meant.

"Mike Townley. We met at the Foley family's Christmas dinner before." Draco continued, "Although I don't know why this drink is called Dolphin, it is indeed Mike's property. He has already I started selling it in school when I was in the first grade. It tastes good and has a refreshing effect, so it sells very well."

After hearing this, Lucius finally came to his senses. The look he looked at the poster suddenly changed from contempt to appreciation, and said, "Oh! It turns out to be Little Mac's industry! Then we must support it. Tom, come here Two dozen of this magic drink.”

When he heard Lucius greeting him, Tom immediately got rid of the drunkard who was still entangled with him. He walked up to Lucius and said to him: "Dear Mr. Lucius, I'm really sorry. , I don’t have this kind of magic drink in my store, we just paid advertising fees so we put the poster here.”

"Really? Let's go then."

Seeing that there was nothing he wanted, Lucius quickly left the bar with Draco and Narcissa.

No matter what, Lucius felt that if he didn't leave, he would be stink of the lowly smell in the bar.

Tom watched the Malfoy family get together, knocked his head in annoyance, and said to himself: "Today is the twentieth day. Is this Dolphin's drink really so delicious? No, neither can I." We need to find that guy who buys ads to buy some goods!"

…

On the other side, Draco waited until he reached Diagon Alley before letting go of his pinched nose and took a deep breath.

But he was only halfway through taking a deep breath when he was surprised to find that the entire Diagon Alley had become a sea of ​​red, with posters of Dolphin's Magic Drink posted everywhere.

"What a generous move..."

Lucius looked at the red eyes and murmured.

Narcissa looked at her husband tenderly and said softly: "Do you want to go find a place to buy some first?"

"No, we can support Mike's industry anytime, but the most important thing for me right now is to accompany you to look at clothes."

As soon as she heard this, the affection in Narcissa's eyes was so strong that she couldn't get rid of it. She pecked Lucius's face lightly on the street, and received a hug from her husband.

Draco looked at his disgusting parents, shook the goosebumps on his arms and said, "You go pick out clothes first, and I'll go shopping!"

Lucius suddenly turned his head to look at his son, and the sweetness in his eyes changed to sternness, warning: "Don't go to Knockturn Alley! If I know that you dare to go in alone..."

Draco shuddered. Although his father's last part was not spoken, he had already received the warning contained in his words.

So Draco agreed humbly, and finally got Lucius's consent before running away.

Draco, who was far away from his parents, finally put a smile on his face again. He shuttled nimbly among the crowd like a fish and rushed to his destination, the Quidditch shop.

To be honest, Draco had a very hard time this summer. Because he failed in the final exam, he was banned from home for tutoring. He only had to eat and sleep every day to learn all kinds of knowledge.

If nothing else, this situation will continue until school starts, but thankfully he has a doting mother.

His mother, Narcissa, persuaded his father to take her to Diagon Alley for shopping on the pretext of buying clothes, and he could finally see the fastest flying broomstick he had dreamed of, the Firebolt.

Finally, Draco arrived at the door of the Quidditch shop out of breath. Without even taking a breath, he lay on the window display and glanced at the streamlined shape of the Firebolt with fiery eyes.

'If I could have a Firebolt, neither Harry Scarhead nor Mike the Terrible would be my match! ’

Draco was thinking this with tears in his eyes, but soon he woke up from his sweet dream, and his originally excited mood also dropped.

It was impossible for his father to buy it for him, because he already had Nimbus 2001, and his father also spent a lot of money to get himself into the school team last year. But these are not the main reasons.

The main reason is actually that he did not get the first grade in the exam.

Draco sighed helplessly. His grades were actually not bad, at least he was in the top 20 in his grade. But their parents...

Shaking his head to get rid of these random thoughts, Draco cheered up again.

Even if you can't get the Firebolt, it's still good to just take a look.

However, at this moment, he suddenly discovered something strange.

He was the only one in front of the display window that should normally be crowded with children!

Draco glanced around in confusion, and finally found the group of little kids who hung out in the Quidditch shop all day long.

I saw that there was already a long queue in front of the Florin cold drink shop. The queue stretched from the shop to the street, and then disappeared from sight after turning a corner in the distance.

Draco curiously stepped forward to check, and saw a small sign hanging next to the sign of the cold drink shop, which read: The new flavor of Dolphin's Magic Drink is on sale in mid-summer, priced at 2 gold Galleons and 5 silver Nats/1 bottle, limited to 1,000 bottles.

Draco suddenly realized this, and the look he looked at those waiting in line became contemptuous.

Dolphin's magic drink? I've long been tired of drinking it, and it just tastes like that.

But since there is a new flavor, do you want to buy a bottle and try it?

Just do it if you think about it, otherwise you will be defeated if you hesitate!

Draco originally had the character to do whatever he thought of, and the strong strength of the Malfoy family also gave Draco the confidence to be willful.

Naturally, a rich man like Draco wouldn't queue up stupidly. He went straight to a young man who didn't look very wealthy in ordinary clothes. He had just bought Dolphin's Magic Drink and was about to drink it. He took out five gold Galleons and slapped them in front of him.

"I'll pay five galleons for the drink in your hand!"

Draco raised his head high, imitating his father's posture.

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then he took the five gold coins as if flying, and then stuffed the bottle containing the magic drink into Draco's arms.

Draco felt the cold touch in his hands, looked at the transparent liquid with bubbles in the glass bottle, and couldn't help but laugh.

"It seems to be somewhat interesting."

Draco said this very loudly, instantly attracting the attention of the people queuing around him.

Everyone looked at Draco with envy, and some of the younger children even swallowed.

Draco enjoyed the envious looks from around him, smiled, opened the bottle cap and drank.

"oh!"

Mike added a lot of soda water and sugar to the Fat House Happy Edition of Dolphin's Magic Drink, which carried a lot of carbonic acid and flowed into Draco's throat. The sweet taste and stimulating feeling instantly conquered Draco.

"ha!"

Draco drank half the bottle in one go before giving up and letting out a deep breath. Draco felt happier than ever before!

The classic happy combination of carbonic acid and sugar combined with the original stimulating effect of Dolphin Magic Drink, this is simply double happiness!

"Gulu"

Everyone who was queuing up next to him all drooled at the sight. Draco's eating appearance was so tempting that they all had the urge to step forward and grab the half bottle of Dolphin's Magic Drink.

At this moment, Draco also noticed their fiery looks. He quickly raised the glass bottle and drank it all. Finally, he smiled evilly and showed the empty bottle to those waiting in line, which received countless blank looks.

"It tastes so good! I'm going to go to my dad and ask him to buy me a lot of iced drinks! If he doesn't agree, I'll tell him that this is actually an energy drink that can cheer me up and study hard. !”

With this in mind, Draco threw away the empty bottle in his hand and rushed towards the Tuofan clothing store.

At this time, in Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, Lockhart was standing in the center of the store, posing for photos with fans.

Today is the day when his new book is released. In order to promote Dolphin's Magic Drink, Mike gave him 200 bottles of Magic Drink as event gifts along with the book. After secretly tasting ten bottles, Lockhart changed the original bundle rule of giving away the magic drink if he bought a new book to the one where he had to buy the entire set of his books before giving away the magic drink.

And Dolphin's Magic Drink did not disappoint him. In addition to his die-hard fans, there were also many rich people who were not short of money and bought a complete set of his books specifically for Dolphin's Magic Drink, which made him smile. .

"No! The 150 bottles of magic drink are almost finished. I must write to Mike immediately to replenish the stock!"

With this in mind, he quickly returned to the office in the store, picked up the peacock quill pen he carried with him, and started writing.

Scenes like this are happening in various wizarding gathering places across the UK. Mike still underestimated the purchasing power of the middle class and wealthy classes in the wizarding world. The four thousand bottles of magic drink he threw out last night were sold out in less than a day. .

Now all the partners are frantically writing letters urging them to restock quickly, and those merchants who, like Tom, initially rejected Mike's request for cooperation are also writing letters now, but they are writing letters asking for cooperation again. .

Mike sat in the spacious conference room and looked at the owls flying in the sky and couldn't help but close his eyes. There were too many letters. At first, he would read them one by one, but now, he knows what's inside without reading them. content.

"What to do, Mike. Our production can't keep up!"

The Weasley brothers looked at Mike anxiously. The current situation made the two young bourgeoisie at a loss.

At this moment, Mike suddenly opened his eyes, and his sharp eyes swept over the Weasley brothers, letting them gradually calm down before saying slowly:

"The old way."

"You mean?"

"That's right, the price will go up!"

Hearing this, the Weasley brothers looked at each other, unable to hide the excitement in their eyes.

…

In a town in southern England, Dolphin's father returned home with the Daily Prophet he had just bought.

Stupid and cowardly son, ugly and vulgar wife, nagging parents...

All these things annoyed him to death as the head of the family, and he wished that one person would reward them with a petrifying spell!

Jace is still cool, he is strong and handsome, has countless food and wine to enjoy, and can play music every night...

With this in mind, he smiled and opened the newspaper in his hand, preparing to continue reading the serial novel "Jace the Strongest Wizard" that he was following and published in the Daily Prophet.

However, when he opened the newspaper, a line of bold fonts on the front page caught his attention.

“The new flavor of Dolphin Magic Drink is shockingly launched! If you buy it now, you can also win a grand prize of 500 gold galleons!”

Although I update once a day, this one is a big chapter of 4,000 words...