Chapter 2 - Diagon Alley (1/2)
Early in the morning, just as the sun rose in the sky, Neal woke up while still closing his eyes. he mumbled while smiling, ”Isle, you know I had a crazy dream last night. In the dream, the orphanage got caught in a fire somehow and Ms. Anne called me a devil and wanted to kill me.
Then I met that old man who claims that I'm a wizard and said that I was accepted in some Magic school. What's strange is that I even accepted his offer and teleported to London, funny isn't it?”.
Isle replied, ”hiss...hisss...hiss..”. Neal immediately rubbed his eyes and looked at his surroundings. He asked Isle, ”so that wasn't a dream?”. Isle nodded its head.
After a while, Neal decides to come downstairs to ask the receptionist more about the Wizarding world as he literally knew nothing about it.
As he opened the door, he was surprised to find the receptionist kneeling before the door. Neal was shocked to see this kind of scene first thing in the morning. He asked, ”what happened?”. The receptionist bowed, ”I'm extremely sorry. I didn't know that you are heir to the House of Slytherin. Please forgive me”. Neal who was confused by his behavior replied, ”first of all, please get up. Then explain it clearly so that I can understand”.
He shook his head, ”no, Sir. I can't. I'm being punished by a curse spell. Unless Sir forgives me, I can't get up”. Neal mumbled, ”what a weird kind of magic”. He looked at him and said, ”fine. I forgive you. Now get up”.
The receptionist burst into tears of happiness as he was being forced to kneel from midnight to the morning. He got up in a hurry and bowed again, ”Thank you very much, Sir”.
After telling about the reason why he was kneeling, Neal asked curiously, ”is the Slytherin family that powerful?”. He replied, ”no, the family disappeared after Gaunt House, a branch of Slytherin house rose in status.
According to history, it's been at least four centuries, since a legitimate heir one was last seen. That's why I didn't think you were the direct descendent and just thought of you as one who has the same last name.
There have been a lot of others who took after Hogwarts founders' surnames. But it seems you were the real heir. That's why my master punished me like that after hearing you were given a normal room”.
Neal then asked, ”how do you know whether I'm a legitimate heir of the House of Slytherin? Just now, you told it's been a few centuries since it disappeared and there are a lot of people who took after surnames of the Founders.
Who knows. Maybe I'm just a descendant of those fake ones”. He replied, ”that I do not know of. You need to ask my master about it”. Both of them went downstairs to meet the owner of the hotel he is staying in.
As they reached the bottom, a man in his 30's, Tall, short blond hair wearing a long coat smiled while he raised his hand for a handshake, ”Hello, I'm Edward Fawley, nice to meet you”.
After Neal greeted him back, Edward said, ”since Dumbledore sent you here, I guess you are my responsibility from now onwards and he also trusts me just as he trusts those Red hairs”.
Neal was taken back and asked, ”Red hairs? who are they?”. Edward replied, ”Weasleys. They too are pureblood like us but how should I say this. They lack the dignity of being one. Anyway, forget about them.
We still have nearly two and a half months left. Until then, I'll try my best to teach you all kinds of things about the Wizarding world. Ok, let me see the required things stated in the letter”.
As Neal gave the letter to him, Edward looked over everything, ”hmm, uniform, okay. First-year course books. Wand, a cauldron, 1 set glass, a telescope, and 1 set brass scales. Lastly, a pet”.
He frowned on that part. Edward glanced at the snake around Neal's left hand. Neal who saw his expression asked, ”Is there something wrong with the list?”. Edward replied, ”well, I forgot that snake can't be allowed as a pet to the school. Moreover, a venomous snake like this one”.