Chapter 5 - Level 3 [ part 3 ]. Bathrooms? Schedule? And who am I actually? (2/2)

I will wait for seniors or just follow some first-years. I should definitely follow the Granger girl. She is a nerd, so she should instinctively know where to go for knowledge.

Hope, she looks the same as in the film or at least similar to it, otherwise, I am screwed. I mean, it would be strange if I suddenly start asking who Hermione Granger is. But, if I will have no choice, I will do that. Shame? I never heard about it!

So, I delved deep into the reading. After nearly an hour of reading the book, which I read pretty deeply, I noticed somebody's presence near me. I looked up from the book and saw a girl, that looked similar to a person in the movie, which makes sense. In a movie, all actors have perfect makeup, lighting and all that. Even kids, I bet. This girl looked more like an ordinary girl from the neighborhood, except for her eyes. Her eyes were sparkling with interest and excitement.

”Hello! My name is Magnus.” I said to her while putting the book to the side, remembering the page I stopped at.

She smiled and now I saw another special thing, her front teeth were slightly larger than the norm.

”Hello, my name is Hermione Granger. Nice to meet you.”

She said in a bossy tone of voice and then she added.

”Fascinating book, but didn't you read it beforehand? You should go to school prepared, you know.”

Yup, a nerd, just like me in past. Need to keep close to this live magic google.

”Literally, didn't have time. I have no family or friends, so I had to scramble for money and look for a place where I can buy all the needed equipment, books, and clothes. I finished all my buying's 2 days before the train left. And in those 2 days, I had to somehow get to the station, so now is the first breather I got since receiving this letter.”

I quickly come up with the lie, because I thought out the background beforehand. So, all I needed to do is just to add details on top of it. I did not exist in this world, beforehand anyway. She would be hard-pressed to check all this out.

Whenever I did not think about the system, I was thinking hard to create my background. Since talking with Hagrid, I was improving, modifying and expanding my background to fit all things.

So far, my background is an orphan raised in an orphanage, from where I ran away very early. I did random jobs since childhood to get money and traveled around the world while doing these jobs. Unfortunately, my past job is not helpful in this case, but I still remember a lot of math and some basic school education, despite my age. That would make me a good ȧssistant. Honestly, the background is crappy and full of holes, because one good placed question can destroy it.

Therefore, my only hope is to make the story dark, hard to hear and make people feel pity for me. And of course, that will give me a legit way to miss out on details. And if I will have a happy smile while telling the story, it will give the smartest people the feeling that I remain positive despite what I had to go through. Smart people have a tendency to overthink and come to conclusions based on small facts. And stupid ones, do not ask questions in the first place. So, all in all, I should be safe with this background. Thus, If I add details on top of it, they should be as vague and as normal as possible.

All these mental machinations, on the level of 'Oshen's friends', make my mind hurt, but I have no choice. In the world of magic, without school and education, I can die in the first few days after being expelled, if not killed during the expulsion.

Anyway, back to the conversation.

Granger has flushed red in cheeks and was a bit embarrassed by her attitude apparently.

”Sorry, I did not know.”

『 Speech 18(68) ➔ 19(69) 』

Speech is overpowered!