The Real Hogwarts Chapter 64 Smith
Dumbledore left with the boy named Randy Smith.
In addition to Fox's feather and Polyjuice Potion, he also left Jon a handful of hair cut from Smith's head.
It was not known whether the boy's personality was natural or due to some other reason, but he just accepted everything he experienced submissively and did not ask any questions even when he was about to be taken away.
But perhaps, think about it, it is also possible that the one year he lived in Hogwarts Castle has made him completely numb to the future. His previous life was already desperate enough, and the rest, no matter how bad it is, is just death.
It is somewhat terrifying to think that a boy who is only 12 years old already has such a mentality.
This was the first time that Jon had formally come into contact with students from another Hogwarts school. It was only this time that gave him a very distinct impression of that "school" that was also named Hogwarts.
Before, he had only heard from Lily that she called the castle the Taming Farm. Only now did he realize that the name might not be an exaggeration at all.
After Dumbledore left, Jon drank the Polyjuice Potion containing Smith's hair. It didn't taste very good, like drinking a bottle of bitter gourd water. His appearance and identity had also changed.
Jon in the carriage will disappear temporarily for a year, and a mudblood student in Hogwarts Castle is replaced by a completely new person.
He needed to help Dumbledore find something in the castle.
After Voldemort occupied the original Hogwarts, perhaps due to his previous experience of being rejected by Dumbledore to serve here, he developed an almost paranoid desire to control this school.
All the teaching staff in the castle were replaced by his closest subordinates. In the Ministry of Magic, he only held an honorary title of Minister for Life, but he personally served as the headmaster of Hogwarts Castle, although he rarely stayed in the castle.
The inspection inside the castle was also extremely strict, even higher than the martial law inside the Ministry of Magic. Dumbledore and John reminded that they had tried to let adult wizards drink Polyjuice Potion and disguise themselves as students to enter the castle, but they were discovered by a spell that could detect age. The wizard named Dedalus Diggle was eventually captured and sent to the prison island called Azkaban.
Because the division of bloodlines and class rule are the basic policies of Voldemort's government, they have very precise management of the identities of every pure-blood and half-blood student. In addition, these students are not oppressed, and they have their own families. It is difficult for the Order of the Phoenix to create an identity of a half-blood or pure-blood student for John.
In contrast, almost all of the Mudbloods became orphans from the day they were brought into the castle.
The beautiful family has become a thing of the past. Even if they try their best to stand in front of their parents, their parents will only think it is strange that this strange child is crying in front of them.
When half-blood and pure-blood students go home on holiday, they have to work for free in shops all over the wizarding world. As long as they don't starve to death, no matter what kind of persecution they suffer, Hogwarts Castle and the Ministry of Magic will not intervene.
"Mudbloods" have never been treated as human beings in the current wizarding world, which makes some of Jon's actions in Hogwarts Castle more difficult to carry out, while also providing him with safe protection.
Precisely because they are as lowly as dirt, those seldom pay attention to whether the dirt 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, lying on the musty bed, didn't care much about this place. He had lived in worse living environments before, and at least he had a bed to lie on now.
It’s not that Ikmo didn’t want to provide good treatment to Smith, who originally lived here, but in today’s social atmosphere, the kindness he showed would not only fail to bring any improvement to Smith’s life, but would even likely harm him.
And now, just as he said, after John replaced Smith's identity, Aikman used the Oblivion Charm to erase all his memories of Jon and Dumbledore's visit here today, so that even if something unexpected happened to him in the future, it would not affect Jon in Hogwarts Castle.
From now on, Dumbledore is the only one in the world who knows where Jon has been and what he has done. Jon will have to rely on himself for the rest of his life.
With the dim light of the cellar, he carefully looked through the records of Smith's character and habits. Even though no one would pay special attention to a "Mudblood", he would try not to do anything that went against Smith's character.
The night gradually deepened, and the first night of changing identities passed by uneventfully.
Early the next morning, when it was just dawn, Jon got up and put on his tattered linen robe, washed up simply, and then drank a bottle of polyjuice potion with a prescribed dose, which was enough to last for 12 hours, and then climbed up to the potion shop from the cellar.
The shop was not open yet and Ikemo had not gotten up yet, but usually at this time, Smith would start his work.
He filled half a bucket of water at the sink, then picked up a mop that was almost as tall as him and began to wet clean the floor of the potion shop. After that, he had to clean the shelves where the potions were placed, as well as the windows and the cash register.
Normally, these cleaning tasks can be done thoroughly by wizards with just a cleaning spell, but for the "Mudbloods" who have no wands, they have to do it themselves, even though Smith is only 12 years old now.
It was past seven o'clock, when the store was about to officially open for business, when Aikmo came out of the bedroom. By this time, Jon had already cleaned the floor and shelves and was preparing to wipe the windows.
"Good morning, Mr. Aikmo." Jon greeted him in Smith's somewhat timid tone.
Ikmo, who no longer had any memory of Jon and the real Smith, did not notice anything unusual. He looked at Jon and nodded as a response, then opened the door of the shop.
Jon couldn't stop working, especially during the business hours of the potion shop. If he was seen slacking off by customers, they might write to Hogwarts Castle to inform the school.
These behaviors will be recorded by special people, and after school starts, depending on the number of "complaints", the castle administrator will hang the "Mudbloods" who made the mistakes in public and whip them as punishment.
