In the next few days, the Delacour family and the Anderson family actually got together. The initial communication between the two sides was not smooth. Mr. Delacour used broken English and gestures to communicate with Herb.
Perhaps, because of their Veela bloodline, the Delacour family is very kind to ordinary people, somewhat similar to the Weasley family.
Mr. Delacour often brings his family to the resort to ski. He is very familiar with the surroundings of the resort and introduced many local specialties and fun places to the Anderson family.
However, Nia's face has not been very good. Louise has been pestering Albert recently and occasionally teasing him, which is really irritating.
The two of them communicated in French again, leaving Nia completely unable to get a word in.
The Andersons found that their son had become a little strange. During their communication with the Delacours, they never expected that Albert was so famous in the wizarding world.
The two couldn't help but feel worried about this, as being famous when you are young is not a good thing.
Mr. Delacour expressed his understanding and did not forget to comfort the Andersons, telling them that Albert's fame in the wizarding world was limited to the academic world.
In fact, Mr. Delacour did not understand why Albert was so famous. In the end, he attributed it to the fact that Albert maintained contacts with many famous wizards in the wizarding world.
Friends of academic bigwigs are usually not too bad.
If it was just one-sided, not many people would pay attention, but the areas Albert involved were too broad.
When these wizards were communicating, they inadvertently talked about Albert and were surprised to find that they all knew this person.
Naturally, they would become interested, exchange questions with each other, collect information about Albert, and remember Albert as a genius.
After all, the Anderson family did not stay in the resort until the end of the summer vacation and flew back to the UK at the end of July.
There is no way. Nia is about to go to college. Whether she goes to Hogwarts or other schools in the future, she needs to prepare in advance.
The only thing that made Albert depressed was that the weather became even hotter after he returned to the UK. He was used to the comfortable low temperatures in the resort, but after returning home, he was a little uncomfortable with the high temperatures in the UK.
The hot weather makes people irritable, especially as August approaches. Nia becomes more and more anxious, like a prisoner about to be brought to court. The letter from Hogwarts will be her final judgment.
Albert could understand Nia's anxiety. Just like the college entrance examination in her previous life, that kind of anxiety and boredom was really terrible, let alone for an eleven-year-old child.
Even though Albert had tried his best to comfort her, he was unable to change the girl's anxious mood. Every time she saw an owl flying over, Nia would rush to get the letter, wanting to see the result first.
Albert had to put down the holiday homework at hand, focus more on Nia, and try to distract her with other things.
"Do you want to play games?" Albert shook the game console in his hand. This was the Tetris game console he asked Herb to buy.
Well, the kind that only has one game in it.
Albert tried to divert Nia's attention with games, but the effect was not very good.
"If you really can't wait to know the result, I can write to you and ask." Albert put the game console on the table, moved Tom who was lying next to him to the side, and said calmly: "I know the deputy dean of Hogwarts. If you really can't wait, I can help you ask Professor McGonagall, the witch who came to us last time."
"Really?" Nia's eyes flickered, but soon dimmed. Albert knew what Nia was afraid of.
"Of course. If you want to know!" Albert looked into Nia's eyes and said softly, "But no matter what the result is, you must accept it and stop getting angry."
"Yeah!" Nia nodded repeatedly.
Albert went back to the room to get a quill and wrote a letter to Professor McGonagall.
After he finished writing the letter, he handed it to Nia, who took it and read it softly:
Dear Professor McGonagall,
My sister Nia Anderson is of Hogwarts school age and she is troubled by this matter recently. Can you tell me whether she has been admitted to Hogwarts
—Albert Anderson
"Is that all?" Nia looked at Albert in confusion. She didn't expect that asking would be so simple.
"Professor McGonagall is the deputy dean and is responsible for handling the admission of new students. The best way is to ask her directly." Albert handed the letter to Sheila and explained to Nia.
“How long will it take?”
Albert touched the girl's head and said softly, "Don't worry, there will be a reply soon."
Albert felt that Professor McGonagall's reply would probably be sent together with the letter, and he wrote this letter purely to comfort Nia.
"Okay, you play the game console for a while. This will be your only chance after school!" Albert stuffed the game console into Nia's hand, went to the kitchen to pour her a glass of Coke, and put two ice cubes in it.
He poured himself a glass as well, took a long sip, and then pulled today's Daily Prophet from under Tom's butt.
Albert couldn't remember when Quirrell broke into Gringotts to steal the Philosopher's Stone.
However, he knew that once this happened, the Daily Prophet would definitely report it. Even if the goblins wanted to conceal it, they could not hide it from those reporters who always wanted to make big news.
The next morning, while the Andersons were having breakfast, Professor McGonagall's reply arrived, or rather, the letter from Hogwarts arrived.
There was only one letter to Albert, and Professor McGonagall's reply was placed in that letter.
The smile on Nia's face disappeared instantly, and tears filled her eyes. She knew that she was not admitted to Hogwarts.
There is no doubt that she has no magical talent.
Albert sighed softly, opened the envelope, found Professor McGonagall's reply, glanced at the contents of the letter, and handed it to Nia.
The girl took the note tremblingly. Herb and Daisy looked at each other and saw each other's relieved expressions.
"Okay, Nia, don't be sad. Even if you can't go to Hogwarts, you can still go to other schools." Daisy hugged Nia in her arms and comforted her softly, "You have expected this a long time ago, haven't you?"
yes!
I've known this since a long time ago.
This reply letter only cut off Nia's last bit of hope.
"Cry if you want to!" Albert patted Nia's back gently and said softly, "You will feel better after crying."
"Why? I just can't do it!" Nia was very unwilling. She also wanted to go to Hogwarts to learn magic.
yes!
Why
There has never been any fairness in this world.
It is so cruel.
Albert had known this for a long time and was used to it.
However, it was still so cruel to an eleven-year-old girl.
"Do you remember our agreement?" Albert said after Nia finished crying, "From now on, help me manage things here, okay?"