The first day of the Christmas holidays.

  This is absolutely wonderful! Hoare said to himself.

  The night before, Headmaster Dumbledore had sent Hoare a message via a Thousand Paper e, arranging to meet at the school gate at he m.

  They were going to Diagon Alley to get Hoare his destined wand.

  Early in the m, Hoare put on his est and tidiest clothes to show his seriousness.

  "Hahaha, Henry, you look very excited," Dumbledore said when he arrived, finding Hoare had already been waiting for half an hour.

  He couldn't help it. Ever since receiving Dumbledore's Thousand Paper e the previous day, Hoare had been too excited to sleep.

  He had only mao doze off briefly at dawn, waking up full of energy, as if ready to py aname of Quidditch.

  "Good m, Headmaster," Hoare said, his face betraying none of his inement.

  But Dumbledore uood. After all, he had been just as excited whe his owined wand all those years ago.

  Oh, how long ago that was.

  Dumbledore waved his hand, the school gate opened, and the two of them walked out oer the other.

  "Thank you for your hard work, Filch," Hreeted Filch warmly as they left.

  Filch looked very surprised. He g Dumbledore, who also greeted him kindly, leaving Filch puzzled as he responded with a couple of nods.

  The two tinued on their way, heading to Hogsmeade.

  Hogwarts had restris in pce, prohibiting the use of magic for teleportation, such as Apparition, within the school grounds. So, they had to reaeade before they could Apparate.

  Hoare looked at Filch, especially now that he was healthy and had a faint traagipletely different from before, a very happy.

  Of course, he was happy. After all, Filch was his first loyal er and the only one who could observe the effects up close.

  As soon as the potion was released, Filch immediately took leave to go to the potion shop in Hogsmeade to buy it.

  Oernoon of the potion's release, Hoare could already sense a hint of magi Filch.

  Afterward, Hoare even wandered around the school gate twice during the day and took night walks just to feel the magi Filch.

  Filch's magic gradually increased, finally stabilizing at a certain level. Although Hoare was still not satisfied, as even a normal third-year student had more magic than him.

  But clearly, Filch was extremely satisfied, his once gloomy faow beaming with joy.

  It scared the Weasley twins so much that they didn't dare to py pranks for several days.

  "Filch is very grateful to the person who ied the potion," Dumbledore said with a hint of gratification in his voice, as it was his student who ied the potion.

  It would solve a millennia-old problem in the wizarding world.

  Hoare was also very pleased. "His tinued support is the best gratitude to the ior."

  A bottle of short-term Squib Potion, effective for three days, riced at 5 Galleons.

  If you bought a month's supply at o only cost 50 Galleons, with an additional three bottles as a bonus.

  Affordable and very cost-effective.

  Ihe potion's final name was quite straightforward: Short-term Squib Potion.

  It must be said, Lucius Malfoy was a very shrewd businessman.

  Upon hearing the name, he immediately wrote to Draco, asking him to inquire if Hoare po release a long-term version.

  Unfortunately, Hoare had no iion of sharing his pns with them, as the long-term potion would involve the Philosopher's Stone, which was quite a frightening matter.

  However, uedly, besides Squibs, other wizards also purchased it.

  It was said that a wizard, out of curiosity or skepticism, took a family member's short-term Squib Potion and was surprised to find that his long-stagnant magic had actually increased.

  Though not by much, he was certain it had indeed increased.

  After tinuously taking it for a while, he went to St. Mungo's for a check-up, and pared to the previous year, his magic had increased by 1.83%!

  Do not uimate this 1.83% growth rate.

  You must know, for an adult wizard, their magily decreases and never increases, but now!

  This potion turhe impossible into possible.

  With St. Mungo's endorsement, the short-term Squib Potion quickly became a hot odity.

  The first batch of potions sold out quickly, and the sed batch, still in produ, was already fully reserved.

  Even many nobles and institutions, like the Ministry of Magid St. Mungo's, pced rge orders, even extra moo jump the queue.

  Hoare had always thought that this was Lucius Malfoy, the board of governors' business director, and Draco's father, who had arranged for someoo promote it.

  Later, after Dumbledore's verification, it turned out to be true.

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  Crossing the bridge, the two arrived at an open space.

  Dumbledore took out his wand aended his hand. "Henry, are you ready? It might be a bit unfortable."

  Hoare aking Dumbledore's hand. "I'm ready. I've read about it in books."

  His family used to travel via the Floo work, which didn't require any magid even Squibs could use Floo Powder.

  Dumbledripped Hoare's hand tightly, flicked his wand, and Hoare instantly felt like he was being sucked through a drain, his whole body pressed into a ball.

  Twisting and turning, the sensation was like being a towel wrung out repeatedly.

  Just as Hoare was about to lose it, he felt his feet touch the ground.

  What felt like a long time was actually less than a minute.

  With Dumbledore's help, Hoare stood up straight, then followed his body's rea to find a er and threw up.

  "Ugh..."

  "Hahaha, it's always like this the first time. You'll get used to it," Dumbledhed heartily at Hoare's embarrassed state.

  Usually so fident, Hoare now looked like a child.

  Hoare took the handkerchief Dumbledore handed him and wiped his mouth vigorously. He secretly vowed to i a fortable and fast mode of travel.

  Once he posed himself, Hoare finally had the ce to look around. The surroundings were unfamiliar, like a secluded alley.

  When he looked up, he could see the pointed roof of a distant building, the iic structure of Diagon Alley, Gringotts, a wizard bank run and managed by goblins.

  "Let's go, Henry. We'll get your wand and theo Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour for some ice cream. I hear they have a new fvor that's quite good," Dumbledore said, waving his haedly and striding forward eagerly.

  Hoare quickly followed. Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour?

  I must get a huge chocote ice cream with lots of raspberries and crushed nuts on top!

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