American Comics: Starting with Muggle Wizards

Today is July 1st, the day the Hogwarts acceptance letters are delivered. Most of the people passing by in Diagon Alley are like the Granger family.

It was mostly adults walking on the street with their children.

When Harvey arrived at Flourish and Blotts, he found that the entrance was already crowded with customers.

The children's chattering and noise drifted through the bookstore entrance, which was quite irritating.

"With so many people, why don't we go buy something else first?" Granger's father hesitated, feeling that he couldn't possibly squeeze into the crowded bookstore with his child.

"No! Books are the ladder of human progress, Dad, isn't that what you've always taught me? So our first stop must be buying books!" Hermione shouted.

My dear daughter is so persistent; I bet she won't leave until she squeezes into the bookstore today.

Reluctantly, Granger's father had no choice but to agree.

The Grangers held their two children's hands tightly as they struggled to squeeze into the bookstore entrance.

Once inside Flourish and Blotts, everyone was surprised to find that the space was surprisingly spacious.

Although there are indeed many customers, the bookstore, which looks very small from the outside, has an interior space of at least 200 square meters.

Many customers lingered in front of the rows of bookshelves filled with the fragrance of ink. Apart from the noise of children, the overall atmosphere was actually quite quiet.

"This bookstore is so big!" Granger's mother exclaimed in surprise.

A middle-aged woman, dressed in an old wizard's robe and also holding a child's hand, passed by. Hearing the surprised exclamation, she kindly stopped and explained:

"This is because the bookstore has cast a seamless stretching spell, making the interior space more spacious."

"Is the Unseen Stretching Charm magic? And who is this wizard...?" The Grangers looked curiously at the person who was answering their questions.

The middle-aged woman, holding her child's hand, began to introduce herself in a very familiar manner.

"Hello, I'm Molly Weasley. I've brought my child to buy Hogwarts prep materials. I'm sure you're here to buy materials too, right?"

Seeing that the other person was also holding a child, Molly Weasley's mother understood.

"Oh yes...what a coincidence, we're also here to buy textbooks..."

Granger's mother took a liking to this enthusiastic middle-aged mother, and the two mothers, who were close in age, began to chat warmly.

Chapter 10 The young people are still too young

Harvey and Hermione also politely greeted the boy that Mrs. Molly was leading.

"Hello, I am Hermione Granger, a first-year student at Hogwarts."

“Harvey Ferguson, a freshman.”

"Hello, my name is Ron Weasley, and I am also a new student at Hogwarts."

Harvey's tone was rather cold, because he had already recognized the tall, thin, and somewhat clumsy man with the Weasley family's signature red hair as Ron Weasley.

This guy is Harry Potter's future best friend, and... Hermione's future husband.

That's why Harvey wouldn't give his rival the slightest bit of a friendly look.

Ron could also tell that the brown-haired boy opposite him was obviously a bit cold towards him, so he gave a polite greeting, and the atmosphere became awkward.

Ultimately, it was Hermione, who suffers from social arrogance, who broke the deadlock.

"Hey Ron, is your mom a wizard too? She must know a lot of magic, right?"

"I really envy wizarding families like yours. It's a pity my parents are Muggles..."

"And learning magic is just too difficult. Even the simplest Flurry spell took me two whole weeks to learn..."

Hermione's questions came out like a machine gun, one after another, and Ron didn't know which one to answer first.

Moreover, Hermione spoke so fast that Ron, whose face was covered in freckles, only caught the last question.

"Learn spells?" Ron looked puzzled. "That's something you'd consider after you enroll."

“Without the guidance of professors at school, how can young wizards like us learn spells?”

"Besides, I don't see any of you even have wands. How are you going to learn spells without wands?"

"Hmm?" Hermione's eyes narrowed, her gaze fierce and somewhat frightening at such a young age. She stared at Ron and demanded, "You can't learn magic without a wand? Who said that?"

She had studied magic with Harvey for two whole weeks. If she couldn't use magic without a wand, then she had been cheated.

It's worth noting that she had to pay a "huge" price each time—a kiss—in exchange for Harvey's short two-hour "tutoring session."

Did Harvey take advantage of me for nothing?

Hermione, her cheeks puffed out in anger, stared intently at Ron, making everyone else feel a little embarrassed.

After all, Hermione is quite pretty by the standards of children her age.

Ron, who had been single for eleven years, was questioned up close by a delicate and lovely girl. He didn't dare to look her in the eye, and his face even turned red.

But under the increasingly stern gaze of the other party, a slightly embarrassed Ron quickly replied:

"Of course you can't learn magic without a wand, isn't that common sense that everyone knows?"

"Is this common sense?" Hermione asked seriously.

“Yes…that’s common sense!” Ron was a little shy at first, but his tone became very certain later on.

Because in his understanding, this is the truth.

When Harvey noticed that Hermione was looking at him suspiciously, he had to step forward and explain himself.

"Cough cough..."

Before explaining, Harvey casually picked up a book titled "The Theory of Wandless Spellcasting" from a two-meter-tall bookshelf.

"To be honest, young people are still too young and inexperienced."

"Who says you can't cast spells without a wand? This book clearly explains the theory of wandless spellcasting."

"If you don't believe it, just look!"

With that, Harvey handed the book to Hermione to prove that he was absolutely not lying.

"Let me see?" Hermione took the book with some skepticism, flipped through a couple of pages, and glanced at it.

She couldn't understand much of the content, but she could understand the large characters on the prologue.

[Wandless spellcasting, as a high-level method of magical use, is more difficult to learn than silent spellcasting, and also carries the risk of spells going out of control. Every adult wizard reading this book should proceed according to their abilities...]

"An adult wizard?"

After reading the prologue, Hermione remained silent for a moment, then took a deep breath with a blank expression.

Then... he suddenly turned around and punched Harvey in the nose!

"Ow..."

Harvey, who considered himself agile, was unable to dodge Hermione's sneak attack.

Just a moment ago, he actually wanted to dodge, but he was frozen in place by an invisible force.

So Harvey could only watch helplessly as a pink fist drew ever closer into his field of vision...

Even though his nose was almost knocked crooked, and he was clutching his injured nose, Harvey was still trying to prove his innocence.

"To be honest, you just cast the Freeze Charm without using a wand, isn't that wandless spellcasting?"

Harvey sounded aggrieved.

What is happening to this world?

What about trust between people?

"It was clearly your own stupidity that you didn't dodge, yet you're making excuses by saying I cast a spell to freeze you?"

Seeing Harvey in pain with tears streaming down his face, Hermione's anger subsided, and her tone softened.

But she turned her head away, not wanting to look at this annoying guy anymore.

She vowed that she would never believe Harvey's nonsense again.

Hearing their conversation, Ron hesitated for a moment before stepping in to stand by Harvey's side and say, "Uh... Miss Hermione, I actually just noticed that you unintentionally used a freezing charm..."

"Really?" Hermione glanced at Ron sideways, her eyes full of suspicion.

Just as Ron was about to explain, Mrs. Molly came over and called out, "Children, come here quickly, the first-grade textbooks are all bought!"

Upon hearing this, Hermione immediately turned her attention to her parents, and seeing that they were also carrying a pile of books, she quickly went over to help them.

"Mom, are all the textbooks I need for first grade and the books I asked for here?"

“Of course, child, come here too, your books are here.” Mrs. Granger handed a pile of books she was holding to her daughter and Harvey.

“Thank you, Mrs. Granger!” Harvey accepted the book and politely thanked her.

He glanced at the books and saw that they were all first-year textbooks such as "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration," "Standard Spells, Beginner," and "Magic Potions and Elixirs."

Among Hermione's pile of books, there were also several more that she had specifically requested, such as "Hogwarts: A History of the School" and "Modern Magic Theory".

"Thank you, Mom!" Hermione said, holding the stack of books in one hand and rummaging through the books in her arms with the other.

Some books have covers engraved with mysterious patterns, and some are even made of dragon skin, giving them a magical feel.

She was almost too eager to open it and take a look.

After handing the book to Ron, Mrs. Molly said warmly to the Grangers:

"Mrs. Granger, you're probably going to buy wands next, right? We've already bought them, so we'll part ways here. Let's chat again next time."

"Alright, goodbye Mrs. Molly!"

Mrs. Granger responded politely.

At that moment, in Lady Granger's heart, the magical world, apart from the ugly monsters, still had at least some kind people who brought warmth to people's hearts.

Chapter 11 Ollivander's Wand Shop

“Hermione, Harvey, it was nice to meet you both. I have to go with my mom now. See you at the start of the school year!” Ron said.

"How happy?" Harvey suddenly asked.

Ron was stunned.