Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

The sunlight filtered through the gap in the curtains, just illuminating the noisy Golden Snitch alarm clock on the bedside table.

This alarm clock was given to Douglas by Charlie Weasley.

When the time comes, it will automatically fly to the owner's ear, and the vibration of its wings will produce buzzing sound waves. If there is no movement for more than ten minutes, it will release wake-up smoke to the sleeper.

Douglas yawned, washed up, rubbed his messy hair, and walked downstairs.

"Good morning, sir!"

PS: Golden Snitch Alarm Clock:

Maker: Charlie Weasley

Appearance: Retaining the classic walnut-sized metal sphere shape, the shell is plated with memory alloy and engraved with magical runes. The bright gold body is paired with color-changing silver wings (e.g., flame patterns, snake scales, etc. in different modes). The eyes are astrological crystals, with built-in micro-magic gears, and the tentacles are decorated with emotion-sensing fur. The base folds into a Quidditch pitch-shaped stand.

FEATURES

Basic wake-up: dual wake-up through wing vibration and "awakening smoke", supporting volume and concentration adjustment;

Intelligent tracking: locks onto the user's brain waves and automatically flies to the bedside with an error of only 0.3 seconds;

Mode switching: including 7 scene modes such as college exclusive, exam season, Quidditch training, etc.

Fun interactions: social features such as snooze punishment (high-speed flight/playing black history), couple interaction, dormitory pranks, etc.

Hidden Easter Egg: Check in continuously to unlock the platinum version appearance and time magic special effects.

Chapter 365 A Call to Bill

Dobby successfully dispelled the last trace of sleepiness in Douglas with his shrill voice.

"Morning, Dobby."

Douglas smoothed his messy hair and took the hot towel from Dobie.

"What are we eating today?"

Dobby, wearing a neatly ironed mini tuxedo, greeted and reported.

"Breakfast includes your favorite Italian rennet mushroom soup, Chinese yeast steamed minced meat and cheese lava buns, slow-cooked soft-boiled amber eggs with British spices, and Spanish golden twist baguettes.

The front page of today's Daily Prophet is about the Ministry of Magic's announcement on the implementation of your proposal..."

Douglas was stunned when he heard the food Dobby introduced.

Then I looked at the table: tofu pudding, steamed dumplings, tea eggs, and... fried dough sticks...

Douglas was speechless. Where did Dobby learn this new word from?

"Dobby, from now on, let's call these foods by their original names. These are the names only oriental nobles would use. Stop reading unreliable information."

If Dobby had not changed a lot, Douglas would never have dared to criticize him so openly. Otherwise, he would have kicked and banged him like an ordinary house-elf.

Dobby simply nodded respectfully and wrote it down in his little notebook.

Douglas asked while eating:

"Dobby, yesterday I asked you to look for a suitable workshop for making magic props. Have you found any results?"

Dobby immediately straightened his body and said:

"Sir, Dobby has inspected all the shops for sale in Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley, and there are three that meet your requirements."

Douglas nodded and said:

"Okay, then you can discuss it with Lupin and the dog and decide on a location."

At the beginning, his plan was to select some people from the graduates every year, because the output did not need to be too large.

But since werewolves are involved, let Lupin take the lead and provide some basic positions for some werewolves, which will also facilitate the management of werewolves in the future.

"Sir, you need to call Mr. Bill Weasley back at nine o'clock sharp!

Dobby is giving a special reminder because the master missed Mr. Weasley's call yesterday!"

Dobby wrung his hands nervously, as if the missed call was a personal dereliction of duty on his part.

After breakfast, I looked at the time and it was still early.

He went to the study first.

The sunlight shone on the oak desk, and fine dust particles floated in the air.

Not even nine o'clock.

He was studying some magic pattern information when the phone in the living room rang.

Then came Dobby's sharp voice:

"Sir, it's Mr. Weasley!"

He took the phone and didn't wait for Douglas to speak.

Bill Weasley's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone:

"Old Taoist! You finally answered the phone! No one answered yesterday's call. I thought you were kidnapped by some enthusiastic werewolf girl!"

Bill was Douglas's good brother at Hogwarts. After graduation, he went to Gringotts as a curse breaker. He spent all year dealing with various ancient tomb curses in Egypt. He was a ruthless man.

Dobby thoughtfully brought a chair to Douglas.

Douglas leaned back in his chair, a barely perceptible smile forming at the corner of his mouth.

"Yo, the werewolf girl isn't as attractive as Sb."

(Lao Dao, Sb, and Zhu were the nicknames of Douglas, Bill, and Charlie during their school days, mentioned in Chapter 103)

Bill chuckled on the other end of the phone:

"Hey, I knew you weren't doing this for some werewolf girl. Zhu also said that you must have fallen for some werewolf girl, which is why you're researching the wolfsbane potion.

You are a big celebrity now, and the whole European wizarding world is talking about your wolfsbane potion."

Douglas's mouth twitched. When did Lupin become a girl?

"I think Zhua has fallen in love with a dragon girl. Congratulations to the Weasley family for having another dragon bloodline, haha."

Bill also laughed:

"Haha, ahem, let's not talk about this for now.

I heard that you've been in trouble recently. It's rumored in Egypt that Greyback might be targeting you. It's just that the Auror patrols in the UK have been very strict recently, so he hasn't entered the country.

How about it, Lao Dao, do you need me to go back and support you? Zhu and I have already discussed whether we should ask for leave and go back. Let's join forces and strike first.

It’s not easy for Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic to hunt him down… Although he’s very cunning, I think if the three of us work together, we can still find him…”

Douglas felt a warm feeling in his heart. These guys seemed to be out of touch at ordinary times, but they were more reliable than anyone else at critical moments.

He could imagine Bill and Charlie's indignation, and their eagerness to rush back to England immediately.

Even though he knew that Fenrir Greyback was very powerful, he was still willing to take risks for himself and even suggested killing him.

You know, according to the general education in the wizarding world, no matter how vicious the criminals are, unless an accident occurs during a battle, they will be captured and sent to Azkaban.

Except for those who have deeply studied black magic, almost no one has the intention to kill.

Having known Bill and Charlie for so many years, neither of them had ever had the intention to kill him, but for him, the two of them actually proposed to strike first and hunt down Fenrir Greyback.

Douglas' voice was slightly hoarse.

"Alright, Sib, I appreciate your kindness, but let's not be polite with each other as brothers.

Actually, that old dog Greyback is a nuisance, but not to the point where you two should drop your jobs in Egypt and Romania and come back here to round him up."

Bill on the other end of the phone seemed a little dissatisfied:

"Old Taoist, this isn't like you! Back in the day, when we were in school and met someone we didn't like, didn't we just beat them up? You're keeping a wretch like Greyback for the New Year?"

Douglas chuckled and relaxed slightly as he leaned back in his chair.

"Times have changed. We used to be reckless, but now we have to be strategic.

Don't worry, I have no intention of letting him go. In fact, I'm going to Italy next week."

"Italy?"

Bill's tone was filled with doubt.

"Greyback went to Italy? Or what are you going to do there? Things are much more complicated there? Wait..."

Bill was silent for a few seconds on the other end of the phone, obviously digesting Douglas's words.

He knew his brother well. Since the Taoist said this, he must have had some plans in mind.

"Do you... have any plans? That guy is not easy to deal with. He is insidious, cunning, and very powerful." "You can say that."

Douglas responded vaguely. In fact, he was not ready yet. The situation over there was indeed complicated, and the Italian Ministry of Magic was not like the British Ministry of Magic, which basically had all the say.

But in order not to worry Bill, he explained:

"The Italian Ministry of Magic invited Mr. Lupin and me to come over to help deal with the werewolf issue.

I planned to lure Greyback over there as well. Besides, if we took action on British soil, it would cause too much noise and could easily affect innocent people.

The situation in Italy is complicated, so some things are easier to handle.

I plan to prepare a 'surprise' for him in Italy.

If all goes well, perhaps this problem can be solved once and for all.”

Chapter 366: Improving the Wolfsbane Potion is all for you, Bill

Bill heard the meticulousness of Douglas's plan and his reluctance to put them in danger too soon, and asked:

"Okay, old Taoist, since you said so."

Bill's tone contained a hint of regret, but more of trust.

"But you better take it easy, don't try to be a hero by yourself. If you need anything, please let us know. Zhu and I will be on standby at any time.

What kind of support do you need? Zhu and I can go there anytime. I have a few acquaintances in Italy. Although the Gringotts branch there is not large, it is still convenient for gathering information.

Douglas felt relieved when he heard that the other party no longer insisted on following him.

This time he was determined to find a way to keep Greyback in Italy. He vaguely remembered that in the original book, Bill was bitten by a werewolf in the end.

It was too long ago, and some things were not remembered clearly, and the system could not provide information in this regard, but he probably remembered it correctly.

This was also his original intention in researching the new wolfsbane potion, so that if something happened to Bill one day like in the original book, he wouldn't be in such a panic.

As a result, they accidentally developed a potion that could eliminate wolf poison, which could completely solve the problem of werewolves.

Now that we have the chance, we should take advantage of it to eliminate the greatest scourge among British werewolves once and for all.

"Not for now. For this operation, too many people would be inconvenient. You know, when dealing with cunning guys like this, sometimes the unexpected is the only way to succeed. Don't worry, I'm not going to fight an unprepared battle."

He changed the subject, with a hint of joking:

"Once the situation in Italy is settled, if all goes well, I plan to go to Egypt.

There's some information about curses and ancient magic that I'd like to check out myself.

By the way, I want to see how you, the curse-breaking master who rolls around in the pyramids, have been doing these past two years. Is it really like you said, you were sun-mummyed?

"Haha, good boy! It's great to come to Egypt!"

Bill immediately became excited, and his previous worries seemed to be alleviated a lot.

"Come on! I'm telling you, we recently discovered a new relic with a very strange curse that will definitely interest you! We've also made rapid progress here in recent years, and I guarantee your trip will be worthwhile.

As for the dragon blood that Zhua got me earlier, I combined it with Egyptian craftsmanship to make some dragon blood wine. It will be ready for you to drink when you get here..."

Douglas laughed:

"Haha, then I have to be there. Wine made with ancient Egyptian winemaking technology, of course, tastes best when drunk in Egypt.

It's settled then. I'll deal with the Italian matter first and let you know when the specific time is set."

Bill laughed heartily and said:

"No problem! I'm at your service anytime, Professor Holmes!"

Douglas also laughed out loud: