Wade took note of Maggie's warning, but he didn't need to worry about it right away.
He used to practice potions in the classroom during his free ti, and it's likely that so Slytherin students had seen him there a few tis. But they didn't know that ever since he discovered the Room of Requirent, he rarely went back to the potion classroom.
As for who exactly those students were, Wade had a pretty good idea.
He decided to leave them alone for a few days, but not for too long—if too much ti passed, the Slytherins might decide to give up on their own.
After class on Thursday, Wade made his usual trip to the Astronomy Tower to et Professor Murray, but on the way, he unexpectedly ran into a few seventh-year students. They were much taller than him, but each of them looked dejected, which made them seem smaller sohow.
A girl was complaining to her friends, "I'm going to kill Jennifer! She told that Alchemy was interesting and that Professor Murray's standards weren't that high—how is this considered 'not high'?"
"Professor Murray was easygoing! Rember? Back in our sixth year," another student sighed. "But this year, he's taken on a new student, and now he seems annoyed with us. He used to like a lot."
The first girl grumbled, "Self-studying Ancient Runes in first year? That's insane! If we weren't all here at school, I'd swear that was a lie!"
Another student lanted, "Ugh… why can't he focus more on Quidditch?"
"Has anyone here tried to study the Book of Friends?" one of the boys suddenly asked.
"I've tried."
"It's difficult."
"Impossible to crack."
"Using a Transmutation Spell to heat it up or display characters is simple, but making it show complex text or even drawings on fragile parchnt, while also ignoring spatial distance, that's where it gets complicated..."
The boy was rambling on when soone jabbed his arm, abruptly cutting him off.
As they turned the corner, they ca face to face with Wade.
Both sides stood frozen. Seeing Wade Grey, who still looked like a kid, and thinking about what they'd just been discussing, the older students felt incredibly awkward. After a brief mont of stillness, they stiffly nodded and passed by him in silence.
After walking for quite a while, the voices behind Wade resud.
"—Was that Wade Grey?"
"Yes."
"—He's… quite good-looking."
"Mm."
"…He probably didn't hear that, right?"
"—He heard it, I'd guess."
"Ahhh! Why did you have to say that! Couldn't you have just lied to ?"
"Stop shaking… I kind of want to die right now too… seriously."
...
"Hmm?" Professor Murray looked at Wade, puzzled. "You… seem a little different today, don't you?"
Wade smiled and asked, "Professor, what do you think is different about ?"
"It looks like there is sothing different about you… hmm…" Professor Murray stroked his chin and scrutinized Wade for a long mont before hesitantly saying, "It seems… you look better than before? But it's not from using a Beautification Potion…"
Wade chuckled and took off a badge pinned to his chest.
Instantly, the visual effect of his flawless, glowing skin vanished. Though his features remained handso and refined, the radiant glow that naturally drew all eyes to him was gone.
"Oh?"
Professor Murray was intrigued and took the badge in his hand for closer inspection—naturally, Wade hadn't placed any anti-detection spells on the work he showed the professor.
"A Lumos charm… reflection charm… and solidification…" Professor Murray looked at Wade with a smile in his eyes. "You used light?"
"Yes," Wade replied.
"As you know, I've been taking a lot of photos lately. Through that process, I realized that the key to photography is lighting.
Proper use of light can hide imperfections, make soone appear slimr, and emphasize the contours of their face, making them look more attractive.
So I made this Soft Light Badge, which casts just the right kind of light onto the wearer, making them seem… more radiant."
In short, it's the wizarding equivalent of a beauty filter.
"You never fail to impress with your brilliant ideas," Professor Murray praised.
"Many people need to drink Beautification Potions just to maintain a twenty-minute effect, and yet you've achieved the sa result with a small badge—how long does it last?"
"Around ten days," Wade replied.
"Not bad." Professor Murray didn't give too much weight to such small gadgets and casually remarked, "So silly young girls might like it—are you planning to have Marchionne's Magic Workshop produce and sell it again?"
"Yes," Wade said as he pulled out an application for Hogsade from his pocket, candidly admitting.
"Actually, I ca today to ask for your approval to visit Hogsade this Saturday. I need to discuss modifications to the Book of Friends and the production of the Soft Light Badge with Mr. Marchionne."
"Just for that?" Professor Murray seed skeptical.
He had co to understand Wade's personality over ti—Wade wouldn't usually apply for a special trip to resolve matters that could be handled by correspondence.
"Uh… I actually want to et soone as well," Wade admitted, feeling a bit embarrassed.
"As you know, it's inconvenient to do many things while at school. My father isn't well-suited to dealing with wizards frequently either, and I worry it might put him in danger.
So I found an agent—a proxy to handle these matters for . I plan to et him this Saturday."
"A proxy?" Professor Murray frowned, clearly disapproving. "An unreliable agent is more dangerous than not having one. Who is this person? Soone you've known before? Or soone connected to your family?"
"No, I don't know him," Wade answered honestly.
"I had my father place an advertisent in the newspaper, and this person responded with a job application. After eting him, my father thought he seed kind and trustworthy, so we chose him as the agent. His na is Remus Lupin."
Wade knew he didn't need to explain to his parents why he trusted a stranger—they would believe him without question, as they always had. But with Professor Murray, Dumbledore, and others in the wizarding world, he needed a more suitable explanation for the arrangent.
So Wade adjusted the story a little—rather than targeting a specific person, he made it sound as if soone had responded to the advertisent and applied for the job.
"Remus Lupin?" Professor Murray furrowed his brow, his expression tinged with a mix of nostalgia and lancholy.
"You know him?" Wade asked curiously.
"Yes," Professor Murray lowered his gaze and his voice was somber. "He and his three friends were once so of the most famous students at Hogwarts. They stirred up a lot of headlines back then—nearly everyone knew them. Unfortunately…"
"—Unfortunately?" Wade prompted.
"Two of them died, another beca a traitor. That's all. During warti, things like that happened often—it's not worth dwelling on," Professor Murray quickly changed the subject. "You said you've arranged to et him this Saturday?"
"Yes."
"I can approve that," Professor Murray said, his fingers interlacing as he spoke gravely. "But I'll be there too."
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