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"Being one grade lower is just one grade lower, as long as you can learn magic, it's the most important thing."
George put down the newspaper, eating and thinking.
He had also pondered over which house he might be sorted into during the Sorting Ceremony.
He felt that it was likely to be Gryffindor.
Gryffindor emphasizes courage, and he feels that he is quite brave. He only took possession of this duplicate body yesterday and successfully killed an old wizard with a plan.
"Good morning, Dora, oh no, I should call you by your new name, George!"
The door of the small shop was pushed open, and a young and vibrant witch walked in. It was the female Auror, Tonks from yesterday.
"Good morning, Miss Tonks."
George saw the situation and put down the egg pancake in his hand, smiling as he made a greeting.
Tonks took the initiative and sat opposite George, rubbing his head with her hand.
"You don't have to be so distant. Consider me your sister in the future."
George reluctantly combed his tousled hair back into place, not refusing Tonks' closeness, but instead brought out the second breakfast he had prepared earlier from the side.
"I made an extra one this morning, let's eat it together."
"How do you know I didn't eat breakfast, um, what's this? It tastes really good!"
Tonks took a bite of the rolled egg pancake on the plate, her eyes lighting up immediately. The soft dough wrapped around vegetables and sausage, offering a distinct flavor.
Since her own cooking skills were terrible, she never made breakfast and usually just bought something to eat casually, or simply skipped it altogether, eating together for lunch.
While magic has various cooking spells, the premise is that you need to know how to cook in order to use cooking magic to save time and quickly create delicious food.
If you don't know how to cook, even if you use cooking spells, with ingredients and kitchen utensils flying around, the food at the end will still be as unappetizing as it was before.
This is the same principle as various household spells - only those who know how to do housework can use household magic effectively.
"This is called an egg pancake, made from eggs and flour, and the vegetables inside are wrapped in shredded bell peppers, shredded carrots..."
George gave a simple introduction to the breakfast he had prepared.
He of course didn't know if Tonks had eaten breakfast, but preparing it in advance could boost her goodwill regardless of whether she had eaten or not.
"I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so good. I bet you would have been sorted into Hufflepuff during the Sorting Ceremony."
Although she didn't understand George's introduction, Tonks still gave him a thumbs up, which made George surprised for a moment.
"Do you really think I'll be sorted into Hufflepuff?"
Then he shook his head. It would be fine if he were sorted into Hufflepuff; he personally preferred Gryffindor, but in reality, he thought that no matter which house he ended up in, there would be both advantages and disadvantages.
Nevertheless, he still felt that Hufflepuff was less likely.
Wizards who graduate from Hufflepuff often choose the culinary industry after school, but their emblem is not the ability to cook, but rather possesses qualities such as integrity, loyalty, honesty, and courage to endure hardships.
The likelihood of choosing the culinary industry is probably due to their dormitory being close to the kitchen, influenced by osmosis.
Among these qualities, he seems to be associated with none of them.
After breakfast, George, accompanied by Tonks, began handling various inheritance procedures.
First on their list was the renowned Ministry of Magic.
"Hold onto my arm, it might be uncomfortable for a while, but just bear with it and it will pass quickly."
Tonks placed George's hand on her arm, carefully giving the instruction first, and then began to recite the incantation.
"Apparate!"
A faint explosion sound rang out, and Tonks and George disappeared instantly.
Fleet Alley is not far from the Ministry of Magic, so she can use Apparition to bring George there directly without wasting time on Floo powder.
"No wonder not all wizards like to use Apparition for travel."
George felt himself transported into a moment of darkness, followed by a sudden pressure from all directions that made him almost feel like he couldn't breathe.
It felt like several iron chains were tightly bound around his chest, his eyeballs were pushed back into his head, and the eardrums were pressed deep into the cranium.
It was extremely awkward and uncomfortable, anyway.
However, the time wasn't long. It only felt like a few seconds before he saw the light again.
"The first time it can be a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it once you're familiar with it."
At that moment, he also heard Tonks' tittering laughter in his ear.
"Let's go, I'll take you to the registry first."
In this way, George was pulled towards the central reception area of the hall, and he curiously looked around.
"It's really quite luxurious."
Moments later, he couldn't help but exclaim.
The dark hardwood floors were polished to a shine, the peacock blue ceiling was adorned with glittering gold symbols that constantly moved and changed, resembling a giant outdoor billboard.
The walls on either side were lined with many gilded fireplaces, through which wizards in various costumes came and went.
In the center of the foyer stood a magical fountain, within which were five statues: a male wizard holding a wand in an elegant pose, a beautiful witch, and around them were centaurs, fairies, and house-trained pixies.
The centaurs, fairies, and house-trained pixies looked at the male wizard and witch with infinite adoration, as if there was some special meaning behind it.
Of course, that wasn't the point. The point was that the five statues, which were twice or even thrice larger than a real person, were made entirely of pure gold.
"Prophet Daily, gentlemen and ladies, one copy of the Prophet Daily."
A witch from the Prophet Daily was also selling newspapers by the fountain.
At noon, after a full four hours, George finally completed all the inheritance procedures and was taken back to the shop by Tonks using Apparition again.
"Strong on the outside, weak on the inside, no wonder it was so easily broken down by Voldemort."
This was George's criticism of the Ministry of Magic.
The Ministry of Magic looks very grand and luxurious, but in reality, the wizards working there are very lazy, with extremely low efficiency and rampant corruption.
If it weren't for Tonks leading the way, he felt that it would have been quite challenging to fully inherit the estate.
However, it wasn't a total loss; at least he saw quite a bit of interesting stuff in the Ministry of Magic.
There were all sorts of magical items imbued with magical properties by alchemy, as well as all sorts of interesting little spells developed for office use.
He gained some insight.
This also made him realize that in the Harry Potter world, though magic is often functional and rarely has widespread destructive power, it doesn't necessarily mean it's weak.
In some ways, it can even be more dangerous and frightening.
Because many spells are subjective and not just based on the external destructive power.
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