"By the way, just a small greeting gift, let's just wish you a happy birthday in advance!" After settling the matter with Father Thomas, John walked out of the church, got in the car, took out another phoenix feather, and handed it to Hermione had a great time chatting with Harry.
John did quite smoothly when it came to borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha.
When Dumbledore senses the phoenix feathers on Harry's body, I think he will be very pleased (speechless)!
"Thank you, I have never received a birthday gift!" Harry was surprised to hear that it was a birthday gift.
Ever since he was little, this has been his first birthday present - even though his birthday is still a week away.
Notifications are sent out every year at Hogwarts on July 24th, and Harry's birthday is July 31st, exactly one week apart.
As the protagonist, Harry Potter's birthday is not a secret for those who have a certain understanding of this work, and John naturally knows it.
In the original book, Hagrid was the first to give Harry a birthday gift.
Not Hedwig, but a gooey chocolate cake that Hagrid had squashed - although John didn't see it, obviously it wouldn't be a good gift.
And it seemed that he was eaten by Dudley.
Of course the Hedwig he gave Harry later made up for everything.
But for now, let's leave this matter to John to increase his favorability.
In fact, if there really was a data interface, you would probably be able to see Harry's favorability level constantly flashing up, up, up on his head at this time!
"What? Harry, is today your birthday? Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't know, I couldn't prepare a gift for you!" Hermione on the side was very surprised when she heard John's words, and immediately apologized to Harry.
Perhaps the world has been affected by having John as her cousin, and Hermione's treatment of others is not as bad as it was at the beginning in the original work.
"No, no need to apologize, actually my birthday hasn't come yet!" Harry waved his hands hurriedly after hearing this.
"Yes, his birthday is July 31st. Didn't you hear me say that I wish him a happy birthday in advance?" John explained with a smile, and at the same time quietly told Hermione the detailed date of Harry's birthday. .
Hermione immediately understood, and she could prepare a gift when she arrived in Diagon Alley later.
Because John had borne all the expenses for her schooling, the Grangers gave her all the control of her exchange limit.
So for a new student, Hermione is now considered a little rich woman, so there is no problem in preparing a gift.
"What kind of feather is this? It's so beautiful!" The topic skipped the birthday. Harry took the feather sent by John and observed it, and asked the same question as Hermione before.
"This is the feather of a phoenix, a very rare magical animal..." But this time there was no need for John to explain, Hermione had already spoken like a trumpet.
John, on the other hand, drove his car and quickly arrived at the Dursley's house.
As the door opened, Vernon Dursley saw John and Harry in Roman uniforms standing together. His expression suddenly changed, and then he asked John somewhat flatteringly, "Father, is there something wrong?" ?”
After the last experience, their family was already suffering from PTSD from Father Thomas.
In the early stages of the original plot, the Dursleys dared to express their dissatisfaction with the wizarding world because they did not understand enough and Dumbledore was too talkative.
But these church priests can really get them to go to jail and be isolated by their neighbors.
There is no way, the proportion of the church's faith in Europe is really too high. If you are targeted by the church here, you may be isolated from your original life circle.
This naturally does not matter to people who live in other faith circles.
But for people like the Vernon family, who have lived in the church's faith circle since childhood, it is unacceptable.
Therefore, even if the Vernon family is not a devout believer, they do not dare to offend church personnel.
Not to mention that they are legally unreasonable in the first place.
"My name is John Capet. I am not a priest, I just serve in the Diocese of Rome. I came here this time to discuss with you about Harry's future studies!" John explained with a kind face.
However, Vernon was shocked when he heard this.
Regarding things in the wizarding world, Vernon was not afraid of those who didn't know anything in the early days.
But for the church, even without the previous events, he still understands it quite well.
After all, in the society of ordinary people, Vernon, who looks stupid on the outside, is actually a business elite and the director of a drilling rig company. In fact, it can be seen from the movie that the economic conditions of the Dursley family are quite good, not even good. How much worse than the Grangers.
How could such a person really be an ignorant person?
So when John introduced himself as serving in the Diocese of Rome, Vernon knew what this meant.
As the place closest to the Pope, even if there is no actual rank, its status is definitely not comparable to that of priests in rural areas like them.
"Mr. Capet, please come in quickly. Oh, Harry, if you have any ideas, just tell us. As long as we can do it, we will definitely not treat him badly. Why do you need to step forward!" Vernon said. He explained with enthusiasm as he stepped aside and invited John into the house.
The dissatisfaction in his eyes when he looked at Harry could not be concealed.
He also thought that Harry was dissatisfied with them sending him to Stonewall Middle School - although the situation of that school was indeed a bit bad, it was still a relatively comprehensive comprehensive middle school. Could it be that they wanted him to spend a lot of money? Send this kid to one of those expensive private high schools?
"Mr. Dursley misunderstood. The purpose of my coming here is not to ask you to send him to a better private school. In fact, there is already a school that has admitted Harry, but this school is quite special. You guys It may not be easy to accept, so I came here in person!" John said with a smile.
"Oh? I wonder what kind of special school it is? Is it a church school? That's a good thing, but I don't know about the tuition fees..." Vernon was obviously thinking wrong again.
There are many schools established by the Church of England, but admissions are also very strict.
Because of what happened before, it was difficult for Vernon not to think about this.
"No, it's not a church school, and you don't have to worry about tuition fees, because this school is free. In fact, you all know this school, it's called Hogwarts..." John looked at Petunia who was bringing the tea. ·Dursley said.
When she heard the name Hogwarts, Petunia's hands suddenly trembled, and the tray in her hand immediately fell to the ground.
Seeing this, John waved his hand and moved all the tea sets that were about to fall to the table.
"Don't even think about it! I will never allow it!" Dursley, who was originally intimidated by his Church of John identity but had always been warm and polite, instantly jumped up as if he had been pricked by a needle and shouted wildly, completely losing his respect for his identity as a Church of John. of fear.
Obviously, for this family, everything related to magic has long become an untouchable taboo. If anyone were to talk about this matter, the other party would look like this.
However, John had already anticipated this and did not take any drastic action. He just quietly watched the other party vent.
