Chapter 66 65 Malfoy

Chapter 66 65. Malfoy

After living in Diagon Alley for a week, although the work here is hard, Jon has not encountered the troubles he originally guessed.

The potion shop receives many customers every day, but most of the half-bloods and pure-bloods will not even look at him, and completely treat him as air. When a few people show disgust on their faces after entering the door, Acme will take the initiative to ask him to go to the cellar to avoid it.

Acme is a member of the Order of the Phoenix after all. Jon can feel that he is very sympathetic to the situation of the "Mudblood", but because this is a prosperous wizard street like Diagon Alley, he can't give "Smith" normal treatment and respect on the surface, and can only give him some secret care in daily life.

For example, Jon's current bed at least has bedding, and the food he eats normally is the same as Acme. When he notices that a wizard with obvious malice towards the "Mudblood" enters the store, Acme will help him out in a subtle way.

In fact, Jon had thought about leaving the potion shop several times and going to other shops in Diagon Alley, but after hesitating again and again, he chose to give up.

After the end of July, there was only one month left before the new semester started. The number of tourists in Diagon Alley increased every day, and many of them were parents who brought their children to buy textbooks and learning tools for the new semester.

With his current identity, it was impossible for him to walk openly on the streets of Diagon Alley, unless he stole a hair from another wizard and turned into an adult wizard with a wand.

But the risk was too great. He was not sure of the identity of the wizard he had become. If he met someone he knew, it would be easy to be exposed.

In the end, Jon did not try to take the risk. His original purpose of going out was just to stroll around the surrounding shops to see if there were any "mudbloods" like him who were sent here for forced labor during the summer vacation. There was nothing more important.

Today, as usual, after Ikemo opened the shop door, Jon continued to clean the windows, a pair of well-dressed father and son with light blond hair walked towards the potion shop.

They didn't seem to notice Jon, and the conversation between the two of them was not quiet.

". Not only did he accept the appointment from the Ministry of Magic and become the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, but his antique shop in Knockturn Alley still collects things. This old guy was really lucky. The previous owner of the Leaky Cauldron was Old Tom, but he moved to France with his family five years ago. Humph, I heard that he couldn't accept the current changes in the wizarding world and didn't have the courage to resist. In the end, this position was won by Borgin, who seemed to have a lot of connections with that gentleman."

"But you still have to bow your head when you see your father!"

"We pure-bloods are the most noble in the world, Draco, even if he has connections, what can he do? He is just a half-blood bastard."

When they pushed the door and prepared to enter the store, the father and son still ended the topic, especially when talking about "half-blood bastards", the blond middle-aged wizard obviously deliberately lowered his voice.

Living here for a week, Jon still learned some common sense in the current wizarding world.

Under Voldemort's rule, the status of half-bloods is naturally not as low as that of Muggle wizards. After all, if he really only combines the power of pure-blood wizards, it would be almost impossible for him to stabilize the rule of the wizarding world.

If the classes are divided by blood, then he must also win over the most numerous half-blood wizards in the magic world, at least give them an equal status.

So the classes in the entire magic world are now clear-pure blood>half-blood>mudblood. This system can actually be said to be a replica of the four social classes in the ancient Roman slave society.

Pure blood is aristocracy and knights, half-blood is a citizen, and mudblood is a slave.

Although the status of half-blood is not as good as that of pure blood, it also has human rights, and the "half-blood bastard" mentioned by the middle-aged wizard just now is actually an insulting name for half-blood by pure blood, which is also expressly prohibited in the current magic world, just like calling Muggle wizards "mudblood" in the normal magic society of the original book.

Many of the shop owners in Diagon Alley are half-blood, so no matter how arrogant and reckless the middle-aged wizard is, he dare not say the name "half-blood bastard" openly.

Jon heard the middle-aged wizard address the boy who was about his age. Combined with their appearance, he guessed who the two men were.

Lucius Malfoy and Draco Malfoy were pure-blooded and strong supporters who had stood on Voldemort's side since the beginning of his uprising.

He is now the office director of the Auror Command in the Ministry of Magic, and seems to be highly valued by Voldemort.

But Jon, who has read the original novel, knows that the Malfoy family's loyalty to Voldemort is not absolute. They may support one side, but their main purpose is to gain benefits for their family.

Watching them walk into the potion shop, Jon continued to wipe the glass of the window outside in silence.

His shabby linen robes and the adults and children on the street who were wearing clean and tidy robes seemed out of place, as if they were from two different worlds, but he did not care about these, but observed the movements of Malfoy and his son after they entered the store with the corner of his eyes.

Ekmor was very enthusiastic towards them. Even though half-bloods were citizens, they were far from the privileged "nobles" in terms of status.

Draco, who was still young, also learned the arrogant attitude from his father. When he scanned the potions on the shelves, his eyes clearly revealed disgust.

They didn't stay in the store for long. Instead, they told Ekmor what they needed directly, and then bought two bottles of potions that looked like enhancers. They walked out again in less than two minutes.

This time, Jon was not as lucky as before. When Draco came out of the store, he turned around and noticed Jon who was washing the rag. His face, which was already arrogant, immediately showed a disgusted expression.

"I actually ran into a mudblood."

Lucius heard his words and looked at Jon, frowning obviously.

"Did he enter the castle in the same year as you?"

"Yes, I have some impression of this little bug. I have seen him several times in the castle. When Professor Crouch was dealing with those daring mudbloods, he was frightened and cried on the spot."

Jon's face did not change at all for the unpleasant names they called him. He continued to wipe the windows without saying a word and listened to what Draco said very carefully.

"The headmaster is still too kind to these mudbloods. Last semester, he actually found these bugs holding rallies and organizations in the castle."