Chapter 26: [?]
"Are you sure you won't stay for a meal? Petunia's cooking is excellent!"
Seeing Vernon's enthusiastic and hospitable appearance, Harry only felt a sense of unfamiliarity.
Faced with Vernon's invitation, the Grangers could only say they would come next time, as they had too many things to sort out.
So, amidst a chorus of regrets and goodbyes, the Knight Bus started up again.
Dolly rubbed Crookshanks' head and said, "When you get to your new home, remember to take good care of your new master."
Hermione couldn't help but laugh. Dolly speaking so seriously to a cat... was it a bit... cute?
Besides, she wasn't someone who needed taking care of!
But to her surprise, the cat in her arms nodded solemnly.
This was not just for show, because Dolly had promised him that she would provide him with the highest quality food at Hogwarts.
Just for the sake of this wonderful future life, Crookshanks had to take on his duty as a feline knight.
"As for us, let's keep in touch by letter," Dolly said, pointing to the owl cage in Harry's hand. "Although owl post is much slower than the telephone, it can find us accurately, and it's much faster for sending packages than mail."
Hermione nodded, looking at Hedwig with a hint of anticipation.
Sending letters by owl... that was so wizard-like!
Hearing this, Harry looked down at Hedwig and said in a joking tone, "You've just arrived in this family, and you already have to shoulder a heavy burden."
"Unfortunately, your master has to listen to his sister, so you have to listen to her too."
Hedwig looked pitifully at Dolly, and Dolly waved her hand grandly. "I'll buy you the highest quality owl food!"
Now Hedwig was immediately happy, her wings perked up, her body swaying. With a little music, she would have almost started dancing.
Harry's eyes lit up. "What about me? What about me? You're using my owl, you should give me something too, right?"
A teasing smile curved Dolly's lips. "Double the top-quality owl food!"
The anticipation on Harry's face instantly turned to stone. Hedwig, on the other hand, hooted with excitement.
Now it was the master and the owl who were at odds. Seeing the owl so excited, Harry couldn't help but poke Hedwig's head to spoil her fun.
Hedwig was not to be outdone and gently pecked at Harry's fingertip with her beak, playing with him.
"You can't slack off on your magic practice either. You have to memorize all the textbooks as much as possible before school starts."
"This is the foundation of the foundation. If you can't even do this, you'll never beat me," Dolly finished, and Hermione began her own instructions.
However, this so-called "foundation of the foundation" just made Dolly roll her eyes.
Never mind this life's Dolly, who had inherited Dudley's poor learning aptitude, even in her past life, she couldn't have reached the "basic level" Hermione spoke of even if she tried her best!
Hermione naturally noticed Dolly's intention to be lazy and said in a panic, "I'll come to test your learning progress every week. If you fall too far behind, I won't let you off!"
Now Dolly was happy. A smile of anticipation bloomed on her delicate face. She gave Hermione a hug and said, "Then I'll be waiting for you to visit."
Crookshanks pushed at Dolly's stomach disapprovingly. Hermione, for some reason, blushed.
Until she returned to her seat and the Knight Bus started again, Hermione hadn't come back to her senses.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" Mrs. Granger asked curiously, even reaching out to touch her daughter's head.
Only then did Hermione shake her head and say, "Nothing."
But the tone of her voice, no matter how you heard it, lacked confidence.
Actually, Dolly hadn't done much, just a generous kiss on the cheek.
This was common in Britain, especially between two girls.
But it was still something that only close friends would do, and Hermione had never had such a close friend before.
After all, with Hermione's proud top-student personality, she couldn't have been popular even in Muggle primary school, let alone have close friends.
Suddenly having such a close friend, it was normal for Hermione to be a little unaccustomed to it.
She hugged Crookshanks, watching the scenery constantly distort and retreat, and fell into thought, evaluating whether her friendship with Dolly had come on too suddenly.
Finally, Hermione took a deep breath of cat, and a relieved smile appeared on her tightly closed lips.
No matter what, she was very happy to have a friend like Dolly.
That was enough, wasn't it?
Back home, Dolly briefly tidied up the things she had bought, then lay on the bed and didn't move.
Although she had seemed proactive and in control of everything today, in her past life, she was actually a passive and lazy person.
It was only out of passion for magic and the characters that she could achieve this much.
She just didn't know if, in the future, when her passion faded, she would become passive again.
Well, it doesn't matter.
Compared to these minor details, Dolly should be studying how she could get more attribute points for free.
The basic principle remained unchanged: sacrificing her body was impossible.
Blood was also to be avoided if possible. Although blood could regenerate, it was ultimately a rare resource.
After much thought, it seemed that only sacrificing fat was without pressure, and was even a benefit for Dolly.
Who wouldn't want a physique that allowed them to eat as much as they wanted without getting fat?
Besides that, did hair have a similar setting?
So Dolly asked her golden finger. This time, the golden finger responded.
[Every 50 grams of hair can be exchanged for 1 attribute point.]
50 grams?
That didn't sound like much!
But this time, Dolly didn't rush to exchange it. She first had to figure out how much 50 grams of hair was.
After calculating for a long time without an exact number, Dolly already had a rough idea.
50 grams of hair probably required her to cut all her hair by 15 centimeters.
Cutting her hair short all at once was not unacceptable, but it would take almost a year to grow that much hair back.
This was not a long-term solution either!
After studying for a long time, it seemed that relying on eating was the most stable solution.
Just as Dolly was about to give up, she had another idea.
"Um, Miss Gate, I was wondering if you accept installment payments?"
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"What I mean is, look..."
Dolly chose her words carefully. "Actually, the human body can secrete and shed some things, it's just that it's hard to calculate them all at once."
"For example, hair, dead skin, nails, eye and ear and nose secretions... and so on."
"Taken together, isn't that also a form of sacrifice to some extent?"
"With your power, you could totally sacrifice them at the instant before they are about to fall off!"
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