In the Harry Potter Without Harry Potter
Chapter 64: Smith

Dumbledore took the boy named Randy Smith and left.

He left Jon with Fawkes' feather and a polyjuice potion in addition to a handful of hair cut from Smith's head.

It is not clear whether that boy's character was inherently like this or because of something else, he accepted what he went through contrary to what Jon had expected, and even if he was going to be taken away, he did not ask much about anything.

But perhaps if you think about it, it might be due to the year of living in that Hogwarts castle, has made him completely numb to the future, the previous life has been hopeless enough, so what's left would just be death even if it turned out to be worse.

A boy who is only 12 years old already has such a mentality, which makes people a little apprehensive.

This is Jon's first official contact with a student of another Hogwarts, and this time he also had a very significant impression of the "school" that also bears the name Hogwarts.

Previously he had only heard about it through Lily's mouth, she called this castle a taming ground, and only now he realized that this name may not be exaggerated at all.

After Dumbledore left, Jon drank the polyjuice potion with Smith's hair, which did not taste great, it was like drinking a bottle of bitter melon water, and his appearance and identity had now changed.

The Jon on the wagon would temporarily disappear for a year, while a mudblood student in Hogwarts castle would be replaced with an entirely different person.

He needs to help Dumbledore to find a thing in that castle.

After Voldemort occupied the original Hogwarts, he got an almost obsessive desire to control the school, which may have stemmed from Dumbledore's refusal to let him work there.

All the faculty in the castle were replaced with his most close subordinates, and even though he only has the honorary title of lifetime minister in the Ministry of Magic, he has personally assumed the role of Headmaster of Hogwarts Castle, even though he basically never stays in the castle.

The castle's internal security is also incredibly strict, even above the Ministry of Magic's internal security. Dumbledore has reminded Jon, about how they once attempted to let adult wizards who drank polyjuice potion enter the castle in disguise as students, only to be discovered by a magic spell that could detect age, and then the wizard named Dedalus Diggle was eventually taken into the prison island called Azkaban.

Due to the division of bloodline and class rule being the fundamental policy of Voldemort's government, they have a very precise administration of the identity of every pureblood as well as half-blood student. Coupled with the fact that they are not being that much oppressed, and all these students have their own respective families, it is difficult for the Order of the Phoenix to produce a half-blood or pureblood student identity for Jon.

In contrast, the "mudbloods" were all orphaned the day they were brought into the castle.

A loving family is a thing of the past, and even if they try to go out of their way to stand in front of their parents, their mothers and fathers will only find it strange that this strange child is crying at them.

During the time when the half-blood and pureblood students went home for holidays, the "mudbloods" had to do unpaid work in stores all over the wizarding world, and as long as they didn't starve to death, no matter what kind of suffering they experienced in the middle, Hogwarts Castle and the Ministry of Magic would never bother to investigate.

The "mudblood" in the current magical community are not treated as human beings, which will make it more difficult for Jon to carry out some actions in Hogwarts Castle, but it will also give him a kind of protection.

Because of being lowly as dirt, those noble people who step on the dirt will rarely pay attention to whether the dirt under their feet has turned from black to yellow.

The cellar is cold and damp, not a suitable place for people to live.

But Jon, who was lying on a stale bed, didn't care much about this place, it's not like he hadn't stayed in a worse living environment than this, at least he has a bed to lie in now.

It's not that Elmo does not want to provide good conditions for Smith, who originally lived here, but in today's social situation, if he showed goodwill, it might not only bring any good to Smith's life, but it might even harm him.

As he said, after Jon took over Smith's identity, Elmo used the Obliviate to clear his memory of Jon and Dumbledore's visit here today, and this way, even if something unexpected happens to him here in the future, it will not affect Jon in Hogwarts Castle.

From now on, the only person in the world who knows where Jon actually went and what he's doing is Dumbledore, so the rest of the year's life will only depend on Jon himself.

With the dim light in the cellar, he carefully read through the notes about the character and habits of the kid Smith, even if no one generally pays special attention to a "mudblood", he still has to try not to do things contrary to the character of Smith.

The night is getting darker, and the first night of the identity change passed uneventfully.

By early the next morning, just after dawn, Jon got up and put on the worn linen robe after a simple wash, and then drank a vial of the prescribed dose of polyjuice potion, the effect of which could last for 12 hours, and then climbed up from the cellar to the potion store.

The store door was yet to open, and Elmo didn't wake up yet, but generally, at this time, it was time for Smith's work to begin.

He collected half a bucket of water from the sink, then picked up the mop that was about the same height as his whole body and began to clean the floor of the potion store with water, after which he had to clean the shelves where the potions are kept, as well as the windows and the cashier.

Normally these cleaning jobs only require a cleaning spell for wizards to be completely done, but for the "mudbloods" without wands, they must do it themselves, even though Smith is now only 12 years old. Sᴇaʀch* Thᴇ N0ᴠᴇFɪre.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

At seven o'clock, when the store was about to open for business, and Jon had already cleaned the floor and shelves and was getting ready to clean the windows, Elmo came out of the bedroom inside.

"Good morning, Mr Elmo." Jon greeted him in the somewhat timid voice of Smith.

Elmo, who no longer had any memory of Jon replacing the real Smith, didn't notice anything unusual, and he looked at Jon with a nod in response, then opened the door to the store.

Jon's work should not stop, especially during the potion store business hours, because if he ever got seen by the customers who came to the door with half-hearted lazy behaviour, these people may write to Hogwarts Castle to inform the school.

All such performances will be recorded by special staff, and after the start of the school year, by the number of "complaints", the castle caretaker will hang up the guilty "mudbloods" in public and punish them with a whip.

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[Author note:]

The effect of the polyjuice potion will last differently depending on the level of the brewer, with the longest lasting 12 hours or more, the effect of the potion brewed by Hermione in the original story for the first time lasted about an hour or so.

In the end, I couldn't stay up any longer, I promise to write more chapters during the day when I woke up, my waist pain killing me, if I can't sleep now, I will be finished.

Good night.

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