章 2: The Late Arrival of the System

The snow-white owl on the windowsill looked at the crowd with sharp eyes, then gracefully flew above Dean's head and threw the envelope it was carrying at his feet.

The Thomas family all fell into shock; they never thought that an owl can send letters. They can't believe that this kind of magical thing will happen right above their heads.

Dean was struck by lightning, the depths of his heart like a tumbling sea.

　　An Owl mailman?

　　He could not help but remember a novel about magic titled "Harry Potter" he had read in his previous life.

　　That's right, Dean Thomas!

Dean finally knew why he had always felt that his name was familiar, was this not one of Harry's housemates at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter world?

Dean had read the novel in his previous life, he couldn't remember many of the characters and plot because of time, but Dean Thomas, was an unlucky man, In his sixth grade Dean formed a romantic relationship with Ginny Weasley, Harry's love interest. But Ginny had started re-developing a crush on Harry Potter and she soon became angry with Dean after he laughed when Harry was hit by a Bludger during a Quidditch game. As a result, Dean became overly solicitous with her, trying not to provoke another argument, to keep their relationship going, which increasingly annoyed Ginny. But in the end they still broke up because of an argument, so he remembered him a little.

So he was crossing over to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter?

Dean suddenly came to his senses.

　　He bent down and picked up the unstamped, somewhat yellowed envelope, only to see it written in emerald green ink: 58 Gibbons Road, Newham, at the dining room table, To Mr. Dean Thomas.

　　The back of the envelope had a wax seal, a coat of arms, and a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake circled around the capital "H" letter.

When Dean saw the Hogwarts coat of arms, he heard the sound of "ding" in his mind, an illusory panel unfolded in front of him.

Dean burst into tears, the necessary system for people who transmigrated finally appeared, it may be late, but never absent!

"Mission: Travel the World of Magic.

The host has received an invitation from the most famous magical institute in this world; please choose whether to become a student of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?

If you Accept, The system will be activated and you will enter the world of magic; if you Refuse, this system will be permanently closed. Yes/No?"

　　Dean did not hesitate to choose "Yes", anyone who had read Harry Potter would have made this "correct" choice, not to mention that "Dean Thomas" was an integral part of the Harry Potter world.

　　"Congratulations to the host for activating the magic talent system, 5 skill points are awarded."

　　The system's pop-up caption made Dean's heart burst with joy.

　　He noticed that a large list of dull magic skills appeared in the interface in front of him, wasn't this the common point addition system in the games of his previous life?

It was simple! Dean was suddenly confident.

He could not wait to find the "Flight" skill, and could not wait to get this desired skill to full level.

　　Even though Dean knew that "flight" should refer to the ability to ride a flying broom, and not to fly on his own, he still had high expectations.

　　However, when Dean was about to add points to the "Flight" skill, the system mercilessly prompted, "Flight skill is not yet active, cannot use skill points to upgrade."

　　Dean was a bit dumbfounded, why was this system different from what he thought?

　　"How can I activate the skill?"

"Please find out on your own, Host."

The system's icy reply almost made Dean faint.

　　"Dean, are you ... okay?" Mrs. Thomas' worried voice came to his ears, she was not sure what was wrong with her son, holding the letter of unknown origin and crying and laughing, could it be that he was possessed?

　　"Huh? I'm fine!" After Dean came back to his senses, he found the family looking at him with concern - of course more likely they were concerned about the letter in his hand.

　　"It's okay." Mrs. Thomas touched Dean's forehead uneasily and was slightly relieved to find the temperature normal.

　　"Brother, what does the letter say?" Daniel, who was only nine years old, was at the age of intense curiosity.

Staring at the heart in Dean's hand jumped up and down, hating to snatch it up and read it clearly.

"Well, this is my letter; I want to read it privately." Dean said as he clutched the unopened envelope and looked at his parents.

　　He hasn't thought about how to tell them.

　　Dean, who had read the original story, was clear that there was no doubt that this was a notice from Hogwarts.

After activating the magical talent system, Dean was definitely intended to go to Hogwarts, but considering that he had just had a small conflict with his stepfather over the choice of school, he decided not to tell everyone the news, which he couldn't say was good or bad news, for the time being - at least until he figured out how to successfully explain Hogwarts and everything about magic. until then.

　　"Ahem, Daniel, stop pestering Dean, I think he needs to be left alone to think." A suspicious Sean stopped Daniel from pestering him and said forgivingly to Dean, "I think we can squeeze in an hour for you to read it, after all, today is a big day for you~"

　　Dean gave his stepfather a grateful look, "Thanks, I'll read it as soon as I can."

　　After that Dean nodded at the others and forced down his inner excitement and walked as normally as he could to his room, he desperately needed a little time to digest it all.

　　However, in the eyes of his family, Dean still too nervous and excited at the same time.

　　...

"Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: Albus Dumbledore

　　Dear Mr. Thomas.

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment

　　The school year is scheduled to begin on September 1. We will be waiting for your owl to bring your reply by July 17.

　　Yours sincerely, Vice-Principal Minerva McGonagall"

　　Dean read the notice from Hogwarts three times before finally confirming that it was not a dream.

Unfortunately, although the surprise came suddenly, it disappeared even faster.

He realized that he couldn't figure out how to explain it all to the Thomas family, let alone how to convince his parents to let him go to Hogwarts.

　　Seeing that an hour was about to pass, Dean reluctantly found a note, on which he simply wrote his current troubles, hoping that the school authorities can help him solve this problem.

　　After writing the reply, Dean found a real problem; he did not have an owl to reply.

Mrs. Thomas's urging voice has sounded downstairs, from the noise downstairs, my siblings has been looking forward to the playground they can hardly wait.

　　Just when Dean was anxious, there was the sound of "Duk Duk Duk" tapping on the glass outside the window.

　　Dean realized that the snow-white owl that delivered his notice was watching him with amber eyes outside the window.

Dean was overjoyed, and hurriedly opened the window, tied the return letter to the owl's feet, and said apologetically, "Sorry, I didn't prepare any owl food, I'll make sure to give you double next time!"