"Cousin, that Dudley is the son of someone who wants to work with father. He comes over every now and then and is always pestering me to be his girlfriend!" Pauline said to Braun with some dissatisfaction.
"By the way, Pauline, what's your full name?" Braun asked curiously.
Pauline was stunned for a moment: "Pauline Mayne. What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just curious," Braun said casually.
If he guessed correctly, his uncle should be the Mayne who went to the Dursleys' house as a guest in the original book. If Dobby hadn't stepped in and dunked the cake on their heads, the Dursleys' drilling factory would have been sold.
He understood that his uncle's surname had changed from Foley to Mayne. It's not just your his house. Almost all pure-blood families have Squibs, who after being sent into the Muggle world will have their last name changed.
This is a default rule in all the pureblood families in the magical world. It's just that compared to other pure-blood families, at least the Foley family will not kick the Squib people out of the family tree, and the name will still be retained on it.
And the Black family, which claims to be oldest and noblest, are like every other pure blood family. They claim to be always pure blooded without any squibs, but in fact, they are kicking the Squib people out of the family tree. This is no different from covering ears and pretending the bells don't exist. Of course, they didn't end very well. Almost all the direct descendants in the family are basically dead. The only one alive, Sirius Black is still locked up in Azkaban at the moment.
"Cousin, do you like these boxing gloves? are you into boxing?" Look at the boxing gloves spinning around Braun's finger, Pauline couldn't help but ask.
Braun said casually: "I think they are interesting. I'm going to take them back to show my friends." Braun replied.
In fact, he just didn't want to waste brain cells thinking about Christmas presents. Just give this thing to Ron. Ron has no idea on what it is and Braun is so sure that he has no knowledge on boxing or any other muggle sport to be honest. He can just tell him that it's a favorite item that all the young Muggle boys want. He will be thrilled and will accept it happily. And taking Dudley's boxing gloves away himself can be regarded as saving some of Harry Potter's troubles. Otherwise, Dudley might have used his cousin's pretty little face to break in the new gloves.
"Oh... I always seemed out of place because I was too kind."
"What did you say?"
"Nothing, I mean, is there any place to grab a bite to eat here? I ate a little bit less during lunch and am starting to get a little hungry."
Pauline raised her head: "I remember, after crossing this road and turning left and there is a dessert shop, how about we go to get some pudding?"
"When... Hey! Be careful!"
Before he could finish speaking, Braun rushed up and grabbed the hand of a little girl who was about to cross the street before waiting for the green light.
The girl seemed a little frightened. Somehow, as soon as Braun grabbed her hand, he felt a force bounce him off.
Bang!
Braun slammed into the street lamp. Fortunately, the impact of this force was not large enough to hurt him.
The girl immediately ran to check on him and thankfully the boy didn't get hurt but had a silly grin on his face.
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I don't know what just happened.
I blanked out for a second and didn't know what i did just now"
The girl was a little confused and tearing up.
"Cousin, are you all right?" Pauline immediately ran to Braun and checked him for any injuries with some concern.
After finding that Braun was not hurt and was fine, she put her hands on her waist and stood up for her cousin against the wild girl that attacked him for saving her: "What's wrong with you! My cousin was kind enough to help you, if he hadn't stopped you, you would have been hit by a car. Why are did you hit him instead of being thankful?"
As she spoke, her voice lowered again: "Moreover, with so much force." It seemed that she was also afraid of being beaten by the girl, and she carefully retreated.
Just now when she saw Braun was attacked she became angry and the anger overwrote the fear in her mind. But after expressing the anger, the fear hit and she couldn't help but get scared, and she only saw Braun pull the girl over and be thrown out and didn't see it clearly because of the perspective.
She thought Braun had been beaten and she shouted in a hurry. But then she thought that even Braun, who was bigger and stronger than her was not an opponent, and her small body would definitely not be able to hold up even half of that strength, so her voice lowered again.
"Yes, I'm sorry! I really don't know what's going on."
The girl was at a loss. She didn't know what just happened; she only felt a sudden tension in her heart, and then Braun was thrown away.
At this moment, Braun had slowly stood up holding the street lamp. The thick clothes he was wearing and the heavy snow on the ground saved him. He made very contact with the lamp post with his thick clothes and it did not hurt him and when he landed on the ground, he just landed on the unpaved snow, which cushioned his fall.
"Pauline, it's not he fault... She shouldn't have known what was going on."
"Cousin, how are you feeling? are you injured anywhere?" Pauline hugged Braun with some concern.
"No, I am alright , it was just a fall. She should have been having her magic outburst and she didn't mean to attack me back then."
Pauline nodded understandingly, although she didn't quite understand what a magic outburst was, but she probably knew that it might be a sign of a wizard's awakening. That is to say, this girl in front of them also has a chance to become a wizard? She couldn't help but feel some positive feelings towards her future schoolmate.
Braun just wanted to go back. But he was stopped by the girl.
"Hello. What is a Magic Outburst? And are you really all right? My dad is at the mall not far away, and I can get him to take you to the hospital."
She had just finished speaking and they could see a slightly chubby blonde man hurrying over towards them. He was still holding a bunch of things in his hands and ran as fast as his legs could carry him without slipping on the snow. He seemed a little anxious. But he was visibly relieved to see that his girl was alright.
"Hermione! How many times have I told you that you can't run around on your own."
"Sorry dad, I won't do it the next time." Seeing his daughter apologize with a sincere face, the man didn't say anything more: "Are they your friends? Did this kid slip and fall down? Do you need any help kids? Hey i think i know you! You are... Pauline? Mr. Mayne's daughter?"
Pauline's attention was on Braun just now. At this moment when she heard someone calling her name, as soon as she looked up, she couldn't help but be surprised: "You're Uncle Granger?"
Mr. Granger expressed concern: "That's right, it's me. What happened to your little friend?"
"Dad, it's..." Before Hermione could finish speaking, Braun interrupted.
"Hello sir, I accidentally fell just now. Coincidentally Miss Granger was nearby and she helped me up, thank you very much."
Mr. Granger first looked approvingly at his somewhat stunned daughter. Then humbly asked: "It's really nothing. Are you okay now? Where is your home and do you want me to give you guys a ride?"