Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 238 Journey to Hogsmeade Village

Snape was petty and stupid, which was evident from his constant use of petty tricks to punish Harry.

Although Snape's stinginess and stupidity are cute in the eyes of our readers looking down from the perspective of God, it cannot conceal the nature of Snape's stupidity.

In fact, the vast majority of people in the entire wizarding world have a petty air.

Like Lucius, the head of the Malfoy family, he is a petty person.

In the Muggle world, no one who has achieved his level of success in the family business would be able to do the stupid things he did to the Weasley family.

A real big shot only looks at profit when doing things.

In order to obtain more benefits, personal honor and disgrace are really irrelevant.

Mike firmly believes that the root cause of wizards' pettiness is that the wizarding society is too small and backward at the same time.

This will breed a lot of bumpkins like Snape and Lucius!

But no matter how much Mike despised these people in private, he couldn't deny that Snape, a stupid man, had indeed caused him trouble.

The result of his orgy drinking with Cedric and Harry yesterday was deducted points and grounds. Mike didn't care about the deducted points. As long as his plan for this year can be successful, he no longer needs the Academy Cup to improve his reputation.

But grounding is different.

Although Hogwarts' space restriction is ineffective for Shuke and Beta, since these two little guys have never been to Hogwarts, they can't appear in Hogwarts directly with a whoosh, and they still need to be brought by Mike. They go in there themselves.

Ever since, Mike decided to take the opportunity of going to Hogsmeade Village to bring these two little guys a little familiarity with Hogwarts, and by the way, he could also get the "Unbreakable Vow" and "Shadow Change" that they bought outside. The knowledge scrolls of "Shape" and "All Curse Ends".

But now it's all gone, because of stingy Snape.

But of course it wasn't that Mike couldn't go out. The Marauder's Map was still on him. Last year, the Weasley brothers didn't have the nerve to ask Mike for it because of Percy, so they gave it to him by default.

And Mike naturally didn't mean to return it.

Just kidding, the Marauder's Map can display people's names in real time. What if you accidentally find that there is only a man named Pettigrew next to your brother?
Will Mike still carry out his own plan?
In fact, Mike thinks that this plot should be a bug in the original work. Just imagine, two mischievous teenagers have obtained such a prank weapon as the Marauder's Map. Would they use it to spy on their classmates or even their relatives? trend?

With the Marauder's Map in their hands for such a long time, it was basically impossible for Peter Pettigrew not to be exposed.

Having said that, Mike, who is holding the Marauder's Map, naturally knows most of the secret passages in Hogwarts, and among them, there are naturally ones leading to Hogsmeade Village.

For the sake of sympathy, Mike took Harry with him when he set off to Hogsmeade. As for Cedric, he was tired of going to Hogsmeade, and his homework burden became more and more serious after entering the sixth grade. The heavier it gets, the less desire to go shopping.

For the same reason, Penello did not choose to leave Hogwarts.

When the panting Harry came to the secret passage, Mike was already tired of waiting.

Harry also knew that he was late, so he raised his seemingly empty hand in embarrassment and explained, "I'm going to get the Invisibility Cloak, you know it, it's..."

Mike naturally knew the origin of the invisibility cloak in Harry's hand, and interrupted Harry's words with a wave of his hand, then turned his head and took out his wand to aim at the statue of the one-eyed witch.

"Left and right separation."

As Harry watched in amazement, the statue's hunched back opened, revealing a passageway that could have accommodated a thinner figure.

"Wow!"

Harry cried out excitedly, but then he looked around vigilantly, for fear that someone would appear suddenly.

Seeing that Harry hadn't forgotten that they were going to Hogsmeade village in violation of Professor McGonagall's stay-at-home order, Mike nodded in satisfaction and got into the tunnel first.

The beginning of the passage was a long slide. Mike felt that he had slid for a long time on the slide before falling to the cold and wet dirt.

Mike stood up and half-bowed to release the fluorescent flash.

Harry fell down the slide when the soft light filled the surroundings.

"This is really cool! How did you know about this secret passage!"

Harry, who was using the secret passage for the first time, was obviously very excited and asked Mike excitedly.

Naturally, Mike didn't tell Harry the truth, so he said perfunctorily: "Don't forget that I did a Dolphin magic drink smuggling business with George and Fred last year. It's not surprising to know this secret passage."

"Damn it, they never told me about this secret passage!"

"Stop complaining, let's go!"

Under Mike's command, Harry finally stopped his unquestionable complaints, and followed Mike into the depths of the passage.

This secret passage is extremely long and twists and turns, more like a mouse hole.

Harry and Mike walked for ten minutes until they reached the bottom of a dilapidated stone staircase.

Mike stopped here, first cast a disillusionment spell on himself, and then made Harry put on the invisibility cloak before stepping up the stairs.

The design of the stairs is very unreasonable, each step is extremely high, which makes it very uncomfortable for Mike and Harry to step on.

Fortunately, since the passage is uphill from the middle, the staircase is not long, and Mike's head hit a trapdoor after climbing for a while.

Rubbing his aching head, Mike pushed open the trapdoor and climbed out.

Here is a cellar surrounded by crates and other wooden boxes.

Mike waited until Harry also climbed out, then carefully closed the trapdoor.

Naturally, the two invisible people couldn't see each other, which made Harry very uneasy, calling for Mike in a low voice from time to time, fearing that Mike would leave him here.

Helpless, Mike could only respond to Harry in a low voice, and let him go straight up the stairs.

At the end of the cellar stairs is a wooden door. When Mike and Harry opened the wooden door carefully, they saw the true face of the Honey Duke Candy Store.

Now the Duke of Bees is crowded with Hogwarts students, and the clerks at the counter are so busy that they don't even notice the two invisible people, Harry and Mike.

Seeing this, Mike quickly poked Harry and signaled him to get out quickly.

When the two came to the store cautiously, they were almost stunned.

I saw rows and rows of huge shelves filled with the most delicious and juicy candies, big milky yellow nougat, shiny pink coconut sorbet, honey-colored toffee, hundreds of whole Neat chocolates, a big bucket of Bibi multi-flavored beans and Zizi honey...

Mike even spotted Dumbledore's favorite pile of cockroaches in the corner!

But Mike is not a child, and his resistance to candy is much stronger than Harry's.

Even if the other wall is filled with super bubble gum like Blowing Treasures (it can blow out many bubbles and last for several days. There are many flavors, and the bubbles blown out are different according to different tastes. It is said that there are special bubble blowers in some places. Bubble Contest, the Weasley Brothers really want to participate, because the bubbles they blow out are big and firm) This kind of candy with special effects didn't stop him.

"Let's go, you will have a lot of opportunities to come here in the future!"

Mike whispered in the ear of Harry who was stunned, which brought Harry back to his senses and followed him out of the Duke of Bees.

In a small alley outside Honeybee Duke, Shu Ke and Beta were waiting there.

When Mike's voice suddenly sounded from an unoccupied corner, Shu Ke's face immediately showed joy, and a small suitcase appeared in his hand while bowing.

Mike took the suitcase and opened it to see that there were three rolls of parchment lying safely inside. Then he closed the suitcase with satisfaction, and carefully put it into the Response Bag.

Don't be careless, Mike bought it at a high price.

The Unbreakable Vow, Apparatus, and Endless Curse, these three spells cost more than 3 Galleons in total, and an average of [-] for each spell!
Harry on the side didn't care about the interaction between Mike and Shuke. In fact, he was looking at the crowd of people coming and going outside the alley, and his mind had already gone somewhere.

Hogsmeade is the only remaining pure wizarding village in the UK and refuses any Muggles to stay.

Therefore, the wizarding atmosphere in the village is very strong, and almost everything is very different from the Muggle world. Harry can't wait to start his adventure in this wizarding village.

Naturally, Mike would not refuse Harry's request, he brought Harry out this time just to let Harry relax.

Winking at Shuke, Shuke quickly took out two masks and handed them to Mike and Harry.

Mike's is a monkey with a cigar in his mouth, while Harry's is a chubby pig's head.

Although he felt that his mask was much uglier than Mike's, Harry couldn't care less about it now.He hurriedly took off the invisibility cloak, and quickly put on the pig's head mask.

Seeing that Mike was still walking slowly, Harry, who was ready, immediately became unhappy and began to urge him loudly.

Half an hour later, two people wearing full-body masks came out of the alley, followed by two house elves.

To be honest, Mike and Harry dressed more like bank robbers than students and tourists. If they walked on the streets of London, they would definitely be caught and questioned by the police.

But it's okay to walk in Hogsmeade. This is a wizard's village, and there are more strangely dressed wizards here.

Mike and Harry are simply pediatrics.

Today is Halloween, and there will be a Halloween dinner tonight. In order to prevent people from discovering that the two of them sneaked out, they must go back before three o'clock in the afternoon.

So there is not much time left for Mike and Harry.

Under such circumstances, Harry naturally didn't waste time. He dragged Mike into the Duke of Bees as soon as he came out of the alley and started to sweep.

Due to the lack of time, he didn't check the introduction of the candies carefully, he just grabbed some of each and went to the counter to queue up to pay.

Mike saw with his own eyes that Harry's candy basket also contained a lot of pepper urchins (a kind of small black candy that tastes so spicy that you can breathe fire. It really breathes fire!) and explosive gummies (really It will explode!), and couldn't help but start to mourn for Harry's stomach.

Mike thought his stomach was not as good as Harry's, so he bought a lot of sizzling bees and piles of cockroaches.

As the signature candy of the Duke of Bees, the Zizi Honey Bee Candy is of course expensive, but fortunately, Mike is now a rich man, and the Dolphin Beverage Factory now brings him thousands of Galleons every week, so naturally he doesn't think it is expensive.

He even settled Harry's bill.

"Thank you, Mike. It's just that you don't have to, my parents left me a lot of money..."

"Okay, don't talk about this. The money your parents left you is for you to marry your wife and buy a house, so you can keep it." Mike pouted and said, "You spend the money lavishly now. You won’t be able to marry a wife! Or even if you marry a wife, you can only live with your wife in her mother’s house!”

Harry was a child after all, and he didn't really feel the meaning of Mike's words, he just thought that Mike was persuading him to save money.

He wanted to say something to thank some Mikes, but when his eyes fell on the pile of cockroaches crawling in a large bottle in Mike's basket, the words he said suddenly changed.

"Um, I understand the truth, but why did you buy a pile of cockroaches?"

Mike's face froze. He couldn't tell Harry that the pile of cockroaches was actually quite delicious, right?

So he said perfunctorily: "This is for Dumbledore, as you know, he likes to eat this kind of weird candy the most."

Harry nodded in understanding, and it was only when Mike saw this that he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then the two continued to go shopping.

I have to say that the wizarding village of Hogsmeade is really interesting. Mike and Harry have visited almost every store, from Zuko joke shops specializing in prank props such as dung bombs to the famous three Don't miss the Broom Bar.

It is worth mentioning that they also met the three Weasley brothers in the joke shop. According to Harry, the Weasley brothers almost ran out of prank props, so this time they came out to replenish the ammunition depot.

Harry originally wanted to go up to meet them, but was held back by Mike.

Are you kidding me, you are a big celebrity, if other people see you appearing in Hogsmeade, wouldn't you have to implicate me then?
Although this possibility is very small, it has to be guarded against.

The two walked the street so happily, but when Harry saw a notice on a wall, the good mood was completely destroyed.

"Ministry of Magic order... Dementors will patrol Hogsmeade every day from sunset... This order will not be lifted until Sirius is captured..."

The smile on Harry's face disappeared after reading the above content.

Seeing this, Mike patted Harry on the shoulder twice for comfort, and said at the same time: "So Professor McGonagall actually didn't let you out because he loved you. After all, Black's target is probably you."

"I know, it's all because of Black, the murderer, so I can't come to Hogsmeade with everyone!" Harry cursed Black irritably, but then he seemed to be afraid that Mike would be worried, or that he might be afraid that the next time he would come to Hogsmeade because of Black. He said without bringing him here, "But now that the streets are full of dementors, Black shouldn't have a chance to get close here! So, Professor McGonagall is really making too much of a fuss!"

After saying that, Harry turned and walked towards Duke Bee, it was getting late, and it was time for them to rush back to Hogwarts.

And Mike looked at Harry's back with a strange expression from behind.

Tonight is Halloween, and it's also time for Black's first attack!
If nothing else happened, Harry would be slapped in the face tonight.

(End of this chapter)