The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 97 Familiar Taste

Just do it, Ada has never been a procrastination character. After returning from Hogsmeade, Ada plunged into the library, looking for everything related to Hogsmeade village.

This village composed of pure wizards has a long history, and the first person to live here was Hengis,
At that time, the Muggle society was afraid of magic and regarded wizards as devils, so the prey campaign was carried out for hundreds of years, inhumanely persecuting wizards and people close to them.

Some wizards are not afraid of the punishment of Muggles, and even take pleasure in it, but there are still many wizards who lost their lives under the persecution of Muggles.

Hengis came to Hogsmeade to live in seclusion to avoid the persecution of Muggles.After that, more and more wizards came to settle here, gradually formed a scale, and finally became the Hogsmeade village seen today.

In Hogsmeade's long history, the most famous event was the goblin rebellion in 1612, and a tavern in the village was used as the headquarters.

The Goblin Rebellions were a series of rebellious movements initiated by goblins to oppose discrimination and prejudice against wizards, which were quite common in the 17th and 18th centuries.To this day, there are still many radical goblins who oppose the Ministry of Magic's notice and demand to be treated equally.

Ada has searched a lot of information in the library, whether it is "Historical Relics of the History of Magic" or "Hogwarts, a School History", or other books, Ada has not found any records about the Shrieking Shack However, the legend of the hut is more like a legend passed down by word of mouth among the villagers.

I couldn't find it in the book, so I naturally had to ask someone. Ada asked many seniors and sisters I met in the library, and even asked Professor Cecil, but still couldn't find the answer.

The living couldn't do it, so I went to the dead, and Ida went to Sir Popington, the ghost of Gryffindor. When Ida found him, Sir Popington was looking at the portrait of Anne Boleyn stored in the castle.

Sir Popington, who has been a ghost for hundreds of years, gave Ada a vague answer: the rumor of the screaming shack has not been popular for a long time, maybe it has been decades, or it may have been 100 years.

As a "living" ghost, Ada didn't expect him to be able to tell himself the exact date, except for the anniversary of his own death, he could not remember many things accurately.

Moreover, this kind of word-of-mouth story, in the process of spreading, will always gradually deviate from the truth of the matter.But this time frame is still very useful, at least Ada doesn't have to look for a needle in a haystack in the library like a headless chicken.

During the time Ida spent in the library, Hogwarts had already entered December, and the damp and cold air tortured the students' bodies and souls every morning, and getting up became an extremely difficult task. difficult things.

One fine afternoon, Ada decided to leave the library temporarily and go for a walk.

The thick snow, stepping on it made a "creak, creak" sound, bathed in the sun, Ada strolled to the Black Lake, the towering distant mountains and the wide Black Lake always made Ada nostalgic.

The weather is cold, and there are no couples left by the Black Lake, so this place is very suitable for Ida to relax.The snow-covered mountains in the distance looked like white-haired old men watching her, but what Ada didn't know was that there was really a white-haired old man watching Ada not far away.

"Drizzt, didn't you bring a book today?" Glover Cecil walked over with his hands behind his back, his face was pale, and he looked as if he was sick.

Glover Cecil has always been very kind to Ada, but he has never called Ada by her nickname, not even the name "Esmeralda", and has always called Ada by her last name.

"With gloves on, it's inconvenient to turn over the book." Ada shook her gloved hands. The gloves were very thick, and they were sent together with the earmuffs.

"I didn't like the school's weather when I was in school, and I hated it even more when I got older." Professor Cecil stood beside Ada, with strong disgust in his tone.

"Professor, your complexion doesn't look very good. Is there something wrong with you?" Ada looked at Cecil and said, his face was as white as a piece of paper, and he looked a little scary.

Cecil touched his face, and asked with a smile: "Is it scary? When you get old, you will have all kinds of problems. No matter how powerful your mana is, you can't stand the time." erosion."

Time can make people grow, time can also make people age, time is both a teacher and an enemy.

The topic was a bit heavy, and neither of the two spoke for a while. Cecil took out a small flask from his robe. He lifted the lid and took a sip. His whole face was wrinkled. The contents of the flask It shouldn't be very tasty.

"By the way, have you found any news about the Screaming Shack?" Cecil's face turned ruddy a lot, his spirits improved, and he even had the strength to speak.

Ada didn't know what Cecil was drinking, but she caught a familiar smell.The weather was cold, and it was outside again, Ada thought that she must have smelled it wrong.

"I've heard many versions of ghost stories, and there's no one who knows more about the Screaming Shack rumors than I do now." Ada replied, "It's just that these are just rumors, and there's nothing real about them. Sex can be said."

"Our world is full of all kinds of weird rumors, some are false, and some are half-truths." Cecil said, "And we have to eliminate the false ones from these rumors, and get rid of those half-truths." Between the truth and the half-false, we strip away the cocoon and restore the truth of the matter."

Sounding like she was investigating a case, Ada suddenly had the illusion that she was not by the Black Lake in Hogwarts, but Baker Street in London.

"This is a very interesting process, even more interesting than finding the truth of the matter."

Ada disagreed with Cecil, preferring the result to the process.If possible, she would rather sit back and enjoy the rewards than search for it herself.

The twins are still very reliable in other things, but this fact is too difficult for the two brothers, Ada can only rely on herself.

"For the time being, I still prefer the result. The process of searching is always hard." Ada expressed her thoughts, "Just like this time, I found nothing except those rumors. If you want to know the truth, Still going to have a look there.”

Cecil didn't speak. He took out his wand and pointed it at the black lake. A thick black light shot out from the tip of the wand and went straight to the surface of the lake.The frozen lake and snow were blown away by this spell, and the water stirred up could be as high as two or three stories of buildings, but none of the water splashed on the two people on the shore.

Ada didn't see Cecil's pale face rapidly. She was shocked by the power of this spell. At the same time, she was also very envious of Cecil's control over the magic power, and she didn't know when she would be able to do this.

"When you can do this kind of thing, the result will come to you by itself." Cecil took out another sip from the flask and continued, "Then you will know the joy of the process, because you The process has been lost."

After speaking, Cecil slowly left the Black Lake. His pace was slow, and he seemed to use a lot of strength every step he took.Cecil's stooped figure made him look more like an old man than an unforgiving Dark wizard.

Ada looked at his back, and the mystery in her heart increased. The contents of the flask exuded a familiar smell to Ada, which reminded her of Snape's dim hut.

(End of this chapter)