Natural Magic at Hogwarts

Chapter 184 Pig's Head Bar
"Whoosh..." As soon as Brie walked into the candy store, he felt a gaze from behind. He turned around to look but saw nothing, but Brie felt a little...

"Blake, what is he doing here?"

Bree didn't care too much, maybe this guy was preparing a Christmas gift for his precious godson.

Go into a candy store.

Bree picked a few flavors that Draco liked more, and quietly approached Cedric's position. At this time, Cedric was already surrounded by Qiu Zhang.

"Mr. Diggory..."

Qiu looked ashamed, holding an exquisite gift box in his hand, it could be seen that the girl had put a lot of thought into preparing it, but Cedric, who was stopped by Qiu, backed away in surprise, his eyes flustered.

"I like you, can you consider me? I think we are a good match." Although Qiu is an Asian girl, she grew up in the UK and is very open-minded. She is not too reserved about the people she likes and is direct. Speaking of which, of course, she had dressed up carefully today, wearing a beautiful female wizard robe and her hair tied up specially, making her look very neat and elegant.

In the store, the other little wizards and clerks looked at this scene in surprise. The clerks were ready to give some small gifts to the young couple.

"Sorry, Ravenclaw girl, I don't think I had such an intention..." Cedric bluntly rejected Qiu Zhang, which made Qiu stunned on the spot.

"Click..." The subtle sound of taking pictures didn't attract anyone's attention, but Brie realized that he didn't seem to have done anything good, and he wanted to leave it as a souvenir for Cedric.

"Isn't it said that women chase men's veils? Why isn't Cedric attracted?"

Britain is a passionate city, at least emotionally among young people.

"Brie!"

Seeing Bree holding the camera, Cedric yelled loudly, hurriedly pulled away Qiu Zhang who was standing in front of him, apologized in a low voice, and ran out in short steps.

"Come on, Bree."

Bree held the camera, smiled helplessly at the ugly-looking Qiu Zhang, destroyed the photos in the camera, then handed the unpaid candies to the clerk, and said to the clerk: "Please send it to Hogwarts. My name is Bree Old."

Bree placed a few Galleons on the cash register, left the candy store, and caught up with Cedric.

"call!"

It started to snow.

"Brie, are you laughing?" Cedric saw that Brie remained silent, but knowing Brie's temperament, he could clearly feel Brie's teasing eyes, which made him sigh deeply.

"I really don't like her and I think I have more important things to do at Hogwarts."

During this period of time, Cedric was reading books about magical animals, magical plants, and wild exploration in order to prepare for graduation. Love and love were a burden to him.

"I think it's courage to say no, and that's a Ravenclaw flower, Cedric." Bree chuckled.

"Perhaps you will regret it, Cedric. Cho is a nice girl."

Cedric pursed his lips and looked at the growing snowflakes. He did not answer Bree's question, but said: "Want to have a drink? Some butterbeer is allowed."

Bree shrugged, saying it didn't matter.

"Let's go to the Pig's Head Bar. The boss there won't kick us out because we are underage. He only cares about money. Of course, you will be surprised when you see the boss."

Cedric winked mysteriously at Bree.

Pushing open the dilapidated door of the bar, a rush of hot air hit my face. The fireplace in the bar was burning brightly, but there were very few people in the bar. Today was a fantasy game event, and most of the people were still on the streets at the moment.

But there were some unexpected guests.

"Oh, look, who's here."

It was Snape's voice.

There is also Professor McGonagall, and of course the other two deans are also there.

They were gathering around a small dining table, drinking warm beer, talking about things, not business, of course, they were enjoying a wonderful holiday.

Professor Snape just said that and didn't look at Bree again. Professor Sprout waved cordially to Bree and Cedric and continued to talk with Professor McGonagall about this season's new clothes, while Fleur Professor Liwei had a pile of card packets on his desk, and he tore open one of them carefully without even noticing when Bree came in.

"Let's go sit on the other side."

Bree and Cedric smiled kindly at the professors and sat on the other side. Soon, an unexpected person walked up to them with a menu.

"What do you want, two stupid kids drinking under the professor's nose?"

This is an old man who looks exactly like Dumbledore, but his eyes are full of boredom.

"Dumbledore?" Bree blinked and quickly overturned his words, saying with a hint of doubt: "You are Headmaster Dumbledore's brother, right? I have heard of you, Aberforth Dumbledore." Mr. Lido.”

"Oh, thank you, thank you for remembering my name, little sir." Aberforth's expression softened a little, but he soon said: "Please hurry up, I think I have other guests."

As he said that, he pointed to the other side. At this time, he didn't notice that the professors were also in the bar. Ron and Hermione, who walked in casually, were already sitting next to the professors' booth. Of course, looking at it like that, Harry was obviously there.

"Two butterbeers for us, thank you, sir." Cedric spoke up for Bree.

Aberforth grunted.

"I'm sorry you don't dare to order anything else."

With that said, Aberforth walked away and headed to Ron's room.

At this time, the professors began to talk about Sirius Black and Harry.

"Harry, it's Professor..." Hermione felt a chill on her back. Why didn't they take a closer look just now? They just listened to Harry and ran in. Regardless of whether there was any passage leading to Hogwarts, they didn't. You can't be so impulsive.

Ron swallowed and was about to leave, but the professors' words caught their attention. When Harry heard this, he immediately stopped, as did Hermione. Hermione pressed Ron's head and let him Sit down, and when Aberforth saw this, he did not expose the two little guys who were afraid of the professor.

"Two butterbeers?"

Ron nodded, but then he said, "Three cups, thank you, Principal Dumbledore."

Aberforth frowned, turned around and left without saying anything, while Ron, who had called out Principal Dumbledore, was stunned and said in disbelief: "It's Principal Dumbledore. Didn't he pay?" Did you come here to do odd jobs for the candy money?”

Hermione covered his mouth. "Quiet, this is Mr. Aberforth, the brother of Principal Dumbledore. Can you read more books?"

"Oh, why would I care about professors' families?" Ron complained.

"Shh."

Here.

"Humph, Black, if he is really innocent, he should stay away from Hogwarts and stay away from Lily's children."

"Snape, don't say that. We need to see what's going on. It's too weird. Logically speaking, Azkaban shouldn't have such a lax defense." Professor McGonagall frowned.

In fact, she never believed that her students would do such a thing, but the evidence is here, and it has been ten years, and she has no way to argue.

"Huh, maybe Fudge released Black in order to find something to do for himself. He just wanted to use this guy to kill the savior because he was too famous."

Snape said maliciously: "If it's not for Potter, then why would he come to Hogwarts? Is it to see his old teacher?"

Professor McGonagall's face was a little ugly, but he couldn't do anything about Snape's words.

"Okay, stop talking, no matter what, we just need to keep an eye on Potter. He is still staying in Hogwarts, where he can be safe."

Is Hogwarts safe?

Snape snorted.

"Maybe I have to go back instead of staying here and drinking this boring afternoon tea." If it hadn't been because the office was forcibly occupied by three guys, he wouldn't have come out to waste time, but should have been cooking in the office Wonderful potion.

Snape, who had just stood up, saw Ron and Hermione who were looking towards them with their heads stretched out, and his expression suddenly turned very foul.

"Look, the guy who ditched Potter and went on a date."

Snape looked at it coldly, and when he saw the three glasses of butterbeer on the table, he said with a hint of doubt: "Don't tell me that you have a third friend on the date."

"Snape...we..." Ron stammered, but Snape didn't give them a chance to argue. At this time, the invisible Harry was so nervous that he didn't dare to move.

Fortunately, Snape only glanced at him a few times and quickly walked out of the Hog's Head pub.

Seeing this, the professors all sighed helplessly. Here, Professor Flitwick also finished opening the cards and was sitting on the chair sadly, his little body full of resentment.

"Why, why, I bought so many card packs, but I don't have a high-end card that suits me."

"No, I have to go buy some more!"

"Ahem, Filius, you should understand that all of your salary this month has been spent on card packs." Professor McGonagall frowned and warned Professor Flitwick: "You should learn to exercise restraint."

"Oh, come on, Minerva, we should be more lenient, haha." Professor Sprout took out his wallet, handed it to Professor Flitwick, and said, "Go and buy some more, we have to pay for Christmas." Professor Flitwick is here to do some work, so don’t be unhappy, you should give Christmas a little more joy.”

Seeing this, Flitwick blushed, but quickly took the wallet and ran to the street.

Professor McGonagall looked at Sprout disapprovingly, but ultimately said nothing.

"Come on, let's take a look around, and then it's time to go back to Hogwarts."

"Of course, let's go to the clothing store first, but I gave Felius my money, so I will trouble you this time, Minerva."

……

The professors left one by one, and Harry and the others, who had been pretending to be quail, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Harry said: "I'm going to go to the kitchen now and take a look. The secret passage leading to Hogwarts is there."

There were many secret passages leading to Hogwarts on the map, and there was one in this bar. However, when Harry came to the kitchen, he found that the secret passage could not be opened. In the end, he returned to his original position in despair. .

"No, it can't be opened at all. It seems we have to try another passage. There is also a secret passage in Honeydukes Candy Store. Let's go check it out after we finish our beer."

"it is good."

The Disillusionment Charm on Harry was cast by Bree, so he could naturally sense Harry's traces. When he saw Harry enter the back kitchen and come out in a daze, Bree quickly knew that Harry had gone to the secret passage. That, but clearly failed.

Interesting, is there something wrong with the secret passage?
Bree became interested, and after Harry and others left, he said, "Can you help me go to the clothing store to find Yana? She is buying clothes, so I can pay for it."

Bree handed the purse to Cedric, who nodded.

"See you at Hogwarts later. Cedric, I have something to do. I will go back to Hogwarts later. Please take Yana back with you."

"Okay." Cedric smiled gently and said, "Be safe, Bree."

Cedric left, and Bree paid, then disappeared into the back kitchen.

As soon as he entered the kitchen, Brie discovered a breath of soul, which caught Brie's attention. Following this breath, Brie carefully opened a cabinet.

"portrait?"

Brie said softly. There was a half-length portrait hidden in the cabinet. On it was a sleeping little girl. She looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old, very peaceful, just like the sleeping princess in the fairy tale.

The frame of the picture was very clean, and it looked like it had been regularly maintained. However, the soul living in the picture was in a very bad condition.

"The person who made this portrait tried his best, but it's a pity that the little girl's soul is too immature."

"Well, who?"

The little girl in the portrait slowly opened her eyes, but she couldn't see Bree standing in front of her at all.

"Who are you, I am Ariana, are you here to find me?"

Ariana...Brie has some vague memories of this name, and she seems to be Dumbledore's sister, but in the limited records, she has died. When she was 14 years old, she did not expect to be made into a portrait.

"Who is where!"

There was a sudden shout from behind Bree, and Aberforth hurriedly ran in front of Ariana, carefully protecting Ariana's portrait, and then looked around sharply.

"No one, brother."

"Really?" Aberforth touched the cabinet suspiciously, and found that the cabinet door was a little loose, so he let out a breath.

"I thought it was the arrogant white wizard who came to see you secretly, huh."

"Brother..." Ariana looked at Aberforth helplessly and said with a hint of sadness: "Brother Albus did not abandon family ties, he just..."

"Oh, Ariana, don't mention that person. You should forget him. He is no longer the brother who protects us. Ever since he became a saint and formed a contract with that person, he is no longer..."

"The Dumbledore family, just you and me..."

Aberforth gently stroked Ariana in the portrait, which made Ariana more silent.

"Brother, Brother Albus said he would save me. The same reason he joined the Saints..."

"Don't be confused, Ariana. This is just his ambition. Is he really trying to find the resurrection stone to resurrect you? You and I both know that the person who killed you was... ahem."

"Who... killed me, brother?"

"Don't talk about it, we just need to live well and stay together, Ariana." Aberforth was not going to talk about this topic anymore, he said gently: "Let's go see the snow, okay, brother, we will close the door right now. .”

Seeing the exhaustion on Aberforth's face, the unconcealable age, Ariana finally relented, and she nodded obediently.

Here, after listening to everything, Brie silently left the Pig Head Bar.

Outside the bar, the fine snow danced wildly in the cold wind with the afterglow, and Tom was holding up an umbrella, waiting for Bree.

"what happened?"

Bree stood in front of Tom and asked in a low voice. When he saw Tom holding out half of his umbrella, he didn't refuse. The snow was getting heavier as the sky darkened. It seemed like it would be quiet tonight.

"There is bad news that the Quidditch Company is going to fight against us, and they are not all idiots." Tom's eyes darkened. He originally thought that the other party would only do it secretly, but he didn't expect to start playing on the bright side. It's fun to play chess.

"I will go abroad later and arrange the affairs of the branch as soon as possible. You should be careful." They were not prepared to say it at first, but he could not guarantee the situation in the UK if he left, so he had to remind Bree something.

"Be careful. I was attacked some time ago. It was done by dark wizards. These wizards only recognize gold Galleons. If nothing happens, don't come to Hogsmeade Village. Just stay in Hogwarts with peace of mind."

"Of course, it's not all against us Oude, there are also some werewolves. The werewolves seem to have seen our cooperation with Hogwarts, so they hope we can help them. Of course, I refused, but they will not give up."

There was imperceptible concern in Tom's eyes, but his face was very serious. Perhaps he thought that only in this way could Bree understand that the matter was not that simple, and that he should protect himself according to his arrangement.

After hearing this, Bree rubbed his brows in understanding and nodded.

"I will be careful, you don't die outside... Of course, you can't die, I will pull you out of the ground again."

The house-elf's servant contract, in which the immortal state of immortality cannot be destroyed by death.

"Haha." Tom felt warm in his heart, and the smile on his lips lingered.

Bree thought for a while and told Tom about what she had just met at the Pig's Head Bar. Tom was stunned after hearing this and began to search for clues in his memory.

"It's been a long time ago. I'm afraid I wasn't born at that time. Who should have covered up Dumbledore's past? I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to find the truth."

Tom's eyes were dark, and his shiny black leather shoes stepped on the white snow that was beginning to accumulate on the ground. With a squeaking sound, he sent Bree to the station.

Under the dim light, Tom held an umbrella, looked at Bree, bent slightly, and whispered in Bree's ear: "Maybe you can go to the real chamber of secrets in Slytherin. There may be the whereabouts of the Resurrection Stone."

"Slytherin once studied him, and the spell in the Chamber of Secrets is: Speak to me, Slytherin—the greatest of the Big Four at Hogwarts."

"You have to go once, don't forget it in a hurry, my dear little Brie."

……

"Hey, can't you comfort me? I have been lectured by my parents all afternoon today."

In the Slytherin dormitory, Draco collapsed on his bed, sighing continuously while peeling off the candy that Bree brought him to eat.

"Your parents love you." Brie said casually, while writing on his hands. He was studying the barrier magic for protection, and the protection of the turret was a little weak.

With the last strokes done, Bree was ready to leave.

"Hey, hey, don't go. Calculate how long it has been since you rested in Slytherin. Besides, don't you want to know what big things my parents told me? They asked me not to tell anyone."

Bree paused, looking at Draco who was asking for credit strangely, and finally sat back on her bed in Slytherin, and said amusedly: "What about that?"

Hearing Bree's response, Draco stood up with a smile and said nonchalantly: "Look, I knew you wanted to know. I listened carefully to what my father said."

"You know, my father took my mother to France just to avoid the Hogwarts incident. Neither the dementors from the Ministry of Magic nor the werewolves inside and outside the Forbidden Forest wanted to get involved. However, my father Said France also has some problems."

Speaking of this, Draco guessed with a hint of worry: "There are many wandering dark wizards in France, all from outside. They want to replenish magic items, but their targets are not local France. According to my father's and my guess , their target should be Britain."

"You have to know that France and Britain are separated by a strait. It is not difficult for them to break in."

"Dark wizard?" Brie touched her chin thoughtfully, thinking about what Tom said not long ago. According to Tom's resolute and resolute character, I'm afraid he has left the UK now, and he doesn't know if he will fight with these black people. Encounter with a wizard.

As the predecessor of black magic, Tom thought that nothing would happen.

Bree calmed down and continued to listen to Draco's chat.

"I heard that Quidditch is going to hold a league, and I want to hold it with Hogwarts, Armstrong, and several schools. They also launched the latest broomsticks and Firebolts in advance, which is very cool. My dad said they would Buy me one."

Speaking of this, Draco became somewhat interested again, but of course, he soon became unhappy again.

"Oh, actually compared to Firebolt, I hope my dad can buy me some card packs, because they kept me, and I didn't even go to Hogsmeade. What did I miss? I heard that today in Hogsmeade There is a homeless man in Germode Village who won the special prize. It is a unique card. If I get it, I will definitely be able to surpass everyone in the next Fantasy Game Club competition!"

"Haha." Brie smiled, but ignored Draco's fantasy at this time and struck: "The stronger the illusion card, the better. You need to find the card that suits you and learn magic from it to enhance your strength. Otherwise, you will just use high-level cards to bully the novices, which is not very fulfilling."

"Oh, come on, it's not that you don't order high-level cards for me. If you give me a dragon, I can bring a new dragon knight to the magic world!"

(End of this chapter)