Harry Potter and the Candy Factory

After chatting for a while, to make sure they could still make it to the upcoming opening ceremony on time, Hagrid had to interrupt Aberforth's reminiscing. Amidst Aberforth's somewhat disappointed expression, Hagrid pulled Charlie away, and they hurriedly left the Hog's Head Inn.

"Come by more often!"

As Charlie got on Hagrid's motorcycle, he turned his head, looked at Aberforth who had come out of the Hog's Head Inn and was waving and instructing him at the alley entrance. Charlie waved back and replied,

"Don't worry! I'll come by whenever I have time... You should really learn how to write letters! That way I can write to you too!"

With that, Hagrid's motorcycle started, the engine roaring as they rode along the main road of Hogsmeade Village towards Hogwarts...

Aberforth stood there at the alley entrance, quietly watching the motorcycle carrying his disciple drive into the distance... Only when he could no longer see its shadow in the darkness did his expression finally soften, a rare hint of kindness appearing in his eyes. At that moment, he truly seemed almost indistinguishable from Dumbledore...

For a moment, he seemed to recall something sad, and his eyes became slightly red. He sighed deeply, exhaling a breath of turbid air... Shaking his head, Aberforth stopped watching their departing figures, turned around, and slowly walked back into the Hog's Head Inn.

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"Charlie—"

The motorcycle sped along the less-than-smooth path, stirring up gusts of wind.

With some effort, Charlie could only tightly grab onto Hagrid's clothes, shrinking himself as much as possible behind his broad frame to block the strong wind.

Suddenly, Hagrid, who had been concentrating on riding the motorcycle, seemed to remember something. He turned his head and shouted loudly to Charlie behind him.

"What?"

Charlie squinted, pressing his head as close as possible to Hagrid's back. Hearing Hagrid's voice, he also raised his head and replied.

"Uh..."

Hearing Charlie's reply, Hagrid, who had just called him, suddenly hesitated.

"That... where can I buy those candies you gave Harry??"

After saying this, Hagrid quickly added, seemingly afraid that Charlie would misunderstand,

"It was when I picked up Harry, he opened your gift and gave me two. That flavor is very special... Anyway, I thought they were delicious, so since you're here, I wanted to ask you."

"Ah..." Charlie realized, and said, "That... is a new product that our factory hasn't promoted yet... It's not on sale yet, it should be officially released around Christmas."

"Oh..." Hagrid listened to Charlie's answer, his voice inevitably tinged with disappointment, but he had no choice. He could only sigh and reply, "I see."

"Actually..." Charlie raised his head a little. "If you like them, our factory is still in the trial production stage. When I get back, I can have Russell specifically send you some..."

"Really!?" Instantly, Hagrid, who had been somewhat disappointed, was pleasantly surprised. Under his goggles, his eyes widened a bit, and the smile on his face became even brighter.

"Hahahaha, thank you, Charlie! You're really a great person!"

Hagrid laughed heartily. For a moment, the increased goodwill in his heart made him selectively forget his pity for Filch, and he sincerely praised Charlie.

"It's nothing, we're friends..." Charlie patted the other's broad shoulder and replied enthusiastically.

"That's right! You're right, we're all friends!"

Hearing Charlie's words, Hagrid was overjoyed. He continued to twist the motorcycle's handlebars, cheerfully humming a strange tune.

However, what he didn't know was that behind him, Charlie was also happy enough to hum a song.

See, the implementation of his idea was extremely smooth! Listening to Hagrid's evaluation, he could already imagine that before long, the name 'Scent of the Sniff's Violet Sweets' would sweep through Hogwarts in a miraculous way.

You should know that the best advertising in this world is definitely not some GG shot by actors and celebrities... but the information conveyed from the unquestioning tone of the people around you!!

By then, whether people who have eaten Violet Sweets or people who have not eaten Violet Sweets will form a perfect consensus in their hearts—this candy is delicious.

As for whether it would be a pity to give away Violet Sweets that are still in the trial production stage so easily?

Nonsense, of course not!! As a candy factory, no matter how expensive the candy outside is, here, it's just a negligible cost price!

Using this price to exchange for Hagrid's powerful promotion, and incidentally brush up on the goodwill of Dumbledore's confidant... this is simply a huge profit! Okay?

Thinking of this, Charlie's hand, which was originally holding Hagrid's clothes, gripped even more tightly.

Soon, the motorcycle began to pass through the deep lake on the outskirts of Hogwarts. At the same time, this also confirmed that the two had finally entered the controlled area of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...

Charlie couldn't help but raise his head, watching the bean-sized raindrops falling from mid-air, hitting the lake surface and stirring up real water splashes, and a sense of nostalgia couldn't help but rise in his heart.

Due to the magical protection, the rain could not hit him. Whenever it approached, it would be directly bounced away or twisted aside.

But even so, Charlie could really feel the chill of this heavy rain...

His thoughts immediately returned to the time when he had just arrived at Hogwarts... the same heavy rain, the same lake.

The small boat swayed unsteadily with the raging lake waves, like a leaf on the ocean, and could capsize into the lake at any time, becoming a delicious meal for the Kelpies living inside.

Although at that time, Charlie already knew from his sister's mouth that arriving at Hogwarts by boat in a rainstorm was just a traditional entrance ceremony for freshmen, in order to allow the new students of Hogwarts to truly feel the feelings of the four founders, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, and Ravenclaw, when they came here.

In fact, countless spells had already been cast on that seemingly unstable boat, making it extremely stable, and it was impossible for it to capsize.

But when he actually sat on that boat, feeling the crazy waves rushing towards him in the pouring rain, he still couldn't help but feel frightened...