Hogwarts starts with stealing power

Fortunately, after a few days, Harry felt better because his weird outfit somehow attracted other little wizards.

Many little wizards also dressed up like this, and it seemed that the whole Hogwarts was in vogue with strange clothes.

This made Ron tell him several times in a very proud tone.

"Harry, that's why we are the fashion leaders. Look, so many little wizards are following our style!"

Harry emphasized: "They are following my style, not yours. Your clothes are all normal, only I have so many accessories!"

Privately, Harry also felt strange, how did this dress become popular?

He didn't think that he had such a great charm that all the little wizards followed him to study.

Until one day, he was studying in the Gryffindor common room at night and heard Hermione fortune-telling for other little wizards.

After listening to Hermione's analysis, the young wizard asked worriedly: "From this point of view, something very dangerous and serious will happen to me recently. How should I solve it?"

Hermione asked calmly: "Do you believe in the power of the mind?"

A trace of confusion flashed across the young wizard's eyes.

Hermione continued: "Maybe you can learn from Harry and wear a lot of small protective gadgets.

Although those things are useless, they can bring you the power of the mind. As long as you firmly believe that they are useful, you will not be afraid of those things.

As long as your mind is strong enough, you will not panic too much when you encounter danger. As long as you calm down, you will definitely find a solution from it.

After all, when people see dangerous things, their first reaction is to freeze in place, but as long as you are not so scared, you can quickly run away and avoid it!"

When the young wizard heard it, he thought it made a lot of sense and hurried to the grocery store to buy things.

Hermione told fortunes for another young wizard.

Recently, the things she told fortunes seemed to be disasters, which made the young wizards who came to her a little worried, and each asked her how to solve it.

At this time, Hermione would often say -

"Do you believe in the power of the mind?"

After a series of punches of the power of the mind, the little wizard decided to go to the grocery store to buy small protective gadgets.

It is better to believe it than not to believe it!

The power of the mind is also a powerful force!

Ron and Harry heard the conversation between Hermione and the little wizard, and looked at each other in surprise.

Ron covered his mouth with his hand and whispered: "So clothes are so popular. Should we thank Hermione for making us look less strange?"

Harry couldn't help but say it again: "My dress is a little strange, you and Hermione are dressed very normally."

He didn't know what kind of mentality he had when he said this, as if he cared about this kind of dress, as if he could distinguish the difference from it.

But this is wrong.

This is not something to be proud of.

He has been very distressed by these small gadgets recently.

For example, every time he went to bed, he would feel very heavy, and when he turned over, he could hear the sound of the pendant falling on the quilt, which was muffled.

But as he wore these flashy gadgets for the past few days, Harry had to admit that he did feel at ease.

Especially around his neck were four portraits of great men, who were well-known figures.

Not only that, the strange costumes of the little wizards also attracted the attention of Professor Trelawney.

She changed into another red dress, but unlike the shabby red at the beginning, this red dress was bright and beautiful, and it looked like it had just been made.

In class, Trelawney took out a transparent crystal ball, stroked it a few times like a charlatan, closed his eyes and said prophecy with feeling:

"Oh, so that's it, you want to avoid the impending danger in this way...

I have to say, you are too smart, this will indeed have some effect."

Because of Trelawney's prophecy, the little wizards went crazy buying items in the grocery store.

Some little wizards were still skeptical, but now everyone was in a frenzy.

Although Lin Xia and others could not understand Trelawney's divination class, no, to be precise, many people could not understand it, but it did not prevent the little wizard from worshipping Trelawney.

With the dual endorsements of Hermione and Trelawney, the protective gadgets sold in the grocery store were quickly cleared out.

The grocery store had to hang a small sign "stock in stock" on Tuesday afternoon.

The Weasley twins continued to follow up on this fanatical phenomenon and came to interview Hermione: "Is the power of the mind the power of self-deception?"

Hermione said in an argumentative tone: "Who can deny that self-deception is not a kind of power? Moreover, believing in the power of the mind has made some wizards bolder!"

George thought carefully and said: "Hermione, you are a smart and excellent student, but at this moment, I think you are more like a philosopher."

Fred added: "George means that what you said is the same as not saying anything."

Hermione's eyes flashed with cunning, "I'm just a student, I don't know much about divination, you might as well interview Trelawney, maybe she has a better answer."

The Weasley twins actually went to interview Trelawney.

But the explanation given by Trelawney was even more unreliable.

She said nonchalantly: "Do you believe in fate? I am directed by fate. Those gadgets can indeed work at critical moments."

George couldn't help but said: "But Professor, you haven't come up with anything. When answering this question, don't you need divination?"

Fred added: "It makes you look a little unreliable."

Professor Trelawney said: "Even without the help of tools, I can talk directly to fate."

The Weasley twins thought about it, and after some revisions, finally came up with an "Investigation Report on the Recent Strange Costumes at Hogwarts."

The report appeared in the form of a newspaper, and the cover piqued people's interest.

There are only two lines of large characters on the cover. The first line of large characters is——

Do you believe in the power of the mind?

The big characters on the second line are——

Do you believe in fate?

The students at Hogwarts all seem to like metaphysics, but two lines of mysterious characters actually made the students enthusiastically buy it!

Of course, there may also be a reason why it is cheap enough. Purchasing a report only requires 5 Copper Nats.

But after this incident, it seems that the Weasley twins' ideas for making money have been broadened.

They don’t have to earn Galleons by reselling Hogsmeade products, they can also become content producers and make money by selling their own content and ideas!

…

In the auditorium.

Hermione was speculating whether Trelawney had anything to do with the grocery store. Perhaps Trelawney's prophecy was just a marketing hype.

Trelawny was able to get some gold galleons from the general store.

The reason Hermione was so sure was because she saw it with her own eyes!

Hermione vowed: "Just last night at ten o'clock, I was patrolling the fourth floor and saw a sneaky figure walking out of the grocery store. The back looked a bit like Trelawney."

Lin Xia asked curiously: "Are you just looking at the back?"

Hermione shrugged: "I can't help it. The dark shadow flashed past, and I only had a rough look. Moreover, she seemed to have set some magic. My little lion didn't record anything."

She changed her words and said, "But I have reported what I saw to the professor. The professor went there personally, but found nothing."

Lin Xia asked: "Did the professor search the grocery store at that time?"

Hermione shook her head: "No, Professor Snape just walked around outside and said sarcastically that I was dazzled."

Lin Xia suggested: "Next time you find something like this, you must ask the professor to open the grocery store. Maybe the person is hiding in the grocery store."

Hermione's eyes lit up, "Okay, I'll do that next time!"

Ron didn't know what he thought of and said: "If Professor Trelawney really cooperates with the grocery store, then everything makes sense.

Have you noticed that Professor Trelawney has not been short of money at all recently? She has changed into a new dress, which is covered with crystal stones and feathers.

If I'm not mistaken, these feathers are the feathers of a phoenix.

The feathers of this bird are not cheap at all. It is said that under the sunlight, they can emit colorful colors and have a certain psychic effect.

The phoenix is ​​not easy to raise at all and is a protected creature in the wizarding world. "

Harry couldn't help but say: "I observed that the divination items that Professor Trelawney brought were much newer than the equipment we used. It seems that the school specially replaced them all with new ones for her."

Hermione shook her head: "This kind of thinking is wrong. Why didn't the school replace her with new equipment before, but it recently replaced it? She must have paid for it herself!"

But Professor Trelawney didn't look like he was rich.

Hermione seemed to be having sex with Professor Trelawney.

She chose the fourth floor as her patrol location every night and wandered around the grocery store every day, trying to find evidence that Trelawny was colluding with the grocery store.

…

Night fell, in a dark corner on the fourth floor.

It was three o'clock in the morning, and the little wizard on patrol had just left.

Snape started walking around the fourth floor.

Just now, that annoying Gryffindor know-it-all said again that there was something around the grocery store, but she couldn't produce any evidence at all.

This made Snape couldn't help but taunt him: "Does our Miss Know-It-All patrol based on her feelings?

There is nothing unusual, but you feel something is. Do you want to use this kind of thing to gain extra points? "

Hermione was accustomed to Snape's taunts and said firmly: "Professor, I really saw it, but that black shadow did some magic to completely disable my audio-visual device.

For the sake of the safety of Hogwarts, I suggest that you patrol the grocery store and open the grocery store for patrolling. I strongly suspect that the Black Shadow is hiding in the grocery store! "

Snape was still about to say something, when suddenly there was a noise not far away, as if something fell to the ground.

The sound was very soft, but the corridor was too quiet.

Only the two of them were left, and every little echo could echo in the corridor.

Hermione couldn't help but take a few steps forward. The place where the voice came from seemed to be a grocery store.

Suddenly, Snape stretched out his hand to stop her. Under the dim candlelight, his black robe looked less like a person and more like a thick shadow.

Snape raised his head and stared at her coldly: "Granger, your patrol is over. You should go back to the Gryffindor dormitory now."

Hermione frowned: "But Professor, we all heard the sound just now."

Snape's voice was like a cold venomous snake: "What sound? I didn't hear it at all. It was your hallucination.

It's late now. You have been patrolling at this point recently, which has caused you to be a little mentally ill, so you will be confused and make mistakes.

I suggest you patrol earlier in the future, so that you won't be listless in class during the day."

He said arrogantly: "After all, the only thing you can be praised for is your status as an excellent student. Once your grades drop, the school will be deprived of your status at any time."

Hermione hesitated.

Snape said sternly: "Do I need me to say it a second time?"

Hermione looked deeply at the grocery store and turned to leave.

But in fact, she did not leave. It seemed that she came to the magic elevator, but she did not press the floor button.

After waiting in the elevator for a while, Hermione quietly clicked the open button and walked out of the elevator.

She hid in the corner and watched Snape walk towards the grocery store little by little.

Finally, Snape entered the grocery store.

Hermione couldn't help but use the super sense spell.

After Snape opened the grocery store, he closed it again. Hermione couldn't see what was going on inside. She could only use her hearing to amplify her hearing, hoping to hear something.

But she heard nothing.

The grocery store was very quiet, and she couldn't even hear Snape's footsteps.

What Hermione didn't know was that when he approached the grocery store, Snape noticed something and waved his wand calmly.

An invisible anti-eavesdropping spell wrapped the grocery store, and the outside world couldn't hear anything.

The store outside the grocery store was small, but the warehouse inside was full of secrets.

He looked up at the picture frame hanging outside. The picture frame was blank, and the person inside didn't know where to go.

Since the sign "Incoming" was hung, the person in the picture frame disappeared.

Snape walked to the warehouse and looked at the containers one by one.

Suddenly, a dark figure appeared in front of him and looked at him fearlessly.

She had very dark circles under her eyes, and she kept blowing bubble gum, looking a little crazy.

"Snape, long time no see, haha."

--Bellatrix!

Snape asked expressionlessly: "How did you get into Hogwarts?"

Bellatrix circled around Snape, and then circled around herself a few times, smiling and saying:

"I got in like this, I have my own way, but you, you have been a professor at Hogwarts for so long--"

She paused, her expression became ferocious, "Have you forgotten the favor given by the master!"

"I didn't see you in these few gatherings." (End of this chapter)