"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 shy, holding an exquisite gift box in her hand. It was obvious that the girl who prepared it had put a lot of thought into preparing it. Cedric, who was stopped by Qiu, stepped back in surprise, his eyes a little 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 already 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.
"Kacha..." The subtle sound of taking pictures did not attract anyone's attention, but Brie realized that he did not 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 in terms of the emotions of young people.
"Brie!"
Cedric saw Bree holding the camera, shouted loudly, and hurriedly pulled away Qiu Zhang who was standing in front of him, apologized in a low voice, and ran out in small 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 put a few gold 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 Bree didn't say a word, but knowing Bree's temperament, he could clearly feel Bree'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 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 refusal is a kind of courage, and those are the flowers of Ravenclaw, Cedric." Bree chuckled.
"Maybe you will regret it, Cedric, Qiu is a good girl."
Cedric pursed his lips and looked at the snowflakes that were getting bigger. 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 blinked 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 are also 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 at a small dining table, drinking hot beer, talking about things, of course, not business, they were enjoying a wonderful holiday.
Professor Snape just said something and did not 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 placed on his desk, and he tore one of them open 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 too.
"Two butterbeers for us, thank you, sir." Cedric spoke up for Bree.
Aberforth groaned.
"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.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ron swallowed and was about to leave, but the professors' words caught their attention. When Harry heard this, he immediately stopped and Hermione
Also, Hermione pressed Ron's head and asked him to sit down, and Aberforth saw this and did not expose the two little guys who were afraid of the professor.
"Two butterbeers?"
Ron nodded, but then he said: "Three drinks, 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."
This way.
"Huh, Blake, 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's defenses shouldn't be so lax." Professor McGonagall frowned.
In fact, she had never believed that her students would do such a thing, but the evidence was here, and it had been ten years, and she had no way to argue.
"Heh, 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 looked a little ugly, but she had nothing to do 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 scoffed.
"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. Instead, he would 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, Harry, who was invisible, was so nervous that he didn't dare to move.
Fortunately, Snape only took a few glances 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 buy some more!"
"Ahem, Filius, you should understand that all of your salary this month has been bought into the card pack." Professor McGonagall frowned and warned Professor Flitwick: "You should learn to exercise restraint."
"Oh, come on, Minerva, we should be more tolerant, haha." Professor Sprout took out his wallet, handed it to Professor Flitwick and said, "Go buy some more, we still need it for Christmas.
Professor Flitwick is here to do some work, don’t be unhappy, we should give Christmas more joy.”
Flitwick's face turned red when he saw this, but he quickly took the wallet and ran to the street.
Professor McGonagall looked at Sprout disapprovingly, but ultimately said nothing.
"Let's go, let's go shopping, and then it's time to go back to Hogwarts."
"Of course, let's go to the clothing store first, but I gave Filius the money, so I'll trouble you this time, Minerva."
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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 right 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, and finally 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."
"good."
The Disillusionment Charm on Harry was cast by Bree, so she could naturally sense Harry's traces. When she saw Harry enter the kitchen and then come out disappointed, Bree soon 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, and I can pay for it by the way."
Bree handed the money bag 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, Bree paid, and then disappeared into the kitchen.
As soon as he entered the kitchen, Brie noticed a breath of soul, which caught Brie's attention. Following the 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 is very clean, and it seems that it has been regularly maintained. However, the soul living in the picture is in a very bad condition.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The person who made this portrait has tried his best, but it is 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 fourteen years old, she did not expect to be made into a portrait.
"Who is there!"
There was a sudden shout from behind Bree, and Aberforth hurriedly ran to Ariana, carefully protecting Ariana's portrait, and then looked around sharply.
"No one, brother."
"Really?" Aberforth touched the cabinet suspiciously and found that the door was a little loose, then he exhaled.
"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 has not abandoned 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, only you and me..."
Aberforth gently caressed Ariana in the portrait, which made Ariana become even more silent.
"Brother, Brother Albus said he would save me. He also joined the Saints..."
"Don't be confused, Ariana. This is just his ambition. Did he really want 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 ready 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 tiredness on Aberforth's face and the age that couldn't be concealed, Ariana finally softened her heart and nodded obediently.
Here, after listening to everything, Brie silently left the Pig's Head Bar.
Outside the bar, fine snow was dancing in the cold wind accompanied by the afterglow. Tom was holding an umbrella, waiting for Bree.
"What's wrong?"
Bree stood in front of Tom and asked in a low voice. When he saw Tom holding out half of his umbrella, he did not refuse. The snow became heavier as the sky darkened. It seemed that it would be very quiet tonight.
"There is bad news. The Quidditch Company is preparing to go against us. They are not all idiots." Tom's eyes darkened. He originally thought that the other party would only do evil things secretly, but he did not expect that they would start to do things openly.
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 they 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. Just stay at Hogwarts."
"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."
Tom had imperceptible concern in his eyes, but his face was very serious. Perhaps he thought that only in this way could Bree understand that things were not that simple, and that he should protect himself according to his arrangements.
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After hearing this, Brie rubbed her brows as if 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 slave contract, in which the state of immortality and immortality, cannot be destroyed by death.
"Haha." Tom's heart warmed up, 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.
"This happened a long time ago. I was probably not born yet at that time. Someone must have covered up Dumbledore's past. I'm afraid you won't be able to find the truth."
Tom's eyes were dark, and his shiny black leather shoes stepped on the thick 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 down slightly, and said in Bree's ear: "Perhaps you can go to Slytherin's real secret room and see where the Resurrection Stone may be."
"
"Slytherin once studied him. The spell in the Chamber of Secrets is: Speak to me, Slytherin - the greatest of the four giants of 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 Slytherin's dormitory, Draco collapsed on his bed, sighing constantly while peeling off the candy that Bree had brought for him to eat.
"Your parents love you." Brie said casually, writing on his hands at the same time. He was studying the barrier magic for protection, and the protection of the turret was a little weak.
With the last stroke completed, Bree was ready to leave.
"Hey, hey, don't go. Count 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 his 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 whether 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
He said there are also some problems in France."
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, so 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 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 nothing would happen to him.
Bree calmed down and continued to listen to Draco's chat.
"I heard that the Quidditch League is about to be held, and I want to hold it together with Hogwarts, Armstrong, and several schools. They also launched the latest broomsticks and firebolts in advance. They are very cool. My dad said that they will
Buy me one."
Speaking of this, Draco became somewhat interested again, but of course, he soon became unhappy again.
"Oh, actually compared to the 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 fantasy 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!"