Fred used a mysterious tone to introduce the characteristics of each secret passage, such as the secret passage with the hunchbacked one-eyed witch statue on the third floor.
"This secret passage is divided into two parts. The first is a stone slide. We have to slide all the way on it for 10 minutes, and we will come to a huge stone step platform."
With a tap of George's wand, a stone slide highlighted in red appeared inside the translucent Hogwarts Castle.
"Going down from this stone platform, there are two hundred steps in total. At the end is a trap door, which opens into Honeydukes' cellar."
"Ten minutes of slides?" Neville's eyes widened and he swallowed, looking a little scared, "This..."
"That sounds exciting!" Hannah exclaimed in surprise.
Anton frowned and looked at such a long secret passage. He had to go to the third floor of Hogwarts Castle first and then slide down?
He looked up at the twins, "I only have one question, how do I get back?"
The 10-minute slide, if you climb up, oh, it would be so much fun, and it would definitely tire out a few kids.
George shrugged, "We all take other secret passages back. If we really want to use this, we probably have to fly up on a broomstick."
Seeing Anton raising the issue of this secret passage, Fred introduced other secret passages again.
One after another, the two good babies Hannah and Neville were amazed.
But Anton was still not very satisfied, and he finally looked at the Whomping Willow.
The Whomping Willow was not far from their hut, extending outward from beneath the Whomping Willow, all the way through the edge of the Forbidden Forest, to the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade.
This is the shortest road and is very convenient for the hut members to move around.
But Anton stared at the map thoughtfully, suddenly took out his wand, and tapped it gently. He saw a green tunnel extending from the underground of the hut, all the way forward, and connected to the secret passage of the Whomping Willow.
George took a breath and looked at Anton in shock, "What do you mean?"
"Dig a secret tunnel by yourself?" Fred glanced at Anton, then at the map, "Dig a tunnel from the hut to the Whomping Willow, it seems like..."
"It should be okay!" Hannah's eyes lit up.
"This is crazy!" Neville was worried, "What if someone else knows this secret passage and walks into the hut along the tunnel we dug ourselves?"
Anton chuckled, "Along the tunnel we dug ourselves?"
He gently raised his hand and waved, and the Elephant Vine stretched out its vines from the wall, responding to Anton's greeting.
"I asked it to expand the underground secret passage and weave vines into an underground tunnel. It's not long, just a few hundred meters. It can do it." Anton narrowed his eyes, "As for someone walking into this tunnel..."
George took a breath, "It's like walking into the mouth of the eating elephant vine!"
Fred nodded, "They will be minced and juiced!"
"Oh, Merlin's beard!" Neville exclaimed, "No, this is too evil!"
Anton rolled his eyes, "Why should we crush others and wantonly let the elephant-eating vine develop the habit of attacking humans? This is also dangerous for ourselves."
"I mean, this is a secret passage only when we need it. If we don't use it, it will be filled with sand and vines."
"This is such a good idea!" George and Fred exclaimed in unison.
Hannah picked up the tea cup and looked at everyone with a smile, "Is this considered a group activity in our cabin?"
"Of course!" everyone shouted.
So~
"cheers!"
Ding ding ding~
Today is already Thursday night, and no one has classes tomorrow or Friday afternoon, so we can go out and look for a house together then.
Professor Snape seemed to have forgotten about Anton and never mentioned the private lessons on Saturdays again. However, he often directed Anton to go to the library to borrow some potions books to read for himself and write papers for him to check.
I usually stay for an hour or two after dinner to explain to Anton my ideas for correcting the paper.
Anyway, Anton is free.
However, George and Fred didn't have much time. They were pulled by the captain of the Quidditch team, Wood, and asked to train on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, and from noon to evening on Sunday to cope with the next challenge.
They will represent Hogwarts against other schools. If they lose the home game, and lose the first match in the European inter-school Quidditch tournament...
They will definitely blame themselves to death!
Therefore, they are only free from Saturday afternoon to evening, and they need to be energetic on Sunday morning to cope with the next eight hours of high-intensity training.
For this reason, they are particularly sorry.
The reputation of the school or their own shop, they have to choose one or the other, they can only choose to shoulder their responsibilities.
Anton was responsible for taking Hannah and Neville to choose first, and everyone would use the evening time to discuss.
And there are Lupine and other family members.
Yes, Lupine was originally going to take Anton to meet another wizard group this weekend, but since Anton plans to buy a house in Hogsmeade, he will have time to find his wife.
Ilsa, Nagini and Rozier have finally settled down in this village.
Including Lu Ping, the two couples bought a fairly small shop here and three similar houses behind the shop. Now they are discussing to enclose the open space between the four houses and use it as a gathering place.
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The couple each has their own house. It is said that the house on the left is reserved for Anton, but Anton has never had the opportunity to go and take a look.
When choosing a house, Anton did not let the adults come over to interfere. This was a collective activity in the cabin. He hoped that there would be no additional factors involved when choosing a base at the beginning.
In this way, Anton obtained information about the transactions or rentals here from the adults, and took Hannah and Neville to go shopping.
They all put on disguises, wearing big hoods and masks, pretending to be three old men and women who were choosing where to live in the future.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "There are only two buildings on the main street that are reported to be for sale, and the owner of another one is renting, but he needs a lot of money recently, and he can also negotiate to buy it.
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Hogsmeade is the only village in the UK where all wizards live. Professors and students from Hogwarts School often come here. It is a forbidden place for people on the margins of the wizarding world.
It's dangerous to get close. After some people were imprisoned and a few died inexplicably, no random people were willing to get close to this place.
The old wizard lived in Knockturn Alley and traveled to various gathering places all year round, but he had never been close to this place in his life.
The only time I came here was not long after his death. I tried to float in and eavesdrop on Anton's learning of the levitation spell.
Of course, this does not mean that this place is absolutely safe, it is just because the big guys are everywhere and filter out some of the social remnants that have been hanging around in Knockturn Alley all year round. Some powerful or clearly serious dark wizards will still appear here.
"The houses on these main streets will be more expensive. If you go along the alleys, there will still be many cheaper houses." Anton unfolded the map and showed it to his two friends.
"Actually, we can still operate a little further inside the village as long as we don't go too deep into the residential areas inside the village."
Neville thought for a while and said, "If you can save some money for emergencies, I think this plan is more suitable."
Hannah also agrees. She thinks the shops in the alleys have more atmosphere.
But since you are here, it would be nice to stop by and check out the houses on the main road.
There are many shops in Hogsmeade Village. The dazzling array of shops makes the three little wizards feel like they have entered the Grand View Garden. Devis-Bans Magic Props Shop, Fengya Wizard Clothing Shop, Honeydukes Candy Shop, Pig's Head Bar, and the Three Broomsticks
Pub, Zuko's Joke Shop, Ollivander's Wand Shop branch, Dogweed and Death Cap Herbal Shop, Dominic Mastro Music Shop...
There are so many that it’s dizzying to see.
The most interesting thing is the Hogs Head Pub - opened by Aberforth, its English name is Hogs Headpub.
He opened this bar next to his brother Dumbledore's school and gave it such a name. I don't know if he was secretly mocking his brother.
Pig Head, Headmaster of Hogwarts.
Anton smiled and led his two followers into the alley from the aisle next to the Pig Head Bar. Two buildings away from the bar, he saw a strange-shaped house.
A three-story, standard English-style steeple cabin. This is because this place exceeds the snow line and snows all year round.
But what's interesting is that the hut is a bit chubby in shape and seems to cover a larger area than other houses. It looks like a wine barrel.
On the old and broken signboard, you can still see the handwriting of the former bar owner.
"The prices here are obviously cheaper than other places." Anton raised his eyebrows and looked up at the house, "There must be some reasons."
The three of them walked in and took a look. Neville called out first, "Did you see Merlin's beard? There is a huge crack here. This house is about to collapse."
Hannah was a little surprised, "It would be great if it was because it was so cheap. We just used the elephant vine to renovate this house, and we made sure that no one could see it."
Anton frowned and shook his head, "It's not that simple. First of all, the Elephant Vine likes sunny and dry places. The most suitable place is the desert. It snows here almost every day, so it is not suitable for planting at all. Secondly..."
He observed the cracks carefully and finally said with certainty, "These cracks extend from the inside to the outside, and there are obviously some problems in themselves."
"Let's go look at other houses. This one doesn't look very good." Anton simply turned around and left.
Neville also nodded in agreement, but Hannah seemed to particularly like this place and kept looking back.
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8,000 words, I stayed up all night writing until almost dawn, and finally got it done. I caught up with the progress, and will keep updating at 8 o'clock every morning from now on.