Taking advantage of their rare weekend free time, Harry, Ron and Ginny, with the help of Dobby, went to the wizarding village that is still under construction to find Albert.
As soon as they apparated to this unknown village that was still under construction, their attention was quickly attracted by the busy construction site.
It has only been a short time since the end of the Second Wizarding War, and this village has already begun to take shape.
“It’s unbelievable how long it’s taken!”
"This place almost looks the same every day."
After thanking Dobby, Ginny led the way for the two of them. While introducing the situation of the village to them, she also inquired about Albert from the people she met. After confirming that Albert had not come today, she
Sanna, the person in charge of the construction site who took Harry and Ron to find her, was probably the only one who could possibly know the whereabouts of Albert.
"Are you looking for Albert? He hasn't come here yet. He should be at Hogwarts. I heard from Cedric that they are recently planning to organize the Defense Against the Dark Arts textbooks that will be used in the next semester." Shanna looked up and down.
Harry and Ron said, "Do you have anything to do with him? If it's not something particularly important, just tell me."
"A little personal matter."
Harry didn't plan to reveal too much to Zannah, but he still didn't forget to express his gratitude to her. Ginny came here to help and had always received extra care from Zannah.
"Then you should thank Albert even more." Shanna reminded, "This is what he meant."
"I will."
Harry was not surprised by this, but he knew that he should have a good relationship with the other party.
Under the watchful eyes of Zannah and Ginny, Harry and Ron apparated together and rushed to Hogwarts.
However, things didn't go smoothly and the two soon ran into trouble.
Today, Hogwarts has been closed again and is no longer open to outsiders. They are ruthlessly blocked outside the walls and unable to enter.
Breaking in by force would undoubtedly be a recipe for death, so Harry and Ron did not dare to take the risk of challenging Hogwarts' defense magic.
Looking at the closed school gate in front of him, Ron said distressedly: "If I had known better, I should have asked Dobby to take us into the school."
"We can try to enter through the passage of the Shrieking Shack." Harry didn't want to go back and trouble Dobby. He knew that the house elves were always busy.
The big question right now is whether the Screaming Shack still exists.
The two finally planned to go to Hogsmeade Village first. They heard that it was also being rebuilt. If there were other ways to enter Hogwarts, there would be no need to use the passage from the Shrieking Shack.
The village of Hogsmeade is indeed being rebuilt, but the progress is far less than the village they just visited, and the size of the village has been severely reduced, far less than the original Hogsmeade village.
Fortunately, the two of them were lucky enough to meet Aberforth Dumbledore in the village, who was discussing with others the rebuilding of the Pig's Head pub.
With the help of this old friend, he successfully contacted Hagrid, who was rebuilding the hunting lodge, and avoided trying his luck at the Shrieking Shack again.
Moreover, according to Aberforth, the passage under the Shrieking Shack had been blocked incidentally, and even if they wanted to sneak into Hogwarts through that passage, it would be impossible.
Looking at the prototypes of houses around him, Ron couldn't help but ask Aberforth, "Can we build our own house here too?"
"You want to settle here?" Aberforth was particularly surprised when he heard this. He had also heard about Albert's construction of the village, and Ron was obviously qualified to settle there.
"I think settling here is also a good choice." Ron noticed the surprise on Aberforth's face, but he couldn't tell him that he couldn't get his own villa.
"Oh, it's really shocking."
"We thought you would prefer to settle in the village we built."
Two extremely familiar voices suddenly sounded beside the three of them.
"Why are you here?" Ron looked at Fred and George who came into view, and was very surprised to meet them here.
"Isn't this a matter of course?" Fred looked at Ron with an idiot look.
"No one will give up on Hogwarts students easily." George explained to his younger brother, "That is also a good profit. Moreover, we originally had a shop here, so it is not that difficult to build a house here again.
What a hassle."
"What do you mean?" Ron suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Only the original residents are eligible to be the first to rebuild their homes here, and other outsiders need to pay a large extra sum of galleons." Aberforth knew that this was Kingsley's policy, and it was a kind of treatment for the original residents here.
Protection, but not everyone is willing to come back and rebuild their homes, because that also costs a lot of galleons.
Take Aberforth himself as an example. If Fred and George hadn't helped advance the Galleons, he wouldn't have considered coming back to rebuild the Hog's Head Bar.
As a deal, when Aberforth no longer wants to run the bar or dies of old age, the bar will be theirs.
"With the meager Galleons you have in your pocket, you probably won't be able to build your own house here!" Fred didn't say how many Galleons he would need. He knew very well that Ron couldn't afford it.
"However, if one day you no longer want to be an Auror, you can come to Hogsmeade to help us sell joke props." George smiled and patted Ron on the shoulder. "At least you don't have to think about where to borrow a large sum of money.
Gallon has built a house here."
"Then I really have to thank you."
Ron's face twitched, he reached out to push away Fred's hand on his shoulder, and left with Harry.
"He hasn't been educated by reality!" Fred looked at Ron's back, curled his lips and said, "He will suffer in the future."
"Not necessarily. If Ron had stayed in the Ministry of Magic as an Auror, there would probably be no shortage of Galleons. Auror salaries are not low." George signaled Fred to stop being lazy and continue to work on things here.
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"Those two guys have been so annoying since they had Galleons!" Ron said it was impossible not to envy that, but he still didn't like the two men's triumphant faces.
"Let's go, I've already seen Hagrid."
Harry reached out and waved to Hagrid, who hurried over to open the door for them.
"What are you doing in school at this time?"
Hagrid looked at Harry and Ron in confusion, wondering how these two guys had time to come to Hogwarts.
"We came to see Albert. We heard that he is at Hogwarts." Harry said honestly.
"I'm not very sure about this." Hagrid shook his head and said, "However, he did come often to help check the repair status of the castle a while ago."
Today, Hogwarts Castle has been completely restored, and even the burned Quidditch pitch has been rebuilt. The deep ditch that was originally used to restrict the movement of the Inferi has been filled in, as if that tragic night never happened.
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Only that monument still stands tall beside the Black Lake, reminding people of the cruelty of the Wizarding War all the time.
"If Albert is at school, remember to ask him to come to my place for lunch at noon." Hagrid pointed to the big rooster on the table that had just been plucked half of its feathers, and said to Harry and Ron, "I'll give you a taste of it."
The chicken stewed with mushrooms I learned from Dobby.”
"chick?"
Harry looked at the big rooster with a particularly strange expression.
"That guy is more particular about eating than us. I think he would rather have lunch at school." Ron muttered. He would rather go hungry than stay at Hagrid's place for lunch. After all, no one wants to eat lunch at school.
I ate something strange out of my bowl.
"What were you talking about?"
Hagrid closed the door of the hunting lodge with his backhand and planned to invite Albert over for a meal in person and thank him for the help he provided.
"Nothing." Ron shook his head.
"What are you doing with Albert?" Hagrid pretended that he didn't hear Ron's words and changed the subject.
"We want to ask Albert about Hermione. She has been missing for almost a week." Ron did not hide the reason for coming to Albert.
"Hermione is missing?" Hagrid was shocked.
"Hermione seems to have gone with Albert to look for her family." Harry explained quickly to avoid Hagrid misunderstanding, "However, Albert is back, but there is still no news about Hermione, so we thought of taking advantage of the opportunity.
Come here now to inquire about Hermione when you have time."
"I was shocked. I thought Hermione was really missing."
After listening to what Harry and I said, Hagrid couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, how could Albert let something happen to Hermione? I bet Hermione should be with her family."
Before Harry and Ron could speak, Hagrid asked again, "By the way, Harry, when are you and Ginny going to get married?"