A crackling sound sounded on the path leading to Hogsmeade without warning, and a man in a cloak appeared out of thin air. After looking around, he reached out and took out the mechanical pocket watch from his pocket, and glanced at it.
At that time, I walked along the path shrouded in twilight.
By the time the cloaked man entered Hogsmeade, it was completely dark, and lights were flashing in the windows of the shops on both sides of the street. After walking on the main street for a few minutes, he turned to a side path, and a wave of
The noise came from the Pig's Head Bar not far away.
The Pig's Head Bar becomes even more lively at night. Many wizards living in gray areas come here to try their luck. It is not uncommon to encounter vendors who smuggle, resell potions or sell other prohibited items in the bar. There are even some who will
A wizard who robs as his secondary profession.
As long as you need something, the bar owner can introduce you to the right seller or buyer. Selling drinks and acting as an innkeeper have become his side jobs.
As soon as the cloaked man walked to the door of the Pig's Head Tavern, he felt a lively atmosphere mixed with ale coming towards him. He looked up at the bar counter, looking for the dragon egg smuggler he had agreed with.
The cloaked man didn't see the person he agreed to meet at the counter, because he was late.
"Is that person here?" The cloaked man sat down at the counter and asked the bar owner who was wiping the wine glass with a rag. The guy who smuggled dragon eggs was the seller introduced to him by the bar owner.
"Jack hasn't come yet, please wait for a moment." The bar owner glanced at the tightly wrapped man in front of him and asked in a nonchalant manner: "What do you want to drink?"
"Whiskey," the cloaked man said hoarsely.
In fact, the cloaked man really didn't want to conduct this transaction in the Pig's Head Bar and planned to choose a good place by himself, but Mr. Jack insisted on completing the transaction here, so he no longer objected.
"He's late!" The cloaked man's temper became a little bad. He didn't care what happened to the damn smuggler, but he was very concerned about whether he could get the dragon egg today.
Not long after, a middle-aged man with thinning hair hurriedly entered the Pig Head Bar. As he passed through the noisy crowd, he did not forget to say hello to others.
"Jack, what good stuff did you get again?"
Most of the wizards who often come here to drink know this guy who likes to smuggle, and some of them greet him with a smile.
"Sorry, I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long!" the man codenamed Jack said to the bar owner, but he never took his eyes away from the man in the cloak next to him.
"Where's the thing I want?" the cloaked man asked pretending to be impatient.
"This is your cargo."
Jack opened the suitcase in his hand and revealed the contents of the suitcase: a dragon egg.
"I spent a lot of effort to get it, and the agreed upon Galleons cannot be less." Jack closed the suitcase again and rubbed his fingers to indicate that it was time for the two parties to make a deal.
"it's here!"
The cloaked man untied his money bag and threw it to the other party casually, "Not a single coin is missing, but you have to pay for this glass of whiskey. Why did you waste so much of my time?"
"Oh damn, okay, I'll treat you to this glass of whiskey, for Galleons' sake." When Jack took the heavy bag of money, his face almost burst into laughter.
He also handed his suitcase to the cloaked man in front of him and asked him to check the authenticity of the goods inside.
The cloaked man took the suitcase and checked the dragon egg inside the suitcase again.
"This is a very rare Norwegian Ridgeback dragon egg. You will definitely not lose money." Jack introduced the buyer while inspecting the galleons: "You only need to put it on the fire to bake, and the dragon egg will hatch by itself. Wait.
After it hatches, you need to feed it a bucket of brandy and chicken blood every half hour."
At this point, Jack's tone suddenly paused, "However, I need to warn you in advance that these things are difficult to tame, and they are quite dangerous."
"Do you have any other questions?" Jack asked after counting the galleons and looking at the big benefactor in front of him.
"No." The cloaked man closed the suitcase.
"Then...the deal is done."
Jack took out a few galleons from his wallet and placed them on the bar owner's counter as an introduction fee.
"Do you know who that mysterious guy is?" Jack asked, looking at the cloaked man's leaving figure.
"I don't know." The bar owner calmly swept the galleons into the wooden cash box beside the counter. "It seems like he is a second-rate dealer, but the price you offered is a bit high."
"It's not high, it's a willing deal." Jack glanced at the bar owner, drank all the butterbeer in the cup, and murmured, "Forget it, I'd better disappear for a while!"
Jack, who made a lot of galleons by smuggling dragon eggs, was very satisfied with the deal. The only drawback was that he was being targeted.
He noticed that there were many greedy eyes staring at him.
This is the disadvantage of choosing to trade in the Pig's Head Bar. Once you earn too many galleons, you will easily be targeted by some greedy guys.
As for the advantage, you don't have to worry about being hacked directly.
In the Pig Head Bar, everyone will try to exercise restraint as much as possible. It is the rule here to go outside to solve problems. Although it is very fragile and cannot be guaranteed, everyone still abides by this rule silently. No one wants to be robbed during transactions.
If you want to get a dragon egg, you will naturally need to spend a lot of galleons.
Jack has undoubtedly made a lot of money and has become a favorite in the eyes of countless people. Road-blocking is also a side job of many wizards living in gray areas.
After Jack hurriedly left the Hog's Head Bar, several greedy wizards immediately got up and followed him.
A series of crackling sounds sounded outside the Hog's Head Bar.
Half an hour later, Jack finally succeeded in using Apparition to get rid of the tail following him.
"A bunch of losers, even you losers want to rob me." Jack spat on the ground with disdain. Just as he was about to leave, a spell shot out from behind without warning, focusing on Jack's back.
When he was about to collapse, he saw a familiar figure holding a wand and aiming it here.
"It's you!"
Jack's face was full of unwillingness and anger. He and Ben didn't expect that the buyer would take advantage of him. After gritting his teeth and saying his last words, the front bunk collapsed.
The cloaked man came out of the shadows and looked at the fallen guy in front of him expressionlessly. He took out the wand from the other person's hand and pointed at the unconscious Mr. Jack on the ground.
The next moment, an unknown green light lit up in the darkness.
After the cloaked man retrieved his Galleons from Jack's body, he used a transformation spell to turn the body into a stone, and then found a place to dig a deep pit and bury the stone in it.
As for the opponent's wand, it was directly destroyed and burned to ashes, without even leaving any evidence.
"What an idiot. He didn't even notice that the tracking spell was cast on the purse."
The bright moonlight fell on the cloaked man. The stranger's face under the cloak was trembling slightly. The compound potion was gradually losing its effectiveness, and the cloaked man returned to his original face. If the students of Hogwarts were here, they would definitely be able to see it at a glance.
Recognize their Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
Quirrell stepped on the place where Mr. Jack's body was buried, turned around and disappeared.