Chapter 718 Begins with a snake and ends with a snake (2)
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Yun Yin Shen
Chapter 718 Begins with a snake and ends with a snake ([-])
(Happy Lantern Festival everyone!)
"Be careful, Harry! There are other people here..." Ginny persuaded worriedly, "I heard from my father... There are already quite a few wizards with big mouths who accidentally leaked information about 'that person' and 'that matter', and their memories of this matter were directly erased by magic rituals..."
"Yes, it is said that Hogsmeade is full of wizards who have become a little dazed due to memory loss." Hermione also said hastily.
"I don't know McGuffin..." Seeing Ginny and Hermione's staring eyes, Harry smiled embarrassingly, and did not say McGuffin's name again, "Okay, okay, I know... I don't know why 'that person' wants to cast some magic on his name, it's too...too..."
"...It's very Voldemort-like, isn't it?" George said with a smile and put his arm around Harry's shoulder.He intentionally put on a look of admiration, "Our friend has simply become the most incredible wizard in history, and I don't know how he did all of this?"
Fred nodded in agreement.
However, what they said immediately after that revealed the deepest intentions of these two guys.
"Harry, Hermione, can you still get in touch with 'the man'? If he can advertise our product, right there on that train... our 'Weasley's Wizard's Wheezes' stuff will surely sell all over the world..."
"George!" Ginny's eyes widened. She yelled angrily at the twins, and then saw the curious eyes of various visitors, so she immediately lowered her voice and continued to growl at the two of them angrily, "So you didn't go home for the whole summer vacation... Do you do this kind of thing? Do you know how worried Mom is for you two..."
Impressive momentum for a while!The twins were actually frightened.
In a daze, Harry also felt as if he had seen the phantom of Mrs. Weasley.
Shaking his head, he took a closer look...it was still Ginny's small face.
After recounting, George and Fred shoved some bauble magic tricks into the hands of Harry and Hermione with pale faces, and hurried away before Ginny could say anything more.
He didn't even take his suitcase with him.
Harry looked at the two owls, and suddenly realized, "I said why the two of them bought two owls, it turned out to be for their business!"
Ginny and Hermione took a closer look. On the claws of the two new owls in the cage, there were two brass-colored rings with a line of small words engraved on them:
——Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, welcome to order.
——Address: [New Diagon Alley, Loufang on the third floor, opposite to the International Freight Forwarding Department, No. 93 Gringotts, Shop No. [-]]
For some reason, when a few people stared at the two lines of small characters, the original inscription, which was as dense as sesame seeds... was directly enlarged, so clear that they could see it clearly.
"New Diagon Alley..." Harry muttered, and then asked Ginny, "Has it recovered yet?"
"Well, under the strong request of Minister Scrimgeour, the goblins of Gringotts finally compromised. They transferred the treasure gold that was originally transferred to... that fortress..."
"That monster-like magical street has become the new Diagon Alley..." Ginny replied.
Harry immediately thought of that extremely magical city that could come alive like a spider monster, built up layer upon layer.
Then he thought of that weird and frightening night, that terrifying lava world... After shivering, he decided not to think about it anymore, so he hastily changed the subject.
"Ginny, you said George and the others weren't staying at [The Burrow] all summer?"
"Well, all adult wizards who have obtained the [Ordinary Wizard Certificate] are recruited by the Ministry of Magic, in order to complete that magic ceremony...I remember I wrote to you and explained..."
"Oh!" Harry remembered that there was indeed such a thing.But those days, he was so concerned about the situation of Sirius Black and Ron, running back and forth between Egypt and Brazil, he was so busy that he completely forgot about it.
Seeing Harry's embarrassment, Ginny talked about another matter very considerately, "I don't know how we will go to Hogwarts this time? How will the school arrange our courses? After all, half the semester has been directly delayed... And I also heard that some Muggles will enter Hogwarts..."
"What!" Harry exclaimed.
This news was really shocking. Although Harry didn't care much about it, how could those Slytherin students and their parents agree to allow Muggles to enter Hogwarts.
This... this... is terrifying!
"Fake it?" Hermione asked hastily.
"I don't know... Luna told me," Ginny said.
Hermione: "The Quibbler?"
"No, it's the Daily Prophet!" Harry suddenly said in a deep voice, pointing to the side not far away.
At this moment, Hermione saw that at some point, a goblin had appeared on this Muggle station openly. He was wearing a worn-out suit that didn't fit well and was a little too big for her.
Pushing a small cart, he walked up and down among the crowd, selling newspapers from various countries.
"The latest, funniest, most covert news story..."
"The dark struggle for power in Britain's new Ministry of Magic,...the last revolt of the former Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge..."
"Shocked! Voldemort turned out to be a student of Hogwarts, and his original name was..."
"Famous 'Donald Eastfork', champion of the Big Ten Tournament, will announce his candidacy for the next term in the Magic of America, with the strong support of his new wife... Hillary."
"Rita Skeeter...a former reporter for the Daily Prophet, special disclosure: the truth about the terrible catastrophe that occurred in London on the night Voldemort died..."
"Rita Skeeter Exclusively Reveals The Retired Former Hogwarts Headmaster, Famous Wizard... Albus Dumbledore's True Face...'
"The latest horror legend... one thing that has to be said among wizards... the true identity of the so-called 'that person'..."
"The latest news, the latest news...Hogwarts will recruit some Muggle expeditions into the school this year..."
The goblin greeted the guests with a low growl in the crowd, but because of the presence of Muggles there, it was still a little cowardly and did not dare to shout loudly.
Harry trotted to the goblin's stall before the wizards around him squeezed in, paid for a few newspapers he was particularly interested in, and then returned to Hermione, Ginny and the others,
The three of them opened a newspaper each, and hurriedly read...these may be true or false, incredible news.
"Ha, it's time to bring up the holding of Quidditch! It's said that because there was no winner in the last match, it was strongly requested by Ireland and Bulgaria... that's why the match was held in advance. It seems that some Muggle government leaders will be secretly invited to the scene this time... By the way, there will be an Asian competition area, and China, Japan, South Korea and other countries will participate... It's amazing. If it's true, this is really the biggest competition... I don't know when the tickets will be available..."
Harry was attracted by a news headline on the cover at first glance, and couldn't move away for a long time.
"Harry!" Hermione yelled angrily.
"Got it, got it!" Harry reluctantly folded that newspaper, put it in his pocket, and then checked the news on other newspaper pages.
"Who knows what happened to Rita Skeeter? Why are her nonsense everywhere... Doesn't she also know what happened that night?..." Hermione shook the newspaper irritably, unfolded another one, and said while reading.
Ginny said, "Oh, that guy? Because she tried to write a news story about what happened that night, she published it privately... Then she was washed away by that magic ritual directly from her memory about it."
"After Rita Skeeter came to her senses, she was directly expelled from the Ministry of Magic and magazines such as the "Daily Prophet". Now she can only rely on her former fame to publish some sensational conspiracy theories on the marginal pages of several newspapers..."
"Um, I found it..." Harry interrupted Ginny and Hermione's conversation, he spread out the "Daily Prophet" in his hand, and placed it in front of them.
It was a huge black-and-white magical image of Hogwarts Castle that took up the entire page.
There's a huge headline in boldface attached to it.
——[Hogwarts began to recruit Muggle students? 】
[After rigorous discussions by the IMA (International Association of Magic), Hogwarts will become the first wizarding school that allows Muggles to study and learn about the wizarding world. 】
【This school with hundreds of years of inheritance will serve as an example to show Muggles the magic of the wizarding world...】
[This decision will usher in a new era for Muggles and wizards...]
"It's actually true? No wonder Lucius Malfoy looked so ugly just now? That's why those pure-blood wizards are at this juncture, eager to re-establish an organization to fight against Muggles..." Harry said with emotion.
While several people were looking at the various information in the newspaper, the number of people in this semi-finished train station began to increase.
Many wizards in strange costumes suddenly appeared in midair and fell to the ground.
And some soldiers with cold, black and bright guns stood upright indifferently, stationed vigilantly in every corner around the station.
There are many soldiers who survived the disaster not long ago, from the zombie tide war,
Most of their bodies have been modified to a certain extent, and they have traces that are very different from ordinary people. Perhaps... In the real Muggle world, these people can no longer be accepted, so they are stationed here.
Of course, Muggles are not just these people... In addition to these soldiers, there are also many scientific researchers who are like curious babies.
They shut their mouths and stared in disbelief... Scanning the many unreasonable magical phenomena in this station.
They looked at the goblins, glanced at the house elves, stared at the robes of the wizards, and the wands in their hands... Every time some special and incredible phenomena (wizards cast magic) appeared, they would pay special attention to them.
More and more people gathered, and the snowflakes in the sky were also unwilling to be lonely, falling in extremely dense waves, blowing in from the gaps in the dome of the not yet fully constructed train station.
For a moment, goose-feather-like snow fluttered in the station, making it difficult for Harry to see the specific situation around him.
Flicking the snowflakes off his clothes, Harry hurriedly searched for Hermione and Ginny in the crowd.
The two of them were squeezed into a corner by the wizards who bought newspapers.
There are some decorative stones piled up there. (It seems that work has stopped in a hurry, and the decoration is very flustered. In a hurry, there are many Muggle tools that have not been taken away, and Jiang Yang is scattered there.)
Harry hurried over, only to see Hermione, Ginny and Percy Weasley standing together.
The sudden snow shower was so thick and heavy that it was difficult to see each other's faces clearly even if they were close at hand, only the faint voices of voices could be heard in the wind.
Fortunately, Harry really didn't want to say hello to Percy.
This guy was pretending to be talking to Ginny about the upcoming resumption of the new Quidditch match... and the Ministry of Magic couldn't do without him at this moment, and there was a lot of self-aggrandizing bragging in this high-spirited talk... I don't know.
It's a pity that it hasn't waited for Harry to avoid here for the time being.
Suddenly, a strong force came from behind, pushing him in front of Percy.
"Harry, why are you standing here?" A familiar, warm, and even flattering voice came from behind him.
Harry turned around and saw that it was Ludo Bagman, the former Director of Sports at the Ministry of Magic.
He was deprived of the post of director of the Ministry of Magic's Sports Department because he unconsciously cooperated with Bagman's magic in the unsuccessful "Top Ten Tournament" and transferred the entire World Tree and Harry and other warriors to Voldemort's magic ceremony.
Although judging from the rumors heard, Ludo Bagman's situation is really not good. It is said that many people have released words to hold him accountable for that incident.
But from the current situation of Ludo Bagman, Harry saw that this rumor did not have much truth.
Ludo was just very tired, with two thick bags under the eyes, and he didn't exude that kind of dejected, hopeless and numb look.
However, for some reason, the way he looked at Harry... always had a flattering edge to it.
Harry talked to Percy and the others with some awkward expressions.
Fortunately, a few people didn't notice his... wanting to avoid here just now.
Not long after, Percy directly and unceremoniously argued with Ludo Bagman directly.
"Mr. Bagman, you should know that we must be prepared..."
"The British Quidditch team must never have the same performance as in previous competitions, and the last time it can't be worse than the previous year's results!"
(End of this chapter)
(Happy Lantern Festival everyone!)
"Be careful, Harry! There are other people here..." Ginny persuaded worriedly, "I heard from my father... There are already quite a few wizards with big mouths who accidentally leaked information about 'that person' and 'that matter', and their memories of this matter were directly erased by magic rituals..."
"Yes, it is said that Hogsmeade is full of wizards who have become a little dazed due to memory loss." Hermione also said hastily.
"I don't know McGuffin..." Seeing Ginny and Hermione's staring eyes, Harry smiled embarrassingly, and did not say McGuffin's name again, "Okay, okay, I know... I don't know why 'that person' wants to cast some magic on his name, it's too...too..."
"...It's very Voldemort-like, isn't it?" George said with a smile and put his arm around Harry's shoulder.He intentionally put on a look of admiration, "Our friend has simply become the most incredible wizard in history, and I don't know how he did all of this?"
Fred nodded in agreement.
However, what they said immediately after that revealed the deepest intentions of these two guys.
"Harry, Hermione, can you still get in touch with 'the man'? If he can advertise our product, right there on that train... our 'Weasley's Wizard's Wheezes' stuff will surely sell all over the world..."
"George!" Ginny's eyes widened. She yelled angrily at the twins, and then saw the curious eyes of various visitors, so she immediately lowered her voice and continued to growl at the two of them angrily, "So you didn't go home for the whole summer vacation... Do you do this kind of thing? Do you know how worried Mom is for you two..."
Impressive momentum for a while!The twins were actually frightened.
In a daze, Harry also felt as if he had seen the phantom of Mrs. Weasley.
Shaking his head, he took a closer look...it was still Ginny's small face.
After recounting, George and Fred shoved some bauble magic tricks into the hands of Harry and Hermione with pale faces, and hurried away before Ginny could say anything more.
He didn't even take his suitcase with him.
Harry looked at the two owls, and suddenly realized, "I said why the two of them bought two owls, it turned out to be for their business!"
Ginny and Hermione took a closer look. On the claws of the two new owls in the cage, there were two brass-colored rings with a line of small words engraved on them:
——Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, welcome to order.
——Address: [New Diagon Alley, Loufang on the third floor, opposite to the International Freight Forwarding Department, No. 93 Gringotts, Shop No. [-]]
For some reason, when a few people stared at the two lines of small characters, the original inscription, which was as dense as sesame seeds... was directly enlarged, so clear that they could see it clearly.
"New Diagon Alley..." Harry muttered, and then asked Ginny, "Has it recovered yet?"
"Well, under the strong request of Minister Scrimgeour, the goblins of Gringotts finally compromised. They transferred the treasure gold that was originally transferred to... that fortress..."
"That monster-like magical street has become the new Diagon Alley..." Ginny replied.
Harry immediately thought of that extremely magical city that could come alive like a spider monster, built up layer upon layer.
Then he thought of that weird and frightening night, that terrifying lava world... After shivering, he decided not to think about it anymore, so he hastily changed the subject.
"Ginny, you said George and the others weren't staying at [The Burrow] all summer?"
"Well, all adult wizards who have obtained the [Ordinary Wizard Certificate] are recruited by the Ministry of Magic, in order to complete that magic ceremony...I remember I wrote to you and explained..."
"Oh!" Harry remembered that there was indeed such a thing.But those days, he was so concerned about the situation of Sirius Black and Ron, running back and forth between Egypt and Brazil, he was so busy that he completely forgot about it.
Seeing Harry's embarrassment, Ginny talked about another matter very considerately, "I don't know how we will go to Hogwarts this time? How will the school arrange our courses? After all, half the semester has been directly delayed... And I also heard that some Muggles will enter Hogwarts..."
"What!" Harry exclaimed.
This news was really shocking. Although Harry didn't care much about it, how could those Slytherin students and their parents agree to allow Muggles to enter Hogwarts.
This... this... is terrifying!
"Fake it?" Hermione asked hastily.
"I don't know... Luna told me," Ginny said.
Hermione: "The Quibbler?"
"No, it's the Daily Prophet!" Harry suddenly said in a deep voice, pointing to the side not far away.
At this moment, Hermione saw that at some point, a goblin had appeared on this Muggle station openly. He was wearing a worn-out suit that didn't fit well and was a little too big for her.
Pushing a small cart, he walked up and down among the crowd, selling newspapers from various countries.
"The latest, funniest, most covert news story..."
"The dark struggle for power in Britain's new Ministry of Magic,...the last revolt of the former Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge..."
"Shocked! Voldemort turned out to be a student of Hogwarts, and his original name was..."
"Famous 'Donald Eastfork', champion of the Big Ten Tournament, will announce his candidacy for the next term in the Magic of America, with the strong support of his new wife... Hillary."
"Rita Skeeter...a former reporter for the Daily Prophet, special disclosure: the truth about the terrible catastrophe that occurred in London on the night Voldemort died..."
"Rita Skeeter Exclusively Reveals The Retired Former Hogwarts Headmaster, Famous Wizard... Albus Dumbledore's True Face...'
"The latest horror legend... one thing that has to be said among wizards... the true identity of the so-called 'that person'..."
"The latest news, the latest news...Hogwarts will recruit some Muggle expeditions into the school this year..."
The goblin greeted the guests with a low growl in the crowd, but because of the presence of Muggles there, it was still a little cowardly and did not dare to shout loudly.
Harry trotted to the goblin's stall before the wizards around him squeezed in, paid for a few newspapers he was particularly interested in, and then returned to Hermione, Ginny and the others,
The three of them opened a newspaper each, and hurriedly read...these may be true or false, incredible news.
"Ha, it's time to bring up the holding of Quidditch! It's said that because there was no winner in the last match, it was strongly requested by Ireland and Bulgaria... that's why the match was held in advance. It seems that some Muggle government leaders will be secretly invited to the scene this time... By the way, there will be an Asian competition area, and China, Japan, South Korea and other countries will participate... It's amazing. If it's true, this is really the biggest competition... I don't know when the tickets will be available..."
Harry was attracted by a news headline on the cover at first glance, and couldn't move away for a long time.
"Harry!" Hermione yelled angrily.
"Got it, got it!" Harry reluctantly folded that newspaper, put it in his pocket, and then checked the news on other newspaper pages.
"Who knows what happened to Rita Skeeter? Why are her nonsense everywhere... Doesn't she also know what happened that night?..." Hermione shook the newspaper irritably, unfolded another one, and said while reading.
Ginny said, "Oh, that guy? Because she tried to write a news story about what happened that night, she published it privately... Then she was washed away by that magic ritual directly from her memory about it."
"After Rita Skeeter came to her senses, she was directly expelled from the Ministry of Magic and magazines such as the "Daily Prophet". Now she can only rely on her former fame to publish some sensational conspiracy theories on the marginal pages of several newspapers..."
"Um, I found it..." Harry interrupted Ginny and Hermione's conversation, he spread out the "Daily Prophet" in his hand, and placed it in front of them.
It was a huge black-and-white magical image of Hogwarts Castle that took up the entire page.
There's a huge headline in boldface attached to it.
——[Hogwarts began to recruit Muggle students? 】
[After rigorous discussions by the IMA (International Association of Magic), Hogwarts will become the first wizarding school that allows Muggles to study and learn about the wizarding world. 】
【This school with hundreds of years of inheritance will serve as an example to show Muggles the magic of the wizarding world...】
[This decision will usher in a new era for Muggles and wizards...]
"It's actually true? No wonder Lucius Malfoy looked so ugly just now? That's why those pure-blood wizards are at this juncture, eager to re-establish an organization to fight against Muggles..." Harry said with emotion.
While several people were looking at the various information in the newspaper, the number of people in this semi-finished train station began to increase.
Many wizards in strange costumes suddenly appeared in midair and fell to the ground.
And some soldiers with cold, black and bright guns stood upright indifferently, stationed vigilantly in every corner around the station.
There are many soldiers who survived the disaster not long ago, from the zombie tide war,
Most of their bodies have been modified to a certain extent, and they have traces that are very different from ordinary people. Perhaps... In the real Muggle world, these people can no longer be accepted, so they are stationed here.
Of course, Muggles are not just these people... In addition to these soldiers, there are also many scientific researchers who are like curious babies.
They shut their mouths and stared in disbelief... Scanning the many unreasonable magical phenomena in this station.
They looked at the goblins, glanced at the house elves, stared at the robes of the wizards, and the wands in their hands... Every time some special and incredible phenomena (wizards cast magic) appeared, they would pay special attention to them.
More and more people gathered, and the snowflakes in the sky were also unwilling to be lonely, falling in extremely dense waves, blowing in from the gaps in the dome of the not yet fully constructed train station.
For a moment, goose-feather-like snow fluttered in the station, making it difficult for Harry to see the specific situation around him.
Flicking the snowflakes off his clothes, Harry hurriedly searched for Hermione and Ginny in the crowd.
The two of them were squeezed into a corner by the wizards who bought newspapers.
There are some decorative stones piled up there. (It seems that work has stopped in a hurry, and the decoration is very flustered. In a hurry, there are many Muggle tools that have not been taken away, and Jiang Yang is scattered there.)
Harry hurried over, only to see Hermione, Ginny and Percy Weasley standing together.
The sudden snow shower was so thick and heavy that it was difficult to see each other's faces clearly even if they were close at hand, only the faint voices of voices could be heard in the wind.
Fortunately, Harry really didn't want to say hello to Percy.
This guy was pretending to be talking to Ginny about the upcoming resumption of the new Quidditch match... and the Ministry of Magic couldn't do without him at this moment, and there was a lot of self-aggrandizing bragging in this high-spirited talk... I don't know.
It's a pity that it hasn't waited for Harry to avoid here for the time being.
Suddenly, a strong force came from behind, pushing him in front of Percy.
"Harry, why are you standing here?" A familiar, warm, and even flattering voice came from behind him.
Harry turned around and saw that it was Ludo Bagman, the former Director of Sports at the Ministry of Magic.
He was deprived of the post of director of the Ministry of Magic's Sports Department because he unconsciously cooperated with Bagman's magic in the unsuccessful "Top Ten Tournament" and transferred the entire World Tree and Harry and other warriors to Voldemort's magic ceremony.
Although judging from the rumors heard, Ludo Bagman's situation is really not good. It is said that many people have released words to hold him accountable for that incident.
But from the current situation of Ludo Bagman, Harry saw that this rumor did not have much truth.
Ludo was just very tired, with two thick bags under the eyes, and he didn't exude that kind of dejected, hopeless and numb look.
However, for some reason, the way he looked at Harry... always had a flattering edge to it.
Harry talked to Percy and the others with some awkward expressions.
Fortunately, a few people didn't notice his... wanting to avoid here just now.
Not long after, Percy directly and unceremoniously argued with Ludo Bagman directly.
"Mr. Bagman, you should know that we must be prepared..."
"The British Quidditch team must never have the same performance as in previous competitions, and the last time it can't be worse than the previous year's results!"
(End of this chapter)
