Chapter 96 Wizards and Ghosts

In the dirty and dark bar, Ada and the twins were sitting together. Ada frowned and looked at the dusty butterbeer bottle, with a look of disgust written on her face.

George took out what the two brothers had prepared in advance-three clean cups. Ada suddenly realized that it was no wonder they came to the Pig's Head Bar. No wonder they jingled as they walked. It turned out that they had hidden three cups.

After wiping the mouth of the bottle, Ada poured the butterbeer into the cup. Fortunately, the outside was dirty and the butterbeer was not "contaminated".

The twins took a sip of butterbeer, with excited expressions on their faces. The two brothers kept looking at the customers in the bar, but they didn't do it very obviously, and they didn't arouse the resentment of other customers.

The door of the bar was opened, and a cold wind blew in. Four tightly wrapped people walked in, and their figures and faces were also invisible.

In this bar, concealment is the standard. Only first-timers like Ada and the three of them will come in openly.

The customers spoke very quietly and couldn't hear anything. The twins didn't see any of the interesting people they expected to see. The twins also didn't have a good ear and couldn't hear what other customers were saying.

"Listen to you, we should go to the Three Broomsticks." Fred said frustratedly.

"Yeah, at least it's warmer there than here." George tightened his cloak and continued, "And Mrs. Rosmerta."

Mrs. Rosmerta is not something young people like you can handle! Ada rolled her eyes, her eyes were huge so every time she rolled her eyes it was obvious.

Fred saw Ada's eyes roll, but he didn't care. Instead, he looked at Ada with contempt and said, "Green fruits are always jealous of ripe peaches, just like..."

"Like what?" Ada asked casually, raising her glass.

"It's nothing, I just envy other people's drinking, and I also want to drink whiskey." Fred was wise and did not continue. He firmly believed that if he continued, he would definitely take a bath with butterbeer. Plus a clean one.

"We didn't expect the Pig's Head Bar to be like this. Hagrid obviously said it was very interesting." George began to change the topic.

Hagrid's words were the reason why the twins wanted to come here, but the twins had never thought about the difference between them and Hagrid. First of all, Hagrid is an adult, and secondly, Hagrid knows how to have fun in the Pig's Head pub. These are things that the twins do not have, so there is nothing interesting for the twins here.

"Where are we going later?" Ada asked, "Back to school?"

"Can't you not stop thinking about those books of yours after finally getting out to play?" Fred asked, "Or do you really want to go to Azkaban to further your studies?"

From the emerald of Hogwarts to the emerald of Azkaban, is this span a bit too big?

The three men who left the Hog's Head were walking the streets of Hogsmeade again, heading to the Shrieking Shack. This was not their first time there, they had even been here at night, but they had never seen the Shrieking Shack being haunted.

The Shrieking Shack is an abandoned house in Hogsmeade. For many years, villagers heard shrill screams coming from the shack and believed it was haunted. This story has spread a lot, and the Screaming Shack has also been rumored to be the most haunted place in the UK.

Even though the British Isles are not a big place, there are endless rumors of hauntings.

For example, the year Ada was born, a strange incident occurred in Enfield, North London. Objects in the room would always move for no reason. The owner of the house was so frightened that he even asked a psychic to deal with it before the room calmed down.

But in fact, a wandering wizard was living there at the time. He wanted to scare away the owner of the house, so he used magic to make the furniture and items move. Later, things got serious and the wizard left here. It was not the work of the psychic at all.

Another famous haunted place is the Tower of London. Muggles claim that they have seen ghosts in the tower more than once. The most famous ghost is Queen Anne Boleyn.

Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second queen, was considered a witch by Henry VIII. Queen Anne was accused of treason and adultery, imprisoned in the Tower of London, and beheaded with a sword in 1536.

After her death she was put in a cabinet and buried hastily in the chapel of the Tower of London.

From then on. Some people began to see the ghost of Queen Anne, who was dressed in a white robe and patrolled the green spaces and corridors of the tower. Strange stories about the headless queen spread.

It is said that every year around the day of Queen Anne's execution, she would be seen riding the Headless Horseman's carriage back to the place of her birth, Blickling Hall in Norfolk, with her head under her arm.

Ada didn't know what was involved behind the downfall of Queen Anne, but she knew one thing: Henry VIII's suspicions were correct. This man brought a storm to the Tudor dynasty and changed the direction of British history. Queen Anne was indeed a witch. To this day, her portrait hangs in Hogwarts Castle.

Ada even wanted to ask Sir Porpington if he had seen the ghost of Queen Anne. After all, they were all beheaded.

Many haunting rumors circulating among Muggles are caused by wizards, but no one has ever found out why the Shrieking Shack is haunted. Therefore, in the eyes of wizards, this humble cabin is the scariest one.

The three of Ada stood outside the fence of the Shrieking Shack. In addition to them, there were also some bold and curious people standing nearby. Everyone was waiting for the ghost to come, hoping to hear something that would frighten the villagers. screams.

The shed is surrounded by a fence and visitors are not allowed to enter, but even if everyone wants to go in, there is no way to enter this abandoned house. The doors and windows here have been sealed long before the shed was rumored to be haunted. .

Aside from its spooky appearance, it’s hard to associate the Screaming Shack with being haunted. The Screaming Shack is neither an old castle where many people died, nor a manor where a big shot once lived. The dilapidated shack cannot live up to its resounding name.

The students gathered nearby slowly dispersed. After waiting for a long time, they lost their patience. No shrill, terrifying screams came from the shack.

Everyone was discussing whether the ghosts had left the place, or whether the shed was just a rumor, a way to increase traffic to Hogsmeade.

"It doesn't look like it's haunted here at all!" Ada said, holding on to the railing. She wanted to take out her wand and shoot it to pieces, or break it apart, blow open the closed doors and windows of the shack, and then go in to find out.

"That's what everyone said. It should be right. It scared a lot of people back then!" Fred replied. He picked up a stone on the snow and threw it at the shack. Of course, everything happened. Did not happen.

"What year was that?" Ada asked, turning her head.

Legend has it that Hogsmeade was established at the same time as Hogwarts, and was used as the headquarters of the goblin rebellion in 1612. Ada wanted to know exactly when in Hogsmeade's long history the rumors of the Shrieking Shack spread.

The twins looked at Ada together, their eyes seeming to say: If you ask us, who should we ask? Aren't you a know-it-all lady? Do you only have this little ability?

"After I go back, I'll look around to see if I can find anything related to the Screaming Shack." Ada said, she was full of curiosity about the shack, "Then we made a plan and entered the shack. How about catching ghosts in there?"

The twins' interest was also ignited. The two brothers high-fived Ada. It was settled that they would explore the Screaming Shack. This long-abandoned shack would receive a visit from three people in the near future. .