Chapter 377 Hogsmeade, Hogsmeade!

Lin Xia and others, who were worried about Harry, had already arrived at Hogsmeade and were amazed.

The little wizards all felt that the sky here seemed bluer than that of Hogwarts.

But in fact, Hogwarts was not far from Hogwarts. The reason why they felt that the scenery was more beautiful was entirely due to their mood.

Professor McGonagall was in charge of order at the front. She divided the little wizards into several queues and stood at the front to instruct them.

"You can only play for four hours, and you must gather here at 3 pm."

"Students who don't come on time will not be allowed to enter Hogsmeade next time, so remember to come on time!"

"Don't touch the horror facilities here, such as the Shrieking Shack. If you faint, no one will treat you immediately.

The local residents will only laugh at you and take pictures of you fainting, and then sell them to you at a high price after you wake up, if you don't want to leave a black history."

Professor McGonagall said a lot of precautions, and finally saw that the little wizards were a little impatient, so she put her wand against her throat and used the magic "Sound like a bell"--

"Be safe, welcome to Hogsmeade! Go in, little wizards!"

"Oh yeah!!!"

The little wizards cheered and swarmed into the village.

The village, which was originally very spacious, seemed a bit crowded after this wave of little wizards entered.

Professor McGonagall stood outside and took a look, but did not go in.

She has been to Hogsmeade many times, and the shops inside have no appeal to her.

Sprout said something to the other deans and walked into Hogsmeade.

The new batch of materials she ordered had arrived in the village and were waiting to be sent to Hogwarts by owl.

In view of the efficiency of the owl postman, Sprout decided to go and get it in person.

Outside the village, Professor Flitwick thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to buy a few books. I'll be gone for about an hour."

Professor McGonagall nodded, "Don't worry, we'll be guarding the door."

After Professor Flitwick left, McGonagall looked at Snape. She remembered that every time he came to Hogsmeade, Snape would go in to purchase a large number of potions.

It was said that these potions were potions that the school needed to purchase for the young wizards to use in class, and Hogsmeade could buy them in bulk at a lower price.

McGonagall asked, "You're not going in?"

Snape didn't answer, but asked, "Why did you ask Harry and the others to learn the Patronus Charm from Lupin?"

Professor McGonagall's expression was serious, "Nothing, I just think they should learn it.

Whether we accept it or not, we can't deny that Hogwarts is gradually becoming dangerous. I hope they can have the power to protect themselves as soon as possible."

Snape sneered.

"The power of self-protection is not to let young wizards learn difficult advanced spells, but to hone their physique, train their combat skills, and it is best to let them form a set of their own combat system."

He said bluntly, "The advanced spell of the Patronus Charm, even many senior wizards may not be able to learn it. You let Harry and the others learn it, which is harmful to them!"

In Snape's eyes, instead of spending so much time learning the Patronus Charm, it is better to spend time on other aspects, and the results will be better.

McGonagall was silent.

After a while, she said, "Snape, you can't deny that some geniuses exist.

I know the difficulty of the Patronus Charm very well, so I think they can learn it. They are the most talented little wizards I have ever seen.

I think that with their talents, they can easily overcome other difficulties."

Snape's face was as gloomy as water.

"It's up to you. If they delay their studies and can't learn the Patronus Charm for a year, I will report to Dumbledore and ask them to learn other spells!"

He threw down this sentence and walked away quickly with big strides.

Using this action to express his dissatisfaction.

McGreg looked at his back and couldn't help but sighed.

She knew she was anxious, and she also knew what Snape really wanted to express.

Snape didn't think Harry and the others could learn the Patronus Charm within a year, so he wanted to teach them other fighting skills to make them grow faster.

But Professor McGonagall also had her own ideas.

She thought that it was just an ordinary crisis, and Harry and the others could cope with it with their improvisation.

Only when encountering a more serious crisis can it be solved by themselves.

And if they really encounter a major crisis, they may not be able to help much.

In this case, it is better to learn the Patronus Charm, at least to protect themselves.

Snape wants them to be better prepared, but Professor McGonagall is looking at higher crises and wants them to prepare as soon as possible.

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"Wow! Such a big sizzling honey candy! How did he hang such a big candy on the sign?"

Ron opened his mouth wide, extremely shocked.

He curiously leaned over and gently touched the lifelike huge candy with his hand.

Unexpectedly, the touch under the palm was the same as the touch of touching the candy to eat, which made Ron stunned.

"Is it real candy?" This thought came to his mind.

Ron put his palm to his mouth and licked it gently, and really licked a hint of the sweetness of candy from it.

Ron praised even more exaggeratedly, like a countryman who had never seen the world.

Hermione rolled her eyes several times and whispered, "Ron, pay attention to your image. You look like you haven't had candy since you were a child."

Ron pointed at other little wizards in the distance and said, "Their reactions are more exaggerated than mine. If you want to lecture them, go talk to them!"

Ron entered the candy store first.

Hermione stamped her feet and walked in.

Lin Xia and Draco looked at each other, both a little helpless, and followed in together.

Lin Xia asked, "Is it my illusion? Recently, Ron and Hermione have been arguing with each other."

Draco said "hmm", "Ron thinks Hermione is hiding something from her. She always appears and disappears in class.

But when he asked Hermione privately, Hermione said nothing, just that she was next to them, but he didn't see it.

So Ron has been angry with Hermione recently and always picks with her."

Lin Xia thought for a while and said, "Besides this incident, before that, Ron and Hermione also liked to argue with each other."

She couldn't help laughing and said, "Maybe this is the way they get along."

Draco suddenly sighed softly at this time.

Lin Xia looked over, thought of something, and asked, "Do you feel uncomfortable?"

Draco shook his head: "No."

A trace of confusion flashed across his eyes, and even he himself could not figure out what he was thinking.

Draco said, "Forget it, let's go shopping."     Honeydukes' candy store is indeed well-deserved. There are all kinds of candies here, far more than those sold in the school grocery store, and they are not comparable to the carts on the train.

This store is very popular with young wizards, so the things sold are also biased towards the aesthetics of young wizards.

They saw candy in the shape of a golden snitch.

This candy was locked in a transparent window, flying from one end to the other from time to time, and occasionally invisible, very similar to the real golden snitch.

Several young wizards leaned over to look, their faces almost sticking to the glass.

"This is definitely not candy. The manager put a real golden snitch in!"

"I agree!"

"I think so too!"

A waiter stood next to the window. The waiter asked with a smile whether to open the window to confirm, but it would cost a silver Sickle to open it once.

The waiter said: "There are special candies of golden snitch in the store, but there are also real golden snitch. It all depends on your mood to decide which one to display. Do you guess that this is the real golden snitch?

If you guess right, you will be rewarded with a random piece of candy. If you guess wrong, you will pay a silver Sickle."

The other little wizards were about to nod, when Ron's voice suddenly interrupted.

"Don't open it, it's a fake snitch, and there is real candy inside!"

Several wizards turned their heads to look, and even the waiter set his eyes on Ron.

Ron was a little anxious. It was the first time that he got the attention of others by himself, and his cheeks were slightly red.

Ron said, "You haven't come into contact with a real golden snitch. Its wings are not as big as the ones here. They are very slender and transparent.

The candies in the window are obviously made of candy. The wings are a bit big. If you look closely, the patterns are simple and there are no complicated details. But the craftsmanship of the golden snitch is not that simple."

The waiter said with a smile, "Congratulations, you got it right!"

The waiter gave Ron a prize because he said all the key points.

Ron couldn't wait to open it and found a lifelike golden snitch candy inside!

Lin Xia had good eyesight and saw the price of the golden snitch candy in the distance. She said, "Ron, you are so lucky. The golden snitch candy is sold for 1 gold galleon!"

Ron looked a little excited and his breathing became rapid again.

He wanted to eat the candy now!

But he didn't know what he thought of, so he carefully put the candy away and said, "I'll take it back to eat with Harry."

Lin Xia felt that Ron was very good to Harry and was more thoughtful than they thought.

In addition to the golden snitch displayed in the window at the entrance of the store, there are also rainbow candies, caterpillar candies, popping candies that make a crackling sound in the mouth after taking them, and chocolate eggs of various shapes.

By the way, they also saw the honey candies made from the mucus of the Billywig worm as Hagrid said.

It is said that the mucus of the Billywig worm has an addictive feeling. The candy maker adds these mucuses just to make the little wizard eat them every day.

Lin Xia bought a few and ate one. She didn't feel anything, just a faint sweetness, but the juice bursting inside was quite delicious.

She was most interested in the "emotional experience candy". The candy was in the shape of a cube. After taking it, it melted in the mouth instantly, and then she could feel the four flavors of "sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy".

As the taste changed, her emotions were also aroused a little.

However, this arousal was not worth mentioning in front of Lin Xia's physique.

Lin Xia tossed the emotional experience candy up and thought this direction was quite interesting, using taste to mobilize emotions.

She suddenly had an idea, could she make a candy that was as effective as truth serum.

It didn't need to make people tell the truth after taking it, but it could punish them for lying.

For example, once they lied, they would laugh non-stop, or their bodies would become itchy and painful, etc.

Lin Xia smiled lightly, this research was interesting just thinking about it.

After leaving Honeydukes' candy store, they came to Hermione's favorite bookstore.

The bookstore here was also very magical, with many books that were very similar to monster books, and these books had their own temperaments and had to be opened in specific ways.

When Hermione was looking for a book, Lin Xia went to chat with the clerk and gave him some honey candy.

The clerk smiled very happily and said attentively: "Little wizard, I haven't eaten candy for a long time. The candy you gave me is delicious. If you have any books you want to read, I will help you find them."

Lin Xia shook her head: "No need to trouble, I will find them myself. Has anything interesting or strange happened in the store recently?"

She was slightly moved and asked casually.

The clerk just thought she liked to listen to stories and told several stories in succession.

"Last month, the store manager bought a batch of invisible books. Those books recorded a lot of magic that was very useful in battle, including offensive magic and defensive magic. For the sake of confidentiality, they used invisible covers.

I advised the store manager that Flourish and Blotts in Diagon Alley bought a batch before, thinking it would sell well, but when they moved the goods down, they couldn't even find the books!

If it hadn't been confirmed that the shipment had been made, Flourish and Blotts would have thought that the publisher was playing a trick on them, so I told the store manager not to buy them."

Lin Xia asked, "Did you buy them in the end?"

The clerk shrugged, "Not only did you buy them, but you also lost them! I wouldn't have bought them if I had known, invisible books are not that easy to sell!"

The clerk didn't know what he was thinking, and said, "There were ghosts howling in the Shrieking Shack yesterday, as if there were really wolves in it, you'd better not go there."

Lin Xia wrote it down.

She walked to one of the bookshelves, and across from her was Hermione.

Hermione had already picked out a book thicker than her head and was flipping through it carefully.

Lin Xia didn't want to buy a book, but seeing that even the most unreliable Ron had picked up a copy of "Jokes", she also reached out and casually pulled out a book from the bookshelf.

She casually opened the cover of the book, looked down, and suddenly her pupils shrank slightly--

"Soul Reshaping Method"

Lin Xia's heart was pounding, and she felt that it was not real.

Just seeing the title of the book, a burst of dense information came to her mind, all about the content of "Soul Reshaping Method".

Lin Xia confirmed that she had encountered a magical book!

In theory, this kind of book will only appear in the forbidden book area.

But some books are special, or they are lucky enough not to be disturbed by the evil god's whispers, and can enter and exit the forbidden book area or library freely.

Yes, free to enter and exit.

Where these books want to go is not restricted by humans.

It can appear in front of people who don't want it at all, guide a wizard to take this path, and it can also appear in front of people who desire it...

Further understand the mystery of the soul!

Lin Xia had asked Professor McGonagall if the soul could be changed from one form to another after it was cut out.

Professor McGonagall said that her idea was dangerous and did not recommend her to do related experiments now, as she would not be able to control it.

She gave some research directions, one of which was to find books of this type and get methods directly from the books.

Lin Xia still remembers what Professor McGonagall said, that this kind of book would appear in front of the wizard when it wanted to appear.

- When it thinks the time is right. (End of this chapter)