Chapter 042
The speculation about Scabbers’ identity did not affect the four’s plan to sneak away to Hogsmeade.
There are seven secret passages leading to Hogsmeade shown on the Marauder’s Map, four of which are controlled by Filch.
George and Fred often use a secret passage behind a one-eyed witch statue on the fourth floor of the castle. That secret passage leads to Honeydukes Candy Shop.
The four of them came behind the statue. After confirming that no one was passing by, George took the wand and whispered softly:”Separate the left and right.” The hunched back of the one-eyed witch statue revealed a shape that could easily be used by a thinner person. Entrance.
The four of them bent down and drilled into the hole in turn.
They crawled for a while through a narrow secret passage and then a stone slide. After sliding down the stone slide for quite a long way, the four of them landed on a cold and wet ground.
George and Fred stood firm on the ground with ease, while Hermione ran into Ives’s arms, her forehead turning red.
Avis and Gemini laughed.
After fighting for a while, Fred held up his wand and used a fluorescent spell to lead the way.
They walked for a long time in a narrow and low tunnel. This passage was winding and twisted, as if it were a tunnel made by a rabbit.
Because the ground was uneven, several people had to pay careful attention to their steps to avoid tripping. But in this way, their traveling speed will be even slower.
After about an hour, they came to an old staircase that went up to an invisible point.
“”Shhh~” George made a silent gesture to signal everyone not to make too much noise.
Everyone started walking up the stairs, trying not to make any noise during the whole process.
One hundred steps… two hundred steps…
After climbing up an unknown number of steps, everyone stopped in front of a floor door.
Fred leaned over and listened with his ears to see if anyone was on the other side.
After a while, he pushed open the floor door. Everyone climbed out one after another.
They appeared in a basement filled with wooden boxes. Not far away was a wooden staircase leading upstairs. The sounds of many people talking, the sound of wind chimes and the sound of doors opening and closing came from above.
There was a strong sweet smell of candy in the basement.
Obviously, this was the basement where Honeydukes Candy Store stored candy.
Fred carefully climbed to the top of the stairs, he poked his head out and looked around, then waved. Signing for everyone to follow.
The four of them quickly and quietly slipped out of the basement and turned around to the Honeydukes Candy Shop.
Although today is Saturday, students who are not allowed by Hogwarts can go to Hogmore. In the days of Decun Village. Therefore, the people in the store are filled with wizards living in Hogsmeade Village, or young wizards from other places who have not yet reached school age.
Long before departure, several people changed Wearing wizard robes instead of Hogwarts school uniforms, the four of them easily blended into the crowd of customers without revealing any flaws.
This was the first time for Elvis and Hermione to come to Honeydukes Candy Store, and they wandered around In the middle of the shelf, choose the candy you want to eat.
On the rows of shelves on this wall, there are many delicious and juicy candies: large pieces of milky yellow almond candy, sparkling pink coconut sorbet, honey-colored candy Toffees, hundreds of neatly arranged chocolates, a vat of Bibi’s multi-flavor beans,
and a vat of sizzling honey candies. On the other wall are some candies that have magical effects after being eaten: among them There is a sorbet ball that Neville mentioned, which can make people float into the air after eating it; the bubble gum the color of bluebells can fill the room with bubbles that last for several days; the chewing gum after eating it There is a small black pepper naughty boy who can breathe fire; a toad-shaped mint ice cream that can jump in the stomach; and a jelly-filled jellybean that will explode when thrown out
“Wow~” Ivis and Hermione were eye-opening. These magical candies aroused their interest. They bought a little of each, and Ivis and Hermione planned to buy some after they tasted them themselves. They thought it was good and sent it to their parents.
After leaving Honeydukes Candy Shop, the four of them went straight to Zuko’s Magic Joke Shop.
Zuko’s Joke Shop is right next door to Honeydukes Candy Shop. The decorations are similar, just a glass display window. There were joke products in one store and candies in the other store.
The four of them pushed the door open and the wind chime on the door rang.
“Welcome,” the owner of the shop, Zuko, stood up to greet the guests. He is a middle-aged wizard in his forties who is friendly to others.
George and Fred seemed to be familiar with this place, and they went up to greet Zuko in a familiar way. Zuko said hello. There was an annoyed smile on Ko’s face,”It’s you two troublemakers again, be careful I tell Professor McGonagall that you sneaked into Hogsmeade.”
“No, let us go, this is the last time.”George and Fred immediately begged for mercy, their eyes were very sincere,”This is our once-in-a-lifetime request!”
Zuko obviously didn’t take their words seriously, and he wouldn’t do anything like that. He liked these two little wizards very much, and he secretly planned to recruit them as store clerks after they graduated!
Ivy Si and Hermione ignored the twins playing tricks and wandered around the store on their own.
They stopped in front of a shelf with a quill on it. The label on the shelf read: Automatic Answer Quill.
Zuko left He came over and introduced:”It can automatically write the answers to the questions and help you deal with most of the homework.”
Ives was a little moved. Now he doesn’t have to do the annoying History of Magic homework and Defense Against the Dark Arts homework. Anyway, he just copies books and won’t learn anything.
But Hermione didn’t think so. The look in her eyes Under coercion, Ives could only tearfully bid farewell to this convenient joke product.
“In fact, the answers it writes are all nonsense,” George said, tearing Joko down,”They are all ‘know it all’’、‘The sentence”Listening to your words is like listening to something” is of no use except for dealing with Quirrell’s homework.”
Zuko smiled awkwardly,”After all, what I sell here are joke products.”
“I can’t make that kind of convenient alchemical product,” he admitted generously
“Okay,” Ives said with a smile. Fortunately, he didn’t buy it in a hurry, otherwise he would definitely fail some of the courses. However
, how did George know the shortcomings of the automatic answering quill? Could it be that he had used it? ?Aves cast a suspicious look
“By the way, I know what you are here to buy today,” Zuko led the four of them to another shelf with a kind of candy on it.
“The new product I developed – burp candy!”Zuko introduced proudly,”After eating it, you will hiccup for more than half an hour.”
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