Chapter 044
When several people recognized Hagrid, he turned around.
Hagrid was a little dazed after drinking. He said subconsciously:”Hello, is today Hogsmeade open day?”
He scratched his messy hair twice with his big hands, then ignored it and continued talking to himself. The wine is right.
The four of them breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this.
George and Fred got bold and he walked up to the counter and knocked on the table.
The old man finally opened his eyes. His blue pupils were filled with fatigue. He yawned and said,”It’s you two troublemakers again. What do you want? The same whiskey as last time or tequila?”
What do you usually drink? Elvis and Hermione looked at the two of them in shock.
George waved his hand and quickly clarified:”What are you talking about? Of course, a few bottles of mead and butterbeer without alcohol content. We are not of drinking age yet.”
His righteous words were almost believable.
The old man took down four bottles of drinks from the cabinet behind him, wiped off the dust on the bottles with a greasy rag on the side, and then placed them on the counter,”Two bottles of butterbeer, two bottles of mead, a total of 8 silversicles.”
Fred quickly took out the money and put it in the old man’s hand.
“Thank you for your business,” the old man said with a smile.
After buying the drinks, the four of them did not choose to stay in the Pig Head Bar. The environment here was really bad. Sitting on the roadside was better than sitting here.
When they walked out of the bar, there were A hooded man in black robes sneaked in.
Ives noticed that the man in black robes sat directly opposite Hagrid.
Could it be Quirrell? He thought.
Several people looked for a place. He used a descaling spell to clean up the stones on the roadside and sat on them.
Fred took out four clean glasses from somewhere, filled them with butterbeer and handed them to the others.
“cheers!”
Everyone raised their cups and shouted happily.
The strong aroma of butter bloomed in Ives’s mouth, and the fragrance of wheat suppressed the richness of butter. This combination complemented each other and did not make people feel overly sweet at all.
“Phew~”
The four of them sighed with satisfaction.
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The trip to Hogsmeade is over, and there is still one important thing waiting for Elvis to deal with.
Peter Pettigrew.
After asking Professor Flitwick in the Charms office, Ives got the password to the principal’s office.
The principal’s office is located on the eighth floor of the castle. There is a huge stone beast guarding the door. Like the four house lounges in Hogwarts, a password is required to pass the stone beast guarding the door.
The huge stone beast guarding the gate is extremely ugly.
Behind the stone beast is an automatic spiral staircase. At the top of the staircase is the office door. It is a shiny oak door with a brass door knocker in the shape of a griffon.
“Sizzling honey candy.”Aves whispered the command to the stone beast.
The huge marble carved stone beast suddenly came to life. It opened its closed eyes and glanced at Ives with a scrutinizing gaze. He raised his legs and moved aside to make way for the door behind it.
Ives thanked him quietly, climbed up the stairs, and then pushed open the door of the principal’s office. The principal’s office is a spacious, beautiful round room with a wall.
It is filled with portraits of past principals, who are all sitting quietly in their respective frames. There are also a few portraits that are empty, and the owners inside seem to have g
one to visit other people’s portraits. There is also a portrait in the room. A huge table with claw-shaped legs. Next to the table, there is a silver high-foot basin with exquisitely carved patterns. There is a shelf next to the basin, and under the shelf is a small nest built by weeds. On the shelf Standing there was a big, majestic bird with a red body.
Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk handling official business.
Ives knocked on the oak door, trying to attract Dumbledore’s attention.
Waiting until his sky blue eyes looked over , Avis said politely:”Hello, professor. I am Elvis Evans, a first-year Ravenclaw student. Sorry to bother you, I have something very important to say.
Dumbledore smiled slightly and said softly:”Mr. Evans, there is no need to be so reserved.””
He waved his hand, and the chair in front of the desk automatically moved a few steps out,”Please sit down.”
After Ives took his seat, Dumbledore used magic to summon a teacup, and then made him a cup of black tea.
Ives thanked him and said,”Professor, there is something I want to ask you to take a look at.”
As he said that, he spread the Marauder’s Map on the table.
Dumbledore’s eyes lit up with a faint white light, and he was using magic to detect the Marauder’s Map. After a while, he sighed:”What a wonderful experience. Awesome magic item”
“If I’m not mistaken, this parchment is engraved with a magic tracking charm.’，”Dumbledore said, when he saw Ives’s confused eyes, he slowly explained:”This is an advanced spell similar to trace silk. It can display the names of all wizards within a specific range.”
Ives Si suddenly understood, and then he whispered to the Marauder’s Map:”I solemnly swear that I have evil intentions.”
Thin ink appeared on the parchment, and the ink lines spread out like a spider web and then connected to each other. Words began to appear in every corner of the parchment, and it read –
Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, gentlemen who specialize in helping magic mischief-makers, introduce the Marauder’s Map.
These four names obviously reminded Dumbledore of something, and he stared at them in a daze.
It took him a long time to come back to his senses,”Mr. Evans, this is made by your seniors, take good care of it.””
“If you are here today to share this wonderful magical item with me,” Dumbledore added,”rest assured that using it will not violate school rules.”
Elvis shook his head and placed his fingers on several names in the Gryffindor lounge, Harry Potter, Seamus Finnegan, Ron Weasley and… Peter Pettigrew
“This is impossible!”Dumbledore slapped the table and stood up, his eyes full of shock.
He paced back and forth in the office,”Is Peter still alive? Why has there been no news from him for so many years?”
Suddenly he thought of a possibility, a possibility that could overturn all existing facts.
Dumbledore sat back behind the desk again, and asked seriously:”Mr. Evans, what do you know?”
Avis repeated what he had said to Hermione and the others before.
“I have to say, you really surprised me.” Dumbledore sighed and slumped down in his chair. He suddenly looked a little older.”If your guess is not wrong, then Sirius Black should is innocent. Merlin’s beard, that kid was wrongfully imprisoned in Azkaban for ten years.
He stood up and said,”Mr. Evans, thank you for the news you brought today.” These speculations still need some evidence to confirm, and it seems that I will be busy in the coming days.”
After that, Dumbledore turned into a ball of flame and disappeared into the office.
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