Chapter 224 George and Fred's Little Revenge
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Liu Yue Zhi Yuan Fei
George drew his wand, tapped the parchment lightly, and said:
"I solemnly swear that I will do no good!"
For a split second, Harry saw thin lines of ink stretching like a spider's web from where George's wand touched, and then connecting to each other, crisscrossing and criss-crossing, until they spread to every corner of the parchment.
Immediately afterwards, large green characters appeared on the top of the parchment.
But before he could see clearly, whether it was intentional or unintentional, George grabbed the part with words and covered the top line of the paragraph, and he could only see the words 'Designed to help magic pranksters Gentlemen of the present, hereby present the line—Marauder's Map'.
Harry found that this picture had drawn all the details of Hogwarts castle and grounds, and there were many small black dots moving on the picture, and there were some extremely small words beside it, before Harry could see it clearly.
George pointed his wand again at the Marauder's Map and said, "'The mischief is over!"
I saw those ink lines and small black dots disappearing quickly.
Harry froze for a moment and looked at George.
Fred on the side smiled and said:
"The Marauder's Map not only marks the terrain of Hogwarts and some unknown secret passages, but also displays the location of everyone in real time, including Headmaster Dumbledore."
George then said:
"We've been using it this semester to monitor all the school's passages to the outside world to prevent Black from sneaking into Hogwarts through these passages."
Harry swallowed when he heard this, and said cautiously:
"so......"
George and Fred looked at each other and smiled, then Fred picked up the wooden box on the table next to him, blinked and said:
"The Marauder's Map was designed and produced by a very powerful gentleman when he was a student. It is specially designed to point the way for young people like us who are lost in confusion..."
"However, to get him, a small ceremony is needed, and this ceremony was created by that gentleman."
Harry thought of the origin of this map, and suddenly said in surprise:
"Are you trying to put this back in Filch's office and let me steal it?"
George shook his head and said:
"Of course not. After all, not everyone has such a good understanding with us. Of course, that is also a ritual, but this time we are using another ritual of that great gentleman. Harry, how much money do you have?"
Harry was taken aback for a moment, then said seriously:
"Are you going to sell me the Marauder's Map?
But I only have 25 Galleons left on me. I don't think it's enough for such a magic item. Can I put it on credit first?
At Christmas time, I asked Dobby to go to Gringotts Bank for me to pick up some more. "
Although Harry was a little disappointed that the two of them didn't give him the map directly, it was good that he could buy it.
Maybe with this map, I can avoid my cousin and Dumbledore in advance, so that no one can find myself hiding under the invisibility cloak.
Fred said in surprise:
"Harry, you underestimate us too much. If it weren't for the manufacturer's rules, we would have given you the map directly."
George patted Harry on the shoulder and said:
"You don't need to be nervous. The creator's rules are very simple, that is, lottery draws, but each lottery draw requires a Gold Galleon until you win this map. This is a necessary ceremony."
"Of course, maybe you were very lucky and won the first draw."
"Poor us, we spent a lot to open this map..."
As for whether it took a lot of time or money, George didn't elaborate on this point.
Seeing Harry's heartbeat, Fred quickly added:
"You need to do the same when you pass on this map to its new owner before graduation. At that time, the money you invested today will come back."
It made sense, Harry thought.
Then let the two wait for a while, and hurried back to their dormitory to get the money.
As soon as Harry left, George and Fred clapped their hands a little, and then said excitedly in a low voice:
"All for revenge!"
Soon Harry took the money bag to George and Fred's dormitory again, and handed it over with a Galleon.
George did not take it, but said seriously:
"Harry, you have to think about it, once you start, your Garen cannot be returned."
Harry stuffed Gallon directly into George's hands, and said equally seriously:
"Of course, what to do next?"
George glanced at Fred, and Fred handed the wooden box in front of Harry and said:
"You can only take out one note from the box each time, and it says how many fragments of the Marauder's Map you get. The number of each note is different, and each time you draw, it can be accumulated.
You can get it as long as you collect ten red Marauder's map fragments, now you want to check the note? "
Harry narrowed his eyes and asked suspiciously:
"It's that simple? I trust you, I won't check the note."
George and Fred looked like two excellent actors at the moment, they were meticulous, nodded solemnly, and then announced:
"The ceremony officially begins!"
Harry rubbed his hands together, then reached into the wooden box, and sure enough there were many notes inside.
After some stirring, he took out a piece of paper, opened it carefully, and saw that it said "Fortunate luck, the map is in hand! Congratulations, you have obtained 8 red map fragments."
George said in surprise:
"Harry, your luck is really good. You can draw 8 at the beginning, and you can get the map with only two red fragments. It is much luckier than ours before."
Harry grinned and scratched his head:
"It's all luck, luck, I'll do it again! Hehe!"
As he spoke, he took out another Gold Galleon and handed it over, then reached out and continued to grab it from the wooden box.
"Fortunate luck, the map is in hand! Congratulations on getting a red map fragment!"
Looking at the numbers above, Harry was a little disappointed, but it was still within the acceptable range, after all, he would be able to get the complete map with one more draw.
Fred reminded:
"You're only one red map fragment away and you're done, continue?"
Although Harry didn't understand why Fred asked such a question, he directly used his actual actions to prove that he would continue.
He handed a Galleon to George's hand again, and stretched his other hand directly into the box, grabbing a note at random. After all, there was only one left, so he could get it no matter what.
He even felt that he had taken advantage of it. He obtained such a powerful magic item with only three Galleons. He already planned to bring gifts to the two of them when Hogsmeade Village opened.
But when he opened the note, he was dumbfounded.
"Fortunate luck, the map is in hand! Congratulations on getting 3 orange map fragments!"
Seeing the way Harry opened his mouth wide and looked at the two of them, George and Fred seemed to see from Harry how they were fooled by Douglas.
George explained with a businesslike look:
"10 orange map fragments can be exchanged for one red map fragment. Now you only need 7 orange map fragments to get the Marauder's map. Continue?"
Fred said with a look of embarrassment:
"Harry, I hope you can understand that this is a rule left by the maker, and we have no way of controlling it."
They didn't lie to Harry at all about this. In their view, the Marauder's Map and the method of deceiving them were all made by Douglas.
They just wanted to take this opportunity to take revenge on Douglas a little.
After all, this special box was originally left by Douglas at the Burrow, saying that it reminded them of what a gambler's mentality is, and what it means to bet ten times and cheat nine times.
Look how human this is, teaching two innocent nine-year-olds not to gamble!
George and Fred shade Douglas, and it is from this box that begins.
"I solemnly swear that I will do no good!"
For a split second, Harry saw thin lines of ink stretching like a spider's web from where George's wand touched, and then connecting to each other, crisscrossing and criss-crossing, until they spread to every corner of the parchment.
Immediately afterwards, large green characters appeared on the top of the parchment.
But before he could see clearly, whether it was intentional or unintentional, George grabbed the part with words and covered the top line of the paragraph, and he could only see the words 'Designed to help magic pranksters Gentlemen of the present, hereby present the line—Marauder's Map'.
Harry found that this picture had drawn all the details of Hogwarts castle and grounds, and there were many small black dots moving on the picture, and there were some extremely small words beside it, before Harry could see it clearly.
George pointed his wand again at the Marauder's Map and said, "'The mischief is over!"
I saw those ink lines and small black dots disappearing quickly.
Harry froze for a moment and looked at George.
Fred on the side smiled and said:
"The Marauder's Map not only marks the terrain of Hogwarts and some unknown secret passages, but also displays the location of everyone in real time, including Headmaster Dumbledore."
George then said:
"We've been using it this semester to monitor all the school's passages to the outside world to prevent Black from sneaking into Hogwarts through these passages."
Harry swallowed when he heard this, and said cautiously:
"so......"
George and Fred looked at each other and smiled, then Fred picked up the wooden box on the table next to him, blinked and said:
"The Marauder's Map was designed and produced by a very powerful gentleman when he was a student. It is specially designed to point the way for young people like us who are lost in confusion..."
"However, to get him, a small ceremony is needed, and this ceremony was created by that gentleman."
Harry thought of the origin of this map, and suddenly said in surprise:
"Are you trying to put this back in Filch's office and let me steal it?"
George shook his head and said:
"Of course not. After all, not everyone has such a good understanding with us. Of course, that is also a ritual, but this time we are using another ritual of that great gentleman. Harry, how much money do you have?"
Harry was taken aback for a moment, then said seriously:
"Are you going to sell me the Marauder's Map?
But I only have 25 Galleons left on me. I don't think it's enough for such a magic item. Can I put it on credit first?
At Christmas time, I asked Dobby to go to Gringotts Bank for me to pick up some more. "
Although Harry was a little disappointed that the two of them didn't give him the map directly, it was good that he could buy it.
Maybe with this map, I can avoid my cousin and Dumbledore in advance, so that no one can find myself hiding under the invisibility cloak.
Fred said in surprise:
"Harry, you underestimate us too much. If it weren't for the manufacturer's rules, we would have given you the map directly."
George patted Harry on the shoulder and said:
"You don't need to be nervous. The creator's rules are very simple, that is, lottery draws, but each lottery draw requires a Gold Galleon until you win this map. This is a necessary ceremony."
"Of course, maybe you were very lucky and won the first draw."
"Poor us, we spent a lot to open this map..."
As for whether it took a lot of time or money, George didn't elaborate on this point.
Seeing Harry's heartbeat, Fred quickly added:
"You need to do the same when you pass on this map to its new owner before graduation. At that time, the money you invested today will come back."
It made sense, Harry thought.
Then let the two wait for a while, and hurried back to their dormitory to get the money.
As soon as Harry left, George and Fred clapped their hands a little, and then said excitedly in a low voice:
"All for revenge!"
Soon Harry took the money bag to George and Fred's dormitory again, and handed it over with a Galleon.
George did not take it, but said seriously:
"Harry, you have to think about it, once you start, your Garen cannot be returned."
Harry stuffed Gallon directly into George's hands, and said equally seriously:
"Of course, what to do next?"
George glanced at Fred, and Fred handed the wooden box in front of Harry and said:
"You can only take out one note from the box each time, and it says how many fragments of the Marauder's Map you get. The number of each note is different, and each time you draw, it can be accumulated.
You can get it as long as you collect ten red Marauder's map fragments, now you want to check the note? "
Harry narrowed his eyes and asked suspiciously:
"It's that simple? I trust you, I won't check the note."
George and Fred looked like two excellent actors at the moment, they were meticulous, nodded solemnly, and then announced:
"The ceremony officially begins!"
Harry rubbed his hands together, then reached into the wooden box, and sure enough there were many notes inside.
After some stirring, he took out a piece of paper, opened it carefully, and saw that it said "Fortunate luck, the map is in hand! Congratulations, you have obtained 8 red map fragments."
George said in surprise:
"Harry, your luck is really good. You can draw 8 at the beginning, and you can get the map with only two red fragments. It is much luckier than ours before."
Harry grinned and scratched his head:
"It's all luck, luck, I'll do it again! Hehe!"
As he spoke, he took out another Gold Galleon and handed it over, then reached out and continued to grab it from the wooden box.
"Fortunate luck, the map is in hand! Congratulations on getting a red map fragment!"
Looking at the numbers above, Harry was a little disappointed, but it was still within the acceptable range, after all, he would be able to get the complete map with one more draw.
Fred reminded:
"You're only one red map fragment away and you're done, continue?"
Although Harry didn't understand why Fred asked such a question, he directly used his actual actions to prove that he would continue.
He handed a Galleon to George's hand again, and stretched his other hand directly into the box, grabbing a note at random. After all, there was only one left, so he could get it no matter what.
He even felt that he had taken advantage of it. He obtained such a powerful magic item with only three Galleons. He already planned to bring gifts to the two of them when Hogsmeade Village opened.
But when he opened the note, he was dumbfounded.
"Fortunate luck, the map is in hand! Congratulations on getting 3 orange map fragments!"
Seeing the way Harry opened his mouth wide and looked at the two of them, George and Fred seemed to see from Harry how they were fooled by Douglas.
George explained with a businesslike look:
"10 orange map fragments can be exchanged for one red map fragment. Now you only need 7 orange map fragments to get the Marauder's map. Continue?"
Fred said with a look of embarrassment:
"Harry, I hope you can understand that this is a rule left by the maker, and we have no way of controlling it."
They didn't lie to Harry at all about this. In their view, the Marauder's Map and the method of deceiving them were all made by Douglas.
They just wanted to take this opportunity to take revenge on Douglas a little.
After all, this special box was originally left by Douglas at the Burrow, saying that it reminded them of what a gambler's mentality is, and what it means to bet ten times and cheat nine times.
Look how human this is, teaching two innocent nine-year-olds not to gamble!
George and Fred shade Douglas, and it is from this box that begins.
