Chapter 2 The Leaky Cauldron
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Duan Wei Li Mao
Chapter 2 The Leaky Cauldron
The Leaky Cauldron, established in the early sixteenth century, is one of the favorite meeting places for wizards, and it is also the only wizard street in the British magic world, the entrance to Diagon Alley.
When Diana led Kyle and pushed the door open, the noisy and noisy bar instantly became silent as if someone had pressed the pause button.
Quiet like a self-study class at night in the third year of high school, you can hear a needle drop.
It wasn't until Chris walked in that the weird atmosphere didn't continue.But it still hasn't returned to the way it was before, it seems that everyone has deliberately lowered their voices.
But there are exceptions.
Tom, the owner of the bar, came over with a look of surprise: "Oh, Diana, long time no see, would you like a drink? My treat."
"Next time, Tom."
Diana smiled, patted Kyle on the shoulder, pointed to the Weasleys who were walking towards here, and said, "We still have to go to Diagon Alley to buy some things, and we may not have enough time."
"Oh, of course."
Tom was stunned: "Time is so fast, little Kyle is 11 years old, so this is going to buy Hogwarts admission items?"
"Yes." Diana nodded with a smile.
"That's really a little nervous, go quickly, you know the location."
Tom turned sideways to get out of the way behind him, but then he looked down at Kyle and said, "I have to remind you little Kyle, if you move the trash can again this time, I will Going to write a complaint letter to Hogwarts.
Merlin's beard, do you know how anxious those freshmen were when they found out that Diagon Alley couldn't enter?You can't always add completely unnecessary work to an old man with bad legs. "
Kyle was somewhat embarrassed to be pointed out in person about the good things he had done.
Obviously, it's not his first visit to Diagon Alley.
But speaking with conscience, if you come to Diagon Alley as a time traveler and don’t move the trash can, is that still a time traveler?
There's nothing wrong with that.
But in front of his parents, he definitely couldn't say that, Kyle could only sneer and say, "It will be next time."
Hearing this, Tom was fine, but Diana raised her eyebrows and looked down at her son thoughtfully.
Her intuition told her that there was definitely something wrong with this sentence.
But since the Weasleys had already arrived, she didn't say anything.
"Oh, Kyle, honey."
Mrs. Molly Weasley warmly gave Kyle a big hug, and then took Diana aside to talk.
As for Mr. Weasley, he naturally walked over to Chris and started talking.
The relationship between the two families is very good. Molly and Diana are best friends who talk about everything, and Chris and Arthur are even more close friends.It's hard to say whether they got along because of their neighbors, or because of their good relationship.
After all, in the original book, there is no Chris family in the village of Ottery-St. Catchpole, and Chris does not even appear.
Butterfly effect?
Kyle didn't know.
But because of the relationship between the two adults, Kyle and the children of the Weasley family naturally became friends.
No, as soon as the adults left, two arms were placed on his shoulders, one left and one right.
"Hey, Fred, look who's coming."
"Isn't this the freshman of Hogwarts this year?"
When George said the word "new student", his tone was very clear.
"Hogwarts is very dangerous, especially for a freshman like you..."
"Of course, if you are willing to say something nice, maybe we will give you some help."
Kyle ignored the two guys, and greeted the other redheads beside him: "Long time no see, Percy, Ron, and Ginny."
The other party also nodded at him with a smile on their faces.
"Long time no see, Kyle." *3
Originally, there were seven children in the Weasley family, but Bill went to Egypt, Charlie didn't know where he went a month ago, and he wasn't at home, so only five came today.
While talking, several people also came to the backyard of the Leaky Cauldron, at the entrance of Diagon Alley. Mr. Weasley, who was walking in the front, found the correct brick at a glance, and then reached out his wand and tapped it.
At the same time, at the end of the line, the Weasley brothers, who hadn't received a response for a long time, looked at each other and raised their eyebrows tacitly, intending to teach a little lesson to some impolite elementary school boy.
For example, the jumping powder they just invented, just sprinkle a little bit on the hair, you can experience unprecedented sourness.
They have tried it on themselves, and the effect is very good. How to say, has anyone tried what it feels like not to wash their hair for ten days?
Simply.
If you are lucky, you may even trigger hidden easter eggs, and experience the unique treatment of middle-aged gentlemen in advance.
Just do it, the brothers took out the jumping powder, and when they were about to start, Chris' voice suddenly came from ahead.
"Hagrid? What are you doing in Diagon Alley!"
The voice was no longer the original peace, but with a little vigilance, which immediately attracted the attention of the twins.
There's no way, they've heard too much of their vigilant tone, and it's a conditioned reflex.
"No, nothing."
After seeing Chris, Hagrid, a three-meter-tall, two-meter-thick half-blood giant, shivered subconsciously, and his eyes wandered a bit.
But then, he seemed to think of something, and he relaxed instantly. He took out a small package from his pocket and said, "Harry Potter will come to Hogwarts next year. As a gift, I would like to personally Made him a birthday cake and came to buy some berry seeds."
"Really?"
Chris's tone didn't relax much, and he looked at the small package vigilantly: "If I remember correctly, the materials in the Hogwarts cafeteria should be enough to make ten cakes."
To be honest, Chris's tone was somewhat aggressive. If people who don't know see this, they will definitely regard him as a big villain.
But Kyle, the twins, and even the Weasleys, who had a good relationship with Hagrid, didn't express anything after seeing this scene, and even their expressions didn't change, as if everything should be like this.
This is indeed the case.
As the deputy director of the Department of Management and Control of Magical Beasts, and the director of the Beast Office, Chris is very familiar with Hagrid.
Let's put it this way, if Chris had to choose one person he didn't want to see the most, it would definitely be the Hogwarts key keeper in front of him, the famous half-blood giant Rubeus Hagrid.
Merlin's beard, the trouble he caused alone, accounted for more than one-tenth of Chris's annual workload.
Especially the hybrid magical animals he created made Chris a little crazy.
By the way, what was it last time? By the way, the snake body swallowtail beast, a double-tailed snake that is a hybrid of a swallowtail dog and a rune snake.
God knows where Hagrid got so many magical animals, they couldn't all be from the Forbidden Forest. Chris didn't remember that there were rune snakes in the Forbidden Forest when he was in school.
And as a traditional magizoologist, this kind of artificially intervening interbreeding behavior, in his opinion, is simply heresy, an evil behavior that must be absolutely forbidden.
But unfortunately, this kind of thing is not illegal. He submitted several draft bills, but never got any response.Some time ago, after Cornelius Fudge took office, he made a special trip to the minister's office for this purpose, but was delayed again and again by the other party's superb and muddled methods, and finally nothing happened.
Obviously, in the eyes of their new minister, the value of this bill on magical animals is too low. With this time, it is better to visit the headmaster's office of Hogwarts a few times. At least it can make him feel at ease. , It can also improve your image and personality in the hearts of the masses.
Therefore, Chris can't do anything to Hagrid.
What's more, those magical animals created by him are a new life after all, so we can't ignore everything and just throw them away.
Chris could only bite the bullet and observe, record, and classify.
Over time, Chris's resentment towards Hagrid has already exploded, and he didn't do anything directly when they met, purely because there were children around him.
Otherwise, he would beat Hagrid for everything he said, even with Dumbledore around.
Don't be surprised, even though he is the deputy director, Chris still runs in the front line of dealing with magical animals all year round, and he still has some strength.
It's hard to say about a pure-blood giant, but a half-blood giant, and a half-blood giant without a wand, Chris is still very confident.
Hagrid also knew he was wrong, so he consciously opened the package, and there were indeed only a bunch of unknown seeds inside.
"In Dumbledore's name, my visit to Diagon Alley is really just to buy some seeds."
Hearing what Hagrid said, Chris's frowning brows relaxed a lot. He didn't continue to question him, and after a few simple instructions, he let Hagrid leave.
With the respect Hagrid had for Dumbledore, it was impossible to lie about such matters.
It was Kyle, who turned his head thoughtfully and glanced at Hagrid's back when he left.
"Not this time", what about other times?
Kyle remembered that the three-headed dog Fluffy that appeared in the first part was bought by Hagrid from a Greek in the bar.I don't know whether this bar is the Pig's Head or the Leaky Cauldron.
Don't think that the Leaky Cauldron is so formal, there are too many gray deals, and it's the only place to provide accommodation, and it's still the kind that doesn't check the ID card, so there are many smugglers who don't have a lot of goods and have no criminal record will choose here settle down.
The lack of goods means convenience, just find a box and stuff it in, basically no one can tell.
It's perfectly normal to stop by for a deal with a customer while going out to eat.
And Hogwarts has a gamekeeper who loves magical animals, which is well known in broker circles.
It was not difficult to inquire about him.
"Tsk, who said Hagrid is simple and honest, he has a lot of eyes."
Kyle estimated that his father probably didn't know about Lu Wei at this time, but he didn't intend to make a small report.
After all, who can say no to a three-headed dog.
The Leaky Cauldron, established in the early sixteenth century, is one of the favorite meeting places for wizards, and it is also the only wizard street in the British magic world, the entrance to Diagon Alley.
When Diana led Kyle and pushed the door open, the noisy and noisy bar instantly became silent as if someone had pressed the pause button.
Quiet like a self-study class at night in the third year of high school, you can hear a needle drop.
It wasn't until Chris walked in that the weird atmosphere didn't continue.But it still hasn't returned to the way it was before, it seems that everyone has deliberately lowered their voices.
But there are exceptions.
Tom, the owner of the bar, came over with a look of surprise: "Oh, Diana, long time no see, would you like a drink? My treat."
"Next time, Tom."
Diana smiled, patted Kyle on the shoulder, pointed to the Weasleys who were walking towards here, and said, "We still have to go to Diagon Alley to buy some things, and we may not have enough time."
"Oh, of course."
Tom was stunned: "Time is so fast, little Kyle is 11 years old, so this is going to buy Hogwarts admission items?"
"Yes." Diana nodded with a smile.
"That's really a little nervous, go quickly, you know the location."
Tom turned sideways to get out of the way behind him, but then he looked down at Kyle and said, "I have to remind you little Kyle, if you move the trash can again this time, I will Going to write a complaint letter to Hogwarts.
Merlin's beard, do you know how anxious those freshmen were when they found out that Diagon Alley couldn't enter?You can't always add completely unnecessary work to an old man with bad legs. "
Kyle was somewhat embarrassed to be pointed out in person about the good things he had done.
Obviously, it's not his first visit to Diagon Alley.
But speaking with conscience, if you come to Diagon Alley as a time traveler and don’t move the trash can, is that still a time traveler?
There's nothing wrong with that.
But in front of his parents, he definitely couldn't say that, Kyle could only sneer and say, "It will be next time."
Hearing this, Tom was fine, but Diana raised her eyebrows and looked down at her son thoughtfully.
Her intuition told her that there was definitely something wrong with this sentence.
But since the Weasleys had already arrived, she didn't say anything.
"Oh, Kyle, honey."
Mrs. Molly Weasley warmly gave Kyle a big hug, and then took Diana aside to talk.
As for Mr. Weasley, he naturally walked over to Chris and started talking.
The relationship between the two families is very good. Molly and Diana are best friends who talk about everything, and Chris and Arthur are even more close friends.It's hard to say whether they got along because of their neighbors, or because of their good relationship.
After all, in the original book, there is no Chris family in the village of Ottery-St. Catchpole, and Chris does not even appear.
Butterfly effect?
Kyle didn't know.
But because of the relationship between the two adults, Kyle and the children of the Weasley family naturally became friends.
No, as soon as the adults left, two arms were placed on his shoulders, one left and one right.
"Hey, Fred, look who's coming."
"Isn't this the freshman of Hogwarts this year?"
When George said the word "new student", his tone was very clear.
"Hogwarts is very dangerous, especially for a freshman like you..."
"Of course, if you are willing to say something nice, maybe we will give you some help."
Kyle ignored the two guys, and greeted the other redheads beside him: "Long time no see, Percy, Ron, and Ginny."
The other party also nodded at him with a smile on their faces.
"Long time no see, Kyle." *3
Originally, there were seven children in the Weasley family, but Bill went to Egypt, Charlie didn't know where he went a month ago, and he wasn't at home, so only five came today.
While talking, several people also came to the backyard of the Leaky Cauldron, at the entrance of Diagon Alley. Mr. Weasley, who was walking in the front, found the correct brick at a glance, and then reached out his wand and tapped it.
At the same time, at the end of the line, the Weasley brothers, who hadn't received a response for a long time, looked at each other and raised their eyebrows tacitly, intending to teach a little lesson to some impolite elementary school boy.
For example, the jumping powder they just invented, just sprinkle a little bit on the hair, you can experience unprecedented sourness.
They have tried it on themselves, and the effect is very good. How to say, has anyone tried what it feels like not to wash their hair for ten days?
Simply.
If you are lucky, you may even trigger hidden easter eggs, and experience the unique treatment of middle-aged gentlemen in advance.
Just do it, the brothers took out the jumping powder, and when they were about to start, Chris' voice suddenly came from ahead.
"Hagrid? What are you doing in Diagon Alley!"
The voice was no longer the original peace, but with a little vigilance, which immediately attracted the attention of the twins.
There's no way, they've heard too much of their vigilant tone, and it's a conditioned reflex.
"No, nothing."
After seeing Chris, Hagrid, a three-meter-tall, two-meter-thick half-blood giant, shivered subconsciously, and his eyes wandered a bit.
But then, he seemed to think of something, and he relaxed instantly. He took out a small package from his pocket and said, "Harry Potter will come to Hogwarts next year. As a gift, I would like to personally Made him a birthday cake and came to buy some berry seeds."
"Really?"
Chris's tone didn't relax much, and he looked at the small package vigilantly: "If I remember correctly, the materials in the Hogwarts cafeteria should be enough to make ten cakes."
To be honest, Chris's tone was somewhat aggressive. If people who don't know see this, they will definitely regard him as a big villain.
But Kyle, the twins, and even the Weasleys, who had a good relationship with Hagrid, didn't express anything after seeing this scene, and even their expressions didn't change, as if everything should be like this.
This is indeed the case.
As the deputy director of the Department of Management and Control of Magical Beasts, and the director of the Beast Office, Chris is very familiar with Hagrid.
Let's put it this way, if Chris had to choose one person he didn't want to see the most, it would definitely be the Hogwarts key keeper in front of him, the famous half-blood giant Rubeus Hagrid.
Merlin's beard, the trouble he caused alone, accounted for more than one-tenth of Chris's annual workload.
Especially the hybrid magical animals he created made Chris a little crazy.
By the way, what was it last time? By the way, the snake body swallowtail beast, a double-tailed snake that is a hybrid of a swallowtail dog and a rune snake.
God knows where Hagrid got so many magical animals, they couldn't all be from the Forbidden Forest. Chris didn't remember that there were rune snakes in the Forbidden Forest when he was in school.
And as a traditional magizoologist, this kind of artificially intervening interbreeding behavior, in his opinion, is simply heresy, an evil behavior that must be absolutely forbidden.
But unfortunately, this kind of thing is not illegal. He submitted several draft bills, but never got any response.Some time ago, after Cornelius Fudge took office, he made a special trip to the minister's office for this purpose, but was delayed again and again by the other party's superb and muddled methods, and finally nothing happened.
Obviously, in the eyes of their new minister, the value of this bill on magical animals is too low. With this time, it is better to visit the headmaster's office of Hogwarts a few times. At least it can make him feel at ease. , It can also improve your image and personality in the hearts of the masses.
Therefore, Chris can't do anything to Hagrid.
What's more, those magical animals created by him are a new life after all, so we can't ignore everything and just throw them away.
Chris could only bite the bullet and observe, record, and classify.
Over time, Chris's resentment towards Hagrid has already exploded, and he didn't do anything directly when they met, purely because there were children around him.
Otherwise, he would beat Hagrid for everything he said, even with Dumbledore around.
Don't be surprised, even though he is the deputy director, Chris still runs in the front line of dealing with magical animals all year round, and he still has some strength.
It's hard to say about a pure-blood giant, but a half-blood giant, and a half-blood giant without a wand, Chris is still very confident.
Hagrid also knew he was wrong, so he consciously opened the package, and there were indeed only a bunch of unknown seeds inside.
"In Dumbledore's name, my visit to Diagon Alley is really just to buy some seeds."
Hearing what Hagrid said, Chris's frowning brows relaxed a lot. He didn't continue to question him, and after a few simple instructions, he let Hagrid leave.
With the respect Hagrid had for Dumbledore, it was impossible to lie about such matters.
It was Kyle, who turned his head thoughtfully and glanced at Hagrid's back when he left.
"Not this time", what about other times?
Kyle remembered that the three-headed dog Fluffy that appeared in the first part was bought by Hagrid from a Greek in the bar.I don't know whether this bar is the Pig's Head or the Leaky Cauldron.
Don't think that the Leaky Cauldron is so formal, there are too many gray deals, and it's the only place to provide accommodation, and it's still the kind that doesn't check the ID card, so there are many smugglers who don't have a lot of goods and have no criminal record will choose here settle down.
The lack of goods means convenience, just find a box and stuff it in, basically no one can tell.
It's perfectly normal to stop by for a deal with a customer while going out to eat.
And Hogwarts has a gamekeeper who loves magical animals, which is well known in broker circles.
It was not difficult to inquire about him.
"Tsk, who said Hagrid is simple and honest, he has a lot of eyes."
Kyle estimated that his father probably didn't know about Lu Wei at this time, but he didn't intend to make a small report.
After all, who can say no to a three-headed dog.
