Chapter 238 Journey to Hogsmeade Village

Snape is stingy and stupid, which can be seen from his constant use of small methods to punish Harry.

Although Snape's stinginess and stupidity are cute to us readers who look down from a God's perspective, it cannot conceal the nature of Snape's stupidity.

In fact, the vast majority of people in the entire wizarding world have a small-minded spirit.

Like Lucius, the head of the Malfoy family, he is a petty person.

In the Muggle world, no one who has made his family business as successful as he has been able to do the stupid things he did to the Weasley family.

Real big shots only do things based on profit.

In order to obtain more benefits, personal honor and disgrace are really irrelevant.

Mike firmly believes that the fundamental reason for the petty mentality of wizards is that the society of wizards is too small and too backward.

This will breed a lot of rubes like Snape and Lucius!

But no matter how much Mac despised these people in private, he could not deny that Snape, a stupid man, did cause him trouble.

The result of yesterday's binge drinking with Cedric and Harry was a points deduction and a grounding. Mike didn't care about the points deduction. As long as his plan this year could succeed, he no longer needed the Academy Cup to enhance his reputation.

But being grounded is different.

Although the space restriction at Hogwarts is ineffective against Shuk and Beta, since these two little guys have never been to Hogwarts, they cannot appear directly in Hogwarts with a squeak, and they also need a microphone belt. They went in personally.

Ever since, Mike planned to take the opportunity to go to Hogsmeade Village to familiarize the two little guys with Hogwarts. By the way, he could also get the information about 'Unbreakable Vow' and 'Shadow Shift' that they bought outside. Scroll of knowledge about form' and 'all curses will end'.

But now it's all in ruins, just because of the stingy Snape.

But of course Mike had no way out. He still had the Marauder's Map with him. Last year, the Weasley brothers were too embarrassed to ask for it because of Percy, so they gave it to him by default.

And Mike naturally had no intention of returning it.

Just kidding, the Marauder's Map can display people's names in real time. What if you accidentally find out that there is a person named Peter Pettigrew next to your brother?

Is Mike still going ahead with his own plan?

In fact, Mike thinks that this plot should be a bug in the original work. Just imagine, two teenagers who like to make mischief get a prank tool like the Marauder's Map. Will they use it to spy on their classmates or even their relatives? trends?

The Marauder's Map has been in the hands of these two people for such a long time, and it is basically impossible for Peter Pettigrew not to be exposed.

Then again, Mike, who holds the Marauder's Map, naturally knows most of the secret passages in Hogwarts, and some of them naturally lead to Hogsmeade.

Out of sympathy, Mike took Harry with him when he set off for Hogsmeade. As for Cedric, he was tired of going to Hogsmeade, and his homework burden became more and more after he entered the sixth grade. The heavier I get, the more I lose the desire to go shopping.

For the same reason, Penello did not choose to leave Hogwarts.

When the out-of-breath Harry arrived at the secret passage, Mike was tired of waiting.

Harry also knew that he was late. He raised his empty-looking hand a little embarrassed and explained: "I went to get the invisibility cloak. You know it, it is..."

Mike naturally knew the origin of the invisibility cloak in Harry's hand. He waved his hand to interrupt Harry's words. He turned around and took out his wand and pointed it at the statue of the one-eyed witch.

"Separation of left and right."

Under Harry's surprised gaze, the statue's hunchback opened, revealing a passage that could accommodate a thinner person.

"Wow!"

Harry shouted excitedly, but then he looked around cautiously, fearing that someone would suddenly appear.

Seeing that Harry had not forgotten that they were going to Hogsmeade privately in violation of Professor McGonagall's ban, Mike nodded with satisfaction and took the lead in getting into the passage.

The beginning of the passage was a long slide. Mike felt like he had slid down the slide for a long time before falling to the cold, wet dirt.

Mike stood up, half-bowed, and released fluorescent flashes.

Harry fell off the slide when soft light filled the surrounding area.

"This is so cool! How did you know this secret passage!"

Harry was obviously very excited when he used the secret passage for the first time and asked Mike excitedly.

Of course, Mike didn't tell Harry the truth, so he said perfunctorily: "Don't forget that I did the Dolphin Magic Drink smuggling business with George and Fred for a year last year. It's not surprising that I know this secret passage."

"Damn it, they never told me about this secret passage!"

"Stop complaining, let's go!"

Under Mike's command, Harry finally stopped his unquestionable complaints and followed Mike deeper into the passage.

This secret passage is extremely long and winding, more like a mouse hole.

Harry and Mike walked for ten minutes before reaching the bottom of an old stone staircase.

Mike stopped here, first cast a disillusionment spell on himself, and then asked Harry to put on the invisibility cloak before stepping onto the stairs.

The design of the stairs is very unreasonable, and each step is extremely high, which makes Mike and Harry uncomfortable to step on.

Fortunately, since the passage was uphill from the halfway point, the stairs were not long. Mike's head hit a trap door not long after climbing.

After rubbing his aching head, Mike pushed open the trap door and climbed out.

Here is a cellar surrounded by crates and other wooden boxes.

Mike waited until Harry climbed out, and then carefully closed the trap door.

Naturally, the two invisible people couldn't see each other, which made Harry very uneasy. He called out to Mike in a low voice from time to time, fearing that Mike would leave him here.

Helplessly, Mike could only respond to Harry in a low voice and asked him to go straight up the stairs.

At the end of the cellar stairs was a wooden door. When Mike and Harry opened the wooden door carefully, they saw the true appearance of Bee Duke Candy Shop.

The Bee Duke was now crowded with Hogwarts students, and the clerks at the counter were so busy that they didn't even notice the two invisible people, Harry and Mike.

The opportunity never came again, so when Mike saw this, he quickly poked Harry to signal him to get out quickly.

When the two of them cautiously arrived at the store, they were almost stunned.

I saw rows of huge shelves filled with the most delicious and juicy candies, large pieces of creamy yellow marzipan, sparkling pink coconut sorbet, honey-colored toffee, and hundreds of different kinds of them. Neatly arranged chocolates, a large bucket of Bibi's multi-flavor beans and sizzling honey...

Mike even spotted Dumbledore's favorite pile of cockroaches in the corner!

But Mike is not a child, and his resistance to sweets is much stronger than Harry's.

Even if the other wall is filled with bubble gums like Chuibao Super Bubble Gum (which can blow many bubbles and last for several days. There are many flavors, the bubbles blown out will be different depending on the taste. It is said that there are special bubble gums in some places. The Weasley brothers wanted to participate in the Bubble Contest because the bubbles they blew were big and solid. Candy with special effects didn't stop him either.

"Let's go, you will have plenty of opportunities to come here in the future!"

Mike whispered in the ear of Harry, who was staring blankly at the side. This brought Harry back to his senses and followed him out of Bee Duke.

In an alley outside Bee Duke, Shuke and Beta were waiting eagerly.

When Mike's voice suddenly sounded in an unmanned corner, Shuke's face immediately showed joy. As he bent down and bowed, a small suitcase appeared in his hand.

Mike took the suitcase and opened it. He saw three rolls of parchment lying safely inside. Then he closed the suitcase with satisfaction and carefully put it into the Requirement Bag.

You can't be careful. Mike bought this at a high price.

Unbreakable Vow, Apparition and End of All Curses. These three spells cost a total of more than 30,000 gold galleons. On average, one spell costs 10,000!

Harry on the side didn't care about the interaction between Mike and Shuke. In fact, he was looking eagerly at the people coming and going outside the alley, and his mind had already gone to nowhere.

Hogsmeade is the only pure wizarding village in the UK and refuses any Muggles to move in.

Therefore, the wizarding atmosphere in the village is particularly strong, and almost everything is very different from the Muggle world. Harry can't wait to start his adventure in this wizarding village.

Of course, Mike would not refuse Harry's request. He took Harry out this time just to let Harry relax.

With a wink at Shuke, Shuke quickly took out two masks and handed them to Mike and Harry.

Mike's was a monkey with a cigar in his mouth, while Harry's was a chubby pig's head.

Although he felt that his mask was much uglier than Mike's, Harry didn't care so much at this time. He hurriedly took off his invisibility cloak and quickly put on the pig head mask.

Harry, who was ready, saw that Mike was still slow, and immediately became unhappy and began to urge him.

Half an hour later, two people wearing full-coverage masks walked out of the alley, followed by two house elves.

To be honest, Mike and Harry were dressed more like bank robbers than students or tourists. If they were walking on the streets of London, they would definitely be caught and questioned by the police.

But walking in Hogsmeade is no problem. This is a village of wizards, and there are many wizards dressed in weirder clothes.

Mike and Harry are simply childish.

Today is Halloween, and there will be a Halloween dinner in the evening. In order not to let anyone discover the two of them sneaking out, they must go back before three o'clock in the afternoon.

So there wasn't much time left for Mike and Harry.

In this case, Harry naturally didn't waste time. As soon as he came out of the alley, he took Mike and dived into Bee Duke and started sweeping.

Due to time constraints, he did not check the description of the candies carefully. He just grabbed a few of each and went to the counter to queue up to pay.

Mike saw with his own eyes that Harry's candy basket also contained a lot of Pepper Naughty Candy (a small, black candy that tasted so spicy that it made you breath fire. It really breathed fire!) and Explosive Sandwich Gummies (really It will explode!), and couldn't help but start to mourn for Harry's stomach.

Mike thought that his stomach was not as good as Harry's, so he bought a lot of sizzling honey candies and cockroach piles.

As Duke Bee's signature candy, the Bee Bee Candies are of course expensive, but fortunately, Mike is now a rich man, and the Dolphin Beverage Factory now brings him thousands of galleons every week, so naturally it doesn't feel expensive.

He even settled Harry's bills.

"Thank you, Mike. It's just that you don't need to do this. My parents left me a lot of money..."

"Okay, don't talk about this. The money your parents left for you is for you to marry a wife and buy a house, so you should keep it." Mike curled his lips and said, "You spend all the money lavishly now, in the future You won’t be able to get a wife! Or even if you get a wife, you can only live with your wife in her natal home!"

Harry was a child after all and did not really feel the meaning of Mike's words. He just thought that Mike was persuading him to save money.

He wanted to say something to thank Mike, but when his eyes caught sight of the large bottle of cockroaches crawling in Mike's basket, his words suddenly changed.

"Well, I understand the logic, but why did you buy a pile of cockroaches?"

Mike's face froze. He couldn't tell Harry that the cockroach pile was actually quite delicious, right?

So he said perfunctorily: "This is for Dumbledore. As you know, he likes to eat these weird candies the most."

Harry nodded in understanding, and Mike let out a sigh of relief.

Then the two of them continued shopping.

I have to say that the wizarding village of Hogsmeade is really interesting. Mike and Harry visited almost every store, from Zuko’s Joke Shop, which specializes in dung bombs and other prank props, to the famous Three Pistols There's no missing a beat at the Broom Bar.

It is worth mentioning that they also met the three Weasley brothers in the joke shop. According to Harry, the Weasley brothers had almost run out of prank props, so they came out specifically to replenish their ammunition depot this time.

Harry originally wanted to go up and meet them, but was stopped by Mike.

Are you kidding? You are a famous person. If someone else sees you in Hogsmeade, won't you have to implicate me?

Although this possibility is very small, it must be guarded against.

The two of them were shopping happily, but when Harry saw a notice on a wall, the good mood was completely ruined.

'Ministry of Magic order... Dementors will patrol Hogsmeade every day at sunset... This order will not be lifted until Sirius is captured...'

The smile on Harry's face disappeared after reading the above content.

Upon seeing this, Mike patted Harry's shoulders twice to comfort him, and said at the same time: "So Professor McGonagall actually doesn't let you out because she loves you. After all, Black's target is probably you."

"I know, it's all because of Black, the murderer, that I can't come to Hogsmeade with everyone in an honest way!" Harry cursed Black irritably, but then he seemed to be afraid that Mike would worry, or maybe he was worried that Mike would be blamed for Black next time. Instead of bringing him here, he said, "But now that the streets are full of dementors, Black shouldn't have a chance to get close to here! So, Professor McGonagall is really making a fuss out of a molehill!"

After saying that, Harry turned and walked towards Duke Bee. It was getting late and it was time for them to rush back to Hogwarts.

Mike, on the other hand, looked at Harry's back with a strange expression on his face.

Tonight is Halloween and it's also the time of Black's first attack!

If nothing else happens, Harry will be slapped in the face tonight.