Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

The three of them walked to another street, and most of the classmates they met wore badges supporting Cedric.

"What's that shop for?" Gabriel asked, pointing to Madame Puddiffe's teahouse by the roadside.

As before, it was steamy in there, as if everything was adorned with ruffles or bows.

"Looks cute..." Gabriel whispered, staring at the pink bow.

"Don't go there, it's not a good place!" Hermione said hastily.

"Isn't it a good place?!" Gabriel asked, "What's in that teahouse?"

"It's...the place where lovers date. They all do that kind of thing in it. It's too early for you to know this!" Hermione glared at Ivan, who was laughing and watching the fun, and said with a flushed face, "We still Come on, don't keep Harry and Ron waiting."

The relationship between Aiwen and Hermione developed by leaps and bounds, and it was in that small teahouse that substantial progress was made.

It's a pity that the two of them didn't make it to the end.

Hermione didn't know it at the time, and thought it was just an ordinary teahouse, but now she didn't have the courage to go in with Ivan.

According to Angelina and other seniors, they can go out on dates at this age!

Thinking of this, Hermione glanced at Ai Wen secretly, and couldn't help thinking, would he still invite herself to that teahouse? !

Although the two of them usually spend most of their time together, the feeling is completely different.

Hearing Hermione said that the teahouse was a place for dating, Gabriel also imagined.

The words my sister said to me naturally came to my mind...

In this way, the three people with their own thoughts came to the Three Broomsticks Tavern.

When the three of them entered the tavern, it was full of people.

Mostly Hogwarts students, enjoying an afternoon of freedom.

However, there are also many different types of wizarding people who are rarely seen elsewhere.

Hogsmeade is the only purely wizarding village in England, a safe haven for banshees and the like, who aren't as good at disguising themselves as wizards.

"Where are they, Harry?" Hermione asked.

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Harry and Ron hiding in the corner waving to them.

"We just saw Rita Skeeter. Fortunately, she didn't see us." Ron said in a low voice, putting the "How to Raise a Dragon" on the table in his hand, "She's still staying in the village , must be looking for opportunities to continue spreading rumors."

"I bet she'll come to watch the first event!" Harry added.

"Yeah, look at how I was torn apart by the fire dragon, this is really a world news."

Ivan took Gabriel to the bar to buy drinks, while Hermione sat down at the table.

"How's it going with you two?" Hermione asked. "Are there any..."

"Nothing, the two books Charlie sent aren't going to help at all," said Ron despondently.

"Look at the contents of this "How to Raise a Dragon", using magic to trim claws, the treatment for scale ulceration..." Harry read it according to the catalog, "This is for those who want the dragon to be strong like Hagrid. A strong freak saw it!"

"Maybe we can try a conversion spell!" said Hermione, picking up the book Ron had thrown on the table. "Professor McGonagall just said in class that if you can convert its fangs into wine gum Sugar or something to make it less dangerous."

"Convert fangs into gum candy, are you sure I can do it?!" Ron asked back.

"Ivan should be fine!" Hermione replied in a low voice, staring at Ron for a long time.

"Yeah, he has the help of the Philosopher's Stone, of course he can!" Ron complained, "If I had the Philosopher's Stone..."

He stopped abruptly, and Harry and Hermione looked at each other as if they hadn't heard Ron's complaint.

Obviously, Ivan didn't become powerful because of the Philosopher's Stone, and he couldn't give Ron the Philosopher's Stone.

Knowing more, Hermione can be sure that even if Ron gets the Philosopher's Stone, he won't be able to use it, and his life will be in danger instead.

The huge magic power in the Philosopher's Stone cannot be absorbed and utilized by the human body at all, and Ivan almost had an accident last time.

"We can change our way of thinking. It is definitely not possible to use the conversion spell to transform the fire dragon, but we can cast the spell on ourselves!" Hermione continued, "For example, to increase our strength, speed, defense, etc. Of course , these are not simple spells, we need to pass the ordinary wizard level exam to encounter them, but learn it in advance..."

"I can't, Hermione!" Ron said dejectedly, lying on the table, "I can't do it, these spells are too difficult for me, I can only hope that the event is not a fire dragon, maybe this is Charlie and I made a joke."

Thinking of what Ivan said to himself, don't push Ron too hard, Hermione didn't continue talking.

Although in her opinion, Ron's efforts are far from enough, but now is really not the time to talk about this.

It's better to let him keep a relaxed and happy mood, even if it's only for this afternoon.

"It's not a bad thing to read more books, and Charlie probably thinks so." Hermione took out a bunch of things from her schoolbag, looked around the tavern, and said thoughtfully, "Is there any time to meet Sirius?" We can't just sit here for a long time, maybe we can take this opportunity to recruit some villagers into SPEW."

Chapter 576 Meeting with Sirius

"Spare me, Hermione!" Ron wailed.

"Hermione, when are you going to give up this SPEW stuff?" Harry asked.

"Wait until the day house-elves get decent wages and decent working conditions!" she said earnestly, shaking the roster in Harry's face. is correct."

Harry saw that the names of himself, Hermione, Ivan, and Ron were written at the top of the list.

Ivan is the president, Hermione is the vice president, Harry is the secretary, and Ron is the treasurer.

This is the organizational structure that Hermione planned at the beginning, and there are still many Gryffindor students under it.

Even Gabriel's name is written on it, the first foreign member Hermione developed.

But Harry was surprised to find that there were more names he didn't recognize, densely written on several pages.

These are all wizards who spontaneously wrote to Hermione asking to join SPEW after seeing the reports in the newspaper.

The Hogwarts Newsletter of Wizardry and Wizardry has a special issue concerned with protecting the rights of house-elves, which Hermione maintains.

The effect of the special edition gradually appeared. At the beginning, everyone thought Hermione was crazy, and she wanted wages and holidays for house elves.

But as Hermione persisted in explaining her position, more and more people began to agree with her.

In all fairness, everyone thought that what Hermione said had some truth.

And very courageous, dare to say such words, against the ancient traditions that have been passed down for centuries in the magic world.

This era has changed for a long time now. Whether it is the Ministry of Magic or the mainstream society of the magic world, there are more and more wizards who are born as Muggle apprentices.

Gone are the dark ages when pure-blood wizards held power and the right to speak.

As the biggest bad habit left over from the old system, the status of house elves really needs to be improved.

With Hermione's efforts, this is the result so far, but there are more wizards against her.

She receives dozens of emails almost every week with unsightly and insulting words.

"We now have three hundred members, which is a great achievement." Hermione said excitedly, writing back to supporters, "I think it's time to take some more direct action, I don't know how to get into the school kitchen .”

"I don't know, ask Frey and George." Harry said, "Ivan should know too."

Hermione was lost in thought again, while Harry sipped his butterbeer and eyed the people in the tavern.

They all looked light-hearted and cheerful, Ernie MacMillan and Hannah Abbott exchanging cards from Chocolate Frogs with those at the next table, both wearing badges of support for Cedric Diggory on their robes.

Just by the door, he saw Cho Chang and her large group of Ravenclaw friends.

Harry couldn't help thinking that if he became a warrior, maybe Cho Chang would cheer him on...

Ron was lying there, not intending to communicate with others, nor did he want to talk to Harry and Hermione.

He is very depressed now, in a terrible mood, and has an inexplicable sense of anxiety and fear.

As long as those people outside saw him, they would attack him with badges or words in newspapers.

He'd had enough of that, especially since he was about to face a dragon, and for the first time Ron realized that being a warrior wasn't all that great either.

He didn't want to go up to embarrass himself, unless Aiwen could lend him the Philosopher's Stone, he had no chance.

"The Sorcerer's Stone!" Ron murmured.

He couldn't help but think that after he got the Philosopher's Stone, he could also get honors like Ivan's now.

Honestly, it's heartwarming.

Ivan said before that the four founders of Hogwarts each left a secret treasure key, which is the Sorcerer's Stone.

Ron felt that he could get a piece too, and the even more exciting secret treasure, which might be his only chance to become a powerful wizard.

He has dreamed more than once, dreaming that he got those treasures alone...

Ivan took Gabriel to the edge of the bar, and the beautiful owner Mrs. Rosmerta greeted them both warmly.

Gabriel was choosing a drink, and Ivan saw Hagrid and Keresis, who was pretending to be Professor Moody, sitting at the bar.

Hagrid had his usual mug of beer in front of him, and Keresis drank Polyjuice Potion from the Moody's curved bottle he carried with him.

Madam Rosmerta seemed displeased with this, she kept squinting at Keresis.

From her expression, she probably thought that Moody was insulting her by drinking other drinks in her tavern.

"We just want to find you, Ivan!" Hagrid said to Ivan, his eyes lit up, he leaned over, and whispered mysteriously, "You tell Ron, let him arrive at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night today My hut came to me, remember to bring Harry's invisibility cloak, I have something to show him."

After Hagrid finished speaking, he straightened up and said loudly, "Nice to meet you, Ivan, see you next week!"

"Good luck!" said Keresis softly, and followed Hagrid away.

Alvin and Gabriel returned to the small table in the corner with butter beer, and told Harry, Ron and Hermione about it.

"Hagrid asked me to go to his cabin at midnight?" Ron said in surprise, "Why?!"

"Probably because of the fire dragon." Ivan replied.

Obviously, under the persuasion of Keresis, Hagrid finally made up his mind to secretly tell Ron about this.

But it was also possible that he had intended to do so.

"I'm not going..." said Ron stubbornly. "There's no dragons at all."

"It's not a bad thing to go and have a look, Ron, the few of us will go with you!" Hermione said, "Hagrid must be trying to tell us important information about the event, even if it's not a fire dragon, it may be something else Monster, we need to prepare ahead of time."

Harry agreed, and Ron fell back down again with a grunt.

If it is said that he still has a glimmer of hope now.

Then when everyone met Sirius, this glimmer of hope disappeared.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the five of them left the Three Broomsticks to meet Sirius at the Shrieking Shack.

At Sirius' suggestion, their meeting took place in secret.

By the time they climbed the long climb to the crumbling Shrieking Shack, Sirius was waiting for them, just as he had been hiding in the haunted house for so long when they first met last year.

Seeing Sirius, Gabriel was very excited. She had seen many deeds about Sirius in the newspapers before.

Harry was even more excited than Gabriel. He hurried over and asked, "Sirius, how are you doing?"

"It's not bad, leave me alone!" Sirius said seriously, "How are you guys doing recently?"

Chapter 577 Voldemort's New Conspiracy

Their recent encounter was definitely not good, Ron's name inexplicably appeared in the Goblet of Fire.

The attitude of all the little wizards towards them has undergone earth-shaking changes. Rita Skeeter's random fabrications in the "Daily Prophet" aggravated all this. Restless mocking.

The scar on Harry's head was hurting all the time, and he didn't dare to speak out about it, and he didn't even tell Ivan and Hermione.

The situation at Ron's place was even worse. The opponent in the first event was Fire Dragon!

Putting Ron in the face of a dragon was no different than murder.

Ivan's place is also not going well, and he still hasn't figured out Barty Crouch Jr.'s conspiracy.

As for Hermione, while she was busy with her studies, she was also distracted by SPEW and doing thankless things.

Everyone talked about these things in one go, and Sirius listened patiently without interrupting.

He is like an elder, listening to everyone telling their troubles.

"Sirius, they must be kidding me, aren't they?!" Ron finally said hopefully, "Tell me, the thing that will appear in the first project is not a dragon at all?!"

"Ron!" Sirius looked at him and said seriously, "I just wanted to tell you about this when I came this time. The first project is indeed a fire dragon. Barty Crouch planned the content of this competition , I just found out."

"Then I'm doomed!" said Ron, in a tone of despair.

Getting an affirmative answer from Sirius finally shattered his illusion.