Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

He asked Fred about the territory of these house elves and the London Underworld, but neither Fred nor George had ever been there. They only knew that the entrance to this underground world on the edge of the wizarding world was in Knockturn Alley In the depths, there are werewolves, dark wizards and other dark creatures.

The so-called underground world is the dark side of the British magic world. As for the specific situation inside, he is not clear.

"About a month ago, George and I went to the Murderer's Pub in Knockturn Alley for a drink. The place is a bit like the Hog's Head Pub in Hogsmeade Village. There are many interesting guys in it. You can hear it in the Leaky Cauldron. Fred said, "There we heard people talking about werewolves attacking the house-elves in the underground world recently. Under the attack of werewolves, many house-elves lost their territories and were in a terrible situation. George and I With an idea, I remembered that I could hire these house elves. Hermione always said this kind of thing, right, and we are very short of people, so I asked Dobby to ask about it."

"Then, did they agree?"

"Yeah, not all of them, but quite a few house-elves are willing to come out and work." Fred continued, "In any case, they don't want to stay there waiting to be killed by werewolves, dark wizards, or starved alive. die, but these house-elves do not agree to be loyal to the new wizard, nor are they willing to be hired for wages, they think it is a great insult to them. How can house-elves get zero wages, it is not a good The quality that a house-elf should have. In fact, no wizard will hire a house-elf. This thing can be done thanks to Dobby, I don’t know what he said, they finally came to help, free of charge, we Provide food, but it cannot be counted as their compensation, well, it can be said to be a donation or assistance..."

Creatures like house elves are really contradictory. I don't know how those ancient wizards trained them to develop such a twisted and enslaved character. Even after so long, they haven't changed.

"They don't need wages and holidays, and they eat very little. They only need the cheapest rough bread to satisfy them, but they are more capable than most wizards, and they have inexhaustible strength and energy. They really help us a lot. "Fred said, "We recruited more than 100 house-elves and fired all the wizards we had previously hired."

Hermione snorted heavily, and Fred's words made them even more resentful, it was pure exploitation.

She walked up to the house-elf who was packing the magic item, and tried to communicate with her.

The two communicated happily at first. This house elf named Senia was loyal to an ancient wizard family that had disappeared for more than 500 years, that is, the wizard family where her ancestors once belonged.

She has almost no idea about the past deeds of this wizard family, and can only remember the owner's surname.

This is an unknown wizard's surname, and no famous characters have appeared.

At the very least, Aiwen didn't know, nor had he seen the family emblem in that heraldry book.

According to Senia, the last member of the family died on the battlefield, the famous battle between Britain and France.

This battlefield, originally started by Muggle countries, was the longest war in the world. It lasted for 116 years on and off. In the middle and late stages of the war, almost all wizards in Western Europe participated.

Many of the pure-blood wizard families that Ivan knew died because of this battlefield.According to that set of heraldry, there are hundreds of thousands of pure-blood wizard families who have been active in the UK area. The number is terrifying. Judging from the number of existing British wizards, it is impossible.

But this is indeed the case. It can be seen that in the past thousand years, the speed of wizard renewal has been very fast.

How difficult it is to be able to pass on to today's pure-blood wizard family.

After losing his master, Senia's master migrated here with house-elves from other circumstances.

Centuries have passed since then.

The vicissitudes of life and the changes in the world, the only thing that remains the same is the humble loyalty of the house elves to their masters. This long-disappeared wizard surname has been passed down in this way unexpectedly. Over the past five years, Senia's ancestors They are all waiting for their master's return...

Although they both knew it was impossible, their loyalties never changed.

Senia's parents, like her, were born in the underground world.

They were loyal to different wizards, and they inherited different wizard surnames. Senia and her younger brother inherited the wizard families that their parents were loyal to, and the house elves in the underground world multiplied in this unique way.

One can imagine how emotional Hermione was after hearing Senia's story.

The two communicated happily, but when the salary was mentioned, the docile-looking house elf in front of her immediately widened her eyes, let out a scream, and shook her head like a rattle.

"She's wasting her time," said Fred. "Well, Alvin, let her talk to the house-elves, and I'll show you the real money-making business we've just developed, which is more serious. products, we also want you to provide some professional advice.”

As he spoke, he led Aiwen into the depths of the room.

"It's funny to say, you can't believe how many people, even those who work in the Ministry of Magic, can't cast a decent Iron Armor Charm, they can't do anything but wave their wands around..."

Yeah, the quality and overall strength of wizards, this is really a surprising topic.

Chapter 1258 Military Products

Those who have not understood the relevant situation may never believe that the overall level of spellcasting of wizards is so low.

Unbelievable, unbelievable, many wizards are just Muggles with sticks...

Especially in terms of combat magic, there are too many wizards who have never had a duel in their lives, nor have they learned related spells. Can't use it.

It sounds unbelievable, but it's the truth, people are used to peace.

In the past few worlds, the combat level of wizards has deteriorated beyond imagination, and the level is getting lower and lower.

"You know, Ivan, we thought the anti-spell hat was just a funny thing." Fred continued, "It's the kind of hat you wear to ask your companions to cast evil spells on you, and then you stare at the hat. Just touch his face and the jinx will bounce off. George and I thought it was a fun idea for a prank, but the Ministry of Magic bought [-] of them for all their staff after they found out about my product! Until now, we have been receiving large orders!"

"It's really incredible." Aiwen said, "This involves the field of combat magic items. It should be very profitable, right?"

"A hat can earn three Galleons. It's like stealing money. Our cost is less than eight silver Sickles."

This is simply huge profits, much more profitable than joke products.

"After the success of the hat, we developed anti-spell cloaks, anti-spell gloves, and anti-spell boots, and released simple defensive magic on them." Fred said happily, "They don't have much effect on the Unforgivable Curse, but they can deal with Some little magic, little jinxes or something..."

Just at this moment, George walked in, just in time to hear this sentence.

"Fred, have you told Ivan? After the success of the defense series, we plan to fully enter the field of defense against the dark arts. That's a cash cow." He immediately interjected, "except for the clothing series of protection spells In addition, we also made a stealth smoke bomb, and the smoke material is imported from Peru. This thing is very useful and does not need to be ignited. If you want to get out quickly, it is very convenient to use, just drop it hard to the ground..."

"And our decoy bombs, this is a new product that just came off the shelves, look!" Fred pointed to a bunch of strange, black owl-like things that looked like they were ready to run away at any time, "Just sneak Throw one out quickly, and it'll scurry away, making a lot of noise, distracting someone when you need it."

It's really powerful. In Muggle terms, these are military products.

If it is operated properly, the profits of military products are completely huge profits.

There is no such concept in the wizarding world, but Ivan is very clear that not only the Ministry of Magic, but also those wizards who have panicked because of Voldemort's return, they will hardly hesitate when encountering such things. Just buy, buy, buy.

No matter how much it costs, even if the defense effect is not so ideal, someone will be interested.

Because, compared with Jin Jialong, of course it is more important to save one's life first.

At the very least, these products are essentially different from the deceitful things sold by small vendors hawking along the street outside, and they do have effects.

Ivan had to admire the minds of Fred and George. They had very low grades in serious courses, but they were very good at inventing and creating. Not only the prank products, but also these newly developed magic items for defense against the dark arts fully proved up to this point.

Also, the two of them have amazing management abilities...

"How is it, Ivan?" Fred asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"

"The person in charge of procurement at the Ministry of Magic told us that as long as we have new products that interest them, the Ministry will order them directly and pay half of the deposit in advance for us to produce." George said excitedly, "The minimum purchase quantity is More than a hundred pieces, this is a big deal for tens of thousands of Galleons."

"It's so easy to make money." Fred sighed, "Ivan, quickly use your ingenuity..."

"Well, I happen to have a few ideas, you can try them." Aiwen said, planning to talk to them about alchemy.

"What are you waiting for, go to my office and talk." George said, leading Ivan to his office behind the warehouse.

In the office, a young witch with short blond hair was sitting at a large table to settle accounts.

"Ah, Mr. Weasley, Mr. Weasley." Seeing them coming in, the witch stood up hastily.

Fred and George were called "Mr. Weasley", which was hilarious indeed, but they took it in stride.

Looking at this beautiful and energetic witch, Ivan sniffed hard.He keenly felt that things were not that simple. This office belonged to George. George told Ivan just now that he often lived in the office because the business was too busy.

Therefore, this office is a very private space, a room exclusive to George.

As soon as this sentence was finished, within a minute, Ivan saw a beautiful witch here...

A single man and a beautiful single woman habitually share the same room, what is the relationship between the two?

If there is nothing tricky in it, it is simply impossible.

"Ewen, this is Verity, our only human employee, who mainly helps us manage our accounts and storefronts. House elves are not very good at this." George introduced, "Verity, this is Ivan. Mason, one of the owners of our shop."

"Hello, Mr. Mason," said Verity, with a lovely smile.

"Hello." Evan said.

"Okay, Verity, you go out and look at the store first." George said, "We have something to talk to Ivan."

Taking advantage of George letting Verity go out, Fred leaned into Ivan's ear with a smirk and said, "George insisted on letting Verity stay, he likes her..."

Fred didn't deliberately lower his voice, Verity must have heard it, and she couldn't help but quicken her steps out of the room.

"Enough, Fred, you already have Angelina, can't I find a girlfriend?" George said angrily.

"Of course you can, but your speed is too slow, brother." Fred said with a smile, "This is not in line with our style. Angelina and I established a relationship in just one night. In terms of dating , you can't be with Ai Wenxue..."

"I'm not as slow as Ivan, as long as I want, I can push her there at any time." George argued.

Well, the topic seems to be getting dirty!

Ai Wen actually wanted to say that as long as she wanted, she could push Hermione down at any time.Besides, in the Animagus form, he has pushed down many times, the cat in the skirt, the cat without clothes, the cat in the iron pot, the cat in the bed, the cat in the bed, the cat on the top of the pyramid, and so on. Have……

Chapter 1259 Alvin's Suggestion

So many differently dressed cats, so many different places, so many different occasions...

Ivan had to ask, who else?

He's actually done a lot, and Hermione's pace of progress simply isn't that slow.

In fact, he was already very fast, and the two played a lot of tricks, very bold.

At least, among friends in the same grade at Hogwarts, no one can compare with himself and Hermione, and Ivan can be sure of this.

Don't talk about Neville and Colin, just look at Harry.

This kid doesn't even have a girlfriend until now, and the only date he made him cry...

Failure, it is too much of a failure, this is an example of failure that should be complained and laughed at.

Compared with Harry, Ivan is already very successful.

As for why he gave people a very slow feeling, maybe he and Hermione were too reserved.

They are not like Fred, who can publicly confess their love to Angelina in the common room; nor are they like Ron, who can bite each other with Lavender in the narrow sofa in front of so many people. go……

Such a high-profile show of affection is really not suitable for Ivan and Hermione.

They are used to coming secretly when no one is around, at least when no one else knows.

In fact, not only the Animagus form, Ivan and Hermione also have many stories in normal human form.

For example, the few times he spent the night under Hermione's bed, he would not be so obedient and always maintain the cat form.

There is no need to doubt that he is a normal boy. After a long night, Ginny and Gabriel who were lying next to him had already fallen asleep. How could Ivan so honestly sleep on Hermione's stomach in the form of a cat? What are you afraid to do?Is there any reason not to do it?What reason is there to come back unchanged?

He just didn't say it...

So, please stop complaining about the relationship and progress speed of Ivan and Hermione.

There's a lot of action and story to be imagined rather than blatantly shown in front of the crowd.

However, Ivan has to admit that the speed of Fred and George is indeed quite fast. After Bill gets married next year, the two of them are estimated to be almost as fast. Fred and Angelina's wedding, George and the short-haired girl just now Girl Verity.

Under George's introduction, Ivan knew that this girl named Verity was a graduate of Durmstrang this year.

Because she likes Weasley's joke products very much, she came to England to find the two of them, and they usually live in the store...

Speaking of it, George's ability to know Verity is also related to Ivan, because the expansion of the influence of "Hogwarts Wizardry" and the release of the overseas edition gave Verity the opportunity to see the Weasley prank products above The advertisement made her make up her mind to come to the UK.

Of course, whether the two can succeed in the end depends mainly on whether George can seize the opportunity.

Don't worry, the Weasleys are pretty good at things like relationships, presumably heredity.

Ron and Ginny are not bad in terms of relationship. Ron looks stupid, but he found a girlfriend early.

Ai Wen felt that he might like Hermione before, or that he was just ignorant and emotional, and it was too obvious for a while, but after knowing that it was impossible, he immediately switched objects, and now he probably gave up...

Ivan didn't quite know what Ron was thinking, but he still believed in him just like Harry and Hermione.

To be honest, Ivan originally planned to find a chance to chat with Ron.

After all, Ron seemed really unstable during the years when he was controlled by the Imperius Curse.However, he has never found an opportunity, and there is no need now, Ron gradually stabilized, as long as there is no stimulation of the Imperius Curse, there will be no problem.

This kind of thing is understandable, if anyone is injured by the Imperius Curse so frequently, they will collapse.

Look at Mr. Crouch, such a powerful and strong wizard, he was tortured insanely in the end.

As for Ginny, she was too.

After giving up on Harry, Ginny changed several boyfriends in a row, and the emotional aspect was very clear.

Percy, who has always followed the rules, also has a relationship with Penello.

Two student heads, model students, even the professors think they are a match made in heaven, but unfortunately...

In general, the Weasleys don't have to worry about things like relationships.

They understood this kind of thing earlier than most students, and they were able to put it into action. The only one who didn't know much about the situation was Charlie who raised dragons in Romania, but I guess he couldn't be worse. There are many female dragons there, so it shouldn't be. lonely.

Also, Mr. Weasley and Mrs. Weasley were like that back then. They fell in love when they were students, and they would often sneak out to the castle for trysts at night. If the family disagreed with their affairs, they eloped resolutely, and later they had a romantic relationship. Raised seven children...

What is love, maybe it is such a simple thing.

Of course, Ivan didn't come to discuss feelings with Fred and George, he came to discuss Defense Against the Dark Arts products.