Hogwarts Dances with Dragons

Hogsmeade is Scotland's only wizarding gathering place and the only magical village composed entirely of wizarding villagers.

Alvin dragged his suitcase and walked on the uneven dirt road of Hogsmeade. Under the leadership of Zoe, he walked around and found that there were not many decent houses here!

Perhaps because it has existed for such a long time, the roofs of the houses in Hogsmeade are all thatched, and most of the houses are shacks. The internal environment is not very good, which makes Alvin's idea of ​​buying a house suddenly fade away. .

After walking along the street twice, Alvin was so hot that he had no choice but to buy a Lemon Olaf and sit in front of the Honeydukes store to cool off.

Suddenly, a familiar figure appeared in Aiwen's sight at the entrance of the village.

"Professor McGonagall!" Alvin waved: "Ha! Why are you here?"

"Shouldn't I ask you this? Mr. Darknight." Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and looked at Alvin angrily.

"I have nowhere to go!" Ivan spread his hands: "Dumbledore applied to the Ministry of Magic to exempt me from taking the Hogwarts Express. I am planning to buy a house in Hogsmeade, but, this The house on the side looks a bit too old. If possible, I would like to choose a small house with a spacious interior and at least two floors."

"You want to buy a house? In Hogsmeade?" Professor McGonagall was stunned for a moment.

"Yeah, you have to have a place to stay, right?" Ivan looked towards the top of the mountain: "The screaming shack looks good to me, but it's really too shabby."

"Oh, the Screaming Shack..." Professor McGonagall was helpless. Of course she knew what the Screaming Shack was: "That place is not suitable for human habitation, Alvin."

She looked at Alvin, with his thin body and big suitcase, and her heart softened: "Okay, if you want a place to stay, then come with me."

She led Ai Wen through twists and turns in the village, and finally found a small, quiet courtyard at the foot of a beautiful mountain near the Black Lake. There was a two-story house standing in the courtyard.

The walls of the small courtyard are made of large flat stones. The house is very exquisitely built, with carved window lattice, oak door, colorful pebbles inlaid on the walls, and the roof is made of solid tiles with high Triangle, very magical.

At a glance from here, you can clearly see the rolling mountains in the distance, the majestic Hogwarts Castle, and the deep lake like black gems.

Ivan looked at the house in front of him, the tip of his nose twitching: "I smell...um...the attachment of the dead."

"Are you nostalgic?" Professor McGonagall said with a soft smile: "Okay, okay... that old guy El..."

"Where is here?" Ivan asked.

"My home." Professor McGonagall looked at the house in front of her in ecstasy, and pursed her lips: "The place where my husband and I once lived, but since his death, I have never been back..."

Alvin opened his mouth, but he didn't expect that the serious and old-fashioned Professor McGonagall actually had a husband!

Noticing Alvin's gaze, Professor McGonagall's eyes became stern: "Mr. Darknight, your eyes tell me that you seem to be thinking about something very rude."

"No, no, no..." Ivan waved his hand with a smile.

Professor McGonagall glanced at him and shook his head: "He used to be my leader when I was working at the Ministry of Magic. Later, he died unexpectedly because he was bitten by a poisonous tentacle... It was a few years ago..."

Alvin: "Then this house..."

"You can live here first." Professor McGonagall felt a little disappointed: "Since El's death, I have moved to the castle. I can't stand being alone in the house where these two people lived..."

"With all due respect, Professor McGonagall." Alvin shrugged: "I want to buy a house of my own. In addition, this house has special meaning to you. I... am worried about whether I can take care of it."

"A house only makes sense if someone lives in it." Professor McGonagall smiled with relief: "I won't come back in the future. You can just live here, and I will transfer the land deed to you."

"Then I'm embarrassed to take advantage of you..." Ai Wen took out a fist-sized gold nugget from his arms: "It's a small thought, please accept it."

Professor McGonagall was very helpless: "I don't need it, Alvin. For a wizard like me, it's actually very simple to want money. If you can, deduct less points in the future. This is better than giving me any amount of gold."

"Ah ha, I'll try my best." Ivan twitched the corner of his mouth.

Seeing his lack of confidence, Professor McGonagall pursed her lips helplessly, took out a key from her bag and handed it to Alvin: "Before the land deed is transferred to you, remember to take the key with you when you go out. I cast a very strong force here. The protective spell, if you don’t have the certificate, you will be blocked from the door.”

"Where's the Floo Network?" Alvin was very curious.

"The Floo Network has been disconnected for a long time." Professor McGonagall shook her head: "That thing needs you to report to the Ministry of Magic."

"I have a question -" Ivan spread his hands gently: "What if someone else comes to my house through the Floo network at will?"

"Good alertness." Professor McGonagall praised: "But don't worry, the Floo network is monitored by dedicated personnel. Those with ulterior motives never dare to use the Floo network, otherwise the Aurors will find them immediately. Fuck them, and besides—I don’t think anyone would put their ideas on your head.”

"You have a good sense of security. In fact, there are many ways to avoid this situation. You can leave a portrait at home as an early warning. Depending on your conditions, you can also buy a house elf."

"As for property security, wizards usually store more precious items in Gringotts. The reputation of goblins has been guaranteed for hundreds of years. At least their banks are still very reliable."

Professor McGonagall said: "If you are really worried, you can also travel through the public fireplace in the village. It's just a few more steps."

"Okay." Alvin nodded: "Thank you very much, Professor McGonagall."

"Then, that's it." Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and said, "I won't accompany you in. I've already cleaned up the things inside. You can just move in."

"Okay, thank you, Professor McGonagall." Ivan said politely.

When Professor McGonagall left, Zoe fell from the sky and landed on Alvin's shoulder.

There was a smile on Ai Wen's lips: "This will be our home for a while, how about it? Doesn't it look good?"

Zoe cooed, obviously very satisfied with this place.

Pushing open the door, smelling the smell of damp mold in the air caused by not being occupied for a long time, Alvin walked around the room.

The first floor is an empty living room, master bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and a small utility room.

On the second floor are two bedrooms and a study room.

There is actually a small triangular attic above the second floor. Ivan guessed that this place should be where ghouls live.

A ghoul is a ferocious-looking magical creature with fangs that looks very similar to a man-eating giant monster. It often lives in the attic or barn of a wizard's house, eating spiders and moths there, and then moves around. Slow, simple-minded, and occasionally throws things around, but he won't hurt anyone. The worst he can do is yell at people.

This thing usually only lives in the homes of popular wizards, so wizards usually welcome this thing to live in their homes, because in their opinion, the existence of this thing often represents the prosperity of a family.

But Alvin wouldn't let that thing live in his home.

"Okay, it's almost done, Zoe!" Ivan went downstairs and called Zoe: "We need to buy two house elves and clean up the house!"

"Cuckoo~"

"set off!"