Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 218 How do you know that this old man likes crosses?

The bad weather lasted until December. The weather has just cleared up and the Christmas holidays are only two weeks away.

As the Christmas holidays approach, the weather is getting colder.

The muddy field outside the castle was covered with a layer of crystal frost overnight, and the towers were covered with ice.

The atmosphere in the school is becoming more and more cheerful, and everyone is preparing for Christmas.

Hagrid took inspiration from last year's pumpkins and planted twelve extra large evergreen trees this year.

Professor Dumbledore personally decorated a small phoenix on the top of each tree. Whenever someone passes by, the phoenix will sing beautiful songs.

Professor Flitwick decorated his classroom with colorful fairy lights that could fly in the air.

Professor McGonagall decorated the classroom with several lion statues.

Not sure if it was her imagination, but Harry always felt that the lion's belly had the Academy Cup and Quidditch Cup trophies painted on it.

Even Professor Babling reluctantly decorated the classroom and hung some small coffins on the windows with crosses engraved on them.

This filled Harley with the desire to complain.

Not to mention the operation of carving a cross on the coffin, how did you know that the old man liked crosses?

Wait, it’s weird for wizards to have Christmas! Who was in charge of the witch hunt in the first place?

Of course, what makes the little wizards most happy is that the school allows them to go to Hogsmeade on the weekend before the Christmas vacation.

Harry made an appointment with the Weasley twins in advance to go to the Pig's Head Bar to sign the contract.

Harry had longed for the Hog's Head Bar, especially where spirits could be sold to young wizards.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Harry and Hermione were the first to board the Thestral carriage ahead of everyone else.

But after getting on the carriage, Hermione fell asleep leaning on the chair. No way, taking twelve classes at the same time is really tiring.

Although Harry reminded Hermione to pay attention to this situation and told Hermione the location of the Room of Requirement.

Hermione also began to use the time turner and went to the Room of Requirement to rest from time to time.

But this still squeezed Hermione's energy greatly, and it also made Hermione much older.

Hermione didn't want Harry to be seventeen when she graduated and end up in her twenties. So she's already considering dropping some classes.

Professor Trelawney looked more like a liar no matter what, and Hermione didn't learn anything from the Divination class, so there was no need to take it.

And Professor Bubbaji... To be honest, she doesn't know Muggles as well as Hermione.

Professor Boubaji is obsessed with Mendel's theory, and attempts to use this theory to study and refute the blood theory promoted by pure-blood families.

However, limited by the laws of the Ministry of Magic and his own moral constraints, Professor Boubaji can only conduct conjectures and purely theoretical research.

Although her research was of great significance, this kind of class... would teach little wizards almost nothing.

After arriving in Hogsmeade, it was still early than the time agreed with the Weasley twins, so the two decided to go shopping first.

Hermione bought a lot of sweets, especially a kind of Fluffy Tooth Mints.

"Both my parents like to eat this, so they often write letters urging me to buy it."

When Hermione paid the bill, she whispered, "The dentist has fallen so low!"

When the time was close to eleven o'clock, Harry took Hermione out of the Literary Mansion and headed to the Pig's Head Bar.

The Hog's Head pub is located on the corner of the main road in Hogsmeade. It looks narrow and dirty from the outside, with thick dirt on the windows.

A tattered wooden sign stood at the door of the bar, hanging on a rusty bracket.

Engraved on the sign was a severed wild boar head, with blood stains seeping through the white cloth wrapping the pig's head.

The corners of Harry and Hermione's mouths twitched slightly. Is this the famous Pig's Head Bar among young wizards?

This environment... is so shabby!

A brand-new wooden board was placed under the signboard with the history of the Pig's Head Bar written on it:

"The Hog's Head has a very rich history."

"In 1612, Lala, the goblin slovenly ghost, launched a riot here and started the Goblin Rebellion."

"And this was not only the location of the riot, but also the headquarters of the later goblin rebellion."

"It can be said that the blood and tears of countless wizards are engraved here, and it also represents their contribution to the wizarding world."

"The Pig's Head Bar is now a well-known attraction in Hogsmeade Village. It sells the purest spirits with cheap prices and a special taste."

It can be seen that this is a sign carved to promote one's own store.

But Harley was deeply doubtful about this. With such a dirty store appearance...is this sign useful?

And this word...why is it so familiar?

Harry thought about it carefully and suddenly found that he could vaguely see the shadow of Professor Dumbledore's font in the font on the sign.

Standing at the door of the bar was a short, fat man wrapped in a black robe.

He looked at the sign and whispered, "Merlin is on top!"

"That old goat actually prepares signs for Christmas? It's really outrageous!"

With that said, the short fat man pushed open the greasy door and walked in cautiously.

Harry and Hermione followed closely and also entered the Hog's Head Bar, but they regretted it as soon as they entered.

The lobby on the first floor of the Hog's Head Bar looked small and messy, covered with a thick layer of dust from floor to ceiling.

A few candles were lit on several rough wooden tables, giving off a dim light.

There were not many people in the bar at this time, only two mysterious wizards wearing black hoods sitting opposite each other.

The short fat man from before walked straight towards the two of them, and tried his best to avoid the boss's probing eyes.

However, the boss seemed to be used to seeing such people and was too lazy to talk to him. Instead, he looked at Harry and Hermione who entered the store later.

After seeing their faces clearly, the boss's blue pupils shrank, but he still asked loudly:

"Young wizard at Hogwarts? Was he introduced to you by your classmates?"

"Would you like some firewhiskey? Or iced champagne?"

Hermione frowned, because little wizards couldn't drink. But she didn't say anything.

"Just a bottle of mead first." Harley came to the counter and said softly,

"When I leave, I'll buy some wine to take away, and we'll pay the bill together then."

The boss's eyes lit up and he immediately took out a bottle of dirty mead and two dusty cups.

He wiped the cup with a greasy rag, then put it on the tray with the mead and handed it to Harry.

Harry looked at the dirty cup, frowned and tapped it with his wand.

The dust on the mead bottle disappeared instantly. Harley took the bottle and turned away from the counter.

"You haven't got the cup yet!" the boss shouted from behind.

"No, I can use the transformation technique to change myself."

Harry waved his hand and said, "You don't want such a dirty cup."

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(Thanks to Jiuwei Yanhu for the tip!)