A day at Hogwarts

At 10 a.m. on October 31, 1993, there was a huge crowd outside the Dancing Grass Restaurant in Hogsmeade Village, and the number of people far exceeded Charles' expectations.

Fortunately, Dumbledore took action in time and expanded the street space in front of the door several times, thus preventing a stampede.

There were many guests gathered on the first floor of the restaurant. It was not yet time for the ceremony to start, so everyone took the opportunity to chat.

Jack said to a fashionably dressed old lady: "I can't believe Ms. Warbeck is so attractive."

Charles was extremely nervous beside him. He didn't expect that the old man would actually invite a great god from the wizarding world.

Celestine Warbeck is a famous witch singer. She is 80 years old. I don’t know how many witches grew up listening to her songs.

The news was broadcast on the radio yesterday afternoon that she would attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Dancing Grass Restaurant today. Fans had been waiting outside the door since six o'clock this morning. Charles also saw Mrs. Molly Weasley among the fans.

Warbeck smiled and said to Jack: "I didn't expect that Charles Jr., who won the Order of Merlin First Class that year, was actually his student. He wrote to me from the Himalayas and said that Charles Jr. had opened a restaurant, so I came ”

"You are a good grandpa, and you have educated little Charles to be a good boy."

Then she smiled evilly and whispered to Jack: "I know, I'm not as attractive as Minerva. You look at her more than you look at me."

Celestina Warbeck was also in Gryffindor House back then, and Professor McGonagall was her junior sister.

Jack suddenly felt like an adolescent boy whose secrets had been revealed, and he suddenly became shy.

Charles looked at the old man performing with a smile on his face and "haha" in his heart.

Fudge finally came to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony. What prompted him to come was the protest letter from Hogsmeade Village. This letter let Rita Skeeter know about it. Several reports made him anxious. In the end, he had to compromise and come here this time. He took the opportunity to announce a new defense policy to the village and once again emphasized that Black was about to be captured.

He ignored Jack's appearance here, but he could not ignore Warbeck. After listening to the chat between the two, he asked curiously: "Ms. Warbeck, who was the gentleman you mentioned just now who invited you?"

Not only Fudge, but Dumbledore was also curious.

Dumbledore had long suspected that Charles had teachers outside of Hogwarts. Some ancient wizarding families and schools also liked to carry out private inheritance. It was not surprising that someone approached Charles.

Especially when Charles first came to Hogwarts, forces that he didn't know about appeared and infiltrated Hogwarts. It might be them.

Warbeck replied: "Sixty years ago, I was kidnapped by a mentally disturbed fan who happened to be passing by and rescued me."

Fudge said in surprise: "There is such a thing?!"

"Where is that gentleman now? I think he can get an Order of Merlin."

Charles thought that Fudge knew politics. Now that Black has become a remnant of Voldemort, his long absence has put a lot of mental pressure on the wizards. Not long ago, the protest letter in Hogsmeade added fuel to the fire, and a witch who attracted the attention of the world sang. Home-related news is enough to divert attention.

Warbeck shook his head slightly and said: "This thing about me is not worth mentioning to him. Now he is working with wizards from all over the world to study potions for treating werewolves in the Himalayas. It is said that he has achieved good results."

Everyone present knew what the medicine to treat werewolves meant, and there was an uproar.

Rita Skeeter was interviewing Aidan Linzi of the Irish Quidditch national team just now. The Quidditch World Cup qualifiers have just ended. Not long ago, the Irish team won a big score and entered the finals. It was the time when the news broke. .

Aidan Linzi came over immediately after hearing this and asked somewhat eagerly: "Ms. Warbeck, is there really a medicine that can cure werewolves?"

Fudge and the surrounding Ministry of Magic officials and celebrities gathered over to ask for details.

Dumbledore's eyes became sharp. He did not expect that this matter would be made public in this way.

But Warbeck didn't know much. He only knew about this incident but didn't know the details.

Charles was even more puzzled. At the same time, he was a little curious in his heart whether there had been any major breakthroughs recently, and rumors began to spread over there.

Or maybe there are not enough test medicine samples and you want some werewolves to deliver it to your door.

At 10:25, a fireplace lit up with a burst of green fire, and an old wizard wearing a dark gray suit and windbreaker, with his top hat pulled down so that his face could not be seen clearly, walked out of the fireplace.

Dumbledore's eyes narrowed slightly and he recognized who it was.

Next it’s time to show off your acting skills.

Charles immediately stepped forward to greet him, and pretended to bring Grindelwald to the old man, saying that he was the one who funded his restaurant.

Jack pretended to be meeting Grindelwald for the first time, thanked him for his help to Charles, and invited him to visit his home when he was free.

Grindelwald looked aloof, his hat still covering his face without raising his head. He just nodded slightly and echoed a few words.

Knowledgeable people could tell that his clothes were from foreign brands, and everyone thought he was a foreign wizard that Charles knew and didn't pay any attention to him.

Dumbledore frowned slightly, he actually still had private money?

You dared to hide private money yesterday, but you dare not think about what you will do tomorrow.

The ribbon-cutting guests arrived, and at 10:30, the ribbon-cutting ceremony officially began.

The first is the lion dance.

Charles's restaurant focuses on an exotic style, and a lion dance is indispensable for its successful opening, so he asked Uncle Jiu to help him go to Foshan to invite a lion dance team.

Following the sound of drums, the lion moves left and right, looking forward and back. Sometimes it is mighty and majestic, sometimes it is playful and joyful, and sometimes it is humorous.

What's more exciting is to step on the high stakes. Colorful clouds, birds, mountains, and river-shaped iron plates the size of dishes are flying in the air. Lions fly up the stakes, jumping back and forth among the invisible mountains, and sometimes fierce lions pounce. Rabbit, sometimes clamps his waist to drink water,

Charles stretched out a bamboo pole from the fourth floor window, tied with a handful of lettuce and a big red envelope.

According to tradition, if there is not enough money in the red envelope, the lion dance master will throw the red envelope directly to the ground, and the family's reputation will be bad.

So the red envelope given by Charles is sufficient.

After the lion dance, the members of the lion team went to the private room on the third floor to have a meal, followed by the leader's speech.

Originally, Charles only wanted to say a few words, but Fudge came on stage and said a few words briefly. Jack almost asked Dumbledore to borrow the wand before he finished speaking.

The crowd erupted as Celestina Warbeck walked onto the stage.

Celestina Warbeck sang three popular songs: "A Cauldron of Hot Love," "You Magically Hooked My Heart Away," and "Kids, Bounce Back the Bludger and Throw the Quaffle." The cheers of the fans could be faintly heard from Hogwarts Castle.

After the concert, the ribbon was cut, and a group of cute Penglai figures flew out from the gate, causing many girls to exclaim in surprise.

Some of them pulled up red cloth strips, some guided the guests to their respective positions, and some came over holding a tray with gold scissors.

At 11 o'clock sharp, everyone cut the red cloth strips. Charles took the guests to the private room on the third floor to have dinner, and Hogwarts students began to pour in.

This morning, Charles set up a lottery box at the bridge at the back entrance of Hogwarts, where vouchers of 5 to 10 Galleons can be drawn.

Seamus and Neville walked into the restaurant and found that the area on the first floor was surprisingly large. As the number of guests increased, the space continued to expand, and tables and chairs were added at the same time.

A Penglai figure led them to the double-spiral spiral escalator in the middle and to the second floor.

The first and second floors of the restaurant are decorated in a Victorian style. The first floor is relatively simple, while the second floor is more gorgeous.

"Here!" Harry had just been a little transparent at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and now he came over to help everyone occupy a booth.

The space of the booth increases as the number of people increases, and it is not a problem for the whole group to fit in.

The Penglai figure taught them how to order and pay before leaving, and even helped close the silk curtain when they left.

Everyone couldn't wait. When they opened the thin menu, colorful pictures of several of today's main dishes on the menu immediately stood up.

Simo said: "I'll teach you how to use the menu. Did you see the colored words at the top? You can click there, and you can also find what you want through keywords."

The menu interface designed by Charles is the same as the web page. It can be classified by breakfast, lunch, dinner and afternoon tea, or by type of ingredients, or by country.

Ron ordered the salt and pepper spider legs without hesitation, and the others spent almost half an hour studying the menu and deciding what to eat.

In a private room on the third floor, Jack and Fudge were chatting and laughing. In another private room, Dumbledore was glaring at Grindelwald, who was ordering food leisurely.