Drink Black Tea Calmly at Hogwarts

After leaving the Pig Head Bar, Zhang Xu took a stroll in Hogsmeade.

When he was considering whether to find some ginger and fish cakes to eat with his meal, he noticed a burst of laughter suddenly coming from the Three Broomsticks pub on the roadside. Zhang, who was very curious, decided to join in the fun.

"I saw the Death Eater raising his wand towards me. Just when he was halfway through the spell, my stun spell had already hit him, and he fell straight to the ground."

It turned out that it was a young wizard who was bragging in the bar. He was slightly drunk, standing at the table in the middle of the bar, telling his story with a lot of water in his voice and dancing.

As the number of wars increased, there were many Aurors like him bragging after drinking two glasses of wine.

The guests in the bar also enjoyed listening to their bragging while drinking, so this became the latest entertainment project in the Three Broomsticks Bar. However, what interests the guests the most is the fact that someone blew the whistle and was discredited by other drinkers.

The even happier person is the bar owner. When someone brags, the store's turnover will be much higher than before.

As soon as Zhang Xu entered the door, he was spotted by today's braggart. He was stunned for a moment when he looked at the door of the bar. As a result, the drinkers who heard his bragging looked at the door of the bar.

The bragging Auror obviously knew Zhang Xu. He raised his glass and shouted: "Salute to our killed Professor Zhang."

The drinkers raised their glasses to pay tribute to Professor Zhang who was shot dead amid roars of laughter.

Naturally, Mr. Zhang would not argue too much with a drunkard who had drunk too much. He just casually "biu" a little magic spell to him.

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"Let's learn to meow together

Let’s meow, meow, meow together”

Amid another roar of laughter from the crowd, the guy started singing and dancing in the middle of the bar.

Zhang Xu found an empty table in the corner and sat down, then asked the landlady for a glass of mixed Scotch whiskey, elderflower liqueur, some hot chamomile tea and a spoonful of honey. made cocktail.

In the middle of the bar, the guy who was bragging just now knew Zhang Xu, who was dancing now.

His name is Brian Braddock, and he was also a former student of Eagle Academy. He started his own business after graduating a few years ago. It seems that he and a few people opened an institution like a research institute to help some magic item manufacturers solve some technical problems.

But from what he was bragging about now, he had already joined the Auror team.

From the beginning of the all-out war last year until now, first two large-scale counter-encirclement and suppression operations in Hogsmeade, and then a series of various battles of various sizes, all parties involved in the war have suffered huge casualties.

Suddenly, the number of Aurors in the Ministry of Magic became stretched thin.

In order to replenish manpower, the Ministry of Magic had to slightly lower the admission threshold for Aurors and greatly simplify Auror employment training. Fortunately, the events at Hogwarts in the past few years continued, and DA activities were in full swing, so the level of the new Aurors was not too bad.

However, those new Aurors who are half-experienced are usually stationed in and around their residences, and are used as "patron police" with the help of the national wizard defense system. Only those wizards with strong abilities will enter the main force after passing the assessment.

The prototype of what Brian Braddock is now bragging about is the process of capturing a group of Death Eaters after they received a report two days ago.

In recent times, Zhang has been feeling the same kind of frightening feeling before danger approaches.

After the last operation that flooded the Ministry of Magic, Voldemort actually did not make any major revenge actions in the next time, which is enough to make people be vigilant.

It is not Voldemort's character to not fight back when he suffers a loss, so the Order of the Phoenix has been collecting as much information as possible to judge his next move.

However, after the information about Nagini's disappearance was transmitted, Zhang Xu contacted the spies and all went into hiding, and no more information was to be transmitted except for Voldemort himself.

After suffering so many failures that were suspected of leaking secrets, it was unjustifiable for Voldemort not to conduct an internal "loyalty investigation".

Against this background, Voldemort's next action will be as violent as a violent storm.

For Zhang, he wished that Voldemort would come to Chacha tomorrow and start a decisive battle, so that he could finish work early and go home to get married.

The British side also holds the same attitude. After receiving assistance from friendly people and the British government figuring out the path and starting to exert its efforts, the balance of power between the two sides tilted towards their own side.

If we can solve domestic problems earlier, we can reduce our debt to our allies. The affection between countries often represents the exchange of interests.

Zhang learned that the Ministry of Magic was planning a series of proactive plans to eliminate Voldemort's active forces as much as possible.

Zhang Xu, who was thinking about something, drank all the wine in his glass unknowingly. By this time, Brian Braddock's bragging performance had ended, and the bar became quite quiet.

After paying the bill, Zhang Xu left the Three Broomsticks Bar and walked towards the foot of the mountain north of Hogsmeade.

About a mile away from Hogsmeade stands a large number of tombstones at the foot of the mountain. Here are the burials of Aurors who have died in the Ministry of Magic since the war began.

On the south side of the cemetery is a marble tablet engraved with the name of the victim, the time of birth and death, and the place of sacrifice.

Two staff members were standing in front of the stone tablet, one holding a palm-sized piece of paper with his remaining left hand, and the other holding a wand with his remaining right hand to add a new name on the stone monument.

On the ground beside them were flowers and wreaths presented by visitors.

There is a long table placed not far in front of the stone monument. Both sides of the long table are filled with flowers and wreaths for visitors to mourn their relatives and friends. There is a box in the middle. It says on the box that the income from donations will be used for sacrifices. The care of orphaned Aurors and the rescue of disabled Aurors.

Zhang Xu grabbed a handful of gold coins from the money bag and threw them into the donation box, then picked up a basketball-sized wreath and a few flowers from the side.

The two retired Aurors who added names to the stone tablet had already left. Zhang Xu placed the wreath in front of the stone tablet, and then began to silently recite the names on the stone tablet one by one from back to front to see if there were any new ones added. People you know.

There are many names familiar to Zhang Xu on the entire stone tablet, and many people who have lived together in Hogwarts have been buried in the cold cemetery behind.

Not long after, Zhang Xu sighed deeply, checked that the flowers in his hand were not enough, took two more on the long table, and walked towards the depths of the cemetery.

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