Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

"Sorry...something has been delayed for a while, Charlie..."

Not long after, when Hagrid finally arrived in a hurry, the scene in front of him immediately caused his half-sentence to stop abruptly on his lips.

I saw that in the dark and quiet Hog's Head Bar, all the guests who were sitting on their seats had disappeared, leaving only Aberforth and Charlie.

At this moment, the two of them were sitting together casually on the counter of the Pig Head Bar, holding identical beer glasses in their hands, hooking their shoulders and leaning on their backs, while sipping the butterbeer in the glasses wantonly.

"Charlie, you..."

Hagrid's eyes widened and he was speechless for a moment because of surprise.

He rubbed his eyes to make sure he saw it correctly, and then finally stammered and asked

"You... know... the owner of the Pig Head Bar?"

"know!!!?"

However, before Charlie could answer, his Adam's apple continued to squirm, and Aberforth, who had just drank the entire glass of butterbeer in one go, frowned and shouted directly at Hagrid.

At this moment, his face was still a bit flushed, and he didn't know whether he was really drunk or too happy because he saw Charlie.

He glared at Hagrid fiercely, his eyes shining brighter than he had seen in so many years.

Immediately afterwards, Aberforth opened his mouth again, and the words he spoke were like thunder, which almost made Hagrid freeze on the spot.

"Charlie and I don't just know each other! He has been my disciple since the second grade!!!"

After saying that, he greedily drank the remaining liquid in the beer glass.

After thinking about it, I seemed to feel that these words were not enough to express the feelings between them, so I quickly added a special sentence.

"The only apprentice!!!"

Hagrid quickly moved his eyes away from Aberforth and looked at Charlie beside him, wanting to verify the authenticity of what he said.

Charlie smiled wantonly, put his arm on Albusford's shoulder, and held the beer glass high with his other hand just like Albusford did. He changed from his usual elegance and calmness and drank the rest in one breath.

Drink it all.

"Peng!"

The wine glass hit the bar counter hard. After Charlie took a deep breath, he finally spoke and slowly explained to Hagrid.

"It happened a long time ago...just like Aberforth said, probably in the second grade."

Charlie licked his lips and continued

"At that time, because I wanted to find out the principle of magic mentioned in a book, I took advantage of the night to go to the forbidden book area to look up information..."

Hagrid's eyelids trembled. Hearing the other party review the violations of the past with him in such an understatement, he felt inexplicably strange for a moment.

But then he thought about how many years it had been since the other party graduated, so he suppressed the slight weirdness again and continued to listen patiently to Charlie's story.

"It turned out that I was unlucky that time. I met old Filch at the right time. I was in a hurry and forgot to take my wand..."

"What are you going to do if I take you with me!?"

In his heart, Hagrid couldn't help but wonder... At the same time, he couldn't help but think of Filch's behavior when he heard the news that Charlie was coming not long ago.

I couldn't help but feel pity in my heart, and I mourned for him for a while.

However, Charlie and Aberforth were unaware of Hagrid's rich inner changes, because at this moment, both of them were completely immersed in Charlie's story more than ten years ago.

"I had no choice but to run away... Having just stayed at Hogwarts for two years, I was no match for old Filch. He was like a loach, knowing all the secret passages.

Heart, it is simply impossible to get rid of him."

"However,"

Charlie's eyes lit up and he continued

"Just when I was hiding in a room, thinking that this time I was done and I would definitely be caught, I suddenly came across a secret passage in that room... guess what?"

Hagrid was silent, he already guessed it without Charlie needing to say it. It was a secret passage leading to Hogsmeade.

In the well-known history, Hogsmeade Village and Hogwarts have experienced a long period of time together... During this period, people built the secret passage between Hogwarts and Hogwarts Village.

There are at least eight in number!! Remember, this is only at least...

Sure enough, without waiting for Hagrid to answer, Charlie continued.

"Then I got to Hogsmeade..."

"Then he met me!" Aberforth seemed impatient.

He interrupted Charlie casually and continued.

"I remember, he seemed to be...so tall"

Aberforth raised his hand under the counter to indicate the height. Then he said

"I remember that day very clearly... It was just like usual, I planned to go to DeVos and Bans store to buy something. As a result, I met this kid on the road."

"Seeing him shivering on the path in his pajamas, I found out after asking that he didn't know how to get back to the secret passage! As a result, I showed kindness and took him back to the Pig's Head Bar, planning to use it early tomorrow morning.

Send him back to Honeydukes' secret passage."

When Albusford said this, there was some emotion in his eyes as he recalled.

"From that time on, this kid often came through that secret passage and came to the Pig's Head Bar to stay with me. As we went back and forth, I became familiar with him. I simply saw that his temper was also to my liking, so I started giving him casual guidance.

He cast a spell."

"I have to say...Charlie is really talented." Albusford scratched his chin under his thick beard and said sincerely.

"Even the most talented wizard I have ever seen is not worthy enough to hold his shoes in front of him!"

At this point, Albusford specifically emphasized the words "most talented", but I don't know if he was referring to it implicitly.

Anyway, upon hearing these words, both Charlie and Hagrid couldn't help but look away, pretending not to hear.

Fortunately, Albusford didn't care about this. After he finished praising Charlie, he thought of something again and his tone became disgusting.

"Obviously he has such a good talent, I just want to see him duel again..."

"Cough...cough" Charlie couldn't help but look away, and at the same time patted Aberforth's shoulder with his hand, indicating that he didn't need to say anything.

"I can't say it's a complete mess..."

Aberforth's tone softened. Just when Charlie breathed a sigh of relief and thought he was going to be merciful, he didn't expect that Aberforth's tone suddenly changed sharply and he yelled.

"What the hell is worse than this!!!"

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