Hogwarts: Harley from the Witch Path

221. Chapter 218 How did you know that this old man likes crosses?

Author: It’s Witch Harley

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

The bad weather lasted until December. The weather has just cleared up, and there are only two weeks left before the Christmas holiday.

As the Christmas holiday approaches, the weather is getting colder.

The muddy ground 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 joyful, and everyone is preparing for Christmas.

Hagrid got 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 carved on them.

This filled Hallie 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 witches to celebrate 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 has longed for the Hog's Head Bar, especially where they can sell spirits 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. There was no way, it was really tiring to take twelve classes at the same time.

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 greatly squeezed Hermione's energy, 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 was already considering giving up some courses.

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, her knowledge of Muggles is not as good as Hermione's.

Professor Boubaji is obsessed with Mendel's theory and attempts to use this theory to conduct research 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 is of great significance, this kind of class... will teach little wizards almost nothing.

After arriving in Hogsmeade, it was still early than the time they 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 was paying the bill, she whispered, "This is how the great dentist has fallen!"

When the time was close to eleven o'clock, Harry and Hermione left the Literary Residence and headed to the Pig's Head Bar.

The Hog's Head pub is located at 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 was placed at the door of the bar, hanging on a rusty bracket.

Engraved on the signboard 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 Pig's Head Bar, which is very famous among young wizards?

This environment... is so shabby!

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

“The Hog’s Head pub has a very long history.”

"In 1612, Lala, a slovenly goblin, 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 walked into the Hog's Head pub, but they regretted it as soon as they entered.

The lobby on the first floor of the Pig Head Bar looks small and messy, with a thick layer of dust covering it from floor to ceiling.

Several candles were lit on several rough wooden tables, emitting dim light.

There were not many people in the bar at this time, only two mysterious wizards wearing black hoods sat 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:

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

"Would you like some fire whiskey? 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 bottle of mead disappeared instantly. Harry 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!)

(End of chapter)