Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Ellie's departure still made Ike a little sad, but when a magizoologist well-known in the magical world made such a move, there was nothing he could do.

Moreover, Ike himself also knew that being taken away by Newt was the best choice for Ellie.

As the Christmas holidays approach, the pace of Hogwarts slows down again. This has become the norm. Although big and small things happen in the first half of every school year, there will be magic again around Christmas.

returned to peace.

Both professors and students are used to it.

Different from last year, not many students chose to go home this year, especially the third graders, who basically stayed in school. To be honest, the British magic world today is not peaceful, and the Ministry of Magic has dispatched a large number of Ao

Some of them were distributed around Hogwarts with the dementors, while the rest were all over Britain looking for traces of Sirius.

They didn't know that Sirius was an illegal Animagus, and all their searches and searches were in vain.

But this is the job of the Ministry of Magic. It seems that since Fudge came to power, such actions have been happening almost every moment.

Just on the Saturday before Christmas, Hogwarts opened permission to travel to Hogsmeade for the second time, and when this weekend is over, the Christmas holiday will officially begin.

The little wizards are still very excited. This time is just right. Everyone wants to buy some favorite things in Hogsmeade, maybe they can get the envy and admiration of their family and friends during the holidays.

Of course, this is for those who choose to go home during the holidays, while those who stay in school make the holidays more interesting.

Just like last time, Ike put all the potions that he had been practicing brewing for so long into a small handbag. He didn't go there that early and didn't arrive at the Pig's Head Bar until almost noon.

It snowed several times in the past few days, and the entire Hogsmeade was covered in thick snow, and the weather was extremely cold. Even though he was prepared in advance, Ike still felt that his body was frozen.

After covering up and walking into the bar, Ike immediately saw a witch wearing a thick coat sitting on the seat where he had been last time. He rubbed his hands and went over and sat directly opposite the witch.

"I thought it really had to wait until after Christmas." The witch greeted.

"Just trying my luck."

"What would you do if you didn't meet me today?"

"Sell it to someone else." Ike replied casually, skillfully cast a silencing spell and a blurring spell, and then placed the bag directly on the table.

The witch looked at Ike with questioning eyes, and after getting permission, began to check the contents inside.

"Polyjuice potion, antidote, almost the same as last time... eh? There is actually a bottle of Baffy's Brain Refreshing Potion!" The witch was surprised, "Is this a good one or a bad one?"

"You wouldn't believe it if I said it was good, even though it is." Ike replied casually.

Ever since he received a bottle of Baffy's Brain Refreshing Potion as a gift from Snape in July, Ike has been working hard to make a bottle of it himself. After several months of hard work, after his potion skill finally reached level 5, Ike finally

This bottle was a success.

Of course, the effect is naturally not as good as Snape's bottle, but the difference is not huge.

"Okay, okay, it doesn't matter if it's true or false." The witch nodded, put away all the potions, and took out a money bag.

"There are 500 galleons in it."

"The quantity of the potion this time is about the same as last time, so I'll give you the same price as last time. I can't give you the market price for this bottle of Baffy's Brain Refreshing Potion, but at 150 galleons, you won't be at a loss.

"

After checking the amount of galleons, Ike nodded and put it away directly.

“A pleasure to work with.”

With that said, just as he was about to stand up, he heard the witch suddenly ask: "Speaking of which...since you can get the Bafa Brain Refreshing Potion, what about the Felicity Potion?"

"I can give you 300 galleons a bottle!"

"There is no blessed elixir." Ike shook his head, "Also, this is the last transaction."

"No!" The witch panicked, "I can raise the price for you!"

"Sorry." As soon as he finished speaking, Ike took off the silencing and blurring spells, opened the door and left.

With 500 Galleons in his pocket and his assets increased by almost half, Ike is actually no longer short of money. He doesn't need to buy expensive things like broomsticks. This amount of money can even buy a house in some wizard villages.

It's a relatively good house. Just buying some ordinary potion materials and alchemy materials doesn't cost much.

If those materials were really expensive, Ike could go to the Forbidden Forest to look for them himself. If not, he could secretly go to Snape's storage room to get some autumn wind.

Snape couldn't do anything to him anyway.

After waiting for a while at the door of the Three Broomsticks Bar, Stewart and others, who had purchased another batch from Honeydukes, finally arrived. Pushing the door open, there were still many people, but it was rare to find a seat. Everyone ordered drinks and began to share their

of harvest.

Ms. Rosmerta quickly brought the drinks. Ike picked up his lemon honey black tea and took a sip, quietly listening to Stewart and others chatting.

After a while, the door of the bar opened. Ike glanced at it and subconsciously shrank his body.

"What's wrong? Ike?" Terry asked.

"Nothing." Ike shook his head and shrank back.

Stuart, who was well informed, looked around, and when he saw Hermione and three people who had just squeezed in just two tables apart, he let out a long "Oh" and then pulled Terry.

"Okay, okay, don't think about it, Ike's nemesis is here."

"Oh..." Terry, Michael and Anthony all looked like they suddenly understood, but Ike shrank back again, almost casting a disguise spell on himself.

Seeing Ike like this, they finally stopped with satisfaction. It was not about anything else, but mainly because they really bullied Ike here, and they would not be able to reap the rewards when they returned to school.

With Ike's strength, if he unknowingly pranks them, they won't even notice.

"If I'm not mistaken... that's Harry Potter?" Terry said with hindsight, "Isn't there a way for him to come to Hogsmeade?"

"Maybe he has other ways." Stewart didn't care at all, "Don't worry about it, it's just a trouble."

If everyone's attitude towards Harry in the first grade was still based on curiosity and admiration, then after the things he did in the past two years, especially after losing the halo of defeating the basilisk last year, at least Raven

None of the Crows were very fond of Harry.

A few people chatted for a while and then naturally changed the topic.

After a while, the door of the tavern opened again. It was Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, followed by a man whose head almost reached the ceiling. He was chatting with a fat wizard wearing a dome-hard hat.

Minister Hague and Fudge.

This time, it was Harry and the other three who wished they could hide themselves.

The professors first walked around the bar, then walked to the seats next to Harry. Quietly, the Christmas tree next to the table moved to a position that was right between Harry and the professors' table.

Ike quietly sat up straight, moved his fingers slightly, and immediately heard the conversation there.

"Do you think Black is still around here? Minister." This was Ms. Rosmerta's voice.

"I believe it's still there," Minister Fudge replied, "You know, he can't let that child go."

"It's really unimaginable. Among so many people who have taken refuge in that person who cannot be named, Sirius is the one I least imagined..."

"This is nothing, you still don't know the worst thing he did..."

"You should remember who his best friend was in school." Professor McGonagall said, "James Potter and Sirius Black, no two people have ever been as close as them..."

Ike picked up the cup and took a sip, facing Stuart and others, but listening to Professor McGonagall and others' conversation.

To be honest, if he didn't know the plot and just judged based on what they said, Ike would have thought that Sirius was a very bad person, betraying and killing his best friend, no matter what era or where he was.

They are all intolerable to others, and escaping from Azkaban shows that he has extraordinary abilities.

Now, who would have thought that the really bad one is Peter Pettigrew, who has always been submissive, timid and just following James Potter and Sirius?

In a daze, Ike seemed to see a black dog looking straight at the house opposite the bar.

Suddenly, an imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and with the words "...The Loyalty Curse...Secret Keeper..." in his ears, Ike took another sip of sweet honey lemon black tea.

"I'm sorry Blake, I might have to get involved..."