Study Days at Hogwarts

The Leaky Cauldron, England.

Since the rise of Voldemort, the Leaky Cauldron hasn't had so many customers for a long time.

But the bar owner, Old Tom, was very unhappy. He was wiping the wine glass carelessly and secretly observing the foreigners in the shop from the corner of his eye. He seemed to be worried that these outsiders would cause him trouble.

Old Tom really wanted to find an excuse to drive away all the customers in the store, but his many years of experience in running a bar told him that it was best not to do that, otherwise he would definitely be in bad luck.

Although what happened in Hogsmeade the night before yesterday did not appear in the Daily Prophet, Old Tom knew about it.

Like most wizards, he was secretly listening to the broadcasts from the Wizard Lookout Station, so he could naturally guess that the group of people in front of him were all dark wizards from abroad.

Judging from the angry expressions on their faces when they spoke, it was not difficult to guess how much they hated the Death Eaters.

It's best not to get into trouble with them now, especially since most dark wizards are not willing to reason.

But Old Tom was really worried about whether a Death Eater would suddenly come to the store, and something terrible would definitely happen.

However, sometimes whatever you fear comes true.

Just when he handed a glass of hot whiskey to the French guy at the bar who spoke broken English, he saw a familiar figure appear at the door, which made Old Tom's heart suddenly rise in his throat.

The visitor is a bad boy named Rudolf.

It is said that because he is a pure-blood, he was invited to join the Death Eaters under unusual circumstances.

Ever since Rudolph joined the Death Eaters, he would come here to drink whenever he had time, and he would not pay for it.

Now I don’t know if Rudolph is crazy. How dare he come here at this time and risk his life?

If those people knew that he was a Death Eater, he would have to be killed by these outsiders.

Under Old Tom's uneasy gaze, Rudolph actually used a sticking spell to stick an advertisement of unknown content onto the wall of the bar.

After pasting the advertisement, Rudolph used the tip of his wand to make a sharp sound, attracting the attention of all the guests in the bar.

Then, under Old Tom's growing mouth, he cleared his throat and said to everyone present: "Everyone, there is good news recently. Hogsmeade will be reopened to the outside world, but please remember that it belongs to In the black market opened by the Dark Lord, no one can operate without the permission of the Dark Lord..."

Before Rudolph could finish his words, he seemed to have been punched hard in the stomach, and his whole body curled up on the ground in pain like a cooked shrimp.

The next moment, sharp screams sounded in the Leaky Cauldron.

"Sorry, I didn't expect his reaction to be so violent. I thought Death Eaters would be tougher."

The blond Frenchman helplessly spread his hands towards everyone, and then moved the tip of his wand towards the fallen Death Eater.

The shrill screams sounded again.

"It's such a beautiful song. It reminds me of those mermaids leaving the water." Another middle-aged wizard thoughtfully helped him close the bar door.

All right!

The Leaky Cauldron suddenly became lively. Everyone had accumulated a lot of anger, and now they finally had someone to vent their anger on.

Seeing that Rudolph, who was so high-spirited just now, now screamed like a slaughtering pig, Old Tom behind the bar felt his hands and feet weak. He did not dare to deliver a message to the Death Eaters, let alone leave the bar.

Old Tom knew very well what terrible consequences that would bring to him, so now he had no choice but to keep a straight face, as if nothing had happened, and continued to wipe the wine glasses behind the bar, and occasionally handed these lawless guys a glass of concoction. of drinks.

Seeing the nasty guy being tortured to death by the Cruciatus Curse, Old Tom felt an indescribable joy in his heart, but he was also worried about the trouble that Rudolph might get him into if he died in the Leaky Cauldron.

"What's going on in Yaxley's head?"

Ever since the Death Eaters attacked Hogsmeade at night, their credibility among dark wizards abroad has been completely ruined.

He actually thought that a dark wizard would go over there. Did he treat everyone else as fools?

In fact, not only Old Tom thought this way, but also the dark wizards abroad. They had already known what happened that night from certain channels.

The famous Percival was dead.

It is said that it was besieged by a large number of Death Eaters and Dementors.

Many dark wizards who stayed in Hogsmeade lost their lives as a result. Even those who surrendered to save their lives were controlled by the Death Eaters using the Imperius Curse. Hand over half of your wealth to save your life.

This is just plain robbery.

For dark wizards from various European countries, this is absolutely unacceptable.

They didn't care who was killed, after all, it had nothing to do with them, but what those Death Eaters did really disgusted them.

What’s even more ridiculous is that with such a bad reputation and such ridiculous practices, they actually want them to join?

Could it be that he was controlled by the Imperius Curse and joined?

I really thought they were all idiots.

This incident directly became the laughing stock of everyone.

"I plan to leave the UK in the near future."

The blond wizard from France took a sip of hot whiskey and calmly talked about his plan to several colleagues at the same table who he had met some time ago.

"That group of Death Eaters can't be believed at all. You should also have heard that they took many people's things directly for themselves. They did it the first time and then the second time. God knows when they will be short of money again. Will they attack us secretly?"

"We came to the UK to make money, not to be robbed by those despicable and shameless people." A middle-aged brown-haired wizard gritted his teeth and said, "I also plan to leave, but I just can't swallow this breath, okay. The black market was ruined by those losers.”

Everyone was silent.

If the black market was still under their control, it would be a paradise for all dark wizards in Europe. Unfortunately, the paradise only existed for less than a week.

It is even more impossible to recapture the black market. After all, this is the home of the Death Eaters, and there is also the famous Voldemort. Especially after what happened the night before, no one would do that.

"I plan to make one last profit before leaving the UK, and teach those losers a lesson." A younger black-haired wizard at the table next to him suddenly said, "Since they dare to sneak attack late at night, why can't we? "

"That's a good idea!" the blond Frenchman agreed. "Anyway, if we leave the UK overnight, those Death Eaters won't have the courage to leave the UK and go abroad to cause trouble for us, even if they clamor. What's more, they know who attacked the black market. ?"

"Count me in. I can't bear to go back without revenge." The brown-haired wizard said murderously.

"Just a few of you?"

"Is there a problem?"

"No, I think we should act in a planned manner." Another young wizard also sat over and joined in the conversation.

"For example..." the blond French guy asked.

"For example, we can first torture the shit-eater to find out what's going on in the black market, or we can pretend to go back to the black market and continue trading there, and then get up again at night..." The young wizard stretched out his hand and wiped his neck.

"Since the shit eaters have done that, we don't need to be polite to them. Anyway, we will leave the UK after this time. I need to make up for the losses."

The surrounding dark wizards looked at each other in confusion. If they really wanted to leave the UK, they could indeed make a last profit before leaving.

The Death Eaters were attacking them anyway, so there was no need to be polite.

As the number of dark wizards who want to make a final profit before leaving increases, a lot of people gather at the French table. Many dark wizards see so many of their peers joining, and naturally they want to come and share a cup. soup.

No one is willing to let go of such an opportunity, which can not only teach those unruly Death Eaters a lesson, but also make another fortune for themselves.

"Otherwise, if we have a chance, we can also rob those Death Eaters." Someone suddenly suggested, "If too many people participate in the operation, I'm worried that there won't be enough stuff in the black market, but I heard that you can join the Death Eaters." The disciples are all pure-blood wizards, and their families are usually relatively wealthy. Since we have done it, it is considered as revenge for those friends who died. "

"That's right, revenge, revenge for Percival!"

They quickly found a suitable excuse for their subsequent robbery.

Old Tom behind the bar stared at this scene dumbfounded. Suddenly he had an ominous premonition and saw a spell flying towards him.

"Don't kill him. Don't kill the Death Eaters over there either. Just use the Imperius Curse to control him. We'd better not alert the Death Eaters before we act."

An operation called revenge, but actually a robbery, a detailed robbery plan was quickly formulated in the Leaky Cauldron, and all the dark wizards showed great patience for it.

Because their goal is not limited to robbing the black market, but also intends to rob wealthy Death Eaters. Even if most of the Galleons of the pure-blood wizard family are stored in the Gringotts vault, that does not mean that there is nothing valuable in their family. Something.

No, on the contrary, no one keeps all their wealth in a vault.

When all the foreign dark wizards gathered in the Leaky Cauldron dispersed and went back to make final preparations, the young dark wizard who had just been one of the center of attention sneaked into a remote house.

"Things went even better than expected."

Another voice came from the living room, it was the French guy who had just taken the lead in making noises. Surprisingly, his English was very smooth.

The most unbelievable thing is that the dark wizards who first proposed to sack Hogsmeade are all gathered here, and it seems that they know each other.

This can't help but give people a smell of conspiracy.

"After all, we all took the Felixir."

"However, I really didn't expect that one day we would go to Azkaban to rob the prison." Sirius, who had returned to his normal appearance, couldn't help but sigh.

"I'm more worried about the mysterious man." Lu Ping frowned, "Although it's not just us, but..."

"According to the latest news from Albert, Yaxley did not inform the mysterious man about what happened in Hogsmeade, and he obviously did not want the mysterious man to know, at least until the matter was resolved, otherwise he would be exposed to the mysterious man. They look very incompetent in front of them." Kingsley explained that this was one of the reasons why he was willing to agree to the action. As long as Voldemort was not involved, the remaining Death Eaters would not be able to stop them, not to mention that there would be enough Death Eaters by then. Too busy to care about what happened in Azkaban.

"What about Hogsmeade?" Arthur asked his own question, "If we didn't participate in the operation, would those outsiders suspect it was a trap and give up the plan?"

"Just use the Imperius Curse to control a few dark wizards. There is a compound potion anyway." Moody said matter-of-factly.

Since rescuing Hagrid, everyone has realized that the Imperius Curse is really useful when fighting against the mysterious man.

"Anyway, those dark wizards from abroad are not good guys. Let them fight with the Death Eaters!" Sirius had no psychological pressure at all. On the contrary, he felt that Albert's proposal was very good, and if he could capture the Zikaban, releasing those innocent imprisoned guys will be an unprecedented feat for the entire British wizarding community, and will also be of great significance to the fight against mysterious people.