Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1607 A war without a winner (57)

The lights were still on in the Burrow late at night.

Mrs. Weasley was sitting on the sofa, knitting Christmas sweaters for the children as usual. Since everyone had their own jobs, she was often the only one in the house.

I don’t know how long it took, but a familiar crackling sound suddenly came from outside the house.

Mrs. Weasley immediately raised her head and cast her gaze at the magical wall clock on the wall. By the time she put down the half-knitted sweater and stood up from the sofa, Hermione and Ginny, who had just returned to the Burrow, had already opened the door and entered the house. .

"Mum, we're back," Ginny said to Mrs. Weasley.

"Hermione, there is a letter from you today." Mrs. Weasley picked up the unopened letter from the table and handed it to Hermione, then went to the kitchen alone to bring them supper.

"Letter, notice from Hogwarts?"

Hermione took the letter with confusion and found that there was no sender's name on it, but a strange mark.

"no."

Mrs. Weasley put the plate of pies on the table and went to the kitchen to help them make hot cocoa.

"What's wrong?"

Ginny asked confused as she picked up a piece of pie and noticed Hermione's expression.

"I don't know who sent it. There is no sender on the letter, only a mark."

"Will..."

Just when Ginny was about to think about whether there was a curse, she heard Mrs. Weasley say, "I have checked it with a dark magic detector. There is no curse, so there should be no danger. But when I dismantled it, there was no danger." Be careful."

Hermione stared at the obvious mark on the letter suspiciously, feeling that the thing seemed a bit familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen this mark.

"Do you know who sent the letter?" Ginny sat on the sofa and looked at Hermione who was staring at the mark with confusion.

"I seem to have seen this mark somewhere." Hermione reached out to rub her forehead and muttered, "I just can't remember it for a moment."

"Do you want to open it, or just destroy it?" Ginny also felt that the mark looked familiar, but she still thought Hermione should be cautious. After all, the letter was indeed a bit weird, and there was no need to risk opening it.

But after Hermione hesitated again and again, she finally decided to use magic and carefully opened the letter.

There was nothing wrong with the letter, but the content inside the letter was a bit unexpected. It was actually a delicate booklet with a detailed introduction to the product catalog of the Witch Beauty Shop.

"No wonder this thing looks familiar. It turns out to be the mark of the Witch Beauty Shop." Ginny looked at the booklet in Hermione's hand and seemed to remember where she had seen the mark.

"But why would the witch beauty shop send you a catalog?" Ginny was even more curious. It was obvious that the other party knew each other when he sent a letter to Hermione.

"Witch Beauty Shop?"

When Hermione was flipping through the booklet, she found a metal card inside with a paragraph printed on it, which seemed to remind her of the store's opening date.

However, what caught Hermione's attention the most was the sender at the bottom: Katrina McDougal.

Katrina McDougal?

Albert's wife seems to have a surname of McDougal. This is probably her sister, but what's the point of the other party sending this thing to him?

Hermione looked carefully at the metal card in her hand, feeling that it looked familiar, and soon realized what it was.

Communication bookmark!

Yes, this is a newsletter bookmark.

"What's wrong Hermione?"

Ginny thought Hermione was acting a little weird after opening the letter.

"nothing."

Hermione put the communication bookmark into her pocket with a normal expression.

"The Witch Beauty Shop will be opening soon. Miss McDougal sent me a letter, probably because Albert gave me a few bottles of trial products." Hermione quickly found a suitable excuse for herself. , she felt that this letter was probably sent by Isobel, and in order not to attract other people's attention, she used the name of her sister Katrina McDoug.

The purpose is probably to chat with her through the communication bookmark.

"Witch Beauty Shop? I remember it seems to be an international chain brand store." Ginny picked up a copy of yesterday's newspaper, pointed to the advertisement on it and said, "They have also published advertisements in many newspapers and magazines. Recently it seems We’re going to open a store.”

"Yes, this is a product booklet. I have used two of them with good results." Hermione handed the exquisite product booklet to Ginny and pointed out the products she had used.

"Is this price really prohibitively expensive?"

Ginny couldn't help but be speechless when she turned to the back, and what she couldn't understand the most was that you had to make a reservation in advance for that thing.

"So they plan to let customers buy a trial version first, which also shows that this thing is really effective."

Hermione actually didn't doubt the effectiveness of the beauty potion in the brochure, because she was using it herself now, and the effect was indeed very good. Her skin was much better than before.

Eighty percent of this was specially prepared by Albert for Isobel.

Ginny looked at the product descriptions in the brochure with interest, raised her head and said to Hermione, "There seems to be a sale on the opening day."

"Let's go together then." Hermione said with a smile.

"Let's forget it." Ginny hesitated for a moment, and finally shook her head and said, "Although there are many things I want to buy, they are too expensive."

"This facial cleanser is very effective. I have used it before." Hermione pointed to a certain facial cleanser on it and introduced it to Ginny. "Moreover, the price is not expensive, and Hogwarts students can also enjoy other discounts. "

"I am no longer a Hogwarts student." Ginny said this matter a little helplessly, but there was nothing she could do about it. She never regretted her decision.

"But no one knows you dropped out of school," Hermione comforted.

"What are you discussing?"

Harry and Ron also came back from their work.

"The witch beauty shop is about to open. I sent this to Hermione." Ginny handed the brochure to Harry.

"McDougal?" Ron picked up the newspaper, looked at the advertisement on it, and muttered, "This last name seems familiar."

"This shop is opened by Albert's wife's sister." Hermione introduced to Harry and Ron.

"Are you familiar with each other?" Ron suspected that this letter was sent by Albert.

"I'm not familiar with it, but Albert has given me similar Christmas gifts before." Hermione said nonchalantly, "Miss McDougal probably thinks that as someone who has used it personally, I can convince other girls to open the business." Come and support me that day.”

"Be careful when you go, don't get squeezed by the crowd." Harry kissed Ginny's cheek, took out his wallet and said, "Bring this with you when the time comes."

He didn't really like pregnant Ginny running around, but Harry knew very well that he couldn't treat Ginny as a patient, otherwise she would definitely be unhappy.

Ginny took the wallet and stuffed it back into Harry's pocket. She had to start thinking about life after marrying Harry. Even if Harry still has a large inheritance in the Gringotts vault and has a pretty good job, he still can't spend money recklessly. Because after getting married, the daily necessities that need to be purchased will still be a large expense.

"Why have you started working overtime again recently?" In order to prevent the atmosphere from becoming awkward, Hermione forcibly changed the topic.

"What else can I do? Keep cleaning up the Inferi!" Ron, who was enjoying the pie, said inarticulately.

"In the past few days, we have cleared out another batch of Inferi." Harry sighed.

"Are there really that many?" Hermione raised her eyebrows slightly, "You should have cleared out a lot of Inferi."

"A lot has been cleaned up, but..." Ron and Harry looked at each other and fell into a brief silence.

"Kingsley suspects that some of the "pure bloods" who support Voldemort are still secretly creating Inferi to cause trouble for him." Harry's expression was particularly solemn when talking about this matter. "Among some of the Inferi groups we have cleared, some of them are very small in number, and they are suspicious no matter how you look at them."

"I thought this matter was over for the time being." Hermione was very surprised by this, but she didn't expect that the problems between both parties would always exist.