Chapter 335 Strange Clues in the Potion Shop

( ) "Kristen, speaking of it...how did you and Charles come up with the idea of ​​setting up shop in this kind of place? It's... not very safe here?"

There were quite a lot of customers in the store, and Maca and Tonks waited for Charles to deliver the goods, so they had time to chat with Christine for a while.

"Oh! Tonks, let me tell you... In fact, the behind-the-scenes owner of this store is sitting next to you!" Christine waved her hand, with a refreshing smile on her face, looking as in It was no different at Hogwarts.

"Eh? Maca is the boss?"

Tonks didn't know how many times she was surprised. Ever since she walked out of that door just now, she felt that she had been surprised by the accidents that followed one after another.

"That's right! Tonks, you should know it too... Look, Charles and I don't have a very rich family, how can we afford to open a potion shop?" Christine spread her hands and said, "Don't look at this one. The store is not very big, you know, every inch of land is expensive in the black market! Not to mention, it costs a lot of money to purchase..."

Christine was sitting behind the cashier and chattering away, while Charles, who was attracting customers in front, would steal concerned glances from her from time to time, and occasionally show a trace of gratitude to Maca.

Speaking of which, the two of them actually didn't spend much time with Maca. Even though they were all Hufflepuffs, and even had been on the Quidditch team, they didn't have much time to get in touch with Maca.

If you look back and think about it, you can find that Maca doesn't spend most of his time on study and research, right?

However, at the bonfire party to send off the graduates, when the two of them chatted with Maca about opening a store by chance, they didn't expect Maca to really take it to heart.

This store is not just as simple as giving them a promising future direction.

If I had to say it, the poor couple of them could get married so quickly, and the financial support brought to them by this store must be indispensible.

In the hearts of this future couple who also came out of Hufflepuff College, Maca has truly realized the warm declaration of "We are all Hogwarts" at the bonfire party.

And this happy story of Christine and Charles is probably one of the many fetters born in every graduation event.

Even though Maca no longer continues to host that event, his name, as the founder of the event, has been engraved on the banner of every farewell party.

"For many things, perhaps the purpose behind them is not pure, and even the process is full of dirt, but as long as the final result is good, what does it matter?"

During the conversation, Maca looked at the faint warmth in this shop with a smile, and thought so with emotion in his heart.

"...So, the situation in the black market is actually worse than outside?"

After the three chatted for a while, Maca obtained some valuable information from Christine.

The fact is indeed the case, if you want to know the news related to the potion, it is undoubtedly a more appropriate way to directly ask the operator of the potion shop.

"Yes, as far as I know, more than a dozen wizards in the black market have suddenly gone crazy..." Christine nodded and said, "However, I think you also know that it's not a big deal for a wizard to go crazy. Because you can't use spells!"

"...So, although there were a few small troubles, they were quickly resolved."

Maca nodded clearly, and then asked: "I've found out the reason why those wizards went crazy before—it's probably because they took some kind of potion. Do you have any clues here?"

"Hmm... at least the suppliers in our store are fine... ah!" Christine paused as she spoke, as if recalling something.

"What's the matter? Did you remember anything suspicious?" Tonks couldn't help asking.

"... I remember... about three or four days ago! A guy in a trance passed by the store and knocked over the signboard I erected outside..." Christine recalled, "At that time I thought I was probably drunk or something... you know, that's pretty common."

She paused, and then said emphatically: "But now that I think about it, that state seems to be very similar to those mad wizards when they are not mad."

"What's wrong with that guy?"

"I saw him swaying forward while muttering something in his mouth... um..." Christine thought about it carefully, and then she nodded, "Yes, he said, 'goddess' , My goddess, no one can touch'... Well, it's probably something like that..."

"'Goddess'? 'No one can touch'?" Maca repeated these words, lost in thought in confusion.

"...Ah, actually, I'm not sure, maybe it's just a drunk guy?" Christine thought for a while, and finally shrugged in wonder.

"That's about all I know... I don't know if I can help you..."

"No, although I can't figure it out for a while, it's a good harvest to know these." Maca came back to his senses, then smiled and waved his hands.

After that, the three continued to chat for a while, and Maca left with Tonks.

"Maka, I didn't expect you to be busy on your own all the time, and you actually did such a good thing!"

On the side of the road, Tonks said casually while following Maca.

"It's my classmate anyway, so help me if you can... Anyway, it's a matter of mutual benefit. I just happen to be short of manpower, so I don't feel relieved to find someone else!" Maca laughed.

"Hey!" Tonks glanced at him, and then smiled, "But to be honest, it seems that we are lucky to get the clue so quickly..."

"Yeah, I didn't expect that either." Maca nodded slightly. "Actually, I didn't intend to ask Christine for anything—after all, they haven't been on the black market for long."

"Then what are you going to do?" Tonks asked in surprise.

"Take you, senior sister, to meet your juniors and juniors?" Maca said meaningfully, "How about it, did you get tanned by that young couple?"

"Hey, I made an oath - I won't get married until I become a real Auror!" Tonks raised his chin proudly.

"In short, we still need to find the most professional way to inquire about information," Maca paused, "The place we are going to next is our real destination tonight."

Afterwards, Tonks followed Maca around for a while, and finally came to a sparsely populated old square.

In the center of this small square, there is a fountain pool that has long since dried up, and in that pool stands a statue of a wizard that has collapsed in half.

As for the stone-carved seats around this small square, most of them can no longer sit on people.

But the most interesting thing about this old square is the weird trees all over the place. Those dry and dark branches swayed without wind, creaking and waving, almost covering the entire square.

What makes people feel even more uncomfortable is that the trees are making hair-raising whispers, no matter how you look at it, it is a place that should not be here.

"This is really ominous..." Tonks hesitated, "Could it be that... we are going to go inside?"

"Yes, the entrance is in the pool of the fountain." Maca beckoned, "Come with me, don't worry about those Siberian howling trees, they're just used to scare people."

"From your point of view, is the howling wood just 'to scare people'?" Tonks pressed his shoulders, wrinkled his face and emphasized, "Why do I remember that the book said, howling wood Does wood absorb the souls of creatures?"

"Because the way to deal with the Howling Wood is too simple, so it can only be 'scare people'." Maca shrugged, indicating that she can rest assured and follow her.

However, when the two of them got closer to the strange trees with waving branches, the original whisper suddenly became louder, which seemed extremely harsh.

"Do you remember? There is a statement in the book 'Siberian howling trees especially love the cold'." Maca pulled out his wand and waved forward, "It's just that the author didn't go on to explain that when they encounter cold It's just what happens..."

With a wave of his wand, a simple freezing curse fell on the frontmost Howling Tree. Almost instantly, the howling tree howled happily, but the dancing branches fell quietly.

"Actually, the author can't be blamed, because the howling trees that grow naturally are concentrated in the northern part of Siberia, the area closest to the Arctic Ocean... The environment is already very cold, so how could the author know that when the howling trees were transplanted to warm What will it be like when you’re there?”

"So... the reason why it barked so harshly just now is actually because it is afraid of heat?" Tonks couldn't help grinning.

"Ask it!" Maca rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not a ghost howling tree, so I don't know what they mean when they howl like ghosts and wolves?"

Under the freezing spell one by one, the howling trees they passed dropped those branches. And as long as you don't touch the howling wood, they are a completely harmless plant.

Of course, it looks scary at best.

After a while, the two came to the fountain pool in the center of the square.

In fact, standing here, you can see that there is dirt everywhere under the dry pool, which looks extremely dirty. And the part of the wizard statue that collapsed was tilted in the pool, and the broken stones and debris almost scattered all over the pool.

Maca aimed his wand at the head of the statue at the bottom of the pool, and waved it lightly.

The next moment, the eyes of the stone statue's head suddenly glowed with gray light.

"Member code, 'Silver Eagle 991'." He said softly.