Chapter 116 Hogsmeade

Two weeks passed quickly and it was mid-October.

After two weeks of fulfilling and boring student life, another Hogsmeade trip day arrived.

Winter came much earlier than in previous years, bringing white snow that covered the entire Hogwarts.

And Hogsmeade.

Eating candy and singing songs, a group of Hogwarts students came to the town on the train.

This was their second trip to Hogwarts in the new semester and the last one before Halloween. This time, Lu Yunkai was also in the team.

He told Daphne that the signature from his adoptive father had finally arrived, and he could come out to see Hogsmeade.

Although he actually had no interest in this village that was said to be inhabited by wizards...

He came here to avoid idleness.

Two weeks ago, the paper that he took out all the things in the bottom of the box in order to complete it as soon as possible was checked and revised by Snape and submitted to the Daily Prophet.

According to Snape, the article might be published around Halloween.

Because of this, Snape said for the first time that as long as Lu Yunkai was not idle and went to play with Harry, he could give Lu Yunkai a holiday for the sake of the paper...

Between squatting in the dormitory to write the paper and going out to relax, Lu Yunkai felt that there was nothing to worry about.

And he also vaguely felt that Black, who tried to break into the Slytherin lounge during the last Hogsmeade holiday, would probably visit again today.

Although the protection of the Slytherin College lounge should be fine, a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall!

"Yunkai! Do you think this looks good?"

Daphne, who was with Lu Yunkai, didn't know what he was thinking. She smiled and picked up a long skirt, gestured on her body, and asked Lu Yunkai.

"You look good in anything."

"... Can you stop being so perfunctory!" Daphne rolled her eyes at Lu Yunkai and hung the clothes back on the rack.

But she still had a smile on her face.

"Isn't this Fengya brand wizard clothing store also in London? There's no need to come here to buy it!" Lu Yunkai glanced at the sky outside where snow was still falling, "Don't you want to eat or drink something?"

"Come and take a look later, do you like this dress?"

"... You don't have to buy it for me!"

"Ah!"

Daphne knocked on Lu Yunkai in annoyance.

...

"Why come here? I don't think there's anyone in Madam Puddifoot's Tea House, it's quite quiet..."

Lu Yunkai, wearing a "new outfit", looked at the Pig's Head Bar, which was filled with the smell of mutton, and was speechless.

"I went to that place last week. It was boring. The tea wasn't very good either. It was just for people to fall in love." Daphne shook her head. "It's much more interesting here."

"...Aren't we...ahem, well, okay, I'll listen to you."

"Oh! You'll know when you ask Malfoy. That place is really boring." Daphne pulled Lu Yunkai and found an empty seat in the dirty and dilapidated Pig's Head Bar. She sat down and took out two empty beer cups from her space bag and shouted at the bar: "Two butterbeers!!"

After a while, a tall and strong man came over, poured a cup for each of them, and then took away the money Daphne had put on the table.

"Does this place have its own wine glasses?" Lu Yunkai looked at the way it was done in one go, which was a bit absurd.

"Do you dare to use the wine glasses here? I don't dare." Daphne smiled and picked up the wine glass and took a sip, "But the food is quite delicious."

Lu Yunkai also took a sip.

Indeed. "The food here is also very delicious, especially the stewed lamb chops. You can have a portion later." Daphne continued to introduce herself. "And last time I saw a strange merchant selling things here. The things he sold were very interesting. But he didn't seem to come today. What a pity."

"...Merchant? What do they sell?"

"All kinds of eggs!" Daphne smiled. "There is even a dragon egg! But it's too expensive. I can't afford it."

"Dragon egg? Isn't that thing prohibited from trading?"

"No one cares about what you sell in this place." Daphne continued. "It is said that as long as you order a butter beer, you can sit there all day. Look! Look at that one over there. There are a lot of things on the table. It should be selling some weird things... Do you want to go and have a look?"

"What's so good about it! But..." Lu Yunkai's eyes lit up.

He instantly understood why Daphne brought him here.

Zabini's magic item store in Knockturn Alley has been closed for two and a half months, and Lu Yunkai has "theoretically" had no income for two months.

Daphne also learned from Blaise that Lu Yunkai hired Irene with a high salary...

"Yeah." Seeing the change in Lu Yunkai's expression, Daphne put on a sweet smile on her face.

She was a little worried that Lu Yunkai had no money, but she didn't dare to give him money directly, fearing that it would hurt his self-esteem (in fact, Daphne herself didn't have much money, and a small treasury of one or two hundred gold galleons was a lot in her opinion, but for Lu Yunkai...), the last time she came to Hogsmeade, she had been trying to find a place for Lu Yunkai to sell things, and then she found this place.

You can sell things, and no one cares.

"Thank you." Lu Yunkai nodded to Daphne.

"Don't be so polite with me." Daphne shook her head, "I remember you told me that you bought a mask with a Confusion Charm in Diagon Alley? If you really plan to come here to sell things, you'd better wear it, otherwise it may still be traced to you. You see, that person seems to be wearing it..."

"I understand this!" Lu Yunkai nodded, "Next time! I'll see if I can sell something."

"Yeah!" Daphne gave him a big smile again, and then as if she just remembered something, "By the way! There is another famous place in Hogsmeade..."

"The Shrieking Shack! Let's go together!" Lu Yunkai has guessed Daphne's thoughts.

"Business" is done, it's time to have fun.

"Okay!"

...

Coming out of the Hog's Head Bar, along the small street, Lu Yunkai and Daphne walked from one end of Hogsmeade to the other.

The thick snow indicated that no one would come here normally, and the rows of fresh footprints on the ground indicated that this place might only be a tourist attraction for Hogwarts students.

Holding Lu Yunkai's arm, Daphne followed the rows of footprints, just like when they walked in the Forbidden Forest.

In the distance, he heard a loud noise.

The voice was familiar...

"How about we go there later?" Lu Yunkai listened to the voice, his face full of embarrassment.

It was the voice of Hermione, Ron and Malfoy...

These people gathered together, and Lu Yunkai could guess what would happen with his toes.

He was the least suitable person to be there.

"This... is fine." Daphne was also a little embarrassed, "Then let's... go somewhere else?"

"Um..."

Before Lu Yunkai finished speaking, he saw three figures running over in a very embarrassed manner in the distance.

The leader was Malfoy, and one of the two followers following him was still pulling up his pants...

What did these guys do? ?

Seeing Crabbe's action, Lu Yunkai was a little stunned for a moment, and recalled Hermione's scream just now...

No! The three people running away in panic should not be like this.

Lu Yunkai shook his head.

While he was stunned, the three people had already run to the two of them.

"Lu Yunkai! I saw a ghost!!" Malfoy shouted at Lu Yunkai in shock, "There is really a ghost in the Shrieking Shack!!"

"...Can any ghost be scarier than the Bloody Baron?" Lu Yunkai tried to make himself smile and comfort Master Malfoy: "It's okay..."

"How can it be okay! Baron won't unbutton people's pants!" Crabbe shouted in fear.

"I also fell down." Malfoy also nodded with lingering fear.

"...Are you sure it's not a spell?"

"It's definitely not! There were only Weasley and the Muggle there, and suddenly we were attacked." Goyle was the one with relatively better manpower among the three, but he was also scared.

"Okay." Lu Yunkai glanced at Daphne, "Then..."

"You guys still want to go? Forget it! There's really a ghost!" Malfoy advised.

"...Do you still want to see it?" Lu Yunkai asked Daphne.

He actually had no interest in these things, and the reason he came was simply to accompany her.

"Last week, Millicent and I came here for nothing." Daphne's tone sounded like she still wanted to go and see.

"Then let's go!" Lu Yunkai nodded to the Malfoy trio, and then pulled Daphne to continue walking towards the Shrieking Shack.

After a while, he saw three figures...

"Draco didn't say Harry was here just now, right?" Lu Yunkai asked Daphne.

"Yes! Oh! Why is he here? Can't he leave the castle?"

"Yeah." Lu Yunkai nodded, narrowing his eyes slightly, "Let's not go over there."

"Okay!" Looking at the Shrieking Shack from a distance, Daphne sighed with some regret, "Let's not be as tactless as Harry."

"...What do you mean by tactless?" Lu Yunkai was stunned.

The reason why he didn't want to go over there was that he felt that it might be troublesome to force Harry to come up with an excuse to explain why he was here. What does this have to do with tact!

"Ron and Hermione are obviously on a date! He had to squeeze in between them..."

"...Ah? Is this true?"

"What's so false? The last time they came here, they were running around together. At that time, Millicent said that they would get together sooner or later." Daphne smiled.

"..."

Lu Yunkai looked at Harry's figure from a distance and pulled Daphne away.

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