Chapter Fifty-Three: Hogsmeade
The snow still fell, but the Hogsmeade trip wasn't canceled because of the snowfall. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 On the contrary, the students who have been trapped in the school for a long time due to the heavy snow are looking forward to this trip to Hogsmeade.
After getting the idea that Hogsmeade would not be canceled due to heavy snowfall, Holly sent an invitation to Ollivander almost immediately, inviting him to Hogsmeade so that he could ask him about the wand in person. Fortunately, Ollivander didn't have the arrangements to go out to collect materials, so he could leave his wand shop in Diagon Alley on a weekend when business wasn't doing well.
However, after arriving at Hogsmeade, Holly did not rush to the meeting place with Ollivander, on the contrary, after finding an excuse to avoid Erinka, Holly swaggered through the streets of Hogsmeade alone.
It's not entirely blind, because it was only after seeing Harry Potter that Holly became curious and decided to hang out behind the three to see what they wanted to do.
You must know that before coming to Hogwarts, many students saw Krum holding his golden egg and jumping directly into the black lake.
Holly believed that Harry Potter could not have been unaware of the news. After all, among the several contestants, except for their own whereabouts that are difficult to be caught by others, the other three contestants' every move in the castle will be recorded in detail, and even everyone does not need to spend much effort to understand any movements of the contestants in the castle, including their preparation for the competition, well, yes, this is still the masterpiece of the informal organization "paparazzi".
Now that Krum has made such a high-profile move, it is believed that Fleur Delacour will also get the news and use a similar method to find out the secrets in the golden egg.
Even though there was still a thick layer of snow on the ground, the streets of Hogsmeade were still bustling. There are students everywhere who come out to play and relax, which brings some inconvenience to Heli's tracking, but it also covers Heli's whereabouts well.
However, Holly gave up after following him for a while, because Harry Potter was in Hogsmeade like a headless fly, often just walking into a store and coming out a few seconds later...... Because of his popularity and the two companions around him, it did not cause too many people to be dissatisfied, after all, people come and go, and the doors of almost every store are constantly being pushed open and closed......
Seeing the trio finally walk into the three-broom bar, Holly thought about it, but gave up the plan to keep up, of course, the most important thing was that Holly saw Filly sitting at the window, constantly talking to Luther Bagmon, his own business butler, seemed to be arguing with Bagmun about something, if he went in, it probably wouldn't be of any good use.
Turn away.
When Holly opened the door of the Pig's Head Bar, it was deserted, unlike the warm atmosphere of the Three Brooms, the Pig's Head Bar did not have a coquettish landlady like Mrs. Rostarmer, and the bartender who had been standing at the bar for a long time seemed to be the owner of the bar, but his groggy appearance did not warmly welcome customers, nor did he have a wide circle of friends like Mrs. Rostarmer, and he could bring in Cornelius Fudge to help her make a splash when necessary.
But it's not surprising that the Pig's Head Bar isn't known for its bustling business in the first place, but for the illegal transactions that take place under the tables here, oh, and the shady encounters.
Here, the boss is not responsible for providing secrecy guarantees, as for the secrecy of various transactions and encounters, it comes entirely from the level of personal vigilance and magic. If the real news is secretly known, then there is no need to trouble the boss, because the news that needs to be discussed secretly here, if it is leaked, eighty percent will dispatch the Aurors to solve the problem, and it is estimated that not many people have the strength to escape the pursuit of the Aurors and come here to make trouble.
However, the style and atmosphere here are very in line with Holly's idea, everything depends on yourself, and the weak eat the strong.
It was still early in the morning when Holly arrived at the bar, but it was almost lunchtime, and there were not many people in the pig's head bar at this time, and most of the customers here showed up in the middle of the night, and left at the darkest time before dawn after trading.
Ollivander was looking for a rather non-existent position, and it wasn't until Holly saw the bartender's gesture that he spotted the silver-haired wandmaker, but this was not as impressive as the bartender's impression on Holly, and it was a pair of blue eyes......
Sitting down across from Ollivanders, both of them slowly sipping the drinks they had ordered.
"Good morning, Mr. Ollivander. Holly spoke first, after all, he was the last to arrive.
"Hello, Miss Parker. Ollivander replied unhurriedly.
“……”
“……”
After a greeting, Holly and Ollivander fell silent at the same time.
Holly stared at Ollivander's eyes, as if trying to see something, and from time to time there was a slight blue glow in his brown eyes.
A long time has passed.
"Miss Parker, it is not a good habit to bully an old man by relying on her youth. "Ollivander is a little old, and such a mentally draining confrontation is still a bit more difficult for him.
"Really?"
"Isn't it? Tell me, do you have any questions for me?"
"Something to do with wands, of course. ”
"Wand? I remember yours was still in good shape, didn't I? I remember we just met two months ago. ”
"Yes, that's right, but I think you seem to be hiding something about my wand. Holly affirmed.
"Yes? I remember very well that your wand was a twelve-and-a-half-inch purple shirt, right?"
"That's right. ”
"And the core of the rod is a unicorn tail feather. ”
"That's right. Listening to Ollivander's unhurried reply, Holly also calmed down and prepared to have a good exchange with Ollivander.
"And then, what else do you want to know?"
"I still want to know ......," Holly said slowly, word by word, but suddenly there was an alertness, and he quickly turned his head back, and the blue-eyed bartender was walking unhurriedly.
"Any advice, Mr. Dumbledore?" asked Holly.
"Oh, Aberforth, what's the matter?" said Ollivander at the same time.
"Nothing...... I just thought about it, so I wanted to come over and see what kind of person could give that guy such a headache. The tall bartender walked over and said unhurriedly.