"Headmaster, has it been unfruitful until now?" Professor McGonagall asked worriedly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"I'm afraid yes, I've already contacted Lemay, and he can't pinpoint the location of the Philosopher's Stone, only to make sure it's not gone. Dumbledore replied in a low voice as he stood at his desk.

"So what does that mean? Does that mean the man has returned?" Professor Snape looked a little pale.

"No, Sisyphus, can't be sure yet. Is there anything unusual about the sign on your arm?" asked Dumbledore solemnly.

"Nope. Snape replied with a blank face.

"Same as I got. But this does not mean that the Philosopher's Stone did not fall into their hands, and the activity of the Death Eaters during this time made people have to worry that they have found a leader again. Dumbledore glanced at Snape, then said to Professor McGonagall.

"Albus, do you need to reopen the Order of the Phoenix?" Professor McGonagall thought for a moment before asking in a low voice.

"We don't have strong evidence, although I'm sure the Dark Lord will be back, but we don't. A hasty reboot of the Order of the Phoenix now would only put us in a worse position. Dumbledore said quickly, putting some memories of Lupin into the meditation basin, Professor McGonagall looked at the memories worriedly, and Snape looked blank as if he hadn't seen anything.

As the Hogwarts Express runs through the wasteland, Luna and Cho study magical photographs taken during their summer vacation, several of which look beautiful, and all three of them are dressed in beautiful Muggle clothes and walk through the streets of London.

Xie An put his notebook aside, thinking about some questions he had never thought of, as the candy vendor passed by the private room, and the silly dodo screamed for food.

"Well, for your sake, I'll buy you a few jelly beans. Xie An smiled and jumped a few good snacks from the vendor, and the dodo happily waited for the owner to unpack it and eat it quickly.

"Andy, do you want to join the Quidditch team this year?" asked Cho.

"No, I'm not interested in the sport. Xie An replied.

"But girls like athletic boys, and if you keep being an otaku like that, your girlfriend may abandon you. Luna said earnestly.

Xie An looked at Qiu, who pretended to be listening to the advice very seriously, and shrugged his shoulders: "I don't think she will be so stupid." ”

Qiu sat down next to Xie An from the opposite side, grabbed Xie An's arm with his arm, and said coquettishly: "People hope you can join, maybe we can work together, and Ravenclaw can win the Quidditch trophy this year." ”

"Isn't last year's trophy ours?" Xie An asked ignorantly.

"Stupid, it's the House Cup, not the Quidditch Trophy, we're almost going to get it!" Cho said regretfully.

"I see, well, I still don't want to participate. Xie An picked up his notebook, which was densely filled with things, but Qiu and Luna seemed to have something incomprehensible.

"But I have a better plan, I've heard that we'll be out of school in the second year, and Hogsmeade will be open to us, what do you think of us opening a shop there that sells clothes, Muggle clothes. Xie An said as he looked down at his notebook.

"What? Andy, you want to open a branch in Hogsmeade, but what about our store in the East End?" said Cho in surprise.

"Merlin, isn't it too late for you to think of our store in the East End now. I have already arranged for Ida to help us manage it on a regular basis, and I have hired two more clerks to sell some discounted clothes throughout the year, so it is not a problem to maintain the business. Xie An replied.

"I see. But where does the money come from, I don't think we had the capital to open a new store in Hogsmeade over the summer. Luna asked, confused.

The reality is that not only did not make money, but also lost a lot of money, none of Luna's designs were sold, and those discounted clothes were thin in margin, just keeping the store running. If it weren't for the fact that the house was bought, the rent alone would have been enough for three people to go bankrupt.

Xie An smiled, "Of course not, and it seems that we can't offer any better conditions to borrow money from others for a while." But it just so happened that good news came from the Ministry of Magic, at the suggestion of the Lucius family, the Ministry of Magic decided to relax the restrictions on the use of Muggle items appropriately, one of which was that Muggle clothes could be sold openly in the wizarding world. ”

"You mean, Lord Earl is going to seize this business opportunity and occupy the clothing market in the village of Hogsmeade?" asked Qiu in surprise.

"Autumn, you're thinking too simply, the wizard's Phantom Shapeshifting Portkey Floo Powder allows them to ignore the distance to a certain extent. You know what the biggest problem in the Muggle world is, they can't manipulate space and distance and other things that are too difficult. If we can build Hogsmeade into a diagon alley-like business district by virtue of the wizard's ignorance of distance, then the profit that can be generated in it is unimaginable. Xie An looked up at Qiu.

"You mean that in the future, wizards all over Britain will know that Hogsmeade can buy everything, so they will all come here to shop, and then this will become a second Diagon Alley?" asked Luna in surprise, even "Singing and Singing" did not have such a whimsical idea, Luna never wanted to change the wizarding world.

"Why not? The wizarding world needs to change, Dumbledore and the Minister of Magic both know it. There are many reasons why they didn't do it, but since they have this opportunity, why don't they seize it!" Xie An smiled. As a veteran nobleman in the Muggle world, how could Lord Earl not know the huge profits in this regard. The Malfoy family and a group of pure-blood families thought that this would allow them to gain more wealth and accumulate more energy, and the wizards from the Muggle world were not stupid, they pretended to be opposed, but in fact, they had been preparing frantically for a long time.

Dumbledore's intentions may have been good, but his lack of experience has turned this small transformation of Hogsmeade into a tender and delicious piece of fat, and the pure-blood family and other forces have long been like sharks smelling blood, frantically devouring the small village.

"Autumn, Luna, you've been to London's busiest business district, where it's easy to get around, the streets are bustling, it's full of large public facilities, shopping malls, hospitals, banks, food, clothing, housing and transportation, all included. I don't know how many wizards there are in the UK, but as long as wizards are still human beings, and they like to gather together and be lively, then such a place is undoubtedly a huge attraction. Imagine if wizards from all over Europe, or even the whole world, would come to Hogsmeade to shop in the future, what a huge fortune we would get by investing now. Xie An said to Qiu and Luna with a smile.

"But—" Luna and Qiu both looked at Xie An in surprise, speechless for a moment, they needed to digest the news, after all, they didn't have the same clear mind as Hermione.

Xie An said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have already said hello to my father, "Singing and Singing", the dental clinic will leave a place, and once this plan is successful in the future, the entire wizarding world will change." ”

Luna smiled sweetly at Xie An, and Qiu hurriedly asked, "Then what should I do?" Should I send an owl letter to my father, such news must be very secret, Andy, can I tell my father?"

Xie An smiled: "Qiu, don't be stupid, do you think your father will not know? It's too late for you to write now, this secret plan has been going on for a long time, and I think even many professors in the academy already know about it." Maybe the Headmaster has already made a move, after all, he has a younger brother who lives in Hogsmeade. ”

Qiu glanced at Xie An gratefully, Qiu's family is middle-class, and it is difficult to know about plans like this involving the high-level of the Ministry of Magic. If it weren't for the Earl's deliberate support, Cho Zhang's father would not have known about it.

"Now Muggle dentists can treat wizards as well?" Luna asked with a calm face when she saw Qiu happily snuggled up to Xie An.

"No, there will be a list, I heard that your Arthur Weasley made a rule that Muggle stuff can be sold in the wizarding world. The dentist shouldn't be able to, but in a few years it might be fine. After all, although Muggle's medical skills are very poor, they are still somewhat useful for some minor diseases. The three of them happily discussed how to open a new store in the wizarding village on the train, waiting for the new semester to begin.

Somewhere on the continent, Hogwarts' temporary Defence Against the Dark Arts professor was leaning against a large tree, quietly smoking.

Remus John Lupin grew up in a wizarding family, born on March 10, 1960, when he was four years old, his father offended the werewolf Fenrir Greyback, and in retaliation, the werewolf broke into the bedroom through the window and bit little Lupin, Lupin became a werewolf ever since, and his parents tried all kinds of ways to save him, but to no avail.

Lupin never asked why his father offended the werewolf, and his mother often blamed his father for it. Lupin's mother thinks that his father has made a big mistake, offended people who should not be offended, and caused her own children to lose the opportunity to go to Hogwarts, and even lose their future.

When Lupin was eleven years old, one moonlit night, Lupin hid in his house, waiting for the terrible suffering once a month. Father and mother stay outside, hoping to protect the child from harm, and it should have been a painful night, but because of the arrival of a man, everything changes.

The old man looked a little gray and looked very energetic, the old man looked much taller than his parents, and his parents respectfully greeted the old wizard, who looked at Lupin through a pair of bright half-moon glasses, and smiled surprisingly brightly.

Lupin later learned that the man was Albus Percival Woolfrick Brian Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts and the greatest white wizard of the century.

Dumbledore changed Lupin's fate once more, giving him back the future he had lost.

This year, there was a strange willow tree outside the woodlands of Hogwarts, which seemed to be alive and attacked anyone who came near it.

After graduating from Hogwarts, although Lupin's life as a werewolf made it a little difficult, but during that time, everyone was like that, and Lupin was very grateful for Dumbledore's help, and he vowed in his heart to repay the great wizard.

Recruited by Dumbledore, Lupin returned to Hogwarts as a temporary Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. It was Lupin's happiest time after graduation, happier than the end of the war. He was able to be with innocent children, as if he had returned to his carefree childhood.

But the accidental loss of the Philosopher's Stone, as well as the Daily Prophet's report on the Death Eaters, made Dumbledore look worried. The old wizard, who seemed to be absolutely infallible, seemed to have been severely hit by the loss of the Philosopher's Stone.

Lupin thought about it and felt that the headmaster might need him now, and he took the initiative to visit the great White Wizard.

"Headmaster, maybe we need someone to go and find out the news now, after all, we don't know what's going on outside. Lupin said to Dumbledore sincerely.

Dumbledore looked at Lupin from behind his half-moon glasses and thought for a moment before saying, "You know what kind of danger you will face, this time the enemy will be more cruel and more vigilant, are you sure you will do it again?"

Lupin didn't speak, but nodded firmly.

Twelve years ago, Lupin had infiltrated the enemy, and had seen with his own eyes werewolves who had nearly ruined everything, and he joined the werewolves as they howled and slaughtered wizards and Muggles in a frenzy: the resisting wizards fell to the ground and groaned, their magic robes stained with blood, and at Lupin's feet was an unrecognizable girl who was still twitching and gnawing by werewolves.

Lupin had never seen anything like it, he was stupid enough to know how to use his wand, and werewolves had bloodthirsty instincts, and they didn't seem to need to learn to get used to slaughter. Lupin couldn't, he was ridiculed and spit on by the other werewolves.

Until one time he went on a mission with a seemingly powerful werewolf, and they broke into the house of a half-blood wizard, and the powerful werewolf didn't use his wand at all, and he directly pounced on the wizard who opened the door, and bit the wizard's neck, and blood gushed out of the wizard's throat, spraying all over the place, Lupin was already a little numb, until he saw the child in the corridor who was scared stupid by this scene.

As if in an instant, something rushed out of Lupin's heart, he raised his wand and attacked the werewolf from behind, and after killing the werewolf, Lupin collapsed to the ground, and the sorcerer who was thrown down was already dying. Wounds that have been bitten open by werewolves do not heal easily.

Lupin struggled to say something to the child, but the child was completely stupefied. The child slowly moved to his father, who was no longer alive, gently stroked his father's cheek with his hand, and muttered in a low voice, "Dad... Daddy..."

Dumbledore changed Lupin's fate, but Lupin failed to change the fate of others.

Lupin leaned against a big tree and shook his head slightly, and there were a few men around him who looked dressed in tatters, "Okay, enough rest, there are still things to do at night, get ready to go!"

Lupin took a sharp puff of his cigarette, threw the cigarette butt on the ground and trampled it out, followed by a few people, and disappeared into the darkness.