Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Dark Shadow Embraced in the Night
Vio withdrew her hand in a panic and hit Xiao Luo who was coming in behind her with too much force
"Eh, my nose" Xiao Luo snorted, covering his nose and rubbing it for a while, "Are you going to kill people in this kind of place, young lady?"
"Fluorescent flickering!" Vio shouted as he fumbled his wand out of his robes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The tip of the wand instantly glowed, illuminating a small area around her.
She lifted the glowing wand to something that had just fluffed up, and found a worn-out pillow with rotten plants inside that were used as cores, so it was hairy and sticky to the touch.
Vio's heart fell back at the mention of his throat, it seemed that someone had been in this tunnel for a while.
I don't know if it's boring or just to rest, I put a pillow here, and the rest of the people don't care about it.
She changed her position, climbed forward for some distance to create some space to turn, and then turned her head sideways and asked Xiao Luo nervously, "How are you, are you okay?"
"Yes, but is there anything different to you, you will definitely let me get used to it!" Xiao Luo muttered indignantly.
Vio shook his head amusedly, and if he still had the heart to complain, there should be no problem.
The two men continued to crawl forward.
Except for a little accident at the entrance, the road behind is smooth.
They slid down a path that looked like a stone slide, and then came across the cold, damp ground and entered the main part of the passage, which was more open and high than before.
The passage is crooked, the environment is cold and abandoned, and Vio decided that he must repair it if he has the opportunity in the future.
After about an hour, Vio and Xiao Luo were exhausted and out of breath, but they didn't know where they had traveled underground between Hogwarts and Hogsmeade Village.
Soon, they came to the bottom of a broken stone staircase, which extended upwards to the extent that the wand's light could shine, and Vio and Xiao Luo were happy to rise to the ground, indicating that they were almost there.
According to the information provided to Xiao Luo by Fred and George, the entrance to the other end of the secret passage was set up in the cellar of Duke Honey, the Hogsmeade confectionery.
Therefore, when Vio climbed to the last step and felt something her head, she did not hesitate to let Xiao Luo, who was following her, hold her shoulders, and then push her own hands above her head and push it hard
Sure enough, a small square plank detached from the rest of the floor and lifted upwards.
Vio stuck his head out and cautiously scanned his surroundings.
It was also dark in the cellar, there was no light, and it was impossible for anyone to realize that it was almost midnight now.
She climbed out of the wooden door, then pulled Xiao Luo up as well, and then restored the wooden door.
With the not-so-bright glow of his wand, Vio watched the square planks on the ground reunite with the other dusty floors, and thought about it and cast a sigil spell on it.
Only when her wand touches it again will the sigil be triggered, then alerting her to the location of the plank door.
The cellar was filled with wooden chairs and wooden chests, and Xiao Luo curiously opened every wooden box that could be opened, and there were a lot of sweets and ingredients inside.
Vio took his wand and cautiously checked it for any other surveillance magic.
"I didn't find any candy related to the Halloween theme. Xiao Luo said with some distress.
Vio was noncommittal, "It's only October, and it's normal for Duke Honey to have no Halloween-themed candy. ”
"Then I'll have to go back empty-handed. Xiao Luo said with regret.
"You can come back later. Vio nodded, turned around and began to look for the wooden door that had been marked earlier, and she was about to open it when the cellar became bright.
Looking back, the cellar was open at the entrance and exit of the Duke of Honey's shop.
A head that glowed like a light bulb was revealed, and the man slowly climbed down the ladder with his back to them.
The two realized that this should be Duke Honey's boss. There was no action for a while.
Duke Honey's boss turned around and was a middle-aged uncle with broad shoulders and very bright eyes.
When he saw the two people standing there, he was not surprised at all, but smiled and said, "Welcome, welcome, you are also here to order." ”
Xiao Luo was still thinking about which set of rhetoric would be better if the other party was annoyed by his night invasion of the cellar.
Now seeing the middle-aged uncle say this, he just said what he meant.
"Yes, we were introduced by Mr. Weasley and Mr. Weasley," Xiao Luo said solemnly, "but unfortunately, we haven't seen any candy for the special holiday at the moment."
"But we really needed a product that would make us unique, and establish ourselves as a shopping agent in the school. We plan to come back later. ”
The boss nodded, this secret passage has existed for a long time, but few people use it.
He hadn't seen anyone other than four little kids who had come in the middle of the night to buy cockroach piles more than twenty years ago, and the Weasley brothers, who now occasionally came to buy candy.
This is enough to prove the secrecy of this secret passage, and now the two children, of course, have only entered after being told their destination.
"Hahahaha, you stupid boy," the boss uncle laughed loudly: "You can take advantage of the fact that it is not yet the holiday to say your thoughts and needs for the goods here, we not only accept the wholesale of finished products, but also accept product customization." How about it, do you want to try it?"
Xiao Luo's eyes lit up suddenly.
Later, he and his boss sat on the sturdy candy bucket in the light of the three wands, and discussed the characteristics of the candy, the labor cost and total cost of making magic and materials, and the sales and promotion of candy varieties.
Vio sat next to her and her eyelids closed together countless times, she estimated that it was almost early in the morning, but Xiao Luo and the boss uncle were in very good spirits, and it didn't look like they were staying up late at all.
After they finally determined that Uncle Boss could get 10% of the total income this time, Uncle Boss personally opened the trapdoor on the ground for them and watched them leave.
The two of them returned the same way back to the statue of the One-Eyed Witch on the fourth floor of the school, and after climbing out of the secret passage, they only wanted to get back to the common room as soon as possible.
Xiao Luo's energy to talk about business has long since disappeared in the tunnel.
By the end of the corridor on the first basement floor, Vio sensed from afar that something was not right.
At the end of the hallway, near the suspended hallway of the Slytherin common room, there was a large black shadow, and Vio motioned for Xiao Luo to stop and hold his breath.
A small ball of light rose in the middle of the black shadow, and it was only then that Vio realized that the black shadow was two people.
The woman's soft voice could be heard far and wide in the cold, empty hallway.
"Professor, please repeat the incantation, your voice is clear, okay you need to stand by yourself for a moment, this is it," the woman said, "Green eyes. ”
The sound was so ethereal and elegant that it was familiar to VIO.
She didn't quite dare to imagine her guess.
Vio turned around and told Xiao Luo to follow her, and improvised to find an opportunity to return to the common room.
Xiao Luo nodded sleepily.
They approached the two men lightly.
When she finally got to the side of them, less than three feet away, Vio's eyes widened in surprise, and she didn't even notice Xiao Luo running past her in a puff of smoke and heading towards the common room door.
She only saw that the black-robed man was leaning his head on the shoulder of the woman who spoke, and his hands were around her, as if he was standing firm with the strength of the woman.
His eyes were slightly closed, and the expression on his face was very calm, as if he was asleep.
But this scene made Vio very stunned.
The woman realized that there was someone, opened the office and turned to look, and when she saw Vio, the expression on her face was much more relaxed.
"Help hold the professor, vio. The weight transfer spell on my body is almost out of time. (To be continued.) "Elegy for Glory" only represents the author's point of view, if its content is found to be in violation of national laws and conflicts, please delete it, the position is only committed to providing a healthy and green reading platform.
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