Time passed slowly in this way, bit by bit.

As Dumbledore had hoped, Elena's daily schedule was finally filled, and she was probably the busiest person in the entire school, even harder than most professors.

In addition to completing her daily classes, she also needs to juggle the normal operation of the weekly New Singer, the adjustment of the Hogwarts [potato currency market], the cooking classes in the various houses, and the Quidditch training two nights a week......

So, when October inadvertently slipped through people's fingertips, and Dumbledore suddenly realized that Elena had spent a real month at Hogwarts without incident, the old man's first reaction was to feel incredulous.

For Elena, the castle has gradually taken on the appearance of home.

It's a different feeling from the orphanage on Loch Lomond, where she doesn't have to think too far ahead, she just needs to cook happily and learn a little bit about magic, and it's already very fun.

For the farther and grander things, Dumbledore and Grindelwald were in control and execution.

With the round-faced fat chicken, the tentacles of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, or more accurately, the "Three Generations of Dark Lords" have spread to all areas of Europe, and the invisible web is spreading across the non-magical continent.

The emergence of Grindelwald completes the most crucial link in Elena's plan, and the decades-long war of the first generation of wizards has caused great trauma to the entire European wizarding community, while also leaving a deep-rooted and indelible mark.

And every former saint is every node that makes up the network - there are no orders, just a simple restoration of contact, informing them that a upheaval is coming, hoping that they can respond in advance.

Quietly, a magical teleportation line capable of transporting large-scale supplies and people has begun to be built, although most people are unaware of the purpose of this magical transportation line that runs across the continent.

According to the current Hogwarts potato production estimates, by around Christmas, they will be able to stock up enough food to last most of the Russian population through the winter - and this will also be the most powerful currency for Hogwarts in the future plunder.

Negotiations between the Ministry of Magic and Gringotts seem to have reached an impasse.

The goblins of Diagon Alley in London don't intend to use the power of wizards to defeat the threat from across the ocean, and they want to hold on to the kindness shown by the Ministry of Magic and the title deed to Hogwarts Castle.

Because in their assessment, the Soviet vortex was actually a particularly bad investment quagmire, and those Muggles and goblins from Wall Street were likely to exhaust their energy first before harvesting - in order to snipe those American "traitors", the goblins of Gringotts in Europe even began to bless the ruble, trying to drag each other down with their abundant capital.

Cornelius Fudge wasn't an idiot, at least he never saw himself that way.

After inadvertently finding out the confidence and movements of the Gringotts elves, the senior officials of the Ministry of Magic quickly held a secret meeting, quickly adjusted the original plan, and bought back Hogwarts in the name of the Ministry of Magic, which was once again put on the agenda.

Although they don't have the same excellent financial channels as the elves, as a government agency that can directly connect to the British Prime Minister, exchanging and buying rubles in the official name is not as complicated as it seems.

Of course, all of this was done in hiding from Albus Dumbledore and the Hogwarts School Board.

Aside from the undercurrents that are happening in the wizarding world, the only not-so-good news this month may be the collective breach of contracts by multiple magazines and publications - dozens of mainstream publications, including the Daily Prophet, have found various excuses to no longer be willing to bundle up with "New Singers", even if it is a paid advertisement.

Guffey, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, even came to Hogwarts in person, and while expressing his respect for Dumbledore, he also spoke frankly about his own suffering, and his tone was extremely humble and humble, so that Dumbledore was a little puzzled.

As a newspaper, Barnabas Guffey first had to make sure that he could survive the ever-fierce competition.

There is no doubt that the content and mode of "New Singing and Contrarian" have been ahead of all publications for more than one era, and in less than half a month, Gu Fei can feel the soaring reputation of "New Singing and Contrarian".

Now, with the exception of a handful of extremely autistic hermits, almost all wizards in the UK are talking about this topical and exciting publication, and even has a share of the overseas market that surpasses the Daily Prophet - foreign wizards don't pay attention to the news that happens in the UK, but the love of food and animals is common to all human beings.

In the face of this sudden appearance of the river dragon, most newspapers and magazines reacted at the first moment - to find a way to join forces to kill it, or everyone to hollow out its core foundation and turn it into their own thing.

However, in the weeks leading up to the publication's sudden popularity, a number of scheming tabloid wizards or journalists tried to infiltrate Mr. Lovegood's home and seek cooperation in "wizarding ways."

However, more than a month has passed, and there have been no waves in the operation of "New Singing and Contrarian", but many wizards who have been secretly ruthless to find trouble have never appeared in his "gossip" again.

Where did those looking for trouble go?

What kind of magical prowess does that mysterious Lovegood editor-in-chief have?

What is behind this publication, and what role does Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic play in it?

Barnabas Guffey didn't dare to think, let alone ask, he didn't want to be like Rita Skeeter, a special correspondent for the Daily Prophet, who suddenly disappeared from everyone's sight quietly.

In this way, it is absolutely impossible to resist the joint boycott, and there is no possibility of secretly doing the black.

According to the initial agreement, obediently paying a large amount of compensation and taking the initiative to bear the consequences of the breach of contract is already the most perfect result in the eyes of the "Prophet Daily".

At least Barnabas Guffey believed that Hogwarts, with Dumbledore in charge, was still a place to make sense.

And the Daily Prophet is not alone in making the same decision.

In this way, in Dumbledore's inexplicable mood, after more than a month of publicity expenses, the deposits in the underground vaults of Hogwarts not only did not decrease, but a lot of "liquidated damages" increased.

Considering that there is no financial pressure at the moment, Elena simply opened the subscription channel of "New Singing Contrarian" completely, but temporarily set the price of each copy at a price that is almost free such as 1 copper nat.

Even so, the huge demographic dividend from the wizarding world still makes the coins in the underground vaults of Hogwarts continue to grow as if they will reproduce themselves - after all, whether it is materials, printing costs, or labor, most of them come from their own output, and even the raw materials of paper are now grown uniformly by Hogwarts Botanical Gardens.

In order to solve the vacancy of the "mailing channel" for mainstream newspapers such as the Daily Prophet to withdraw from cooperation, Hogwarts had to pay for a large number of round-faced fat chickens, some of which were raised in the school tower, and some of which were raised next to Mr. Lovegood's cabin.

Of course, Dumbledore didn't let Elena interfere in these specific things.

Albus Dumbledore still remembers the phrase "Hogwarts Chicken Farm" that he had overheard from the children at the orphanage at a dinner table on Loch Lomond a few months ago.

He was worried that if the poor owls were touched by Elena, they would become the next batch of herring in the Hogwarts Black Lagoon - the wild fish in the lake were rapidly declining due to the students' preference for fish cooking, and last week Hogwarts took the initiative to release fry into the Black Lagoon for the first time in history, and issued a temporary ban on fishing.

To Dumbledore's peace of mind, Elena had been remarkably calm since October.

On the other hand, Hogwarts suddenly broke out with a flu this month, which may be the reason for running around the lake and the Forbidden Forest for a long time, and the girls around Elena have been a little sick.

Even Elena sneezed several times for a few days, and her whole person was a little weaker than before.

These days, apart from some complaints about Professor Sprout forbidding her to go to [Helga's Dungeon] alone, there is not much out of the ordinary in terms of behavior, and every night she either stays in the library to sort out manuscripts with Hermione and the others, or cooks delicious food in the various common rooms.

What made the professors even happier was that after a month-long break, Professor Binns had finally recovered.

With the dedicated Ghost Professor returning to the [History of Magic] class, Mr. Otto, who was temporarily substitute for the class, naturally happily unloaded his work and returned to being a "retired old cadre", occasionally helping Mr. Filch to tour the castle together.

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In the midst of such a peaceful daily life, the time finally came to the last day of October.

At the same time, it is also one of the most popular and popular festivals of the year in the Western world, Halloween.

Compared to Christmas, this festival originated from the Druids and ancient Rome, and in some ways, it can be regarded as the most important day in the wizarding world - it is said that on this day, witches and ghosts are the absolute protagonists.

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(PS: Halloween is November 1st and Halloween Eve is October 31st, similar to the relationship between Christmas Eve and Christmas.) The main celebrations take place before nightfall on this day, not the next day. ）

Happy Halloween Eve to all little wizards~

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