Elle's departure still made Ike a little sad, but there was nothing he could do when a magical zoologist with a reputation in the wizarding world made such a move.

Moreover, in fact, Ike himself knows that being taken away by Newt is the best choice for Ellie.

As the Christmas holidays approach, the pace of Hogwarts slows down again. This has become the norm, and although things big and small happen in the first half of each school year, around Christmas, there will be a magical return to peace.

Both professors and students are used to it.

Unlike last year, not many students chose to go home this year, especially those in the third grade, who basically stayed in school. The British wizarding world is not very peaceful today, and the Ministry of Magic has dispatched a large number of Oro, some of them and Dementors around Hogwarts, and the rest are all over Britain looking for Sirius.

They didn't know that Sirius was an illegal Animagus, and that all the search and search was useless.

But that's what the Ministry of Magic does, and it seems that since Fudge came to power, such actions have been happening almost all the time.

On the Saturday before Christmas, Hogwarts opened a second visit to Hogsmeade, and when the weekend is over, the Christmas break will officially begin.

The little wizards were still very excited, and the timing was just right, everyone wanted to buy something they liked in Hogsmeade, and maybe they could get the envy and appreciation of their family and friends during the holidays.

Of course, this is for those who choose to go home during the holidays, and stay on campus to make the holidays a little more fun.

Like the last time, Ike packed all the potions he had been making for so long into a small handbag, but he didn't go so early, and arrived at the pig's head bar until almost noon.

There had been a few snowfalls the other day, and the whole of Hogsmeade was covered in a thick layer of snow, and the weather was unbelievably cold. Even though he had prepared in advance, Ike still felt like his body was frozen.

Walking into the bar in disguise, Ike saw a witch in a thick coat sitting in the seat from the previous time. Rubbing his hands together, he sat down directly across from the witch.

"I thought it was really going to be after Christmas." The witch said hello.

"Just to try your luck."

"What would you have done if you hadn't run into me today?"

"Sell it to someone else." Ike replied casually, expertly applying the silencer and blurring charms, and then placed the handbag directly on the table.

The witch looked at Ike inquiringly, and after getting permission, began to examine the contents.

"The compound decoction, the antidote, is about the same as last time...... Kindness? There is even a bottle of Bafei Brain Sober! The witch was surprised, "Is this the good kind or the bad one?" ”

"You won't believe me when I say it's good, even though it is." Ike replied casually.

Ike had been working hard to make a bottle of Bafay since he received a bottle of Bafay Brain Awakening from Snape in July, and after months of hard work, he finally succeeded in this bottle after his potions skill finally reached LV5.

Of course, the effect is not as good as Snape's bottle, but the gap is not very big.

"Okay, okay, it doesn't really matter if it's true or not." The witch nodded, and after putting away all the potions, she pulled out a money bag.

"It's 500 Galleons inside."

"The amount of potions this time is about the same as the last time, so I'll give you the price according to the last time. I can't give you this bottle of Bafei Brain Sophober at the market price, but at the price of 150 Galleons, you won't be at a loss. ”

After checking the number of Galleons, Ike nodded and put it away.

"It's a pleasure to work with."

As he spoke, he was just about to get up when he heard the witch suddenly ask, "...... Since you can get the Ba Fay Brain Awakening Elixir, what about the Elixir of Blessing? ”

"I can give you 300 Galleons a bottle!"

"There is no elixir." Ike shook his head, "Also, this is the last trade." ”

"Don't!" The witch panicked, "I can give you a price increase!" ”

"I'm sorry." As soon as the words fell, Ike ripped off the silence spell and the blurring spell, and pushed the door straight away.

With 500 Galleons in his account and nearly half of his assets, Ike is no longer short of money, and he doesn't need to buy expensive things like broomsticks, and this money can even buy a better house in some wizarding villages. Just buy some ordinary potion materials and alchemy materials, but the cost is not large.

If it were those expensive materials, Ike could have gone to the Forbidden Forest to find them himself, and even if he couldn't do it, he could sneak into Snape's storage room and get a dozen autumn winds.

Snape couldn't do anything to him anyway.

After waiting at the door of the Three Broomsticks Bar for a while, Stewart and the others, who had purchased another batch from Duke Honey, finally arrived. Push the door in, there are still a lot of people, but it is rare to have a seat. After ordering a drink, they began to share their harvest.

Ms. Rosmerta quickly brought the drink, and Ike took a sip of his lemon honey black tea, quietly listening to the small talk of Stewart and the others.

After a while, the door to the bar opened, and Ike glanced at it and subconsciously shrunk his body.

"What's wrong? Ike? Terry asked.

"Nothing." Ike shook his head, and shrank back.

Stewart, who was kind to the letter, looked around, and saw the three Hermione who had just squeezed into only two tables, let out a long "oh", and then pulled Lateri.

"Okay, okay, don't think about it, Ike's nemesis is here."

"Oh......" Terry, Michael, and Anthony all looked like they had come to their senses, but Ike shrank back again, and almost put a phantasm spell on himself.

Seeing Ike like this, several people finally stopped satisfied. It's not anything else, it's mainly that Ike is really going to be bullied here, and when he returns to school, there will be no good fruit for everyone to eat.

With Ike's strength, if you fix them unconsciously, they won't notice.

"If I'm not mistaken...... Is that Harry Potter? Terry was a little hindsighted, "Isn't there no way he can come to Hogsmeade?" ”

"Maybe he had something else to do." Stewart didn't care, "Don't worry about that, it's a nuisance." ”

If everyone's attitude towards Harry in the first year was still dominated by curiosity and admiration, then after the things he did in the past two years, especially after the halo of defeating the basilisk last year, at least the Ravenclaws are not very interested in Harry.

A few people chatted a few words, and naturally changed the topic.

After a while, the door to the tavern opened again, and it was Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, followed by a man with his head almost up to the ceiling, chatting with a chubby dome hard-courteous wizard, but it was Hagrid and Minister Fudge.

This time, it was the Harry trio who wanted to hide themselves.

The professors went to the bar for a moment, then walked to the seat next to Harry, and silently, the Christmas tree next to the table moved to a position just in the middle of Harry and the professors' table.

Ike sat up straight quietly, fingers moving slightly, and the conversation fell into his ears.

"Do you think Blake is still around here? Minister. "This is the voice of Ms. Rosmerta.

"I believe it's still there." Minister Fudge replied, "You know, there's no way he's going to let that kid go. ”

"It's hard to imagine that among so many people who can't name it, Sirius is the ...... I can't imagine."

"It's nothing, you don't know the worst thing he's done......"

"You should remember who his best friend was at school." Professor McGonagall said, "James Potter and Sirius Black, no two people have ever been as close as they ......"

Ike took a sip from his cup and turned his face to Stuart and the others, listening to Professor McGonagall talk to them.

Seriously, if he didn't know the plot, judging by what they said, Ike would have thought that Sirius was a terrible person, betraying and killing his best friend was intolerable no matter what era and where, and escaping from Azkaban showed that he had extraordinary abilities.

Now, who would have thought that the really bad thing was Peter Pettigrew, who had always behaved submissively and timidly, just following James Potter and Sirius?

In a trance, Ike seemed to see a black dog staring straight at the room across the bar.

Suddenly, the corners of his mouth inadvertently showed a subtle smile, accompanied by the ear "...... Curse of Faithfulness...... The secret keeper ......", Ike took another sip of sweet honey lemon black tea.

"I'm sorry Blake, I can't say I have to intervene......"