Chapter 279: Pig's Head Bar
Now that Luke is a professor, he is naturally able to enter and leave the school at will, entering Hogsmeade Village. He could not even live in the school if necessary. After all, it is only a few minutes away from Hogsmeade Village, and you can easily reach any place with the help of the Floo Network.
Walking through the streets of Hogsmeade Village, Luke was also a little curious.
It is said that it is a village, but in fact it is not simple, after approaching the village, the stone roads, small buildings, are very common things. But speaking of which, these wizards are naturally much simpler to build roads and houses.
So these things look quite exquisite, but in fact, they may not be as laborious as normal people to build a tent. It's just a little more complicated in terms of finding building materials.
Hogsmeade Village is the only school district house in the UK, but it is a pity that Hogwarts is closed management, otherwise the low price of Hogsmeade would have doubled. But even so, this is the most expensive place in the British wizarding world outside of Diagon Alley.
There are also a lot of shops here, although not as many as Diagon Alley. After all, the essential function of Diagon Alley is a shopping street. Hogsmeade is a village of people after all.
But the sparrows are small and have all the organs, even if it is a wand shop, they are all here.
Luke looked at the sign of "Ollivanders Wand Shop", and couldn't help but stop, raising an eyebrow, now he knew why the Ollivanders family would not be short of money.
If there is one branch, there will be other branches. After all, a family, even if it is scarce, is definitely not able to make enough money with a wand shop.
If it's chained, it's no problem.
The wand shop chain, thinking about the Ollivanders family in England, is actually a branch that moved from the Mediterranean side...... It can only be said that this Ollivander family, I'm afraid it's not as simple as everyone sees.
However, Luke's destination this time was naturally not the Ollivander family. He didn't have any dealings with the rest of the Ollivanders family, and he was the only one who knew the current head of the Ollivander family.
The two men still have a considerable correspondence to this day, and maintain a fairly close relationship on the wand issue, as well as on all other matters.
In other words, the current Luke's relationship with many Chunxu families can be said to be good. But it's a pity that it's so good that I don't know if it can last to the end. Or, in the end, a few more will follow Luke's side.
Will Ollivander be on his side? Luke never had that confidence.
Raise your arms and exhale, and the tiger's body shook. The scene of friends and enemies kowtowing together, he didn't even dare to think about it. Because he doesn't think of himself as a natural leader, and he doesn't think that his enemies will be a bunch of brainless idiots.
He stood at the door of Ollivander's wand shop for a long time, and when he came back to his senses, he was also dumbfounded. He didn't expect that just a signboard would bring him so much emotion.
At this time, an old man with gray hair and a slightly stiff demeanor walked out of the store. The old man wore a tall wizard's hat and carried a basket of pumpkin heads. Watch as Luke wakes warmly.
Seeing this, Luke also walked over. At the same time, however, vigilance has also been heightened. As he walked around Hogwarts, he was always on the lookout for possible attacks, let alone coming to Hogsmeade. No matter how much it is considered the backyard of Hogwarts, it is still essentially a village with a lot of people.
It cannot be said that the school is all dependent on this village. After all, the real bulk of supplies rely on the Hogwarts Express. However, it is still an important supply point for the school. There are many people who come and go every day.
It's not uncommon for a place like this to hide one or two dangerous people. For example, Sirius Blake, who was hiding in a screaming shack in the original book. He is the best example of this.
It stands to reason that Luke doesn't need to be so nervous at all, after all, his talent is emotional control, and this talent hasn't leaked too much. Aside from Hermione and Taylor, Professor McGonagall knew a little, and Dumbledore guessed it. So don't worry about someone going out of the way
Fan his talent, and then use the corresponding means to sneak up on him.
However, Luke was never arrogant, and his first reaction to these people was still vigilance. Even if talent tells him that this person will not pose any threat to him, he will still maintain a minimum of vigilance.
He had to admit one thing...... He was really a little afraid of death. After all, what he did, if it was done, would not be a digging of roots, and it would definitely make some families disappear into historical occasions and become firewood in the new era. Based on this, if he was a little self-aware, he would have to be careful all day. There is no need to tremble, walk on thin ice, at least be less negligent.
"Candy to you, Happy Halloween!"
The old man grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it into Luke's pocket, smiling on his face.
Although it was not yet night, there was no need for him to stick to that little moment when he saw a very pleasant-looking little guy standing in a daze at his door.
"Would you like to go in and have a look? I'll give you a 20% discount today."
He just thought that Luke was a student who had come out to buy a wand. Although the professors have always been strict with the discipline of young wizards. But at the end of the day, if there was an accident that caused them to need to buy a wand, the professors were still willing to grant the students leave to come to Hogsmeade to buy a wand.
As for whether the wands here are not as good as the Ollivanders wand shop in Diagon Alley...... First, it's purely worrying. After all, they are all magic wands made by a family, and the quality of the things in the store will not be too different.
Secondly...... The wand, to put it mildly, is actually a consumable. It is very rare for a wizard to use only one wand in his life. Even if it's someone else's wand, the compatibility is not high, and after long-term use, they will slowly adapt to each other.
It is impossible to say what a wand is so precious.
So it's not impossible for even a younger student to come out and buy a wand.
Luke took the candy, but apologized to the old man. After all, he really wasn't here to find a wand.
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of donkeys.
In addition to being unsightly, there is also a very important thing that is tough.
Walking into the pig's head bar, Luke looked around, but saw no customers. But also, Halloween will be a little more lively at night, and everyone will still be at peace during the day.
In the evening, it will be especially lively if you want to come to the pig's head bar.
An old man with a calm face stood at the bar, wiping his dirty wooden wine glass with a dirty cloth.
Seeing Luke walk into the bar, his brow furrowed, and he said, "This is only for alcohol......
He didn't mind selling it to children. After all, this is the child's own choice, and he doesn't want to care. But because it's a child in the end, he will still remind him.
Luke smiled, "Butterbeer!"
This is the most common drink in the wizarding world, although it is beer, but the content is very low, and the taste is biased towards drinks. Small children can drink it too.
If you are a young wizard, this is the only beer you can drink. That's in three brooms, of course. At Hog's Head Bar, if you want a small amount and a little flame whiskey or something, Aberforth will provide it. Not much to offer, though.
Aberforth looked at the young man in front of him, and his brows not only did not stretch, but wrinkled deeper and deeper. With a flick of his wand, a beer mug flew up from the pile of cups and fell towards the beer keg. When the glass is in place, the tap of the keg automatically opens, and the yellow beer flows out of it and pours into the cup, foaming at the surface.
Luke took a closer look at the cup the moment it flew up, and fortunately, it was barely clean. At least it won't make him feel hard to swallow.
So Luke breathed a sigh of relief. Such actions all fell into Aberforth's eyes. Aberforth wasn't a fool either, and could tell that Luke hated that his shop was a little dirty.
He knew it himself, but the guests from the pig's head bar were generally not the same as the people on the three brooms, running for clean places, good drinks and beautiful proprietresses.
But because the place is remote and relatively secluded, and Aberforth himself doesn't care about his style, it is a good place to do business and discuss privacy.
Butterbeer was pushed in front of Luke by Aberforth, and he asked, "Luke Gaunt, what are you doing here?"
He didn't recognize Luke at first, because he really hadn't seen Luke himself, but with black hair, lake-green eyes, excellent looks, well-dressed, and a little bit of cleanliness, there are not many such teenagers themselves, plus in the vicinity of Hogwarts, to be able to come to Hogsmeade Village at such an age, to come to the pig's head bar, this person almost wrote "I am Luke Gaunt" on his face.
Luke took a sip of butterbeer and nodded, he didn't like to drink, but the taste of this wine was really good, it didn't have the slightly bitter taste of beer, but the surging milky aroma.
"You're inquiring about that, too?" Luke asked with a light smile as he put down his glass.
There was some sarcasm in his smile, after all, according to his understanding, Aberforth never asked who was in his shop. Of course, this must be. After all, if it was really the Death Eaters who came in, it was more likely that they would be driven out or fought.
And the same is true when facing Luke. What is the plan of such a guy who can be said to be a man of the hour?
Aberforth's brow furrowed deeper and deeper. For a moment, he couldn't figure out what Luke was thinking. His relationship with his brother is really average. But even so, I heard my brother mention the young man in front of him many times.
To this extent, Albus had only seen two people. One is called Gatler Grindelwald and the other is Tom Riddle. With these two lessons from the past, then this Luke Gaunt, I'm afraid it won't be a fuel-efficient lamp.
Such a man came to his land...... If he doesn't have to mention a few more hearts, he will really be an idiot.
"It's just a matter of meeting someone, boss, why do you need to be so nervous?"
Luke looked at Aberforth as if he were on the verge of an enemy
look, I can't help but feel a little funny. But after smiling, I also knew that I had better not continue to tease Aberforth here.
So Luke got up with his glass.
"Boss, if someone comes, remember to ask him to come to me on the second floor."
After saying that, he walked directly to the second floor.
Aberforth was a little suspicious. I don't know if it's an illusion, but he felt that when Luke said this, there was a little nervousness in his tone.
Luke Gaunt, nervous?
He's going to be nervous about what he's going to see.
Aberforth began to think seriously about whether to tell his brother about what had happened here.
But after thinking about it for a moment, he still didn't speak, just silently continued to wipe his glass.
Take a look first, don't rush.
And about ten minutes later, when the bell struck 10 o'clock in the morning, the door of the pig's head tavern was opened again......