Chapter Twenty-Six: The End is Hogsmeade (Ask for Follow-up, Don't Raise It, You'll Raise It to Death)
No matter how stubborn Fred and George were, they were also from a magical family. I've heard of all kinds of magical mechanisms in the wizarding world, and mirror mechanisms like today's are generally not allowed to break in.
But they rushed in anyway.
The reason is that this is out of righteous anger, and the second is that there are no really dangerous organs here - all kinds of secret passages and mechanisms here are left by the founders of Hogwarts or their predecessors, and at most they are hoaxes.
For example, the exit of the corridor in this mirror may be arranged in the office of the castle keeper.
Fred and George were ready to be confined.
The interior of the corridor is a bit dirty, completely in disrepair, and there are large and small cracks in the surrounding walls, giving people a feeling of unreliability, as if it will collapse in two years.
Torches and sconces don't have torches in the hallways that have fallen into disrepair, so both Fred and George use fluorescent flickers to illuminate the path underfoot.
The two wolves walked forward for a while, and found that the corridor had been stretching downward at a gentle angle. Eventually, after walking a few hundred steps, a white bright spot finally appeared in front of them.
"That's supposed to be the exit." The muscles on Fred's face stiffened, and he felt a little nervous inside.
George on the side reacted similarly, and he secretly clenched the wand in his hand.
Only Lovell looked carefree, and when he saw the light, he quickened his pace and sprinted towards the exit.
"Slow down!" Fred tried to stop him, but Lovell ran fast, running more than a dozen meters in the blink of an eye.
"I should have bought a collar, Merlin's beard, I won't be risking it next time without a chain around its neck." Fred stamped his foot, expressing his strong displeasure at the wolf cub's abandonment.
The two of them had no choice but to speed up their pace together - if they were fourth-year wizards, they would be able to use the Flying Charm to control Lovell, but unfortunately, Fred and George were only first-year freshmen at this time, and it was already great to be able to use fluorescent flashes.
The wand in their hands is not much different from a barbecue skewer.
Wangshan ran a dead horse, that little bright spot didn't seem to be far away, but it was actually quite a short distance away from them. After running forward for about five minutes, the panting trio finally reached the end of the corridor.
Looking out from the hallway, it looks like a wasteland.
"Let's get out." Fred swallowed: how this adventure ends depends on where the end of the corridor leads.
Lovell took the lead and jumped out of the hallway with a light leap forward, followed by Fred and George.
The good news is that there is no transparent wall at the end of the corridor that locks them in the mirrored world, and the not-so-good news is that when they come out, they find that they are not in a wasteland, but in a small, desolate and dilapidated courtyard. The yard looks like no one has taken care of it for a long time, and the weeds in the yard are half a person high, and there are some rusty debris scattered among the weeds.
In the corner of this courtyard, there is a mirror identical to that in the hallways of Hogwarts, and this is the passage through which they came.
"If someone asks us in a moment, we'll say we've got lost and strayed here." Fred voluntarily colluded with his brother and the wolf cub to make a confession. Their wizarding robes and Gryffindor scarves make it impossible for them to disguise passers-by, and they can only honestly pretend to be lost students.
"Uh-huh!" One man and one wolf nodded in unison.
The courtyard was not very large, and it was no more than thirty steps to be full, and they soon crossed the courtyard and saw the world outside the courtyard by the moonlight.
They were on a small hill with a small village not far down. It was late at night, and the village was silent.
Fred and his party walked down the hill with trepidation, and then saw a street sign at the bottom of the mountain.
【Hogsmeade Village, 2 miles】
Fred, George: ?!!
"Merlin is on top, and this secret passage actually leads to Hogsmeade Village?!" Fred's eyes widened in surprise, and then his face flushed with excitement, "It's Hogsmeade Village!" Thanks Merlin! ”
To verify the authenticity of the sign, they actually walked two miles into Hogsmeade Village, where the various shops matched the rumors: Jokowi's joke shop, three broomsticks, the pig's head bar, the owl post office......
Everything is in line with the rumors of the seniors!
"Go back first," Fred took a deep breath, "it's Hogsmeade Open House on the weekend, and we'll be less conspicuous when we get in. ”
Hogsmeade Open House is a special Hogwarts day when young Hogwarts wizards from Year 3 onwards can go to Hogsmeade Village for leisure and shopping with the written permission of their guardians. At that time, the entire village was full of Hogwarts students except for a few places, and the three of them were not too conspicuous.
The Fred trio, even during the day, would be as noticeable as flies on a bald head, because Hogsmeade Open House hadn't arrived yet, and there would be no students at all. If she had shown up, Professor McGonagall would have known about it in less than an hour.
What's more, Fred and George weren't going to just hang out here.
How can you go home empty-handed? Don't you do a little purchasing?
You know, Hogmodri has a lot of sought-after goods, they just need to help buy and make a little difference. As for the target customers, they are naturally junior wizards like them.
Not everyone has an older brother like Fred and George.
These senior students don't have the kindness to help the younger students they don't know each other to buy on their behalf, and they can't carry their own things.
After thinking it through, Fred and George turned around and left. In order to prevent the wolf cub from doing anything uncontrollably again, George also took the initiative to hold the wolf cub in his arms to ensure that it would not run around.
The group returned the same way they came, back to Hogwarts. It took them a little more trouble to find their way back to the Gryffindor common room.
"We'll see you on the weekend!" Fred and Lovell made an agreement, and they agreed to go to Hogsmeade together on the weekend.
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The second is even more served!
It is especially important for me to follow up on new books, if I don't follow up, I won't be able to make the recommendation, and I won't be able to earn income when I write books......
Alas, it's not a student anymore, and you have to find a way to make ends meet......
Please don't keep books, please! I beg you not to raise books, but to die.