On the weekend, just after the rain stopped for a day, the twins once again invited Carl to join him in a "great adventure" (Frede).

Carl thought about it for a while, but finally agreed to get involved.

On the one hand, he was indeed interested in the legendary wizarding village, and on the other hand, he was indeed worried about the safety of the twins.

Just because you're close to Hogwarts doesn't mean it's all friendly.

After all, there are malevolent guys like Snape and Filch at school.

The secret passage discovered by Fred and George is behind the statue of Gregory the Sycophant.

Follow the two of them down the long staircase, and after about five minutes of walking, Carl reached the ground.

He raised his wand in his hand, and then looked around:

There is a long corridor in front of it, which is very spacious, and it is all flat dirt all around, and only many cyan stone pillars support the top to prevent collapse, but the bluestone is not too decorated, and it looks like it was moved from a random mountain.

The corridor was straight and deep, and it was still pitch black as far as Karl could see.

Fred and George stood beside Carl, looking at the wand in Carl's hand with satisfaction.

That's what they invited Carl for.

Not only for the sake of the spells in that book, but Carl himself was able to greatly facilitate their adventures.

No one spoke, and the darkness stayed on the edge illuminated by Karl's wand.

"Can you hear any other sounds?" Karl said suddenly.

His words startled both Fred and George, and they stopped their legs to take a step and listened carefully for a while, and then a smile appeared on their pale faces: "Karl, what's the sound." ”

Karl didn't speak, there was no voice, which in itself speaks volumes.

First of all, this secret passage is deep enough so that the sound of the surface does not reach here. This means that if there is a landslide, they will really be whining.

Secondly, it means that there are no underground animals here, and that is incredible.

Maybe it's some kind of magic? Carl guessed. He hadn't really paid attention to the details of his life, but he hadn't seen any rats at Hogwarts, unless it was someone's pet.

He took the initiative to walk at the front, followed by Fred and George, both wands clenched in their hands, looking around warily.

This is different from the previous expeditions after all, if there is an accident, you will have to wait a long time to wait for rescue.

The passage was very long, and after a long time of safety, Fred and George finally let their guard down.

At first, they just chatted quietly, and after walking for a while, their attention was no longer on the secret passage.

"We've got to figure out a way to get rid of that old Filch." Fred said, "God, I haven't washed the pot at home!" ”

"So we're going to Jokowi to buy the goods." "He must have something there that satisfies us." ”

Carl listened with a smile, noncommittal.

Fred and George never understood that such a riposte was meaningless, and that as the weaker side, if they continued like this, they would be the ones who would suffer after all.

But maybe this meaninglessness is a value in itself?

Carl and Fred and George talked and laughed and laughed for the second half of the way, and finally saw the stairs up the stairs, and although they were very tired, they trotted up the stairs.

The stairs here were not long, only a hundred or two hundred, and they could count them at first, but the excitement of arriving at their destination soon made them throw the little thing aside.

Soon they came out of the hollow of a large tree, and when they came out, they looked back and saw that the hollow of the tree had shrunk back to the size of a fist.

This made Carl and the twins look at each other, where is this? How do they get back?

Karl looked up, and they were at the top of a small hillside, the sun high in the middle of the sky, and a cold wind whistling across their cheeks.

Not far at the foot of the hill, a long railroad track is not far away.

Based on the time they walked, it was supposed to be the railroad that took them to Hogwarts.

"We should be near the village of Hogsmeade you said we were." Karl guessed as he pointed to the railroad tracks.

Fred and George immediately forgot how to get back, which had to be considered. Their eyes lit up, and they began to look for their way to Hogsmeade, and began to look for the exciting places in the village of Karkop Hogsmeade.

Jokowi's toy store, three broomsticks bar, screaming shack······

"It's our dream to go there." Fred said his face was filled with excitement about the upcoming pilgrimage, "Bill brought those for the first time, those ······"

"Those babies." George added.

"Yes, when the baby returned, we knew there was a great wizard at Hogsmeade." Fred said.

George picked up the topic: "He must have an interesting soul, and you don't know how great his inventions are." Fred and I were so addicted to it that we didn't even want to catch goblins. ”

Fred and George's words made Carl stand in awe, and he began to look forward to his first meeting with the great alchemist.

They had already descended the hill, and the ground was still a little muddy from the rain of the previous day, and they had trekked a little in the direction of the railroad tracks, and finally they saw the first house.

The house was at the end of a path, a tattered wooden sign hanging from a rusty stand on the door, on which was a severed boar's head, enchanted, dark red blood seeping through the white cloth that had wrapped it, slowly flowing down the streaks of wood.

Such a seepage scene made the three of Carl stop.

Karl looked at the twins, "Are you sure this is Hogsmeade?" ”

The Leaky Cauldron Bar is pretty shabby, but compared to here, it's pretty normal.

It's not so much a wizard's village as it is a place where some underground gangs gather.

Fred was also a little uncertain, he looked at George, and George looked at him.

None of them had been here, and the atmosphere was completely different from the Diagon Alley they had been.

"Hogwarts students? How did you get here? It's open next month! ”

An irascible voice rang out from behind a tree on their side. The man who came out was tall and thin, with long gray hair and beard, neatly tied with trousers in one hand and a wand in the other.

Karl felt that the person in front of him was faintly familiar, but he did not let his guard down, and also clenched his wand: "I don't think this is something you should be concerned about. Is this Hogsmeade? ”

The man stared at Karl's face, then at the wand in his hand, and smirked, "You're so young, even if you hold a wand, it's not scary." Rest assured, no one in Hogsmeade would have bad intentions for Hogwarts students. ”

He took the initiative to put his wand away and came to a stop three steps away from Carl.

Carl saw that the man took the initiative to put away his wand to express his friendship, and his heart relaxed, he put the wand away, and said hello again: "Good morning, we are Hogwarts students, is this Hogsmeade Village?" ”

"Yes, but this is not a place where the average student would come, and the place you like to go is over there." He pointed to the path, "Follow this path and you'll get to the avenue, where all your favorite things are." ”

He paused and said to Karl, "You are the secret path of the sycophants?" It seems that Hogwarts has another group of mischievous ghosts. ”

"When you're going back, look for me at the Pig's Head Bar. I'll show you how to go back. ”

"But before noon, I'm going to do business at noon, and I don't have time to care about you!"

Bidding farewell to the foul-mouthed, but actually friendly bar owner, Carl and the others walked along the path he had designated into the village of Hogsmeade.

Quite unlike Carl had predicted, it was a deserted place.

Even on weekends, there are no people on the road. Although the shops were open, Carl and the others didn't find any customers.

As they passed by Three Broomsticks, both Fred and George suggested going there for a Butterbeer.

It was a very popular drink among the students at Hogwarts.

The owner of the Three Broomsticks Bar was a beautiful woman who still had charm, and was very surprised by their appearance, but like the previous bar owner, she did not investigate the origins of several people too much, and happily did business with them.

After drinking beer, warming up and relieving fatigue, it was close to noon, Carl and the others hurriedly went to the holy place in Fred and George's hearts.

Jokowi is a wizard in his forties, and as a wizard in business, he has the warm smile that Carl is familiar with — the kind of smile that is often seen in supermarkets.

He didn't pay attention to how Carl and the others came to be, but enthusiastically introduced all the products.

From an auto-writing quill pen that helps you turn what you say into words – the only drawback is that you have to put up with the occasional gibberish.

and possible typos (Jokowi insisted, it was caused by the user not using a standard accent).

to frog egg soap, a mischievous soap, to nose-biting teacups, burp candy.

And, of course, Fred and George's favorite fireworks and big dung bombs.

They even discussed with Jokowi if they could combine the two to form a brand new toy.