Sirius asked them to meet at the Three Broomsticks Bar at noon on Saturday, and for most of the morning, Harry was alone in the common room writing his Potions papers.

Hermione had been in her dorm room and had been in a frenzy since Hermione had been reminded by Krum of the dangers of some Triwizard Tournament items, and she had found books from the library that could crush Hagrid and began to look up the habits of all the dangerous creatures and how to solve them, reciting them day and night, and if anyone tried to interfere with her, she would immediately lose her temper.

Ron had borrowed the bolts from him early in the morning, and he and Dean and Seamus had gone to the field to free themselves, and when Harry reminded him that they were going to Hogsmeade through the secret passage, Ron hesitated and rejected the offer again.

Meeting Sirius was the one thing Harry looked forward to the most after receiving the reply, and Ron's absence made the long-awaited Harry's heart unhappy. Even without Hermione's advice, the best friend of the past few years had changed so much, and Harry gradually tasted something.

He realized that Ron might not be worried about her, as Hermione said, but that there was a deeper reason, and as for what it was, he hadn't figured out for a while.

"Sorry, am I late?"

There were no girls Harry knew in the common room, so he couldn't find anyone to go to the girls' dormitory to remind Hermione of the time, so he had to wait anxiously alone.

When it was only ten minutes before eleven, Hermione burst out of the stairs of the hostel with her hair scattered, and when she approached, Harry immediately asked in surprise,

"What's going on, Hermione, what's wrong with your face!" Harry pointed to the scratches on both of Hermione's cheeks, "You threw the rats from Crook Hill out of the window again?" ”

"Talk as you go, Harry!"

Hermione said in a rough dress.

They hurried out of Gryffindor's tower, and while in a no-and-no corner, Harry pulled his invisibility cloak out of his bag and draped it over himself and Hermione.

Harry had used the cloak countless times since he got his hands on it, but it was an unprecedented experience in the castle in the cloak during the day. Harry and Hermione had to be extra careful to avoid the crowds that were many times greater than at night, otherwise rumors of haunting in the castle might be rife when they returned from Hogsmeade.

They came to the corridor of Ganghilda on the third floor of the castle, which was in the middle of nowhere, and there was no one in sight, Harry lifted the invisibility cloak and Hermione ran all the way to the end of the hunchback one-eyed witch sculpture, and when the hunchback was opened, Harry and Hermione both climbed up with great flaws.

"I'm practicing how to deal with Dementors in my dorm room!"

Harry and Hermione ran wildly through the secret passage with their glowing wands, and Hermione said in a near-collapse tone,

"I can't use the Patronus Charm, no matter how much I recite the spell, I just don't react at all, I've never been in this situation before. How did you do that, Harry, how did Professor Lupin teach you? ”

"There's a trick!"

Mastering a spell that Hermione couldn't do was a rewarding thing, Harry said proudly,

"You'll have to find a Boggart to help you practice, being there is a great way to learn this magic!"

"Harry--"

Hermione said a little helplessly,

"I'm not you, Boggart doesn't turn into a Dementor when he faces me, and besides, Boggart isn't a commodity on the shelves of Duke Bee's candy store, you can buy it for Garon."

"Oh, I forgot-"

Harry said a little embarrassed,

"So. You'll have to concentrate on the happy memories, and the stronger those memories, the more likely you are to succeed. ”

"yes--" Hermione's tone broke down again, "I'm sure you can tell that as soon as I close my eyes now, it's full of happy memories, not Dementors, werewolves, vampires or whatever"

Well, Harry had nothing more to say.

Even with the help of secret passages, the distance between Hogwarts and Hogsmeade was not too short, in Harry's memory, when they traveled to Hogsmeade through the secret passages last year, they always had to go through a long and dark journey, but at this time, they ran all the way, and the physical exertion was not so exaggerated, and now, he felt more and more that a good body was also a very valuable convenience for wizards.

Before entering the secret passage, the sun was still shining faintly on the earth in the thin clouds, but when Harry and Hermione came out of the warehouse of the Duke Bee's candy store, they were surprised to find that the sky had become dark and it was raining foggy outside.

"Hurry up, Harry, we can't let those girls see, they're from Beauxbatons—"

When Hogwarts was not open, only some of the children of the local villagers would visit the Duke of Bee's candy store, but Hermione found a few tall young girls picking out the candy on the shelves behind a few shelves, and their expressions were much more excited than when they looked at Hogwarts.

"How did they get out?"

Harry fled the candy store with Hermione on his back, but they also spotted some young men and women in the street who were clearly different from the local villagers.

"They're guests, aren't they?"

Hermione wasn't surprised at all,

"There's always going to be a bit of a privilege, Harry, take out the Cloak of Invisibility and put it on, I'm afraid the Three Broomsticks Bar has their guys too, I've found Durmstrang students"

Hermione was right, and when they got to the Three Broomsticks Bar, they found that there was also a group of Durmstrang students, and there were quite a few of them, and the Durmstrans were obviously more interested in alcohol than candy, and they gathered around the bar and asked Mrs. Rothmerta to bring out the strongest liquor in the store, causing Mrs. Rothmerta to roll her eyes.

Harry glanced at them, but didn't see Krum, wondering if it was because he didn't want to cause a commotion.

Harry and Hermione under the invisibility cloak looked around the store a few times, only to find Sirius sitting in his seat, he was obviously sitting there, but he was surprisingly inconspicuous at all. With a glass of beer, he looked at Durmstrang students with a not-so-friendly look.

"Sirius--"

The moment he saw the godfather, Harry's heart was filled with joy that almost burst through his chest, and he subconsciously wanted to lift the invisibility cloak to say hello, but Hermione hurriedly stopped him,

"We can't show our faces, Harry—" Hermione said in horror, "we sneaked out!" ”

Sirius was more vigilant than he had imagined, and he suddenly noticed that there were two invisible people approaching him, and his eyebrows instantly became sharp, but, after only two seconds, he became smiling,

"Ah, Harry and Hermione, you made the wise choice to bring Jaime's invisibility cloak out!"

"How do you know it's us, Sirius?"

Sirius pulled two stools close to him, and looked precisely at where Harry and Hermione were, Hermione asked in surprise as Harry pulled her to sit down.

"There's still a lot to learn!"

Sirius smiled and pointed to the floor, and Harry and Hermione turned to look to see two footprints in the doorway leading to where they were, and the footprints were clearly a boy and a girl.

"Oh, that's clever—" Hermione applauded.

"How's it going, Sirius!"

Harry asked, leaning against the edge of the table, delighted. Sirius looked like he had been when he went to pick him up from the Dursleys during the summer vacation, he seemed to have lost a little weight, but he looked in good spirits.

Sirius couldn't see Harry's expression, but from Harry's tone, he probably knew that Harry must be grinning at himself right now. He can't be too explicit so that onlookers don't think he's crazy.

"I can't find any adjectives other than fulfillment, Harry--"

Sirius raised his glass to cover his face and smiled quietly,

"What about you, Harry, is it going well?"

"All the best." Harry whispered.

It's been two months since school started, and so far, he hasn't had any major trouble, which seems to be the first time in several years.

"So, Hermione—"

Sirius stared at the swirling beer in his cup, pretending to think,

"I'm afraid you've been in a bad situation lately, aren't you?"

(End of chapter)