Chapter 279: Hogsmeade
Perhaps influenced by Harris, Kyle decides to go to Hogsmeade with the others on the first weekend of the new school year.
While Kyle was no stranger to it, he had been sneaking through the secret passages before.
And after the third grade, he can already go open...... In his last herb class just before the weekend, he had already handed the permission form to Professor Sprout.
Filch, the administrator, stood in the foyer, checking a long list of long lists, not letting anyone who shouldn't have gone out slip out of the door.
But Kyle apparently didn't care about this, and swaggered out.
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Unlike the village of St. Cachpole, Hogsmeade is a true wizarding village, and the villagers who live here are all wizards.
However, the land here is not cheap...... Kyle had inquired that even if he wanted to build a house in the most remote corner, it would cost him 20,000 Galleons...... And that's the current price.
Because of the existence of the Hog's Head Bar, there are always some wizards of unknown origin in Hogsmeade, and these unstable factors have seriously lowered the level of the place.
At the same time, it has also led to a serious decline in housing prices.
If it had been a few decades ago, when there was no pig's head bar, not to mention 20,000, even 50,000 Galleons might not have been able to live here.
A proper high-end villa area in the wizarding world.
Although the pig's head bar is a hidden danger...... But Kyle and the others didn't need to care at all.
After all, they were accompanied by Professors McGonagall and Flitwick, and no one dared to look for trouble at this time......
It is no exaggeration to say that at this time, it is also the most harmonious day of Hogsmeade...... Those wizards of unknown origin have to think carefully about whether this behavior will have any bad effects on the young wizards before even throwing away a piece of garbage.
If they don't think about it...... The accompanying professors will help them think about it.
At least outside the Hog's Head Bar.
As the most popular wizard village, it is naturally very interesting...... As soon as you enter the village, you will see shops with various signboards on both sides of the road.
The first is the Jokowi Joke Shop.
It was also Fred and George's favorite shop, where almost all of the pocket money they left for themselves was spent.
Behind Jokowi's joke shop is the Owl Post Office, as well as the Duke of Honey Candy House......
"Even though we can come every day...... But visiting days are always the most special. Fred said with a smile.
"yes." George lamented, "If only I could come every week." ”
After learning that today was "Visiting Day", they decided to eat the quick-acting skipping candy to make themselves vomit and successfully escaped Quidditch training.
"Professors don't have that much time."
Cedric was counting the Garens in his purse when he looked up and said, "That's not bad now, don't forget that last year's first visit was in late October." ”
"yes, it was a rough time." Fred smiled and said, "Kyle, you're in time." ”
"We decided to take a trip to Jokowi...... What about you? ”
"Let's be together, then." Kyle thought for a moment.
Others don't have much of an opinion either.
Anyway, it's a visiting day...... There's no need to rush back to school, they have time, take your time, and go anywhere.
Several people walked into Jokowi.
Fred and George greeted a clerk with glasses at the counter as if they were home.
"Hey, Zola, is there anything rare?"
"Of course there are......" The clerk pushed the pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose,
"That's it...... Labyrinth glasses, people who wear them will always get lost inadvertently, even in the places they are most familiar with. ”
"Sounds good...... Fred touched his chin, "we can get a pair for that stupid big guy Marcus so he'll probably throw the Quaffle into his own goal." ”
"It's a good idea." George smiled and said, "But the shape of these glasses is too eye-catching, although Marcus's mind and troll are close relatives, he probably won't wear such a thing." ”
"Don't worry, how could we not have thought of this......"
The clerk tapped on the temples and the original hoop glasses became a pair of ordinary square-rimmed glasses.
Knock again, and there are a few more entrenched snake stripes on the frame, and then there are lions, badgers, eagles...... Round-framed, frameless, monolithic......
"We designed a total of 39 looks."
The clerk pushed his glasses and said, "There's always a suitable one." ”
"We're going to do it!" Fred and George said in unison.
"How much!"
"Five Galleons and ten Sico."
"It's expensive."
"New products, it's all at this price." The clerk said, "But I can give you a discount." ”
"Ten Xike?"
"No, it's five Galleons and nine Siko!"
“……”
Fred and George bought the maze glasses anyway, and they replenished their fireworks stock in the store.
Unlike them, everyone else is almost always focused on "seeing".
Connor and Cho are whispering as they point to a pile of biting hairpins, while Cedric stops in front of a broomstick.
Of course, the broom is also fake. As soon as someone rides on it, it sprays glue outward, sticks to that person's legs, and emits a series of loud "poof" sounds.
It was evident that Cedric was tempted to buy it, but the price of twenty Galleons made him hesitate.
It's too expensive to be worth it.
When he finally left Jokowi, apart from Fred and George, Kyle was the only one who bought a box of Bibi Beans.
Jokowi's Bibi Beans are definitely not the same as those in the candy store...... None of them were sweet, all tasted terrible, and there was hardly any difference from the packaging.
Kyle prepares to give it as a Christmas present to a lucky lucky winner.
After that, they went to Duke Honey's candy house, where they couldn't keep the Galleons in their hands.
Rows of shelves are filled with all sorts of delicious and tempting candies, large chunks of creamy marzipan, sparkling pink coconut custard balls, honey-colored toffee, countless chocolates, and a large bucket of normal bibi multi-flavored beans......
Leaning against the other wall are candy with "special effects".
Super Bubble Gum, (can fill the room with bubbles, and it won't burst for days)
Small, black pepper urchin (can breathe fire after eating)
Then there's the toad mint ice cream that beats in your stomach, the exploding sandwich gummies that really explode, and the sour pop candy that burns a hole in your tongue.
Kyle also saw the pile of cockroaches that Dumbledore liked here, which were placed in a jar in the corner.
There were a lot of students in Duke Honey, and it was crowded with people everywhere, but that place was unattended.
But come to think of it, who would buy that stuff for a serious person!
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(End of chapter)