"Oh, Dear Professor Diggory."

A few days later, on the weekend, on the way to Hogsmeade, Fred frowned at Cedric and said, "Allow me to greet you and offer my insignificant respect." ”

George also forced a smile and looked at him seriously, "If you can, can the professor skip our homework?" ”

Cedric rubbed his forehead in some distress.

Although he had known that the two men would be sarcastic, Cedric still felt a headache when he saw their hippie smiling faces in the foyer this morning.

Because they were afraid of being heard by others and went to Umbridge to tell the truth, they were quite restrained when they were at the castle, but coincidentally, it was Hogsmeade Week.

After leaving school, the two naturally had no scruples, and sarcastically mocked Cedric all the way like a stage play.

"Shut up, you two!" Qiu said angrily: "You can not participate at all." ”

"No, of course we want to participate!" George said.

"yes." Fred nodded, "We'll learn Defence Against the Dark Arts ourselves...... If I were to say you guys had a good idea, I'd be fed up with Umbridge's dominatrix! ”

"No, that's Hermione's idea." Cedric corrected, "And I don't know if I'll be there yet." ”

"That's a big deal." Fred said, "We asked for you last night, and there are seventeen Gryffindors alone who want to participate in ......."

"So much?" Cedric paused and stopped where he was.

"Is it much? Not at all. Fred shook his head and said, "Everyone is obviously like us, they have been dissatisfied with that Umbridge for a long time, and now there is such an opportunity to learn the real thing, of course, you will not miss it." ”

"And it's just the first batch." "We mainly felt that it was a bit conspicuous if there were too many people at the first gathering, and there would definitely be more people coming in the future." ”

"Oh." Cedric rubbed his forehead.

He thought that ten Hufflepuffs were enough, but he didn't expect Gryffindor to be even more exaggerated.

Add to that Ravenclaw's ......

He turned his head to look at Cho, "Ravenclaw won't have so many people coming." ”

"Didn't I just say that?" Cho blinked, "Okay, I forgot, but we're not as motivated as Gryffindor students, and only a few of us are interested in teaching ourselves Defence Against the Dark Arts." ”

Hearing her say this, Cedric quietly breathed a sigh of relief, if you look at it this way, the number should not exceed thirty, which is still within the acceptable range.

If there were more people, he might not be able to cope with it.

The group quickly crossed the path to the entrance to Hogsmeade Village.

Hermione was already waiting for them here.

"Let's go over now." She trotted over and said, "As agreed, go to the pig's head bar." ”

"Hey, don't be in such a hurry,." Fred said, "Isn't it ten o'clock?" There's still an hour. ”

"I know." "But I think we should prepare ahead of time, see who's there, and change the location if there's a professor." ”

"The professor doesn't go to that kind of place." George whispered, "They're just going to go to the cleaner and more lively three brooms." ”

"Hermione is right." Cedric walked over, "It's better to be cautious, I'll go with you." ”

"I'll go too." Cho said, "I've never been to the Pig's Head Bar, so I can just check it out." ”

"If you want me to say there's really nothing to see in that place." "We went the wrong way before, and we went there once by accident," Fred said. ”

"The environment is too bad, and it can't be compared with three brooms at all, and there is only one advantage, less people."

"Maybe it's because of the poor environment there that few people want to go."

……

Hermione, though skeptical of what they called "unintentionally", didn't say anything.

"It's okay, I'm fine right now anyway." Cedric said, "Do you better go to Jokowi first?" ”

"No way, we've needed a little inspiration lately." "There's so much to prepare for a joke store, especially when the product has to be appealing enough," says George. ”

"Okay then." Cedric nodded, "We'll see you later." ”

With that, he left the main road with Cho and Hermione, and walked towards another remote path.

"See you later." Fred waved his hand and ran with George to the Jokowi Joke Shop not far away to find inspiration.

Kyle also didn't go to the Hog's Head Bar, but instead went to the Wizarding Costume Store with Connor.

He had noticed a few days ago that his thick robes were a little smaller, and he had to get a new one before winter came.

The Wizard Costume Store is in the second half of the main road, next to the Screaming Shack.

By the time the two of them entered the store, there were already students there.

Two Slytherin girls, and Kyle knows both.

Daphne Greengrass, and her sister Astoria.

As they walked into the store, Astoria was looking at the oddly shaped brooches, while Daphne was staring at a beautiful gown on the shelf.

"It's new."

The owner of the clothing store, a witch in her thirties, was introducing her to the dress robe.

"See those golden lines? It was a real gold thread, a silver unicorn tail hair, and a gem from a fire crab dotted on it, all complete rarities. ”

"How much." Daphne couldn't help but ask.

"Just three hundred Galleons, my dear." The owner smiled and said, "This is my most satisfying work so far." ”

Kyle subconsciously looked at the dress robe, and suddenly wanted to laugh, but finally held back.

Daphne on the side frowned.

Three hundred gallons, even if it was a bit expensive for her, but looking at the gorgeous dress and robe, she really liked it very much.

"You must have a lot of pocket money there." Daphne asked, looking at her sister.

"Huh?" Astoria came back to her senses, then took out a delicate money bag and said, "Not a lot, only a hundred Galleons." ”

"Enough, lend me first." Daphne took Astoria's purse and said, "I need to try on this dress." ”

"Absolutely." The shopkeeper smiled and nodded, "Please follow me." ”

Then the two of them walked towards the back of the store together.

"A hundred Galleons with you, not much?" Connor whispered, "They're rich. ”

Hearing her words, Kyle seemed to think of something and suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Connor asked.

"Nothing, just thinking of the scene when we first met on the train just after school started." Kyle said, "You were just like them back then. ”

"What?" Connor didn't understand.

"Have you forgotten?" Kyle explained, "You dumped a whole bunch of Galleons on the table on the train, startling Cedric and me.

"At that time, the two of us felt the same as you do now, thinking that the wizards of the pure-blood family were really rich."

"That was a long time ago." Seeing that her dark history was revealed, Connor glared at Kyle angrily.

"yes, it's been a long time." Kyle said, then changed the subject, "What do you think of that dress robe?" ”

"It's so fancy." Connor said with some disgust, "It's good-looking, but there are too many embellishments, it looks a little weird, and it must be very uncomfortable to wear." ”

"But there are people who like it." Connor adds, "At last year's Christmas ball, a lot of people wore these gorgeous gowns. ”

"Is there one?" Kyle asked, he couldn't remember what everyone was wearing at the ball.

"Of course there are, and there are quite a few." Connor said, "After the ball, Letty talked all night, and I couldn't listen to it, and for the next few days they talked about the beautiful dresses and robes. ”

"Okay."

Although Kyle and Connor speak quietly, they still catch the attention of Astoria next to them.

After all, there are only three people in the store now, and it is difficult for her not to pay attention, but because the distance is a bit far, she didn't hear what the two said.

And it seems that she is afraid of being misunderstood as deliberately eavesdropping on others, so she deliberately went to a farther place.

And her move was naturally noticed by Kyle and Connor.

"She doesn't really look like a Slytherin." Connor said.

"Nope." Kyle said, "I think it's just not like Slytherin now." ”

……

(End of chapter)