The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 486 Leisure Weekend

Educational standards at Hogwarts have plummeted under the leadership of the High Inquisitor.

A month later, professors may only have completed half of the teaching content of previous years.No way, the professors had to deal with Umbridge's cross-examination in class, and her critical nose and eyes.

Hogwarts has become a mess, but the reports in the "Daily Prophet" are singing and dancing.

They affirmed Umbridge's work and praised Fudge's wise decision.By the way, I interviewed a wave of parents of the students, such as Lucius Malfoy, Crabbe, and Gore who were willing to disclose their names, and Avery and Knott who did not want to be named.

Ultimately, the Daily Prophet came to the conclusion that Albus Dumbledore, formerly the Wizengamot's Chief Wizard, was no longer fit to run the prestigious Hogwarts school.

They petitioned the Ministry of Magic to remove Albus Dumbledore as Headmaster of Hogwarts.

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In the past two weeks, Ada, who had nothing to do, was enjoying her last year of campus life leisurely.Dumbledore didn't bother with her, and Umbridge didn't bother with her again.

When there are classes, Ada goes to class, and when there is no class, she haunts the restricted area of ​​the library with Dumbledore's approval slip, and almost lives there (Fred).

Occasionally, she will help the twins sell Weasley's magic tricks, after all, she is the shareholder.At this time, Ada would avoid Hermione's sharp little eyes.

In a flash, it was the first weekend in October, and the school allowed students to go to Hogsmeade to play and relax on this day.

The morning we went to Hogsmeade was sunny but windy.

After breakfast, the students lined up in front of Filch, who had to check each student's name against the long list.

When Ada walked in front of Filch, she found that the school administrator's complexion was very good recently, with a ruddy and shiny complexion, as if she and Mrs. Pince had entered the second spring of life together.

But actually, Filch was so happy because of Umbridge.He saw hope in the senior investigator, the hope of a second career.

Filch had long hoped to use torture devices on erring students, hanging them from the ceiling, as his predecessors had done.But Dumbledore did not allow Filch to do that, and he could only weep alone until dawn in front of those instruments of torture.

It's different now, Umbridge's appearance made Filch very excited, especially since Umbridge may enter Hogwarts at any time, how could Filch be unhappy!
But what Mr. Filch didn't know was that if Umbridge knew he was a Squib, Umbridge would probably be the first to kick the school administrator out of the school.

Passing between the tall stone pillars with winged boars on top, turn left on the road leading to the village, Ida tied her hair up as she walked.

When she went out, she didn't expect that the wind outside would be so strong that it would mess up her hair and always block her eyes.

Soon the three of them appeared in Hogsmeade, and Ida wanted to go to the Pig's Head Bar. She was very curious about the owner of the Pig's Head Bar, Aberforth.But the twins suggested going to the Three Broomsticks for a drink.

After walking along the main road for a while, Ada suddenly noticed that several students had turned to the small road behind the post office, which led to the Pig's Head Bar.

Is this a change of direction?This wind direction is a bit confusing!
Did the students no longer like the still charming Ms. Rosmerta and her clean three broomsticks?Unshaven barkeeps and dirty pigs' heads, is that all that appealing?
The twins saw this too, and Fred explained: "They probably went to see Harry."

"Harry?" Ada asked, "See why Harry is going to the Pig's Head Bar, isn't it possible in school?"

"Hermione came up with Teach Yourself Defense Against the Dark Arts, so they decided to start a study group. Like us," said George. "Ron told me, and he found us and asked if we wanted to join. Preferably I can take you with me."

At the end, George also made a "you know" look.

I understand, but I understand too well, I just want to see if I can have a chance to prostitute for nothing.A Defense Against the Dark Arts study group would need a bicycle if Ida was around.

"How did you two answer?" Ada asked, as she and the twins had stepped into Three Broomsticks, where Ms. Rosmerta was standing behind the clean, bright bar.

"Of course I refused him with righteous words." Fred replied, eyebrows all over his face, "We firmly support your leadership."

"That's right, unite around you. But Ginny rebelled, and this little girl went to find Harry." George told his little sister by the way, "What are you drinking?"

"casual."

The twins nodded and walked to the bar while Ada found an empty table and sat down.

Ida chose a seat by the window and sat down, and the twins came back after a while.The two ordered red currant rum for themselves, and they forgo the heat whiskey.

A glass of conch cherry syrup soda was placed in front of Ida before Fred and George sat across from her.

"Try it, Ms. Rosmerta said that this kind of soda is very popular with girls." George said, "By the way, shall we give Harry some help?"

With a skeptical attitude, Ada took a sip. The taste was good, neither hated nor liked.

Putting down the soda, she said, "There's no need. Let them do this kind of thing themselves. This is a rare opportunity for them to grow."

Running a study group by yourself can not only improve Harry, Ron, and Hermione's own magic skills, but also improve their organizational and leadership skills.This is a good thing.

From the fact that they chose the Pig's Head Bar to meet, it could be seen that the three of Harry were in urgent need of exercise, and their ideas were too immature.Choosing the Hog's Head pub was a poor and smart decision.

Fred took a sip of the rum and made a fuss.He nodded and said, "George and I think the same way. Let the three of them toss about it. If it doesn't work out, we'll have to take care of it."

As the tavern grew more crowded, Ada and the twins stopped talking about it and started talking about Fred and George's little business.

They will leave school in one year, so they need to prepare early.

Fred and George really wanted to take Hogsmeade's Zoko's Joke Shop for sale. They planned to investigate the shop in detail, and then negotiate the transfer price with the owner after Christmas.

Ada is not optimistic about this, thinking that the two brothers are whimsical.Although Hogsmeade is not the economic center of Diagon Alley, it is adjacent to Hogwarts.

During the school period, the students were unable to go to Diagon Alley, and Hogsmeade became the only place for everyone to spend their time, which made the business of Zuko's joke shop very good.

Ada didn't think the owner would give up such a thriving shop with so much money.But it doesn't matter, just give the shopkeeper an undeniable price at that time, Ada believes in the twins' ability to manage.

The three of them went off the rails while chatting. They started talking about the Three Broomsticks and Pig's Head Bar from Zuko's Joke Shop, and began to discuss the reasons for the huge differences between the two bars.

In the end, the twins made a concluding speech. Everyone believed that the reason was the owners of the two taverns.

Ms. Rosmerta is a clean person, so the Three Broomsticks are clean and bright, and attract normal people; the Hog's Head is dirty, like it came from the underground, so it attracts some "interesting" people.

After drinking up the snail cherry syrup soda, Ada suddenly asked, "Since when did the two of you dislike Ms. Rosmerta?"

"That's an embarrassing question!" Fred said, and the two brothers held up the red currant rum at the same time, suppressing their surprise.

"What's so embarrassing! Although you two used to wish that your eyes would grow on someone else, but you are not empathizing with each other." Ada said, "Say it, it's non-toxic."

The two brothers blushed when they heard Ada expose their past embarrassment.

George put down his glass and said, "At that time, I was still young. It was just a young boy's yearning for maturity and beauty. It's just appreciation, do you understand? Appreciation is definitely not as nasty as you think."

"Dirty in my thinking?" Ada felt that she had died unjustly, "Which two little bastards watched it in the second grade..."

"It was a big bag of baking powder, and we've explained it," said Fred. "I swear to the candlestick, we haven't read a book like that."

Ada didn't believe this, but she still gave the twins face and didn't hold on to them.

Glancing at the twins' wine glasses, Ada found that there was still rum in it. She said with disgust, "Drink it quickly, I'm raising fish here! After drinking it, I'll take you to meet someone."

(End of this chapter)