days at Hogwarts

Chapter 179 Hogsmeade
On September 9, the remaining summer temperature was blown away by the autumn wind, and the average temperature was only about 19°C.The night will be colder, and the thin quilts of the little wizards have been replaced with thick quilts.

Gryffindor girls' bedroom.

The light from the outside had already entered the room through the windows, and Hermione was left alone in the dormitory, yearning for the warmth and comfort of the quilt.

Her fair face looked a little crystal-clear under the sun, and her slender eyelashes cast shadows on her eyelids. Because she slept so comfortably, she pouted, and the tip of her delicate nose fluttered to touch her baby-fat cheeks.Her delicate appearance seemed to soften the light.

Influenced by the Spell Club, her roommates all chose their favorite spells and practiced them day and night.When the sky was slightly bright, I had already got up and went to the Black Lake to take a good position.

Repeating the same spell countless times requires a suitable environment.Believe me, if you cast a spell on the wall in an abandoned classroom, you will start to doubt yourself after dozens of times, and another voice will ask in your heart: who am I and what am I doing?
Practicing next to the Black Lake is a completely different experience.You cast dozens of spells towards the black lake, and there will be a big squid interacting with you, it will use its tentacles to slap the water to wash away your fatigue.

Hey!Not to mention how interesting it is.

Many young wizards, especially the boys, fell in love with this game. Every day, more than a dozen boys were soaked in water, and shivering, they were helped back to the lounge.

Hermione's Iron Armor Charm was practiced with the help of Loren in the Room of Requirement.Because of the particularity of the Iron Armor Curse, she always had to resist the spells that kept coming, and it happened that Loren was particularly keen on this practice method.

Because of someone's preference for the binding spell - [All Petrification], Hermione now feels that her muscles are stiff and her movements are a little sore.Out of ten binding spells, she was able to prevent five times, dodge one or two times, and had to lie down straight for the remaining three times.

Fortunately, he had given that man a hard lesson before parting, otherwise Hermione would have been too angry to sleep.

This also made her, who has always been self-disciplined, a rare choice to take a little leisure time on her birthday.She slept half an hour longer than usual before getting up, feeling refreshed, but Hermione felt a little guilty.

Birthday presents from friends and roommates are neatly arranged beside the bed.Unlike last year's birthday, which no one cared about, this year's birthday was much more lively.Over the course of a year, Hermione made many friends, and gradually became familiar with the roommates who were a little unhappy in the early days.

Most of the books sent by friends, the image of Miss Know-it-all's nerd is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.Hermione did like it, though, and put the books aside neatly, intending to use them as bedtime readings for this term.

Both Harry and Ron gave Honeydukes a gift box set from the Honeydukes Candy Shop - Colorful Chocolate Frog Card Collector's Edition, Bibi's Multi-flavored Bean Enjoyment Pack.

Hermione and Loren didn't have the habit of collecting chocolate frog cards. All the cards they drew would be given to Harry. Occasionally, when rare cards were drawn, Ron would compete with him.As for Bibi's multi-flavored beans, it was entirely Ron's favorite.

She had every reason to believe that the presents given by the two men were chosen according to their own preferences.

Putting the candy gift box next to the book, and looking at the remaining gifts, Hermione had an ominous premonition.

Couldn't Loren send the cockroach pile gift box?
If it is, he is dead!
Surprisingly, there was no gift from Loren in the pile.Hermione felt slightly regretful but also secretly pleased, which meant that he wanted to hand over the gift to herself.

Anyway, it's not like she forgot her birthday. She could remember it when she just entered school last year. Will she forget it this year?
Wash and dress, arrange hair, and then go to the auditorium for breakfast.

Loren had just arrived at the auditorium, with laziness in the corners of his eyes, yawning in his mouth, wanting to slap but couldn't, and slowly taking the food on the long table.

He saw Hermione from a distance, wearing an elegant black magic robe, a delicate face lined by a plain white shirt collar, and a Gryffindor red and yellow tie.

As soon as the girl saw him, she couldn't help pursing her lips into a smile, the smile became brighter and brighter, and then hurriedly ran towards him with big strides.The smooth long hair danced behind the head, leading people's eyes to dance along with it.

Hermione sat down next to him, and said happily and naturally, "I want a sandwich. I want bacon, ham and eggs."

Loren:? ? ?
Facing Loren's puzzled eyes, Hermione raised her clean chin and replied as it should be: "Today is my birthday!"

With sufficient and justifiable reasons, Loren agreed.

Put the bacon and ham between the bread slices and pass them to her. Loren asked in a very impatient tone, "Will you drink milk or juice?"

"Milk!" Hermione replied smartly, and then couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked, "Where's my birthday present?"

"I'll give you a while."

"Okay!" The girl said lightly.

Throughout the breakfast time, Hermione kept the corners of her lips curled up, smiling as she ate, as if today's food was more delicious than ever.

Loren picked up a piece of steak with a fork, put it near his mouth and took a bite viciously, chewing vigorously while saying: "When I celebrate my birthday next time, I will let you feed the food to my mouth."

Hermione had finished eating and was waiting by the side.She propped her hands on the stool, her calves were shaking under the table, and she was humming a brisk melody, revealing that she was very happy in every way.Not frightened by Loren's threat at all.

After eating the steak, Loren said angrily to the cheerful Hermione, "Come with me."

"Oh!" Hermione followed him obediently, "Where are we going?"

"Did you know? After the little wizard enters the third year, he can go to Hogsmeade village on certain weekends." Loren said.

Hermione suddenly understood where he was going, her heart was beating violently, and she exclaimed, "Hogsmeade!"

The little witch looked around nervously for a while, and was relieved to confirm that there was no one around. She grabbed Loren's sleeve and said in a low voice: "But we are only in the second grade, and there is no parent's signature. This is against the school rules. "

"This week is the activity week. Many students will go to Hogsmeade, and no one will notice us." Loren had already planned the day.

"But...but," Hermione was speechless for a while.If it was Hermione in the past, she would definitely stop this crazy behavior without hesitation, but now her heart is moved, she is actually moved!

On my 13th birthday, a unique adventure with Loren, a trip to Hogsmeade among the senior students... what a tempting choice.

Hermione's heart was very complicated: "We can't hide it from Filch and Mrs. Norris. Professor McGonagall will definitely not agree to our going to Hogsmeade."

"Don't forget that we are in Hogwarts, a school full of magic and miracles." Loren led Hermione up the stairs, and he took out a square piece of parchment from his pocket, There are obvious signs of wear and tear on it, indicating its ancient age.

Hermione leaned forward and looked at the worn parchment curiously.

Loren pulled out his wand and tapped the parchment lightly: "I solemnly swear that I will do no good."

The original blank pages of the worn-out parchment with a yellowish color changed, and countless fiber traces on the paper changed and spliced ​​into regular lines and veins. A black ink dot first appeared in the middle of the paper, and hundreds of ink lines extended from it. , criss-crossing like a spider web.

Big green characters floated on the paper:
Moonface, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs

gentlemen who help magical mischief makers
Introducing
Marauder's Map
Then the cursive characters disappeared from the paper, and thin lines of ink flowed along the veins, drawing a detailed map of Hogwarts Castle.Not only are there details of all the rooms and grounds, but there are also many moving little black dots with a line of extremely small letters next to them.

Hermione leaned closer to carefully read the words on it, and read aloud: "Filch and Mrs. Norris, Peeves, Professor Flitwick—"

Combining the name with the terrain on the map, Hermione immediately understood the function of this map, pointing to the black dot on it and said incredulously: "It can check the location of everyone in the castle."

Loren nodded with a smile, and pointed to the only two small black dots on the fourth-floor corridor on the map: "These are the two of us. George and Fred told me that there are seven secret passages leading directly to Hogsmeade in the school." , but Filch guards four of them, and the entrance of one is under the roots of the Whomping Willow, and these five secret passages are inconvenient to use. The entrances to the remaining two secret passages are here, one of which is here."

……

After half an hour.

Hermione stood in a trance in front of rows of shelves filled with delicious and juicy candies.

The magical map of the Marauder's point, knocking the statue of the one-eyed and hunchbacked witch with a magic wand will open the entrance of the secret passage, the winding and winding passage, walking through the cold and wet mud, climbing over the long stone ladder, and opening the top of the head. The trapdoor, the next moment it appeared in the brightly lit candy store.

What she just experienced was like a hallucination. She watched Loren study the new products of Honeydukes Candy Store with great interest, and heard the chirping voices of other senior wizards.These scenes still feel unreal.

Under the big tasting sign, the introduction text of the new product is pitifully small, and Loren can only read it clearly when he gets closer: "The new series of Bibido strange flavor beans, smells like eye droppings, nose droppings, earwax, and - dandruff !"

Even Loren, who thinks he is well-informed, has to admit that the product development concept of the candy store is very advanced.It was hard to imagine how they made these flavors, and Loren felt that the mental state of the candy store owner Ambrosio Froome was questionable.

He turned his head to look at Hermione, who was still thinking about life, and stretched out his eager little hand towards the booger-smelling strange-flavored beans. When he was about to touch it, Loren hesitated, and turned to the pickled beans placed beside him. Cucumber flavor.

The thumb and index finger picked up a strange-flavored bean, and slowly and quietly fed it to Hermione's mouth.

Snapped!
Hermione slapped this restless hand away, speechless for a while: "What do you want to do?"

The plan fails.Loren was a little disappointed and regretful: "I didn't do anything, I just wanted to see how the strange-flavored beans tasted."

"Then why don't you eat it yourself?"

"I don't think these flavor types are tasty."

"you……"

This man's righteous look was a bit disgusting, Hermione clenched her fist and wanted to hit him.

Anyway, they were already in Hogsmeade.Hermione finally persuaded herself to accept the reality with the most powerful reason of "everything is coming" and started shopping in Honeydukes Candy Store.

This week is the activity week of Hogwarts. Most of the senior wizards came to Hogsmeade, and their figures crowded the candy store.The patient students were choosing the candies to pack and buy back to the castle, and some impatient ones bought them on the spot and started to enjoy them.

Loren and the others once used owls to order sweets, which was the main way of shopping in the castle.Send Garen and the shopping list to the store, and the boss will pack the candy according to the list and let the owl deliver it back.

Before that, on the Hogwarts Express, they tried all kinds of novel magic candies.

But the way to buy candy in the past two weeks has not been as shocking as entering the world of candy now.Rows of juicy sweets line the shelves, chunks of creamy yellow nougat, sparkling pink coconut sorbets and honey-colored toffee.

Looking at these candies, it seems that there is a sweet smell in the air.Samples were placed in front of the candy shelves, and Loren pulled Hermione to join him, trying every kind of candy.The sweet syrup coats the teeth and tongue, making it a delight.

"I like coconut sorbet!" Hermione's eyes were shining, and there was powdered coconut icing on the corner of her mouth, like a kitten satisfied after stealing it.

Loren smeared the icing powder on her with his index finger, held it up in front of his eyes and laughed, "We can buy a box when we leave, no need to take it away."

"Aww!" Hermione bit his finger, and was dodged nimbly.

Eating from one shelf to the other, Loren saw a sign hanging on the next shelf: Special Effects Candy.

George and Fred stood just below the sign, working on a toad-shaped ice cream.Loren led Hermione quietly behind the two of them.

"How did they manage to make the ice cream beat in the stomach? It's incredible!" George held the toad ice cream in front of his eyes,
"If we can figure it out, we can make vomit skipping class candies!" Fred said with great expectation.

"Then Professor McGonagall will expel you, and you will be able to skip classes forever." Loren said suddenly.

George was shocked, put the toad ice cream back on the shelf, and responded with a smile: "Ha, of course it's impossible. Although we always make trouble, Professor McGonagall still likes us very much."

"Hey! Happy birthday, Hermione!" Fred winked at Hermione behind, and joked, "It turns out that Loren borrowed the Marauder's Map to prepare a special birthday present. Don't forget that we have a part to play here! "

"Thank you." Having been teased by the two of them a lot, Hermione was no longer as shy as before.

George grabbed Fred's collar and walked out: "Let's go, we have to go to Zog's joke shop to see new products, don't disturb their world of two."

"Have fun!" Fred's voice was drawn away.

　Originally, there were still 2k, but the computer problem lost the manuscript, so I rushed out as soon as possible.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)