People are in Hogwarts, and werewolves block the door at the beginning.

This made Ron misunderstand Harry's meaning, "You think she's beautiful too. Why don't we go to the bar and order something?"

"It's still a long time before curfew. We don't have to go back so early."

"No," said Harry.

"Nothing?" Ron hadn't finished speaking when he found Harry holding his hand and pulling him to the other side.

Suddenly, he found that the slope in front was crowded with people.

"When did the Shrieking Shack become so popular?" Ron asked, puzzled.

It is the most haunted residence in the UK.

It was located a little higher than the other houses in the village, the windows were boarded up, and the garden was damp and overgrown with weeds, making one feel creepy even in broad daylight.

But all the entrances here were sealed, and neither Fred nor George broke in.

In front of the rapidly changing Hogsmeade, it is just an insignificant and ignored old building.

But Ron understood the reason the next second.

The four large gold-plated characters "Haunted Hotel" appeared on the shabby wooden sign.

The high fences were removed.

Countless colorful ghosts were moving around the house, continuously sending down transparent leaflets.

Harry took one.

Unlike newspaper leaflets that the ghosts cannot touch, it has distinct colors and can be touched.

Written on it in bright red ink:

【Haunted Hotel

The Scream Shack transformation is the UK's scariest haunted house.

The Hogwarts ghosts are always there for you.

The view is wide and overlooks the entire Hogsmeade.

It is only 186m away from the train station, and convenient transportation is just a short walk away.

No meals included in accommodation.

Check-in after 2:00 on the same day and check-out before 12:00 the next day]

On the back are photos of the hotel interior.

"How do these ghosts start a business? They don't need gold galleons at all." Ron said in surprise.

"Just ask," Harry waved his hand. "Hey! Nick! Nick! Look here."

"Harry!" Nick's head flew over first.

Although the head was still transparent, it had taken on a bloody color, and a very fashionable hat with feathers was pinned on top of the long curly hair.

Nick's body slowly floated behind him, as if it was invisible and present like a wisp of smoke.

"You—" Ron pointed to his neck, "How—"

"You mean my neck? All I can say is that I'm not nearly headless anymore," Nick said as he stuffed his head into his neck.

A miraculous thing happened after his head was put back in place.

His body, which was as transparent as light smoke, began to materialize, like the body of a living person, and there was even a shadow on the ground.

"This is the power of the magic circle of light." A hexagram circle flashed in Harry's eyes.

Nick looked at Harry in surprise, "You knew that?"

"Yes, it's the light-like sacred energy emanating from that tree."

"It keeps us half alive."

"We can manifest, touch matter as living beings, and be touched."

"It can also pass through matter like a wisp of smoke, just as it did before."

"You can eat now!" Foodie Ron guessed using his foodie intuition.

"Yes." Nick nodded.

The head accidentally slipped and then became transparent and merged into the ground.

Then it floated out of the bushes again and returned to its neck, "So we need to earn gold galleons."

"It would be too shameful to rely on the school for support."

"And then Dumbledore gave us the Shrieking Shack."

“We didn’t know it was his property before this.”

“It seems to have been used all along (UMNO had held meetings here before).”

"Except for a room with lots of scratches and animal paw prints."

“The other rooms inside were cleaner and tidier than expected, well maintained, and had many exquisite furniture and decorations.”

“It’s perfect for a hotel.”

Harry narrowed his eyes, "Being able to eat, come into contact with matter, and remain immortal, doesn't that mean immortality?"

"I'm afraid that more and more wizards will choose to become ghosts in the future."

Nick nodded, then shook his head.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked quickly.

Nick sighed. "Harry, you used that word very well - choice."

"I guess you've also discovered that those who become ghosts are wizards. Those ghost horses and ghost dogs are just byproducts of wizards becoming ghosts."

"Witches become ghosts because they can leave their mark on the world, so that they can walk powerlessly in the places where they have lived and walked."

"In essence, we are the ambiguous products that neither the underworld nor the living world wants, and that belong neither here nor there."

“We are not alive at all.”

"Just chose to be a feeble imitation of my living self."

Ron raised his hands. "You're not right."

"You know, for a long time last year, I discovered that I had a special talent for gossip and rumors."

"I also know the story of the bathroom myrtle."

"She was a muggle-born, Ravenclaw witch who died in the bathroom while still a student."

"But after becoming a ghost, she is not like you said that she can only stay in the places she walked by."

"In fact, she stalked Olive Hornby, who had previously mocked her, for a long time, even after the witch graduated."

"After Moaning Myrtle disrupts her brother's wedding, Olive has to go to the Ministry of Magic to ask for help to get Moaning Myrtle to stop her behavior."

"And has been in the bathroom at Hogwarts where she died ever since."

"So, ghosts are not what you said at all."

Nick hesitated. "Is that so? But there are many ghosts—"

Harry pushed up his glasses. "There is only one truth. Ghosts cannot reach strange places because they reject strange places themselves."

"And Myrtle, who is a Muggle-born and has only been to Diagon Alley and Hogwarts in the wizarding world, was able to do this, presumably because of an acquaintance of hers, Olive Hornby. She wanted to follow her, and thus got rid of her aversion to unfamiliar places."

"Just like you guys are now, coming to the Shrieking Shack to make money."

"With so many ghosts, it's impossible that every one of them has been to the Shrieking Shack."

Nick coughed, "You might be wrong about this."

"Once transformed by the magic of light, we naturally find that we can travel freely to unfamiliar places."

"Found out?" Ron frowned. "How did you find out?"

Nick explained, "Our essence is a brand. For example, if I leave Hogwarts and go to the place of beheading, I can get there in an instant."

"We have these little spots of light in our brains, and those are the places we can go."

“At each location, we can only move within a certain range.”

"This range doesn't necessarily mean that you have to visit it in person. For example, I've been to Hogwarts, so I can actually go to all the rooms in Hogwarts. Even the girls' bathroom, cough cough."

"It basically means we can't stray too far from that location."

"So, before this, we couldn't go down endlessly and penetrate deep rock layers, nor could we go up all the way and fly thousands of miles into the sky."

Harry's eyes lit up, "Which means you can do it now."

"If you want to go to the outside world, can you keep flying and fly out of the earth?"

"After all, you don't need to eat, and radiation in the physical sense is useless to you."

"What a great idea!" Nick slapped his thigh, "Why didn't I think of that?"

"Our ghost's journey is the boundless universe!"

“What a great idea!”

"But let's wait for now. We haven't enjoyed the things of a living being yet. I've almost forgotten what it's like to eat, bathe, and reproduce."

Ron agreed, "Yes, delicious food and toys are not to be missed."

"There's no fun in the universe. And what's so fun about going to the universe? Can't you just get there on a broom? (The frogs living on the moon. The Quibbler published an interview with a wizard who claimed that he flew to the moon on a broomstick and brought back a bag of frogs from the moon as evidence. Such statements have many believers among wizards who don't understand science)."

Harry was frowning.

Ron continued, "You haven't told me how you discovered the restrictions disappeared!"

Nick shrugged, "Of course I noticed the light in my mind disappeared after my body materialized."

"The fat monk who first discovered this ran straight to the beach of Hogsmeade."

"At first we thought that this was only possible when we were visible. After all, when we dematerialize our bodies, those light spots will reappear."

"But after testing, it was found that even if the ghost remains invisible, it can still go to unfamiliar places."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 223 Myrtle Appears Suddenly

"Then why do you think so few ghosts would choose to become wizards?"

"Yeah, if it were me, I would definitely choose to be a ghost. There are so many delicious things in this world that I haven't tasted yet."

Harry and Ron were confused.

Nick smiled awkwardly, covered his mouth with his fist, embarrassed to stick out his tongue, and took a half step back smoothly while stroking his hair, performing a series of moves like a genius.

"I thought we were just as miserable as before. I just realized how nice it is to be a ghost now."

"I'm sure more wizards will choose this path instead of going down it in the future."

"Go on?" Ron was curious. "What does this mean? Where are we going? Is there really an afterlife?"

"Yes," Nick answered decisively, "but I don't know much about it."

"Because I didn't choose death, but I believe someone will understand."

"The learned men in the Department of Mysteries are studying this—"

He paused and looked at the strange wizard who was looking at the hotel not far away, "Okay, a guest has arrived. Let's talk next time."

After he finished speaking, his entire ghost turned into a wisp of green smoke and appeared beside the wizard.

"Ghosts also have to find jobs. What a world!" Ron snorted. "If I become a ghost in the future and my unfilial son dares not to support me, I will definitely learn from Myrtle and pester him all day long."

Harry mourned for Ron's descendants, who might or might not exist, for a moment, then said with a smile, "That's because they have a need to consume. Normally, ghosts don't need to eat or drink, and their clothes can be changed with the little magic that remains, so there's no need for money at all."

"I believe that relevant laws will be introduced in the future to govern the inheritance of a wizard's estate after he becomes a ghost."

“And the basis for the payment of pensions.”

"The Ghost Office will definitely be very busy in the future."

Ron nodded. "I can already imagine ghosts flying around everywhere in the future. The magic that prevents ghosts from entering the dormitory may be extended to every family, so that we can avoid the sudden cold feeling when squatting on the toilet."