Chapter 88

On Halloween morning, Harry woke up with everyone and went downstairs for breakfast. He was in a terrible mood, but on the surface he had to pretend as usual.

"We'll bring you a lot of candy from the honey Duke." Hermione felt very sad for him.

After all, Hogsmeade village is a magical and charming place for most little wizards.

"Yes, a lot," Ron echoed.

Because Harry was depressed, he and Hermione finally forgot their quarrel about crook mountain.

"Don't worry about me." Harry wanted to look casual, although he had to hold his breath. "Meet at dinner. Have a good time!"

He accompanied them to the lobby, and the caretaker filch stood by the gate, checking everyone with a long list. He looked suspiciously at everyone's face, wary of anyone who shouldn't go sneaking out.

"Left behind, Potter?"

Malfoy looked around and found that Marca was not here, so he shouted at Harry - he was in the line with Crabbe and Goyle.

"Oh, what a pity! Poor Potter -"

Crabbe and Goyle laughed, too. All three were of the same virtue.

Harry ignored Malfoy and them. He walked alone up the marble stairs, through the corridor where no one walked, and back to the Gryffindor tower.

"Password?"

At the door of the lounge, the fat lady in the portrait yawned and asked - she had just woke up from a nap.

"Good luck," said Harry listlessly.

At this time, Maka is being dragged by Luna's sleeve to Ravenclaw's tower.

"... that's what Ms. gray told me," she whispered as she pulled Maka forward. "She said that's the best secret way to Hogsmeade village."

"That's really good." Maka nodded and let Luna drag her sleeve.

The bronze knocker in Ravenclaw's common room still didn't respond to him, just working as usual.

After Luna answered the doorknob's question, they bypassed the bookshelves, tables and chairs in the common room and came behind the marble statue of Ravenclaw.

Here is a small marble platform, which looks like a protruding part of the base of the statue. On the smooth surface of the marble table, there are more than a dozen rows of slightly concave dots, which can't be seen if you don't look carefully.

Luna drew out her wand and carefully touched some dots.

Suddenly, several straight lines appeared between the dots, connected with each other, forming a strange pattern.

"This should also be some kind of puzzle... It's Ravenclaw's style," Maka thought.

With the formation of the pattern, Maka immediately felt a slight vibration under her feet - the marble table moved away automatically, and an old trap door was exposed under it.

As Luna said, this secret road is not as narrow as others. It looks very spacious. People don't need to bow when walking inside. Even Maka and Luna can walk side by side.

When they walked a short distance, Maka heard another slight vibration behind her - the marble table moved back automatically.

The exit of the secret road is in an abandoned underground warehouse in Hogsmeade village.

Probably because almost no one knows about this secret Road, the underground warehouse outside the exit looks very dirty. The shelves around are all covered with thick dust, which makes people can't help but cover their mouths and nostrils to avoid being choked by the raised dust.

Avoiding the dirty shelves, they stepped on the creaking wooden stairs to a house above the underground warehouse.

It's the same here as below. It's not only dark, but also dirty. I can see that no one has lived here for a long time.

The house is at the end of the avenue in Hogsmeade village and next to the back door of Devis and bans magic equipment store. If you go back a few steps, it will be the pig head bar.

Today's Hogsmeade village looks wonderful.

Although it is still covered with snow and the same cold on the street, the huge pumpkin lanterns everywhere in the snow dispel the gloomy feeling brought by those Dementors.

Occasionally, we can see the enchanted snowmen, waving the dead branches on the snowball in the middle, greeting the passing wizards.

"Oh, that's my nose. Please give it back -"

When Marka and Luna passed a snowman, a carrot rolled to Marka's feet.

"Huh?"

Maka bent down and picked up the carrot - it just fell in the snow and didn't look dirty at all.

"Thank you," Marca took a bite, rattling!

As he chewed, he blurted out to the angry snowman, "Oh, it's fresh... Happy Halloween, Mr. snowman."

"My God - my nose -" the snowman waved his slender arm hard and said angrily, "yes, happy Halloween, Mr. robber!"

"Return you a better one." Maka held the carrot in her mouth, reached out and grabbed a mass of snow from the nearby wooden fence, pointed at it with her wand.

Suddenly, the snow quickly deformed and turned into a crystal clear pumpkin carrot.

After the deformation, Maka easily inserted it into the snowman's nose, but the next moment she pulled it out again.

"Sorry, it's reversed."

He tossed up the translucent "carrot", adjusted the direction, put the tip towards his side, and then reinserted it.

"Let it flash again," Maka whimsically lit the snowman's new nose with a magic wand. "At night, you will become the most eye-catching snowman."

With Maka's last point, the snowman was surprised to find that his nose was like a light bulb and began to twinkle in pumpkin color.

It was like a neon lamp invented by Muggle.

"How beautiful." Luna looked at the snowman's nose and patted her hands.

The snowman tilted his head and was happy; "Oh! Thank you! It's much better than carrots! Thank you..."

In the snowman's crazy wave, Maka and Luna continue to walk to the Duke of bees candy store - the candy there is really good, at least those that look normal.

"Ding Ling"

As a pleasant doorbell rang, the hot atmosphere in the store immediately rushed towards them.

Honey Duke has always been one of the most popular Hogsmeade shops for little wizards. Every Halloween, it is always crowded with excited little wizards.

The arrival of Maka and Luna hardly alerted anyone - it was so busy here.

Most little wizards just bought the candy they wanted and couldn't help eating it in the store. It is not often seen that some little wizards chew ice cream balls and float carelessly; Some little wizards may have eaten some pepper flavored candy, and now they are constantly spraying thick black smoke.

There was even a freckled little girl who was spraying fire at her friend. When the fire was about to go out, her friend's face became dark.

"Hahaha..."

They smiled happily at each other, as if it was no big deal.

Here, everyone's mood is clearly written on their faces. Those seemingly childish jokes made Maka inexplicably touched.

"Maka, what's the matter?" Luna touched Maka's hand and asked.

"Hmm? Oh, nothing..." Maka came out from the touch, and he shook his head slightly.

Perhaps that subtle touch is not an illusion, but an opportunity - it really tells Maka that her feelings still exist.

On this basis, taking Dumbledore's story as a reference, it seems that there is only passive waiting to solve this test.

"... Maka?"

Suddenly, a voice came out of the crowd. It was Hermione - she was with Ron, holding a lot of all kinds of candy in her hand.

"Hermione?" Marca nodded at her and looked at the candy in her arms. "For Harry?"

"Oh, yes," said Hermione, looking subconsciously at Luna next to Marca. "Harry can't come today. Ron and I can bring him more back... Is she?"

"Luna Lovegood, from Ravenclaw college," Ron suddenly answered.

Marca looked at Ron and nodded again.

"Yes, this is Luna, my friend," he said. "We met before the beginning of the first grade."

"Oh, that's great... Hello, I'm Hermione, Hermione Granger."

"... hello."

Luna looked at Hermione and answered.

Somehow, the scene seemed a little awkward.

"Well, can you introduce me to the candy here? Ron, I remember you're good at this." Marca patted Ron on the arm.

Ron seemed interested when he heard the speech. He said, "then you can't miss these... Come with me!"

Led by Ron, the four rushed into the crowd.

Before long, Marca and Luna also carried a lot of candy in their arms. After saying goodbye to Hermione and Ron, they left.

Behind them, Hermione and Ron stood at the door of Prince honey, looking at the backs of Marca and Luna and watching them leave.

"According to Fred and George, Lovegood is often called 'crazy girl' by others. She and Marca often walk together, so they never call her that face to face." Ron whispered, "but it's said that she's popular in Ravenclaw."

"Crazy girl?" Hermione looked puzzled.

"As you can see, she always wears strange clothes and often preaches her strange ideas to others... Moreover, in some aspects, she seems to be divorced from reality, and her concept of behavior is also very strange."

"That's not good for others!" Hermione accused.

"Oh, yes... But others are whispering," Ron whispered.