255 Banquets and Raids
In the following time, Hugo and his friends enjoyed an exotic meal, and then went on a tour of this pure wizard village. The last stop of their tour was the screaming shed on a small hill.
"Do you think this house can be sold?" Veneto suddenly asked, looking at the lonely building on the top of the mountain through a barbed wire.
"It should be possible. After all, although this place is the most haunted place in the UK, I did not find the name of the screaming shed in the list of dangerous buildings issued by the Ministry of Magic." Hermione thought for a while and said.
"I guess the price of this place will not be too expensive, but those who want to buy it must master the skills of exorcism, otherwise the cost of asking the Ministry of Magic to complete these tasks will be increased all at once."
After descending from the hill where the Screaming Shed was located, it was already past 4 pm. So the three of them returned to Hogwarts Castle with a large pile of spoils they had just purchased.
At this time, Felch stood in the hall like in the morning, holding a magic detector in his hand, staring at the little wizard coming and going, and from time to time, a little wizard stopped and let him check.
Mrs. Loris circled around him, staring at the little wizards entering the door with a vigilant look from time to time.
Obviously, after each Hogsmeade Day, the inventory of various contraband in the castle will reach a peak. Felch now intends to ban the entry of those dangerous goods from the source.
Fortunately, Filch's main target was students from Gryffindor, so Ravenclaw like Hugo and others could easily sneak into the school directly to avoid inspections by following the abortion.
After entering the castle, they did not return to the Lavenclaw Tower as soon as possible, but waited in an empty classroom on the third floor. A few minutes later, the Weasley twins walked into the classroom while fighting.
"Okay, this is your stuff." After seeing the Wisley twins come in, Hugo and the others took out some of the raw materials they asked to bring to the school just now.
When facing Filch's search, the Weasley twins naturally had some ways to fight. The easiest way was to ask someone to help them spread the contraband into the castle.
Of course, there is also a choice for whom to help bring things. For example, if it is Hugo and the others, they will only ask them to bring some raw materials and other things instead of those prank toys.
"Thank you," Fred said, then counting the packages and asking. "You seem to have given us more."
"This is not for you." Hugo said with a smile, shook his head. "You should know that Harry couldn't go to Hogsmeade this year because he didn't sign, so we, as friends, planned to bring him some snacks and snacks."
"I understand, we will deliver these things to Harry for you." George took the box and said seriously.
They knew that Harry met the Granger almost every day after living at Firefly's house last summer, so they understood the practice of Hugo and his current gifts to Harry.
After giving the Weasley twins those gifts to Harry, Hugo and the others returned to the Lavender Tower to clean up and prepare for supper. Because it was Halloween, the auditorium was dressed in Halloween style like in previous years.
Hundreds of pumpkin lanterns hung in the auditorium, as well as a group of flying bats and many orange streamers emitting flames, floating lazily under the ceiling, like brilliant water snakes.
"Every time I see these decorations, I always sigh at the greatness of magic." After sitting in my seat, Hugo whispered to Veneto. "At least these bats are much cleaner than real bats."
"You're right." Seeing a group of bats flying over the dishes, Venetto nodded in agreement. "So I'm curious now how to play with dozens of live birds in the medieval European pirate?"
"I think they may not eat that pie, because-" Unfortunately, before Hugo finished speaking, he was interrupted by Hermione. "My dear brother, it's time for dinner now, so don't talk about those unpleasant topics."
"Okay, sister." Hugo smiled at the sister beside her and then began to change the topic. Fortunately, there are always many things to talk about at the Halloween banquet.
Especially today is the first Hogsmeade day for third-year students, so as long as you talk about topics related to Hogsmeade, it will always resonate a lot.
However, this time Hogsmeade also brought some not-so-good side effects. For example, Hugo saw many third-grade students on the dining table and some higher-grade students looked at the sumptuous meals on the table, looking confused.
Obviously, they ate too much snacks in Hogsmeade, so that they don't have much room to fill them now when they see the delicious tables.
Fortunately, Hugo and Hermione thought of this before, so they bought a lot of them and tried to hold back their greed and didn't eat them. So they just happened to be able to enjoy this big meal. As for Venetto, her appetite is much higher than that of ordinary humans.
Everyone was very happy at the banquet. Even Lupin, who was about to face the transformation werewolf, was in high spirits and chatted with Dean Professor Flivier.
Finally, the whole banquet ended with an entertainment program provided by the ghost of Hogwarts. The ghosts suddenly appeared on the walls and on the tables to slid in a row; the almost headless Nick of the Gryffindor House successfully reproduced his beheaded situation.
The evening was so pleasant. The rich and delicious food and the wonderful performance made every little wizard feel satisfied, so that everyone kept chattering and looking very happy all the way back.
However, just as everyone entered the communal lounge, they had just changed into a relaxed dress and were about to chat for a while before going to bed, Professor Frieve suddenly climbed up from the bottom of the stairs and asked them to bring their wands and some essentials to the auditorium to meet.
"What happened, professor?" Penelo, the chief, asked. At this time, the students also focused on Professor Flewy.
"In an emergency, the portrait of Fat Lady at the entrance of the Gryffindor public lounge was destroyed. According to Fat Lady's accusation, Sirius, the wanted criminal."
Professor Flivie briefly described what had just happened, and then amplified the volume and said to everyone present.
"So now everyone has to go to the auditorium to gather, and then the instructors conduct a large-scale search of the entire castle."
After hearing what Flivi said, everyone present became nervous, so soon everyone packed up their things and followed Professor Flivi out of the public lounge. It was as if Sirius was hiding in the public lounge and was always ready to attack everyone.
After everyone arrived at the public lounge, they found that the other three colleges were all here because the public lounge was closer, but many people were half confused and half afraid on their faces.
"The teachers and I will conduct a thorough search of the castle," Professor Dumbledore told the students that at this time, Professor McGonagall and Frieve closed all the doors in the auditorium.
"For your own safety, I think you might have to stay here overnight. I ask the chiefs to stand guard at the entrance of the auditorium, and the boys and girls student union presidents stay in the auditorium to manage it. Report anything to me immediately."
After saying that, Professor Dumbledore used magic to move away the tables, chairs and benches, then waved his wand to create hundreds of sleeping bags. Then he closed the door and walked out of the auditorium.
Chapter completed!