215 Encounters and meetings

215 Encounters and meetings

Hogsmeade village.

Under the statue of the founder, [Hanjis], a stone slab moved inexplicably. When Karan, who was hiding under the invisibility cloak, emerged from the secret passage, the stone slab automatically floated up and covered the exit again.

The full moon hung high in the sky. Karan glanced up, then withdrew his gaze and continued walking along the street.

It was late at night, Hogwarts Castle had reached curfew, and Hogsmeade gradually became quiet.

The streets were quiet and deserted.

As he passed by the Gobstone Club store, Karan glanced sideways.

It was also closed here, and the lights in the house were completely extinguished, leaving only a luminous sign hanging above the door, repeating the game of flicking stones.

Karan did not stay any longer. He walked quickly in the dark and returned to his house smoothly.

On the living room floor, packages containing potion ingredients were neatly stacked.Karan unpacked the package one by one, and put the ingredient boxes inside into the side pocket of the witch robe one by one, and finally miraculously contained them all.

This was the Seamless Stretching Charm, a spell that Callan had never given up on since he had started hiding his elder wand.

But after loading all the ingredients, Karan was in no hurry to leave.

In the dark house, Karan walked to the study alone. Then he took out a roll of tape and wrapped it around his face skillfully.

He would only prepare this outfit when he was going to the Pig's Head Bar.

After completely disguising himself, Karan took out another magic coin, lowered his head and stared at it silently.

But after waiting for a while, he did nothing but put the coin back into his side pocket.

After the last unhappy experience, although Aberforth's magic coin was still in his own hands, Karan felt it was better not to "snatch the enemy", lest he give it to Aberforth before they met. Just reject your opportunity in advance.

Obviously, Karan came here for this secret trip tonight not just for these potion ingredients.

After everything was ready, Karan, hiding under the invisibility cloak, walked out of the house alone and closed the door again.

Although Karan had not walked the road from here to the Pig Head Bar a few times, he had already memorized the route and walked quickly.

But this time, he inevitably encountered some surprises.

Suddenly there was a sound of heavy footsteps in the distant street. The street lamp illuminated the visitor's shadow long and cast it in front of the figure, forming a strange pattern.

Karan stopped immediately. After carefully identifying the source of the footsteps, he calmly hid behind an empty wine barrel in front of the Three Broomsticks door.

Although Karan is already covered with an invisibility cloak, he still maintains this habit of deepening his hiding power to avoid encountering the kind of wizard who can see through the invisibility cloak.

The footsteps in the distance gradually came closer. Karan squatted behind the barrel. He quietly moved his head and looked into the street on the other side of the barrel.

He originally thought it was just a resident who happened to be traveling late at night, but he didn't expect to see a rather familiar wooden prosthetic leg.

The visitor is Professor Kettleburn.

He strode with a squeaking sound, under the dim moonlight. If it weren't for knowing that he was a professor, Karan would have thought that this was the kind of guy with a terrifying reputation.

Professor Kettleburn did not find Callan hiding behind the barrel. At the same time, Callan noticed that he was walking towards the residential area of ​​the village, apparently wanting to return to his own house.

This is nothing unusual. Professors at Hogwarts have the right to choose to return to Hogsmeade Village instead of staying in Hogwarts Castle - provided they have a family in Hogsmeade Village. own house.

In fact, the future Professor McGonagall did this for a while.

After watching Professor Kettleburn leave completely, Callan walked out from behind the barrel and continued walking quickly towards the Hog's Head Bar.

This time, he didn't meet anyone else and arrived at the door of the Pig Head Bar smoothly.

Karan stood still and then struck twice hard.

"Bang! Bang!"

After the sound, there was silence first, and then I heard a rush of footsteps inside the door.

Just from the sound, Karan could imagine how angry Aberforth was.

"Mundungus Fletcher, if you ever bother me again with trivial matters..."

Suppressed angry words came from the crack in the door. It seemed that besides Karan, there were other people who would bother Aberforth on weekdays.Even the name is the same as what Callan heard when he first came here - Mundungus Fletcher.

Karan remembered that this was a sneaky guy who was also a member of the Order of the Phoenix and was responsible for obtaining intelligence on the black market.

Just as he was thinking silently, the door suddenly opened, revealing a tall figure.

He held a wand in his hand, as if he was going to duel with someone.

When he saw the deserted streets, Aberforth was suddenly stunned.Then Karan took off the invisibility cloak in time. He smiled at Aberforth, making the bandages around his face tangled.

"boom!"

The door was slammed shut without warning, almost hitting Karan's nose.

The smile on Karan's face stopped.

He knew that this meeting would not go so smoothly.

In the last meeting, he took off the bandage on his face for no reason, which greatly offended Aberforth.

In fact, Aberforth didn't think of casting a curse directly on him, which was enough to surprise him.

But of course Karan didn't come here just to be rejected. He raised his fist again and wanted to continue knocking on the door.

But this time, before his fist could fall, Aberforth suddenly opened the door again. He reached out and grabbed Karan's collar, and roughly pulled him into the tavern.

"What's wrong with you?!"

After the door closed, Aberforth roared angrily: "Do you know what time it is now? Where is this place?"

Karan loosened the bandage around his neck. He was about to answer "Pig's Head Bar" again, but judging from the action of Aberforth raising his wand, Karan doubted that if he really answered like that again, Aberforth would definitely give him a hard blow without hesitation.

Simply, Karan didn't say anything.He raised his palms flat in front of him, trying to calm Aberforth down first.

However, this had no effect, as the tip of Aberforth's wand was almost touching Callan's nose.

Karan had no choice but to take two steps back. He fumbled in his side pocket slowly.

Under Aberforth's vigilant and angry gaze, Karan finally slowly took out a piece of paper that had been prepared in advance.

Using the light in the room, Aberforth could clearly see the few writings on the piece of paper at a glance.

【Prewett】.