450 Tea House and Departure

450 Tea House and Departure

Snape and Lily never knew what Callan was hiding from them.

But compared to this, Lily is more concerned about another thing——

What happened to Ariana?

Since the holiday, Lily had no chance to know about Ariana's condition. There were very few communications between the two parties, and later she disappeared without even a reply.

If it weren't for the fact that she knew Ariana was safe and sound, Lily would have been eager to come to Hogsmeade.

"Just go to the Pig's Head Bar and ask."

Karan simply suggested after the game.

He also didn't know what arrangements Principal Dumbledore would make for Ariana. He only knew that Ariana's situation was a bit dangerous. Due to the Obscurus in her body, Grindelwald would most likely target her to deal with it. Dumbledore.

After making plans, the three of them watched Meadows leave, and then walked directly to the Pig's Head Bar.

It's still the same here - a tattered wooden sign hanging on a rusty bracket on the door, with a severed boar's head drawn on it, blood stains soaking through the white cloth wrapping it.

"Thanks to Ariana's strong will..."

Snape, who came back to the Hog's Head pub for the first time, muttered in a low voice: "If I were living in a place like this and couldn't get out, I guess even a hundred Percivals would be useless."

As soon as she heard this, Lily felt even more sorry for Ariana.

She pushed open the door and led the way in.

There are still customers inside who have not left. They are a group of mysterious guys who cover their faces tightly, and the food in front of them looks suspicious. Karan will not eat that kind of bloody steak anyway. , it is estimated that it is only at a mature level.

"Eh?"

Lily resisted the urge to watch the other person swallow the raw meat. She looked at the counter and found a slightly familiar face.

"Where is Aberforth?"

"Why is the person in charge of the tavern Effias Dorje?"

Effias Dorje is a little old man wearing a Turkish hat. He is a classmate of Principal Dumbledore and a member of the Order of the Phoenix.

In his second year, he briefly managed the Hog's Head Bar in Aberforth's place.Moreover, Elphias also lived secretly near the Evans family, following Dumbledore's orders to protect Lily who was threatened by werewolves.

That's why Lily recognized Ephias at a glance.

But Elphias obviously didn't know that his identity had been revealed a long time ago. He hurriedly came over and pushed the three of them out of the door: "You students are not welcome here, please get out quickly."

What he said was the same as what Aberforth had said to Kahlan, but his tone was much softer.

"Ah...where is Aberforth?"

At Karan's reminder, Lily quickly changed her tone of voice and changed the "Arianna" she was about to blurt out into "Aberforth".

"Do you know Aberforth?" Ephias paused for a moment, but then continued to push them out: "Aberforth has gone on a trip, so don't come back again. If you want to drink butterbeer, If so, you'd better go to the Three Broomsticks or Mrs. Puddieff's Teahouse."

The latter is more suitable for lovers in love. None of the three of them have been there, they just looked at it from a distance through the window.

After the door of the bar was closed again, Lily asked in confusion; "Travel? Aberforth will definitely not travel. Even if he did, Ariana would definitely notify me in advance. This is obviously an excuse. Also You, why did you stop me just now?"

She set her sights on Karan.

Karan shook his head and said: "Because Effias Dorje may not necessarily know the existence of Ariana, Principal Dumbledore will never put all secrets in the same basket."

This time it was destined to be a failure.

Aberforth left the Hog's Head Bar with Ariana. Although Karan had the magic gold coins to contact Aberforth, he was unable to cast the transformation spell to ask, but even if he asked...

Callan thought of Aberforth's violent temper.

Even if he did ask, Aberforth probably wouldn't answer, especially on the question related to Ariana.

"Let's forget it." Lily looked a little downcast: "As long as you know Ariana is fine."

With Aberforth here, Ariana would be fine.

In order to comfort the depressed Lily, Callan and Snape decided to take a look at Mrs. Puddifu's Teahouse, which was one of the few places they had never been to.

After all, only Karan and Snape were usually in the village, and the two of them would never agree to go to such a place with each other.

But when she actually arrived at Mrs. Puddifu's Teahouse, Lily stared at the lace tablecloth and the bow on it, and her expression suddenly became weird.

"Do any girls really think this is beautiful?"

Lily didn't feel this way anyway. She just felt that the decoration here was too exaggerated and a bit tacky.

Karan looked at the golden little angel flying on the table, and pink confetti fell from his hand.

"Atmosphere." He said with interest: "Atmosphere is the most important. Besides, how many couples who come here care about decoration."

On a table next to them, Romestad of the Three Broomsticks was sitting opposite an equally young man. They held each other's hands tightly and looked at each other with blurred eyes.

Snape couldn't adapt to the atmosphere here. His body kept twisting and twisting, he couldn't sit comfortably, and he felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere here.

"Or we'd better go."

After seeing that Lily also disliked Mrs. Puddifu's Tea House, he simply suggested in a low voice: "I think the Three Broomsticks are more suitable for us -"

At this moment, a strong voice interrupted Snape's complaint.

"Marry me, Minerva!"

This startled the three of them.

Minerva? !

Besides Professor McGonagall, who else did they know Minerva? !

Even Romesta and the man opposite her looked curiously in the direction of the sound.

A meticulous man with thinning hair knelt on one knee, holding a sparkling ring in his hands, while Professor McGonagall in the seat was looking at him helplessly.

This gave Lily a very strange feeling. She was a Gryffindor student, and she usually had the most contact with Dean McGonagall, but she never expected to see each other in such a place of love.

"Elphinstone."

Professor McGonagall helped the seemingly accomplished man up with both hands. She shook her head and said, "You know me, I'm not ready to accept marriage yet."

"Ok."

The man named Elphinstone stood up naturally. He was not depressed at all after the failed proposal, and seemed to have become accustomed to it.

He even made an appropriate joke.

"I thought the reason you refused last time was because I wasn't strong enough, but don't worry, I will be more prepared next time."

This indomitable spirit deeply impressed Snape, and he didn't know what he thought of it. He seized the opportunity and asked Mrs. Puddieff, who happened to be walking by: "Do you know what this is, Madam?" "

Mrs. Puddieffe was a plump woman with glossy black hair.

After hearing Snape's inquiry, she smiled kindly and said: "You mean them. It seems that you should be students at Hogwarts - the man's name is Elphinstone, and he is from the Ministry of Magic." Senior officials, you have proposed to your Professor McGonagall here many times, but you have never been successful."

Lily asked in surprise: "Then why did Professor McGonagall agree to his date?"

Mrs. Pudifu smiled mysteriously: "Emotional matters are never so simple to decide. You will know when you grow up. Okay, my dear, what would you like to drink?"

The three of them each ordered a cup of coffee, and Karan ordered an extra strawberry-flavored candy bar.

"It'll be fine right now."

Before leaving, Mrs. Puddieff smiled encouragingly at Snape, who looked full of admiration.

She couldn't figure out the relationship between the three children, but it didn't matter. Mrs. Puddieff had seen a lot, and there was no kind of couple she hadn't seen before.

Under Mrs. Puddieff's kind eyes, Snape shivered for no reason.

Karan also remembered Elphinstone, a man who was Professor McGonagall's former boss at the Ministry of Magic, but the person Professor McGonagall loved was a Muggle on a farm he met by chance.It was a pity that Professor McGonagall originally came from a family of wizards and Muggles. She had seen with her own eyes the life of wizards who were careful not to expose their magic. From the bottom of her heart, she did not want to make the same mistake again, and it would also delay her future of working in the Ministry of Magic.

In desperation, Professor McGonagall finally gave up on this short-lived love affair, but she kept thinking about the Muggle in her heart, which was why she couldn't agree to her boss's proposal, even though she had already unknowingly Fall in love with each other.

In the end, perhaps some time in the future, Professor McGonagall finally untied her knot and agreed to her boss's proposal. However, within a few years, Elphinstone died accidentally due to the bite of a poisonous tentacle. , ended this supposedly happy marriage.

From this point of view, Professor McGonagall is really ill-fated on her emotional journey.

Karan picked out some things that he could tell and told them. Lily sighed sincerely: "You even know this kind of thing, and you still say that you don't intend to do bad things? Why do you want to investigate the professor's emotions if you don't do bad things?" experience?"

"Don't interrupt." Karan rolled his eyes. He suddenly thought of a good idea - instead of letting Professor McGonagall continue to be entangled with the Muggle whom they will never meet again, it would be better for her to accept the proposal of her former boss as soon as possible. .

This requires an example of a failed marriage between a wizard and a Muggle.

And right in front of Karan, there just happened to be a suitable person.

Snape saw Karan's malicious gaze, and he asked warily: "Why are you staring at me?"

Karan coughed twice and said tentatively: "What would you do if I told your father's deeds out loud here?"

Snape grabbed the coffee cup expressionlessly: "I will throw scalding coffee in your face to stop your boring behavior before you say my name."

"What if your name is not mentioned?"

"No."

"What if I call you Sif too?"

"No! And you're not allowed to call me that!"

The idea of ​​using Snape as an example obviously failed, and this method was indeed too cruel, not only for Snape, but also for Mrs. Prince.

Lily didn't care at all about the nonsense between the two of them. All her attention was placed far away on Professor McGonagall's table.

Fortunately, the distance between the two parties was relatively far, so Professor McGonagall did not discover the students in the school.

"Look at it!"

She patted their arms hard and said, "El...that man took out something again!"

She didn't remember Elphinstone's name clearly, but that didn't stop her from enjoying the fun at all.

Karan narrowed his eyes slightly. He carefully distinguished the two pieces of paper Elphinstone took out. They looked like tickets.

"Could it be a ticket for the Duel Cup?"

He said with some uncertainty.

As a senior official in the Ministry of Magic, it was not difficult for Elphinstone to get two tickets.

The tangled look appeared on Professor McGonagall's face again, as if she didn't know whether to agree to the other party's request to watch the game together.

"Go and see if you don't know."

Lily's face was full of excitement. She quietly bent down and kept walking around the round table under the surprised eyes of Karan and Snape. When she was about to reach the table where Professor McGonagall was, she suddenly pretended to fall.

"Ouch."

Seeing Lily screaming, Karan silently gave her a ten points in his heart.

The full score is also ten points.

The two of them could not hear what Lily said when she was helped up by Professor McGonagall. They only saw Professor McGonagall looking towards them, and then the expression on Elphinstone's face suddenly became excited.

After Lily came back, she explained with dignity: "I saw those two tickets, they were indeed tickets for the Duel Cup. Then I mentioned that we would also watch the game soon and asked Dean McGonagall if she would. go together?"

"Then the professor agreed?" Karan looked incredulous.

Lily snorted softly: "No one can resist me pretending to be cute. Petunia doesn't know how many times she has let me go, not to mention that my grades are the best in Gryffindor."

When Snape heard the first half of the sentence, he already nodded in agreement.

Although somewhat different from what she initially thought, Lily did find happiness at Mrs. Puddieffe's Teahouse.Especially in the next few days, the endless games made Lily even less interested in worrying about Ariana.

In fact, Lily's worries will only make herself more troubled. Ariana's brothers will definitely take good care of her.

The days passed and it was finally time to watch the game.

Callan, who was lying on the simple bed frame in Snape's bedroom, was woken up from her sleep by Meadows. I really didn't know why she was so excited at five o'clock in the morning.

"Get up quickly, it's time to go!"