Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 138: 3 persons

Last Sunday in September.

The sky is clear and blue, and the clouds are not stained, just like a piece of clean blue paper. This is a rare good weather, especially for Hogwarts, which has experienced a rainy September.

The students were naturally very happy about this, because today is the day to go to Hogsmeade.

For Matthew Wakefield, this is his second trip to Hogsmeade, the only village in the UK where only wizards exist.

The last time was naturally during the Christmas holiday last year. At that time, he went alone, and met a weird witch following him, and finally fled back to Hogwarts through the secret passage of Honeydukes Candy Store.

During the Easter holiday in April this year, the first-year students originally had the opportunity to go to Hogsmeade, but at that time, the final exam was approaching, and everyone obediently stayed in Hogwarts Castle to review. Matthew is no exception.

But this time today, Matthew is no longer alone.

In the morning, while eating in the auditorium, Matthew ran into Neville and Hermione; after breakfast, the three of them left the castle together as a matter of course.

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Mr. Pringle, the administrator of the castle, stood at the oak gate as usual, checking the names of the students who were allowed to go to Hogsmeade one by one.

And this time is longer than usual, because Mr. Pringle needs to use his spy device to test everyone repeatedly.

On the other side of the oak gate, two black figures wearing cloaks stood there.

They are tall and big, their faces are completely hidden under the hood, and their hands are stretched out under the cloak. They are gray and white, and seem to be covered with mucus and spots... as if after death, they have been soaked in water for a long time and rotted corpses .

Matthew once again felt the biting chill from the heart that he had felt at the gate of the castle before... He even felt that he could no longer be happy.

Dementors!

This was the first time Matthew got so close to them.

I have to say, I feel extremely emotional, even a little desperate.

Not only Matthew, Neville and Hermione also turned pale.

Especially Miss Hermione Granger, when she passed through the oak gate guarded by the dementors, she even stood a little unsteadily, with tears streaming from her eyes...

This state lasted until about a quarter of an hour after they left Hogwarts.

Hermione had just let go of her tightly gripping Matthew's hand, and Matthew touched the back of her hand slightly on the way, and found that her hand was extremely cold...

She lowered her head, wiped her tears, and panted heavily at the same time... It was hard for her to recover.

"It's scary..." she said hoarsely.

"My dad said that dementors are the scariest creatures in the world." Neville thought.

"I heard that there are dementors everywhere in Azkaban..." Hermione couldn't help trembling, "It must be so scary there, I'm afraid it's almost equivalent to **** on earth..."

"Should be." Neville nodded.

"...And those three criminals who escaped from Azkaban..." Hermione continued, "How did they do it... No wonder Hogwarts has to take such strict precautions ..."

The three of them chatted about the dementors and Azkaban while walking along the main road to Hogsmeade village.

There are still quite a lot of students on the side of the road. After all, it is the first time to go to Hogsmeade this semester, and everyone is very interested.

Because it was already autumn, the leaves on the trees on the side of the road became withered and yellow, and they fell to the ground, dyeing the rough road surface yellow.

The three people's shoes stepped on the leaves, only to hear the rustling.

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Soon, they arrived at their destination.

At the entrance of Hogsmeade Village, Matthew saw brothers Fred and George Weasley, who were pointing at the things inside the window of Zuko's Joke Shop.

"Where are we going?" Matthew asked softly.

"Go to Two Broomsticks and have a glass of butterbeer first," Neville suggested, "I still feel a little cold..."

Matthew has no objection to this, although the influence of the dementors is already negligible to him.

They continued along the road, past the post office--where owls flew out every once in a while.

A small road next to the post office, Matthew remembers leading to the Pig's Head Bar... He could vaguely see the rusty bracket and the wild boar's head painted on it... A middle-aged man dressed as a waiter, Something is being poured at the door.

The middle-aged man looked up at Matthew and the others.

I don't know why, when he saw the sign of the Pig's Head Bar again, Matthew suddenly felt an extremely uncomfortable feeling from the bottom of his heart.

More than half a year ago, when he entered that bar last time, he didn't feel this way.

Fortunately, they did not stop, but continued to move forward.

Crossing the road, they were soon in the warm Two Broomsticks bar.

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There are a lot of people in the bar~IndoMTL.com~ is almost full; a handsome middle-aged woman is greeting customers; there is also a bald middle-aged wizard who is pouring five or six glasses Wine glasses of different colors were handed to each table.

Matthew and Hermione stood for about ten minutes before they waited for an empty small table, and they sat down quickly.

Then Neville returned, three glasses of bubbling, steaming Butterbeer in hand.

"Finally I can rest for a while!" He sat down and picked up a glass of butter beer, "Cheers!"

Matthew took a sip and had to say that it tasted great, at least much better than the mead he drank here last time.

Because it's hot, the whole body is full of warmth after drinking it.

"It's much more comfortable this way." Hermione couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

At this moment, a gust of cool wind suddenly messed up Matthew's hair.

The door of the two brooms was opened, and Matthew looked over the rim of the glass, and suddenly choked.

"That seems to be...Professor Slughorn!" Neville pointed to the door and whispered.

The past has been greeted eagerly by the bald-headed Mr. Rosmerta, who is mainly in charge of entertaining the "guests".

Horace Slughorn swaggered into the bar, and he wasn't the only one; behind him was a little girl from the first grade.

Under normal circumstances, first-year students can only come to Hogsmeade during the Christmas and Easter holidays, but if they are accompanied by a teacher, it is a different matter... So Miss Elaine Shafik, today is the only way to come to Hogsmeade. appear here.

Like a lioness, Hermione Granger gave Matthew and Neville a fierce look.

As if to warn them, don't go and say hello to Slughorn!