All things are three at Hogwarts

Unlike the sunny white clouds controlled by magic seen outside the window of the Ministry of Magic, it was raining heavily outside the window of the Three Broomsticks pub.

In such bad weather, Allen and Leonard Knox, who came all the way from the United States, sat next to a long table filled with drinks and snacks, chatting comfortably.

At this time, in the bar, due to the weather and summer vacation, except for Allen, there were only a few customers who came to take shelter from the rain, and the wizards at the construction site would only come to drink after get off work.

"Jessica is keen on dressing herself up and studying recipes. She is now teaching some witches how to use wands for makeup, but then she changed her mind and wanted to become a costume designer. I don't know where she got so many strange ideas. , but she has always wanted to compile a food magazine, and she has been insisting on this for a long time." Leonard raised his glass and drank a glass of wine, "I just haven't seen how to get a boyfriend..."

"It's not a bad thing to focus on work first..." Allen refilled a glass of red currant rum for Leonard, "How is Ian? What is the name of the Ultimate Wizarding Examination in the United States?"

"Huh? He's about the same age as you, but he entered school one year earlier and has graduated. Now he has just become an Auror trainee with three years of training." Leonard said with some pride, "Ian did it last time. After being defeated by you, I wanted to duel with you again, so I have been practicing magic... But after you defeated the mysterious man for the first time... Although he didn't show much in front of others..." Leonard said with some relief. , "After surviving for a while, he came out on his own and started to have more hobbies. Now he still plays a No-Maj sport called basketball with his No-Maj neighbors from time to time. He also learned how to sing, dance and rap like No-Majs."

"Speaking of which, the soon-to-be-established university at Hogwarts is also about to start... With Ian's magical talent, if he comes to my university for further study, he will easily achieve more achievements." Allen grabbed a piece of fried dough Put the pig skin in your mouth.

Because of Allen's compliment, Leonard smiled: "As expected of the principal, but don't come to poach the genius of our Ilvermorny College..."

The door of the Three Broomsticks pub was pushed open at this time, and Hermione and her guards got in. After the umbrella she held in her hand turned into a wand, she shook it and cleaned it with water. After looking around, she walked to where Allen and the others were. The men were sitting at the door by themselves.

After greeting Allen and Leonard, Hermione sat down next to Allen: "Sorry, I'm a little late. Mr. Ambrosio Frum, the boss of Honeydukes, doesn't want us to be in his room." We had a long argument with him about placing a small obelisk next to the shop." Hermione raised her chin in annoyance and shook her fluffy hair. "Finally, I told him that if he didn't want to, what would happen then? The damage has nothing to do with the protective umbrella... Only this stubborn guy is willing to agree."

The sound of boot heels clanged on the floor, and Ms. Rosmerta came swaying from the counter to say hello, "Miss Granger, what would you like to drink? Is it the same as before?"

"Hello, Ms. Rosmerta, why don't you add some ginger juice to the oil beer..." Hermione tucked her wind-blown hair behind her ears, pointed to the door and asked, "By the way, Cheryl seems to have met at the door. When there was trouble, a drunkard was pestering her and she was so scared that she almost cried, but I went to help and she said no, what happened?"

"The drunk you saw is Cheryl's husband Sean... He lost his job because of illness..." Mrs. Rosmerta shook her head, "I used to be a good person, but now my personality has become a bit bad and he is addicted. Drinking and gambling..." She sighed and continued, "That day I saw Cheryl performing healing on herself, and she seemed to have done something... I tried to persuade her before, but Cheryl just gave birth to a child and didn't want a divorce. .”

"Have you ever done anything?! Bullshit!..." Leonard slammed his wine glass on the table with a thud, his brows knitted into a ball, "We American witches would have sued him and bankrupted everything..."

Allen patted the back of Hermione's hand to comfort her, raised his head and asked, "What did Sean do before?"

"I used to work in the Bobin family's chain of magic stores." Mrs. Rosmerta pursed her red lips and smiled at Allen. Contrary to the detailed introduction just now, she just walked over lightly.

Hermione blushed a little. Umbrella's potions were of high quality and low price. Last year, there was a tendency to monopolize the market. Too many small workshops and small businesses that made potions went bankrupt. Annette Bobin also attended Professor Horace's banquet. I went to find her online and finally broke up... In the magical world, employees are not as protected as in the Muggle world. It seems that Sean not only lost his job but also received little compensation because of this incident.

"It was very windy and rainy outside just now. I noticed that Miss Granger was partially wet when she came in..." Noticing the silent atmosphere, Mrs. Rosmerta gave a sweet smile and cleaned Hermione's robes to dry them. "I'll go to the kitchen to get something to drink for Miss Granger and the guards."

Mrs. Rosmerta chuckled, winked at Leonard at the dinner table, turned around and left, which made Leonard, an American wizard, unable to resist and blushed.

"Don't mind, Mr. Knox, that's how Mrs. Rosmerta behaves." Allen's words called back Mr. Leonard's attention.

"She reminds me of Mrs. Klein..." Leonard stopped leaning on the sofa, moved his back away from the sofa and sat up straight, pushing the wine glass and plate in front of him forward, his eyes were slightly focused, and there were wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. It went deeper, and then he realized that he had lost his temper and coughed twice, "By the way... Allen, there are some things that are not good to say in the meeting. In fact, I think... um..." Then he realized that he had stopped ignoring Hermione's presence, pointing his finger. He kept turning the wine glass, frowning and feeling a little embarrassed, not knowing whether he should continue talking.

Seeing this, Hermione understood that the other party wanted to talk to Allen privately. She was worried that it would be difficult to speak in her presence, so she immediately stood up and said, "I'm going to see if Cheryl needs help. Sorry, Mr. Knox. Regarding the Umbrella business and the U.S. Ministry of Magic’s business, please wait for me and talk to you later.”

Leonard understood that Hermione had seen through his concerns, and his bony fingers stopped moving, and he twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment: "Uh, I'm sorry, Miss Granger, you don't have to..."

Hermione smiled and said: "It's okay, Mr. Knox, I understand. I actually have some issues with renovating Hogwarts and need to talk to Allen privately later. You can talk first."

"It's okay Hermione, Leonard is just out of habit..." Allen also pulled Hermione and looked at Leonard who was much older than him, "Is it related to the previous meeting of the Wizards Association?"

"Alan, you know... Filius and I are also old friends. He and I have mentioned you many times in our exchanges. He said that you are his most proud disciple... For the sake of Filius For the sake of... um... I think, uh, I am not the American representative of the International Federation of Wizards here..." Leonard sat forward again, lowered his head to adjust his posture, and raised it again to face Allen. Said, "I have to remind you in my personal capacity as your friend. Maybe the British Ministry of Magic and your Harris family have their own considerations... But from my personal perspective, I have to remind you that it is best to restrain yourself in the future. .”

Hearing what the other party said, Hermione ignored her politeness and asked immediately after Leonard finished speaking: "Mr. Knox, did you get any news? Is it because we were too public before?"

"Miss Granger, in fact, this has nothing to do with your high-profile behavior. The most essential problem is... your many actions during this period have made almost all countries feel threatened. Just after this meeting, When I was invited by the German representative to meet privately, he spoke of Britain in a very fearful tone... But I refused, but I think representatives from many countries participated in their private talks."

Hermione bit her lip and held the magic robe tightly in her hands under the long table. The worries in her heart poured out layer by layer and engulfed her. She knew that there was much more than Leonard could see on the surface. There are much more. All Allen has done is to break the secrecy law in the future. If it is already hostile to so many countries, then once it is really broken in the future...

"Actually, before I came here, we had a lot of internal disputes about the position of the International Federation of Wizards. The reason why we remained neutral at this meeting was because Minister Harris proposed some profitable ideas for us. Conditions, only those of us who support Britain can win..." Leonard pushed up the big glasses on his pointed nose so that he could see more clearly.

"Mrs. Rosmerta, let me come, you take care of the others first." Allen waved his hand and levitated the butterbeer with ginger juice prepared for Hermione by Mrs. Rosmerta, stopping her from approaching, and then He asked casually, "People in the United States who don't like us...if it's convenient, can you tell me what their reasons are?"