Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"Where did you want to go?" Hermione asked her, and Zooey kept looking around, "Isn't it on the guide map?"

"General tour guides will not suggest tourists to go there, because it is very informal, and the people who will go there are probably suspicious people except for regular customers - I collected a lot of information with the locals in the morning, at least They all don't have a good impression of the Pig's Head Bar." Zooey chose a small road, which seemed inconspicuous as if it was hidden in the shadows, and walked towards it.

"The Pig's Head Bar? I've also heard Ms. Rosmerta mention it, and everyone in it will wrap themselves up."

"Yeah, since there are suspicious people around, of course you have to take precautions - revealing your identity is a terrible thing, especially if you have any privacy needs there." Zooey agreed.

They walked through the narrow alley, and at the corner at the other end of the street, a crooked looking house stood there. A rotten wooden sign was hung on a rusty bracket in front of the door, with a picture of The severed pig's head.Because of the howling wind, the signboard was shaking back and forth, making creaking noises.

"I don't think it's good to go in directly, it looks too weird, don't you think so, Zoe?" Hermione's face suddenly became serious, the atmosphere of the Pig's Head Bar is not at all like three The broom is so warm, like the main scene in a ghost story, countless weird things will happen as soon as you enter.

"If you want a beer, we can turn back to the Three Broomsticks. This is not a place for children."

"I don't really care where this is, and whether I want to drink here." Zooey walked to the window and looked in through the dirty, dusty window, "I just want to see Looking at the owner of this store, I have been looking for clues for a long time, and I think I must have found the right one this time."

"What are you looking for?" Hermione also leaned over to look, the inside of the Pig's Head Bar was as dirty as its outside, of course it wasn't just because they saw everything through a dirty glass, the bar was dark It was gloomy, only the short candles on the low table continued to glow with a little light.There were not many people in the bar, and they were all immersed in their own world. Sure enough, they all wrapped themselves up like black tapestry, and most of them came alone.

The person Zoe was looking for was arranging something on the shelf behind the bar. He was tall and thin, and he looked very old, because his hair was all gray, and he had a long beard that could be seen faintly from behind. , is also gray and white.

"That man is the owner of the bar? Why are you looking for him?" Hermione noticed Zooey's gaze.

"I don't want to find him, I just want to see what kind of person he is. This is the first time I have seen him from a place other than a photo."

At this time the old man turned around, the expression on his face always reminded one of an irritated old fighting sheep, and his robe was dirty, just like any old man with a bad temper.The old man held a beer glass (which was covered with dust), took out a bottle of butter beer from under the counter, poured it into the glass and pushed it to the customer, without communicating with the customer a word from the beginning to the end.

"Sure enough, they look alike, you know they are brothers." Zooey watched the old man intently for a long time, and sighed.

"Who are you talking about?" Hermione asked.

"This old man is Dumbledore's family, his younger brother." Zooey said something that surprised Hermione, "I found it in Dumbledore's collection before, and the photo was well hidden. It's the only photo I've found of them together."

"I want to find his brother. They haven't been in touch all these years. Sometimes I feel that Dumbledore is actually looking forward to talking with him, but he never did." Zoe said dissatisfied.

"Then how do you know that the owner of the Pig's Head is his brother?"

"He was accidentally photographed in a previous 'Wizard Travel Special', and that photo was published in a magazine, and the reporter said he was a queer and rude person, and made him and Rosmerta from the Three Broomsticks In contrast, if the Hog's Head Bar stays like this, it will just close down." Zoe said, "I've noticed it since then."

"Then what do you want to do?"

"I haven't figured it out yet...but I want him to at least send a letter home at Christmas. Dumbledore is lonely every Christmas."

"But wouldn't you spend it with him?" Hermione asked.

Zoe smiled wryly, and she didn't know how to explain this feeling: "But Dumbledore always has something on his mind, he rarely tells me about himself, but I can feel that he is not feeling well, a kind of... Hmm—a knot in my heart. I don’t think this matter can be resolved by me.”

"You think his brother can fix this? You don't even know what's going on."

"Yeah, he doesn't tell me anything, but even so, I feel that I should do something for him." Zooey patted the dust on her body, just standing here for a while, her body was already stained. Less dust.

"Aren't we going in?" Hermione asked suspiciously when she saw that Zoe was going to go back.

"Forget about today. There are still many opportunities, and there is not enough time today." Zoe said, "I have to go back to Hogwarts first."

"What's the matter, do you want to send a gift?"

"Yeah... and there are some personal matters."

"Private business?"

"Well, you have to respond to some people's provocation."

*****

At this time, in the Ravenclaw tower, in the common room, Luna scratched her head, looking for her herbal homework everywhere. She put the homework in the book after finishing the homework, and threw the things on the table. The bathroom, homework and books disappeared after returning.

"What's the matter, Lovegood?"

It was a second-year Ravenclaw girl who was talking to her. She was sitting at another table with three other Ravenclaw students. Luna looked familiar, probably they were all in the same grade, but they hadn't spoken to each other. , I haven't met a few times.

"Did you see my herbal medicine textbook? It's very conspicuous, with parchment..."

"Missing something, Lovegood?" said one of the four boys, laughing. "Want to try divination? Use the odd earrings on your ears?"

"Or how about praying to the horned snoring beast sincerely? Aren't you its loyal believer?" Another person held back a smile, exchanging glances with her companions.

Luna's hands hanging on the hem of the robe tightened, her voice was still calm, but it was less ethereal and became more realistic: "What I want to explain to you is that the horned snoring beast is not my belief. , but the magical creatures that my father and I were after... We did make some progress, and I have the horn of the Snork in my house."

"But I also heard that your house is still stuffed with garlic? Only such a weird family and parents can educate such a freak like you."

They laughed loudly, not only pointing at Luna, but also kept imitating Luna's usual words and deeds. One of the girls let go of her eyes and walked around the table as if she was sleepwalking, using a kind of artificial vibrato to exaggerate Read: "I'm Luna Lovegood, and my lifelong dream is to find a magical creature that never existed, because that would make me special, and you can call me a crazy girl, because I His brain is not normal."

The rest of the people in the lounge all turned their heads to look at them. Although they didn't make a fuss, most of them thought it had nothing to do with them and just ignored it, but a few of them thought it was funny, and some people covered their mouths and laughed softly.

Luna's chest rose and fell violently, as if she was desperately enduring embarrassment and grievances, but her face was still expressionless: "Well, have you read my book?"

"Who knows? You should go and look in the trash, maybe there will be surprises."

Of course, it was impossible for Luna to follow the direction they pointed, it was purely to humiliate people.But she couldn't help it all at once, obviously her book was taken away by these people and hid, because they didn't like her.Maybe I lost my book two days ago, and it's not necessarily because of them.

"Why don't you try the Flying Curse?" A voice sounded behind her at this time, with obvious anger.

Luna felt that this was a good idea, so she pulled out her wand, "The textbooks are coming!" But she probably didn't grasp the main point, and was just chanting a spell.Her herbology textbook didn't fly towards her, and the silence was broken again, and the people started laughing again, as if they were laughing at Luna's overreaching.

"When you swing your wand, you must form an impression in your mind, and really think of the item you want to find, especially this kind of thing that everyone has. You have to think that what you need is 'your own book'." At this moment, Luna turned around and found Zoe standing behind her with a cold face. It seemed that she was suppressing her anger, "And when you recite the mantra, you must pronounce it clearly, but don't delay the syllables, and be crisp and neat."

Zoe's words seemed to carry a reliable magic power. Although Luna was still very unfamiliar with the Flying Curse, she was willing to try it again.According to her explanation, Luna slowly raised her wand, pondered for a moment, and said loudly, "The textbooks are flying!" At this time, the textbooks hidden at the bottom trembled from the table where the four people piled up a pile of things. Throwing off the items on his body, he flew towards Luna, but halfway, it seemed that the magnet lost its guidance, and fell to the ground with a snap, the inside pages of the textbook were smashed open, and the parchment that Luna sandwiched in the textbook fell off. out.

Luna ran over to pick up her textbooks and homework, showing a faint smile.The expressions of those four people were particularly embarrassing, with the embarrassment of being exposed as a prank in the public, and now they have become part of the joke, and they can feel the mocking eyes hitting them.

Originally, I just wanted to make a fool of this little girl who didn't fit in with the people around me and humiliated her a few times, so that she wouldn't think about being in the limelight all day long. It was really embarrassing.That's why they simply took away Luna's things first, and wanted her to remember them long, but Luna didn't respond at all, and even brought a new book the next day, which made several people feel that they were underestimated , and made a move to tease Luna again today.