Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 817 Vampire Bar

  The moment Albert stepped into the rising green flame, it seemed that his whole body was sucked in, and the swirling green flame took him to spin rapidly, like being thrown into a washing machine. After regaining the sense of being down-to-earth, Albert shook slightly, and regained his footing.

   "Welcome to the Spanish Ministry of Magic."

  As soon as he walked out of the fireplace, Albert heard the voice of a strange old man next to him.

  Of course, the old wizard probably didn’t expect the visitors to be able to understand Spanish, and just greeted the passengers coming out of the international floo network as usual.

   After all, there are very few wizards using the International Floo Network, and it is rare to meet one.

  Albert turned his head to look at the old wizard who was sitting in a chair reading a newspaper, and looked around at the surrounding environment. After noticing that the green flame that had just been extinguished was burning again in the fireplace, he immediately stepped aside.

Bud came out of the fireplace, reached out and patted the ashes off his clothes, and greeted the old wizard next to him in fluent Spanish: "Oh, Rodris, it's great to see you, I didn't expect you to still Not retired."

"I think it's good to stay here. I read the newspaper every day and don't have to do anything. I can get a good salary every month." The old wizard put down the newspaper, and stepped forward to give Bard a simple hug. "It's you, who retired when you were still very young."

"You should be soon too. I heard that the Ministry of Magic is discussing whether to shut down the International Floo Network and let the International Portkey replace it." Bud said with regret, "I think Spain should be soon." .”

"It doesn't bother you to worry about this. Unless the Ministry of Magic can find a stable and fast way of transportation, the International Floo Network will not be canceled easily." What Rodris said is true, although the International Floo Network is not comfortable , but using it to travel is safe and fast enough, and it is far from being a substitute for the port key. After all, wizards who use the port key to travel can easily cause the symptoms of door sickness.

   Albert always felt that the tone of the two old men's speech was a bit weird, like a pair of enemies.

   "This is..." Rodris looked at Albert.

"This is my student." Bud introduced to Albert with a smile: "This is my old friend Rodris, don't look at him as an old man now, this guy used to be a duel champion, Barnabus Winner of the Finkelly Award for Distinguished Spellcasting, and Honorary Veteran of the Anti-Dark Arts League."

   "Hello, Mr. Rodris, I'm Albert, Albert Anderson, nice to meet you." Albert said and shook hands with the old man.

   "I seem to have heard this name before." Rodris blinked and looked at Albert. He always felt that he had heard the name Albert Anderson somewhere.

"Albert is the champion of the International Wizard Chess Championship and the Magic School Potion Championship. It's normal for you to have heard his name." Bud said proudly: "I brought him to Spain this time to participate in the acquired Barna Booth Finkley excelled in the spellcasting competition and might take home another trophy."

  Rodris felt bad all of a sudden, and this time he accidentally made Bud sick again.

"Okay, we have to go, see you another day." Bard took Albert out of the Spanish Ministry of Magic in a happy mood. He seemed to notice Albert's weird gaze and explained with a smile: "Rodris used to be a A guy who likes to show off, once disgusted me, and then I decided to disgust him every time I meet that guy in the future.”

  Albert was a little dumbfounded. When he followed Bard out of the Ministry of Magic, he discovered that the Ministry of Magic in Spain was actually disguised as a supermarket, with a big sign of "Closed for renovation" hanging on the dusty door.

  They were surrounded by unfinished buildings, and there were no other residents at all, so they didn't worry about attracting the attention of Muggles.

   "Where are we going, sign up?"

   "Go to the temporary shelter first." Bud motioned Albert to follow him.

   The two went to an unfinished building 100 meters away from the supermarket. The surrounding buildings actually looked like unfinished buildings on the surface. After entering, they would discover the secrets hidden inside.

   It was a much cleaner bar than the Leaky Cauldron. The bar was quite lively, and many wizards were talking in low voices.

  After the two entered the bar, the guests at the tables at the door stopped talking one after another, casting curious glances at Albert and Bud.

"The Barnabus Finkley Merit Contest will be held here. It wasn't here before, but after the owners of this pub sponsored the Barnabus Finkley Merit Contest, they moved it to the venue. Come here, even the name of the bar has been changed to Barnabus Bar."

   "That boss is very smart." Albert looked at the bar, feeling that it was similar to a Muggle bar. He figured the bar's patrons were probably wizards competing in the Barnabus Finkley Merit Spellcasting competition.

"Yeah, very smart." Bud took Albert to the bar and continued to introduce him: "This bar pays for various international competitions every year. By the way, the bar owner is half a vampire, literally above meaning."

   "A bar opened by a vampire?" Albert found it very interesting.

  In this world, vampires are not the same as werewolves. They are actually somewhat similar to Veela. They are magical humanoid creatures that can have offspring with humans, rather than relying on the so-called first embrace.

  However, because some vampires can't control the urge to **** blood and kill the blood-sucking object, they are very unpopular with wizards. Moreover, rumors that vampire fangs can be used to create a very advanced aphrodisiac lead directly to vampire hunters being happy to keep their eyes on them.

  The two came to the bar and booked two luxurious rooms from the bartender, for which Bud paid a small bag of gold coins.

  The magic currency used in Spain is somewhat similar to Galleons, but the value is not as high as Galleons, which is a common currency in the world.

"If I were you, I would be wary of the wine that is handed to you. It is said that Diana, the daughter of the bar owner, likes to hook up handsome and promising young men in the bar." After Albert took out the suitcase from the non-marking stretch bag Time, Bard kindly reminded.

   "Do half-vampires also **** blood?" Albert was very surprised.

   "The vast majority of half-vampires will still be partially affected, and blood will excite them." Bud seems to know vampires very well, "Besides, being sucked by a vampire is a very dangerous thing."

   Albert looked at Bud suspiciously. He felt that the other party might have had a similar experience.

   "I've been tricked before."

  If it wasn't for reminding Albert, Bud probably didn't want to mention the dark history.

   "Tell me about Barnabus Finkley's excellent spellcasting technique!" Naturally, Albert would not ask about Bard's black history for fun, and just changed the subject.

  Although Albert's skill panel has Voldemort's spellcasting techniques, he actually doesn't understand the rules and methods of this game at all.

"The competition is different from what you think. The referees will let the contestants use magic wands to show their magical talents, and then score the contestants according to their spellcasting level. After several rounds of screening, the final champion will be selected. By the way, since Baba After Nabs Finkley's excellent spellcasting technique was moved here, the championship trophy has always been made of pure gold, so you don't have to complain that the trophy is gold-plated." At the end of the speech, Bard had a smile on the corner of his mouth. A faint smile.

  (end of this chapter)