Hogwarts Asylum

It gets dark earlier than usual in the West Midlands in November, but Birmingham, located in the middle of the West Midlands, has no intention of resting at all.

The streets were already brightly lit before the sun had completely set. People seemed to feel that the Halloween parade last night was not enough. Maybe it was because Thursday was a working day yesterday, so when night began to fall, the streets again Just like last night, teams began to appear, dressed in strange shapes.

Fortunately, Birmingham has always been a city famous for its cultural diversity, so tourists who came to go shopping were not frightened by the enthusiastic "ghosts". Instead, they happily hugged each other and patted the tourists. According to.

Among a group of busy "ghosts", the busiest one is a man wearing an extremely ugly and terrifying green-faced fang mask, wearing a green chainmail, and holding an unedged sharp knife.

To be honest, Rosha doesn't want to attend tonight's parade at all, because he is a Kashmiri expatriate and a Hindu. Participating in such a Catholic event is simply blasphemy to the gods he believes in.

This can also be seen from his dress. After all, other ghosts and monsters are dressed as vampires, werewolves, or simply wearing a piece of white cloth and wearing roller skates to pretend to be ghosts, but Rosa's dress is very... A unique Rakshasa.

This is a man-eating evil spirit in Hindu mythology. It looks much more ferocious than those unimaginative British guys. It can also be seen from the reactions of passers-by. It is obvious who is the most popular one, which makes Rosa feel quite happy. To be proud, I, the ghost of Hinduism, should be more popular than you.

However, Rosa was also a little troubled, which was why he had to come to this parade. He was actually a wizard with a mission.

This morning, when Rosa went to the Pig Head Bar for a drink as usual, she met Mundungus who was sitting in the corner drinking openly.

I heard from other drunkards in the bar that the guy used a special fake gold coin that could be stored for a whole day to commit economic fraud. As a result, he accidentally defrauded the mistress of a minor official in the Ministry of Magic, so he was sent to the Ministry of Magic. He had been imprisoned in Azkaban for more than half a month, and he had only been released two days ago.

Of course, the reason why Aberforth, the owner of the Pig's Head Bar, made an exception to let that guy in for a drink was because on the day that guy Mundungus was released, that little official from the Ministry of Magic was sent to Azkaban for corruption, so he was in trouble. Dunges can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people.

Rosa was one of the few people in the bar who didn't dislike Mundungus' stench, so during the drinking session with Mundungus, Mundungus pulled Rosa's shoulder and revealed that he had learned from Az After Kaban came out, he received a big order, which is Rosa's current task.

Mundungus said that a noble person had paid a large sum of money to cause chaos in Birmingham's Park Road tonight, so that people from the Ministry of Magic's Law Enforcement Reconnaissance Team could be concentrated there. If they could attract the attention of the Aurors, things would happen. The reward will be doubled after success.

Rosa refused at first. After all, although the Law Enforcement Reconnaissance Team is not well-known in the magic world, it is still an unreachable master for low-level wizards like him, and once caught, it is not Living in Azkaban for half a month with room and board included would require at least decades of imprisonment, and no wizard had ever been able to survive in Azkaban for decades.

But the number Mundungus mentioned was so huge that the initiator of this mission even advanced [-]% of the bounty for funding.

The Galleons allocated to Rosa were enough for him to stay in the Pig's Head Bar for a whole year without going out. After that, with a little saving, Rosa could be very cool in the Pig's Head Bar. For a long time, if the others who took over the task worked harder and attracted a few Aurors...

Therefore, with the idea of ​​finding wealth in danger, Luo Sha finally took on this task.

However, even though Mundungus has such a bad reputation that the trolls would spit before leaving, he still has a strong sense of confidentiality in matters that may make him spend the rest of his life in Azkaban. At least he refused to tell anyone who was on the mission with Rosa. He only said that there were ten people in total including himself.

On the street, Rosa was being pulled by tourists to take photos while looking around, hoping to find companions among other "ghosts" to soothe her inner nervousness.

Soon, as he passed a street corner, Rosa saw a middle-aged woman wearing a magic robe and a wizard's hat in another group of "ghosts" not far away.

[Your Majesty Shiva, why doesn’t that woman pretend to be? ! 】

Rosa suddenly lost confidence in tonight's action.

"Rosa, come here quickly." A young voice came from the crowd. Rosa knew that it was one of the people organizing tonight's ghost parade - Tom Martin Jr., and it was through this young man that he applied to join the team. inner.

"Here we come." Rosa glanced at the witch one last time, then quickly turned around and walked towards Little Tom. He complained as he walked, "Woffman, you should call me Rakshasa. Didn't you say that before? During the parade tonight , we want to be named after the ghosts we dress up."

"Sorry, Rakshasa... cough, Rakshasa, the name of the character you played is too difficult to pronounce." Little Tom said with a smile. He was wearing a dark gray furry coat and a black fur coat on his head. Hat, according to him, is a werewolf, so he calls Wolfman tonight.

"If my family knew that I went out to play dressed like this on Friday night, I would be beaten." Rosa rambled to strengthen her personality in the minds of the people around her. "Is anyone asking for a photo again? Why? Didn’t you see anyone?”

Luo Sha looked around, but most of them were "ghosts". The passers-by who had been rushing to take photos seemed to have disappeared out of thin air when Luo Sha was observing the witch.

"No, no." Little Tom waved his furry paw, "It's dinner time. All the passers-by have gone to eat. We are discussing what to play next. Do you have any ideas? You are the most popular person tonight. , we have to respect your opinion."

Looking at the expectant eyes of the "ghosts" all around him, Rosa suddenly had an idea. Isn't this just right? Just now he was thinking about how to get these Muggles to go to the Park Road. After all, besides the park, there are Nothing fun.

"Let's go to the Park Road. Let's go from here. We can just pass the Manor Road. There are many people on the Manor Road. Then we can find a place to hide on the Park Road to scare passers-by."

As soon as Rosa's suggestion was put forward, little Tom strongly supported it: "What a great idea! Let's do it like this!"

Some people who originally wanted to visit other places had no choice but to agree when they saw that tonight's organizer was so enthusiastic about it.

So a group of more than a dozen people marched along the street toward the Park Road.

After Rosa followed the "ghosts" and left, the woman dressed as a "middle-aged witch" whom Rosa had noticed before slowly disappeared into the crowd.

In another corner of Birmingham, two young girls also dressed as witches were walking hand in hand on a street full of neon lights.

"Annie, is it really okay for us to go shopping dressed like this?" One of the girls tugged on her robe and pulled the pointed hat on her head from time to time, obviously not used to dressing up like this in front of others.

"Don't worry, Anna. I got news this afternoon that there will be a ghost parade tonight. Our dress is already conservative." The girl named Annie said, suddenly pointing to a group of three people in the distance. The team said, "Look, isn't there someone dressed similar to us?"

Anna followed Anne's hand and saw three men standing in the distance, also wearing robes and pointed hats. They were looking around, as if they were looking for something.

"Let's go over and take a look~" Annie took Anna's hand and was about to walk there, but Anna's feet seemed to be stuck to the ground, motionless.

"Don't-" Anna yelled, and some passers-by looked over curiously. Anna quickly covered her mouth and lowered her voice, "Let's go shopping elsewhere."

"Oh, don't be shy, you are like this, when will you find a boyfriend." Annie looked at Anna, hating that iron could not turn into steel.

"No...I just came out to relax, not to find a boyfriend." Anna retorted.

Anne suddenly came close to Anna's eyes and stared into Anna's eyes carefully.

Finally, when Anna couldn't help it and wanted to push her away, Anne said: "My intuition tells me that you are still thinking about that professor of psychology or physiology at the University of London. You have gone crazy. Anna.”

"That's a researcher from the Institute of Psychology..." Anna whispered, "The owner of the bakery said..."

"Oh my God! Anna!" Annie reached out and covered Anna's forehead. "You are really crazy! Didn't anyone tell you that people who study psychology are a little perverted? Aren't you afraid of being spanked with a whip? Moreover, he is 32 years old!! How can he be worthy of you who is only 20 years old and young and beautiful!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? He is not that kind of person. He is gentle, and he looks like he is only in his early twenties..." Although Annie praised herself for being beautiful, Anna was still a little angry.

"So he will be gentler when he spanks you?" Anne chuckled, "He has disappeared for two months, so don't worry about him anymore. We should completely forget about a man like this who dares to have no news for two months. ! Do you know how many men there are in the world! 35 billion! We..."

While Anne was talking, Anna quietly pulled her arm.

Annie stopped and looked at Anna suspiciously.

Anna lowered her head and tried her best to tell Annie to look behind her with her eyes.

However, before Anne had time to understand what Anna meant, she heard a somewhat shrill voice coming from behind——

"You are suspected of trying to violate confidentiality laws. Please come with us."

……

In the Malfoy Manor, after Eurolin and Catherine appeared, the two received a warm welcome. Although Eurolin had expected it, Lucius pulled all the people from the Malfoy family's affiliated families over to line up to welcome him. , which still surprised him a little.

At this time, there were only four people left in the huge restaurant: Lucius and his wife, Eurolin and Catherine. Those who were responsible for applauding and cheering at the beginning all left voluntarily before the banquet officially started.

But O'Loughlin knew that their task tonight was not only to stand behind Lucius and his wife to welcome him, but more importantly, to spread the news that he would attend the Malfoy family banquet first.

At the dinner table, Catherine rarely showed a dignified appearance, and her voice was much softer. Looking at her posture, people who didn't know would probably think that she was a young lady from some aristocratic family, at least the Lucius couple were like this. thought.

Although the existence of Catherine has long been known to the school directors of Hogwarts through various means, everyone only knows that she is from the Far East and has a somewhat weird personality. There is no other information at all. After all, the Far East is not a pure-blood British person. Families can easily contact you.

So at this time, Lucius's originally raised heart was even higher. He didn't know if Olorin was sending a signal by bringing a noble lady from the Far East to the banquet this time.

At the dining table, compared to Lucius who was thinking wildly, Orolin would be much more relaxed. If Catherine beside him didn't come into his ear from time to time and say something beautiful, something delicious, and whether something could be taken away. If you look like someone who has never seen the world, then Olorin will be more relaxed.

"Michelle, the boy in the portrait on the wall is so handsome. Can you make a copy for me, so I can take it home and hang it on my bedside." Catherine put a hand in front of her mouth, then leaned into Orolin's ear and whispered muttered.

Upon hearing this, O'Loughlin lowered his head silently and glared at Catherine silently. That's a portrait of Tom Riddle when he was young. This thing hangs above the bed. Are you planning to date a bald man in your dream?

However, O'Loughlin was not Catherine. Although he didn't care much about the host of the dinner, it was still not appropriate to whisper at the dinner.

As the dinner came to an end, Catherine came over and asked: "Can I go upstairs and have a look? This house is higher than Kodos Doriz..."

Eurolin was too lazy to pay attention to her. After the dinner was finally over, he looked at Narcissa and said, "Mrs. Malfoy, could you please show Ekaterina the manor? She just came to England and hasn't seen her yet. What are the homes of the ancient nobles here in England like?"

Catherine on the side blinked and looked at Narcissa expectantly.

Narcissa was stunned for a moment. Normally, in order to prevent the female companion from being tricked, shouldn't she stay with her?

Of course, O'Loughlin was not afraid of Catherine being talked into a lie. She was thinking 1 times a minute. If Narcissa could come up with something useful, then O'Loughlin would have to thank her.

Lucius on the side saw Narcissa stunned and quickly agreed on her behalf: "Of course, the Malfoy family always welcomes every distinguished guest."

As he said that, Lucius punched Narcissa, and Narcissa reacted, walked to Catherine with a smile on her face, and led her out of the restaurant.