Hogwarts: Harry Returns From The Witcher

Not a very strong smell of low-quality alcohol.

It is mixed with the stench of rotten food, rotten soil, and even goat excrement and mutton.

"The end of the secret passage is the sheepfold?" Snape mocked.

Harry realized where he was and didn't say anything. He raised his hand and poked Dumbledore, signaling him to turn back.

Dumbledore looked.

Behind them, what was pushed open just now was not a door or a window, but a painting, shaking slightly, with a faintly smiling girl painted on it.

"Ariana." He whispered the name of the girl in the portrait.

Snape's expression changed slightly and he pursed his lips tightly.

He had heard of the name.

"At the end of the secret passage in the Room of Requirement is the Pig's Head Bar?" Dumbledore couldn't take his eyes away from the portrait. He stepped forward and walked to the portrait. He raised his hand and placed it carefully on the frame. "Ha Li, you should have acted more gently just now."

"Sorry." Harry said obediently.

"Aberforth shouldn't have put her here." Dumbledore touched the frame hard. "It's too dangerous here."

The remaining two people remained silent, listening to Dumbledore's rambling complaints.

The people in the house were finally woken up.

He came out holding a dim oil lamp.

"Thief? Mundungus?" The voice that had just gotten up was slightly hoarse, and the footsteps seemed heavy and hasty.

Aberforth came out and saw the only thing he cared about, three people standing next to the painting, and his voice became furious: "Get away from that painting, you three are filthy."

He didn't finish his sentence.

When he realized who these three people were, his words stopped abruptly.

I met Harry Potter once, and occasionally came to the Hog's Head Bar for a drink.

That annoying Severus Snape.

as well as

His brother, Albus Dumbledore, whom he had not seen or even exchanged letters with for decades.

"Rare visitors." Aberforth looked at them for a while, then opened his mouth with difficulty, "It really makes me feel honored that these three famous people came to my place instead of the Three Broomsticks."

"But sorry."

"It's not our store's business hours now."

"You are not welcome here."

Dumbledore lowered his head and said nothing.

Snape frowned slightly.

Harry answered him: "We're not here to drink."

"In fact, we just found a secret passage in Hogwarts, and it just so happens that the exit of the secret passage is at the Pig's Head Bar."

Aberforth nodded: "I see."

"I was just thinking, how could the greatest White Wizard, the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, and the busy Headmaster of Hogwarts find time to see me? Although the time he came was very untimely."

Dumbledore turned his head away and said nothing.

"Has anyone come out of this secret passage in the past few days?" Harry asked him.

Aberforth shook his head: "You are the first ones I saw. In fact, this is the first time I know there is a secret passage here."

"I haven't seen anyone come out of here before."

Harry said nothing, waved his wand, carefully removed the portrait, and placed it on the bar counter.

Behind the portrait is a mirror.

"This mirror has been there since I bought this shop." Aberforth explained. "It seems to have been cast a permanent sticky spell on it. There is no way to remove it. I am too lazy to redecorate it. The angle is just right. It’s also very nice, just hang Ariana’s portrait over there.”

Harry looked into the mirror and said the spell.

"Reveal yourself urgently!"

But the mirror didn't respond and hung quietly on the wall.

Dumbledore and Snape also came over and examined the mirror in their own way.

Harry even walked back and forth in front of the mirror three times with the thought "I need a secret passage leading to Hogwarts" - after all, that secret passage was part of the "Room of Requirement", and the mirror, as an exit, should also It was an extension of the Room of Requirement, but still nothing happened.

Neither mantras nor thoughts can be used as keys to open secret passages.

Even no matter how they tested the mirror, there was no clue to open the secret passage.

Aberforth did not participate in the decryption and kept complaining that the three of them ruined his dream, but he still prepared water for them.

"It seems that we have to temporarily conclude that there is no way to open the secret passage to Hogwarts from the outside." Harry held the cup and watched Snape open the door. The cool wind blew in, lingering in his mind. The dull air was blown away, "This is good news. We don't have to worry about him coming in through this secret passage."

Dumbledore took a small sip. He couldn't adapt to the bland white water. He was about to take out his wand and add some sticky honey to himself. When he turned to look at Aberforth, he stopped the thought. Zhu: "When I go back, I will block the remaining secret passages."

"Will Crouch's accomplice return to Hogwarts?" Snape shook the cup, and the ice cubes hit the wall of the cup, making a clanking sound.

Harry shook his head: "Not sure, but it's very possible."

As he spoke, he paused to summarize the information he had gathered during this period.

"Crouch said that Voldemort still has two Horcruxes. I can't believe this. Maybe he will have more."

"The Diadem of Ravenclaw is in the hands of the Wild Hunt, and it cannot be fully trusted."

"But there is no doubt that Voldemort will rise again."

"And this time Voldemort may not be as easy to deal with as before."

Voldemort was very powerful, undoubtedly powerful. At his peak and heyday, his magical power could even vaguely surpass that of Dumbledore.

At least not weaker than Dumbledore at that time.

Harry had never faced Voldemort at his peak.

The first grade is a remnant soul, the second grade is a Horcrux that has not been fully resurrected, and the fourth grade is a weak soul. When Voldemort was resurrected last year, he was not in a full state. He was just resurrected. He had a smart brain that had just graduated from Hogwarts, but he did not have the combat experience, magical knowledge, and magical power of the period of complete victory.

That time at Malfoy Manor.

Voldemort only added combat experience and magical knowledge.

Magic power is also crucial when a wizard fights.

But this time it was completely different.

Voldemort and the Wild Hunts work together, and their combat experience, magical knowledge, and magic power can all be supplemented, and they may even become stronger.

Dumbledore also knew this very well and nodded slightly: "So we have to find Crouch's accomplice as soon as possible."

"Albus, I know." Snape held the cup tightly, "I will try my best to make Crouch believe me."

There was a burst of flutter——

Harry raised his head and looked towards the source of the sound. He saw two owls flying from outside the bar in the cold wind. They landed at the door. After shaking off the snowflakes on their bodies, they approached obediently and stretched out their paws.

It's a letter.

Two letters from the Ministry of Magic.