Chapter 335: Rice: Students Should Be Restricted From Entering and Leaving Hogsmeade

“Calm down!”

Faced with the uninvited guest, Daphne reacted very quickly. She quickly pulled out her wand and prepared to cast a spell on the black dog in front of her. But Les was faster. Before Daphne could recite the spell, he raised his hand and pressed down her wand.

Sirius, who had entered the hole of the Whomping Willow, was also numb. He was just lying in a daze in front of the Whomping Willow, reminiscing about the past years, and then he saw Les’ head flashing under the Whomping Willow and disappeared.

Although he didn’t know why Les appeared here, the Whomping Willow was a creature that was extremely difficult to deal with because of its unknown characteristics. Sirius was worried about Les’ safety, so he took action immediately. Relying on his agile skills, he touched a knot on the Whomping Willow, paralyzing it, and then rushed into the cave at the root of the tree.

As a result, he was dumbfounded after rushing in. He didn’t expect that Les was followed by a strange girl!

Now he was embarrassed. It seemed that it was easy to be misunderstood if he kept the image of a black dog, and it was absolutely impossible to change back to human form. For a moment, Sirius froze in place, but fortunately, Rice came to his rescue.

"Don't be afraid, we are all on the same side here - Daphne, calm down and put your wand away."

Daphne nodded and put her wand back into her trouser pocket.

After Daphne let down her guard, Rice turned to Sirius and told him not to worry, Daphne was trustworthy.

Daphne:? !

If she heard correctly, Rice just called the big black dog in front of him Sirius? ! Could it be that -

The next second, her guess was confirmed, and the big black dog in front of her suddenly transformed into a handsome middle-aged man with an eclectic image.

Daphne blinked quickly. Judging from the face shape and facial features of the man in front of her, he really looked like Sirius Black on the wanted poster.

"Let me introduce you. This is Sirius Black and this is Daphne Greengrass."

Sirius and Daphne were a little embarrassed in front of the "strangers", but with Les as the middleman, the two shook hands calmly.

After shaking hands, the small tunnel fell into an awkward silence.

After a while, the two spoke at the same time-

"Les--"

"Lint--"

The two looked at each other and shut up again.

Les thought it would be better for him to come forward and explain.

"As you can see, Sirius is an Animagus, just like the mouse we bought from Ron before. By the way, the mouse Scabbers is Peter Pettigrew."

Les's short sentence crashed Daphne's brain, and it took her a long time to react to what happened.

"This is a complicated story, but in short, Sirius is actually innocent, and the real guilty person is Peter Pettigrew, who was posthumously awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class."

Daphne was trying to digest the news she heard. The identities of the sinner and the hero had completely reversed, which was incredible.

"It's like this. After I saw Peter was still alive in Azkaban, I tried every means to escape, just to make that guy pay the price." After Sirius finished speaking, he observed the girl's reaction nervously.

Fortunately, from her expression, the girl seemed to believe what she said.

"Where do you usually live? Do you usually live here?" Daphne pointed in the direction of the Screaming Shack behind her.

"I usually live in the Forbidden Forest, and I go to Hagrid's house from time to time to eat and drink." Sirius licked the corner of his mouth. Although Hagrid liked to add all kinds of strange things to the dishes, the overall taste was still quite good, and the dishes were full of oil and water. He ate there for more than a month, and felt that he had made up all the energy he lost in Azkaban.

"I still have to ask you, how did you get here?" After explaining his own situation, Sirius also began to inquire about why the two of them appeared here.

"I heard that the Shrieking Shack was haunted, so I went in to check the situation, and found a secret passage inside, and then walked here."

After listening to Les's words, Sirius laughed and told Les not to take the story of the Shrieking Shack haunted to heart. This was originally a place lent by the school to werewolf students to spend the full moon transformation period. Those "ghost screams" were actually the painful screams of werewolves.

However, in order to protect his friend's privacy, Sirius was very scheming to hide Lupin's name and did not tell the two that the werewolf student was Lupin.

"Look, an ordinary incident becomes a mess after being spread a few times." Les looked at Daphne and smiled, "Don't believe everything you hear."

"Okay, let's go to Honeydukes quickly? I want to buy some new candies." The Shrieking Shack incident was a perfect ending in Les' eyes, and now it's time to get back to the main topic of today.

"Of course." After learning the truth about the Shrieking Shack, Daphne was also quite speechless. After its mysterious veil was completely unveiled, the fear that had surrounded it before suddenly disappeared. She just wanted to leave this boring place as soon as possible.

Sirius looked at the two of them, hesitant to speak. He also wanted to go to Hogsmeade, not to go shopping there, but to see if he could be lucky enough to meet Harry who sneaked out - he knew that Harry was not qualified to enter Hogsmeade, but he felt that James' son was unlikely to be bound by the rules.

"I think you can go to Hogsmeade with us, as long as you can accept wearing this kind of thing." Rice conjured up a collar.

Sirius was silent for a moment, turned back into a black dog, and acquiesced to Rice putting a collar on him.

The two and the "dog" returned to Hogsmeade Village again. At this time, the flow of people on the streets of the village was already very large. Rice was about to go to Honeydukes for a big shopping spree, but the door of a roadside shop was suddenly pushed open.

"Welcome to visit next time!"

Along with the greeting of the shop owner, a young man with red hair and a package in his arms came out. Rice recognized that the red-haired young man in front of him was Percy from the Weasley family.

"Hi, Percy!" He greeted Percy.

"Hey! Ah-it's Lint, hello!" Percy was startled by Rice, a blush appeared on his cheeks, and his hands kept moving, quickly stuffing the package into his arms.

"Is this your first time in Hogsmeade? Isn't it lively here? Remember to visit Honeydukes and Zonko's Joke Shop. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!" Percy spoke a long string of words at a rapid speed, and then fled like a fly.

Rice narrowed his eyes, and his intuition told him that Percy must have done something shameful.

He glanced at the shop that Percy came out of, which was a small shop selling raw materials and finished potions, so he also pushed the door and walked in.

The owner of the shop was packing up, and when he saw a pretty girl following behind Rice, his eyes lit up immediately.

"Please come in, our shop specializes in selling all kinds of potions and raw materials for potions. We can definitely provide you with what you want."

Rice's eyes fell on the small bottle of potion in the shop owner's hand.

Seeing this, the shop owner showed a smile of "those who know all know".

"Come on, please, we also have potions for sale here, which can create a more wonderful atmosphere, longer time, and safety is also guaranteed..." As the shop owner spoke, he took out several small bottles filled with potions, lined them up in order, and placed them on the counter.

Rice immediately understood the painstaking efforts of Hogwarts: students' behavior in and out of Hogsmeade must be controlled!

How come there are even merchants selling such things in Hogsmeade nowadays? !

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Update~

There is another chapter in the evening, you can read it in the morning.