Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 406 Bring Your Girlfriend Home
On this weekend, Harry packed his luggage the night before and moved to the living room of number 3 Privet Drive.

Hedwig had delivered the letter to the Weasleys' house last night and was waiting there.

Number 3 Privet Drive has a fireplace connected to the Floo Network, making it very convenient to get to the Burrow.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Arthur Weasley came out of the fireplace and found that the atmosphere in the living room was a little strange.

Blake was wearing a formal suit, but his expression was impatient.

Lupin was also dressed formally and kept a close eye on Black, afraid that he would run away.

Like Lupin, Dumbledore also looked at Black as if he were a criminal.

Arthur greeted them and kept looking at the three of them, then walked over to greet Jack and Harry.

Dumbledore threw a handful of Floo powder into the flames, said the name of a place, and then he and Lupin pushed Black in from the left and right.

Blake instantly disappeared in the flames, just like an evil black wizard destroying the body.

Soon after, Dumbledore and Lupin also left.

Seeing that Arthur was a little confused, Harry explained, "Someone wants to introduce Black to a marriage through Professor Dumbledore, and they are going to meet today."

Arthur understood and asked, "Black doesn't look happy?"

Harry smiled and said, "He thinks marriage is a shackle. Aunt Petunia said that men will have higher goals in life after getting married."

"He thinks he can't get married until all the Death Eaters are wiped out. Lupin pointed at me."

"He feels that he is too old to be in love, Professor Dumbledore pointed at Mr. Smith."

"He also said that Lupin was not married. Lupin said that he was not married because he had no money before."

Arthur understood a little. He saw that Harry's luggage was ready, so he said, "Let's go say goodbye to your uncle and aunt, and then go to the Burrow."

Harry shook his head and said, "No, Uncle Vernon is going to work overseas today, so Aunt Petunia and Dudley are going on a trip with him."

The Dursleys knew that a wizard would come to pick up Harry, so they ran away as fast as they could.

Arthur and Harry said goodbye to Jack and arrived at the Burrow via Floo powder.

As soon as they left, someone came out of the fireplace.

Molly was coming out of the kitchen with a large plate of delicious baked cookies. When she saw Harry, she put the cookies aside and gave him a warm hug.

"Take this out." After the greetings, Molly put the cookie in Harry's hand. "Everyone is playing outside. I'll help you take the luggage to Ron's room."

At this time, there was a burst of laughter outside. Harry couldn't wait to take the cookies out and found that the seven Weasley brothers and sisters were there. Hermione and Penelope were also there. There was an extremely beautiful older sister standing next to Bill.

Everybody was laughing happily, Ginny and Hermione were sitting on the grass holding their stomachs, Penelope was lying on Percy's shoulder laughing until she was exhausted.

Percy said to Penelope seriously: "I'm right, my brother can do somersaults."

Penelope laughed even harder. She had heard how Percy had racked his brains to invite her to his house and consult Charles for advice, but in the end his brother really did somersaults.

The twins and others present laughed even harder when Percy asked Charles for advice.

Harry smiled and went over to greet everyone, put the cookies on the table, and was about to go over to tease Ron when he saw Ginny waving at him.

Today Ginny was wearing a Dirndl, also known as an Alpine peasant dress, a white short-sleeved shirt with a floral collar, a beige vest dress, a light yellow plaid apron, and a wreath on her head. She looked very cute.

She was laughing so hard that she couldn't stand up. When Harry came over, she held out her hand and asked Harry to pull her up.

Ginny stood up and lifted her skirt slightly and asked him, "Is it beautiful? Percy bought it when he was on a business trip to Germany."

Harry nodded immediately, and then said seriously: "Percy went to Charles's house when he came back. I remember he bought two sets. Did he give the other one to Ron?"

Ron had just done twenty somersaults, and when he heard this his legs went limp and he sat down on the ground.

Joyful laughter once again floated over the Burrow.

Bill and Charlie came over to say hello to Harry, and Bill introduced Harry to his girlfriend Bakalova.

Bakalova had long brown hair tied in a ponytail at the back of her head and wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses in front of her brown eyes. She reminded Harry of Professor McGonagall.

Bakalova smiled and said to Harry, "It's nice to meet you, the famous Mr. Potter."

"Part of my research is about you, we can work together well."

When Harry heard the word "research", he thought of himself being tied to an operating table with a blindingly bright shadowless light and a man in a white coat next to him trying to dismember him.

Bill then said to Harry, "She is a historian who studies modern history. You have written quite a bit about it."

Harry understood and was no longer surprised by this. In recent years, he had received many letters from historians asking about the matter between him and Voldemort.

Everyone sat down at the table to eat cookies and chat.

There was a set of wizard chess on the table. Ginny told Harry that Ron had just challenged Bakalova again and lost again.

Harry was a little surprised. Ron's wizard chess score was probably top five at least, if not the best in Hogwarts. He didn't expect that he would lose.

Bill said to Harry, "She is the champion of the Bulgarian Wizard Chess Tournament." At this time Molly brought the juice and gave Wei Erlang a resentful look before leaving.

Charlie looked depressed.

Harry asked Charlie calmly, "What's wrong?"

Charlie shrugged and pointed at the eldest and the third child and said, "They all brought their girlfriends home, but I didn't."

Fred said seriously, "We all don't believe you have a girlfriend."

George also said: "We all think that Anna Maria you are talking about is a female fire dragon."

Charlie rolled his eyes at them and said, "You'll be meeting her soon."

Fred asked curiously, "Didn't you say she had to work overtime? How come she's free soon?"

George said in surprise, "Is Dumbledore going to find a dragon to teach us Defense Against the Dark Arts?"

Charlie knew how to control the two brothers, and said mysteriously: "This is a very confidential matter. Percy is in the Ministry of Magic, so he should have heard about it."

Percy nodded in agreement and said, "Indeed, I went to Romania not long ago with Barty Crouch, the Director of the Department of International Magical Exchange and Cooperation. He mentioned that there was indeed such an incident related to Hogwarts."

Everyone knew that Percy would not joke or lie about matters of the Ministry of Magic, so it seemed that something was really happening at Hogwarts.

Not only Fred and George, but Harry and the others were also curious.

Charlie took a sip of juice slowly, then turned to talk to Bill about the weather in Egypt.

Fred and George were so anxious that one of them gave Charlie a shoulder massage while the other handed him a cookie.

Charlie started talking to Bill about crocodiles in the Nile.

At this time Penelope asked Harry: "Harry, is Charles back?"

Harry shook his head and said, "I don't know. He didn't tell me, and neither did Mr. Smith."

Penello said: "He wrote to me not long ago saying that he would be back to the company in the next two days to handle some matters and attend the award ceremony of the Decryption Challenge."

Bill worked as a curse breaker at Gringotts. His daily job was to crack codes. He was very interested in the decryption challenge and asked, "Who is the champion this year?"

Penelope said, "I heard from Jeff that it should be Ilvermorny."

"Although they encountered an accident halfway through submitting the results and were one step behind Kodosdoriz, their solution was very clever."

Bill was waiting to hear how clever it was, but Penelope threw up her hands and said, "I don't understand those technical terms."

Bill had no idea what to do. Every profession has its own expertise, and those professional terms sound confusing to outsiders.

He then asked Penello, "Can you help me get a ticket for the decryption forum that will be held later?"

Last year, a decryption forum was held after the decryption challenge, and many people presented their results.

Decryption has always been a niche field with few people, unlike Transfiguration and Potions which can attract worldwide conferences.

The decryption challenge and decryption forum undoubtedly provided a platform for their small group. Bill and other decryptors read the proceedings of the first forum. Regardless of the quality, the platform alone made them happy.

There are a few curse breakers who want to join, but they don't know how to do it.

Penelope now works at Phoenix Logistics, and the Fire Dragon Guard, which hosts the decryption challenge, is a subsidiary company. Bill thinks she should have connections.

Penelope said, "You don't need a ticket to attend the forum. You just need to get the invitation from the box in front of the Dancing Grass Restaurant, and you can go to Farbatten Castle to attend the forum."

"By the way, everyone who attends the forum will receive a small souvenir."

Bill snapped his fingers and said to Bakalova, "How about we go to the Dancing Grass Restaurant this afternoon to experience afternoon tea?"

He immediately understood what the organizer meant. It was a decryption forum, and if he couldn't unlock the lock on the box and get the invitation letter, it would be a waste of time to go.

Percy said to him, "Before you go, ask your father for the Weasley family's VIP card so you can use our box."

Bakalova's attention was in another direction: "The Charles you just mentioned is Charles Smith, the owner of the Dancing Grass Restaurant, the one who saved Fleur Delacour two years ago?"

Penelope nodded and said, "That's him. Dancing Grass Restaurant is a subsidiary of our company and also serves as the employee cafeteria."

Bakalova said happily: "Can you please help me contact him?"

"I wrote to Professor Dumbledore last year, wanting to visit someone to consult on some historical issues. He wrote back and told me to find Charles Smith to contact this person."

Penelope thought for a moment and said, "No problem. I can leave a note on his desk and he'll know when he gets back."

"Don't bother!" said Harry. "I'll go back through the fireplace and tell Mr. Smith to ask Charles to come back."

Bakalova immediately said: "Don't be so anxious, I should go visit him."

Harry didn't care about etiquette. He got up and ran into the house. After saying goodbye to Arthur, he left.

Five minutes later, Harry dragged Charles, who looked a little anemic, to the Burrow.

(End of this chapter)