Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 504 A Pot Flying Over
After the Christmas holidays, the hot topic in Hogwarts was the next three games of the Triwizard Tournament.

Due to the bad weather in the local winter, these three games will be postponed to March, April and May, which still leaves plenty of time.

Some people have noticed that after Durmstrang changed its headmaster, their students interacted more with Beauxbatons students.

This made an old father very uneasy. Why did his eldest daughter often hang out with that vampire girl? Although Charles was annoying, he was at least a male.

However, Charles took a half-month vacation and was not in the UK.

Charles is no longer in Hogwarts, but his legend is still present in Hogwarts.

At breakfast time on this weekend, after a rain of owls, a group of red-crowned cranes flew over, clutching a package as big as a refrigerator.

"Red-crowned crane?" Hermione was a little confused. "In China, wizards use it to send things."

Harry immediately said happily: "Is it Charles who brought us presents?"

Everyone knew that Charles had taken a long vacation to go abroad, and a group of people around him thought that what Harry said made sense.

Ron stood up from his seat and said, "I wonder what good it is."

What Charles sent back must be a good thing, but it is too big. If I don’t run, I might be crushed to death first.

Harry also realized the problem and was about to get up and leave.

But he was held down by someone and couldn't get up.

Everyone around Harry had run away, so if he ran back to them, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

"Boom!"

Harry broke out in a cold sweat and the box fell to the ground, hitting the back of his head.

Fortunately, Dumbledore acted in time and the goods fell to the ground without crushing the long table.

The boxes seemed not to have been designed for violent unloading and fell apart at once, revealing their contents.

"Wow!"

Everyone looked at what Charles sent back in disbelief.

It was a ruby ​​as big as a refrigerator, without a single flaw in it, cut into eight facets with two pointed ends.

A piece of letter paper was attached to the ruby ​​with transparent tape. The title was printed in Chinese with Wuzhou XX Gem Co., Ltd. On it was Charles' note: Harry, put it away for me. I bought this for 150000 pounds. There were also some lard cakes, which were delicious.

Hermione picked out a large bag from the box, which was filled with rolls of small round cookies wrapped in white paper with red words printed on them.

Harry had no time to worry about the lard cakes; the string of zeros next to the "pounds" made him dizzy.

"Hmm, not very tasty." Hermione didn't like the taste of lard cakes. "This ruby ​​must weigh several tons."

Ron nibbled on the lard cake handed to him by Hermione and said, "Why did Charles ask Harry to take delivery instead of Seamus?"

Since it's a collection agency, it would be more convenient for Ximo who lives in the same dormitory.

Seamus said to Ron, "Do you think I can afford to pay 15 pounds... that's 3 Galleons, so he didn't ask Hermione to collect it."

Ron understood.

Not to mention that Seamus was very likely to blow up the gem, just from an economic perspective, he wouldn't be able to afford the compensation if something happened, but Harry could.

Harry felt his face cramping. This was really an unexpected disaster. He made a snack that only Hermione thought was unpalatable. If he didn't make it well, he would have to pay a lot of money.

So he looked at Dumbledore who was approaching, with a bright smile on his face.

Dumbledore was speechless, and as he walked to the side he suddenly remembered the Philosopher's Stone.

He was not only wondering, could Charles be messing with the Philosopher's Stone?
With this beginning, the more I think about it, the more possible it becomes. Now is not the time to think about this. Such a big thing needs to be put away first. If it is damaged, no one can afford to pay for it.

The principal took action, and Ruby was soon moved to Charles' bedside.

But Seamus hurriedly carried the bed and ran to Harry's dormitory nearby, fearing that the cauldron would fall on his head if something happened.

Many students were curious about what Charles wanted with such a large object, and students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were also discussing the matter.

Someone teased Fleur: "Is Smith going to make you a ring with that gem?"

Charles was busy with so many things that the popularity of this big gem quickly faded.

Many people discussed the new hot event, but it was somewhat related to Charles.

"The Dancing Grass Restaurant published a statement in the Daily Prophet saying they will not raise prices." Neville said, looking at the newspaper. "Grandma wrote to say that food prices have risen sharply recently, and my family is considering eating at the Dancing Grass Restaurant in the future."

Harry was playing Chocolate Wizard Chess with Ron, and turned to ask, "Is bread expensive now?"

Neville replied: "Grandma said that the prices of bread, milk, eggs and everything else have gone up."

After Ron finished eating a chocolate chess piece, he said, "Before Christmas, Percy wrote to me saying that the price of food has been rising since last fall, especially eggs. He doesn't dare to put too much jam on bread, so he asked me not to ask for too expensive Christmas gifts from my family."

Neville nodded and said, "Yeah."

Simon said puzzledly, "I've never heard of such a thing in my family."

He took out his communication notebook and asked his mother about it.

After a while, Mrs. Finnigan sent several long complaints, which scared Seamus.

After reading it, Seamus said: "It seems that the price increase is very big. It just went up slowly at first, and when everyone was preparing for the big meal before Christmas, they suddenly found that the price was already very high. After January, it became more and more expensive."

"But fortunately, my father is the one who buys the goods now, so the price has not changed."

Neville was surprised and asked him, "Are you saying that the price of bread and other things in Muggle countries has not increased?"

Dean also asked his mother and said, "Indeed not. Mother has not heard of this matter."

Hermione asked the same question at home.

When Mrs. Granger replied, she said, "There has been no increase in the price of food in London recently."

Harry naturally would not contact Vernon, so he went to find Colin Creevey and received a reply soon after.

"Colin's family hasn't raised the price either."

According to feedback from various sources, food prices for Muggles are stable, but food prices for wizards are rising.

Neville said strangely, "No, grandma said that it is because of the You-Know-Who that food prices are rising all over the world, and the Muggles are paying more than the wizards."

Although there is no official confirmation of Voldemort's return, it has been circulating among the people recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom had seen Voldemort with their own eyes, so Mrs. Longbottom naturally knew about it.

There are now rumors that the global rise in food prices is caused by Voldemort, and Mrs. Longbottom believes it.

Because Voldemort did so many bad things, his image as a villain is deeply rooted in people's hearts, and many people believe in him.

At the same time, Voldemort sneezed.

Jack asked in surprise, "You have a cold?"

Voldemort said gloomily, "I feel like someone is weaving a conspiracy against me."

(End of this chapter)