Chapter 539 The Sock Thief

The first Hogsmeade Day after Voldemort disappeared has finally arrived, which means that little wizards can put aside their worries and enjoy a leisurely life.

Just as Maca and Scrimgeour expected, the lightning-fast pursuit did not bring everyone a bad mood, on the contrary they felt more at ease.

During breakfast today, Professor McGonagall made a rare invitation to Maca, saying that they might have afternoon tea or something together in the afternoon. Maca is of course very happy about this, after all this time he also has some important matters to discuss with Professor McGonagall.

So, before that afternoon tea came, it was his free time.

"Luna, where shall we go for a while?"

Walking on the path extending all the way to Hogsmeade Village, bathed in warm sunshine, you can faintly hear birds chirping in the distance. It can't help but feel like spring is coming.

But because the area where Hogwarts is located is at a relatively high altitude, the temperature obviously has to rise slower than other places. If you want to wait for the snow to melt, it may take a little later.

"Honey Duke?" Luna said casually, but her eyes were always attracted by the snow-covered bushes on the side of the road, and she seemed a little absent-minded. "Maka, do you think there will be any rare animals there?"

"Maybe there will be a few sleeping goblins?" Maca shrugged. "Of course, where there are goblins, there will usually be minks."

"That's not uncommon," Luna tilted her head, "there are quite a few of them in the Weasley family's yard!"

"Yeah! The Weasleys don't clean them very much - just grabbing them and throwing them out doesn't help, you know." Maca squinted, as if feeling that this kind of life was really comfortable.

Although he could reach Hogsmeade village in no time with the help of the portkey, it was a particularly natural enjoyment to walk there when there was nothing important to do.

As long as you keep walking along this path, you can see the lake from a distance from time to time. It is winter now, and the lake is still blocked by ice. When the ice and snow melt in spring, the sparkling lake will be the most wonderful natural scenery. Even though Maca has seen it countless times, she still never gets tired of watching it.

The two walked side by side on the path, and occasionally chatted casually with no deep meaning, and soon they could see the village in the distance.

Today's Hogsmeade will be filled with crowded young wizards again, and almost every shop will usher in another wave of busyness. No, just at the beginning, the streets are already overcrowded.

Maca even stood on the street like this, and could faintly hear the laughing duet of Fred and George. It was obvious that they had come up with some interesting idea again.

The Honeydukes Candy Store is located in the very center of the village, and you need to pass several shops along the way. This morning, because Maca was going to catch up with Luna, she had always missed the first batch of people who arrived here. And the flow of people on the street also greatly restricted their speed of advancement, dangling in the crowd seemed a bit drifting.

"What happened in front of that?"

It is the nature of social creatures to like to join in the fun, whether they are Muggles or wizards. Perhaps something happened there, which aroused everyone's curious onlookers - even if the later ones didn't know exactly what happened inside.

"I remember...there should be Fengya wizard clothing store?" Maca is not a person who likes to be crowded with a large number of people, but Luna is not sure. Whether she joins in the fun depends entirely on her mood, "I think Go and see?"

"what?"

Luna's attention was obviously not there. Hearing Maca's words, she turned around blankly and looked at him suspiciously.

"No, it's nothing... let's go!" Maca shrugged indifferently, and led her to continue walking.

However, even if you don't touch some things, it always likes to come to you by itself.

Maca and Luna had only walked a few steps when suddenly there was a commotion in the crowd beside them, and then a guy in a black hood rushed past them and quickly passed through the crowd to the other side of the street ran away.

"Apparating? He's apparating! Oh, he's over there - grab him! He's stealing..."

The noise came from the crowd behind. Maca had heard that voice. It was the owner of the Fengya wizard clothing store. However, a thief? Steal a clothing store?

Maca glanced in the direction where the thief was running away, the guy had obviously gone away and disappeared into the crowd.

"...What the hell did he steal?" Maca heard another familiar voice.

"Harry?" Luna blinked.

"If you find him, you'll know!"

"Oh! And Ron - they're always together!" Luna clapped her hands happily.

But Maca didn't care. He was recalling the figure that flashed by just now—to be honest, that figure looked quite short. Who was that thief?

Moreover, at the moment Maca was closest to the thief, he sensed a strange wave of magic power. He was sure that he had encountered that feeling before, but he couldn't think of it for a while.

Just as Maca was recalling, Luna stretched out her little hand and tugged at his sleeve.

"Maka, shall we go there and have a look?"

Maca nodded indifferently, then pushed through the crowd and squeezed in. After passing through the thick wall of people, he finally saw Harry and Ron, and Hermione was also here.

"Hey! Harry, Ron—" Maca greeted them, "What's the matter, was that a thief just now? Taking advantage of the crowd to steal clothes?"

"Oh, Maca, you're here?" Ron spread his hands and said, "Who knew? Hermione is asking the boss! Look, her habit of fighting injustices has flared up again!"

"This is a good thing, we should learn from her!" Maca said, but his casual attitude was similar to Ron's, "We will go to Honey Duke together later? My treat! "

"Oh! It's different to be a professor!" Ron said excitedly, "I must choose a lot!"

They were talking, and Hermione finally finished talking with the boss, and was turning around and walking this way. If she knew that these boys didn't take her anger seriously, she didn't know how long she would nagging! Both Maca and Ron immediately shut their mouths tacitly.

"...I figured it out, there are a lot of socks lost in the store! There are all kinds of socks, and there are even many that only lost one of them-the boss is going crazy!" Hermione walked over excitedly, loudly He complained, "That thief is really hateful, I don't know what he's thinking!"

"Maybe his feet are too cold?" Ron murmured.

"Do you think it's possible?" Hermione glared at him, "The coldest few days have passed, no matter how cold he is, he won't be able to wear thick socks in a short time!"

"How about we look for it?" Harry tugged Ron, who was still about to speak, and followed Hermione, "Just now he used Apparition once when he was surrounded, but he only moved to the outside flow of people. Middle—I really want to see him run that way."

"No, there's no need." Although Hermione was filled with righteous indignation, her mind was still sensible enough, "I don't know where he ran to for a long time... I let him escape at first, but now there are so many people here, I want to find it again." It's going to be difficult for him."

"So, let's go to Honeydukes!" Ron urged, "Hermione, didn't you just want to add some fudge to your candy jar? Maca said, he's treating you today!"

"How can that be done!" Hermione immediately replied without thinking, then looked at Maca hesitantly and said, "Oh, I'm not saying it's bad, it's just..."

"Don't worry! It's all right!" Maca smiled, "It's just some candy, you can choose as much as you like in a while! You can have some of everything! I suggest you find some new products to try -Dumbledore used to I always like to do it!"

Although Dumbledore's funeral was not long past, it would always make people feel a little worried to mention it, but everyone couldn't help but relax when they saw that Maca said it so easily. Dumbledore has never refused to die. Perhaps the best way to mourn him is to put him in his own memory like Maca.

"Then let's go!" Hermione cheered up first, and then waved her hand generously, "It's hard to wait for such a relaxing and happy Hogsmeade Day, but we can't ruin our friendship just because of a thief." Feeling!"

A group of five people moved forward slowly in this slightly crowded flow of people, and then squeezed into the overcrowded Honeydukes Candy Store together. This place is indeed one of the most popular shops for young wizards in Hogsmeade Village. There are so many people that it seems like there is a queue.

After a while, everyone came out happily with a few paper bags containing candies.

"Go find a place to rest! I'm dying..." Ron felt as if he had been through a war, and he was almost exhausted by being crowded. "I really shouldn't have come here in the first place."

"The Three Broomsticks are probably just as crowded at this moment," suggested Harry. "I think we might as well go to the Hog's Head, which is always less crowded..."

"The butter beer there is delicious." Luna said in a trance, and moved the necklace made of butter beer oak stoppers around her neck with one hand, "Look! I save it every time I drink it! "

"Hmm... Really, really good."

Hermione probably thought that Luna was watching what she said, and after a moment of hesitation, she gave a subtle compliment. Perhaps because she was afraid that Luna would ask her what was wrong, she quickly walked to the front after speaking.

"The Pig's Head Bar?" Maca thought for a while, "I don't know if Charlotte is there, I heard that she fell in love with that temporary job after pretending to work there for a few days last time... Could it be that Forth paid her a lot of salary?"

Seeing that everyone started to walk that way, he raised his legs and followed while thinking about it.