Chapter 1583 A War Without a Winner (Thirty-Five)

Chapter 1585 A War Without Winners (Thirty-Five)

Taking advantage of the rare weekend off, Harry, Ron and Ginny, with the help of Dobby, went to the wizard village that was still under construction to look for Albert.

As soon as they arrived at this nameless village under construction after Apparition, they were quickly attracted by the busy construction site.

It has only been a short time since the end of the Second Wizarding War, and this village has already taken shape.

"It's incredible, it's only been a short time!"

"This place looks different almost every day."

After thanking Dobby, Ginny led the way for the two of them, introducing the situation of the village to them and asking people they met about Albert. After confirming that Albert did not come today, she took Harry and Ron to find Shanna, the person in charge of the construction site. Perhaps only she could know Albert's whereabouts.

"Are you looking for Albert? He hasn't come here today. He should be in Hogwarts. I heard from Cedric that they are planning to organize the teaching materials for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class that will be used in the next semester." Shanna looked Harry and Ron up and down and said, "Do you have something to do with him? If it's not something particularly important, it's the same to tell me."

"A little personal matter."

Harry didn't intend to reveal too much to Shanna, but he still didn't forget to thank her. Ginny came here to help and has always received extra care from Shanna.

"Then you should thank Albert more." Shanna reminded, "This is what he meant."

"I will."

Harry was not surprised by this, but he knew that he should get along well with the other party.

Under the watchful eyes of Shanna and Ginny, Harry and Ron Apparated together and rushed to Hogwarts.

However, things did not go smoothly, and the two soon encountered trouble.

Today, Hogwarts has been closed again and is no longer open to outsiders. They were ruthlessly blocked outside the wall and could not enter.

Breaking in by force would undoubtedly be a dead end, so Harry and Ron did not dare to take the risk of challenging the defense magic of Hogwarts.

Looking at the closed school gate in front of him, Ron said distressedly: "I should have let Dobby take us into the school earlier."

"We can try to go in through the passage of the Shrieking Shack." Harry did not want to go back to trouble Dobby, as he knew that the house elves were always busy.

The biggest question at the moment is whether the Shrieking Shack is still there.

The two finally decided to go to Hogsmeade first. They heard that it was also being rebuilt there. If there were other ways to enter Hogwarts, there would be no need to use the passage of the Shrieking Shack.

Hogsmeade Village is indeed being rebuilt, but the progress is far less than the village they just visited, and the scale of the village has shrunk significantly, far less than the original Hogsmeade Village.

Fortunately, the two were lucky enough to meet Aberforth Dumbledore in the village who was negotiating with others to rebuild the Hog's Head Inn.

With the help of this old friend, they successfully contacted Hagrid who was rebuilding the hunting lodge, avoiding trying their luck in the Shrieking Shack again.

Moreover, according to Aberforth, the passage under the Shrieking Shack had been blocked, so even if they wanted to sneak into Hogwarts from that passage, it would be impossible.

Looking at the prototypes of the houses around him, Ron couldn't help asking Aberforth, "Can we build our own houses here?"

"Do you want to settle here?" Aberforth was particularly surprised when he heard that. He also heard about Albert building a village, and Ron was obviously qualified to settle there.

"I think settling here is also a good choice." Ron noticed the surprise on Aberforth's face, but it was not easy to tell him that he couldn't get his own villa.

"Oh, it's really shocking."

"We thought you would prefer to settle in the village we built."

Two very familiar voices suddenly sounded beside the three people.

"Why are you here?" Ron looked at Fred and George who came into his sight, and was very surprised to meet them here.

"Isn't this a matter of course?" Fred looked at Ron with an idiotic look.

"No one will give up Hogwarts students easily." George explained to his younger brother, "That is also a good profit. Moreover, we originally had a store here, so it is not so troublesome to rebuild a house here."

"What do you mean?" Ron suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Only the original residents are eligible to rebuild their homes here in the first batch, and other outsiders need to pay a large amount of Galleons." Aberforth knew that this was Kingsley's policy, which was a kind of protection for the original residents here, but not everyone was willing to come back to rebuild their homes, because it also cost a large amount of Galleons.

Take Aberforth himself, if Fred and George hadn't helped to advance the Galleons, he would never consider coming back to rebuild the Hog's Head.

As a deal, when Aberforth no longer wanted to run the bar or died of old age, the bar would belong to them.

"With the pitiful Galleons in your pocket, you probably can't build your own house here!" Fred didn't say how many Galleons were needed, he knew very well that Ron couldn't afford it.

"However, if you don't want to be an Auror anymore, you can come to Hogsmeade to help us sell joke props." George smiled and patted Ron on the shoulder, "At least you don't have to think about where to borrow a large amount of Galleons to build a house here."

"Then I really have to thank you."

Ron's face twitched, and he stretched out his hand to push away Fred's hand on his shoulder, and left with Harry.

"He hasn't been taught a lesson by reality!" Fred looked at Ron's back and curled his lips, "He will suffer in the future."

"Not necessarily. If Ron had stayed in the Ministry of Magic as an Auror, he probably wouldn't be short of Galleons. The salary of an Auror is not low." George signaled Fred not to be lazy and continue to work on things here.

"Those two guys have been so annoying since they got Galleons!" It was impossible for Ron to say that he didn't envy them, but he still didn't like the two people's smug faces.

"Let's go, I've seen Hagrid."

Harry stretched out his hand and waved to Hagrid who hurried to help them open the door.

"What are you doing at this time?"

Hagrid looked at Harry and Ron in confusion, not understanding how these two guys could have time to come to Hogwarts.

"We're here to find Albert. I heard he's at Hogwarts." Harry told him honestly.

"I'm not sure about that." Hagrid shook his head and said, "But he did come to help check the castle's repairs a while ago."

Now, Hogwarts Castle has been completely restored, and even the burned Quidditch field has been rebuilt. The deep trench that was originally used to restrict the movement of the Inferi has also been filled in, as if that tragic night had never happened.

Only the monument still stands tall by the Black Lake, reminding people of the cruelty of the wizard war all the time.

"If Albert is in school, remember to ask him to come to my place for lunch at noon." Hagrid pointed to the big rooster on the table that had just plucked half of its feathers, and said to Harry and Ron, "I'll show you the chicken and mushroom stew that I learned from Dobby."

"Chicken?"

Harry looked at the big rooster with a particularly strange expression.

"That guy is more particular about food than us. I think he probably prefers to eat lunch at school." Ron muttered. He would rather go hungry than stay at Hagrid's place for lunch. After all, no one wants to eat something strange from their bowl.

"What were you talking about?"

Hagrid closed the door of the hunting lodge with his backhand, intending to personally invite Albert to come for dinner and thank him for his help.

"Nothing." Ron shook his head.

"What are you looking for Albert for?" Hagrid pretended that he didn't hear Ron's words and changed the subject.

"We want to ask Albert about Hermione's situation. She has been missing for almost a week." Ron did not hide the reason for coming to Albert.

"Hermione is missing?" Hagrid was shocked.

"It seems that Hermione went with Albert to look for her family." Harry hurriedly explained to avoid Hagrid's misunderstanding, "However, Albert is back, but there is still no news about Hermione, so we thought of taking advantage of the free time to come and inquire about Hermione's news."

"You scared me, I thought Hermione was really missing."

After listening to what Harry and the others said, Hagrid couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and comforted, "Don't worry, Albert would never let Hermione get into trouble, I bet Hermione should be with her family."

Before Harry and Ron could speak, Hagrid asked again, "By the way, Harry, when are you and Ginny going to get married?"

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