Chapter 1605: A War Without a Winner (Fifty-Seven)

Chapter 1607: A War Without Winners (Fifty-Seven)

The lights were still on in the Burrow late at night.

Mrs. Weasley was sitting on the sofa, knitting Christmas sweaters for the children as usual. Since everyone had their own jobs, she was often the only one left in the house.

I don’t know how long it had been, but a familiar crackling sound suddenly came from outside the house.

Mrs. Weasley immediately raised her head and cast her eyes on the magical wall clock. When she put down the half-knitted sweater and stood up from the sofa, Hermione and Ginny, who had just returned to the Burrow, had already pushed the door open and entered the house.

“Mom, we’re back.” Ginny said to Mrs. Weasley.

“Hermione, there’s a letter for you today.” Mrs. Weasley picked up the unopened letter from the table and handed it to Hermione, then went to the kitchen alone to bring them a midnight snack.

“Letter, a notice from Hogwarts?”

Hermione took the letter in confusion and found that there was no sender’s name on it, but a strange mark.

"No."

Mrs. Weasley put the plate of pies on the table and went to the kitchen to make hot cocoa for them.

"What's wrong?"

Ginny picked up a piece of pie and asked confusedly after noticing Hermione's expression.

"I don't know who sent it. There is no sender on the letter, only a mark."

"Will it be..."

Just when Ginny was about to ask if there was a curse, she heard Mrs. Weasley say, "I have checked it with a dark magic detector. There is no curse. There should be no danger, but be careful when opening it."

Hermione stared at the obvious mark on the letter suspiciously, thinking that it seemed a little familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen this mark.

"Do you know who sent the letter?" Ginny sat on the sofa and looked at Hermione who was staring at the mark in confusion.

"I seem to have seen this mark somewhere." Hermione rubbed her forehead and muttered, "I just can't remember it for a moment."

"Do you want to open it or destroy it directly?" Ginny also felt that the mark was a little familiar, but still thought that Hermione should be cautious. After all, the letter was indeed a little strange, and there was no need to take the risk of opening it.

But after hesitating again and again, Hermione finally decided to use magic and carefully opened the letter.

There was nothing wrong with the letter, but the content of the letter was a little unexpected. It turned out to be an exquisite booklet with a detailed introduction to the catalog of witch beauty shop.

"No wonder this thing looks a little familiar, it turned out to be the mark of witch beauty shop." Ginny looked at the booklet in Hermione's hand and seemed to remember where she had seen the mark.

"However, why would the witch beauty shop send you a catalog of products?" Ginny was even more curious. The other party sent a letter to Hermione, and it was obvious that the two parties knew each other.

"Witch Beauty Shop?"

When Hermione was flipping through the booklet, she found a metal card with a message printed on it, which seemed to remind her of the store's opening date.

However, what attracted Hermione's attention the most was the sender at the bottom: Katrina McDougal.

Katrina McDougal?

Albert's wife seemed to have the last name McDougal, so this was probably her sister, but what was the meaning of the other party sending this thing to her?

Hermione carefully looked at the metal card in her hand and felt that it looked familiar, and soon realized what it was.

Communication bookmark!

Yes, this is a communication bookmark.

"What's wrong, Hermione?"

Ginny felt that Hermione became a little strange after opening the letter.

"Nothing."

Hermione stuffed the communication bookmark into her pocket with a normal expression.

"The witch beauty shop is going to open soon. Miss McDougal sent me a letter, probably because Albert sent me a few bottles of samples." Hermione quickly found a suitable excuse for herself. She thought that the letter was probably sent by Isobel. In order not to attract other people's attention, she used the name of her sister Katrina McDougal.

The purpose was probably to chat with her through the communication bookmark.

"Witch beauty shop? I remember it seemed to be an international chain brand store." Ginny picked up a newspaper from yesterday and pointed to the advertisement on it. "They also published advertisements in many newspapers and magazines. It seems that they are going to open a store recently."

"Yes, this is a product brochure. I have used two of them and the effect is very good." Hermione handed the exquisite product brochure to Ginny and pointed out the products she had used.

"This price is really scary?"

Ginny couldn't help but exclaimed when she turned to the back, and what she couldn't understand the most was that you had to make an appointment in advance for that thing.

"So they plan to let customers buy the trial version first, which also proves that this thing is really effective."

Hermione actually never doubted the effectiveness of the beauty potion in the brochure, because she is using it now, and the effect is really good. Her skin is much better than before.

This is probably prepared by Albert specifically for Isobel.

Ginny looked at the product introduction in the brochure with interest, looked up and said to Hermione, "It seems that there will be a promotion on the opening day."

"Let's go together then." Hermione said with a smile.

"Forget it." Ginny hesitated for a moment, and finally shook her head and said, "Although there are many things I want to buy, it's too expensive."

"This facial cleanser works well, I've used it before." Hermione pointed to a facial cleanser on it and introduced it to Ginny, "Besides, the price is not expensive, and Hogwarts students can enjoy other discounts."

"I'm no longer a Hogwarts student." Ginny was a little helpless when she talked about this, but there was nothing she could do about it. She never regretted her decision.

"But no one knows you dropped out of school." Hermione comforted.

"What are you discussing?"

Harry and Ron also came back after finishing their work.

"The witch beauty shop is about to open, and I sent this thing to Hermione." Ginny handed the brochure to Harry.

"McDoug?" Ron picked up the newspaper, looked at the advertisement on it, and muttered, "This surname seems a little familiar."

"This store is opened by Albert's wife's sister." Hermione introduced it to Harry and Ron.

"Do you know each other well?" Ron suspected that the letter was sent by Albert.

"No, but Albert gave me a similar Christmas gift before." Hermione said indifferently, "Miss McDougal probably thinks that I, who has used it personally, can convince other girls to go there on the opening day."

"Be careful when you go, don't get squeezed by the crowd." Harry kissed Ginny's cheek and took out his wallet and said, "Take this with you when the time comes."

He actually didn't like pregnant Ginny running around, but Harry knew very well that he couldn't treat Ginny as a patient, otherwise she would definitely be unhappy.

After Ginny took the wallet, she put it back into Harry's pocket. She had to start thinking about her life after marrying Harry. Even if Harry still had a large inheritance in the Gringotts vault and a pretty good job, he still couldn't spend money recklessly. Because after getting married, the daily necessities that need to be purchased will still be a big expense.

"Why are you working overtime again recently?" In order to avoid making the atmosphere around her awkward, Hermione forced to change the subject.

"What else can we do? Keep cleaning up the Inferi!" Ron, who was enjoying a pie, said incoherently.

"We've cleaned up another batch of Inferi in the past few days." Harry sighed.

"Are there really that many?" Hermione raised her eyebrows slightly, "You should have cleaned up a lot of Inferi."

"Yes, we have cleaned up a lot, but..." Ron and Harry looked at each other and fell into a brief silence.

"Kingsley suspects that some of the "pure bloods" who support Voldemort are still secretly creating Inferi to cause trouble for him." Harry's expression was particularly solemn when he talked about this. "Among the groups of Inferi we cleaned up, some groups of Inferi were very small in number, and they were suspicious no matter how you look at it."

"I thought this matter had come to an end for the time being." Hermione was very surprised by this. She didn't expect that the problems between the two sides had always been there.