At noon the day before Halloween, Hope was having lunch at the lobby table as usual. The lobby was very lively at this time. Everyone was talking about the Halloween party tomorrow night, but everyone was a little disappointed when the senior talked about it.
The reason for the loss was that Principal Dumbledore invited the Headless Knights to perform at Hogwarts' Halloween party, but they refused.
This is the first time this has happened in recent years. In the past, when Principal Dumbledore invited them, they would happily agree.
Principal Dumbledore was very troubled by this matter. He couldn't figure out how to make the Halloween party more lively.
Care of Magical Creatures professor Sylvanus Kettleburn suggests that he and his little darlings put on a funny play.
But he was stopped by the horrified professors, who heard that his pantomime "The Fountain of Good Luck" sent the entire auditorium to the hospital. Everyone is afraid that he will perform it again.
Hope didn't pay much attention to these. He had never seen them and just listened to them.
While Hope was eating, a group of owls flew in from the lobby window, and a small package landed on top of Hope's head. Just when it was about to hit Hope's mushroom soup, Hope used a floating spell to control it. He picked up the missing package and took it into his hand. With his other hand, he gracefully scooped up a spoonful of soup and took a sip.
The other little wizards were not so calm, and were in a hurry due to the overwhelming number of packages and letters.
Pushing the tableware aside, Hope opened the package that was sent to him. It was the newspaper and some magazines he had subscribed to before. The cutting-edge technology in the wizarding world cannot be learned from books. You still have to read magazines.
Putting the magazine aside, Hope picked up the "Daily Prophet" he subscribed to and read it. Today's news is a bit special. It is no longer some tidbits about a magic official or the secrets of a pure-blood family. Today's news is a bit special. Dominating the headlines was the capture of an international smuggler who had been hiding in England for half a year.
There was a photo of the smuggler on the news, with three scars on his face. The news said that the smuggler's smuggled magical animals and magical materials had been seized by the Ministry of Magic, and he would be sent back to his place of origin after waiting. What followed was a flurry of praise for the current Minister of Magic.
Hope felt a little nauseous after reading it. He suspected that it was written by Fudge, the Minister of Magic. Hope had met Minister Fudge. He had been to Hogwarts a few days ago, and after arriving, he went to find Principal Dumbledore. After that they went to the Forbidden Forest.
What happened next was unknown to Hope.
After putting down the Daily Prophet, Hope picked up The Quibbler and read it. As its name suggests, it really contradicts the Daily Prophet. The front page clearly stated that Minister Fudge lied. In fact, he No smugglers were caught, it was just to appease the people.
This impressed Hope very much.
After lunch, Hope returned to the dormitory with magazines and newspapers. He planned to read the latest issue of the magazine in the next few days.
After returning to the dormitory, Hope saw the owl his mother had given him before sleeping standing on his bedside, and there was a letter addressed to him on the bed.
Hope did not read the letter on the bed first, but moved closer to the owl and rubbed the owl's chin with his index finger. The owl pecked Hope's finger very humiliatingly, and Hope rubbed the injured finger.
The owl his mother gave him had a very weird temper. When he used to deliver letters to him, he always delivered them wherever he was.
Later, he stayed in the secret base for a long time. The shielding spell of the secret base caused it to wander outside for a long time without finding him. In a rage, everything was thrown on his bed.
After so long, Hope suddenly realized that he didn't know its name, and his mother didn't tell him, maybe because of Hope's ability to communicate with animals, she thought Hope would ask it himself.
"What's your name?" Hope asked looking at the owl without touching it for fear of being pecked again.
The owl ignored him and continued to sleep with his eyes closed.
Seeing that the owl was silent, Hope continued: "Since you don't tell me, then I will give you a name."
Hope looked at the owl. It was a little bigger than the average owl, and it was all white. Hope thought for a moment and said, "I'll call you Dabai."
The owl glanced at Hope with disgust and cooed twice reluctantly.
"Your name is Xue Ya? It's a nice name. Why don't you feel like you don't like to talk to me?" Hope looked at Xue Ya doubtfully. When she first came here, Xue Ya was quite affectionate to him, but now she doesn't like him. It makes sense, is it entering a period of indifference?
Xue Ya, who really couldn't stand Hope's talk, flew to the window of the dormitory and went to sleep. She kept complaining about Hope in her heart. Why didn't she pay attention to you?
I worked so hard to deliver the letter to you without even giving him any rations for the owl. The most disgusting thing is that I didn’t prepare anything for him to eat. Every time he was hungry, he had to go out to hunt for food. If he wanted to deliver the letter, he would look for him. Whenever he had nothing to do, he would go out to hunt. Ignore it, this is the worst owner it has ever had.
I originally thought that Hope's aura was very comfortable, but I didn't expect that he was a scumbag. The more she thought about it, the angrier Xue Ya became and she just opened the window and flew away.
Hope, who was completely unaware of this, scratched his head and looked at Xue Ya who was flying away. "Why did you fly away?"
"Forget it, never mind, just call it when delivering the letter."
Opening the letter on the bed, it was from his father.
The good guy came up with an accusation against the Minister of Magic Fudge, saying that Fudge was extremely irresponsible. The smuggler who was caught was just one of them. All signs showed that the smugglers were a gang. He had applied for the use of smugglers many times. Veritaserum or mind-seizing.
But Fudge refused on the basis of humanitarianism. Due to Fudge's previous series of magical operations, wizards complained more and more about him. Fudge closed the case hastily in order to appease the wizards.
In order to prevent accidents, Joey proposed to imprison the smuggler in Azkaban first. Unexpectedly, the smuggler used the information about the smuggled items to delay the detention. Fudge actually fell for it and kept him in the holding room of the Ministry of Magic. interrogation.
Although they succeeded in asking where some smuggled items were hidden, this was just a delaying tactic by the smugglers. They must be making big moves, but Fudge said Joey was alarmist.
In desperation, Joey could only secretly investigate on his own. After thinking that his son had the ability to communicate with animals, he sent this letter to Hope, hoping that Hope could take a leave to communicate with those smuggled magical animals. Take a look and see what information you can get.
How can a son ignore me when I am in trouble? Hope decisively took the letter and went to their dean, Professor Sprout, to ask for leave. Of course, the one accusing Fudge was left behind by Hope.
