The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 586 Godric's Hollow
The world is so big, I want to see it.

After leaving these words to Thicknesse, Ada ran out of the Ministry of Magic in a hurry, being extremely irresponsible.

In order to catch up with Ada, Thickness lost one of his shoes. If it weren't for the kindness of Laura behind him, the minister would have to go to work barefoot.

Ada was really fed up with staying in the Ministry of Magic. She was tired of the always bright sunshine in the office, tired of the endless thick files, and tired of the squirming brains and strange curtains in the Department of Mysteries.

In order to relax her tense nerves and prevent them from breaking, Ada decided to take the twins for a walk. With them, there was laughter.

The time before Christmas should have been the busiest for the joke shop, with orders pouring in like snowflakes. However, the twins were very loyal and they immediately put down their work to play with willful Ada.

Verity was the only one left in the shop. She was busy running around and cursing the boss for being unscrupulous.

The three of them went around in circles just like they did before, but the topic of their conversation changed from school-related to the joke shop business.

Argus Filch, the school administrator, banned all Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes merchandise and confiscated any found. Hogwarts's security is at the highest level this year, and all owls entering and leaving the school will be checked.

But these difficulties could not stop the twins from making a fortune. They cleverly disguised their products to avoid double inspections from Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic.

Recently, the two brothers received many orders for love drugs. In order to get the drugs into schools smoothly, the brothers packaged them like cough syrup or perfume.

There are countermeasures for every policy, and there is nothing that Filch cannot think of that Fred and George cannot do. Even after leaving Hogwarts, the battle of wits and courage between the twins and Filch continues.

Maybe because it was a rare opportunity for her to go out and play, Ada's heart had become a little wild, and Diagon Alley could no longer satisfy her.

Ada wanted to go to a place farther away, a place she had wanted to go for a long time but had never been able to go. She took the confused twins by the hand and Apparated away from London with the two brothers.

With a soft "plop" sound, the twins' feet stepped on the ground again. The scenery they saw was no longer the bustling London, but a snowy alley. The buildings on both sides of the narrow alley reminded passers-by that Christmas was coming soon.

"Where is this?" Fred asked. He stretched his neck to look around. The surroundings looked unfamiliar.

"Godric's Hollow, I've wanted to come here for a long time." Ada replied, "The village is named after Gryffindor."

This is the most famous place for half-wizards to live. The great Godric Gryffindor was born here, and it is also where the wizard goldsmith Bowman Wright forged the first Golden Snitch. Not only that, but Albus Dumbledore also lived here, as well as James Potter and Lily Potter.

The center of the village is a small square with a war memorial-like building in the center. Whenever someone walks by, the obelisk with names engraved on it will turn into a statue of three people: James, Lily, and a baby Harry.

In addition to the statue, James and Lily's former home has also been preserved to commemorate the Potters and to serve as a reminder of the violence that tore their family apart.

Every year people come to Godric's Hollow to mourn them, but this is not Ada's purpose, she has other intentions.

There was a small church next to the square, and there were rows of snow-covered tombstones nearby. Ada led the twins toward that place. Ada was unique in that she could take a walk to a cemetery.

There was a narrow door at the entrance to the cemetery, and the three of them went in. The sky was slightly clear, and it was easy to see the names on the tombstones. There were many ancient wizard family surnames here, such as Abbott and Potter.

Some families are still passing on, some have moved away from Godric's Hollow, and some have died out.

In addition to these familiar wizard families, the three also saw the tombstone of Kendra Dumbledore and Ariana. There was a sentence engraved on the tombstone: Where the treasure is, there is the heart too.
This sentence seems to come from the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible. Where the most precious things in life are, there your heart will be.

Ada didn't know much about Albus Dumbledore's past. She only knew that there was an unclear relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, and she also imagined many bloody dramas of love, hate and vengeance.

Looking at the birth and death dates on the tombstones, Ada felt ashamed of her previous impoliteness, even though no one else knew what she had imagined. Putting down the wreath, Ada stood up and continued to search, and finally found what she wanted to see among the rows of tombstones.

It was an extremely old tombstone, and the inscription was somewhat blurred due to weathering. After trying to clean it, Ada leaned over and used her fingers to carefully feel the inscriptions on the tombstone to restore the words on it.

"What is this...?" George asked. Seeing Ada's serious look, the two brothers came over.

"Ignotus Peverell." Ada slowly read out the name on the inscription. She had come all the way to Godric's Hollow just for this ancient name.

"Who?" Fred looked at his twin brother, "George, why does this name sound so familiar?"

Of course the twins would find it familiar, for the story of the three brothers comes from The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which is the most famous fairy tale in the wizarding world, equivalent to Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales and Grimm's Fairy Tales in the Muggle world.

Almost all the children who grew up in the magical world have read this book, and the twins are no exception. They were just confused for a moment and didn't remember it.

"Ignotus Peverell," Ada repeated, "the youngest of the three brothers, and owner of the Invisibility Cloak."

After Ada's reminder, Fred and George finally remembered who Ignotus was. Then the three of them reviewed the story of the three brothers in front of Ignotus's tombstone in the cemetery, which was very appropriate.

"So, you came to Godric's Hollow to look for the Deathly Hallows?" George asked. "The Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, the Invisibility Cloak, the Master of Death, it does sound very attractive."

Having said that, there are countless wizards searching for the Deathly Hallows, but no one has ever heard of anyone finding all of them, let alone becoming the master of Death.

Of the three holy objects, the whereabouts of the Resurrection Stone and the Invisibility Cloak have always been unknown, and there is no news about them. The news about the Elder Wand is the most widely circulated, but it is precisely because of those true and false news that the Elder Wand is also difficult to find.

"Have you found any clues?" Fred asked curiously. He also wanted to see if the Deathly Hallows were really that magical.

The tombstone looked very old, and there was Ignotus' name on it, so it didn't look like someone had faked it, which was why Fred, the curious boy, asked this question.

Surprisingly, George did not agree with Fred. Instead, he rolled his eyes at him and told him to shut up.

In George's opinion, there are so many wizards looking for the Deathly Hallows, and there must be other people who have found Ignotus' tombstone. If there are really any clues on this tombstone, I'm afraid Ada is too late.

Ada repeatedly scrutinized the symbol of the Deathly Hallows on the tombstone.

She smiled and said, "There are three Deathly Hallows: Antioch's Elder Wand, Cadmus' Resurrection Stone, and Ignotus' Invisibility Cloak. I have already figured out the whereabouts of two of them."

After hearing Ada's explosive speech, the twins were both shocked and speechless. The two brothers believed that Ada would not brag, which meant that she really did something that countless predecessors had not done.

Not only Fred was curious, George also became anxious and asked, "Where are they?"

"Within reach," said Ada, and she stood up again and walked to the middle of a row of tombstones belonging to the Potter family.

Fred and George looked at each other, both brothers were shocked. It was not that they didn't want to believe Ada, but what Ada said was too unbelievable.

"What about the other one?" Fred asked, his voice trembling slightly. He was so surprised that he had been so close to the Deathly Hallows.

Ada looked in the direction of Hogwarts and murmured, "It's equally within reach, but also somewhat out of reach."

(End of this chapter)