The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 94 Black Magic Successor
It was snowing heavily outside the window, and it seemed as if there was only white between the sky and the earth. No one wanted to go out in such bad weather, and even the twins stayed quietly in the warm common room.

There were many students in the circular common room, scattered in groups of three or five. The best seats next to the fireplace had been taken in advance, so the twins could only find a place to sit in the corner.

The two brothers took apart a Dr. Filiba firework and studied it. They wanted to understand the structure of this magical firework that ignited automatically and bloomed when it came into contact with water. Once they had a certain level of ability, they would try to imitate it.

The twins were inspired by Ada and thought that even though they were still in school, they should make plans for the future. They hoped to use the time in school to accumulate some experience and start-up funds for the future.

It just so happened that the twins made a lot of money from selling maps at the beginning of the school year. Otherwise, they would not have been willing to take apart a firework to study it. As long as they stopped betting on how long the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor could last, the money would be enough for them to waste for a while.

Ada returned to the lounge early with her backpack. Couples with nowhere to go used the library as a dating place. There were more couples making out than people reading. Ada really couldn't stand the atmosphere there, especially the strange noises that came from time to time.

Looking around the lounge, Ada saw the twins in the corner. She walked over, but the two brothers, who were concentrating on their studies with their heads down, did not notice her arrival.

Ada coughed lightly, and the twins saw Ada standing in front of them. George tried to take Ada's schoolbag with one hand, but he was not prepared enough and was almost pulled down by the heavy bag.

"What did you put in here? Why is it so heavy?" George asked in confusion, "Did you put the entire library in there?"

"I would like to, but it has to have space!" If Ada could carry a library with her, she wouldn't be so eye-catching today.

Fred put away the Filiba fireworks on the table and asked, "Why did you come back so early today?"

"It's winter with snowflakes falling outside, but the library is like spring," Ada said helplessly.

The twins didn't react to what Ada was talking about at first. What did leaving the library early have to do with Ji Jie? But soon they figured it out and knew the reason why Ada left.

The spring environment is not suitable for single people.

"What is this?" George saw a thick book in Ada's schoolbag. The thickness made the book more suitable for throwing at people than for reading.

"Of course it's a book, what else could it be?" Ida glanced at the book George was pointing at, "Deadly Potion, most of the potions in the book can easily take a person's life."

"Could this be another thing Cecil recommended to you?" Fred took out "The Deadly Potion" and flipped through it. The first sentence of the book was: Is every sip of water you drink and every bite of food you eat safe?

"Who else but Cecil could recommend such a dangerous book to Ada?" George leaned over to the book and started reading. He only read a few pages and knew why the book was in the restricted area. The potions in it were all evil and deadly.

Ada nodded in agreement. She said, "Expand your knowledge of potions to deal with Snape."

"Where there is oppression, there is resistance." The twins said in unison, "Are you finally going to take action against Snape?"

Ada gave each of the twins a slap on the face and said, "Are you planning to send me to Azkaban?"

"Just like your grandpa did!" said Fred.

"Who?" Ada didn't even know she had a grandfather.

"Grover Cecil." George explained, "Do you think the old man is too lonely, so he wants to adopt you as a granddaughter, heir or something?" From Hogwarts to Azkaban, from enrollment to imprisonment, it only took two years. Can Ada be considered as surpassing her master?

I wouldn’t dare say that he is the youngest prisoner in Azkaban, but it is not an easy record to break.

The twins continued to joke with Ada while parrying her fists. There were many people in the common room, and some were noisy, so no one would pay attention to the three people fighting in the corner.

"He has been recommending dark magic to you. Maybe he really regards you as his inheritance and wants to train you to be a dark wizard." Fred said.

The brothers had been discussing Cecil's behavior since Ada told them about it. Cecil's behavior was too much like someone who tricked children on the street, and coupled with his experience in Azkaban, it was hard not to doubt his intentions.

"Are we about to witness the rise of the next Dark Lord?" George knelt on one knee in front of Ada. "Lord, I am your most loyal servant. Can I kiss the corner of your robe?"

The twins were always joking, but they were actually telling Ada to be careful with Cecil and not to learn black magic. The twins were afraid that Ada would become a lunatic, and few people who learned black magic had a good ending.

Ada slapped George on the forehead and pushed him to the ground. She said, "You are not even qualified to wash my clothes!"

The three of them laughed together, Fred and Ida laughed in the armchairs, George laughed on the carpet, the friendship and concern between friends dispelled the cold of winter.

"Is tomorrow the day to go to Hogsmeade?" Ada asked.

Ada reached out to pull George up, and George tried to pull Ada down from the armchair, but as soon as he exerted force, Ada let go and he sat back down.

Hogsmeade is a pure wizarding village near the school and the only pure wizarding village in the UK. You won’t see any Muggles there, and everyone you see is a wizard.

The school stipulates that only students in the third grade and above can go there to play on certain Saturdays, and they must have the signature permission of their guardian.

Ada and the twins did not have a third grade certificate, nor did they have their guardians' signatures, but they had been there a long time ago, but they went there secretly through a secret passage.

"It just so happens that George and I also want to go to Zonko's Magic Joke Shop. We need to restock our dung bombs."

Ida really didn't know what was so fun about this magical stink bomb that exuded a rotten smell. Wouldn't homemade rotten eggs be good? They were just as stinky and saved money.

The twins loved to use dungbombs to tease Filch. Whenever the twins used dungbombs to create chaos, Ada felt that they were like two naughty kids fighting in a dry toilet... Fortunately, not many people used dungbombs in the school, otherwise the school would sooner or later become smelly and uninhabitable.

"I have a lot of things to buy, you two should be prepared to help me carry the bags!"

The twins sighed and fell into the armchairs in unison. Shopping was indeed a woman's nature, and even a witch was no exception, even if this witch was only thirteen years old.

"I'll buy you some butterbeer."

(End of this chapter)