In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

"Tears of the Phoenix? This thing is a rare item, and ordinary stores don't have it."

The old man's eyes became profound. He looked at the air in front of him and spoke the code he had set.

Jon then took off the invisibility cloak from his body and looked into the eyes of the old man who had the same blue pupils as Dumbledore.

After he revealed his figure, Aberforth pulled him into the bar. Then he stuck his head out and looked around to make sure that no one had seen Jon before returning to the shop. Close the store door from the inside.

"Are there any customers in your store today?"

Jon looked at the messy environment around him and couldn't help but wrinkled his nose and asked.

"It's rare that anyone stays here. After all, the price I charge is high and the conditions are not as good as the Three Broomsticks bar at the other end. It's the same tonight, no one comes."

As Aberforth spoke, he stared at Jon closely, his expression as if he had seen a ghost.

"Before coming to Hogwarts Castle, Albus, he told you that I lived here?"

Jon took out the piece of paper with the pig's head on it from his pocket.

"Isn't it the message you left for me?"

"Yes, I saw the message that you wanted to contact me, but Albus told me that you are just a kid who has just entered the second grade. Even if he chooses you to sneak into that castle, it is enough to prove that you are different from ordinary people. I thought You will find a way to find me, but I don't think a twelve-year-old child can find my store so quickly with only a emblem, and it hasn't even been a day."

Aberforth stared into Jon's eyes, as if waiting for him to give him a reasonable answer.

"Before entering Hogwarts Castle, I had learned about all the shops in Hogsmeade through newspapers." Jon shrugged and said, "You are the only shop in the entire wizarding world that has anything to do with Pig Head. .”

"Then how did you get out?"

"There I found a magical map of Hogwarts Castle. The map marked the secret passages leading outside. The exit of one of the secret passages was under the cellar of Honeydukes candy shop."

After hearing Jon's explanation, Aberforth could not help but frown in relief.

"This is still too dangerous. The people in that castle have been checking the secret passages leading to the outside world. One of the secret passages leading to the Shrieking Shack under the Whomping Willow was sealed by them. You The one being used now may not be without the risk of being discovered.”

"No way, I have to contact you directly about some things, otherwise the things Dumbledore asked me to help won't go forward." Jon looked at Aberforth, even though he knew his name and that he was Dumbledore Lido's biological brother, but he still blinked and asked, "How should I call you?"

"Percival." He said his unknown middle name, which was also his last name to the outside world.

"Mr. Percival."

Aberforth interrupted him: "Don't call me sir, just call Percival. If you need any help, you can ask me directly. Regardless of whether Albus has asked me before, I will do my best." help you."

Jon didn't dwell too much on the title, he said seriously.

"Well, Percival, I need a chicken."

"What?" Aberforth was stunned. He thought he heard wrongly, "What do you need?"

Jon had to repeat himself.

"Chickens, roosters, preferably those that are energetic and like to crow."

This time Aberforth heard it correctly, and he looked at Jon in confusion.

"What do you want a cock for?"

"There is a basilisk guarding the door of the principal's office. If I don't deal with it, I won't be able to get in. The thing Professor Dumbledore asked me to get is most likely inside the principal's office."

After hearing the name Basilisk, Aberforth's expression became extremely solemn.

"Have you seen the basilisk?"

Jon nodded.

"I saw its body, but I didn't look directly into its eyes."

"Nonsense! If you see its eyes, you won't see me again."

Aberforth stood up from his chair anxiously, pacing back and forth on the greasy floor and said.

"If you want to use a rooster to deal with the basilisk, this is indeed the most convenient and simple way, but things are not that simple."

Although Jon had read the original work and knew many unknown things, he never felt that he was much more powerful than the people in the original work. No matter how much he knew, there was no older wizard who had the experience to deal with related matters.

"Isn't the crowing of a rooster fatal to the basilisk?"

"Yes, it is fatal, but the basilisk is not so fragile that it will die immediately as soon as it hears the crowing of the cock." Aberforth explained to Jon, "The longer the basilisk lives, the more likely it is to the chicken." The higher the resistance of the call, although listening to it for a long time will still cause them to die in pain, but they will also have time to escape or hold on to kill the rooster."

"Your ultimate goal is not to kill the basilisk, but to deal with it and steal the things in the principal's office. If the snake escapes, or violently resists or even the crowing of the rooster attracts the attention of others, then you The mission will still fail."

Jon has already thought of countermeasures for this.

"So I didn't plan to deal with the basilisk in normal times. On Christmas Day, most of the students will go home, and the remaining students and all the staff will also attend Christmas on the first floor that night. Dinner."

His words made Aberforth stop in his tracks, and he looked at Jon, his eyes shining.

"No wonder Albus chose you to do this. When I knew that he actually let a twelve-year-old child act as a spy, I even wanted to poke a wand into his brain to see what was inside. It has turned into a ball of mush, but now it seems that his brain is still as effective as ever."

Jon continued, unfazed by Aberforth's compliment.

"The principal's office is on the eighth floor. The Christmas dinner will be held in the auditorium on the first floor. Everyone who stays in the castle will attend. This is my only chance. I have to kill the snake before the dinner is over. Weird to death."

"I can help you find a rooster that crows all the time as long as it can open its mouth." Aberforth promised, "but you can't just use the help of the rooster before making sure that the snake is completely killed by the rooster's crow. , you have to find a way to keep it, prevent it from escaping, or forcefully kill the rooster."

Jon looked up at him, as if he heard what he meant.

"Is there anything you can teach me? Percival."