great-warnovel Chapter 347 Hogsmeade in the Fireworks
Chapter 347 Hogsmeade in the Fireworks
Chapter 347 Hogsmeade in the Fireworks
This year's Christmas party is divided into two parts. As the school, Hogwarts will first hold a farewell dinner for the students in the Great Hall, after which the students will begin their wonderful Christmas holidays.
They were originally going to return to their respective homes through the fireplace, but upon hearing that a grand Christmas fireworks display was to be held in New Hogsmeade, many children wrote to their parents, begging them to come to the new city to celebrate the holiday together.
Actually, they don't even need to write letters. There are just too many wizards who want to come and see the shores of Black Lake lately. These students' parents are taking advantage of their proximity and can even get a good spot thanks to their children's connections. They're probably overjoyed.
This is the first time the Hogsmeade City Council has organized a large-scale event, and it's also a way to gain experience for hosting next year's World Cup, so they seem very enthusiastic.
"Security must be top-notch! If any dark wizards infiltrate, or if any serious incident occurs, I'll throw you all onto the lowest assembly line!"
Hermione could hear a Beauxbatons manager sternly reprimanding his subordinates as she walked down the street.
Their sales department's carriages also arrived outside the city at dusk, and a large amount of cargo handling and preparation work was carried out under the gradually darkening sky.
Hermione had thoughtfully given Fleur a day off so she could go back to the carriage to see her grandmother and sister.
The bustling crowd gradually converged towards the square. Although the fireworks show had not yet started, colorful magic and lights had already begun to appear in the city.
The newly built house exuded a unique "brand new" smell. Although only the main square and a part of the surrounding area were actually in use, the wizards who came through the fireplace set up at the original Hogsmeade Station still observed everything here with great interest.
This generation of wizards had basically never seen fairy-style architecture before, and everything they saw seemed novel to them.
The shimmering crystals emanating from the majestic castle, the streets and corridors supported by stone pillars in the shallow waters, the mermaids suddenly splashing water in the not-so-cold lake before disappearing, and the giant squid curiously watching the human city, quietly blowing bubbles.
Muggle captives and werewolves were allowed a Christmas holiday, although this custom existed throughout Europe, but back then, their Christmas celebrations consisted of nothing more than a bowl of hot soup.
Although they are still bound by labor, Hogwarts is much more lenient. They can all eat hot roast chicken and ham today. Although the amount is not much, at least everyone gets a share.
Moreover, they have a three-day holiday, during which they don't have to work and can freely spend their points at various stores.
The wizarding population is hardly enough to support a city-level carnival, but when nearly ten thousand Muggles and thousands of werewolves joined in, the scene became much more lively.
Without using magic or transforming, everyone is just a human of different skin and hair colors, gathered together drinking cheap drinks from the Pighead Bar, eating fried cockroaches and fried rat sticks, and talking about the weather, sunshine, and stars.
The only ones who would earn their special attention were the exhausted fairies who had built countless houses.
The Coexistence faction consisted of only a little over a hundred people. Excluding the minors, almost the entire clan participated in the construction of New Hogsmeade. With Beauxbatons' continuous supply of materials and nearly ten thousand Muggles assisting them, they worked almost non-stop to give the city a barely complete prototype by Christmas.
Although fairies don't celebrate Christmas, they've lived alongside humans for thousands of years and naturally know how important this holiday is to wizards. Gornuk even remembered giving Hermione a gift—a beautifully crafted silver sword ornament, modeled after the Gryffindor sword.
Despite the exhaustion and the near-miss with Hermione's contract fraud, the goblins are generally satisfied so far.
The coexistence faction consists of the most moderate group of goblins, and in this city, under Hermione's insistence, no one dares to discriminate against or ostracize them. At most, it's just these ignorant new-generation wizards and Muggles who make a fuss when they see goblins.
Their own fairy workshop was thriving, and they had finalized numerous contracts with Beauxbatons and other factions.
It's foreseeable that a lot of Galleons will come in the future. As long as we build this city well now, everything after that will be profitable.
Moreover, here, there is no need to worry about continuing to be persecuted by the Extinction Party. The nearest fairy cave has been demolished. After the war, Moody even led a team to carefully inspect the surrounding land to ensure that there were no other hidden fairy caves.
The three great wizards are the foundation that ensures the city's prosperity and stability, something that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
Because of the double scandal involving Pied Piper and Barty the Younger, Malfoy Castle was eerily quiet this Christmas. The nobles seemed to have vanished, hiding behind their doors in the inner city's enchanted area, even abandoning their usual practice of having the weather wizards work together to bring snow.
With all the paid performance groups cancelled, the residents of the outer city could only look at the dark, gloomy green sky, eat bland food that had become much more expensive, and spend an extremely boring Christmas.
Further east, in the new Paris of the UMNO party, because the fighting on the front lines was not yet over, a large number of wizards were stranded behind enemy lines. Almost every household was filled with sorrow, not to mention the many families who had received the devastating news of the sacrifice of their loved ones. They could not possibly have a good time during this festival.
Hermione walked along, pondering these questions. People who recognized her would occasionally come up to greet her, and she would respond to each one. However, only a few dared to approach her. Most people were quite afraid of her, after all, her feat of defeating Voldemort was quite impressive, and those ruthless people revered her as a god.
She first went to the property that the board members had given her. The education district was the surrounding area centered around Castle Heights. It was right next to the Black Lake, and a short walk away was the shallow water area. After the traces of the war were cleaned up, the scenery was quite beautiful. At this moment, the fairies had almost finished building the houses, but other infrastructure was not yet in place, so it would take some time before she could move in.
This is one of the most valuable land areas in the foreseeable future. Apart from a small portion reserved for distinguished professors and school staff, the rest will be sold to wealthy and influential parents of students, whose children may even be able to commute to school instead of living on campus.
During this Christmas holiday, Harry will be busy moving with his parents, bringing a lot of furniture from Cliffside over. However, this does not mean that they have completely given up their property in Godric's Hollow. After all, that is still the location of Potter's old house, and the Dursleys do not have the money to move here. This place is just like the couple preparing property for their son in advance.
Ron and Neville were the same; the Weasleys were the most extravagant, bringing along quite a few Muggles from White Mountain.
These people were all placed in a neighborhood and seamlessly dispatched from there to farmland or construction sites, following their previous work routines.
The Neville family had already gone through the process of moving out of Malfoy Castle once, and many things were still not even out of the boxes. This time, they could move everything in one go. However, since Mr. Longbottom had just recovered from a serious injury, everyone was worried about him using magic too often, so they all went to help.
"Things will get better from now on!" Hermione encouraged herself as she watched the crowds gathering in the square and the lights gradually coming on.
Suddenly, bright moonlight spilled onto the earth amidst the swirling snowflakes.
Hermione looked up and saw Hilmi, who, not wanting to be left out, was also going to bring everyone a dazzling golden glow for Christmas.