Harry Potter and the Secret Treasures

“How do we become a translucent magus?” Hermione asked, very interested in this spell.

“Easy-looking Mags is Hickham, is born, not cultivated the day after tomorrow, and most wizards need a wand or medicine to change their appearance!” Tanks said, "But with hard work, you can also...”

Ivan and Lupin are also talking as Hermione and Tanks continue their conversation.

“Evan, don't worry about Tanks. She's one of us. We met a long time ago. She's always been like this!” Lupin smiled bitterly and looked helplessly at Tanks changing the color of his hair on the other side of the room, "You may not know that her mother, Andromeda, is Sirius' cousin, was also removed from the Black family...”

“Sirius told me that Andromeda was his favorite cousin and was removed from the Black family tree because she married a wizard from Muggle!” Ivan said, "I believe Tanks, is there anything else I can do? I'm going back! ”

He's ready to leave and doesn't want to stay here to disturb Lupin and Tanks alone and cultivate feelings.

Besides, Sirius and Harry are still waiting for him and Hermione in the screaming shed.

“You two really aren't fit to stay here too long, if someone finds out, you're in trouble!” Lupin nodded, taking out a cloth bag and handing it to Ivan, "This is a gift you asked me to buy for you some time ago, all made by the best craftsmen, very beautiful, I picked it myself, and those mermaids should be satisfied. ”

“Hope so!” Ivan picked things up and sighed.

It's really difficult to deal with mermaids. He has worked so hard to communicate back and forth that he was forced to show the mermaids that he was not turning around to escape, but that's all. To deepen his feelings and trust, he needs to continue to give gifts.

Fortunately, through this period of contact, Ivan discovered that mermaids, in addition to music, liked a variety of human-made objects.

Furniture, mirrors, accessories, etc., are popular among the Hogwarts.

They are willing to exchange these items with herbs and magic materials that grow deep at the bottom of the lake.

Among them are rare and precious magic materials, all of which Ivan picks out to make magic and alchemy.

The rest of the general merchandise is given to Fred and George for use in the production of prank props.

The mermaid took out these materials far exceeding the original value of the items exchanged with Ivan and trading profits were high.

Even without Ravenclaw's secret treasure key trail, he was willing to continue the deal.

More than ten minutes later, Ivan and Hermione's phantom appeared back in the screaming shed.

Sirius announced that Ivan could use phantom graphics alone and stuffed him with a copy of Common Phantom Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, an exam material produced by the Ministry of Magic that summarizes the problems and treatments that phantom graphics are prone to.

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Because of uncertainty about how long it would take to communicate and trade with mermaids, Ivan decided to act after dinner.

He greeted Hermione and asked her to cover herself.

In the eyes of others, the two of them, like other couples, go out to a secret place in the castle after dinner.

But in fact, Ivan was the one who snuck into the lake outside.

I was worried that Hermione was going to go with Ivan, but Ivan persuaded me!

It wasn't so calm down the lake that he was more convenient to move around alone without distracting Hermione.

He and Hermione snuck out of the castle in the crowd after dinner, when the sky was not completely darkened.

Numerous Durmstrang students are leaning on the side of the boat to chat and hear laughter and noise.

Through the huge shadows of the castle and statues on the lawn, they bypassed Durmstrang's big boat and Ivan walked from the other end into the lake.

The lake was cold and his two fast numb feet slipped on muddy sand and slippery, sticky stones.

The cold wind blew through, and he shivered, pulling out his wand, and cast two spells on himself with the quickest speed.

There's a bubble above Ivan's head. It's a bubble head curse!

Under the warming spell, the lake is no longer ice-cold and brings a little coolness.

However, given the surrounding temperature, it is still uncomfortable to soak in it.

That's one of the reasons why Ivan wouldn't let Hermione come along, sneaking into the dark, cold lake waters on the coldest night of January and making contact with ugly, even some horrible mermaids is not a pleasant experience.

If he had a choice, he'd rather curl up on the sofa by the warm, comfortable stove fire in the public lounge and read the book quietly.

Ivan shook his head and finally glanced at Hermione standing on the shore, turning over and sticking it deep into the bottom of the lake.

With a silence in his ear, he strolled around in a dark, hazy and strange scenery, avoiding the frequent presence of giant squid and the abundance of aquatic plants hidden in the water monster Greendillo, swimming to the mermaid village at the bottom of the lake.

Tonight's mermaid tribe was lively and seemed to be holding some sort of sacrifice, and the mermaids were all snatching out of the rough stone.

As Ivan approached, he saw more than 200 mermaids all gathered in a circular square in the middle of the village.

Their rare outfits, all with long hairs, painted strange patterns with dye on their iron gray skin.

As I remember, fish from time to time beat the lake with strong silver tails.

The dark green hair is long and turbulent, but the hair is decorated with shells, corals and pearls, and the neck is covered with pebbles stretched with coarse ropes, as is the body.

They were saying something, spitting bubbles, like they were waiting for something.

Ivan landed on the edge of the Circular Square and removed the various items Lupin had given him from his cloth bag and placed them at the bottom of the lake.

He was listening to mermaids, guessing what they were doing.

Noting Ivan's appearance, a number of mermaid faces showed a glimmer of joy.

It didn't take long for the fishes to start trading with him.

They pick out their favorite items from what Ivan brings, and then they go back to their homes and move out a pile of materials to exchange.

The entire exchange process is going fast and easier than imagined.

Mermaids don't bargain at all, and Ivan's material is worth more and more than what he actually brings.