Aberforth Can Fly into a Rage over a Portrait / Don't Take Out One Pair of Brothers' Old Grudges on Other People

Maybe it's true that when you're with someone you like, time and place become unimportant.

They strolled leisurely through the streets, helping out at the damaged shops—especially Honeydukes, which had suffered a major calamity because of a secret passage in its cellar that had been blocked.

As for why it's called this time, it's because their family suffered the same fate during the last Werewolf invasion.

They wandered around the village for a long time, and as evening approached, the two of them unexpectedly found themselves back at the Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop they had visited before.

"Are you going?"

"Give it a try!"

The two exchanged a glance and stepped inside simultaneously.

This time, I hope we can go on a date like a 'normal' couple...

"Hey, isn't that Cedric Diggory?" After sitting down amidst Madam Puddifoot's beaming smile, Harry suddenly spotted his good friend, a fifth-year student from Hufflepuff House, in a corner.

"Really?! The one across from him... isn't that Cho? Are they on a date?" Hermione had to turn around to see Cedric Diggory's seat from Hermione angle. She recognized the girl sitting across from Cedric Diggory as Cho Chang from Eagle House.

This discovery was absolutely like discovering New World for Hermione.

Seriously, even the boys at Eagle House aren't any good; how could they let an outsider steal the beauty queen away?

"I think someone's having a tough time," Harry thought after glancing at the situation a few times, but suddenly found it rather amusing.

Although Qiu Zhang wasn't exactly a pure China, she was rather shy, and even if she was interested in Cedric Diggory, she wouldn't take the initiative to show it.

From Harry's perspective, Cedric Diggory's awkwardness is clearly visible, indicating that he simply doesn't know how to begin pursuing her.

Chapter 500 Aberforth Dumbledore would fly into a rage over a painting.

In Harry's opinion, Cedric Diggory is a complete waste of such a scumbag face.

There's a cute girl sitting right across from you, why are you staring at me like that? And it even got right in my direction!

Seeing the surprised look on Cedric Diggory's face when he saw him, Harry couldn't help but think... maybe he should help him.

After giving Cedric Diggory a look that said "you're useless," Harry's playful side was immediately aroused, and a plan to "corrupt the innocent boy" was already forming in his mind.

"Hermione, cooperate with me for a bit~"

"Cooperate with you?" Hermione asked, puzzled. "What are you going to do now?"

"Something fun." Harry smiled mysteriously, then pointed to himself at Cedric Diggory, his lips moving slightly as he transmitted a message that only Cedric could hear.

'Cedric Diggory, just say whatever I say, and do whatever I say~'

"?" Cedric Diggory was filled with question marks as Harry's words suddenly echoed in his ears.

He was already embarrassed by his secret meeting with Cho at the lovers' tea house, only to accidentally run into Harry. But then Harry not only noticed him, he also offered to help him?

Looking at the other person's 'veteran of love' demeanor, Cedric Diggory suddenly felt a strange sense of doubt.

Harry... could he be trying to screw me over?

"Don't worry, we're all friends. Would I ever cheat you? Now look that girl in the eyes, and hurry up!"

Cedric Diggory:...

Well, after being urged on so impatiently by Harry, Cedric Diggory was even more uncertain.

However, seeing Harry's expression, which was both threatening and disappointed, he ultimately twitched his lips speechlessly and chose to compromise with 'friendship'.

Cedric Diggory nervously looked up and met Cho Chang's expectant gaze.

Call her by her name and tell her, "I..."

"Uh... Qiu, I..." Cedric Diggory had already believed the evil, spoke tremblingly.

But then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Harry slowly approaching Hermione sitting opposite him, and then lifting her chin and kissing Hermione directly!

Holy crap!

Seeing this, Cedric Diggory nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

He was now absolutely certain that Harry was setting him up!

"Hey... why don't you just go for it!" Seeing that they had already finished kissing and Cedric Diggory still hadn't made a move, Harry urged him earnestly, "Trust me, in this situation, only ugly people get mistaken for... you know, harassment. With your looks, you're guaranteed to pick up girls. Just go for it, there won't be any problems~"

"This..."

At this moment, Cedric Diggory's face was full of dilemma, but the reason for his dilemma was not because Harry was tricking him, but because he found that Cho Chang opposite him... had actually closed his eyes!

Please, what's going on here?

Cedric Diggory was now in a bit of a dilemma. After all, if he actually kissed him, that bastard Harry would definitely make fun of him in his heart.

But if he doesn't kiss her... then it's not just a matter of being ridiculed; I bet not only Harry, but even Cho would probably despise him.

So... ahhh, whatever, never mind!

Feeling that he would be given the middle finger by the whole world if he delayed any longer, Cedric Diggory finally decided to listen to Harry's persuasion and resort to brute force.

So, he imitated Harry, using his index finger to gently lift Cho Chang's chin while slowly bringing his face closer to the other's.

I can feel it, the breath of autumn...

However, just as Cedric Diggory was dazed and thought victory was in sight, the door to Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop was suddenly kicked open.

"Help! Please... stop chasing us, okay?!"

"Harry, Cedric Diggory, you're both here? That's great! Quick, help us stop that old madman!"

Suddenly bursting in were the Weasley family. Thanks to them, the atmosphere that had been carefully built up in the room was instantly ruined.

"Why is it them again?" Hermione was utterly speechless, thinking to herself that the Weasley Brothers must have a grudge against every heterosexual in the world, and they seemed to be eager to break up any couple they could.

When I came here with Harry last time, they also managed to mess things up by showing up unexpectedly. And today, Cedric Diggory and Cho also fell victim to it.

She looked up and saw that Qiu Zhang's face was flushed, whether from shyness or simply from anger, she couldn't tell.

Cedric Diggory was even more unsure whether he should find a crack in the ground to crawl into immediately... or strangle these two bastards first, and then take them with him to find a crack in the ground to crawl into together.

But before he could figure out the problem, the teahouse door was kicked open again.

The one who barged in this time was Aberforth Dumbledore Dumbledore, the owner of the Hog's Head Inn's Head.

"You two bastards, I'm going to kill you both today!"

At this moment, Aberforth Dumbledore and beard stood on end, and his eyes even seemed to be spitting fire; he didn't look like he was joking at all.

Seeing that something was wrong, Harry quickly frowned and stood in front of the twins.

"Mr. Dumbledore, please calm down. Let's talk this out."

"I can't explain this to you! Get out of my way, and I'll show you how I kill these two brats today!!" However, Aberforth Dumbledore showed no sign of stopping, and seeing Harry blocking his way only made him angrier.

"Mr. Dumbledore!" Harry's voice rose an octave. "I'll say it again...please speak properly!"

"You!" Sensing the threat in the other person's eyes, Aberforth Dumbledore's expression froze, but he still retreated temporarily, still feeling indignant.

Previously in the Britain Wizarding World, Aberforth Dumbledore feared no one except his Albus Dumbledore... but now there's Harry.

"Harry, here's what happened..."

"We accidentally angered the boss..."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Weasley Brothers, who were very good at reading people, quickly told Harry the whole story.

It turned out that they had also been commissioned by Professor McGonagall to come to Hogsmeade Village to help the villagers, and had been busy at the Hog's Head Inn for almost a whole day.

The Hog's Head Inn was definitely the worst-hit place in this riot, even worse than Honeydukes; and Aberforth Dumbledore, the owner, wasn't exactly popular, so only the two brothers and the few Order of the Order of the Phoenix from yesterday were helping him out.

The Order of the Order of the Phoenix left at noon, while the two brothers had been busy until now. It was almost over, Aberforth Dumbledore was quite grateful to them. However, the twins accidentally threw away a torn painting as trash, which enraged Aberforth Dumbledore, who then chased them around the village like a madman.

"It's just a painting, and it's already been torn to shreds. Is it really worth getting so angry?"

Hermione muttered something in confusion, which unexpectedly provoked Aberforth Dumbledore's roar once again.

"You know nothing! That painting, that painting is... Ah! My poor Ariana Dumbledore! Anyway... you two, I will never let you get away with this!!"

Chapter 501 A certain brother's unresolved score shouldn't be taken out on others.

In fact, Aberforth Dumbledore is absolutely furious right now.

When he discovered the portrait had been torn up last night, he was already on the verge of going berserk, but because several members of the Order of the Phoenix were staying at the Hog's Head Inn, they managed to restrain him.

He felt frustrated all night and all morning, and several times he tried to confront Dumbledore about it, but he was stopped by the Order of the Order of the Phoenix each time.

They told Aberforth Dumbledore that Dumbledore returned too late and needed to rest, and during the day they said that Dumbledore was so busy in the Headmaster's Office that he couldn't see anyone, basically preventing Aberforth Dumbledore from going there.

Although Aberforth Dumbledore disliked his brother, they were still brothers, and he was afraid that this matter would hurt Dumbledore.

He managed to hold back until the afternoon, and had even begun to calm down, but the twin brothers provoked him again.

"Alright, take me to see what's going on."

Since they had run into each other, Harry couldn't just leave them be. Anyway, there was still some time before the dinner party, so he decided to go to the Hog's Head Inn with Hermione.

Before leaving, he casually cast a Locking Spell on the teahouse door, locking Cedric Diggory and Cho Chang inside.

Honestly, I've created so many opportunities for you, can't you just use them?

Upon arriving at the Hog's Head Inn, Harry discovered that Aberforth Dumbledore had unearthed the fragments of the portraits from the rubbish heap, though they were now covered in stains and many were wrinkled and crumpled.

"I'll give it a try." After a brief inspection, Harry felt that the fragments of the portrait were generally intact, so he decided to piece them together like a jigsaw puzzle.

"It's no use..." But after seeing Harry's actions, Aberforth Dumbledore said dejectedly in a hoarse voice, "I tried all night yesterday, and I only managed to piece together a few pieces of my face... and these two kids ruined them all!"

"Can you please stop bringing this up?" Harry retorted to Aberforth Dumbledore, his face showing displeasure. "Besides, the fact that you can't fix it just means you don't know how to do puzzles."

While speaking, Harry's hands didn't stop moving at all, and he quickly pieced together the four sides of the portrait.

It's just a jigsaw puzzle worth a few dozen yuan, and it's even one of those oddly shaped puzzles with varying sizes. Yet, it took me an entire night of racking my brains trying to piece it together, and I was completely focused on starting from the middle...

Aberforth Dumbledore's actions once again proved that ordinary wizards like them are truly full of nonsense.

Of course, compared to this puzzle novice, Harry is very good at puzzles, especially character puzzles... The fewer clothes the characters in the puzzle have, the faster Harry can complete it.

As for the reason, he didn't really want to explain.

In short, in the time leading up to the dinner party, Harry, at an astonishing speed, pieced together the portrait of the young girl, then cast Mending Charm and Scouring Charm on it, restoring Aberforth Dumbledore to a clean and intact portrait.

However... the girl in the painting has completely lost her liveliness.

"Ariana Dumbledore... move! Why... why is this happening?!"

"Mr. Aberforth Dumbledore, all I can say is... try to accept it." Seeing the other man starting to become hysterical again, Harry sighed helplessly. "The spirit in her painting has completely dissipated. Even if you sprinkle developing solution on the portrait, she can't move again."

"What did you say?!" Aberforth Dumbledore his fist on the table in fury, his bloodshot eyes glaring at the Weasley Brothers. "It's all your fault, you two bastards..."

"This has nothing to do with those two!" Harry snapped, stopping Aberforth Dumbledore from exploding. "They were just trying to help you fix the pub. You're the one who couldn't put the portrait back together and made the pieces look like trash. Who's to blame them for throwing it away? Besides, they were only there because of a school commission. If you're angry, go find your brother, don't take it out on these students!!"

"You...you mean, Albus?" Aberforth Dumbledore was stunned.

"And the reason this happened is ultimately your own fault—you didn't keep a close eye on it!" Harry continued, pointing at the painting. "This painting was probably destroyed last night when the Inferi invaded the secret passage here. But do you know that the Quidditch teams from the Four Houses were going door-to-door yesterday afternoon notifying the villagers of Hogsmeade to evacuate? Where were you then?!"

"I was back then? I..." Aberforth Dumbledore completely collapsed upon hearing this, and at the same time, he finally understood all the causes and effects.

He encountered Fawkes yesterday afternoon, learned that Dumbledore was in danger, and immediately sent a warning to the members of the Order of the Phoenix. Then he went with them to the Ministry of Magic... without even closing the shop door.

If I hadn't gone, perhaps none of this would have happened...

So... it's all Albus Dumbledore!!

"Aaaaaah! Why?! It's all because of you, Ariana Dumbledore... and now because of you, I've lost her completely!!"

"Um... Boss, are you alright?"

"Yes, we really didn't mean to..."

Seeing Aberforth Dumbledore burst into tears while holding the portrait, the Weasley Brothers simultaneously showed expressions of apology.

Although they were mischievous and liked to cause trouble, they were all kind-hearted people; otherwise, they wouldn't have taken the initiative to help Aberforth Dumbledore, that grumpy old man.

But in Harry's opinion, this time it really wasn't their fault at all.

As it turned out, even if they hadn't thrown away the pile of portrait fragments, and even if they had been pieced back together, it would never have been the same as before, and would have only brought Aberforth Dumbledore even greater pain.