Anna and the others followed Catherine over the mountains and out of the Hogsmeade. They walked slowly in the ankle-deep snow.
"Can owls really find people?" Belinda was a little skeptical. She had just been hit on the head by the snow falling from the tree.
"Of course!"
The twins said in unison. "We also used the 'owls to find people' method to help a beautiful lady in need —"
"She was wrongly accused and wanted," Fred said, shaking his head. "Her sister's boyfriend set her up... Of course, he didn't succeed in the end, because we saved her."
"Anna also managed to escape the pursuit of the muggle world's Auror on the streets of London!"
Belinda rolled her eyes. "That's amazing. Your stories are getting more and more dramatic. Finally, it's not something illogical like Anna taming a fire dragon..."
"But that's also true," George raised his hand.
Belinda patted Anna's shoulder sympathetically. "I'm not stupid enough to believe what they say."
Anna smiled and nodded perfunctorily. In fact, she did not hear what the twins said at all. Anna's attention had been on Catherine the whole time.
"Catherine... are you sure we're going this way?"
Anna frowned. They were already far away from the main road and were getting more and more remote. They even passed by a small frozen lake and climbed over two medium-sized hills.
Catherine flew over and glanced at Anna. She cooed a few times to vent her dissatisfaction, as if to say, "Forget about that half a pound of nuts, just based on our relationship — I'll do my best!"
Anna was still skeptical.
She did not know where this place was, and looking at the surroundings, it was hard to imagine that anyone lived here. At first glance, it was a vast expanse of white.
"Belinda, is the old house of the Hombe family near here?"
Belinda scratched her head. "The magazine said that it's on a cliff not far from Hogsmeade. There's a famous' Misty Springs' nearby... That's all I know."
"Speaking of Misty Springs, I heard that their service is very good. I've been wanting to go there for a long time..."
"Hot springs?"
Fred was a little interested. "The kind of muggle entertainment where everyone squeezes into a small pool to take a bath together?"
"Rude!
How can you call it taking a bath together? "
Belinda defended the hot springs. "Magic hot springs have the effect of beautifying and make you feel refreshed and radiant after soaking for a while!
It's good for removing curses and elevating the soul of a wizard! "
Hot springs to recover HP?
Anna thought it was enough magic.
"Coo coo!" Catherine landed on Anna's shoulder and pecked her on the head, indicating, 'My mission is complete!'
She quickly flew away.
After crossing a small hill, a sturdy looking Japanese-style wooden bridge appeared in front of the four of them.
The thick white fog prevented them from seeing the scenery under the wooden bridge. A wooden shelf with wolf legs walked over from the other side of the bridge. Travel brochures were neatly placed on the shelf.
"Quite considerate..." George curiously walked around the shelf and took a brochure from it.
It was an old parchment with the words' Welcome to Misty Hot Springs Hotel 'written in cursive on the cover.
"This hot springs hotel opened not long ago, but it has already caused a big stir!" Belinda was a little excited.
"Why didn't I know about it?" George scratched his head.
"It caused a stir among the female wizard community." Belinda added. "Gringotts Fairy releasing a dragon, Diagon Alley Black Magic Fireworks, Misty Springs hotel opening, Blake's escape from prison - this year's big events can be mentioned together!"
"..."
There were so many big events this year. Anna looked up. She could see the faintly discernible buildings in the fog. "Is this hot springs hotel opened by Japanese people?"
"It's opened by a Japanese wizard." Belinda pointed at the event photo on the first page of the booklet. A woman in a kimono had her hair tied up and her eyes narrowed as she smiled and bowed slightly. She looked very enthusiastic.
"This is Ms. Takeuchi, an excellent graduate from the Japanese 'Magic Institute'... I don't know much about her. I only know that she came to England not long ago."
"Japanese 'Magic Institute'?
That's a Japanese magic school? "This touched Anna's knowledge blind spot.
"Yes, one of the eleven famous magic schools." Belinda counted carefully. "England's Hogwarts, America's Ilfmoney, Japan's Magic Institute..."
"There's also the French beauties Boothbottom, Germany's infamous Demstrand," Fred added. "Africa's Ouagadou, Russia also has a magic school. The name is very difficult to pronounce."
"There's also Brazil's Castro... Hmm... What's Castro again?"
"Castro Busch. The people there are very enthusiastic." George joined the conversation. "Oh, by the way, Bill is pen pals with a little wizard there."
"That Brazilian pen pal once asked an owl to bring Bill a beige sack filled with a Brazilian specialty, 'Energizer Coffee Beans'..."
"There were too many of them. But the kind Ms. Molly couldn't bear to destroy their good intentions. We had to secretly pour the coffee beans into the goblin cave..."
Anna felt that she had already guessed what happened.
"That's crazy." The two of them said in unison. "If you want to demolish the place, you can just buy the goblins a cup of coffee. You can even save the cost of hiring the 'Demolition Magic Team'!"
The four of them walked across the bridge leisurely. The atmosphere was so harmonious that Anna almost forgot that she was there to save people. She thought that it was some kind of weekend entertainment.
"Is Mrs. Hombe really here?" Belinda looked around.
"Let's go in and see," Anna answered her.
"What if she's not here?" Belinda still did not believe in the owl's ability to find people.
"Then we'll go to the hot spring..." Fred raised his hand, attracting the attention of the three of them. "Just kidding..."
After walking across the bridge surrounded by thick fog, the wooden structure of the building appeared clearly in front of them. Exquisite stone lamps stood on both sides of the door, and a huge curtain covered the entrance.
It was very quiet. Only the sound of the flowing spring could be heard.
"Why is there no one here?" Belinda was a little confused. She walked over and wanted to pull the curtain. "It shouldn't be..."
The curtain nimbly avoided her hand. A gentle voice came from behind the curtain. "I'm very sorry, dear customers. That's because we're closed today."
A lady in a kimono walked out from behind the curtain. Her young face had a perfect expression of guilt. She bowed slightly. "Thank you for choosing Misty Springs. We took a lot of your time to come here. Please accept our apologies."
She took out a small bag. "Here are four bottles of Vitality Magic Potion. Once again, we apologize for the delay."
The kimono lady looked gentle and decent. Her words were pleasant to the ears. In fact, she did not want to give them a chance to stay. She wanted to chase them away.
Belinda took the small bag. For a moment, she did not know what to say. "Uh..." The smart little snake did not know how to bite the hard-shelled pearl clam.
Anna pulled the twins and gave them a look. "We didn't use Plan B when we robbed Gringotts."
"Ouch!" Fred fell to the ground and closed his eyes.
"Bro!" George rushed over skillfully. "Old habits again!" They had rehearsed these two lines too many times.
The kimono lady was shocked by the scene in front of her. "This... this customer is..."
Anna stepped forward. "He fainted easily after touching the cursed needles." She sighed. "It's been a while. The healers couldn't do anything about it. They just said that if the curse isn't lifted soon, something bad might happen. We're all very worried about him …"
"That's why we wanted to bring him to the hot spring. We heard that the hot spring has the ability to remove the curse." Anna said as if it was true. "This is not just an advertisement, right?
Is it true? "
The kimono lady hesitated. "Of course it's true... but today..."
"Are you going to leave him in the lurch?"
Belinda followed the rhythm and pretended to be unreasonable. "Then we will not do anything else. We will write a letter to the < Prophet > and tell them about what happened today!"
Belinda did well!
Anna clapped in her heart.
"Wait a moment, little girl!" The kimono lady took two steps back. Her expression was complicated. "Wait a moment!" She quickly ran behind the curtain and came out again.
"You are students from Hogwarts, right?
First-year students? "The kimono lady calmed down a lot.
"No, third-year students." George's expression did not change.
"..." After a moment of silence, the kimono lady smiled formally. She raised her hand and made a welcoming gesture. "Then, please help the little customer and come with me. You are the only customers in this building today."
She lifted the curtain.
"Misty Hot Springs Hotel, welcome."