The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 143 The Magical Hogwarts Express

After Ryan changed his school uniform according to the regulations, he kept thinking about the previous question: what kind of transportation will Hogwarts use to transport students, so that everyone can cross the vast Atlantic Ocean, go around half the world to reach Castrob in South America Lu Shuo.He'd even discussed it with Hermione about it.

In the discussion, apparition and Portkey were the first to be considered impossible, because Ryan recalled the style of the two schools during the Triwizard Tournament in the original book, and felt that Hogwarts would not take such a bad idea. The method of ostentation.After all, as a prestigious school with a thousand years of history, it is impossible not to show off on occasions where you need to show off.

Not to mention that both apparition and portkeys have limits, otherwise the Quidditch World Cup spectators in the original book could have arrived at the same time in a short period of time, instead of someone even needing to arrive a few weeks in advance.

The second was considered unlikely to be flying carpets, broomsticks, and the Floo Web for the same reasons as the first.These things are similar to Muggle motorcycles and trucks. Can you imagine that when the Cambridge and Oxford study tour groups go to other schools for exchanges, the professors and students will ride motorcycles or ride in the back of the truck?
And the schools in the wizarding world are not open to the use of Muggle transportation. Imagine the scene where Hogwarts and his group take a plane to Brazil, and the Castro Bruso School sends someone to pick them up at the airport with a sign.Ryan thought it was too beautiful to look at.

In the end, it was nothing more than thinking that Hogwarts would have its own unique means of transportation, but Ryan really did not expect that Hogwarts would choose the Hogwarts Express, which seemed to lack enough sense of history, as a means of transportation.

With the sound of steam bubbling, the Hogwarts Express stopped at the edge of the platform.Ryan saw Principal Dumbledore, Minister of Magic Fudge, four deans of the academy and several Ministry of Magic officials getting out of the car with the reporter.

Seeing them coming to the platform, the students quickly stood up and lined up on the platform.Only at this time did Ryan realize that among the students on the platform, there were only two Gryffindor and two Hufflepuff students, and the rest were four Ravenclaws and four Slytherins.Sure enough, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff are still a little weaker in terms of exams.

What follows is Fudge's speech, which is full of nonsense declaring the importance of communication and highlighting the important role of the Ministry of Magic.Ryan almost fell asleep.

Finally, Fudge finished his speech, and Ryan was shocked and applauded with everyone, while the reporter of "Daily Prophet" hurriedly took pictures of this scene with a camera.

Next came Dumbledore's speech. The headmaster's speech was much shorter than the minister's, and the speech ended within a few minutes.Naturally, the applause Ryan gave to the principal was more sincere than the sincerity to the minister.

After all the speeches, it's time for everyone to board the car.This time the school sent Professor Sprout as the team leader, and Kettleburn, who just retired this year, was the accompanying professor.Under their leadership, the little wizards boarded the Hogwarts Express with their luggage.

After everyone got into the car from the door of the first car, Ryan realized that the outfit in the car was completely different from usual.The boxes on the usual car disappeared, and the car turned into a small common room, decorated with four colors representing the four colleges.There is also a large Hogwarts school badge hanging on the wall.

When everyone just entered the car, they heard the dull crash of the door closing.With the sound of a whistle, the train slowly galloped on the rails.Suddenly, a feeling of overweight came, and several seniors beside him exclaimed.Ryan looked through the window in the direction of their fingers and was surprised to find that the train had left the tracks and started flying into the sky.

Thinking about it, there is no railway in London that can go all the way to Castello Brusso, so the Hogwarts Express must have other ways to get on the road. Everyone exclaimed, but they didn’t know that the Hogwarts Express would use this There was no way to hurry, so I was surprised by the sudden departure of the train.

As for the flight itself, it is not so amazing. It is normal for Mr. Weasley to create a flying car by himself, as the crystallization of the wisdom of the entire British magic community.

A few minutes later, the Hogwarts express reached the predetermined altitude and began to fly smoothly. At this time, Professor Sprout also called everyone back from the window to start making arrangements.

"Okay, everyone pay attention." When Professor Sprout saw that everyone had walked into the lounge, he said to the little wizards below: "You can see that at the end of this common room there are representatives of four The four doors of the college, you go to the corresponding compartment according to your college. The room has been arranged, and everyone’s bedroom door has your name on it. Before the departure, you go to your house to put your luggage away. Then gather here."

After listening to Sprout's professor, Ryan went to the door representing Gryffindor, and turned the brass doorknob embossed with a roaring lion.

The door opened, and Ryan was surprised to find that in front of him was the corridor of the train carriage, all decorated in gold and red.After he walked through the door with his luggage, he found that there was a car window on his right, through which he could see the people standing on the platform.On the left hand side is a wall panel covered with red velvet wallpaper, and there is a row of oil lamps on it. Through the glass cover, it can be seen that there is no flame inside, but some transparent stones emitting white light.

There are two houses in this carriage belonging to Gryffindor College, which belong to Ryan and Hermione respectively.Opening the door with his name written on it with a bronze plate and walking into the room, Ryan saw that this dormitory was similar to his own in Hogwarts, only a little smaller.

Neville's letter mentioned before that the Hogwarts Express has two types of carriages, one of which is used for long-distance travel, but it has not been used for decades.However, Ryan found that neither the lounge just now nor the current room had the sense of dilapidation that had been placed for decades, but it looked like it had been cleaned just yesterday.This should be attributed to those hardworking house elves.At least Ryan felt that the patina on the furniture in the room should only form after a long period of careful maintenance.

Apparently, the train was being used as the face of Hogwarts, and it wasn't as simple as it seemed.Whether it is the lounge and dormitory that seem to be inconsistent with the external space, or the various furnishings in the entire train that give people a sense of harmony that should be so.All of them reflect the heritage of a thousand-year-old school.

When everyone packed their luggage and rushed to the lounge, everyone was surprised to find that the tea table and sofa that had been placed in the lounge just now were all gone, and a long table occupied the center of the lounge, surrounded by a Round the high-backed armchairs, which makes the lounge look more like the Great Hall of Hogwarts.

Professor Sprout sat on the chair at the head of the table and said to the little wizards: "Okay, everyone sit on the chair. We have a lot of things to do on this road."

(End of this chapter)