Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 7 Howl's Moving Castle

Portsmouth, also known as Pompey, is located in Hampshire in the southeast of England, England, facing the Solent to the south.

This bustling port city has been famous for its status as the Royal Navy port in recent centuries.

During the Dunkirk retreat in World War II, the Allied forces mainly retreated here.

And here is where the famous Normandy battle took place, in the north of Portsmouth, when the ruins were preserved for tourists from all over the world to visit.

The most important Portsmouth naval base of the British Royal Navy is also here. The famous ships Victory and Mary Rose are still kept in Portsmouth for tourists to visit.

Culture, history, and economic status are all in Portsmouth, which makes it one of the most prosperous cities after London.

John is standing on the balcony of a villa in the south of Portsmouth at the moment, looking at all kinds of ships and yachts in the distance, as well as the sea sparkling in the sun.

Here was one of the properties he had ordered Tom to buy from the Ministry of Magic.

This house with a lot of spells, not only does not have the troubles of other seaside villas, but also avoids the trouble of being disturbed by tourists because of the Muggle expulsion spell.

After all, the appearance of this villa is obviously in the style of the British aristocrats in the last century, which is incompatible with other modern villas around.

After drinking the milk in his hand, John walked into the room, sat casually on the sofa, and the system panel unfolded in front of his eyes.

Name: John Williams

Occupation: Magister
Constitution: 2.0
Power: 1.7
Agility: 1.8
Mana Scale: 20.0
Bloodline: (inactive)
Recorded Skills: Zosimus Alchemy, Hermes Alchemy, Imperial War Spells, Magic Device Making

Unrecorded Skill: Wand Spell
Recorded items: Ellen Mum Type [-], Imperial Flying Magic Device Type V, Black Star

Sufficient nutrition, scientific exercise methods, and the strengthening of the body by magic power have made John's physical attributes much stronger than before.

At the same time, through this period of time, for the research of those collected books, a skill was recorded in the system again.

Hermes alchemy, as can be seen from the name, is a theory proposed by a master alchemist named Hermes.

In fact, Hermes alchemy is 100 years earlier than Zosimus alchemy, and it is the oldest and most primitive alchemy in the world
Hermes was an Egyptian monk in the third century AD.

As the inventor of all useful arts, Hermes was universally respected, and was seen as communicating with the Egyptian moon god, and was later deified as "the three greatest Hermes".

Even later, the name of this great alchemist directly evolved into "alchemy".

And compared to Zosimus alchemy, which creates miracles and studies longevity, Hermes alchemy, which pays more attention to skills and creates useful props, is more suitable for John now.

Just like in myths and legends, the Greek god Hermes, Hermes is the patron saint of many industries, and has treasures such as winged sandals, magic wands, and hypnotic flutes. This is the embodiment of his alchemy.

And in the process of learning, John strongly felt the greatness of the people who created the magic spell system in this world.

Compared with the primitive and uncertain alchemy he is learning now, the modern alchemy combined with spells is more rigorous and stable.

Even if its alchemical creations are not as good as ancient alchemy in some aspects, such as those huge alchemical creations that can still function even after thousands of years.

But modern alchemy is more comprehensive, more practical, and safer than ancient alchemy. It can be said that modern alchemy can be applied in all aspects.

Unlike ancient alchemy, even skilled alchemy formulas will cause unpredictable dangers during the refining process, and even kill people on the spot.

This made John even more eager to solve the problem of bloodlines. It just so happened that the cooldown time of the world crossing had returned to zero, and the next crossing could be carried out.

After asking Tom not to disturb himself for a short time, John contacted the system intelligence and chose to cross the boundary.

[Confirmation of crossing the boundary]

[Adaptation plane search... search confirmed, anchoring... anchoring successful]

[Identity is being inserted...insert successfully]

[Start crossing the world! 】

The familiar white light flashed, and John disappeared into the room in vain.

"John!"

"John!"

The boy's shout came from the ear, and the touch of the palm on the shoulder clearly spread.

Rubbing his eyes that were dazzled by the white light passing through the boundary, after the influence of the white light disappeared, John looked around him in confusion.

In front of him was a handsome young man with black hair and blue eyes looking at him worriedly.

"Thank God, you finally woke up. We are going to the Magic Academy soon. I'm afraid I won't be able to wake you up."

After seeing John looking at him, he seemed relieved, and the worry on his face disappeared.

Looking around, John found that he was now in a small ornately decorated room, and he could clearly feel that the room seemed to be shaking regularly and slightly at this moment,

Subconsciously looking at the window, through the window on the wall, you can clearly see the receding scenery outside.

This home is moving in!

Thinking of the young man next to him who said he was going to the Magic Academy soon, his identity is very likely to be a freshman, and he should be the vehicle sent by the Magic Academy to pick them up now.

But just to be on the safe side, I still need to confirm, maybe the young man next to me is, what kind of accompanying servant is he or something.

'What am I now? 'John immediately asked the system intelligence in his mind
[The current owner is an orphan in the small town of Colmar. Because of his innate magical power, he was recruited as a freshman by the Magic Academy. Now the owner is on his way to the Magic Academy]

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Very good, compared to the uncertain fate of the previous world, this time he directly embarked on the road of magic, saving him the time to explore in this world.

And it seems to be similar to the last world, the system made him age back to about seven or eight years old this time.

'Then who is this next to me? '

【Master please investigate by yourself】

John, who didn't expect to get such an answer, was helpless, but he still thought about what to do, and soon he thought of it.

"Uh...thank you...uh...you are..." John asked the boy beside him pretending to be sleepy.

Seeing John's appearance, the young man's expression was slightly angry, and he said angrily: "I'm Hal, Hal, I told you before you fell asleep."

"I'm sorry, I'm sleepy." John scratched his hair with an embarrassed expression.

But at the same time, John felt a familiar feeling about the name 'Hal'. He was sure of this feeling, and it was very likely that this name had appeared in his memory.

Hopefully there will be enough news to remind him of Hal and his related memories.

Just when Hal was about to say something more, he saw the house shake suddenly, which startled Hal.

Then there was the sound of hurried leather shoes stepping on the stone bricks, and then the door of the house was opened.

A man wearing a dark red uniform, a black-faced cloak with a red background, mushroom-shaped hair, and two mustaches walked in.

"Two little magicians, you are here."

After hearing the man's words, John followed Hal and stood up, while Hal subconsciously wanted to find his luggage.

Seemingly seeing what Hal was thinking, the man said, "Someone will deliver your luggage to your room, don't worry."

Hearing this, Hal stopped looking for his luggage, and stood beside John again.

Following the man out of the house, the two realized that they had come to a huge square. At this moment, there were a lot of strange houses parked in this square. From time to time, there were children who were about their age, and followed the man who was wearing the same clothes as the one in front of them from the house. out.

He vaguely noticed something was wrong, but John's attention was still attracted by those rooms.

Although the styles of those houses are different, what they have in common is that they all have a pair of mechanical bird legs and mechanical wings.

Looking back, it turned out that the room they were in just now was the same, and they were folding their wings, sitting on the ground and resting like real birds.

At this moment, Hal's voice rang in John's ear: "Did you know it before?"

"what?"

John was just recalling the memory of the man's attire and the mechanical construction of the exterior of the house, because these gave him an almost intense sense of familiarity, and this familiarity suggested that these must be in memory.

But Hal's voice interrupted his recollection, making him unable to react for a while, so he asked subconsciously.

It seems that because John's voice was a little loud just now, many children in the square looked at them.

Although he felt helpless about the current situation, Hal still sighed and said again.
"I said, did you know about the baggage getting?"

"Well, I actually don't know, I was just distracted just now."

Seeing the 'I don't believe it' expression on Hal's face, John made a haha, he couldn't say that he guessed it based on Hogwarts' practice.

At this moment, John noticed that two lines of teams were coming towards this side. After following the lines and getting a better look at the costumes of the people, John finally remembered what kind of world this was.

The teenagers in the team uniformly wore beige sailor jackets, white cropped pants, and shiny brown leather shoes.

The hair and eyes were uniformly dyed golden and blue by magic dyes, and even the height seemed to be uniformed, as if they were copied and pasted.

There is only one place in my memory, and that is next to the royal magician——Sallyman in "Howl's Moving Castle".

Looking at the team with uniform movements and a strange beauty,

"So it seems that the dean of the Academy of Magic is Suliman..." John murmured to himself.

Looking at the faces that were similar, even with the same angle of smile, John's back was still wet with cold sweat after a long time.

He sensed what could be called a pathological desire to control that haunted these children!
This is probably one of the reasons why Hal is so afraid of Suliman, not only because of Suliman's powerful magic, but also because of the almost terrifying desire to control that he felt when he was a child.

This is also the reason why Hal has to make a contract with Calcifa to obtain a powerful force that can resist the contract signed at the time of enrollment, and the reason why the demonized appearance is the swallow.

Because Hal desires to get out of control and gain physical and mental freedom, or anyone with a complete personality does not like this lust.

But soon John regained his composure. Just now he asked the system intelligence in his mind, and got that once he left this world, any contract imposed on him would be invalid.

Maybe he can take advantage of this and establish a good relationship with Hal. Then he can go to the place where the meteor fell with him, sign a contract with the meteor villain to awaken the blood, and come to the white wolf with nothing.

Thinking of this, John couldn't help but glanced at Hal beside him. No wonder he didn't recognize him at the first time. There is still a difference between people in the real world and people in cartoons.

Hal naturally noticed John's movements, and wondered why the other party looked at him so strangely, but before he could ask, John turned his head back again.

This made Hal a little confused, and Hal didn't want to ask directly because of his face. In the end, he could only think that John was a weird person.

(End of this chapter)