Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 202 Whomping Willow: Listen to me, thank you.

Once is a coincidence, twice is accidental, but if there is a third time... maybe it will become a tradition.

Byrne doesn't know if he will encounter another accident on the way to school next year, but judging from the current situation, he actually doesn't really hope that something like this will happen again.

After all, Professor McGonagall is a very strict witch - as soon as the Hogwarts Express broke down, it didn't take long for her to apparate into the carriage.

"Because Dumbledore has something to do, and Professor Flitwick is inconvenient to get in the car, I can only make a trip to solve the trouble you have caused."

(Principal Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Flitwick are the most familiar with alchemy and magic items among all the professors at Hogwarts. This is just because Professor Flitwick has goblin blood, and dwarves and goblins have been together since ancient times. It has been very difficult to deal with since then, and there are so many dwarves on the Hogwarts Express...)
While tapping one of his palms with his wand, Professor McGonagall said to the two people in front of him in a serious tone.

And the people she said these words to were Bourne and Lockhart.

Bourne was fine, but he had taken off his shirt and was wearing a small vest, and there was some dirty grease on his body.

He had just been working with the dwarf mechanic to repair the boiler that was about to be frozen and was on the verge of frying.

This child does not "habitually poke around with a small stick" like other wizards (the dwarves say). Instead, he relies purely on his sensitive eyes to find the small gaps in the cast iron, and then carefully repairs them with wrenches, hammers and rivets. Pick up the boiler that Lockhart blew up.

It is precisely because of this, and the fact that Bourne made a "ding-ding-ding-bang-bang" sound, that even the dwarves had to admit that this kid was good at his craftsmanship. Therefore, apart from being a little dirty, he was not criticized by the dwarves. They made things difficult, but they even offered me a glass of ice-cold lemonade.

That's right, it's the ice-cold lemonade sold on the Hogwarts Express, and the person selling the drink is the "sales witch".

She is a witch who may be older than Dumbledore, with dimples and wrinkles on her face that cannot be ignored. She usually pushes a food trolley through each compartment of the train around 12 noon, smiling broadly. Ask students if they need to buy food for lunch.

No one knows her specific name. Some seniors at Hogwarts will call her "Grandma Gumball". Some people say that she and the Weasley twins like Zuko's Joke Shop in Hogsmeade. The founders of the much larger Jumping Magic Joke Shop, located in a prime location in Diagon Alley, were relatives.

Bourne once had a guess: Grandma Gumball was the wizard stationed by the Ministry of Magic on the Hogwarts Express to supervise and balance the dwarf mechanic family.

However, when he saw the respect the dwarves had for her, and how she neatly used the Flying Spell to save the old dwarf who "rose to the sky" from where he was, and recovered all the lost parts of the magic engine, he felt that The Ministry of Magic is probably not Granny Gumball's boss.

She is a powerful witch.

When Professor McGonagall arrived, she just said "Little McGonagall" kindly, and then pushed the trolley away from the locomotive.

According to her words: "Train delays are a very bad thing. At this time, if you want the little wizards in the carriage not to 'rebel', you have to do some 'hard work' - today's snacks and The drinks are all free, and the price difference is made up by Hogwarts’ wealthy school board.”

Regarding her opinions, Vice Principal Mag, who has always been very strict in allocating funds, did not say "no" at all!

Just say it very strongly.

Although Bourne does not have the prestige of Grandma Gumball, nor can he represent Hogwarts like Professor McGonagall, he has the advantage of being "young" and the bonus of being able to repair machines.

That's why he didn't get beaten into a pig's head by the grumpy dwarves like the unlucky Professor Lockhart.

Until the train arrived at Hogsmeade and the young wizards entered Hogwarts Castle to start the sorting ceremony, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was still clearly wearing two black eyes.

As for the Hogwarts Express that was urgently repaired, because its shape now has an abstract feel that is in line with the "green skin aesthetic", it can only be forced to park next to the platform in Hogsmeade Village today.

In fact, Professor McGonagall, who "airborne" onto the Hogwarts Express in the afternoon, did not rush to use magic to restore its magical engine.

Because the old saying goes well: a bug is a bug, multiple bugs can work.

Now that Bourne and the dwarf pilots had repaired it and had it "running" again for the time being, Professor McGonagall wisely decided not to use any magic spells on it to avoid adding unnecessary fuss. .

The dwarves plan to park it in Hogsmeade Village first. Tomorrow, someone from the Ministry of Magic will come with the spell distribution drawings of the Hogwarts Express. They plan to restore it to its original appearance and then drive it back to London. of parking lot.

This year's sorting ceremony did not have the same warm atmosphere as last year because there was no such heavyweight "contestant" as Harry Potter.

Not surprisingly, Ginny Weasley, the youngest sister of the Weasley family, was also sorted into Gryffindor. Gryffindor has also become a house with a very high "Weasley" content, and Ginny's brothers all expressed a warm welcome to Ginny's joining.

In addition, the nearly 12-hour train journey has really worn out the enthusiasm of every little wizard.

It was as if there was only about 10% of cell phone battery left - they still had some energy, but not much - so after singing the school song, these little wizards, led by their prefects, returned to the lounges of their respective colleges. Arrive at their respective dormitories.

The class schedule has been sent out. The second year Gryffindors will have only one Herbology class tomorrow morning, and it will be the second class.

Therefore, when the next morning came, he was the only one in Bourne's dormitory who got up early, completed the morning exercise of running around the Black Lake alone, and then had breakfast in the auditorium, and then carried his Carrying a small suitcase, he came to a statue of a one-eyed witch.

After confirming that no one noticed him, he used secret words to move the statue to the side, and then got into the secret passage hidden behind the witch.

He went to Hogsmeade.

Today, the Ministry of Magic is coming to overhaul the Hogwarts Express. To be honest, Bourne is quite interested in this matter.

Just like the Knight Bus or his ship Hydra, this magic train has many, many magic spells attached to it, and the vehicle itself also has many magical and mechanical parts that can be repaired ( Even if you just watch others doing it), it is definitely a very insightful thing.

Anyway, Bourne doesn't think he has other similar opportunities: dismantling the Knight Bus, he doesn't know how long he will have to wait for such an opportunity; and dismantling the Hydra collected by the Slughorn family...how? Speaking of which, the magic ship had no grudges against him. Just because the name was chosen poorly, he couldn't just dismantle it into pieces and do some heart-wrenching research on it.

Therefore, even though Bourne knew that if he used the secret passage to escape, he would probably be severely deducted some college points if he was discovered, he still did it.

"Additional points for the college are reserved for deducting points at critical moments." Because he had the experience of deducting 250 points before he was divided into colleges last year, Bourne is not panic at all now. "What's more, Gryffindor House doesn't have much else, it just has a lot of 'points'."

While mentally building himself up, he quietly emerged from Honeydukes' cellar and followed the path to the train station outside the village.

In order to get close to the dwarves, he also deliberately took a lot of food from the long table in the auditorium of Lythelin Academy (very few snakes got up early today): several whole wheat toasts, sliced Butter cubes and Polish sausages, a whole pot of roasted potatoes, and a few plates of salt-fried pork belly... Still in compliance with the old saying: Don't be surprised if you treat others well. When he took out such a large amount of good enough food from the deformed lizard's wallet, the dwarves who were originally dissatisfied with him as a little wizard who sneaked into the car quickly changed their attitudes.

"...You are a great little wizard! Don't worry, kid, dwarves are not goblins who like to tell stories. We will not tell anyone about your skipping class."

The old dwarf who was made to "go to heaven" by Lockhart yesterday, while eating bread with salt-fried pork belly, banged his chest, and also made a guarantee to Bourne.

This old dwarf's name is Hot Porro, and the other dwarf pilots on the Hogwarts Express are all descendants of his family.

Therefore, among these dwarves, this old man can be said to be a man of his word.

Not long after, before 7:30 in the morning, the maintenance workers from the Ministry of Magic also boarded the train with the drawings of the Hogwarts Express.

The dwarves put a pair of their work clothes on Bourne, and then matched it with a hat, so that he could almost conceal his identity as a little wizard.

The maintenance worker from the Ministry of Magic held a map of the distribution of spells in his hand, followed the map bit by bit, and carefully used the spell to repair the magic engine of the locomotive.

Bourne recorded it all with his eyes.

After working for nearly two hours, the maintenance worker basically restored the "green-skinned" locomotive to its original appearance.

"A few more cork pads need to be added, and then the Hogwarts Express will be completely repaired."

The maintenance man finally came to a conclusion.

Then he explained to the dwarves in great embarrassment: "I didn't expect that someone could actually make this magic engine look like this. The cast iron shell on the outside was penetrated, which damaged the hidden parts inside - —That thick layer of cast iron, I guess it would be difficult even for the 'Death Curse' to be broken.

However, that kind of cork pad cannot be made of any wood. Even the wood used in ordinary wands is not rich in magic power. Some special materials rich in magic power must be used.

It's not easy to find, and I have to go back to the Ministry of Magic and write an application. I remember there was some snakewood in stock in the warehouse. If the application is approved, I can completely repair this train tomorrow. "

The dwarves on this train were not particularly satisfied with this result, but they had no other choice, so they could only wait for news from the maintenance worker.

After the maintenance man left on his broomstick, Bourne said goodbye to the group of dwarves who had become familiar with each other, and once again found a secret passage back to Hogwarts.

He also has an herbal medicine class to attend.

Herbology classes are all held in a greenhouse, and there are several greenhouses in Hogwarts, so before each class, students have to wait on the lawn outside the greenhouse for a while, and then they are led by Sprout who arrives. Take them to the corresponding class location.

When Bourne arrived on the lawn, there were not many students there, only some little badgers who particularly liked their kind dean.

Apart from him, Neville was the only Gryffindor who arrived early. He was holding Leif and talking to Hufflepuff's Hannah.

Bourne came to the lawn, and within a minute or two, a professor also walked over from Hogwarts Castle.

However, it was not Sprout, the Head of Hufflepuff, but Lockhart, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who caused a lot of trouble yesterday.

Gilderoy Lockhart seemed to have gotten up very early - he looked even more gorgeous than the peacocks raised by the Malfoy family. It was obvious that he had been carefully taken care of, even with the use of magic. As an auxiliary means, it would probably take some effort to make him spotless from head to toe, wearing a flowing turquoise robe, and a turquoise top hat with gold rims on top of his shiny blond hair.

"Oh, hello, you guys!" Lockhart shouted to the students with a cheerful face. At this time, he looked completely different from the bruised face he had yesterday.

"Before Professor Sprout comes, I am here to tell you about herbalism! But I don't want you to think that I am better than her in herbalism! I just happened to meet her during my travels. There are some particularly strange plants..."

Lockhart talked eloquently and talked about some magical plants he had seen. Most of them were the contents of the "autobiographies" he had written.

At this time, although it was not like in the original story that Ron was shouting about a letter today, Hermione, Harry and him still got together as always and appeared on the lawn at the same time. It seemed that the three of them were together. Had breakfast.

What Lockhart said aroused Hermione's great enthusiasm. This child was like meeting a fan of her favorite idol - she was obviously here for herbal medicine class, but she still brought a copy of Lockhart. "Days Traveling on a Boat with a Female Vampire" written by special author.

Bourne, on the other hand, listened and listened, and an idea suddenly came to his mind. He glanced at Hermione, and he actually imitated somewhat of the expression on the little witch's face at this time.

"professor!"

Byrne raised his hand as if he was anxious to ask a question. And as expected, he immediately caught Lockhart's attention.

"What's the matter, Mr. Slughorn? Do you have any questions?" Lockhart smiled happily, as if he had a pearl of wisdom in his hands.

"Yes! Yes! Uh..."

After saying sorry in his heart, Bourne continued: "The question I want to ask is, can you help us identify the big tree over there?

Although many people said it was a whomping willow, the professors never allowed the little wizard to get close to the magical plant that could hit people with its branches. "

Bourne spoke seriously, and in order to enhance the credibility of his words, he continued to add: "I believe you must know that plants that move and hit people are not necessarily the Whomping Willow.

As far as I know, some snake trees growing in the Americas seem to be able to hit people, and they also look similar to willow trees.

There are also elephant-eating vines native to Africa and poisonous tentacles in Asia. If they are parasitic on other trees, they seem to have the same characteristics as the whomping willow..."

After returning to the pile of bags, Bourne said a few words, just to let Lockhart identify the "unknown tree" that he was 100% sure to be the Whomping Willow.

If you want to identify a plant clearly, you naturally have to get closer to see it clearly.

(End of this chapter)