Chapter 198: The Castle Between the Mountains (Part 2)
A sprawling, moving island speeding through the North Sea.
If you get closer, you can find ...... It's not an island, it's a whale with a huge head, and where the whale swims, it makes waves one after another.
An oil tanker in the North Sea seemed to pass by whales, and the waves set off by the whales even splashed on the deck of the tanker.
But the sailors on deck were unaware that there was a behemoth that was at one point less than a hundred yards away from them.
Also, there is a boy who is lying on the back of a whale, basking in the sun.
Jon Hart scrutinized the small box in his hand.
It was in the shape of an octahedron, glowing with silver throughout, light and messy, and Jon suspected that it could be pierced with a dagger.
The eight sides are sealed, and there are no hints on them, such as "I opened it at XX time" or anything like that.
Jon used a few spells on it, but to no avail, so he simply gave up and threw the silver box into his pocket.
When you get back to Hogwarts, ask Dumbledore.
Getting back to his feet, Jon began to take in the scenery around him.
The endless ocean is actually nothing to see.
Leviathan is the Durmstrang students' means of transportation to and from campus, the equivalent of the Hogwarts Express train, and of course, they use the ghost ship for official visits, as a large whale can scare people.
Jon was curious about traveling on a giant whale, so when Professor Vance asked him if he wanted to travel to France on the Leviathan, he didn't hesitate to say yes.
It's a pity that the trip was quite interesting at first, and as time went on, the monotonous scenery made it seem boring.
Fortunately, the Leviathan swam smoothly and did not cause Jon to get seasick or seasick......
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After a few hours of drifting on the sea, the distant continent became clearer and clearer.
Jon quickly packed up all the things on Leviathan's back and ......
Suddenly, he felt the huge whale be thrown by him, and Jon was thrown into the sea by the whale's tail.
Caught off guard, Jon fluttered a few times and took several sips of salty seawater.
Fortunately, the water was buoyant, and he struggled to emerge from the water and used a bubble head charm...... Then awkwardly swam to the shore.
I found a place where there were no people and landed, looked at my soaked clothes, and then at the small black dot on the sea level.
"Won't this stupid fish give me any more way?" said Jon, a little helpless.
But it is also understandable, after all, the Leviathan is so big, and if you swim a little further to the shore, you may be stranded on the shore, and this old fish spirit who has lived for thousands of years will definitely not make such a mistake.
"Then it won't give you a hint?" Jon looked at the water, looking at his own embarrassed appearance.
If the French saw this, they would definitely think that they were smuggled here.
No, I really seem to have smuggled here......
Using a cleaning charm to clean his clothes, Jon found a few travelers on the beach and asked where they were.
Jon was fluent in French, and the Frenchmen were enthusiastic in answering his questions, but if he was in English, they might roll their eyes and leave.
His current location is the port of Dunkirk in northern France.
Beauxbatons is located in the Pyrenees...... It is in the south of France, on the border between France and Spain.
Jon traveled from Dunkirk to Lille, where he exchanged francs and rested for the night.
The next day, he took the train to Pau, the capital of the Pyrenees in southern France.
The birthplace of the Bourbon dynasty, the historical summer city of France, and the location of the Beauxbatons School of Magic.
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Around four o'clock in the afternoon, Jon Hart arrived at his destination.
A seemingly ordinary horse farm, in which several people dressed as stables are busy.
At the same time, horses of various colors are running on the grass...... Nothing out of the ordinary.
Jon looked around curiously as he stepped inside.
When he walked to a tent, a hand suddenly reached out from the tent and pulled him in.
It was a witch in silk robes who had pulled Jon into the tent.
"Student?" she asked, a little sternly.
"Yes, I'm a freshman......" Jon quickly took out the letter he had picked up at Durmstrang the day earlier from his pocket and handed it to the stern witch.
The witch read the letter, and the expression on her face softened.
"Transfer student from Durmstrang?" said the witch gently, "It's a report in advance, right, come with me!"
The witch took out her wand and tapped it three times on a pegasus-shaped pattern at the entrance to the tent.
Then she walked out.
Jon followed the witch and walked out of the tent again.
The scene in front of me suddenly changed...... It's the same horse farm, but the horses are no longer the ordinary horses I've seen before, but golden, silver-maned, and fiery red eyes.
Beauxbatons' rune horse, which had previously pulled the carriage to Hogwarts, was also this kind of Pegasus.
However, the size of those pegasus horses is much larger than here.
The witch led Jon to a rune horse and untied its reins.
"Have you ever ridden a broomstick?" she asked softly.
Jon nodded.
"It's like riding a broomstick!" the witch motioned for Jon to climb up, "and it will take you to Beauxbatons!"
Jon was stunned before climbing into the saddle.
"If you're scared, hug its neck. The witch reminded.
Before Jon could reply, the rune horse jerked and took off.
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Now, on Pegasus' back, Jon has risen into the sky.
The horse farm below grew smaller and smaller until it became the size of a matchbox.
Jon clung to Runehorse's neck, not daring to move.
Pegasus passed through mountain peak after peak...... Riding on it is similar to riding on a Hippogriff, much more comfortable than riding a broomstick.
The rolling mountains embedded in the sky reflect the glittering golden light under the illumination of the setting sun, which looks extraordinarily magnificent, like a beautiful oil painting.
In the distance, something is getting closer.
It's a mountain peak.
To be precise, it is an inverted triangle that hangs upside down in the sky.
Between the mountains, the beautiful French-style castle is on that "peak", which is extremely dazzling.
Yes, Beauxbatons, built on a floating city in the middle of the Pyrenees, between the peaks.