Chapter 10: On the Hogwarts Express (Part II)
"Sister?" Astoria stood up, a little confused.
Outside the door stood a girl of twelve or thirteen, with curly blond hair, who looked a little like Astoria, but Astoria had a childish face that made people feel very soft, but she gave people a very sharp expression.
Daphne Greengrass looked like an angry hen and glanced unkindly at Jon, who was sitting across from Astoria. Seeing the shirt and jeans Jon was wearing, a look of disdain appeared on his face, and he turned his gaze to Astoria again.
"Where have you gone, do you know how long I've been looking for you?" she asked sternly.
"Sister...... I ......" The girl who was questioned seemed to be a little pale: "When I first entered the platform, I lost you ......"
"Then you should go to the conductor, or the conductor!" Daphne Greengrass condescended, "instead of looking for a carriage at random." ”
As she spoke, she glanced at Jon with some wariness.
"I'm sorry ......"
"You can't just run around, I think my mother told you many times...... She begged Professor Dumbledore to ......" Daphne finished halfway through her sentence, glanced at Jon a third time, and said no more.
"I'm sorry ......"
Jon on one side has entered theater mode.
Although he has a good opinion of Astoria Greengrass, Daphne Greengrass's attitude makes him a little unhappy.
But after all, it is difficult for Qing officials to judge family affairs, and as an outsider, it is not easy to care about the affairs between their sisters. Therefore, he is at ease as a spectator.
"Quick, pack up your things and come with me!" Daphne ordered, "I still have a spot in the private room over there." ”
Astoria gave Jon an apologetic look, then nodded a little stiffly with a pale little face.
"Okay, sister......"
She began to put the contents of her seat back into her suitcase.
As she was about to cover the bottle of Coca-Cola that had been opened but not yet drunk, and put it in the box.
"Astoria, don't take that muggle dirt!" Daphne Greengrass screamed.
Even though Jon was very well-behaved, he couldn't help frowning at this time.
Astoria's face seemed to grow paler.
"Okay, sister!" but she didn't seem to dare to disobey her sister's order and put the Coke back in its place.
......
There was a sudden sound of messy footsteps outside the door, and the door to the cubicle was opened again.
"Is there any empty seat here, the rest of the seats are full!" a girl's voice came from the door.
The girl seemed to notice Astoria, who was carrying a suitcase and was about to leave: "Hey, are you going to go, may I sit in your place?"
She was a very beautiful little girl with soft reddish-brown hair and brown eyes. What's more, she doesn't look strange at all.
"Oh yes!" Jon, who was still in theater mode just now, was almost startled.
This was probably the last person he wanted to see on the train: Ginny Weasley.
She had probably been looking for Harry and Ron, so she didn't have a seat yet, but she didn't know that Harry and Ron were already flying to school.
Spending a train trip with Ginny Weasley, possessed by Voldemort?
It's terrible, it's only a quarter past eleven, and there's still almost half a day to go.
What if you get acquainted with her, and people are happy, and turn the basilisk's first target into yourself?
Not to mention that Voldemort himself is a master of the Dementor who can cast spells without a wand, and if he doesn't pay attention to show the other party some follow-up plots, then TM will be over.
Jon took immediate action to keep Astoria anyway, at least to dissuade Ginny Weasley first.
Almost in the blink of an eye, he rushed forward and held down Astoria's suitcase.
"That...... Miss Greengrass ...... "He turned his back to Ginny as much as he could, so as not to let her notice him: "I don't think there's anything wrong with Astoria staying in this private room, as if she's feeling unwell, and I think I can take care of her......"
"You ......" Daphne Greengrass looked at Jon's expression and became even more disgusted.
Jon...... I ......" Astoria's pale face appeared a little rosy.
Ginny Weasley seemed to think that there should be no place for this compartment and turned to leave...... This made Jon breathe a sigh of relief.
"Sister...... I feel like I can stay and take care of myself......" Astoria whispered, probably one of the few times she had disobeyed her sister in her life.
"What did you say?" Daphne Greengrass couldn't believe her ears.
She grabbed Astoria Greengrass's hand fiercely, and then shouted at Jon:
"I ...... Absolute...... No...... Leave my sister in a cubicle with a mudblood!"
With that, she forcibly took Astoria's hand and walked away.
......
Jon felt his hands tremble slightly.
It's rare that there aren't such strong emotions anymore...... So angry!
The last time this happened was when he attended an academic conference in Marseille in his previous life, and a German guy called him "chink". At that time, he rushed over angrily and punched the other party several times......
If it weren't for the fact that the relationship between the tutor and the initiator of the conference was not bad, and he would have been punished by the school after returning to China.
The mood now is almost exactly the same as it was then.
Jon's first thought was to take out his wand and give the other man a petrification charm...... It's a pity that the wand is in the suitcase, and by the time it is taken out, Daphne is estimated to have already left.
With a gloomy face, he returned to his seat, and although he had managed to get rid of Ginny Weasley, he did not feel any sense of accomplishment.
After a rough gesture on the table with my finger, it was the first of September, and the latitude of the Scottish Highlands was about 56-57 degrees north latitude, longitude was about 3 degrees west longitude, and the time zone was Greenwich (0).
Then it's simple:
Sunset time = (180 + time zone * 15 - longitude + arccos (tan (10547π/81000 * cos(2π * (date + 9) / 365)) * tan (latitude * π/180)) * 180/π)/15
To do a simple calculation, the sunset time in the Scottish Highlands is about 19:13:40.
According to the original book, the train does not arrive at Hogwarts until after dark.
It's just over 400 miles and more than eight hours to drive, which is really slow...... Just a little distance, pull the Harmony over, maybe you can catch lunch at Hogwarts.
Jon set the alarm to 19:10 and lay down in his seat, falling asleep.