The train continued northward, and now the window panes were a thick, sticky gray that deepened until the lights in the hallway and on the luggage racks came on. The train swayed, light raindrops knocked on the windows, and the wind grew stronger.

At the sight of mountains and woods under a deep purple sky, the train seemed to slow down.

"We're finally here. Ron, who returned to Harry's box after making his rounds, withdrew his gaze from the chocolate ball that Flegg was eating, "I'm starving, I want to eat a big meal...... I hope Alan doesn't knock the chicken thighs off the menu..."

"Not true. Ginny leaned down the window and looked out, "This is not Hogwarts... Why did the car stop?"

"Then why did it stop?" Ron asked curiously, "Is something wrong?"

Harry looked at the mechanical watch in his hand, "I won't encounter any more Dementors to check..."

The train slowed down and the wheels quieted out, and a male or female voice echoed on the train: "In three minutes the train will arrive at the new Hogwarts station, please leave your luggage on the train, and we will take you to the school." ”

"Luckily, the rain has mostly stopped. Ginny happily pulled her head back from the window, "Ron, we need to check the carriage to see if any of the little wizards are asleep and haven't gotten off." ”

"Don't bother me, there will be other prefects who will do it. Ron waved his hand impatiently, ignoring Ginny, and beckoned Harry to get out of the car, the night chill making everyone shiver.

The train slowed down faster and finally stopped. Passengers pushed and shoved, rushed to the door, and descended to a newly built platform, which was much more magnificent than the previous black and small platform.

After seeing the scenery, Harry and the others walked out with the crowd. Turning another corner and leaving the platform, a large wall suddenly appeared in front of them, built right next to the site.

"This is the boundary of Hogwarts' previous expansion plans?" Neville said, holding his reluctant Rifle, poking his head into the empty pits with no end in sight, "It's full of scaffolds... That's deep enough. ”

"The railroad is here? There is no railroad anymore... The platform has been changed to be so far away from Hogwarts?" said Dean Thomas, who had a grumbling voice, "We won't be able to catch dinner in the carriage..."

"I'll see where Hogwarts is... I didn't even see the Black Lake. Seamus looked at it, his mouth wide open, and he said in a daze, "Are those shadows in front of you the city walls?

Then there was a glow of fluorescent light from the other side of the wall, and some figures in robes approached: "Hogwarts students, please come over here!"

Seeing someone to guide him, this relieved the little wizards who didn't know the way because they were different from previous years.

Harry noticed that the Aurors in H94 uniforms who had been guarding Hogwarts had disappeared without a trace, and had been replaced by wizards similar to their young wizards, except in black and wearing ancient protective robes.

"Who are these? Or have the Ministry of Magic Aurors changed their costumes again?" Justin Finchrie Finrey slapped Ernie McMillan beside him with his arm.

"Don't see the Umbrella logo? The necklace hanging from the robe is also the Omniscient mark? That's the Umbrella's armed force..."Ernie McMillan raised his arm and pointed, then put it on Justin Finchrie's shoulder, "There are no more Aurors at Hogwarts... I guess Ai... I'm guessing Headmaster Harris wants Hogwarts to be completely de-ministry. ”

"But isn't the Ministry of Magic also in the hands of Headmaster Harris?" Justin was a little confused, he understood what Ernie said, but he didn't understand why Headmaster Harris was doing this.

"Let's just leave it alone anyway. Ernie McMillan shook his head, but he didn't know why.

Led by the Umbrella staff, the young wizards made their way down the wide stone path on the very flat platform, over a huge arched portico, and treated differently this time than the previous way to the Thestrals, which had to stumble down a steep and narrow path to the Thestrals.

The crowd left the platform, and the wizards cheered and talked excitedly, and the platform was built on relatively high ground, and Harry looked over the fence, and a very magnificent scene appeared in front of them in the distance, the thick wall was not surrounded by a square shape, but was built into one prismatic shape after another, and the convergence points of the walls formed very sharp corners.

Above the walls were triangular fortresses and very wide ditches were built in front of the walls. These defensive walls are very thick and very tall, they are made of solid rock covered with metal shields carved with runes, and they look unusually strong and majestic.

Outside the city walls, the ditches separated by a flat clearing looked as if a ring of trenches had been opened outside the city.

"Is this a fortress?" Flegg cried, noticing the eyes of the wizards around him, "This is a way Muggle ancient fortresses were built... The essence of this is to change the walled city from a convex polygon to a concave polygon, so that no matter what point is attacked in the castle, the attacking side will be exposed to more than one bastion surface, and the defender can use crossfire to perform multiple strikes. ”

"But I don't understand, this is so far away from the school, why build a wall here, what good can it be?" Ginny tugged at Harry's arm, "Is it going to be so far to prohibit apparition in the future?"

"It's so far from the Hogwarts housing area, and it's my first time here. Harry was asked, he mentally estimated the distance, and he found that it was the first time he had seen such a magnificent building, "I don't understand, if it encircles the entire Hogwarts Extension, it can't fill all the wizards in England?"

"Why does it have to be useful?" Ron leaned against the wall, a little smug, "If you want me to say, Alan is showing off his financial resources, whether he is useful or not, the largest magic academy in the world is not Vagado in Africa but Hogwarts." ”

"Children, don't forget the Super Iron Charm Shield...", one of the umbrella wizards who guided the children heard their discussion and spoke with some pride, "This wall is actually equipped with a lot of protective charm nodes, and most importantly, if activated, it can quickly cast a super strong Iron Charm shield with a large range, enveloping the whole of Hogwarts and its surroundings... Please hurry through the gates, and don't worry, you'll be there soon. ”

After crossing the city walls, the little wizards found themselves in an urn city.

The walls on the left and right sides of the city wall were inlaid with dark black and shiny wooden boards, and a row of gilded fireplaces were embedded in the wooden boards, and every few seconds, some wizards suddenly emerged from one of the fireplaces on the left, and with a soft pop, some black smoke appeared out of thin air, and some wizards came to this place with some young wizards in their arms, and they carefully cleaned the ashes from the children's bodies, patting their backs to make some of the children who were faint and follow the appearance better.

In front of the fireplace on the right, there are some employees wearing umbrella uniforms, and they begin to guide the wizards to teleport through the fireplace in an orderly manner, and divert the students at the front, making the whole scene very fast and orderly.

"Is it really that big to prohibit apparition shifting?, but many of those kids probably haven't used Floo powder yet, isn't it dangerous to use a fireplace?" Neville said as he rubbed his fingers with some concern when he saw the cute fleshy faces of those little wizards.

"Well, a lot of kids look too young," Harry nodded in agreement, remembering that he had mispronounced the name of the place the first time he used the fireplace, and Floo had led him to the very dangerous Tumbledown Alley.

"The flyer network of the fireplace on the right shouldn't be connected to the outside range, so don't worry about these kids mispronouncing it, and they can't do without it anyway. Ginny looked into Harry's puzzled eyes and explained, "Didn't Sirius tell you? My dad complained when he was building a new Burrow during the holidays, saying that he might have to turn the fireplace extra when he went to work... However, the illusion shifting should not have been banned in the morning, and I didn't expect the coverage to be so large this time. ”

"If it's not an emergency, it's usually only possible to open an enchantment near a few schools that prohibits apparition. The Umbrella Armed Wizard who had guided them over interjected, "Hogwarts is too big to teleport now, it would make us look too Muggle-like and not good for the economy... In fact, that's what Headmaster Harris meant today, and he doesn't want to change the tradition of having to take the train first to come to Hogwarts, so the first day of school is special... Of course, the primary school and university department are different from yours, and they are much more convenient... Alright, children, it's your turn, go quickly. ”

The Gryffindors turned their attention back to the fireplaces, each with an oak barrel in front of it, and a lot of sparkling Floo powder was placed in it.

"It's two sirls for a spoonful," Ron was a little dumbfounded, "but how many spoonfuls are there for such a bucket... It's all free?"

"Yes, the fireplace is free, gentleman with red hair, please hurry," the umbrella employee urged Ron, "you should be going to Hogwarts Station." He had said this sentence I don't know how many times, and his voice was a little hoarse.

"Floo powder doesn't feel good...", Ron muttered, picked up a pinch of shiny powder and threw it into the flames, and with a whew, the fire turned turquoise, and the flames rose, and he walked straight into the fire, saying the address as clearly as he could, "Hogwarts Station." In an instant, the figure disappeared without a trace.