Chapter 19: Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
At the Leaky Cauldron Bar, Seamus accompanies Hermione to buy the things she needs to start school, and then she prepares to part here.
"See you at the start of school, Seamus. The Granger family said goodbye to him.
"See you at the beginning of the school year. "By the way, the day you went to school, you were in London, remember to tell me that the platform of nine and three-quarters is not easy to find." ”
"No problem, I'll leave it to you then, goodbye. ”
After they turned to leave, Lupin lowered his voice and said, "Did you have a crush on that girl just now, I haven't seen you so enthusiastic about anyone." ”
"You're crazy!" Seamus turned his head and looked at him with a perverted look, "She's the same age as me, she's only 11 years old, what are you thinking?"
Lupin was not affected by his vision in the slightest, and said with a smile: "Maybe you will fall in love with her, if you look like her parents, she will definitely be a beauty when she grows up." ”
"Luckily, you're going out tomorrow, so you'd better hurry up. "Don't stay here and teach me badly.
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On the morning of September 1st, Hermione's phone call reached Seamus's house, and he had spoken with Hermione several times in the past month, but this made him realize what a real student is. Most of their communication on the phone was related to magic, although most of the time, Hermione asked him for advice, but sometimes, he was also woken up by Hermione's words.
I have to say that the speed at which you learn magic has nothing to do with your wizarding bloodline, and Hermione, with her intelligence beyond ordinary people, learned magic much faster than he did the first time. Fortunately, with the help of the ability panel, Seamus can ignore his shortcomings and improve himself in the fastest way to be able to not be inferior to Hermione. Genius is the ability to take what you need to study for a long time and make it in a short period of time.
It is worth mentioning that Seamus has now raised the wizard bloodline to Lv4 and has more powerful magical power, resulting in a big difference in magical power between the two.
"Hello, you're already at the train station, so I'll come here. Seamus hung up, "Daisy, do you want to come with me, although I don't think it's a problem for me to go alone." ”
"Of course, this is the first time you've been away from home for so long. Daisy replied without hesitation.
"Then let's go. ”
Seamus carried a small suitcase of less than 20 inches and went out with them, and Jack drove them to the train station. When they were at home, they never had any servants or chauffeurs, because they had so many secrets to hide, and with the help of magic, housework was really nothing to them.
"Seamus, we're here. Jack parked the car outside the train station, and Seamus had just gotten out of the car when he heard Hermione shouting.
"Don't shout, what it looks like. Beth Granger saw not only Seamus but a couple getting out of the car, and guessed that it was Seamus's parents.
"You've come so early, I'm Jack Finigan, and this is my wife, Daisy. As soon as they met, Jack greeted them.
After a pleasantry, everyone became familiar, and Daisy smiled and said, "You've had breakfast, it's a long way to school, and if you don't eat, you'll be hungry on the road." ”
"It's true that before I had time to eat, Hermione clamored to come over before dawn, saying that she was afraid that she would be late for school. Beth agreed.
They just had a casual bite to eat outside the train station, and the dinner table did quickly deepen the relationship between people, and after a meal, Jack and Eddie barely hooked up with each other, Beth and Daisy also talked and laughed, only Hermione and Seamu, Hermione was always asking him about life in the wizarding world, as if the phone conversations in the past month had not satisfied her curiosity about the wizarding world at all.
Although Seamus could understand her eagerness, she was also a little annoyed by the question, but as she spoke, they had reached King's Cross Station, halfway between platforms 9 and 10.
Daisy tells them that this is Platform 9 3/4, and that they can see the Hogwarts Express through the middle wall. Since they were still early, there weren't too many wizards passing through the nine and three-quarter platforms, and every once in a while, a man pushing a cart would walk towards the dividing point between the two platforms. Then a large crowd of tourists will suddenly appear, and before the last travel backpack is removed, the person who walked to the demarcation point will disappear with the cart.
"See, just like they did, just go through that wall, and if you're scared, you can close your eyes and run over. Daisy told Hermione.
Seamus just wanted to complain about this, why did he close his eyes and run over if he was afraid, if it was really a wall, wouldn't it fall even worse.
"We'll get here, you guys get there. Daisy urged them, "Seamus, you lead her first, hurry." ”
Seamus doesn't know why, after they meet, Daisy treats Hermione much better than herself, probably because other people's children are the cutest.
Although he was a little helpless, he still carried his small suitcase and walked straight to the wall, feeling a little nervous, after all, this was the first time he had passed through here. But fortunately, nothing happened, he didn't feel anything touched, only that it was dark in front of him, and then suddenly it dawned on him, and a bright red steam locomotive was waiting to start on a crowded platform. A sign in the middle of the front of the train reads "Hogwetcher Express, departs at eleven o'clock."
Turning around, the wall had turned into a platform with nine and three-quarters written on it, and she hurriedly left where she had just stood, and before she had gone far, Hermione rushed out of the platform with a small cart and almost hit him.
"Hey, be careful, it's already here. Seamus hurriedly stopped her.
"Really, it's amazing. Hermione was a little excited, her heart racing a little from the run-and-through the darkness.
"It's only nine o'clock, and the train doesn't leave until 11 o'clock, so let's go and put our luggage away and see if there are any snacks to take with us on the way," Seamus said, looking at his watch and pointing to the sign in the middle of the front of the car.
Knowing that all electronic devices were inaccessible at Hogwarts, he bought a mechanical watch in order to accurately time and prepare for possible future adventures.
"Okay, let's go find a spot and put these bags down. Hermione pushed the cart forward, glanced at the small suitcase in Seamu's hand a few times and said, "I wanted to ask when we first met, why are you only holding such a small suitcase, and you have very few things?"
"Haha. Seamus laughed happily, "This is the power of magic, when you find a place, sit down and I'll show you." ”
They made their way to a box where no one was around, and used the Levitation Charm to help Hermione easily put her luggage on the luggage rack.
"I've known you're more powerful than mine, but that's not even better. Looking at the suitcase floating in the air, Hermione frowned and said, "I tried it when I was at home, and at most I could only make a cup float, and it couldn't hold water in it." ”
"It's okay, after you practice more, you can do it like me. Seamus could only comfort her like this, and he couldn't tell her that the gap between them was not only the amount of practice, but also the gap in wizard blood.
"Okay, now I'll show you what's in my suitcase. Trying to divert from the subject, Seamus opened his suitcase and said to her, "This is the power of magic." ”
After the trunk was opened, it was not the contents that appeared, but a vertical ladder, Seamus asked Hermione to poke her head in and take a look, "Using a kind of magic, you can expand the internal space of this box, don't look at this box It doesn't look big, but it can fit several houses, although most of them are empty now, I spent a lot of money to buy it." ”
Hermione retracted her head with a look of surprise on her face, it was clear that the power of magic had taken her toll on her worldview, as it contradicted what she had learned from elementary school.
"Oh my God, how the hell is this done. Hermione snapped back from her surprise, "Magic is magical. ”
"Magic is magical, but don't forget that what you learn from elementary school is also important. Seamus said.
"And I deliberately bought such a big box just to prevent others from entering, and there is no way for a slightly fatter person or an adult to get in. ”
"Wow, it sounds great to have your own private space. Hermione was amazed.
Seamus closed the suitcase again and pulled Hermione off the train, "Go see what's good, there's still something good to eat in the wizarding world, and most importantly, it's always possible to exceed your expectations." ”
They stepped off the train, and outside there were not only the little wizards who had come to school, but also their parents, and some vendors selling things. Seeing such a scene with a breath of life, Hermione next time recovered from the surprise she had just had, and pulled Seamus towards the vendors.
"What is this?" Hermione said, gesturing to the various shaped biscuits on the cart.
Seamus had never seen any of these things, and naturally he didn't know, so he could only ask the merchant pushing the cart, "What kind of biscuits are these?"
Looking at the two children standing in front of him, he smiled and said: "This is a sound that imitates cookies, what kind of biscuits you eat, you can imitate what sound, do you want to taste one." ”
After saying that, he handed each of them a piece, and Seamus looked at the biscuits in his hand like horses, thinking that it would be quite interesting to learn how to bark horses, so he ate them boldly with confidence.
"Oo-ah-oh-oh-oh-" A shrill voice came out of Seamus's mouth.
Seamus felt a little inexplicable, "Isn't this a horse, why is it the sound of a donkey." ”
Hermione was happy, smiling.