"I saw Dumbledore at the opening party," Eric said, looking down, as if recalling the scene

"First time...... It was the first time I had seen someone so bright, so deep—full of power, so powerful. ”

Ning An nodded silently, Dumbledore was the only person he feared at Hogwarts, even now.

"Then I understood that, unlike in Germany, the magic here is alive – and in my homeland...... Magic is dying. ”

Ning An's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, he understood what Eric meant, the situation in the German wizarding world is really bad now, there is no place willing to accept young wizards, home teaching is always not as good as magic school, and there are all kinds of things that need manpower, people can't stay at home twenty-four hours to educate their children.

There were few wizards willing to go there, except for those who worshipped Grindelwald and admired what he had left behind, and these people also terrified the German wizarding community, where Grindelwald and his deathly hallows emblem were almost taboo and the locals would not mention them.

"Dad, it took a lot of effort to get through the favor and convince Mr. Fudge to contact Dumbledore through him-"

Eric glanced up at Ning An, pondered for a moment and said to him slowly, "Dumbledore...... Professor, still a very good person...... He was tolerant enough to admit me......"

"It's okay, Erik, you can rest assured that I'm not biased against Dumbledore."

Ning An replied in a deep voice, he understood that Eric was afraid that he would anger himself by saying good things about Dumbledore, he chuckled and waved his hand

"He's a very tolerant person, and he's got a lot of people when it comes to children—"

Ning An withdrew his hand and put it on his chest, his ten fingers crossed and playing, hanging his head, and the two fell into a brief silence, but soon, he spoke again

"I want to meet your father."

Eric looked up, a look of joy on his face, and said happily, "Of course, oh—of course, my father must have wanted to see you very much." ”

He pulled out a scroll-like white piece of paper from his sleeve, but found that he didn't have a pen with him, Ning An pulled out his wand and tapped lightly on two wine glasses, one turning into a yellow quill, and the other into a halo of light black ink.

Eric was not polite, he took the pen and dipped it in ink, and drew a map on the white paper, which was the way Ning An was able to find his home, and while drawing, the boy said:

"I'll write to my father, and the owl will be with him soon, and I'm sure he'll know the news before you leave."

"Actually, I'm going to leave later."

Ning An said calmly, but Eric was taken aback, he didn't understand why Ning An was in such a hurry.

Ning An does have his own troubles, for some reason, Hogwarts has suddenly become heavily guarded recently, ordinary students may not feel it, but Ning An knows it clearly, he doesn't even dare to turn into a crow and sneak out of the Hufflepuff common room, he can only stay with Pani every day.

The portraits in the corridor either gathered together to discuss or visit each other's doors, they watched every corner, sharing information about each other, and Ning An believed that someone must have told them to do so. He could feel the power of magic, as if roaming the entire castle.

Given that he couldn't do more under such surveillance, Ning An wanted to leave Hogwarts for a while first, anyway, there was Pani here, and his plan would not be a problem in the general direction, so he thought of Eric, and what he had told him.

Originally, he was going to talk about the snake letter, but since Hogwarts was in danger right now, it would be a good idea for him to skip the plan and start somewhere else.

"Malfoy is already a member of the Serpent Letter, and I think you can help each other."

After Eric finished drawing the map, Ning An took it and whispered to the boy:

"Keep a low profile for the time being, don't arouse the suspicion of the professors, and don't do any special activities."

Eric listened carefully and nodded from time to time, he understood that what Ning An said made sense, and the current snake letter should indeed be more low-key.

"It's just that a guy like Cassius doesn't need to be afraid."

Ning An finally added that Eric became excited, and he always believed that Cassius had become particularly "well-behaved" since the opening banquet because of Ning An, and today it was finally confirmed, which made him feel a long-lost sense of security, as if he had regained shelter.

"Hmm-" Ning An took the map given by Eric and carefully considered it, and muttered:

"How do you come to the UK every year?" He wanted to ask Eric about his travel experience, and he would rather fly over the North Sea and to Germany on a broomstick.

Eric's expression became slightly embarrassed, he touched his cheek, and whispered to Ning An embarrassedly:

"I ...... I'm flying, a Muggle-made flying machine......"

"Uh-huh, I know that ......"

Ning An pressed the table and straightened his back, he thought that Eric didn't have to be ashamed of flying, it was indeed a convenient way to get around, and without him being apparitioned, this kind of long-distance travel, sometimes Muggle machines were very practical.

Behind the dimly lit bar of the Pig's Head Bar, Aberforth was engrossed in wiping down a dirty bottle that he couldn't wipe clean, but that was only the surface, and his attention was actually focused on a strange table of guests.

Both of them, both of them of thin stature, shrouded in voluminous robes, sat at a dark wooden table near the corner and window.

Aberforth often overhears the various things that come to this pub, the wizards of the three religions and the nine ranks, and asks his brother, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Arbus? Dumbledore gathers intelligence.

But the stranger at this table today aroused his suspicions, he pricked up his ears to listen, the two men were dressed mysteriously, but they talked about ordinary parents, and he could even hear which of them was more annoying to the ghouls, whose yard had more goblins, and how to use the cleaning spell most efficiently.

Aberforth was confused, and always felt that there was something wrong and couldn't tell, why should they go to the pig's head bar to discuss this, why not talk about the brighter, warmer, cleaner three brooms, which puzzled Aberforth.

Before he could clear his confusion, the two men had already gotten up and left the table, leaving a few rusty copper nuts and two empty dirty cups on the table, and Aberforth didn't even notice when they had drunk their wines.

Ning An came out of the pig's head bar, said goodbye to Eric, turned around and left the wizard's village along the path, where no one was, took out his wand, and cast a phantom shift.

After two piercing sounds, Ning An disappeared in place, and at the same time, in a secluded and quiet alley in London, the wizard appeared out of thin air, he looked around vigilantly before slowly putting away his wand, taking off the black robe on his body, opening the small box with a large internal space, and putting the robe in.

All that was left on his body was a black hooded sweatshirt and a pair of slacks, no different from the outfit of passers-by walking on the street, Ning An walked out of the alley and blended into the crowd on the street.

For Eric, flying a Muggle plane between the two places can be a very convenient thing to do, like traveling, but not for Ning'an.

He doesn't have a secure identity like Eric, both the Muggle police and the Ministry of Magic regard him as a wanted criminal, and although more than a year has passed, he still has a chance of being arrested for appearing at a Muggle airport with such a swagger.

So Ning An had no choice but to find an ordinary London resident, use the Imperius Curse to control the family, and control them to buy a ticket to Hamburg, Germany.

As for himself, Animagus transformed into a raven, staying in a small pet check-in box bought at the airport, of course, the immunization certificate was conjured by himself using transfiguration, and finally boarded the plane without any problems.

This is the first time in Ning An's life that he has been in a box, locked in the dim cargo compartment of the plane, surrounded by all kinds of huge wooden boxes, and there are a few kittens and puppies locked in pet boxes around him, Ning An only then did he feel that Eric had a bad idea, he would rather fly across the North Sea on a broomstick, it seems that it is better than this way.

After three difficult hours of recuperating with his eyes closed, Ning An was finally transported off the plane and returned to the hands of the man he controlled with the Imperius curse.

If you simply rely on Transfiguration to transform yourself into an animal, then you will not be able to control your mana, and you will lose your mind as a human being, but Animagus does not have these limitations, and although Ning An stays in the box as a raven, the Imperius Curse he casts is still effective.

Controlling the man to take him to a secluded alley, Ning An reverted back to his human form, gave the man a powerful amnesia spell to make him forget all about it completely, and urged him to return to London, probably after he returned to London for a few months, the effect of the Imperius curse would disappear and slowly be lifted.

This trip made Ning An feel sore, in the dim check-in cabin, staying in the cage for several hours, making Ning An very uncomfortable, when he felt it in the form of a raven, it was not obvious, and when he turned back into human form, strong nausea acid welled up, he vowed never to travel in this way again.

However, there was still a long way to go, and the address that Eric gave his family was not in Hamburg, but in Neubrandenburg in eastern Germany, and he had to hurry to the road without admiring the quaint streets and beautiful baroque squares of Hamburg.

Fortunately, this time he didn't need to hide his identity, this was Germany and not England, no one would want him here, and Ning An could finally take the car without concealment.

He quickly hitched a ride, of course he was a wizard, and he said that Muggles would obey, and with a little magic, Muggles would do whatever he wanted.

Sitting in the Muggle's car, Ning An began his journey to his next destination, Casseburg, which was at least two or three days away from Neubrandenburg, provided that he was on the road day and night.

Considering that Eric's owl might not have delivered the letter to his father so early, Ning An planned to slow down his journey after arriving in Casseburg and arrive in Novobrandenburg in four to five days.

The rest of the journey Ning An thought that was a real journey, and he stopped at the villages he was interested in, looking at every city he passed, and if he wanted to say anything, these Muggles would offer it with both hands.

Along the way, he tasted German bacon, Lübeck's marzipan, Bremen's cabbage, drank beer, and when he entered the GDR, he tasted a quirky but delicious risotto with fish, meat, mushrooms and side dishes such as peppers, pickled cucumbers, tomatoes, sausages and kale, and finally lemon and sour cream.

He believed in the craftsmanship of the Hogwarts elves, but unfortunately they probably didn't really know how to cook this kind of dish, which seemed to be called Shaliangka locally, and Ning An remembered another unforgettable delicacy.

After playing all the way, it took almost twice as long as planned, and Ning An deliberately took a detour to Berlin, where he should have been going all the way north, but deliberately deviated from the south halfway, and after passing Berlin, he moved back to Pomerania in the north.

Although Ning'an has a good time, it doesn't mean that the situation here is really good, along the way Ning'an can clearly feel a sense of decay, especially into the East German region, Germany has just merged into one in the past few years, but also experienced severe pains, in several cities, Ning'an can clearly see closed, depressed factories, and Muggles roaming the streets, seemingly idle.

It also reminded him of the current state of the German wizarding world, whether it was also like the Muggle world, lifeless and hopeless.

Then, on the tenth day of his arrival in Germany, he finally entered Novobrandenburg, an important city in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, in a car driven by passers-by.

The architecture here is quaint, so that Ning'an has a feeling of walking in a medieval town, he has passed through many cities along the way, but this place makes him have a special feeling.

The purpose of his trip was not in the city, the Hohenzollern family's mansion was in a remote mansion in the countryside far away from the city, and for some reason it seemed that many long-standing magical families liked this tone.

Ning An came to the city just to visit as usual, and the time spent in Germany made him feel great, every city here he loved, even better than London, it was hard to tell if the food was delicious or not wanted here, so there was no need to hide his reasons.

But the journey soon came to an end, and in a deserted tavern in the city of Neubrandenburg, he had just ordered a refreshing white beer, which Ning An thought was even better than flame whisky, and it became almost a must-order drink when he arrived in East Germany.

Before they could drink it, someone came up to them, and the Muggles around them ignored it.

"Hello, are you Mr. Ning An?"

Ning An turned around, and a man with a hard face and gray hair, holding a bowler hat in his hand, greeted him solemnly.

Ning An knew that his trip was over.