The cruise stops in Athens for a day before heading to Reggio Calabria in southern Italy. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhao Mai and his party got off the boat here, swaggered and changed to take the train north to Lyon, where the Lemay family lived. Cruise ships head straight west to Barcelona, Spain, which is not the right distance.

And people don't want to take boats anymore. The Mediterranean Sea is truly beautiful, projecting mystery, elegance and heart-warming tranquility like a sapphire. But if you always look at it, you will get bored and want to change your taste.

Besides, Satili, Ciria, and Tyrion had never been on a train, so they were naturally interested in this thing that could run on the tracks with a snort. Nervousness, excitement, curiosity, and incomprehension all go hand in hand, and when Dogian draws a detailed blueprint for the steam engine, they are all very impressed that humans can accomplish such a miracle without magic.

Zhao Mai almost couldn't hold back, saying the power of the Tooth-Blasting Goblin's "I Think" technique. After all, just because you've worked hard to learn magic doesn't mean you don't mean you have worked hard to build machinery. Even with the alchemy of material transformation and powerful psychic abilities, Zhao Mai couldn't design a better steam engine than a real engineer.

Because the speed of trains in this era is not fast, diesel internal combustion engines have just appeared for a few years, and they have not been able to be promoted, so all inter-provincial trains are sleepers. In addition to the hard sleepers, the trains have real aristocratic carriages, luxuriously decorated, and there is a special servant service. After all, Dogian is the former queen of Wakanda, and she has not been deprived of the title of earl she earned in France by donating science and public welfare, so she is qualified enough to buy a noble carriage for her own use, and wherever she goes, just hang it on the back of the train.

A telegram will do the trick. When the train arrived in Rome, everyone moved into the newly acquired noble carriages, and the whole trip became a pleasure, and you could take the patience to see the scenery along the way.

The news of Zhao Mai's return to the European continent spread along with the news of Dogian's abdication, but no one corresponded with him, and the letters sent to Dumbledore and Lemay did not reply, which made Zhao Mai feel very strange. But as the train entered the French border, Zhao Mai saw an advertisement in the local newspaper Wizard Romance welcoming him.

"It's so hard to get in touch with you, all the owls that sent you letters are all lost, how did they get there, how did they get back!" I haven't seen her for more than ten years, the lively girl Barbara is not in her youth, and the mature charm has climbed on her face. However, she was still dressed in the style of the school back then, with a long wizard robe and a pointed wizard hat, but the original school crest on her chest was replaced by the coat of arms of the Lemay family.

"The owl can't find me?" Zhao Mai understood after thinking about it. He opened his domain, and foreign magic couldn't locate him, so how could an owl find it? It is estimated that even a good magician like Dumbledore would not be able to contact him with the most expensive crystal ball. He made a look of abrupt realization, "Understood, for the sake of my defensive magic." I've always wondered why no one wrote to me!"

"You have such a big heart, you can't receive the letter yourself, you must still be there to complain about others, without thinking about whether you have a problem. Barbara saw Duojian and Xiaohua, as well as the reserve food that stuck out her tongue and sold cuteness: "Sure enough, you must have made the Magic Stone, even your dog has a potion of eternal youth, everyone is still so beautiful after so many years, I envy it!"

"You have to ask old Mr. Lemay about this, don't come to me. I learned how to make the Elixir of Immortality from your family. Zhao Mai introduced everyone to each other, but Barbara always seemed to maintain a sense of detachment, only slightly nicer to Zhao Mai, Duo Ji'an, and Xiaohua.

"Why did you come to this train station and wait for me, the letter I sent to Monsieur de Lemay said that I would go to Lyon. This had just entered the French border before reaching Mordane. Zhao Mai was a little puzzled: "Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to contact us and miss it?"

"Actually, I've been waiting for you here for three days, and I haven't done anything, just waiting. Barbara snorted and said, "I can't contact you, so we'll have to ask through a friend." Fortunately, you bought a noble carriage in the name of Count Dogian, and we have a clear clue. The telegraph back and forth is not too convenient, and the telephone line is not good, so I changed three stations before I decided to come here and wait. You can't go to Lyon, our house isn't there right now, you have to follow me north. ”

"I remember helping your family repair the house almost, why has it been demolished recently?"

"Not really. It's not like everyone dares to use spells in our house. Barbara sighed and said, "Although we are a veteran family of magic and alchemy, we are respected, but respect is not a defense against hostile invasion. The influence of the wizarding world in this world is not as great as it once was, let alone the respect that has accumulated in the wizarding world. My ancestors have moved to live in a Swiss house, near Bern, between Geneva and Zurich. If you can get a letter from us, you can fly straight to it. It's a boat and a train, and the cost of the aristocratic carriage is quite a lot, so you guys are really leisurely. ”

"Even your family has moved? I really didn't expect that, it seems that the current situation is not optimistic. Zhao Mai asked with concern: "Is there any specific real threat?"

"We just heard some rumors that someone coveted our Philosopher's Stone. There have been several waves of thieves, and although they have been repelled by our magical defenses, they have a good knack for concealing their identities, and we never know who did it. In desperation, we put the Philosopher's Stone in the Goblin Bank, not only to pay the high cost of storage, but also to spend a lot of money to hire some of the most famous wizards to design the magic circle, and by the way, to witness that the Philosopher's Stone was indeed placed in the Goblin Bank. ”

"Oh...... Then you don't have to move, do you?"

"Most of the defensive gargoyles have been dismantled by you, and the protective magic circle has been destroyed by you and Grindelwald. Staying there is less effective. In addition, the ancestors said that there must be a war between France and Germany. He had always wanted to change French foreign policy, at least to remove Germany's main contradictions from France, to give up some unnecessary benefits in exchange for security, but no one listened to him. Feeling that his influence was not as great as before, he went to Switzerland to recuperate in a fit of rage, and even the French Ministry of Magic disappeared. ”

"I won't cause him trouble if I go, will I?"

He said he would. Barbara shrugged her shoulders and spread her hands and said very truthfully, "But he also said that because you will make Philosopher's Stone and Elixir of Eternity, the friendship you will build on this foundation will be stronger, and you will expect to form allies." Mike, what do you think?"

"Friends are meant to be. But what the allies are for, I have to figure out. ”