About Hagrid's Journey to the Giants.

Seriously, Owen didn't really expect much.

Because giants are a bunch of low-IQ beasts with well-developed limbs and simple minds.

They have their own set of social rules, but those rules are not even as good as the relationships that the young wizards of Hogwarts have.

Their simple brains can't understand what it means to have cold lips and teeth, and what it means to take precautions, and it is simply wishful thinking to persuade them to join the Order of the Phoenix.

It might as well learn how Voldemort used magic to drive trolls, and it might be better to coerce them by force.

At dinner, Owen told Hermione about his trip to Sicily tomorrow.

She expressed concern, and with the summer holidays approaching, it was clear that Owen would not be able to return to Hogwarts before the holidays.

He may not be able to return until after the summer vacation.

Of course, none of this is Miss Granger's concern.

What she didn't want was that she would be separated from him again.

And it's going to be a bit long.

Ever since Owen woke up from his coma, Hermione had felt as if she was sick.

The heart became heavy, and there was no joy at all that I imagined.

But she didn't stop Owen from leaving.

As the boy said, her childhood is gone, and now she has to learn to get used to the days when Owen is away.

As for the search for the Giant Clan, Hermione wasn't worried about the disaster that might happen.

From what she learned from textbooks. Although the giant is tall and destructive, it is too slow to move, and the attack is easy to dodge, and Owen and the others are there to negotiate this time, not to fight.

However, during the insurance period, she still caught the Lockhee cat from the Forbidden Forest.

The cats are almost feral!!

Then he took Bakar back from Hagrid and gave it to Owen to take with him, so that if something happened, Shylock could take him away and Bakar could cause chaos.

In fact, in Hermione's heart, she actually wanted to go along, but was rejected by Owen on the grounds that she should not travel far before she recuperated, and then Owen began to talk about weight gain in her ear again, and frantically took her out to play during the summer vacation.

If Miss Granger's parents agree

Well—it's really not easy.

They were too prejudiced against him. (funny)

One flash, the next day.

After breakfast, Owen and his party went straight to France from the compass that Owen held to connect to Nick Lemay's safe house.

After the door was opened with a jingle bell.

And they went to France.

In the room, there is still no change in the same appearance.

According to Madame Maxim, Nick should be in Beauxbatons at this time, he is conducting the last alchemical research, and he is also spending the last days of his life with his wife.

Beauxbatons donated the estate, which once held the couple's memories for hundreds of years.

And when they die, their mortal bodies are buried in the rose garden of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Every young wizard who comes to school walks past the greatest alchemist.

They are never alone.

Of course, as sad as it sounds, Nick isn't going to die right away.

He probably had ten or seven or eight years left in his life, which was enough for them to wish in the mortal world.

The group didn't stay in the safe house, they just left the place.

In order not to alarm the Ministries of Magic of various countries.

They can't go to the Ministry and borrow a portkey certified by the Ministry.

Now to Italy, you can only take Madame Maxime's flying carriage.

The main reason for this trouble is that wizards can't transstate apparitions.

The difficulty of the illusion increases with the physical distance.

The pipes that exceed a certain distance will be chaotic like a quagmire, passing through wantonly, in addition to being strangled by the turbulence of time and space, it is a different place after landing.

Being able to apparition directly from London to the Scottish Highlands is already one of the most powerful wizards in the world.

Even Voldemort himself had to fly across the Atlantic before going to Europe, and then apparition after reaching a certain distance. (Original setting)

If Phantom Shifting had no distance limit, then there would be no Floo Network.

After the Phantom left Paris, the group circled around the suburbs for a while, and after making sure that no Aurors were coming, they boarded the invisible flying carriage in a no-man's land on the outskirts.

"Whew—it's not easy."

Owen wiped his sweat.

Obviously he is going to do good deeds, but he is so stealing.

I don't know, I thought they were dark wizards who went to hunt giants!

"It's time to rest for a while."

Madame Maxim said lightly.

Each of Beauxbatons' carriages casts a wireless stretching spell.

It looks like it's just a horse-drawn carriage on the outside, but it's actually about the size of a house inside.

In addition to the common areas, there is a circular space near the entrance to the carriage, which has a standard six rooms.

They are all large rooms with separate bathrooms.

"We're probably going to have to fly for a long time!" Madame Maxim said.

Heh—not for long.

Owen said to himself in his heart.

Sicily, more than two thousand kilometers from Paris.

Even if they flew day and night, it would take thirty hours.

Some things that don't need to rest without horses don't need to rest, but there are horses that need to rest.

Moreover, they also had to avoid some big cities and some wizard trade routes, twisting and turning, and the total voyage directly exceeded 3,000 kilometers.

In any case, it would take three or four days for them to reach Catania in Sicily.

Well—it's been a long journey.

Lying in his bed, Owen began to look through it idly, and Miss Granger spent an hour in the library helping him find some information about Sicily.

There was also a Muggle guidebook.

Open the manual.

As a well-known tourist destination, this book certainly has a clear introduction to Sicily.

The island is the largest in the Mediterranean and is home to millions of Muggles.

Owen didn't know how the giants were hiding on such a densely populated island, but from what he had learned, it was.

Owen didn't know much about the island. The only impression I have is limited to a certain movie called "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", and I know that this place is a wonderful place with beautiful scenery and a warm climate.

As for the rest - sorry, he's really not a walking encyclopedia, not everything he knows.

As for the introduction to the magic side - Owen just glanced at the book's publication date calmly and left him aside.

Year 1876.

!

A book from more than a hundred years ago has a fart reference value.

Turning his head, Owen began to look out the window boredly.

There was actually no scenery to speak of, it was all clouds, and he couldn't see anything but the clouds.

Riding in the Flying Carriage is definitely not a good experience, although Beauxbatons's carriage is so beautiful that it looks like the Queen's luxury carriage, but in reality, even if she makes a carriage out of a whole piece of Mithril, it is still a carriage, and the biggest problem is that it is slow - too slow!

Although the rune horse pulling the cart is already a magical creature that flies quite fast in the wizarding world, it is also a creature after all, and the fastest speed is 70 miles (about 115 kilometers) per hour, which is of course very fast, and from a biological point of view, this speed is simply ahead of the entire biosphere.

But—if they were on a Muggle plane, they would be able to enjoy dinner in the hotel in the afternoon!!

At 115 km/h, it's torture for Owen, especially with Sirius, Hagrid, and Madame Maxim.

He'd rather have Justin sitting next to him now!

At least he's still having some fun.

It won't be so boring.

For two days in a row, they spent in a carriage.

Of course, at night they will find a place to stay.

It's not easy to talk about such days, but Owen feels that something is missing around him, which is weird and a little upset.

Then, he began to make daily calls to Miss Granger.

With a familiar voice ringing in his ears, he finally got through the few days.

"It seems that Dumbledore takes the giants very seriously!"

Common area at the entrance to the carriage.

Three adult wizards were sitting and discussing things.

Watching Owen approach, he suddenly changed his tone and spoke in a ridiculous voice.

As if he was Dumbledore's baby bump, he was reluctant to use it.

"It's not that you're useless! Why else did you call me? Owen replied directly.

I don't want to be deflated at all.

His voice drew the attention of Madame Maxim, who could not understand why Owen was in the ranks.

Although I know a little about this little wizard and his strength.

But that's still not why he's got involved in it.

What the hell did Dumbledore think!

Is it to train him? Gain insight?

This was also said in the past, if he was Dumbledore's favorite student.

Well, I should have taken Fleur with me.

On the other side, Hagrid was also looking at Owen. Well, the dragon entrenched in Owen's head to be exact, he has been completely captured by Bakar, and his mind and body are in the shape of a dragon.

As the only wizard who knew why Dumbledore sent Owen with him, he couldn't explain it to Sirius, did he want him to say, Dumbledore, you are too reckless?

"But it's quite important." Owen grinned lightly, then found a place to sit.

Important? Isn't that important?

In his heart, he has already begun to think about how to destroy people, and he can not pay attention to it.

Owen was holding the cat, his fingers were fighting with it all the time, and the wild cat was so energetic that it didn't feel like a cat but a husky.

At this time, he noticed that there was a beautiful metal box beside him.

It was supposed to be Dumbledore's gift to the giants.

A Ghublai Immortal Fire.

Who knows what the giants will do with this eternal flame, probably—put it on the stove so that it never has to be lit?

Speaking of which, if this thing is used to boil water, isn't it a perpetual motion machine?

"By the way, what is the situation of the tribe of giants? What is their civilization like? Owen opened his mouth suddenly, he was very curious about this ancient creature.

It is recorded in the history of magic that giants appeared almost at the same time as wizards, and their long history is not known to modern wizards, and of course arrogant wizards do not know the history of another race.

"They have their own leader, a giant king." Sirius explained, "But I heard that the leader of the giants died a few years ago, and now the giants are in the midst of a civil war, and I wonder if they have elected a new king now?" ”

"The King? Chieftain? Owen smacked his lips, then this civilization is not low, after all, it is already a feudal era, isn't it?

"We must give the gift to the Giant King." At this time, Madame Maxim, who had been silent, opened her mouth, her face was as calm as water, and she couldn't see the touch in her heart at all, "Only in this way can we win the support of the giant clan to the greatest extent." ”

"But how can we be sure who the Giant King is?"

"Generally speaking, the Giant King will definitely have some peculiar places, such as one-eyed, hundred-armed, etc., the Giant is a race that worships strength, and these traits can help the Giant easily gain an advantage."

"Dumbledore told us not to rush, but to take our time and bring something good every day to make a good impression on them." "Giants are simple-minded, and it's not easy to gain their trust," Hagrid said. ”

"What a hassle!" Owen leaned back in his chair and threw his head back sharply, and Baccarat, who was putting the crown on top of his head, quickly grabbed his hair and almost fell off.

"It's a good experience, not every wizard has the opportunity to come into contact with giants, let alone actually walk into a tribe of giants, but it's a pity that Harry can't come along, it's something you can't learn in school." Hagrid said simply.

"Yes!" Owen said, and then suddenly seemed to remember something, and turned to look at Hagrid, "Anyway, Mother Ling should still be alive, right, the giant has a long lifespan, she should be in Sicily"

"No - let's not get into trouble, we have our own tasks. We." Hagrid said stubbornly, quite toughly.

Legend has it that giants will throw small children directly into the sea, and Hagrid, although he is a large and mountain-like in wizards, is still not enough in the eyes of giants, and his mother is definitely not kind when facing such a child, and it is estimated that he has long had the idea of drowning Hagrid, but was stopped by his father.

"Rubeus!" Madame Maxime interrupted Hagrid, her dark, watery eyes staring at him, "You'd love to see your mother, and we can see that you care about her." ”

"But she doesn't care about me, she doesn't care about my father, she probably forgot about us a long time ago!" Hagrid said sadly, "After all these years, I have long seen that after all, she just abandoned me and my father, which is indisputable,"

Hagrid clearly didn't want to talk about his mother, it was a haunting past.

Seeing this, Madame Maxim also stopped talking.

All of a sudden, there was an eerie silence in the carriage.

Time passed, the sky grew dark, and finally came to a halt in the sky over Catania.

Catania, Sicily, the capital of the province of Catania.

Of course, their target was not the Muggle city, and after a few apparitions, a small town called Etna arrived.

It's a town steeped in history, and Madame Maxim explains that it was probably first built by Greek wizards and is at least 2,800 years old.

The sky was dark and uncertain, and in the distance, the gloomy storm clouds of the Mediterranean Sea were faintly filled with volatile mountains; The aroma of blooming lemons and orange groves hits the mind; The grassy slopes on both sides are sprinkled with patches of edelweiss-like wildflowers.

It's one of the most beautiful places in the entire Mediterranean, and it's not just Muggles who come here for vacation, but wizards too, a tradition that has been around for at least two thousand years.

This is how the town of Etna was founded.

To this day, it is still home to wizards from all over Europe.

As a leisure resort, the sudden appearance of a few of them here will not arouse the alarm of the surrounding wizards.

The four of them did not enter the town, but set up a tent in a forest.

There is no way, the size of the two half-blood giants is too conspicuous, and their rash appearance in the town will definitely cause some unnecessary commotion.

They intend to live here and then look for traces of giants.

They just know the approximate location of the giant, and they have to find out exactly what it takes, which will take some time.

Before that, Sirius and Owen were free to roam and found a tavern called "Etna".

Etna – There is a volcano on the northeast coast of the island called Etna.

It is the name of the volcano, the name of the town, and the name of this tavern.

The tavern sits on a rocky hill with cliffs and sea on one side and greenery and town on the other.

The tavern is indeed a good place to find out the news.

No sooner had they entered, and than they had spoken, they heard a table of guests talking about the giant.

"Did the Ministry of Magic really find a gathering place for giants?"

"It's a giant, a corpse of a giant."

"People from the ministry come every day to collect their bodies, I really don't know what happened to them?"

"Yesterday, huh." As he spoke, the wizard snorted, "Yesterday I found one in the forest in the southwest. ”

And his words immediately caused a commotion among the wizards present.

It seems that this is not a hidden thing, everyone knows more or less.

Sirius sat with him in a chair at the bar counter, and he ordered a dark beer and asked Owen for a lemonade.

He took a sip of a glass of dark beer and whispered, "I don't know why Dumbledore let you out!" ”

"But, I warn you, boy, we're here on a mission." His voice became more and more solemn, "And it's smuggled over." ”

"Anything that might cause the Italian Ministry of Magic not to happen during this time."

"Don't fight! Don't fight! For the sake of the damn Merlin, don't fight!! ”

"No problem." Owen smiled, his eyes blinking, and he looked like a good baby.

Sirius looked incredulous.

But he had no choice but to sigh and walk towards the crowd over there.

He's going to go there and get some information.

Owen, on the other hand, really began to sit there obediently and drink his lemonade.

(End of chapter)