Chapter 100 A well-deserved romantic city
Paris is the capital and largest city of France, located in the central area of the Paris Basin in northern France, straddling both sides of the Seine River. As one of the five major international cities, Paris ranks first in France in terms of population, politics, economy, and culture. Paris is also one of the busiest transportation hubs in the world, served by a total of three airports, including two international airports.
Charles de Gaulle International Airport is located about 25 kilometers northeast of Paris. It is one of the most important aviation centers in France and even Europe, and receives a very large number of passengers every day.
At 10:30 in the morning, a silver-white Boeing passenger plane slowly landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport. An hour and a half ago, it set off from London, England, across the English Channel, and arrived at this world-famous romantic city full of passengers.
As we all know, there are many historical conflicts between Britain and France. British gentlemen can't stand these French Gallic chickens, and most French people can't stand those British John Bulls. They may even mock each other in their spare time. Two sentences.
But none of this has much to do with Wright who just stepped off the plane.
The bright sunshine, the slightly drier air compared with London, and the enthusiastic and noisy crowds constituted Wright's first impression of Paris, the legendary flower capital.
Two days ago, after Nicoléme told Wright that he was going to Paris, Wright did not immediately agree to his invitation. Originally, Nicolas Flamel was planning to take Wright to Paris directly, but firstly, Wright still had some things that he had left in the Leaky Cauldron and did not bring them with him. Secondly, there was a language problem. Wright did not know French yet.
Yes, just like when Wright woke up in the Juan Children's Welfare Home, one of the things he had to do was learn English. This time, he was invited by Nicoléme to go to France, and Wright also needed to learn French.
So Wright specifically declined to Nicolas Flamel for two days to prepare for his trip to France.
In the past two days, Wright just relied on his super-strong memory modified by the shadow energy to memorize an entire thick French dictionary. After firmly memorizing the pronunciation of every word and at least being able to communicate normally with the French, Wright rushed to Paris with his suitcase and Lu Wei in the suitcase.
That's right, since Wright signed a contract with Lu Wei, Lu Wei can change his body size at will. When he was the smallest, he was only as high as Wright's waist, so naturally he could be packed into a suitcase and taken away. So after taking the Philosopher's Stone from Dumbledore, Wright rushed to the fourth floor, put Lu Wei into a suitcase, and took him out of the school together.
In fact, even if Lou Williams had remained at his original size, Wright could still fit him into a suitcase. But in that case, Lu Wei's living space would only be inside the suitcase, and it would be difficult to get the opportunity to go out. It's better to put Lu Wei in the school's forbidden forest to raise him!
Fortunately, after Lu Wei became smaller, his size was still accepted by people in the ordinary world, and this is why Wright brought Lu Wei to France now.
French customs usually does not check travelers' luggage one by one. If there are no prohibited items that need to be declared, the luggage can be pushed out directly after getting off the plane.
Wright got his suitcase back from the airport security checkpoint and started walking out of the airport. This suitcase now looked a bit like Newt Scamander's suitcase. It contained ordinary people's daily necessities on the surface, but in fact it was packed with stuff inside. Wright had cast the Traceless Stretching Spell several times.
At the beginning, the space of this suitcase was only five times five times three, which is 75 cubic meters of space. And now the space of this suitcase is comparable to the size of the auditorium on the first floor of the castle, which is completely enough for Wright's daily use. The shrunken Lu Wei was now placed inside, and Wright also put his broomstick workshop and some other alchemy items into this suitcase.
"Speaking of which, wizards' travel methods are really convenient." After walking out of the airport, thinking of the trip, Wright couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, "Paris, the city of romance! Here I come!"
"Hello, sir, where are you going? Do you need a ride?" A blue taxi stopped in front of Wright who was standing on the roadside. A middle-aged driver asked Wright through the window. .
Wright opened the back seat door and got in, then replied in his rather unfamiliar French: "I'm going to the Luxembourg area."
"Sir, you don't seem to be French?" I don't know if drivers from all countries have the hobby of chatting with guests in the car. The Mediterranean driver sitting in front of Wright talked to him from time to time.
Wright was in a very relaxed mood at this time. He stretched his body lazily, then lay comfortably on the chair and replied, "Yes, I am from the UK across the sea and came here to travel."
"A city of art, a city of fashion, a city of culture, a city of romance. If a city is like a love potion, only Paris can do it." Wright said with a smile.
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The Luxembourg District is located on the south bank of the Seine-Marne River. The area contains a large number of shops, cinemas, theaters, etc., and the vast Luxembourg Gardens are also located here.
It is not clear whether the Luxembourg district is the real former residence of Nicoléme in Leite. After all, the initial record of his alchemy teacher was that he was born in France, and he initially lived in Paris by copying books.
However, Wright remembered that Nicole Flamel was indeed an opera lover, and it was not surprising that he lived in the Luxembourg area at this time.
Wright said goodbye to the very talkative driver, paid and stepped out of the taxi. Just now, the taxi stopped in front of a building that looked to be quite old.
Wright looked at the environment around the building and couldn't help but shook his head: "This is really not like Nicoléme's style!"
Although Nicolas Flamel's residence in Devonshire looked very ordinary at the time, Wright also knew that there was something special underneath.
Originally, according to Wright's guess, Nicoléme would live with Perenal in the Palais Bourbon district, where there are a bunch of world-famous buildings; or he might live in the eighth arrondissement, the world-famous Champs Elysées. The avenue is there; the ninth arrondissement is also possible, where the famous Paris Opera House is located and where there are many residents.
But I didn’t expect that the location Nicolème finally chose was this ordinary building in the Luxembourg district.
Wright took the elevator to the floor where Nicoléme and his wife lived. Today, Perenal was still waiting for him at the door. Perenal led Wright into the room. Wright was extremely sure that this room was really just an ordinary room, without any trace of alchemy or magic.
"Wright, what do you think of Paris? Are you satisfied with this trip?" Nicoléme sat on the sofa and looked at Wright with bright eyes.
"It's not bad." Wright twitched the corner of his mouth, remembering a French sentence he accidentally heard on the road just now.
I don’t know if Wright’s French skills were too rusty and he misheard it. Anyway, the two enthusiastic French people probably said this:
I'm getting married, let's break up.
