Chapter 618 The goal of Apparition, trip to Godric's Hollow
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Jing Shen Tian Si
Aaron, also known as 'Gandalf', was taken aback by Ron's attitude, especially when Harry on the side looked very impressed, which made him even more confused.
Little did he know that Harry and the three of them had to prepare three meals a day these days. The food they brought was heated before being put into their mouths. It had no taste other than starving to death.
In comparison, the pies, pizza, and milk provided by Gandalf have upgraded their food quality by several levels.
Hermione also relaxed a little, these things should be able to stop these two guys' mouths.
But when it came time to officially eat, she found that she still underestimated the temptation of delicious food.
The aroma in the air made her index fingers move. The girl's reserve prevented her from feasting, but her eating speed was not slow at all.
And Harry and Ron chewed their food slower and slower, as if they were nibbling on steamed buns, while Hermione and Gandalf next to them were eating a full banquet. In comparison, they had lost their appetite.
"Are you okay?" 'Gandalf' asked lovingly as he looked at Hermione who had finished her breakfast.
"Yeah!" Hermione nodded hurriedly, "It feels better than the food in a five-star hotel."
"How can they compare with me." 'Gandalf' was not modest at all, and then looked at Harry and Ron, whose faces were twitching, "Have you finished eating?"
"It's done." The two said in unison.
"Then get ready to go."
Ten minutes later, 'Gandalf' folded up the tent and put it into his backpack.
Harry and the three of them were waiting for him to finish cleaning up. After eating and drinking, they all felt much more relaxed.
"Okay, let's go!" 'Gandalf' said, minding his own business and walking out of the woods. "There are arrest teams everywhere now. It's best not to stay in one place for too long."
"Wait a minute." Ron asked with some confusion, "Aren't we supposed to Apparate?"
"A good idea, but it's best not to do it unless necessary." 'Gandalf' looked at him with a half-smile, "Have you really mastered Apparition?"
"Almost." Ron said with some pride, "The three of us have basically mastered it."
"To be precise, Harry and I have mastered it. You are still a little bit behind." Hermione said speechlessly, "But even a little mistake can cause splitting."
"Can you stop saying frustrating things?" Ron rolled his eyes at Hermione, feeling that she was trying to undermine him.
"Separation is just one of the visible risks." 'Gandalf' said slowly, "Apparition is the most convenient magic, but the farther the distance, the greater the consumption and the greater the risk."
"The consumption is nothing. As for the risk... Godric's Hollow is only two hundred kilometers away from here." Harry said. The three of them were adult wizards, and they could still make Apparition for two hundred kilometers.
"I said that's just one of the risks." 'Gandalf' emphasized, "It would be unwise to Apparate directly."
"Harry Potter, you are now the most wanted criminal in the Ministry of Magic. The reward of [-] Galleons is enough to keep an ordinary wizard family happy for several years.
Money is so attractive. In the eyes of quite a few wizards, you are like a walking gold galleon. You can also take this opportunity to sell a mysterious person a favor. "
“Also, the key to Apparating is purpose, determination, and calmness.
I believe you are determined and calm, but what about your goals?
I've never been to Godric's Hollow, and you probably haven't either! "
These words caught the three of them off guard. Indeed, they only knew the name of a place now, but they didn't know anything about Godric's Hollow.
Apparition requires focusing on the target, then making up your mind to occupy the space imagined in the mind, and the final movement of the transfer must be calm.
Apparating to a place that you have never been to simply based on the place name is not risky, it is simply seeking death, and even Dumbledore would not dare to do that.
'Gandalf' noticed the change in the expressions of the three people and continued: "More importantly, Godric's Hollow is not as safe as you think."
"What does this mean?" Harry asked nervously.
“Everything you can think of, the mysterious person may not think of.
Maybe I'm overthinking it, but I can't rule out that a mysterious person has set up an ambush there. "
"Harry." Hermione took a deep breath, "It's possible, and it's not small."
"Then are we still going?" Ron swallowed, "I can't imagine being surrounded by a group of Death Eaters just after we Apparated."
"We have to go." Harry said firmly.
"Then be well prepared!" 'Gandalf' reminded, "Before Apparating, read about the situation in Godric's Hollow in the book and find the target.
Prepare some polyjuice potion if possible. You'd better change your face, it's safer.
If you don't have Polyjuice Potion, prepare an Invisibility Cloak. "
"But there are three of us." Ron frowned slightly, "The invisibility cloak can cover up to two people."
"Miss Granger just follow me. As long as the mysterious person does not come in person, ordinary Death Eaters will not discover my Disillusionment Curse."
"Then shall we also..."
"No." 'Gandalf' broke Ron's fantasy simply and neatly, "It's not very friendly to an old man like me to cover up the consumption of three people. You and Harry can use the invisibility cloak."
Ron: …
......
A goblin named Gornuk was killed. It is said that the Muggle-born Dean Thomas and a goblin who escaped with Tonks, Cresswell and Gornuk were also there.
The pair may have evaded capture and if Dean heard the broadcast or anyone knows his whereabouts, please contact his parents and sisters.
A Muggle family of five were found dead in their home...
For the next period of time, the four of them continued to move camps while listening to the radio. As always, there was no good news. People died every day, some were arrested, and some were escaping.
"Tonks and Dean managed to escape, right?" Harry pondered.
"At least that's the case for now." 'Gandalf' sipped his cigarette, "Since you listen to the radio, you have to be mentally prepared. You won't hear any good news for a long time."
"I just don't want to hear bad news." Ron looked complicated, "Hermione, can you contact Aaron and ask him to take care of my sister?"
"Needless to say, he will take care of Ginny and the others." Hermione was very sure of this. "As long as they don't violate school rules, Snape can't do anything to them."
"It's hard to say!" 'Gandalf' shook his head slightly, "As far as I know, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood all participated in the battle of the Department of Mysteries.
From this alone, it can be seen that they are not law-abiding people, and it is bound to be a matter of time for them to get into trouble. "
"Not so comforting." Ron muttered resentfully.
"It's okay to get into trouble, as long as you don't get discovered." 'Gandalf' continued, and then changed the subject, "But you can trust Aaron and he won't let them be punished too severely.
Speaking of which, how are you preparing? "
"Almost, Apparition will definitely be successful."
"I'm not asking about Apparition." 'Gandalf' looked at Harry meaningfully, "Godric's Hollow is a village where wizards and Muggles live together. It is neither too big nor too small.
There are at least hundreds of people there. You're not going to ask them one by one where Dumbledore hid Gryffindor's sword, are you? "
"Uh... that's not that bad." Harry said bitterly, "I have locked several targets these days. One is Dumbledore's house, the other is the house where I survived, and the graves of my parents. .”
"And Bathilda Bagshot," Hermione reminded.
"Who?"
"The author of this book." Hermione took out a "History of Magic" and pointed to the author's name embossed on the cover.
"She has been living in Godric's Hollow. She is also the person Dumbledore is most familiar with. Maybe he entrusted the sword to her."
"Then add Bathilda Bagshot." Harry said sincerely. The author of "History of Magic" was not very old. Dumbledore would not have entrusted the sword to such an old lady for safekeeping.
Moreover, Rita Skeeter revealed that a considerable part of the raw materials for Dumbledore's manuscript were provided by Bathilda Bagshot. Although there are rumors that she drank truth serum and had no choice but to tell the truth, this will also Affect his view of her.
......
As night fell, Harry and Ron disappeared in place wearing invisibility cloaks.
"As I said before, don't act rashly when you arrive." 'Gandalf' warned patiently, "The Apparition location is the small square in the center of the village. Don't look for the wrong place."
"understood."
Harry's voice filled the air, followed by a bang, and they Apparated first.
"Are you ready?" 'Gandalf' looked at Hermione and asked.
"Ready."
'Gandalf' nodded slightly, raised his staff and pointed it at Hermione, casting a disembodiment spell on her.
Then he raised his arms and said, "The attendant appears. You know what to do."
"Actually, I can do it myself." Hermione said helplessly. In fact, she also found that she was being taken care of by 'Gandalf' a little too much these days.
"Of course you can, but it's safer to follow me."
"All right!"
Hermione grabbed Gandalf's arm and was drawn into the suffocating darkness the next moment.
When they opened their eyes again, they arrived at the square in the center of Godric's Hollow covered in snow.
There is a war monument-like building in the center of the square, surrounded by several shops, a post office, a bar, and a small church.
"Sir." Harry whispered under the invisibility cloak, "Ron and I are right next to you."
"Don't move around in a hurry." Hermione whispered, "It's snowing here, we have to be careful to eliminate the footprints."
"Don't go to so much trouble!" Ron didn't take it seriously. "There's no one around. We came here specifically in the middle of the night."
"Sir, what do you think?"
"Wait a moment." 'Gandalf' tapped the staff in his hand, and the detection magic was activated instantly, and a three-dimensional model of the entire Godric's Hollow appeared in his mind.
A village with clearly distributed buildings, while hundreds of residents mostly sleep in their homes.
"It's a little strange. In my perception, there don't seem to be any Death Eaters here."
"Perhaps we came at the right time." Ron said, "Can you take off the invisibility cloak? It's really uncomfortable to be crowded."
"Yes, but don't be too far away from each other. If there is an emergency, you can retreat in time."
Ron immediately pulled off the invisibility cloak and thrust it into Harry's hand.
Hermione also removed the Disillusionment Curse from her body, but when she saw Gandalf sighing, her heart trembled inexplicably, and she immediately explained: "Aaron gave me a chance to make a mistake. I exposed it and said Maybe it’s safer.”
Aaron: …
Indeed, it is easy to be accidentally injured if you are invisible.
But Hermione Granger was here, and even if the Death Eaters found her, they couldn't do anything serious because of the contract.
"So where to find it?" Ron asked.
"There." Harry pointed to the back of the church, where rows of tombstones stood, and he was sure his parents were among them.
The other three looked at each other and didn't raise any objections.
After all, James and Lily's graves are here, and this is probably the first time Harry has come to pay homage to them in his life.
Gently pushing open a narrow door at the entrance, the four of them carefully got in, and then separated in tacit agreement to carefully read the inscriptions on the tombstones.
"This person's surname is Aibo, could he be a relative of Hannah?" Ron said.
"It may also be an ancestor." 'Gandalf' said, "Godric's Hollow is the birthplace of Gryffindor, and the ancestors of many wizarding families are from here."
Hermione stopped in front of a tombstone. She wiped off the snow on it and said with some surprise: "This is the mark in the story collection."
"It seems so." Harry walked over and looked at the pattern on it. Although it was badly weathered, he could vaguely make out a triangular pattern, an incomplete circle and a thin line in the center.
"Does Dumbledore want us to dig this grave?" Ron said, touching his chin.
"This is impossible." 'Gandalf' rolled his eyes and said, "Dumbledore still wants to be ashamed. He would not hide things in other people's graves."
"Perhaps there are other clues." Hermione looked at the inscription on the tombstone, "Ig...should be Ignotus Peverell."
"Judging from the weathering of the tombstone, this person was at least hundreds of years ago." 'Gandalf' said lightly, "Remember this name and look it up later!"
"Okay, let's go find my parents' tombstones first!" Harry said, then turned and went to the next row of tombstones.
Not long after, he stopped in front of a tombstone, stared blankly at the inscription on it, and cried silently.
james potter
Born on March 1960, 3
Died August 1981, 10
lily potter
Born on March 1960, 1
Died August 1981, 10
"What a pity." 'Gandalf' sighed, then opened the wine bottle on his waist and sprinkled the wine on the ground, "Human life is always too fragile."
"There is another sentence here." Ron pointed to the bottom of the tombstone and said, "The last enemy to be destroyed is death."
Little did he know that Harry and the three of them had to prepare three meals a day these days. The food they brought was heated before being put into their mouths. It had no taste other than starving to death.
In comparison, the pies, pizza, and milk provided by Gandalf have upgraded their food quality by several levels.
Hermione also relaxed a little, these things should be able to stop these two guys' mouths.
But when it came time to officially eat, she found that she still underestimated the temptation of delicious food.
The aroma in the air made her index fingers move. The girl's reserve prevented her from feasting, but her eating speed was not slow at all.
And Harry and Ron chewed their food slower and slower, as if they were nibbling on steamed buns, while Hermione and Gandalf next to them were eating a full banquet. In comparison, they had lost their appetite.
"Are you okay?" 'Gandalf' asked lovingly as he looked at Hermione who had finished her breakfast.
"Yeah!" Hermione nodded hurriedly, "It feels better than the food in a five-star hotel."
"How can they compare with me." 'Gandalf' was not modest at all, and then looked at Harry and Ron, whose faces were twitching, "Have you finished eating?"
"It's done." The two said in unison.
"Then get ready to go."
Ten minutes later, 'Gandalf' folded up the tent and put it into his backpack.
Harry and the three of them were waiting for him to finish cleaning up. After eating and drinking, they all felt much more relaxed.
"Okay, let's go!" 'Gandalf' said, minding his own business and walking out of the woods. "There are arrest teams everywhere now. It's best not to stay in one place for too long."
"Wait a minute." Ron asked with some confusion, "Aren't we supposed to Apparate?"
"A good idea, but it's best not to do it unless necessary." 'Gandalf' looked at him with a half-smile, "Have you really mastered Apparition?"
"Almost." Ron said with some pride, "The three of us have basically mastered it."
"To be precise, Harry and I have mastered it. You are still a little bit behind." Hermione said speechlessly, "But even a little mistake can cause splitting."
"Can you stop saying frustrating things?" Ron rolled his eyes at Hermione, feeling that she was trying to undermine him.
"Separation is just one of the visible risks." 'Gandalf' said slowly, "Apparition is the most convenient magic, but the farther the distance, the greater the consumption and the greater the risk."
"The consumption is nothing. As for the risk... Godric's Hollow is only two hundred kilometers away from here." Harry said. The three of them were adult wizards, and they could still make Apparition for two hundred kilometers.
"I said that's just one of the risks." 'Gandalf' emphasized, "It would be unwise to Apparate directly."
"Harry Potter, you are now the most wanted criminal in the Ministry of Magic. The reward of [-] Galleons is enough to keep an ordinary wizard family happy for several years.
Money is so attractive. In the eyes of quite a few wizards, you are like a walking gold galleon. You can also take this opportunity to sell a mysterious person a favor. "
“Also, the key to Apparating is purpose, determination, and calmness.
I believe you are determined and calm, but what about your goals?
I've never been to Godric's Hollow, and you probably haven't either! "
These words caught the three of them off guard. Indeed, they only knew the name of a place now, but they didn't know anything about Godric's Hollow.
Apparition requires focusing on the target, then making up your mind to occupy the space imagined in the mind, and the final movement of the transfer must be calm.
Apparating to a place that you have never been to simply based on the place name is not risky, it is simply seeking death, and even Dumbledore would not dare to do that.
'Gandalf' noticed the change in the expressions of the three people and continued: "More importantly, Godric's Hollow is not as safe as you think."
"What does this mean?" Harry asked nervously.
“Everything you can think of, the mysterious person may not think of.
Maybe I'm overthinking it, but I can't rule out that a mysterious person has set up an ambush there. "
"Harry." Hermione took a deep breath, "It's possible, and it's not small."
"Then are we still going?" Ron swallowed, "I can't imagine being surrounded by a group of Death Eaters just after we Apparated."
"We have to go." Harry said firmly.
"Then be well prepared!" 'Gandalf' reminded, "Before Apparating, read about the situation in Godric's Hollow in the book and find the target.
Prepare some polyjuice potion if possible. You'd better change your face, it's safer.
If you don't have Polyjuice Potion, prepare an Invisibility Cloak. "
"But there are three of us." Ron frowned slightly, "The invisibility cloak can cover up to two people."
"Miss Granger just follow me. As long as the mysterious person does not come in person, ordinary Death Eaters will not discover my Disillusionment Curse."
"Then shall we also..."
"No." 'Gandalf' broke Ron's fantasy simply and neatly, "It's not very friendly to an old man like me to cover up the consumption of three people. You and Harry can use the invisibility cloak."
Ron: …
......
A goblin named Gornuk was killed. It is said that the Muggle-born Dean Thomas and a goblin who escaped with Tonks, Cresswell and Gornuk were also there.
The pair may have evaded capture and if Dean heard the broadcast or anyone knows his whereabouts, please contact his parents and sisters.
A Muggle family of five were found dead in their home...
For the next period of time, the four of them continued to move camps while listening to the radio. As always, there was no good news. People died every day, some were arrested, and some were escaping.
"Tonks and Dean managed to escape, right?" Harry pondered.
"At least that's the case for now." 'Gandalf' sipped his cigarette, "Since you listen to the radio, you have to be mentally prepared. You won't hear any good news for a long time."
"I just don't want to hear bad news." Ron looked complicated, "Hermione, can you contact Aaron and ask him to take care of my sister?"
"Needless to say, he will take care of Ginny and the others." Hermione was very sure of this. "As long as they don't violate school rules, Snape can't do anything to them."
"It's hard to say!" 'Gandalf' shook his head slightly, "As far as I know, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood all participated in the battle of the Department of Mysteries.
From this alone, it can be seen that they are not law-abiding people, and it is bound to be a matter of time for them to get into trouble. "
"Not so comforting." Ron muttered resentfully.
"It's okay to get into trouble, as long as you don't get discovered." 'Gandalf' continued, and then changed the subject, "But you can trust Aaron and he won't let them be punished too severely.
Speaking of which, how are you preparing? "
"Almost, Apparition will definitely be successful."
"I'm not asking about Apparition." 'Gandalf' looked at Harry meaningfully, "Godric's Hollow is a village where wizards and Muggles live together. It is neither too big nor too small.
There are at least hundreds of people there. You're not going to ask them one by one where Dumbledore hid Gryffindor's sword, are you? "
"Uh... that's not that bad." Harry said bitterly, "I have locked several targets these days. One is Dumbledore's house, the other is the house where I survived, and the graves of my parents. .”
"And Bathilda Bagshot," Hermione reminded.
"Who?"
"The author of this book." Hermione took out a "History of Magic" and pointed to the author's name embossed on the cover.
"She has been living in Godric's Hollow. She is also the person Dumbledore is most familiar with. Maybe he entrusted the sword to her."
"Then add Bathilda Bagshot." Harry said sincerely. The author of "History of Magic" was not very old. Dumbledore would not have entrusted the sword to such an old lady for safekeeping.
Moreover, Rita Skeeter revealed that a considerable part of the raw materials for Dumbledore's manuscript were provided by Bathilda Bagshot. Although there are rumors that she drank truth serum and had no choice but to tell the truth, this will also Affect his view of her.
......
As night fell, Harry and Ron disappeared in place wearing invisibility cloaks.
"As I said before, don't act rashly when you arrive." 'Gandalf' warned patiently, "The Apparition location is the small square in the center of the village. Don't look for the wrong place."
"understood."
Harry's voice filled the air, followed by a bang, and they Apparated first.
"Are you ready?" 'Gandalf' looked at Hermione and asked.
"Ready."
'Gandalf' nodded slightly, raised his staff and pointed it at Hermione, casting a disembodiment spell on her.
Then he raised his arms and said, "The attendant appears. You know what to do."
"Actually, I can do it myself." Hermione said helplessly. In fact, she also found that she was being taken care of by 'Gandalf' a little too much these days.
"Of course you can, but it's safer to follow me."
"All right!"
Hermione grabbed Gandalf's arm and was drawn into the suffocating darkness the next moment.
When they opened their eyes again, they arrived at the square in the center of Godric's Hollow covered in snow.
There is a war monument-like building in the center of the square, surrounded by several shops, a post office, a bar, and a small church.
"Sir." Harry whispered under the invisibility cloak, "Ron and I are right next to you."
"Don't move around in a hurry." Hermione whispered, "It's snowing here, we have to be careful to eliminate the footprints."
"Don't go to so much trouble!" Ron didn't take it seriously. "There's no one around. We came here specifically in the middle of the night."
"Sir, what do you think?"
"Wait a moment." 'Gandalf' tapped the staff in his hand, and the detection magic was activated instantly, and a three-dimensional model of the entire Godric's Hollow appeared in his mind.
A village with clearly distributed buildings, while hundreds of residents mostly sleep in their homes.
"It's a little strange. In my perception, there don't seem to be any Death Eaters here."
"Perhaps we came at the right time." Ron said, "Can you take off the invisibility cloak? It's really uncomfortable to be crowded."
"Yes, but don't be too far away from each other. If there is an emergency, you can retreat in time."
Ron immediately pulled off the invisibility cloak and thrust it into Harry's hand.
Hermione also removed the Disillusionment Curse from her body, but when she saw Gandalf sighing, her heart trembled inexplicably, and she immediately explained: "Aaron gave me a chance to make a mistake. I exposed it and said Maybe it’s safer.”
Aaron: …
Indeed, it is easy to be accidentally injured if you are invisible.
But Hermione Granger was here, and even if the Death Eaters found her, they couldn't do anything serious because of the contract.
"So where to find it?" Ron asked.
"There." Harry pointed to the back of the church, where rows of tombstones stood, and he was sure his parents were among them.
The other three looked at each other and didn't raise any objections.
After all, James and Lily's graves are here, and this is probably the first time Harry has come to pay homage to them in his life.
Gently pushing open a narrow door at the entrance, the four of them carefully got in, and then separated in tacit agreement to carefully read the inscriptions on the tombstones.
"This person's surname is Aibo, could he be a relative of Hannah?" Ron said.
"It may also be an ancestor." 'Gandalf' said, "Godric's Hollow is the birthplace of Gryffindor, and the ancestors of many wizarding families are from here."
Hermione stopped in front of a tombstone. She wiped off the snow on it and said with some surprise: "This is the mark in the story collection."
"It seems so." Harry walked over and looked at the pattern on it. Although it was badly weathered, he could vaguely make out a triangular pattern, an incomplete circle and a thin line in the center.
"Does Dumbledore want us to dig this grave?" Ron said, touching his chin.
"This is impossible." 'Gandalf' rolled his eyes and said, "Dumbledore still wants to be ashamed. He would not hide things in other people's graves."
"Perhaps there are other clues." Hermione looked at the inscription on the tombstone, "Ig...should be Ignotus Peverell."
"Judging from the weathering of the tombstone, this person was at least hundreds of years ago." 'Gandalf' said lightly, "Remember this name and look it up later!"
"Okay, let's go find my parents' tombstones first!" Harry said, then turned and went to the next row of tombstones.
Not long after, he stopped in front of a tombstone, stared blankly at the inscription on it, and cried silently.
james potter
Born on March 1960, 3
Died August 1981, 10
lily potter
Born on March 1960, 1
Died August 1981, 10
"What a pity." 'Gandalf' sighed, then opened the wine bottle on his waist and sprinkled the wine on the ground, "Human life is always too fragile."
"There is another sentence here." Ron pointed to the bottom of the tombstone and said, "The last enemy to be destroyed is death."
