Chapter 25 Hogwarts Express

"Magic alchemy, I must study it carefully in the future."

In less than 20 minutes, the magic car stopped outside King's Cross Station. George refused Tonks's kindness to send him in, while pushing the cart and thinking to himself.

In fact, the road from the Leaky Cauldron to King's Cross Station just now was not so smooth, just in time for the traffic jam.

But the car of the Ministry of Magic obviously also added high-level space magic with alchemy. Aldo just pressed a button, and the car was like compressed, easily passing through the gaps between the cars that were less than one person wide.

The spells in this world are very magical, and all kinds of magic items made by alchemy are also very magical.

After learning magic alchemy well, he can completely transform the mutant school into a magical castle similar to Hogwarts in the future. Ordinary people can't break in without his permission.

"Nine and three quarters station."

Coming to the partition wall between the ninth and tenth platforms, George pushed the cart straight into it.

Then, something magical happened. He and the cart seemed to hit a transparent water curtain and passed through it without any hindrance.

The scene changed, and a very special platform appeared in front of him.

The most conspicuous one was the crimson steam locomotive, on which it was written: Hogwarts Express, departing at 11 o'clock.

He had seen the introduction of this magical magic train in a special magic history book before.

If you want to have a deep understanding of the magic of this world and be able to live in the wizarding world in the future, mastering the knowledge of magic history is also a top priority.

Many methods of learning and cracking magic can actually be seen in the history of magic.

So he would spend a certain amount of time every day to study the various history books he bought.

The Hogwarts Express was built in the early and middle 19th century by a Muggle engineer, a large number of Muggle railwaymen, and most of the wizards in the Ministry of Magic at that time.

This magic train route also used the world's largest number of forgetfulness spells and the largest scale of Muggle expulsion spells.

The reason was that the then very responsible Minister of Magic, Ottalain Gamble, felt that it was too unsafe and uncomfortable for young wizards to use portkeys to go to Hogwarts. Every year, young wizards were lost due to improper use of portkeys.

Inspired by the Muggle steam train, the Hogwarts Express and the super-long railway route were created.

It is said that this move was protested by some pure-blood families, but was strongly suppressed by the Minister of Magic on the grounds that they would not be admitted to Hogwarts if they did not take the train.

This magic steam train travels between Platform 9 3/4 of King's Cross Station in London and Hogsmeade Station, a total of six times a year.

School starts once on September 1st, four times at Christmas and Easter, and once in June.

At this time, the thick smoke of the steam engine filled the sky above the platform. Because George came early, there were not many young wizards and wizard parents on the platform, and it was not noisy.

He pushed the cart into the carriage marked for the first grade, found a compartment at random, stuffed his luggage neatly onto the upper shelf, and then placed the cage containing the owl in the corner of the compartment next to him.

"Sleep well, don't scream and scare the little wizards who will come later."

After telling Paige, George took out a book "On the Importance of Basic Magic Theory" and began to read it attentively.

It takes about five or six hours to get from London to Hogwarts, so it can't be wasted.

As time went by, there were more and more wizards on the platform outside the window, as well as various magical pets, and little wizards gradually entered the carriage.

"Wow, is this your pet? What a big owl."

A little boy with a magic camera hanging around his neck was attracted by the huge owl Paige when he was pushing his cart past the compartment where George was, and walked in involuntarily.

He put his luggage in the corner, picked up his magic camera and took a few pictures excitedly, then introduced himself to George:

"Hello, my name is Colin Creevey."

"Just call me George."

George looked up at the boy and nodded with a smile.

He was somewhat familiar with this name. It seemed that he was a crazy fan of Harry and liked to take pictures of his idol Harry the most.

"George, I."

Colin was very lively and talkative. He sat next to George very familiarly and started chattering.

At this time, George had to put away the magic book and chat with him for a few words.

Through the chat, I learned that Colin was born in a Muggle family and had a younger brother, Dennis Creevey.

Because he was particularly fond of photography, after seeing the magical magic camera in Diagon Alley, he bought a magic camera with the money for buying a pet.

The idol he admired most was Harry Potter, who was mentioned in "A History of Modern Magic", "The Rise and Fall of Black Magic" and "Important Magic Events in the 20th Century". He was only one year older than him, but he defeated Voldemort, who frightened the wizarding world.

"By the way, George, I've said so much, but you haven't told me about yourself yet?"

After a long chat, Colin realized that he didn't know George at all.

In order not to continue talking, George smiled and said:

"I am an orphan, I have never seen my parents, and I have no family, so there is nothing to introduce."

Colin was stunned when he heard this, and then a sympathetic look appeared on his face, and he quickly changed the subject:

"By the way, your owl is so big, what does it usually eat?"

"European owls usually appear in Europe, Asia and Africa, and mainly inhabit mountain forests, plains, wilderness, forest edge shrubs, sparse forests, and exposed mountains and cliffs.

It likes to eat farm rats, hares and pheasants, and sometimes frogs, snakes and lizards.

It is said that it is one of the rare owl species that is not afraid of the gaze of the basilisk, and the other is the legendary phoenix. "

At this time, a somewhat trancelike voice suddenly sounded at the door of the box.

George and Colin turned around to look. It was a little girl with silver eyes and dark golden brown hair. Her skin was very fair and her eyes were big, but her eyes were not focused.

Therefore, the overall temperament seems a bit erratic and strange.

"The eagle owl is not afraid of the gaze of the basilisk. I don't seem to see any relevant introduction in the book."

George asked looking at the girl in surprise.

Since he bought an eagle owl as a pet, how could he not look for relevant information, and he had read most of the information the girl just mentioned in the information, except for the last one.

However, whether this last one is true is quite important, because there will indeed be a basilisk in Hogwarts this year, and it is a thousand-year-old basilisk.

So he had to verify it carefully.