Hogwarts Homecoming

"Look, Kishi is gone!"

An exclamation from Justine from Hufflepuff made Harry, who was looking at the middle of the lake like most people, turn around suddenly.

Just as Justin shouted, the shore where the ship docked had disappeared from their sight, and now the ship had appeared somewhere in the lake.

Moreover, the boat was not heading towards the small island in the middle of the lake, but in the completely opposite direction!

"From now on, we are on the way to Avalon Prison--"

Amosta walked from the side of the ship, where the students did not dare to approach, to his position in the middle of the ship, and said to everyone with a smile.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

A few sharp screams suddenly came from the gentle spring breeze on the lake, and a dozen bird-like things suddenly flew from a distance filled with steam, hovering above the big oak boat.

"Monitoring mirror——"

Harry shouted immediately.

"That's right--"

Amosta nodded approvingly to Harry and said to the curious young wizards,

"This lake is protected by many powerful magics, some of which come from me and Professor Dumbledore. It is unrealistic for anyone to use violent means to reach Avalon Island through the lake -"

"What are they specifically, Professor Brain, can you tell us?"

Cedric asked with interest.

Harry thought this question would not be answered, but unexpectedly, Professor Blaine actually said it.

"First of all, the space you see is bound by a powerful anti-Apparition spell. It is unrealistic for anyone to reach here through Apparition, even the teleportation magic of fairies and elves -"

Amosta said gently,

"In addition to the surveillance mirrors, no-fly spells, howling spells, and some very powerful spells are also placed on the lake. Any intruder who attempts to fly across the lake will be burned."

"What about under the lake, Professor?"

Hermione raised her hand curiously as if she was in class.

In the second game of the Triwizard Tournament, her test was to survive under the Black Lake.

"There are also a huge number of surveillance cameras scattered under the lake, Miss Granger, and oh, you can take a look for yourselves, and be careful. If you fall, I am not sure I can save you -"

Amosta said with a smile.

The little wizards rushed to the side of the boat one after another, and Harry also squeezed out a seat, sticking his head and looking at the clear lake.

The lake water is crystal clear and seems to have no impurities.

After overcoming the swaying light and shadow in the lake, Harry discovered that the bottom of the lake was not sand, but a layer of green and light blue vines, like an intertwined network.

"What kind of plant is this, Neville?"

Harry couldn't help but curiously asked Neville beside him.

"Sorry, I didn't know, Harry--"

Neville shook his head, and the answer he gave surprised Harry, because in terms of herbology class results, Neville was even better than Hermione.

"But I guess the vine has the same properties as some of the devil's net, and oh, look at the blue barbs on the vine, Harry -"

Neville said solemnly,

"This vine is likely to be highly poisonous. Professor Brain is right, we'd better be careful."

After a brief introduction by Professor Brain, the peaceful and beautiful mirage in front of him disappeared, revealing its ferocity!

In other words, the big boat under their feet is the only way to the prison in the middle of the lake?

Someone quickly pointed this out.

"Hijacking this ship is not a simple matter-"

Professor Brain tapped the ship's board with his toes and said with a smile,

"First of all, we have to defeat the dozens of well-trained strikers guarding the port in the blink of an eye, because those people have the authority to destroy the oak ship instantly.

Of course, even if you did manage to do this, you wouldn't be able to board the ship.

Because there are still a group of wizards with the same authority on the island, they will always monitor the situation on the shore. If they find that someone has invaded the port and the defenders on the shore are defeated, they will also use their authority. Come and destroy this ship—"

Hermione knew she shouldn't think about this problem, but she couldn't help but subconsciously look for loopholes in it.

"If someone has a very clever way to deceive the guards on the shore, for example, polyjuice potion, the Imperius Curse or the Animagus."

"Miss Granger and Avalon Prison are prepared for the methods you mentioned. However, it is difficult to reveal the specific defense methods-"

Professor Brain said,

“Unlike Azkaban, which has natural barriers and dementors, most of the guards in Avalon Prison rely on humans.

Therefore, when considering the defense strength of this prison, I designed a more complete mechanism compared to magical prisons such as Azkaban and Uxta.

For example, the boat under our feet had to drift on the lake for an hour before it was allowed to dock, so that the people on the island could use some means to detect whether there were embedded people among us. "

There was a pause in his tone, and Amosta glanced at Slytherin's Theodore Nott seemingly unintentionally.

"Another very important point is that unless the person trying to invade Avalon Prison has the ability to kill all the guards here in an instant.

Otherwise, should there be any level of intrusion into this prison, the Ministry of Magic and I would be notified immediately. "

This is the biggest confidence of Avalon Prison for not fearing invasion!

Many young wizards complained in their hearts.

Harry can finally breathe a sigh of relief because there is no need to emphasize order on this ship.

He stepped back from the side of the ship, took out an egg from his pocket, cracked the eggshell and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Harry--"

Most of the students were still standing at the side of the ship, constantly asking Professor Braine questions. Taking this opportunity, Hermione came over,

"What time is it?"

"Seven o'clock eight--"

Harry glanced at his watch and answered.

At this time on Saturday, Ron should still be in the dormitory.

Seeing Hermione's slightly frowned brows, Harry knew what she was worried about,

"Don't worry, Hermione, I believe Ron will be fine. He is actually smarter than you think--"

Hermione didn't know whether she should be pleased with Harry's evaluation of Ron, or should be angry that Harry questioned her vision.

So, she had to roll her eyes at Harry unhappily, and then walked aside to enjoy the lake view.

Just as Professor Braine said.

Although the big oak ship was moving forward, it was always floating in all directions of this vast lake.

When they were close, they were only half a mile away from the prison. However, standing on the boat, the island in the middle of the lake was always covered by the hazy skylight, and everything on the island was not clear.

When they were far away, the island in the middle of the lake was just a small black dot in their vision.

There were even a few times when their ship flashed back to the shore where it started.

Without anyone explaining, Harry also understood that the route of the big oak ship was chaotic and completely irregular.

Listening to everything Professor Braine said, the little wizards on the ship couldn't help but feel much more at ease.

After all, in a year, the two prestigious magic prisons of Azkaban and Extapa were breached one after another.

Once, Sirius escaped from Azkaban and shocked the British magic world. Fudge was even scared to inform the Muggle Prime Minister.

After Voldemort came back, the magic prison was breached, and the prisoners who were imprisoned in the prison were running around everywhere, which seemed to have become a common thing.

Dong--

The oak boat that was floating leisurely in the center of the lake in the last second shook as if it had hit a reef in the next second.

The haze in front of the eyes suddenly dissipated, and Avalon Prison suddenly appeared in front of everyone! (End of this chapter)