HP Approaches the Magical World

Jon and Bella travel on a vintage tourist train.

It is the kind with a black locomotive, and the exquisite decoration and furnishings inside the carriage give Jon the illusion that he has traveled to the movie world of Murder on the Orient Express, and the whole train is full of strong old-time nostalgia. It is indeed the best choice for tourist trains.

In the waiting room, Bella tasted the cake with a small cake in her hand, and looked at Jon who was flipping through a travel brochure beside her with a look of disgust.

"It's not that you haven't been here before, is there anything necessary to see?"

Of course, Jon knew that he had been here. When he was a child, he often traveled around with his present, and all he did was this kind of short-distance tourist train. The speed was not fast, but he could enjoy the scenery along the way.

The only problem is that the speed is slow, the two-hour drive directly doubles, and it is boring to wait for the bus.

"Because it's really boring."

Jon looked at his watch, and the time displayed on it had already passed the original departure time of the train: "Who would have thought that this train could be late?"

"Isn't it normal for the train to be late? Not all trains are school express."

Bella said calmly while eating a small cake: "It's just that the car is late, maybe it's because there is something wrong with the car that needs to be repaired, or there is some accident. The world is so big, there are always some people who don't want to happen. happened."

"This sentence sounds familiar."

Jon rubbed his eyebrows, closed the travel brochure in his hand, and said lightly: "To be honest, can you read less of Lockhart's books in the future, at least, less of those adventure quotes that are afraid of chaos?"

Bella scoffed at that.

As the son of a certain VIP user, Jon led Bella in the luxurious waiting room with the customer certificate sent by his mother, and the corresponding certificate was almost It is an empty waiting room and unlimited snacks, desserts and drinks.

There were even a few plates of pasta in it.

It's just that it's too late to eat now. Jon glanced at the train station staff who were opening the door of the waiting room, turned around, picked up his suitcase, and followed Bella out of the waiting room.

Travel trains have no "luxury compartments" at all.

Seats big enough for the next four can only accommodate two, so there aren't many seats in a car.

After Jon and Bella sat down, not long after, a passenger sat across from them.

is a young woman.

The one on the travel train will naturally have some fruits and drinks prepared in advance, and each table has food for six people.

Of course, most travelers will not eat these things.

...

Until the train started, the compartment where Jon was in was not full.

There are people on every row of seats, but there are only one or two people sitting scattered around.

But Jon here has the largest number of people.

The woman sitting opposite seemed to be in her twenties. Since the seat was reserved on the bus, Jon couldn't take Bella to sit elsewhere—it would be too obvious and impolite if he did. .

But sitting like this is really embarrassing.

With such a person here, Jon couldn't even talk to Bella.

Especially the woman on the opposite side was still looking at him and Bella.

Could it be... that he met a bad guy?

Jon touched Bella lightly, signaling his cousin to be more vigilant.

I heard the woman on the other side say softly:

"Jon Smith?"

? !

Jon raised his head abruptly, and met the blonde woman's blue eyes. The two looked at each other for a moment, but Jon still didn't remember who she was.

"Excuse me, may I ask who you are?"

Bella asked a little nervously. She could see that her younger brother didn't know this person, so she naturally had to take on the responsibility of being an older sister.

It's just that the blond woman's eyes are as gentle as sapphires, with a natural gentleness and kindness, which really makes it impossible for Bella to think of this lady as a bad person.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not a bad person."

The blond woman smiled, and said slowly: "Jon's mother and I, Mrs. Smith, were former colleagues, and I met little Jon the year before last, but it's a pity that he doesn't seem to have much impression of me...Speaking of it, you guys Hasn't the school been on holiday for a few days? Why are you returning to London now?"

Bella glanced at Jon, who was still unable to extricate himself from the memory, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and continued: "We... have something to do in Manchester, so we are only going back to London today."

She nodded slightly, showing her well-trained ladylike demeanor, and smiled softly: "Hello, I am Jon's cousin Bella, and Lynn Smith is my aunt."

"Hi, I'm Joanne."

The blond woman named Joanne reached out and shook Bella's hand, then let go.

Both of them took a sip of the milk tea in front of them at the same time.

It was really embarrassing.

It is indeed a hard thing to pretend to be an acquaintance even though you are a stranger.

Fortunately, Jon quickly remembered who the person in front of him was.

One year before he entered school, that is, in the summer of 1989, his mother took him to travel in the UK, and on that return journey, they met this "Joanne" on the train.

The only problem is that the encounter between Ms. Joanne and them does not seem to happen by accident, but something that was planned in advance, because Jon remembered that at that time, Ms. Joanne gave something to his Mother.

But a colleague?

Jon doesn't think so. He knows about his family's affairs. All of his mother's social activities are confined to the Ministry of Magic, and she doesn't have any professional experience in Muggle society. If she is a colleague, it should be magic. department colleagues.

But obviously—Jon twisted off the ring and took out the glasses to put on—there was no magic wave around this lady named Joanne.

"I do remember you, but I don't remember... Are you and my mother colleagues? My mother never goes to work in the ministry, and I don't know who her colleagues are."

"It's not that colleague, it just means that I have worked with you before. You can also see that I am not...your kind of person."

Joanne took out a clip from her small bag, took out a card from the few cards inside, and handed it to Jon.

Jon took the card, flipped it back and forth, and read out the contents in a low voice:

"MI0 - Special Investigator?"