In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

Chapter 128 126. Seclusion

The wizard quickly filled out the information on the form, and then pushed the two forms in front of Dumbledore and Jon.

"Sign and pay. The fee for cross-border Floo network use is 10 Galleons per person. A total of 20 Galleons for the two of you."

They each signed their pseudonyms on the form, and then Dumbledore took out twenty gold coins and put them on the desk.

After the money fell on the table, it suddenly disappeared, as if there was some magic attached to the table that allowed the money to be collected by itself.

The wizard helped them open a door at the back of room three. Behind the door were two unburning fireplaces.

"The floo network of the fireplace on the left is connected to the French floo network. It can reach any fireplace recorded in the French Ministry of Magic. And don't forget the return entry time you submitted. If you haven't done so after five days, When you come back, you will have to pay a fine of 12 silver sikores for every day you delay."

After explaining all the precautions, the wizard left the room with the fireplace.

Dumbledore and Jon stood together in front of the fireplace on the left. Then Dumbledore handed Jon the floo powder box on the fireplace and asked him to pinch out a handful.

"Walking into the fireplace, our destination is [No. 126, Place Montmartre], shout out the name of the place, and then sprinkle the floo powder down."

Listening to Dumbledore's instructions, Jon followed the steps he told, and then sprinkled Floo powder into the fireplace.

The next moment, a rising green flame spread from his feet, instantly covering his whole body, and then he disappeared.

In Paris, France, 500 kilometers away in a straight line, at No. 126 Place de Montmartre, in a wizard bar, the flames of the fireplace turned from yellow to green, and then Jon's figure appeared here.

Using floo powder to travel long distances is not as comfortable as apparating, but at least Jon is used to this feeling, so he didn't make any fool of himself after landing.

Less than three or four seconds after he walked out of the fireplace, the flames that had turned from green to yellow turned back to green, and Dumbledore walked out of the fireplace shortly after.

Their destination was a lively tavern filled with wizards in robes.

The appearance of Dumbledore and Jon did not attract anyone's attention. The atmosphere in the tavern was obviously more relaxed. They sat on an empty seat, and soon a witch holding a dinner plate came over and asked them in French what they wanted to order. .

"A baba rum cake, two steaks, a glass of cider and a glass of juice."

“Would you like some egg mayonnaise and cream of onion soup?”

"Well, it's a good recommendation, so I'll have two portions. And don't wait until the end for the cake. You can serve it with the steak."

"I'll have the chef come to you as soon as possible, sir."

Dumbledore's French was so proficient that Jon even suspected that the witch didn't realize that they were actually two Englishmen.

He first observed the surrounding environment, and then expressed his doubts to Dumbledore while the food was being served.

"If wizards want to leave the UK, shouldn't there be many ways? Even if floo powder and portkeys are controlled, why don't they just use Apparition to get out? The distance from the UK to France, using Apparition Appearing shouldn’t cause any accidents, right?”

Dumbledore explained to him.

"As long as it doesn't go to places like Scotland and Ireland, you can directly use Apparition from Wales and England to reach the western coast of France. However, the use of Apparition in the entire UK can be detected. The Ministry of Magic will The landing points of these Apparitions are randomly checked. Once a British wizard is found to have smuggled out of the country, his name will be recorded and he will be punished accordingly. The minimum fine is 20 Galleons. At the same time, he will be in Azkaban. Detained for 3 days.”

Jon understood the meaning of this. No matter how strong Voldemort's Ministry of Magic was in controlling the entire magical world, there was no way he could guarantee that every wizard's actions would be monitored at all times.

This is just like the violation of traffic lights stipulated in the Muggle world. The violations are clearly stipulated. If you run a red light and you are caught, you have to admit defeat. If you are not caught, it only means that you have done enough this time. Lucky.

And now at the end of the twentieth century, the flow of information is far from as smooth as it will be in the future. Wizards can basically only rely on the Daily Prophet to understand information. Now that the Ministry of Magic has full control of the Daily Prophet, it has almost become the default official daily. As long as News about the capture of several stowaways would appear in newspapers every day, which would have a strong deterrent effect and prevent British wizards from leaving the country at will without reporting.

But now if you want to report, just like Dumbledore and Jon, if you want to leave the country on the same day of reporting, the bribe and handling fee will cost a total of 45 gold galleons.

You must know that the monthly salary of a formal employee of the Ministry of Magic is only a few dozen galleons. This is still a mid-level position. A trip abroad costs so much money, which is not acceptable to all wizards.

This is basically equivalent to a semi-mandatory blockade of the British wizarding community.

Jon can understand Voldemort doing this. After all, his slavery policy is reversing the course of history. If British wizards can still communicate with the outside world as smoothly as before, there will definitely be many problems within the British wizarding community.

The most intuitive thing is that there must be an exodus of Muggles and mixed-blood wizards who cannot accept his rule. Once the population decreases, it is definitely not what Voldemort wants to see, so he will make such a move.

As for leaving the country through Muggle methods, such as airplanes, trains, and ships, it is estimated that Voldemort and his men would not pay attention to Muggle methods of travel at all, unless the phenomenon of escaping through Muggle means becomes particularly serious. , they will really face up to the problem in this direction.

In fact, in Jon's opinion, this method is very mild compared to the madness shown in Voldemort's original work. After all, if you really want to leave, you can still escape by spending money and bleeding, but you really can't even afford the money. You can also fly across the country on a broomstick, but it is more dangerous, and the Ministry of Magic cannot fail to think of this.

But if he followed the method shown in the original work, he would probably directly ban anyone from leaving the country, which would lead to complete chaos within the British magical community.

Their orders arrived quickly, and despite their close proximity, the gastronomic gap between Britain and France was as wide as the military power gap between France and Germany in the early 1940s.

No matter in terms of craftsmanship, taste or style, French food can beat British food eight hundred times.

For example, Dumbledore was very satisfied with the Baba rum cake that he had been looking forward to for a long time. In the name of the fact that there was wine in the cake, he just gave Jon a little cream and didn't let him eat too much. He just rounded it up himself.

Just when they were about to finish their meal, a quarrel from the next table suddenly caught their attention.

I forgot to post it after I finished writing it, so I just lost a chapter of the note and cried with my head in my arms (╥﹏╥)