In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

Chapter 173 171. The purpose of going to sea (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)

Jon never expected to meet the ghosts of Hogwarts here. He looked at Nick with some surprise, but Neville hesitantly asked at this time.

"But Nick, I remember that ghosts can't just go somewhere, right? My dad told me that ghosts are formed because wizards still have strong memories of the world of the living when they die, and Even if they stay in the world of the living as the dead, they can only walk in the places where they left traces when they were alive, so why can you come out at will?"

Nick seemed very complimentary of Neville's erudition, but his face was obviously sad when he answered this question.

"This is true for most ghosts, like Drake and the others on this ghost ship. They spend most of their time confined to this sea. But the ghosts selected by Hogwarts, Especially the resident ghost is different.”

Captain Jack seemed to jump angrily at Nick's words, but this did not affect him from continuing to speak.

"For the ghosts of Hogwarts, no matter what we were before, the castle with powerful magic is our final destination. This represents its recognition of us, and also represents our willingness to let go of other pasts and just focus on Remember the trace left behind at Hogwarts Castle."

"But then the castle changed." Nick's voice was so sad. "The Sorting Hat turned into an ordinary broken hat. Peeves disappeared from this world forever. The portrait was created for this castle. They turned into dead things. We became a group of lonely ghosts, but because of this, we became completely independent ghosts."

"Everyone was disappointed and sad. Barrow left with other ghosts who were willing to follow him, saying that he was going to find a way to save Hogwarts; Ms. Gray went to a forest alone, and she kept mumbling that she had done it again Something was wrong, and we all felt that her spirit was a little abnormal. The fat monk and I didn't know where we were going, so we wandered around Europe together, getting to know many other ghosts and experiencing many interesting things. Until Deng Bledo found us and asked us to do something for him, so I separated from the fat monk and came to this boat."

Jon and the others heard the sadness in Nick's tone.

Hogwarts Castle is more important to ghosts like them than anyone else. As he said, they who left the castle are now like a group of lonely ghosts.

But Nick obviously knew that now was not the time to vent his emotions, and soon his voice became lighter.

"Aha, there must be more than just you three students in Hogwarts now, right? Call the others out quickly. Today is Halloween, a holiday for ghosts. With Drake and the others here, we can celebrate together! Don't worry, don't look. Drake is so vicious, but they were all good pirates in life, but most of the time they didn't have much brains."

Captain Jack obviously heard the "insults" behind Nick. He threw Nick to the ground with an angry look and pulled his head down from his neck, as if to demonstrate who the brainless person was. .

The parrot that had jumped on Captain Jack's head was also screaming.

"How dare you insult Captain Jack! Captain Jack wants everyone to see who has no brains!"

Gabrielle happily floated above the two fighting ghosts. This was the first time she saw her "kind", and they were all such an interesting group of ghosts.

Jon and the three of them looked at each other and smiled at each other. Then George went to the cabin to call out the students who were hiding in the cabin, and started the Halloween dinner that was interrupted midway.

These pirate ghosts are just as Nick said, they do seem to be a good group of ghosts, although they do seem to be missing a muscle in their brains.

This was the first time for many students in Hogwarts to see such a large number of ghosts, not to mention that the Hogwarts under their feet had already overlapped with another ghost ship.

The sailors who followed Captain Jack got a variety of musical instruments from their ghost ship.

They did not need to eat food, and the delicacies of living people had no attraction for them at all. They stood on the edge of the deck, played the accordion and played music.

Even in terms of artistic taste, ghosts' appreciation of music is different from ordinary people, but these sailor ghosts on the sea are obvious exceptions. They played the barcarolle of when they were alive as pirates.

The students could relate to them through the music, which made the dinner more and more lively.

The banquet lasted until midnight, and the students who were tired from playing began to return to the cabin to prepare for rest.

After sending Nick to Hogwarts, Captain Jack will also take his men and drive their ship away.

Nick said his final goodbyes to them.

"Stop dreaming about gold and silver treasures, Derek, and stop trying to rob and scare those Muggles. There is a ghost office in the Ministry of Magic. They will definitely come to trouble you after they discover the problem."

"Captain Jack doesn't talk to cowards!" screamed the parrot.

Then Captain Jack took their ghosts and left without looking back.

The ghost ship and the Hogwarts began to separate, heading off in another direction.

Nick looked at the ship from a distance, stretched out his hand and waved at it. He didn't know whether Captain Jack had planned to show force as a deterrent from the beginning, or in response to Nick's farewell, the ghost ship's cannon barrel "bombed" "There was a burst of explosions, and then transparent shells exploded in the sky.

The white fog that originally surrounded Hogwarts began to dissipate, but even so late, Jon still didn't feel sleepy at all.

He turned to look at Nick, took a deep breath, and planned to ask all the questions he had just been waiting for the banquet to end.

However, before he could speak, Nick spoke first.

"You should be the person Dumbledore arranged to lead these children here, right?" He looked at Jon with some surprise on his face, "But to be honest, you don't look like the oldest one among these children. "

Jon shrugged.

"Age is not a criterion for selecting people in most cases, right?"

"It's true. Dumbledore never considers age when looking at people." Nick's tone became serious. "In that case, Dumbledore should have told you what our core purpose is for this trip to sea, right?"

Jon's face became extremely calm. Of course, he had never forgotten what Dumbledore said to him before leaving.

"To find the answer to why the Dark Lord became like this!"

Speaking of barcarolles, I have been listening to "Wellerman", a 19th-century New Zealand sailing ballad, when I was conceiving the content of this volume.

Then, I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!