Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1570 A war without a winner (20)

After the time period agreed upon by both parties, Albert rushed to Hogwarts in time and saw Hermione holding a pocket watch under the monument.

"I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long." Albert smiled and raised his hand to greet Hermione.

"I just arrived not long ago."

Hermione stuffed her pocket watch back into her seamless stretch bag and smiled softly at Albert, "I'll be bothering you next."

"I promised you."

Albert looked at the young and lively girl in front of him and did not hesitate to praise him, "This outfit suits you very well."

"Thank you." Hermione smiled and turned around. "I think if you want to go abroad, you should dress more normally."

"The taste of most wizards is really unflattering." Albert temporarily ended the chat and asked, "Have you brought that thing?"

"What?" Hermione was stunned for a moment, then seemed to realize what Albert was talking about. She put her hand into the seamless stretch handbag and took it out, and soon lowered her hand helplessly.

"I seem...to have lost something." Hermione seemed a little panicked.

Albert looked at Hermione for a while, and sighed helplessly in his mind: "If you lose the tracking things, then we will have to work harder to find your family."

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault for losing my things. Obviously..."

Hermione lowered her head and did not dare to look at Albert.

"It doesn't matter, you didn't mean it. Let's leave for Australia first!" Albert comforted softly: "I will find the person through other methods then."

"How do we get to Australia?" Seeing that Albert seemed confident of finding his family again, Hermione couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Should we use the portkey or the international floo network?"

"I asked Percy before. The Ministry of Magic does not have an international floo network connecting Australia." Albert looked at Hermione, who raised her eyebrows slightly, and explained, "Britain and Australia are separated by half the world. It’s really too far away, and it would cost a lot to open the international floo network, and if the distance is too far, you’ll need to take certain risks during use.”

"Ah! This..." Hermione hesitated for a moment and suggested, "How about we take a plane to Australia?"

"It takes about a day to fly." Albert also conducted related investigations on his parents' affairs.

"The speed is okay," Hermione looked at Albert and asked tentatively, "Do you have any better ideas?"

"How was your Apparition?" Albert suddenly asked.

"You wouldn't think..." Hermione looked at Albert with shock on her face.

"I plan to apparate you directly to Australia."

Albert took out a map, drew lines on it with his finger, and briefly shared this seemingly crazy plan with Hermione.

"Apparated from here in England all the way to Australia."

"Apparating from England to Australia?"

Hermione stared at Albert dumbfounded, really unable to understand why the other man had such crazy thoughts.

"If you're lucky, it only takes about half an hour." Albert didn't even think he needed to spend that much time. Ordinary wizards do have the risk of "splitting" when using Apparition over long distances, but Albert's Apparition level is very high, so there shouldn't be this problem, at least for him personally, the experience of using Apparition over long distances is only Slightly better than a portkey.

Hermione looked at Albert, opened her mouth silently, and finally nodded and accepted Albert's seemingly crazy proposal.

"I haven't experienced long-distance Apparition, though," she whispered.

"Don't worry, just leave the rush to me. You can put it in my suitcase first, and I'll call you out when you arrive at your destination." Albert pretended not to notice the disappointed expression on Hermione's face. .

"No, I want to personally experience the feeling of long-distance apparation. If I feel uncomfortable, I can rest in the suitcase." Hermione hesitated for a moment to make her decision, although she also knew that this might not be a wise choice. But she still wanted to experience it for herself.

"Okay, then remember to hold my hand and don't let go. Apparating over long distances is a bit like using a portkey."

As he said that, Albert lowered his head subconsciously, looked at Hermione who was holding his hand, and then at the hand that was loosened like an electric shock, and said gently, "Let's set off now, let's leave from the direction of the Forbidden Forest. , the first stop is France.”

"Have you tried this before?"

Hermione felt that it was impossible for Albert to decide to do this without any reason, and the prerequisite for Apparition is that you must have been somewhere before.

"I remember telling you that my family lives in the Far East." Albert explained to Hermione, "When I got married, I flew all the way there and visited every place, and now it comes in handy. "

Hearing the word "marriage", Hermione's expression turned gloomy, and she suddenly seemed to have no interest in continuing the conversation.

They walked towards the Forbidden Forest in silence, while watching the Auror team practicing with the Inferi from a distance.

"The number of people joining Aurors seems to have increased." Albert tried to divert Hermione's attention.

"Um."

Hermione looked uninterested, as if she had no intention of discussing the topic.

After the two entered the Forbidden Forest, Albert directly reached out and took Hermione's hand, and Apparated and disappeared.

When they reappeared, they were on the edge of a cliff on a remote beach in France.

Before Hermione could react, she heard the howling sea breeze blowing away from her ears. Albert and Hermione apparated and disappeared again.

As soon as the two disappeared, someone else apparated here and carefully checked the location where Albert had just disappeared, seemingly intending to follow the clues to capture the two people who had crossed the border.

"vomit!"

Hermione retched toward the ground, and the continuous long-distance apparation made her feel nauseous.

"You'd better go back to the suitcase and rest." Albert patted Hermione's back gently to make her feel better, then opened the suitcase and let Hermione go inside to rest.

"What happened just now?" Hermione took a moment to pull herself together.

"You were watched, so I took you to Apparate again." Looking at Hermione's slightly pale face, Albert urged Hermione to go inside and rest.

Continuous phantom appearance is one of the fruits of his upgraded skills. Even if he is surrounded by a large number of wizards, he can still use teleportation to kill the enemy. As for the possible side effects, Albert can overcome them.

"Surveillance?" Hermione's eyes were blank.

"Probably to prevent smuggling, or to prevent some dark wizards from sneaking back into France from the UK. The group of Aurors will probably follow the traces!" It was not difficult for Albert to guess the reason. Ever since Voldemort's coffin board was completely sealed, the dark wizards gathered in Britain dispersed in droves.

"Sorry for causing you any trouble."

Hermione looked complicated and knew that she shouldn't cause trouble to Albert, so she walked directly into the suitcase to rest. She really couldn't bear such a high-intensity apparation.

Without caring about Hermione's physical condition, Albert began to apparate at an alarming speed.

From France to Italy, from Greece to Turkey, in just a blink of an eye, he crossed the Caspian Sea, followed the route he used to pick up his family, and in the blink of an eye, he crossed half of the world to his loyal Australia.

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