The Death Knell

"I've never been on a plane before, and it feels completely different."

Unlike a certain wizard, little Hermione was still in high spirits when she got off the plane. She seemed very excited and kept talking to the professor next to her. She even stayed in the small porthole looking down the whole way.

In fact, Su Ming and Snape flew first class on Virgin Atlantic when they went to the United States, and enjoyed almost royal treatment. Snape vomited all the way.

This time Hermione and I took an EasyJet flight, and the treatment was vastly different.

Even though easyJet in this world was established a few years earlier than Su Ming's previous life, it is still the cheapest airline in the UK and claims to 'never provide unnecessary services to passengers'.

They do not separate classes, all guests sit together, and there is no reservation and ticketing system. If you want to buy tickets, you must go to the airport counter, and they do not accept phone reservations or services such as agency services.

Checking luggage does not guarantee the safety of the luggage. Loss or damage is common and we are not responsible.

There's no food, drinks, barf bags or anything like that on the plane, you want blankets and friendly service? Sorry, no, there are only six people in a crew, two captains, two flight attendants, two security guards, what more bicycles do you want?

The stewardess is more like a silly person. I heard that there was once a person without legs who got on the plane in a wheelchair. The stewardess took away the wheelchair and asked the guest to get a certificate from a law enforcement agency to prove that he was a disabled person. Return it or be suspected of carrying a weapon.

Captains will read novels, tell jokes, joke with each other, or play chess on the center console while flying. If they feel tired, they will even temporarily land and stop flying.

In short, this airline can do all the behaviors that you think are exaggerated and dramatic in reality. Taking their flights is like participating in a circus.

But this company also has advantages, that is, it is cheap. It is extremely cheap. It only costs 50 pounds per person to fly from London to Paris. It is cheaper than taking a boat and a car. If you calculate it, it is ten gold galleons, which is exactly the level of pocket money for a little girl. .

And because the company's entire brain circuit is abnormal from top to bottom, terrorists will not hijack his family's plane and cannot afford to lose that person.

Even Su Ming made a miscalculation with this airline. He took Hermione on this airline because he wanted to show her how tired the poor people at the bottom of society were sleeping during the journey, and learn that "being poor is This is the truth of illness, and therefore I should remember the bitterness and sweetness.

The results of it? The flight attendants and security guards held a Christmas party in the cabin in advance, singing, dancing, and performing acrobatic somersaults, making it look like a carnival scene for civilians in the bottom of the Titanic movie.

Everyone was so excited. The passengers took out low-priced spirits from the boxes they carried and drank. Almost everyone brought some. After drinking, they were all very happy. Strangers hugged each other and sang the bell. Jingle Bells and God Save the Queen…

This has no educational effect at all!

Even Hermione was happy. After exiting the terminal, she was still saying that she liked the company's all-orange aircraft and felt warm.

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Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport can be regarded as one of the busiest airports in Europe, with an annual passenger flow of 600 million. You must know that France's own population was only 56 million in 1992.

Christmas is approaching at this time, and people returning home or transiting from various places come and go here, and various farewells and reunions are staged in the hall.

It still snows in Paris in the winter, and the master and apprentice didn't have much luggage. They could leave as soon as they got off the plane.

"Take the free shuttle bus from Gate 28 of Terminal 1 to the subway station. We will take Line B into downtown Paris, and then change to Line 3 to go to the Theater Station." Su Ming led his apprentice directly to the airport bus. There were French voices all around, which made him really nostalgic.

"You seem to be familiar with Paris? But I heard that Beauxbatons is in the south of France."

Hermione whispered, after all, it was a matter for the wizarding world, and she knew she couldn't let Muggles hear it.

"We have to go to Paris to register for entry first. These guys are serious, and they don't even talk about installing a Floo network at the airport." Su Ming shook his head, found a seat and asked the students to sit down: "But it's right to think about it, the airport It’s a little weird to have a fireplace in there.”

"Paris..." Hermione's eyes were shining, and she rubbed the fingers of her little hands together: "Can we go there to buy some clothes? I heard my grandpa say that Paris is the capital of fashion, and clothes They are all very beautiful.”

"Won't he teach you something good? Playing with fashion will not increase your combat effectiveness." Su Ming rubbed her head speechlessly, and saw her helpless look: "Okay, but don't waste too much time. "

"Professor, you are so kind." Hermione was happy and looked at the snowy scene outside the window with satisfaction.

Paris is still the same, full of free will. The citizens seem to walk slower than the citizens of London, wandering around as if they have nothing to do.

The first place the two went to was the Paris Opera House in the Third Arrondissement. Its full name is the Paris Opera Garnier, and it is named after the surname of its architect Charles Garnier.

The Paris Opera House was originally built for France's upper class to appreciate operas. Therefore, during its construction, both the interior decoration and the exterior architecture were extremely gorgeous.

The entire building perfectly combines Baroque, classical, Greek and Napoleon III architectural styles. It is large in scale and magnificent. It is known as a wonder where paintings, marble and gold ornaments complement each other.

Yes, the interior corridors and ceilings are all golden and extremely sparkling, and there are more crystal chandeliers in the room than in the Louvre.

There is a reason why it is called "the tackiest date place in Paris". At that time, many rich kids would date and meet girls at the statue of the goddess in front of the Opera House, and then enter the golden and glorious theatrical world.

You can watch a movie anywhere, but if you watch it here, you can show off your wealth best and it's easier to pick up girls.

It's right to think about it. Inviting a girl to watch the ballet at the National Center for the Performing Arts and inviting her to see Liu Laogen's stage are completely different things...

But Su Ming didn't come here for a date. He brought Hermione here simply because the entrance to the Wizarding World of Paris was right here.

It exists somewhat like London's Diagon Alley, but the Parisian magic space is on a much larger scale.

French wizards cast magic on the tomb system under the city, making it support an umbrella-like spatial overlapping system that covers the entire city, making it seem like it has another dimension entirely, and Paris has become a real meaning. A city for wizards.

The entrance to this fantasy space is the bronze statue of the goddess in front of the Paris Opera House. The goddess wearing a sheet as a skirt is Pythia, the high priest of Apollo in ancient Greek mythology, responsible for conveying his oracles. .

But Su Ming doesn't know why he has to get into the skirt of the goddess if he wants to enter the magical world of Paris. It may be a perverted behavior for foreigners, but it is romantic for French people...