Chapter 512 I Came to Negotiate Conditions
Durmstrang's big ship took the little wizards for a long way, passed one small cape after another, until they saw the land slowly approaching, and behind them was the rare sunshine in this season in Northern Europe. All the headlands of this place were clearly visible, and soon they drove along its coastline. Allen knew from observing the stars last night that the current approximate location was near the coast of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Suddenly, a burst of black mist burst out of the sunny sea, and Durmstrang's big ship plunged into it. After a while, when they broke through the black mist, a huge dome built in the distance The direction of the bow rose, and the weather here was colder than outside the thick fog. Frost covered the helmet-like dome, and the air in the cabin seemed to be frozen. The little wizards didn't have time to look at the bow anymore, and Cosby urged them to pack their bags and put on winter clothes collectively.
When the little wizards got off the boat, they all cowered and buried themselves in their coats. It was too cold. Luna didn't know whether it was because Xenophilius loved her daughter too much. Her winter clothes looked so cold. She looked a size bigger than her, and her whole body was wrapped up, Luna, who only showed a little face, looked extraordinarily petite.
Malfoy, who was dressed in a costume tailored by Mrs. Malkin in Diagon Alley, was still like a big rooster, leading his new follower, Blaise Zabini, to remind others to maintain their demeanor and represent Image of Hogwarts. This is indeed necessary, because when Alan followed Cosby and led the exchange students into the promenade against the flow of people, he found that he passed by many teenagers in fur cloaks and blood-red robes, staring at him , it seems that the whole of Durmstrang is out.
When they walked into a corridor, there were some cheers and sparse applause from the opposite side. Judging from their cold eyes, Allen felt that it was very likely that they were celebrating that they finally did not have to spend time in the cold outdoors. Continue to wait.
Not far away stood a middle-aged man in his fifties. He was a big man and poised, partly because of his fine Siberian brown bear coat, immaculate shirt, neatly combed hair, and jewellery, but more importantly because of his A pretentious air.
The middle-aged man who claimed to be Carson Mount reluctantly received them after making the most basic self-introduction and completing the handover with Cosby, leading him all the way along the steps of the corridor.
"Of course someone will show you around later, you'd better follow closely now." The middle-aged man muttered while clearing the snow with his feet and fumbling on the steps: "I'll have classes to attend later, don't worry too much." Spend more time taking care of you guests."
When they came to an auditorium and sat down, they found that although it did not look as well decorated as Hogwarts, the Nordic style made the furniture look simple and rough, but it was much larger than Hogwarts , with a wider space, Durmstrang's dining table can accommodate more wizards. If it weren't for the flames that were lit with magic, this lobby would definitely feel colder.
Immediately afterwards, a wizard with short white hair, a thin chin and a goatee with curls at the end led a wizard dressed as a professor to trot and appeared in front of everyone. It was Durmstrang magic. The principal of the college, Igor Karkaroff, and the subordinates who were placed into Durmstrang College by the Harris family, Karkaroff welcomed everyone with his unique mellow, sweet and enthusiastic voice, which is the same as the original Compared to when he was a referee in the Goblet of Fire, his teeth were still very yellow, but his indifferent and sharp eyes showed exhaustion and worry that couldn't be hidden.
When Carson Monte just took a few mouthfuls of food with the exchange as a courtesy, he left the lobby first on the grounds that he was going to teach the students.
Noticing Alan's gaze, Karkaroff leaned close to Alan and whispered, "Master, the person who just left is Vice Principal Carson Monte. His family has been dissatisfied with my actions last year.
Secretly and constantly against us, in order to prevent them from doing bad things in the exchange student activities, I had to let Monte take charge of the whole reception and your safety. His family just happened...Unfortunately, he is very likely to put this The blame is on you, the host, and you made things difficult for the reception. "Then, as if to show his loyalty, he hurriedly explained as if to please: "But please rest assured, master, I have prepared a separate room for you. Tonight, my colleagues from the Harris family and I will hold a formal ceremony for you." A decent welcome dinner. "
"You don't have to do this, I have my own ideas." Allen shook his head and rejected Karkaroff's proposal. Although Karkaroff didn't understand why Allen refused, he didn't dare to ask why. He looked at the umbrella team behind Allen, and mistakenly thought that these elite-looking wizards came to strengthen Durmstrang Guarding the power, this made him who had been worried about Voldemort's return couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
?After the luncheon, the wizards of Durmstrang have returned to their respective classrooms, and Alan and the others were arranged by Vice Principal Carson Mount for Brooke Hernand, who was once one of the warriors of the Wizards Tournament Hereby lead them to visit the campus.
Since the Wizards Tournament, Brooke, who has been saved by Allen several times, admires Allen. He obviously attaches great importance to this reception. His dark brown hair is just trimmed, and his almond-shaped green eyes are full of happiness. .
While visiting, they found the Deathly Hallows inscribed on one of the college walls. After noticing Allen's gaze, Brook leaned over enthusiastically and introduced: "In 1894, Gellert Grindelwald began to study at Durmstrang Academy. Although our school is more advocating black magic, Green DeVoe's experiments with the Dark Arts were still too dangerous for the students, and after a while, no one but the headmaster at the time felt able to turn a blind eye to his experiments, and he was expelled from the school. He carved the Deathly Hallows symbol into one of the school walls before being expelled. The symbol remained until years after he was defeated."
Alan couldn't resist his enthusiasm, so he took a few steps back calmly. After noticing the color of his pupils, he thought to himself: "If Brooke's hair is red and grows long, he will definitely be able to attend Hogwarts." Please Snape."
"Every year some students copy the Grindelwald logo on their textbooks and clothes, trying to scare others and make themselves look great, but the descendants of Grindelwald's bereaved 'taught them some lessons' .”
Luna struggled to take out the two necklaces she was wearing from her collar, and then pushed aside the cork with the butter beer cork and two enchanting potions, and took out the Grindelwald left on the wall. The imprint under it has a necklace with exactly the same shape: "This symbol represents the Three Deathly Hallows made by the God of Death, and it does not belong to Grindelwald."
Glancing at the necklace, Brook pursed his lips: "For us, it is his personal mark. I think you'd better put it away."
After a general visit, in the eyes of the exchange students, Durmstrang’s castle is far less towering and magnificent than Hogwarts. Its main castle only has four floors, and the exterior wall style without too many carvings is also rougher. Crazy, but also more practical and reliable. The climate in the academy is even colder than the climate in Scandinavia, so cold that only a magical flame can keep burning here for a long time. However, Durmstrang Castle has more spacious grounds around it than Hogwarts.
There is an alpine lake behind the castle, where some dark, ghostly big ships are docked, and the big ship that Alan and the others came on is also in it, although there is no such thing as Hogwarts, where all kinds of magical animals live The Forbidden Forest, but it is said that there is a dragon farm nearby that mainly raises Norwegian Ridgebacks. In addition, there are many magical animals living in the lake and the nearby ocean.
After completing the visit, Brooke brought the exchange students to the dormitory, "there are your names and the number of the dormitory on the door plate, I wish you a good sleep." Then some house keys were distributed to the little wizards.
Then he was stunned. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief and stared at the remaining house keys. He was stunned for a while and then raised his head to look at Alan: "Alan, don't look at me, I only got zero points in the Goblet of Fire!" , My grades in school are actually not bad, and I was allocated a single room as a reward, let me change rooms with you."
"Thank you, Brook, but it's okay, please go back to class first, after all, you are about to graduate, and I heard that the exams in the last year are not easy." Alan waved his hand at Brook, making Zheng Zheng feel apologetic He left first.
Without informing the other exchange students who were setting up the salute, Allen, Luna and the members of the umbrella team walked towards the stairs on the side, and finally they went down to a place that was almost a cellar, without windows and sunlight, and the only light source was the wall candles on.
There are several rooms distributed here, one of which seems to be sealed by magic, the eaves of the door have been blown up, and the ground is covered with rubble, and the traces of black magic damage can be seen at a glance.
After Allen found his room following the number plate, Changyan opened the door, and he had a panoramic view of the interior. The nine shabby dirty cots looked very clean compared to the cobwebs and dust in the room, which had obviously been recently moved into the long-abandoned room. Two or three wooden chairs, a soap-box, and a small round-bellied stove, in spite of which the fire was blazing, the room remained icy cold.
"This is an insult to the Harris family! I saw that there are still a lot of vacant rooms in good condition, but they just want us to crowd here. Master Allen, please wait later, I will go find it The vice-principal's theory." Mother Wolf angrily kicked a wooden chair to pieces.
"It's back to the original." Allen waved his hand casually, repaired the chair, clapped his hands, let it move to his feet, and then sat on it, "Don't get excited, don't worry."
Although Mother Wolf was upset, she didn't yell any more and waited for Allen's order.
"Luna, use your camera to take pictures of these, and then go upstairs and take some pictures of those empty rooms and the rooms of the exchange students." Allen turned his head and said softly to Luna.
Luna seemed to be nodding, but hiding in her fat fur coat clearly didn't let the movement show, but from the movement she began to film after struggling to pull out the camera, Allen finally determined that she heard it anyway.
"Please clean up here first." Allen gave an order to the other members of the team after seeing the doctor and Four Eyes following Luna upstairs.
The wolf mother heard the words and said, "Master Alan, you don't have to live in..."
Her words were interrupted by Allen's hand waving, Mother Wolf regained her composure, waved her wand with her arm trembling with anger and said Clean Up, but to her surprise, the cleaning spell had no effect, and everything remained motionless.
Allen immediately guessed the cellar and his former owner.
"All curses end." This time he took out his wand and waved it, "The whirlwind sweeps away."
A black mist appeared out of thin air, rose and exploded. Dust, cobwebs, and excess moisture jumped out of every crevice, and slipped meekly to the corners, where old pieces of wood and cloth were reassembled.
"I just asked you to clean up the room, but I didn't ask you to start arranging the salute." Allen raised his hand to stop the fat man who was holding a salute and was about to enter. "Wait here for me for a while and take care of Luna."
The open space of Durmstrang Castle was deserted because of the class being held. Allen glanced around in place with his hands behind his back, and finally found a bald wizard dressed as a professor passing by.
"Professor in front, please wait a moment." Allen stopped him.
The bald wizard stared blankly at Alan's attire, "Ah, he's an exchange student from Hogwarts? Can't find the way back to the dormitory?"
Allen nodded politely: "Yes, so I would like to ask where is Durmstrang's dueling classroom?"
"Didn't you ask about the dormitory? Go to the dueling school..."
"I see, thank you, Professor Bezdeloff."
Before the bald man finished speaking, he saw the other party nodded and turned to leave. He saw that the direction was the way to the dueling class classroom.
The bald head who was a bit puzzled turned around and left immediately: "Well, did I introduce myself just now?"
More than ten minutes later, Allen was already standing in front of the dueling class classroom, thinking of the wall just now, he retracted his extended hand, and then reached into his collar to give Luna to his death The marker necklace was pulled out and exposed outside. After knocking on the door three times, the door was pushed open without waiting for a response from inside.
"Vice Principal Monte, I'm here to negotiate terms."