Chapter 1568: A War Without a Winner (Twenty)

Chapter 1570 A War Without a Winner (Twenty)

When the time agreed upon by both parties came, Albert arrived at Hogwarts on time and met 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 put the pocket watch back into the traceless stretch bag and smiled gently at Albert, "Next, I'll trouble you."

"I promised you."

Albert looked at the young and lively girl in front of him and praised her without hesitation, "This outfit suits you very well."

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

"The taste of most wizards is really not flattering." Albert temporarily stopped chatting and asked, "Did you bring that thing?"

"What is it?" Hermione was stunned for a moment, as if she just realized what Albert was talking about, reached into the traceless stretch bag and rummaged around, and soon dropped her hand helplessly.

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

Albert looked at Hermione for a while, sighed helplessly in his heart, "If you lose the tracking device, it will take some effort for us to find your family."

"Sorry, it's all my fault for losing the things, obviously..."

Hermione lowered her head and dared not look at Albert.

"It's okay, you didn't mean it, let's go to Australia first!" Albert comforted softly, "I'll find the person by other means when the time comes."

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

"I asked Percy before, the Ministry of Magic doesn't have an international floo network connected to Australia." Albert looked at Hermione with a slightly raised eyebrow and explained, "Britain and Australia are separated by half the world, and the distance between the two sides is too far. It costs a lot to open an international floo network, and if the distance is too far, there will be 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 take a plane." Albert had also done relevant research on his parents' affairs.

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

"How is your apparition?" Albert suddenly asked.

"You don't want to..." Hermione looked at Albert in shock.

"I plan to Apparate you directly to Australia."

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

"Apparate all the way from the UK to Australia."

"Apparate from the UK to Australia?"

Hermione stared at Albert in amazement, and really couldn't understand why he had such a crazy idea.

"If you are lucky enough, it will only take about half an hour." Albert even felt that he didn't need to spend so much time. Ordinary wizards do have the risk of "splitting" when using Apparate over long distances, but Albert's Apparate level is very high, so there should be no problem, at least for him personally, it is true that the experience of using Apparate over long distances is only slightly better than that of a door key.

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

"However, I have never experienced long-distance Apparate." She whispered.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of the journey. You can get into my suitcase first. I'll call you out when we get to our destination." Albert pretended not to notice the disappointed look on Hermione's face.

"No, I want to experience the feeling of long-distance Apparition myself. If I feel uncomfortable, I can rest in the suitcase." Hermione hesitated for a moment and said her decision. Although she knew that this might not be a wise choice, she still wanted to experience it herself.

"Okay, then remember to hold my hand later. Don't let go. Long-distance Apparition is a bit like using a door key."

As he said that, Albert subconsciously lowered his head, looked at Hermione who was holding his hand, and then looked at the hand that was released as if it was electrocuted, and said gently, "Let's go now. We will leave from the direction of the Forbidden Forest. The first stop is France."

"Have you tried it before?"

Hermione felt that Albert could not have decided to do this without any reason, and the premise of Apparition was that you must have been there 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 to visit all the places, and now it's useful."

Hearing the word "marriage", Hermione's expression dimmed, and she seemed to have little interest in continuing the conversation.

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

"It seems that more people have joined the Aurors." Albert tried to divert Hermione's attention.

"Yeah."

Hermione looked uninterested and didn't seem to want to talk about this topic.

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

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

Before Hermione could react, she heard the whistling sea breeze going away from her ears, and Albert Apparated with Hermione again and disappeared.

As soon as the two disappeared, other people Apparated here and carefully checked the place where Albert had just disappeared, as if they were going to catch the two people who crossed the border.

"Ugh!"

Hermione retched on the ground. Continuous long-distance Apparition made her feel nauseous and want to vomit.

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

"What happened just now?" Hermione took some time to pull herself together.

"We were being watched, so I took you to Apparate again." Seeing Hermione's slightly pale face, Albert urged Hermione to go inside to rest.

Continuous Apparition was one of the results of his upgraded skills. Even if he was surrounded by a large number of wizards, he could still kill the enemy with the help of teleportation. As for the possible side effects, it could be overcome for Albert.

"Surveillance?" Hermione's eyes were blank.

"Probably to prevent smuggling, or to prevent some dark wizards from sneaking back to France from Britain. The group of Aurors would probably follow the traces!" Albert could guess the reason. Since Voldemort's coffin was completely sealed, the dark wizards gathered in Britain dispersed.

"Sorry, I'm causing you trouble."

Hermione had a complicated look, and she knew that she shouldn't cause trouble for Albert, so she went directly into the suitcase to rest. She really couldn't withstand such a high intensity of Apparition.

Without having to worry about Hermione's physical condition, Albert began to Apparate at an astonishing 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 had taken to pick up his family, and in the blink of an eye, he crossed half the globe and arrived at his loyal Australia.

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