Chapter 740 Arrival at Mount Greylock
Pickley and Nancy weren't surprised when they learned the story from Loren.
The impact of the Brooklyn Werewolf Inferi Incident still exists, and the American No-Maj government is still pursuing accountability from the Magic Congress. Since then, Voldemort has not only been a wanted criminal in British magic, but also a world-famous wizard terrorist. The influence is only slightly lower than that of Grindelwald.
"I heard that the Ministry of Magic cooperated with Dumbledore to expel Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Our supervisor always said that your British laws are too weak. To deal with such dark wizards, they should be executed directly."
Pickley led the way, and they left the airport and headed to the nearby commercial street: "I heard that your Ministry of Magic has not directly executed dark wizards for decades. The death chamber on the ground floor has been converted into a trial court, and the prisoners are thrown into the island prison. , feeding the dementors in Azkaban in disguise.”
Loren secretly glanced at a certain witch next to him. The reserve minister had already frowned slightly, so he explained seriously: "These regulations were approved by a vote of all members of the Wizengamot. Dementors cannot be eliminated by conventional means. , using them to guard prisoners can ease the conflict between dementors and humans and prevent them from causing unrest in Muggle society. "
Pickley shrugged his shoulders: "It is difficult to judge whether this kind of law is humane by handing criminals to dementors for torture and abolishing the death penalty. It is even impossible to judge whether it is progress or backwardness."
Hermione opened her mouth, but didn't say anything to refute.
They came to a small handicraft shop, an ordinary shop next to the airport. It seemed like they just thought of bringing some specialties to their family and friends before boarding the plane, so they hurriedly picked a nearby shop with the sign "Handicrafts" on it. , spend several times or even dozens of times the price to buy some deceptive handicrafts.
There was only one clerk behind the counter in the store. He saw a few people coming in and was about to stand up to greet them. He waited until he saw the emblem on Pickley's chest clearly and then sat back down, looking too lazy to respond.
Loren looked at the small shop. It was indeed full of handicrafts, except for the looking glass at the door, the looking glass on the counter, and the looking glass on the shelves...
Under the scrutiny of more than a dozen looking glasses, they walked into the back room of the shop, and Nancy took off a wizard's hat from the wall, the kind with a jack-o'-lantern.
Loren and Hermione looked at each other and understood that this was the door key to Ilvermorny. Then they reached out and pinched the brim of their hats, waiting for the magic to hook their navels and drag them into the torrent of space.
"Bang!"
After a brief squeezing feeling, the four of them felt unreal when they opened their eyes again. One moment they were in the city of New York, and the next moment they were in Mount Greylock. In front of them was a dense forest without any sign of steel. No fuel smell at all.
The air is fresh and the sunset is orange.
In early August, the temperature in London and New York was above 20 degrees. In the mountains, the temperature suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees. This change made people a little uncomfortable. Loren dug out two thick coats and gave one to He. Min, put one on yourself.
Nancy rolled up the wizard's hat and stuffed it into the small cloth bag around her waist, and explained at the same time: "Ilvermorny has a strict defensive magic and alchemy array arranged inside. The door key can only take us to the mountainside of Greylock." , we have to walk the rest of the way ourselves.”
Loren looked at the rugged mountain road ahead and said at a loss for words: "You usually have to climb mountains when you go to school?"
Pickley couldn't help laughing: "Ilvermorny is also a boarding school. There are school buses to pick up and drop off during the school holidays. Now it is the summer vacation, so we can only climb mountains."
"..."
Loren's eyes were complicated. He felt that it would be more convenient for him to move around. But he had not been to Ilvermorny yet and would be in trouble if he got lost. The best option was to inform the principal to send Fox to pick them up. Unfortunately, this is someone else's place. , it’s a bit offensive to come and go here freely.
"Let's climb the mountain and try to get to school before dinner."
Pickley and Nancy led the rest of the way, and the group of four trudged slowly towards Ilvermorny on the top of the mountain.
This mountain with an altitude of only a thousand meters is higher than expected. There seems to be an invisible peak at the top, leading to the magic school established in the 17th century. The two graduates took Loren and Hermione seven Turning eight turns, you pass by steep mountain peaks shrouded in clouds and mist, pass through low and narrow hidden caves, and finally plunge into a steep and rugged forest path. The deeper you go into the path, the smoother the road becomes. This place is hidden in the mountains. The magic school begins to unveil its mysteries.
Loren looked up into the depths of the clouds and mist, and saw a glow that was different from the sunset. It was a sign of strong magic fluctuations and alchemy.
Hogwarts also relies on the village of Hogsmeade, and there is nothing outside Ilvermorny.
Loren and Hermione thought that Hogwarts in the Scottish Highlands was remote enough, but now they suddenly realized that Ilvermorny was more in line with the traditional concept of a magic school, built on an uninhabited mountain, blocked by rocks and woods. Covered, shrouded in mist, using the natural environment and magic to completely block out Muggle prying eyes.
"Students in Ilvermorny choose their wands after the Sorting Ceremony...
"The core of the wand is basically those kinds of animals, you know, long-horned water snake, thunderbird, cat and leopard...
"Maybe it's because one of the founders is a No-Maj, so we are not so repelled by No-Maj technology..."
In Nancy's voice introducing the customs and customs of Ilvermorny, everyone arrived at Ilvermorny.
The school castle is set up on an incredibly regular flat land on the top of the mountain. From a distance, it looks like ancient trees and clouds. Only when you get closer can you see the outline of the castle. There are two huge statues at the main entrance.
"This is the founder of Ilvermorny, the witch Aesop Sayre and her lover James Stewart." Hermione looked up at the magnificent statue: "It's incredible that Mr. Stewart is an ordinary person who can't do magic."
"Because of this, Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is recognized by people as the most democratic and the greatest magic school that teaches everyone."
Nancy and Pickley had reverence in their eyes. Only after graduation when they really came into contact with No-Maj and entered the Magic Congress did they deeply realize the greatness of this couple hundreds of years ago.
"One of the greatest magic schools."
Loren added that this man was sometimes terribly rigorous.
Hermione smiled and looked down at the stone platform at the foot of the statue, on which the school emblem of Ilvermorny was engraved.
Like Hogwarts, there are four animals engraved in the four directions of up, down, left, and right, symbolizing the four colleges of the school. The top one is a thunderbird with wings spread, and the left and right are a long-horned water snake and a Pukki drawing a bow and shooting an arrow. The bottom animal looks like a rabbit at first glance, but the stripes on its back indicate that it is a swift cat-leopard.
Entering the entrance hall, Loren and Hermione were a little dazed. No one expected that there was a bright incandescent light on the ceiling of this mysterious magic school.
Turning left along the corridor, they entered a round hall. Nancy's voice echoed in the room: "When new students enter the school, they will first be taken to the round hall for testing. This is our Ilvermorny sorting ceremony."
The round hall connects the upper and lower floors. The top floor is a circular terrace. The middle floor is evenly distributed with four wooden statues symbolizing each college. At the bottom is a round stone platform with a huge Gordian knot painted on it.
Nancy turned her head and looked at the two of them, blinking: "Do you want to try?"