Chapter 618: Apparition Target, Trip to Godric's Hollow (1/2)

Chapter 618 The target of Apparition, the trip to Godric's Hollow

Aaron, also known as 'Gandalf', was shocked by Ron's attitude, especially since Harry beside him seemed to agree with him, which made him even more confused.

However, he had no idea that Harry and the other two had been making do with their three meals a day these days, and they just heated up the food they brought and put it into their mouths. It tasted tasteless except that they were not starving to death.

In comparison, the pies, pizzas, and milk provided by Gandalf had raised the quality of their food by several levels.

Hermione was also slightly relieved, as these things should be able to shut up these two guys.

But when it came to the formal meal, she found that she had underestimated the temptation of delicious food.

The fragrance in the air made her appetite grow, and the girl's modesty prevented her from eating too much, but she ate at a fast pace.

And Harry and Ron chewed their food slower and slower, as if they were chewing on steamed buns, while Hermione and Gandalf next to them were eating a full banquet, and they had no appetite at all.

"Is it okay?" Gandalf asked Hermione lovingly as she finished her breakfast.

"Yeah!" Hermione nodded hurriedly, "It feels better than the food in a five-star hotel."

"How can they compare to me." Gandalf was not modest at all, and then looked at Harry and Ron, whose faces were twitching, "Have you finished eating?"

"We have finished eating." The two said in unison.

"Then let's get ready to go."

Ten minutes later, Gandalf folded up the tent and put it in his backpack.

Harry and the other two waited for him to finish packing. After eating and drinking, they felt much more relaxed.

"Okay, let's go!" Gandalf said as he walked out of the woods. "There are arrest teams everywhere now, so it's best not to stay in one place for too long."

"Wait a minute." Ron asked in confusion, "Shouldn't we Apparate?"

"Good idea, but it's best not to do that unless it's necessary." Gandalf looked at him with a smile, "Have you really mastered Apparate?"

"Almost." Ron said proudly, "The three of us have basically mastered it."

"To be precise, Harry and I have mastered it, and you are still a little bit away." Hermione said speechlessly, "But a little mistake can also cause separation."

"Can you stop saying discouraging things?" Ron rolled his eyes at Hermione, thinking that she was just ruining his plan.

"Split is just one of the visible risks." 'Gandalf' said slowly, "Apparition is the most convenient magic, but the farther the distance, the greater the consumption and the greater the risk."

"The consumption is nothing, as for the risk... Godric's Hollow is only 200 kilometers away from here." Harry said, the three of them are adult wizards, and Apparition over 200 kilometers is still possible.

"I told you that's just one of the risks." 'Gandalf' emphasized, "It's unwise to Apparate directly."

"Harry Potter, you are now the most wanted criminal of the Ministry of Magic. The reward of 10,000 Galleons is enough for an ordinary wizard family to live comfortably for several years.

Money can make people happy. In the eyes of quite a few wizards, you are a walking gold Galleon. You can also use this opportunity to sell the mysterious man a favor."

"In addition, the key to Apparate is goal, determination, and calmness.

I believe you have determination and calmness, but what about the goal?

I haven't been to Godric's Hollow, and you probably haven't been either!"

This caught the three of them off guard. Indeed, they only knew a place name now, but they didn't know anything about Godric's Hollow.

And Apparate requires focusing on the target, then making up your mind to occupy the space imagined in your mind, and finally moving calmly.

Apparating to a place you've never been to just by the place name is not risky, it's pure suicide, even Dumbledore wouldn't dare to do that.

'Gandalf' noticed the change in the expressions of the three people and continued: "More importantly, Godric's Hollow is not as safe as you think."

"What does that mean?" Harry asked nervously.

"The places you can think of may not be beyond the reach of the You-Know-Who.

Maybe I'm overthinking it, but I can't rule out the possibility that the You-Know-Who has set up an ambush there."

"Harry." Hermione took a deep breath, "It's possible, and the possibility is not small."

"Then are we still going?" Ron swallowed, "I can't imagine that we'll be surrounded by a group of Death Eaters as soon as we Apparated there."

"We have to go there." Harry said firmly.

"Then prepare well!" Gandalf reminded, "Before you Apparate, read the book to learn about Godric's Hollow and find the target.

Prepare some Polyjuice Potion if possible, and you'd better change your face, which is safer.

If you don't have Polyjuice Potion, prepare the invisibility cloak."

"But there are three of us." Ron frowned slightly, "The invisibility cloak can only cover two people at most."

"Miss Granger, just follow me. As long as the You-Know-Who is not here in person, ordinary Death Eaters will not find my Disillusionment Charm."

"Then should we also..."

"No." 'Gandalf' broke Ron's fantasy neatly, "It's not very friendly to an old man like me to cover the consumption of three people. You and Harry can squeeze the Invisibility Cloak."

Ron:......

......

A goblin named Gornuk was killed. It is said that Dean Thomas, a Muggle-born, and a goblin also fled with Tonks, Cresswell and Gornuk.

These two may have escaped the pursuit. If Dean hears the broadcast or anyone knows his whereabouts, please contact his parents and sisters.

Someone found a Muggle family of five dead at home...

For a period of time, the four people kept moving their camps while listening to the radio. As usual, there was no good news. Every day, someone died, someone was arrested, and someone was escaping.

"Tonks and Dean escaped successfully, right!" Harry pondered.

"At least for now." 'Gandalf' took a puff of cigarette, "Since you listen to the radio, you must be mentally prepared. There will be no good news for a long time."

"I just don't want to hear bad news." Ron looked complicated, "Hermione, can you contact Aaron and ask him to take care of my sister?"

"I don't need to tell him that he will take care of Ginny and the others." Hermione was very sure of this, "As long as they don't violate the school rules, Snape can't do anything to them."

"That's hard to say!" 'Gandalf' shook his head slightly, "As far as I know, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood have all participated in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.

Just from this point, it can be seen that they are not law-abiding people, and it is only a matter of time before they get into trouble."

"Don't be so comforting." Ron muttered resentfully.

"It's okay to get into trouble, but only if you don't get caught." 'Gandalf' continued, then changed the subject, "But you can trust Aaron, he won't let them be punished too harshly.

By the way, how are you preparing?"

"Almost, Apparition will definitely work."

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"I'm not asking about Apparition." 'Gandalf' looked at Harry meaningfully, "Godric's Hollow is a village where wizards and Muggles live together. It's not big, but it's not small either.

There are at least hundreds of people there. You don't plan to ask them one by one where Dumbledore hid the sword of Gryffindor?"

"Uh... that's not the case." Harry said angrily, "I have locked on several targets these days. One is Dumbledore's home, one is the house where I survived, and the other is my parents' grave."

"And Bathilda Bagshot." Hermione reminded.

"Who?"

"The author of this book." Hermione took out a copy of "A History of Magic" and pointed to the author's name embossed on the cover.

"She has been living in Godric's Hollow. She is also the person Dumbledore is most familiar with. Maybe he entrusted the sword to her."

"Then add Bathilda Bagshot." Harry said insincerely. The author of "History of Magic" is very old. Dumbledore should not give the sword to such an old lady for safekeeping.

Moreover, Rita Skeeter revealed that a considerable part of the raw materials of Dumbledore's manuscripts were provided by Bathilda Bagshot. Although there are rumors that she drank the truth serum and had to tell the truth, this will also affect his opinion of her.

......

As night fell, Harry and Ron disappeared on the spot wearing invisibility cloaks.

"As I said before, don't act rashly after you arrive." 'Gandalf' patiently warned, "The place for Apparition is the small square in the center of the village. Don't find the wrong place."

"Got it."

Harry's voice came in the air, followed by a bang, and they Apparated first.

"Are you ready?" Gandalf looked at Hermione and asked.

"Ready."

Gandalf nodded slightly, raised his staff towards Hermione, and cast a disillusionment spell on her.

Then he raised his arm, "Appear, follower, you know what to do."

"Actually I can do it myself." Hermione said helplessly. In fact, she also found that she was taken care of too much by Gandalf these days.

"Of course you can, but it's safer to follow me."

"Okay!"

Hermione grabbed Gandalf's arm, and the next moment she was swept into the suffocating darkness.

When they opened their eyes again, they arrived at the square in the center of Godric's Hollow covered with snow.

There was a war memorial-like building in the center of the square, surrounded by several shops, a post office, a bar, and a small church.

"Sir." Harry whispered under the invisibility cloak, "Ron and I are right next to you."

"Don't move too quickly." Hermione whispered, "It's snowing here, we have to be careful to eliminate footprints."

"Don't bother!" Ron didn't care, "There's not many people around, we came here specifically in the second half of the night."

"Sir, what do you think?"

"Wait a minute." 'Gandalf' tapped the wand in his hand, and the detection magic was activated instantly, and the three-dimensional model of the entire Godric's Hollow appeared in his mind.

A village with clearly distributed buildings, and hundreds of residents were almost sleeping at home.

"It's a bit strange, in my perception, there seems to be no Death Eaters here."

"Maybe we came at the right time." Ron said, "Can you take off the invisibility cloak? It's uncomfortable to squeeze."

"Yes, but don't be too far away from each other, so that you can retreat in time in case of an emergency."

Ron immediately took off the invisibility cloak and stuffed it into Harry's hand.

Hermione also removed the Disillusionment Charm from her body, but when she saw Gandalf sighing, her heart skipped a beat for some reason, and she immediately explained: "Aaron gave me a chance to make a mistake, and it might be safer for me to expose myself."

Aaron:......

Indeed, it is easy to be injured by mistake if you are invisible.

But Hermione Granger is here, and even if the Death Eaters find her, they cannot use force due to the contract.

"So where do we start looking?" Ron asked.

"There." Harry pointed to the back of the church, where rows of tombstones stood, and he was sure that his parents were among them.

The other three looked at each other and did not raise any objections.

After all, James and Lily's graves were here, and Harry probably came to pay homage to them for the first time in his life.

Gently pushing open a narrow door at the entrance, the four of them carefully got in, and then tacitly separated to look at the inscriptions on the tombstones.

"Could this Abbot be a relative of Hannah?" Ron said.

"It could also be an ancestor." 'Gandalf' said, "Godric's Hollow is the birthplace of Gryffindor, and many wizard families have ancestors from here."

Hermione stopped in front of a tombstone, wiped off the snow on it, and said with some surprise: "This is the mark in the story collection."

"It seems so." Harry walked over and looked at the pattern on it. Although it was severely weathered, a triangular pattern, a broken circle and a thin line in the center could be vaguely recognized.

"Does Dumbledore want us to dig up this grave?" Ron said, touching his chin.

"That's impossible." 'Gandalf' rolled his eyes and said, "Dumbledore still has some dignity. He wouldn't hide anything in someone else's grave."

"Maybe there are other clues." Hermione looked at the inscription on the tombstone, "Ig... It should be Ignotus Peverell."

"Judging from the degree of weathering on the tombstone, this person must have lived for at least several hundred years." 'Gandalf' said lightly, "Remember this name, and check it slowly later!"

"Okay, let's go find my parents' tombstone first!" Harry said, and then turned to the next row of tombstones.

Not long after, he stopped in front of a tombstone, staring at the inscription on it in a daze, crying silently.

James Potter

Born on March 27, 1960

Died on October 31, 1981

Lily Potter

Born on January 30, 1960

Died on October 31, 1981

"What a pity." 'Gandalf' sighed, then opened the wine flask at his waist and poured the wine on the ground, "Human life is always too fragile."

"Here is another sentence." Ron pointed to the bottom of the tombstone and said, "The last enemy to be eliminated is death."