The buildings in the imperial capital are very dense, so the lanes are very narrow, and the sun cannot shine here all year round, making it dark and humid.
The time now is 10:30 in the morning, and the sunshine is just right, but before it reaches the bottom, it is held up by the eaves.
"Where is this?" Catherine whispered absentmindedly.
Before she could recover, the confused voices of the others came from one side.
“When did the alleys in Provence become so narrow?”
"Provence? Provence in West France?"
"Yes, what else?"
"We are from Ludiham."
"Ludiham, where is that?"
"Germany."
"Germany!!?"
Listening to the busy conversations of the people around them, these people were surprised to find that these colleagues around them came from all over the world, not just one place.
And some are even thousands of miles away from themselves.
And according to them, they all entered the tavern locally and did not come from other places.
This surprised them greatly.
"Where is this place?" Catherine asked.
"Imperial Capital."
Albus, the leader, said.
"This is the laneway of the Imperial Capital of Britannia."
"The royal capital of Britannia."
Martha muttered slightly absentmindedly, and she obviously heard what Albus said.
She couldn't help but look at Russell.
“Then isn’t this place almost 10,000 kilometers away from our Bergen?”
Russell was silent, without words, but kept looking around with a kind of self-doubt in surprise.
The crowd walked through this narrow alley and soon came to a relatively empty area. However, it was not a street, but a small open space led by many alleys, surrounded by houses. , there is still a sense of closure.
The place is covered with stone bricks, but there is a square pool in the middle, about two meters long and wide. The pool is not deep, only a few dozen centimeters. The water is very clear, and you can clearly see the stones on the bottom of the pool. .
In the middle of the pool is a deep hole with a diameter of about ten centimeters. It is pitch black and has no end. It is actually a well, but there is no fence.
It is the main source of water for people around here.
"Jump down from here and you can reach the next place." Semele said to the people behind him.
Catherine thought she had heard wrong for a moment, and couldn't help but said, "Jump down?"
Semele looked at Albus. He had Dumbledore's magical knowledge in his mind, so he was obviously familiar with this kind of space magic.
Without any hesitation, he jumped directly into the pool under the horrified eyes of the people around him.
However, the expected scene of splashing water did not appear. Like a top diver, he submerged directly into the water without making any waves.
There was no trace of him in the crystal clear water, as if he had been swallowed by the pool.
Gayward also realized something, jumped in immediately, and disappeared into the water just like Albus just now.
Seeing this magical scene, everyone now realized that there seemed to be some kind of magic on the surface of the pool, leading to some magical place.
"You can throw your luggage in first," Semele reminded, "Don't worry, it won't get wet."
Catherine came back to her senses, and then motioned to Haron to throw all the luggage into the pool. Then she jumped in with the children she brought, and finally Haron.
Helen and her grandfather followed closely, followed by the rest of the family.
Gradually, it was soon the turn of the last Russell family.
Semele looked at Russell, "So, do you want to go in?"
Russell looked at Semmerer, and then at the pool. Dozens of people had entered this pool that was two meters wide and tens of centimeters deep, enough to fill the pool several times, but at the moment there was nothing in the pool.
These are the people Russell has watched jump in with his own eyes, again and again.
If these are fake, then this person's counterfeiting skills can be said to be at their peak. There is no need to deceive ordinary people like them. With this ability, if you can just find an emperor, you can be treated as a guest and enjoy countless Prosperity and wealth.
Before Russell could say anything, his child had broken away from him and jumped directly into the pool.
"Hey! Martin!" Martha shouted her child's name and jumped in.
Russell was heartbroken when he saw this, and jumped down after Martha.
When his face was about to submerge in the water, he subconsciously held his breath, but the expected feeling of being swallowed by the water did not come to him.
He felt like he had jumped into a void of nothingness, and in the brief darkness, he felt like he had stepped on solid ground.
This sudden transition from the feeling of weightlessness to the ground made him stagger a few steps and almost fall to the ground.
But after he came back to his senses, what was revealed in front of him was a completely unfamiliar world.
This is a train platform, all built with red bricks, and the vault design above is very cathedral-like.
But the most eye-catching thing is a dark red steam locomotive with a Victorian style parked next to the platform.
The sign hanging on the train said: Hogwarts, sixteen o'clock sharp.
The surrounding scenes, coupled with the method of entry, give the Russell family a sense of time travel.
There were no trains in this era, so in people's eyes, this was an elongated version of a super carriage.
They looked at the station with surprised faces, with different expressions on their faces, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, touching here and there and looking here and there.
The Russell family also saw the little goblins Martin mentioned, only as high as a person's knees and wearing green clothing, greeting people to get on the bus and helping them put their luggage in the correct location.
One of the goblins discovered their presence and came over.
"Sir, please come with us."
Russell responded, "Can we go up too?"
The little goblin nodded, "The guardian allows you to send your children to school. You can enjoy a dinner in the school or even stay for one night before leaving."
In principle, parents are actually not allowed to enter the school.
However, considering that this is the first class, and almost all of them are non-magical families, in order to reassure them, it is a good choice for them to also visit the school. This is Alicia's opinion.
The first few carriages were already full of people, and there were children playing in the corridor from time to time. The whole train was basically filled with teenage children, and they were chattering very noisily.
The Russell family had never seen such a large carriage that people could run on.
They randomly found an unoccupied private room and sat in. The seats and backrests were very comfortable. This was just a private room, which was larger than an ordinary carriage.
The carriage set off at four o'clock in the afternoon, and there were still many people who had not arrived, and it was not even eleven o'clock yet, so it took a long time to wait.
Fortunately, there are some elves on the train pushing carts, selling food, drinks, fruits and also providing book rental services.
And all currencies are universal. Fortunately, Russell and his wife have the habit of carrying cash, and the things sold on the train are not too expensive.
Little Martin was obviously a little restless and participated in the children's fight.
In the brief silence, Martha said silently, "I don't think any liar would go to such great lengths to deceive people."
Russell let out a deep breath and touched a book he had just rented on the train called "A History of Magic in Britain".
This book was copied by Char from the library of the Fairy Land. It mainly tells the history of magic in Britain more than a thousand years ago, and some Druid legends and stories.
"Magic?" he whispered.
Helen was also a little excited. She looked at the two young men sitting opposite them.
"Hello, my name is Helen, what are your names?"
Gayward said nothing, but Albus had a warm smile on his face.
"Albus Dumbledore is your classmate and assistant teacher at Hogwarts."
Helen thought for a moment and asked curiously, "What does teaching assistant mean?"
"Assistant teachers teach, and at the same time, they can also be responsible for teaching," Ibbs said.
Hearing this, Gaward seemed to have thought of something and looked at Albus.
"Responsible for teaching." Helen thought for a moment and opened her mouth, "In other words, you can do magic?"
"I don't have a wand in my hand now, but I can still use some simple magic." Ibbs said.
He looked at Hyde, who was sitting next to Helen, raised his hand to the glasses on his eyes that had been repaired countless times with tape and bandages, and recited a spell.
Under the wide-open eyes of Gayward and Helen, the bandages and tapes on their glasses fell off automatically, and the glasses that were damaged by the Syrian war returned to their original appearance in the blink of an eye.
This was when they saw magic in a real sense, and there was a bit of silence in the carriage for a while.
However, Gaward's eyes sparkled with sparks for a moment.
Reading time always flies by, and as time goes by, other students and parents get on the train one after another.
In fact, there were not many students in the first period, but there were more parents talking, and the train gradually became noisy.
There seemed to be too many people, and Martin, who had been having fun, returned to his box, but even so, he was still very curious about everything.
He looked around and even stuck his head out the window to look at the entire train.
For him, everything around him was new.
"Dad, how many horses would it take to pull such a big carriage?" Martin said.
Russell closed the book silently, frowned, and actually began to mentally calculate how many horses were needed.
But the next moment.
beep! !
The long blast of the whistle pulled him out of his thoughts, and the train gradually slid out of the station under the gush of steam.
Russell then stood up and looked at the front of the car through the window.
The locomotive spewed thick smoke, driving all the carriages behind it forward on the track without any horses at all.
The train soon left the station and entered a primeval forest.
The trees here are tall and dense, and many birds and animals are running around, looking at the train curiously.
The people on the train were also looking at them curiously.
"Grandpa, this carriage can move by itself without horses!"
In another private room, Helen shouted excitedly. She wanted to lean out the window to take a look, but was pulled in by her grandfather because it was too dangerous.
But compared to her, her grandfather was not much better. He was very reserved. As a farmer who had never been to the Alps a few times in his life, all these experiences impacted his worldview.
Suddenly, Helen seemed to see something and opened her eyes suddenly.
"Look, the car is going to crash into the sea!"
Hearing this, everyone in the box couldn't help but look into the distance through the window.
The people in the other boxes obviously saw it too.
At the end of the forest, at the end of the track, is an endless blue sea.
That track actually leads directly to the sea
But the speed of this train showed no sign of slowing down.
The air whistle blew, steam gushes, and a carload of children screamed in fear and excitement as the train crashed into the sea.
But at that moment, the train suddenly raised its head and flew toward the sky at an oblique angle!
(End of chapter)
