By the time Louis and Mr. Weasley returned to the tent, it was already noon, and Harry, Ron and Hermione had been waiting in front of the rising campfire for a long time.
"Louis, Greengrass and the others didn't make things difficult for you, did they?" Harry and the others stepped forward and asked with concern.
"Okay, Ron, Louis is fine. Let's get to know the situation before reporting next time." Arthur waved his hand and sat down in front of the fire. He was not afraid of the Greengrass family, but he and Osne Both of them are officials from the Ministry of Magic. They usually look down and don't look up at each other, so a tense relationship will only increase the embarrassment. Besides, they are generally quite friendly.
"But, Louis, you have to be careful about Osnet. No matter what, he used to support the mysterious Rao."
Louis nodded. Although he was Astoria's father, his current attitude towards Louis made him feel a little abnormal.
Fred and George came out with cleaned pots and a basin of water, and worked together to place the items on the fire.
It would take some time before the water was boiled, and Louis finally had a chance to look around the tent.
Wizards were constantly coming and going, and some even kept saying hello to Arthur.
"Who are they?"
That's Casper Michael, the leader of the Goblin Liaison Office, this is Gabriel Wilbur, he's a member of the Magic Experiment Committee, he's a horn, wait a minute, and there's Arms Boston, he's a magic accident The members of the repair team..." Arthur introduced them one by one, seemingly in a hurry.
Mr. Weasley is quite popular in the Ministry of Magic. His down-to-earth personality always brings blessings to most of the people in the Ministry. Of course, except those pure-blood wizards who consider themselves noble, such as Lucius Malfoy.
“Louis, guess who we met when we were fetching water before?”
On the other side, Ron, Harry, Louis, and Hermione were talking about something.
"The French," Harry said, "But really, they don't have to go to Hogwarts?"
"They also have their own school, Harry." Ron explained, "I heard from my father that there is also a very famous magic school in France called Bubbaton."
"That's called Beauxbatons, Ron. It's one of the three major wizarding schools in Europe, as famous as Hogwarts." Hermione corrected, her tone a little funny, "I think those French girls have stolen your heart. .”
Ron and Harry scratched their heads in embarrassment. It is conceivable that those Beauxbatons girls are attractive enough to attract most men of the same age.
"That Beauxbatons, is it a magic school in France? It turns out there are magic schools abroad." Harry quickly changed the subject, fearing that Hermione would dig deeper into this matter, which would only cause embarrassment.
"There are far more than that. There are about hundreds of magic schools in the world, and there are only eleven famous ones among them." Louis said, "Beauxbatons and Hogwarts are two of them, and there is also one in Northern Europe. of Durmstrang.”
"Louis is right, and the Beauxbatons we just mentioned is not a girls' school, but Beauxbatons' witches are very famous." Hermione added.
Well, she is indeed famous. I am afraid she should be famous for her beauty.
"Oh, now, hundreds of schools?" Just hearing about the more famous eleven schools was enough to shock Harry. There were hundreds of schools.
"Hogwarts used to have exchange student programs with other wizarding schools." Hermione wrote, "I read about it in "Hogwarts, a School History", but it was later discontinued for unknown reasons. If we don’t interact with each other often, we naturally don’t know anything about other magic schools.”
Her words revealed a bit of regret. Each wizarding school has its own country-specific style, such as the castle architecture of Hogwarts, the aristocratic education of Beauxbatons, and the unique Nordic national customs of Durmstrang. . If you can understand the cultural customs among wizard countries, it will be of great help to you.
"I think I heard it from Bill." Ron also became interested. "He used to have a pen pal in Brazil, and he wanted to travel to Brazil, but his parents couldn't afford to go to Brazil, so he wrote to him. He couldn’t go, and the man was so angry that he sent a cursed hat over and wrinkled Bill’s ears. This happened many years ago.”
Several people laughed, and Hermione laughed and said: "Yes, yes, there is also a magic school in Brazil. It is one of the famous magic schools in America."
Among the eleven magic schools, relatively speaking, the long history of those in the Americas is no longer so obvious, but their characteristic is that they combine the ancient and distinctive ancient magic of the Indians.
"Several other magic schools whose names are known include two in the Americas, four in Europe, and one each in Asia and Africa. Although the others are relatively famous, they are no longer known because they do not often appear in the eyes of the world or are self-isolated. I only know the name and the approximate location.”
Yes, wizards' communications do not seem to be as developed as those of Muggles, and wizards with inherent ideas have always adopted a conservative and hidden strategy. After being suppressed by Muggles for many years, there are many wizards who choose to protect themselves and hide from the world.
"I really want to go to those wizarding schools and see how they compare to Hogwarts." Harry murmured.
Louis sighed. If there were not major international events like the Quidditch World Cup every four years, the exchanges between wizards from various countries would not be so frequent. From this point of view, half a century ago Grindelwald was able to single-handedly bring chaos to the wizarding world in Europe and even the United States, and his influence is still popular all over the world. So there should be What a powerful personality and means.
"Hogwarts is naturally the best magic school, but the other ones are not bad either, especially the ones in Europe." Hermione had an extra book in her hand at some point, and she really just walked to it. Wherever you go, you can be a top student.
"Hidden somewhere in Northern Europe, Durmstrang is the school that most condones the existence of dark magic. Among them, they trained one of the most notorious Dark Lord Grindelwald, but this does not prevent them from becoming similar to Hogwarts. One of the magic schools alongside Beauxbatons."
"There is also Kodos Dorius who is in Russia and rides a big tree as a broom. There is a Ugandan magic school called Wagedu who casts spells without a wand, and there is a mysterious magic school called Magic Tokulo hidden on Ryukyu Island." Min's eloquent expression made the three boys have no choice but to give in.
"Hermione, you are really a living library." Ron couldn't help but smacked his mouth.
Harry was extremely shocked. Before now, he had always thought that Hogwarts was the only magic school in the world, but he was wrong. The magical world seemed to be bigger than he imagined.
