The third level of the Knight Bus has a very wide view.
Jon was propped against the head of the bed, and through the window beside him he could see the bus passing through a Muggle city.
This modified magic car is extremely fast, and the way it moves forward is very unique. Compared to rolling forward on four wheels, it is more like jumping forward, which also causes it to move forward faster. Unusual bumps.
The houses in front of the car jumped to the sides before the bus was about to hit them, and then returned to their original positions after the bus left, without attracting the attention of the Muggle pedestrians on the roadside. and the attention of the people in the house, who looked very expressive.
As Jon passed between these houses, on one recent occasion he could even hear the sound of two boys plotting to steal grapes from a neighbor's vine through a glass window.
This feeling was very novel, a bit like Jon watching Hagrid drive the Hogwarts carriage from the driving seat of the carriage before, but it was obviously different.
"The day after I came back, I went to see Professor Potter and planned to return the Invisibility Cloak to her, but she didn't accept it." Jon and Dumbledore told what happened when they returned the Invisibility Cloak, "she said Leave this thing to me for safekeeping for the time being, and if she needs it, she will get it back from me."
Dumbledore was also lying comfortably on the bed, and it seemed that taking Jon out this time was really just an ordinary trip.
"That thing is a past worth remembering for her, but it is extremely painful to remember it. It is a good thing for you to help her keep this invisibility cloak."
Jon quickly changed the topic to something else and turned to look at Dumbledore.
"Professor, even if we are going to travel and don't apparate directly to France, why do we still need to go through the official channels of the Ministry of Magic? Isn't there a risk of exposure?"
"There will only be risks if we leave the country privately." Dumbledore explained softly. "Of course, the Order of the Phoenix can establish an independent and safe temporary floo network, and there are also some door keys left across Europe. We must really If you want to avoid it, you can also use these methods.”
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"But the Ministry of Magic under the control of the Dark Lord has been strictly restricting the entry and exit management of British wizards for the past two years. The Floo Network management branch in Wales was also a new department established only two years ago. I am very I’d be interested to see if two mixed-race wizards with clear backgrounds and valid reasons for leaving the country want to leave the UK, what preparations they need to make.”
Jon could tell that Dumbledore was not lying. He really just wanted to know these things personally. But there must be a deeper reason why he wanted to know about the British wizards leaving the country. He didn't say it, and neither did Jon. ask.
However, his answer reminded Jon of another question that he had been wanting to know since he was first brought into the carriage, and he asked curiously.
"Then why do we still have to take Britain with us, Professor Dumbledore? I think the Dark Lord's rule over the British wizarding world cannot be accepted by every magical government, right? Why don't we directly Wouldn't it be safer to leave England and go to a country that can accept the new Hogwarts?"
Dumbledore shook his head calmly.
"It's not as simple as you think. The carriage we live in now is not only a mobile teaching place, it itself is actually the inheritance of the Hogwarts Castle that was not captured eight years ago. It has a very special significance to this land. This means that its wheels can only rotate on the ground in the UK forever, but it will never be able to touch the land outside the island of Great Britain."
When he said this, he seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes became a little deeper.
"Of course, nothing is absolute. No one can see clearly what our future direction will be..."
Just as Jon was thinking about what he said, the Knight Bus suddenly stopped.
The curly-haired wizard they had originally laid down in Devonshire was on his way to Scotland to send Mrs. Vieira to quarrel with her husband, and the roadside where they stopped was a deserted countryside. , and there was no sign of the wizard raising his staff to hail a car.
Just as Jon was about to sit up from the bed in confusion, a cold, icy, despairing and deadly atmosphere suddenly enveloped the entire bus!
Dumbledore, who was lying comfortably, could not help but frown slightly. He retracted his hand into the sleeve of his robe. When the hand was stretched out again, there was already an extra stick in his hand that looked ordinary. Awesome applewood wand.
The deathly silence became stronger and stronger, and Jon even subconsciously pulled the quilt to wrap around his body.
And just two seconds later, from the position of the spiral staircase, he saw a man covered in a gray cloak that seemed to have been soaked in water. He was extremely tall and exuded an aura that made people feel deep in his soul. Feeling a monster of despair.
Dementors.
The dark magic creature, a specialty of the British wizarding world, feeds on the passion in people's hearts to survive, leaving only boundless despair, and it is impossible to eliminate it except for the fear of the Patronus Curse.
Long before Azkaban became an exclusive prison for wizards, dementors already existed on that island. Because the British Ministry of Magic had no solution for these monsters, one of the ministers decided to find another way. To appease these emotion-sucking monsters.
Azkaban is used as a prison, and the dementors living on it are hired as jailers. Wizard prisoners who have made major mistakes will be imprisoned here and become a source of food for the dementors. , in order to appease these monsters and prevent them from going to the British mainland to cause chaos.
Although this measure has been used by the Ministry of Magic to this day, it has always been controversial during the implementation process. The key is that creatures like dementors are the purest evil. It is really against the wishes of the magical government for the Ministry of Magic to have anything to do with them. justice.
Of course, the current Voldemort government has no such worries. Under his control, the current Ministry of Magic has become the most deeply involved magical government with Dementors in history.
So much so that they are now allowed to come directly to the British mainland to search for escaped prisoners.
"We don't have the person you're looking for here."
When he saw the Dementors for the first time, Dumbledore emphasized in a calm tone.
But the Dementor didn't seem to want to listen to his words. It floated slowly and continued forward, and its cold and desperate aura became stronger and stronger, almost making Jon breathless.
At this moment, a silver thread flashed on the tip of Dumbledore's staff, and he spoke slowly in a non-threatening tone.
"I suggest you... it's best to leave now."
