In the Harry Potter Without Harry Potter

Chapter 209: The Tower Connecting the Sky and the Sea

Hogwarts ship sailed for a week in the Norwegian Sea.

At this time there is only a week or less before Christmas, and the temperature is significantly getting lower again.

In addition to fishing in recent days, the students have added a new nighttime leisure activity - sitting on the deck to watch the moon.

The closer to the North Pole, the bigger the moon becomes than what could be seen at normal latitudes.

And the stars were so bright that the whole sky looked like it had been washed with water, very picturesque.

Now everyone is familiar with Jon's new face as a bearded wizard, and the students who see him either call him Professor Johnson or Captain Johnson with a smile.

And on Thursday evening of this week, among the students who were looking for a place on the deck to watch the stars tonight, suddenly someone vaguely saw a structure like a pillar, standing on the surface of the sea, with its top hidden in the clouds, appearing directly in front of them!

It is a tower.

A tower that stood not on land, but directly in the sea!

The students had never seen such a towering structure, which was like a long pillar connecting the sky and the sea.

Someone hurriedly called out to Jon, and Jon's heart fluttered after seeing that tall tower.

It is indeed really too high.

This tower is obviously the objective of Jon and their current stop, Hogwarts sailing in the direction straight towards it.

Jon squinted his eyes and took out his wand as he looked around.

It is clear that a powerful Muggle-Repelling Charm has been placed on the tower, which is similar to Hogwarts Castle's disguise magic, in the eyes of those with magical powers, it will present itself, in the eyes of ordinary Muggles, it should be something different or simply does not exist.

After getting closer to the tower, the Hogwarts sailing speed became significantly slower.

The surrounding sea also showed a significant difference from the rest of the sea, from time to time there will be a thick and long body floating around the ship, causing the students to cry out in surprise.

That is a kind of sea serpent classified as an xxx level magical creature by the magical world, its body can reach more than 100 feet long, several times more massive than the basilisk, with a horse-like head, but its nature is very docile, never hurt people, but some muggle stories recorded them whimsically for their brutal behaviour.

Here there are clearly more magical creatures, further away, Jon can even faintly hear a long, soft song, which is a merpeople song.

After carefully observing all these phenomena with his eyes, Jon did not stay any longer and gathered all the students.

"This time Nick please stay on board to manage all the students, Fred and George you two also stay on board. Neville, Ron, Hermione, Lee, Luna you five follow me off the ship, pay attention not to forget what I have instructed you before, when speaking English try to be rusty on purpose, Ron you just speak normally, after all, you are pretending to be of Dutch descent, change your hair colour, red is too eye-catching."

These candidates and plans have been finalized previously.

Of course, these preparations can only be used if the owner of this tower is willing to receive them in a friendly manner, otherwise, they can only think of another way.

The sky is getting darker and darker, and at this moment Hogwarts has docked at the side of the tower.

On the deck, Jon and the co. can only see less than a meter sea area outside the ship, there is a small platform outside, and in front of the platform there is a rotten and ancient wooden door, on the top frame of the wooden door, there is a kerosene lamp swaying in the cold sea wind.

Jon glanced at the rest of them, did not say anything more, just nodded lightly, and then took the lead to the door of the high tower through the diving board built off the ship one by one.

After he arrived at the door, the kerosene lamp above his head suddenly stopped swaying, and Jon could clearly feel that there was a line of sight looking at himself from that kerosene lamp.

"I have forgotten how long it has been since I had received a human presence here." A soft, warm voice rang out from that kerosene lamp, "Greetings, guest, are you here to visit Sir Stoker?"

Although this lamp could speak, Jon did not show much surprise, there are many ways to make dead things conscious in the magical world, and the most popular ones are portraits, and there are countless kinds of furniture that will obey the owner's orders, so a welcoming lamp is not uncommon.

But the attitude shown by this lamp made Jon relax a little inside, the attitude of the created living thing towards visitors is still gentle, then it proves that the owner of this tower, Mr Stoker with the title Sir, should not be quite difficult to get along with.

"Yes, could you please inform him? I am the professor of Transfiguration of Durmstrang School - Jeremy Johnson, this time I took my students on a study trip and found this tower, so I thought of bringing my students to visit the owner of this place."

"Professor, and students!" Kerosene Light spoke in a high-pitched tone, "Cool! I think Sir Stoker would be happy to entertain you!"

Then it looked like it took a deep breath and suddenly shouted.

"Rabier! Open the door! Rabier!"

The voice was so loud that it remained loud even over the roaring sea and the tumbling waves.

Its shout was soon answered, and the wooden door in front of Jon was opened from the inside, and an elderly house elf looked at Jon with a wary face, and then looked up at the kerosene lamp.

Jon keenly noticed that a small dark shadow flickered from behind the doorway the moment the door was opened.

"This is the professor from the wizard school, he and his students are travelling and wanted to visit Sir Stoker when they came to the neighbourhood!"

The kerosene lamp said cheerfully.

The house elf named Rabier looked behind Jon at the Hogwarts, and on the deck, the students glanced their way curiously.

"My lord does not reject visits from strangers."

Rabier's voice was a little shrill, but his tone was fairly even.

"But he doesn't like noise, and there are so many of you, so we couldn't entertain them all."

A smile appeared on Jon's face, he hadn't thought about letting all the students enter the tower from the beginning, as he didn't know whether it would be safe or not.

"Ah, that's for sure, don't worry about it, we won't trouble your Sir, I'll just bring five of my best students to visit. After all, they are brought out to see the world, and if they can meet a reclusive wizard in the middle of the ocean then naturally they should gain some insight."

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