Chapter 162 Set Sail (2 in 1)

The direction of the sea ship sailing does not need Jon to control, it seems to have been set a long time ago with a targeted direction, the helmsman's position is now obviously just for show.

Jon did not stay on deck for long, he did not forget that there is still a group of students in the great hall waiting for news, they still have no idea what has happened.

He fumbled and pulled the reins of the Thestrals on the deck, and Beech, who had already circled the deck three times, jumped up and returned to the top of Jon's head, after which Jon opened a wooden door leading to a cabin in front of him.

There is no difference between the interior of the cabin and the previous wagon compartments, the location where Jon entered the door is the previous entrance and exit of the driver's seat, after entering it is still a long straight corridor.

He brought Thestrals to the room where they were originally kept, where there is grass and grove, enough for them to get plenty of rest after work, and now that the wagon has turned into a wooden ship, they naturally do not need to work anymore, and they can spend a comfortable holiday in this next period.

After leading Thestrals to settle down, he returned to the great hall.

There are still first to fifth graders left here, about fifty or sixty in total, and most of them were leaning by the window when Jon came in, apparently, the changes outside had caught their attention long ago.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the attention of everyone in the great hall turned to him, and a number of students couldn't wait to ask him about the current situation.

"Are we out of danger?" The first one to speak first was Colin, a student who was rescued from the castle by Jon at the beginning of the new year and had just been advanced to the second year after the academic year started.

His question was also what many people wanted to know, and everyone looked at him with bated breath.

Jon did not answer immediately, but pulled out a chair and sat down, while he also gestured to all the students in the great hall to sit down first.

Next, he had to explain everything clearly, although even he, up to now, still felt that the events of today were so sudden.

"I will now explain our current situation, in between please be patient and listen first, after that if there are any more questions, I will answer them one by one."

At this moment, the reputation that Jon had accumulated from the feat he had done at the beginning of the year played a crucial role.

Before, he was a leading figure among the students of the same grade, but there must be some people in the whole school, especially the senior students, who didn't even know his name, let alone have any faith in him.

But now it's a very different story, these students who stayed on board, even the fifth grade have an obvious conviction in favour of Jon.

"I'll answer Colin's question first."

The students were looking at Jon quietly, and Jon was looking at these students seriously.

"From the current situation, it seems that we are temporarily no longer in danger, but at the same time we also have to face another biggest problem - from today onwards, this wagon, or rather this ship will no longer have a professor to protect us, next all we can only rely on ourselves. "

His words caused a commotion among the students, not many of them even focused on the transition between the wagon and the ship, and one first-year girl asked in a voice with a crying tone.

"'Is, does the professor don't need us anymore?"

Jon did not chide her for interrupting him, but said in a reassuring voice, with great seriousness.

"It's not that the professors don't want us anymore, it's that the current situation in Britain is terrible. Professor Dumbledore with the rest of the professors is about to engage in a war with those bad guys in the Ministry of Magic, in which none of them is sure to even guarantee their own survival, not to mention having the spare energy to keep us safe, so the professor found a way to get us to a safe place."

He turned his gaze back to all of them.

"Now all we can do is take care of ourselves and not hold the professors and others back."

Finally, at this point, someone started asking questions about where they are now, and the person who stood up and asked the question excitedly was George.

"So where are we now? It looks like a sea out there to me?"

Jon said with a nod.

"That's right, we are now at sea, nothing has changed inside the wagon, but in fact, the wagon has turned into a big ship, and because of this we have escaped the pursuit of the Ministry of Magic."

This news immediately caught the attention of most people and distracted many from the sense of panic of having just separated from the adults, which could not be suppressed.

"Can we go out and take a look?" Fred asked excitedly.

The Weasley twins were usually the two most active in the wagon, and they always managed to pull off some sort of farce for everyone's amusement, but they were also the two most cooped up, and usually complained of boredom in the common room.

Jon naturally had nothing to deny.

"Sure, but even on the deck you guys have to be careful, I don't know if there's any protective magic around the guardrails to prevent people from falling into the sea."

With his consent, George and Fred were the first to get restless, and the two were the first to rush out of the great hall.

The other students, after seeing the two of them dash out, couldn't stay in the great hall any longer, and together they started to run out as well, even Gabrielle waved a quick goodbye to Jon and drifted past him.

The first-year freshmen lag behind at the end, they had just come to the wagon not long ago, life here is not yet out of the novelty stage, so for the matter of transforming into a ship to go to sea, there are not as much impressed as the senior students.

Jon followed the last of these students, Neville and Hermione also walked side by side with him, along the corridor heading towards the outside of the wagon or ship?

Neville still has a sense of unreality even now.

"So. Are we really alone?"

Hermione looked at the closed doors of the professors' offices, showing a lot better state of mind than Neville, after all, even the current situation compared to the environment she was in before, she did not know how much it is better.

"The youngest among us is also about 11 years old, it's not like we can't take care of ourselves, it's just how we're going to be able to learn magic after this?"

Jon was obviously thinking about this too.

"We'll have to figure that out later."

When they walked out of the cabin, the students had already arrived on deck, the wet salty sea breeze blew up the hem of each young wizard's robe, and the cold night wind could not diminish their enthusiasm about sailing at the moment.

Even the first-year students, who were at first disinterested, began to show their smiling faces, lying at the fence and watching the big fish leap up from time to time in the waves.

George and Fred were extremely giddy, somehow they found an iron hook glove and one-eye patch, and got dressed up as pirates, with one foot on a chair looking up at the sails of the wooden ship in front of them, muttering about the lack of a talking parrot.

Jon at this time did not have too much of such a mood, not that he lacked enthusiasm for the sea, but he is very clear that there were many problems need him to solve in the upcoming voyage.

For example, they have yet to figure out which sea they are in, and in what region their ship is sailing.

Again, for example, don't look at how enthusiastic the students are about sailing at this time, it is not clear how many of them will be seasick, and there is no Lily on board to give them the potion, which requires them to think of their own way.

There are also fresh water and food in the storeroom, which also needs to be counted, to figure out how long the reserves will allow the 50 or so of them to last on the sea.

There are also those magical plants and herbs in the greenhouse to take care of, and some magical creatures kept in specific rooms can not be left unattended, there is also a need to find a way to get in touch with Dumbledore and them, but this will need to wait for the news from Fawkes.

In general, although they are now temporarily free of danger, there are still many things that need to be resolved, and before that Jon must also do one more thing first.

He gathered all the students on deck together, and there was a kerosene lamp on the mast that swayed gently under the sea breeze, illuminating this side of the deck.

"Everyone, for the time being, none of us knows the end of this voyage yet, or how long it will take. But whatever the future holds, now we must determine who will lead us from here on now among us."

Jon's voice was not drowned out in the waves, and all the students present heard his words.

"Professor Dumbledore, before he left this wagon, entrusted me with the task of leading all of us. However, now that the voyage has just begun, I still want to make sure that none of you has any questions or problems with me being in charge of this voyage next?"

The younger kids certainly won't have any issues, and the fourth and fifth graders who are older than Jon and have lived on the wagon for so many years in upheaval, these kids who know a lot earlier about the world than their peers are well aware that taking over the helm of Hogwarts in this situation is not a pleasant task.

And what Jon did in his second year is proof enough that he can lead them, not to mention that he still has Dumbledore's approval.

No one raised any questions, George and Fred even smiled together and put a pirate captain's hat on Jon's head.

"We will absolutely follow your command! Great Captain Green!"

With the Weasley twins around, there was never any need to worry about how depressing the atmosphere would be.

The students all shared a smile on their faces and shouted together with open mouths together.

"That's right, Captain Green!"

Jon's face also showed a smile, he did not reject the hat George and Fred put on his head and the eyepatch on his face, and asked in a loud voice.

"Does anyone have any better suggestions for the name of this ship of ours?"

"Our name will always remain the same, Captain!" A student responded loudly.

Their eyes looked together at the ancient yellowing school crest on the long sail.

Yes, whether it was once in the castle, the wagon, or now this ship, the name never changed.

[Hogwarts]

This is something that no one can change or hide.

The wind blew all over the long sails, under a brilliant starry sky, Jon looked at the endless sea and whispered.

"Then, let's set sail!"

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"We have thoroughly searched through all the Wormtail's memories." Lupin said.

On the cliff full of tombstones, the Order of the Phoenix wizards are currently resting here, and taking this time Lupin, Lily and Sirius, the three of them are reporting to Dumbledore the clues they got from Wormtail.

"After the Dark Lord took control of the entire British magic community, that is, seven years ago, he sent his most trusted men to France. They used various methods to imprison Adele Roland, Eric Amalric and others, who were not that famous at that time, and then used their identities to start operating in the French Ministry of Magic, Wormtail was also among these people."

"Through the various help provided to them by the Dark Lord in the shadows from Britain, coupled with ample financial support, and their personal resourcefulness. In those seven years, they quickly reached the position they had originally planned. At this time they had gained enough power, that is, after Rodolphus Lestrange, disguised as Amalric, became the French Minister of Magic more than a year ago, they began to coerce the pureblood wizards in France."

"There were also several times during this period when the dark lord himself personally stepped in, and the fact that his attention was never focused on us before was most likely because he wanted to reel in these people in France."

"Among these pureblood wizards, there were also characters who would rather die than give in, so they were all left alone to settle in private, and then the Death Eaters were assigned to replace their identities, while others who chose to submit, Wormtail and the rest were very cautious to temporarily block this memory with a memory charm, waiting until the need arises to lift the spell, in case someone goes against the dark lord's wishes. "

Dumbledore's face was calm as he listened to Lupin's narrative, and it was here that he opened his mouth and asked.

"Those key positions in the French Ministry of Magic, are all controlled and held by the dark lord's own people?"

Lupin nodded and said.

"Bellatrix Lestrange posed as Adele Roland, and her husband Rodolphus Lestrange was her explicit political opponent Eric Amalric, along with his brother Rabastan Lestrange who became head of the Auror's office, and Igor Karkaroff, who assumed the name of Ivan Galas at the beginning of this year became the Headmaster of Beauxbatons."

Voldemort's infiltration of the French magical community has been almost comprehensive, with the chief chancellor, the minister of magic, the head of the Auror's office, and the Headmaster of the school of magic, controlling almost all aspects of law, politics, the military, and education.

Only now he began to close the net, which means that the current situation is completely irreversible, the whole of France will fall into his hands.

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