172 Chapter 171 The Purpose of Going to Sea

Jon never expected to meet the ghost of Hogwarts here, he looked at Nick with some surprise in his eyes, while Neville hesitantly asked a question at this time.

"But. Nick, I remember that ghosts shouldn't be able to go just anywhere, right? My father told me that ghosts are formed because wizards have a strong attachment to the world of the living when they die, and even if they stay in the world of the living as a ghost, they can only live and walk in places where they left traces of themselves before they died, so why can you freely go out?"

Nick looked very impressed with the knowledge that Neville had shown, it's just that there was some obvious sadness on his face when he answered the question.

"For the vast majority of ghosts, it is indeed the case, like this ghost ship of Drake and the guys, they are confined to this sea for most of their lives. But the ghosts chosen by Hogwarts, especially the resident ghosts are different."

Captain Jack looked like he would jump in exasperation at Nick's remark, but it did not affect him in any way from continuing.

"For the ghosts of Hogwarts, no matter what we were like before, the castle with its powerful magic is our ultimate home. It represents its recognition of us and our willingness to let go of the rest of our past and stay only in the trace left at Hogwarts Castle."

"But that castle has changed since then." Nick's voice was kind of sad, "the sorting hat became an ordinary ragged hat, Peeves disappeared from the world completely, and the portraits of the castle became normal objects. We became a group of lost ghosts, but as a result, we also became completely independent ghosts."

"Everyone was disappointed and sad, Baron took other ghosts who were willing to follow him and left, saying that he was going to find a way to redeem Hogwarts; Gray Lady went to a forest alone, she kept repeating that she had done something wrong again, and we all felt that she had become a bit mentally unstable; Fat Friar and I didn't know where to go, so we wandered around Europe together, and in between Befriended a lot of other ghosts, as well as experienced a lot of interesting things. Then, when Dumbledore found us, he asked us to help him to do something, so I parted with Fat Friar and came to this ship."

Jon and the others heard the sadness in Nick's tone of voice.

For these ghosts, Hogwarts castle has more significance than anyone else, as he said before, after leaving the castle, they are now a group of lonely ghosts.

But Nick obviously also knows that now is not the time to vent his emotions, and soon, his voice became lighter.

"Aha, Hogwarts must have more than three of you as students now, right? Quickly call the others out, today is Halloween, a holiday belonging to the ghosts, with Drake and the guys in, we can celebrate together! Don't worry, don't look at Drake being fierce and vicious, but they were good pirates when they were alive, just not very brainy in most cases."

Captain Jack obviously heard Nick's later "insults", he looked at Nick with a furious face and pounced at him and tried to pull his head from the neck as if to demonstrate who the brainless one really is.

The parrot that had jumped on Captain Jack's head was also screaming.

"How dare you insult Captain Jack! Captain Jack is going to show everyone who really has no brains!"

Gabrielle happily floated around the two ghosts who were fighting, it is the first time she saw her "own kind", and they are such a group of interesting ghosts.

Jon and the group looked at each other and smiled at this, and then George went to the cabin to call out the students who were hiding inside to carry out the Halloween dinner that was just interrupted in the middle.

These pirate ghosts, as Nick said, they do seem to be a group of good and chill ghosts, although their brains do seem to be missing a lot of cells.

It is the first time that many students at Hogwarts have seen such a large number of ghosts, not to mention that the Hogwarts beneath their feet has overlapped with another ghost ship.

Those seamen who followed Captain Jack took all kinds of musical instruments from their ghost ship.

They didn't need to eat food, the food of the living did not tempt them at all, they stood on the edge of the deck and played music on the accordion.

The ghosts' appreciation of music, even if their artistic tastes might deviate from the norm, but these seaman ghosts at sea were the obvious exception, playing the sea songs from when they were alive as pirates.

The students were able to resonate with them through the music, which made this dinner more and more lively.

The feast lasted until midnight, when the students, who were already tired of playing, began to return to their rooms to get some rest.

After sending Nick to Hogwarts, Captain Jack also took his men to sail their ship away.

Nick bid a final farewell to them.

"Less to dream of gold and silver, Drake, and also less thought to rob and scare those Muggles, the Ministry of Magic has a ghost office, they will certainly come to you after discovering the issue."

"Captain Jack will not talk to cowards!" The parrot screamed.

Then Captain Jack took their ghosts and left without a backward glance.

The ghost ship and Hogwarts began to separate, heading off on a different voyage.

Nick looked at the ship from afar, stretched out his hand towards it and waved, it is unknown whether Captain Jack had thought of showing force to deter, or in response to Nick's farewell, the ghost ship's cannon barrels burst with a "boom", and then the transparent shells exploded in the sky.

The white fog that originally surrounded Hogwarts began to dissipate, but even at this late hour, Jon still didn't feel half asleep.

He turned his head to look at Nick, and took a deep breath, intending to just wait for the banquet to end and then ask him some questions all out.

However, before he could say anything, Nicholas spoke first.

"You should be the one Dumbledore assigned to lead these children, right?" He looked at Jon with some surprise on his face, "But to be honest, you don't look the oldest one among these kids at all."

Jon shrugged.

"Age isn't a criterion for selection for the most part, is it?"

"True, Dumbledore never considered the age when looking for candidates." Nick's tone became solemn. "In that case, Dumbledore should also have talked to you, about our core purpose of this voyage, right?"

Jon's face became incredibly calm, he certainly had not forgotten what Dumbledore had said to him before he left.

"To. To find the answer to why the Dark Lord has become what he is!"

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[Author;]

Speaking of sea songs, I've been listening to a 19th-century sea ballad from New Zealand called "Wellerman" while framing the contents for this volume

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