Chapter 197 Brother, do you want to get a card?
After the emergence of the "Secrecy Act", the complete decoupling of wizards and Muggles once brought many problems to the wizarding world.
The most typical is the travel problem.
Apparition is of course very convenient, but this magic is not so easy to learn, and many wizards can't get a certificate... just like Muggles can't get a driver's license.
The use of Floo powder requires a fireplace, but not all places have fireplaces, and not all fireplaces are connected to the Floo network...Hogwarts is not connected, and outsiders cannot use Floo powder to enter the campus.
Therefore, a means of transportation that can carry wizards to any place anytime and anywhere is urgently needed to be developed.
The Ministry of Magic has also produced many vehicles, such as taxi-style broomsticks, flying carpets in the Middle East, or hanging baskets under thestrals...
All kinds of tricks emerged one after another. It wasn't until the nineteenth century that the Minister of Magic, Dugd McPhail, imitated the Muggle "bus" and launched the wizard version of the Knight's bus...then this problem was solved.
Wait for the Knight Bus anywhere as long as the wizard holds his wand up in the air!
Of course, many wizards do not admit this, especially those pure-blood families. It is more uncomfortable for them to admit that they imitate Muggles than to kill them.
Therefore, Muggle buses must be stealing from wizards... It can only be said that wizards steal first, and then they will be punished!
At the gate of Hogwarts school, Rove and Shirley stood there, boredly waiting for the bus.
At this time, Hagrid appeared on the road leading to Hogsmeade. He came drunk, accompanied by a tall man who was also drunk.
Hagrid saw Rove and Shirley from a distance, he waved his hand and said loudly:
"You two little guys, why are you here?"
"We're waiting for the bus to go to Diagon Alley." Rove also waved, "Hagrid, why are you drinking so much?"
"I drank it at the Pig's Head in the morning." Hagrid scratched his hair a little embarrassedly and said, "I met an old friend, so I drank more."
Both Rove and Shirley looked at the tall man. Hagrid patted the man on the shoulder and introduced enthusiastically:
"His name is Robbie Coltrane, a good friend of mine from school..."
"Hello." Robbie also greeted slightly drunk.
"Let's go to my house and have a drink." Hagrid put his arm around Robbie's shoulder and said, "You two little guys... I'll go first."
Rove and Shirley looked at the backs of Hagrid and Robbie in the distance, and waved their hands:
"Hagrid, goodbye!"
In the distance, there was a deafening roar.
A bright purple three-decker bus was approaching from a distance, and as it made its way through the Forbidden Forest, the trees jumped to either side.
The car stopped abruptly at the school gate. A skinny guy in a purple uniform with protruding ears and acne all over his face opened the door, jumped down and said:
"Knight Bus is here to serve you wholeheartedly. I am Stan Sampak, the bus conductor for this bus. I can take passengers wherever they want...of course, not including the bottom of the sea."
Neither Rove nor Shirley spoke, but looked at the car in surprise.
"What's the matter?" Sampak asked, "Isn't it the bus you called?"
"I called, but..." Rove turned his head and asked with a strange expression, "Is your car safe?"
"That's what you said, of course it's safe!" Sampass patted his chest and swore: "We haven't had a traffic accident for a week."
"..."
"There is a big puddle of blood in front of the car. It hasn't solidified yet. It looks like it just hit it." Rove reminded.
Sampak let out an "ah" in surprise, and hurried forward to check, seeing him howl and saying, "Ern, did you bump into something just now?"
The driver, Ern Pullan, was an elderly wizard with thick glasses. He poked his head out of the car window and said sleepily:
"It seems to be a centaur, all black, shouting that we are not allowed to go through the Forbidden Forest, that is the territory of the centaur... I didn't see the details, I was too sleepy at the time, so I accidentally bumped into him."
"..."
Rove raised his eyebrows. Hearing the description, why does he look so much like Bane? He wouldn't have had a car accident in the Forbidden Forest, would he? !
"Forget it, don't worry about it, it's just a centaur." Sampak muttered, "Where are you two going?"
"Diagon Alley." Rove took out his pocket and asked, "How much?"
Sampak stared at the two, but the faces of both the boy and the girl were hidden in the scarves, making it impossible to see their faces clearly. He smiled and said:
"Seven Sickles for one Galleon, if you pay one more Sickle, you can get milk and bread, if you pay two more Sickles, you can get cheese and fried eggs... If you apply for a card..."
"It can be much cheaper, right?" Rove smiled.
"Yes, yes, your ticket can be discounted every time." Sampak stared at the boy's wallet, and quickly replied: "As long as you recharge..."
"Then I won't apply for a card, let you earn more, you are also working hard, so I can't take advantage of you." Rove took out the fare money, threw it to Sampak, took Shirley, and walked quickly into the car.
Sampak was in a mess in the wind, he had prepared a lot of rhetoric, and he hadn't said it yet... He didn't play his cards according to the routine!
On the car, there were all kinds of chairs, and there were scattered wizards. Because of the sudden stop, they got up from the ground muttering.
Someone's luggage slid across the carriage, and frog eggs, cockroaches, and custard were scattered all over the floor.
Another wizard was eating breakfast, and milk was poured all over him.
Rove took Shirley to the third floor of the car. There was no one there, and the two of them sat down by the window.
Rove took out two seeds from his pocket, and handed one of them to Shirley.
The girl with ponytails took the seed strangely. She was about to ask, but the seed sprouted suddenly. Under Rove's control, the vines entangled the girl like tentacles.
"..."
Xue Li was taken aback for a moment, she raised her small fist blushing, waved it and said, "What do you want?"
"Seat belt." The seed in Rove's hand also began to germinate, wrapping the boy on the chair, and he explained:
"When this car is driven, it will be like a roller coaster. The chairs are not fixed, and it will run around."
"If you don't fix the chair and your body, you will fall... I have been in this car before, and I am very experienced."
"Okay." Shirley said obediently, and let the boy control the vine without any resistance, wrapping her up.
Rove took out two herbs from the box, and he picked up one and put it in his mouth.
This time, the boy didn't need to explain, Shirley picked up the herbs and put them into her mouth to chew carefully.
Shirley is better than Hermione in this way, she is not stubborn or stubborn, and she is always obedient.
The girl asked vaguely, "What's the use of this?"
"Liquorice." Rove smiled and said, "It can prevent motion sickness and retching... Anyway, enjoy this roller coaster ride."
Before the boy's words fell, the whole car suddenly shook violently, and then it seemed to be blown by a strong wind, and it moved forward swiftly, away from Hogwarts in an instant.
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(Globy Coltrane, who played Hagrid, passed away today, and went to the Mirage to accompany Professor Snape...a moment of silence.
Thanks to Mr. Robbie Coltrane for making a perfect interpretation of the fluffy, warm, honest, and loyal Hagrid.
The second chapter will be released around 12:30. )