Fox took Jon and Hermione to a cabin in the woods.
This hut is the same as the safe hut Jon arrived at when he was taken out of the orphanage by Lily. It was a place created by the Order of the Phoenix and scattered across the UK to temporarily hide the traces of Apparition.
Of course, the Phoenix's disembodiment would not be traced to its source, but McGonagall, Kingsley, and two wizards from the Order of the Phoenix took the students who escaped from the castle's secret passage and took refuge in this place temporarily.
The enrollment contracts on these children have not yet been completely resolved. However, before they came here, McGonagall and the others used magic spells to temporarily block the tracking effect. To completely eliminate them, Dumbledore will have to wait until Dumbledore personally takes action.
After Jon brought Hermione here, the children were very happy.
Seeing familiar people, they were finally able to vent their nervous and worried emotions. Some hugged Hermione, while others hugged Jon and burst into tears. Among them was Hanton, who was originally inspiring in the secret passage.
Jon's arms cried the loudest.
But the crisis has not been completely resolved. McGonagall also immediately covered Hermione's enrollment contract in the same way, and then used Uniform Apparition again to lead them to a new safe house.
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When they arrived here, the rescued children were all pale and couldn't help but retched. Even Jon couldn't adapt to this feeling when he experienced Apparition for the first time. They experienced it twice in a row.
Now I feel even more dizzy.
At the same time, although Jon and Hermione's safe return made them feel less depressed than they were at the beginning, the anxiety in their hearts did not diminish at all.
When they first escaped, the professors from another Hogwarts school who came to pick them up behaved very gently, without the slightest contempt or indifference towards them from the teachers in that castle, but the long-term servitude has made them
They are instinctively wary of strangers.
After arriving at this safe house, McGuinkins came and they started to get busy. They lit the fire, boiled the chocolate, and then gave each of the children sitting here a cup to relieve the discomfort caused by the Apparition.
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The actions of Mag and the others made the children a little restless. The first-grade children were okay, they had only entered that castle less than a year ago, but most of the second-grade students were a little frightened.
Just like a child who has been abused all day long, if one day an adult suddenly reaches out and hands him a piece of candy, his first reaction will definitely not be to take it generously, but to shrink his neck and hide behind him.
In the corner, he looked timidly at the person who stretched out his hand.
But fortunately, there is a bridge called Jon.
He quickly helped Mag distribute the hot chocolate to each child's hand. At the same time, in front of them, he took a big sip first, and then said to them with a grin on his face.
"I suggest you not drink so fast."
The children couldn't help but laugh when they looked at him, and their moods became much more relaxed. Some even looked at Mag cautiously and asked.
"Professor, will we still be Mudbloods in the future?"
Professor McGonagall looked at the appearance of these children. She had just quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and she showed a gentle smile that she had never seen before.
"Forget that title, kids, you are no different from everyone else."
Her answer made the child's eyes shine, and his voice unconsciously became a little louder, but there was still a subconscious prayer in his tone.
"Then...can we learn real magic in the future?"
Mag reached out and touched his head.
"I am your transfiguration and herbal medicine professor. If you take my classes from now on, you must listen carefully."
"I will!"
Their conversation made the children completely let go of their subconscious guard. They hugged warm chocolate and finally showed smiles that they had not shown for a long time.
Hermione was also smiling, but when she was smiling, her eyes were always staring at Jon.
Of course, Jon was not blind, so he naturally felt her gaze, so he turned to look at her doubtfully and asked.
"What's wrong?"
"Why don't you go back to your original self, Professor?" The girl emphasized the word "Professor", as if she had seen something from the interaction between Jon and Mag just now.
Jon's expression remained unchanged, he shrugged and said.
"The polyjuice potion will take 12 hours to remove its effects. If you want to see the real me, you will probably have to wait until around six o'clock in the afternoon."
Hermione didn't dwell on this. No matter what kind of identity Jon was, she didn't care, and it wouldn't affect her gratitude to him in the slightest.
"Thank you very much." She gave Jon a hug.
Jon patted the girl's thin shoulder and said with a smile.
"You should thank yourself."
They stayed here until five o'clock in the afternoon. When the sky began to get dark, Mag and the others continued their journey with the children who had had enough rest.
They continued to use apparation, and this time they came to a vast tulip garden.
The Hogwarts carriage was parked on the lawn in the middle of the garden, with candles dancing around it and fairies waving their wings looming among the flowers.
When Mag and his group first appeared here, the students who were busy setting up the venue and preparing for a sumptuous welcome ceremony in the evening shouted in a hurry.
"Here they come! They're coming!"
The soles of their feet landed again. Before the children could realize what a dreamlike place they had arrived, the sound of fireworks exploding sounded beside them.
Colorful ribbons and sequins fell from their heads. Although they had been notified in advance but did not know the specific time, the students on the carriage quickly stood up in a chaotic formation according to the original rehearsal, and they shouted in harmony happily
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"Welcome to the real Hogwarts!"
The children were all stunned. They looked at this beautiful scene that they could not even dream of in their dreams, and everyone could not help but shed tears in their eyes.
The students on the carriage enthusiastically pulled them to both sides of the long table in the center of the lawn, and Dumbledore was sitting at the front of the long table. His smile was as warm as a winter fireplace, and his eyes looked at Joe like this.
Well, he said in a soft voice.
"You're doing better than anyone could have imagined, Jon. Thank you for taking these children and breaking out of that cage of restraint."