Although there were many ghosts in the former Hogwarts Castle, and there was even a ghost professor who specialized in teaching the history of magic, the students on the carriage never saw such a creature again after they began to go into exile.
Muggle students originally made up the majority here. They had learned about ghosts during class, but like Jon, this was their first time seeing them.
"How pitiful." Lavender looked at Gabrielle, who was hiding behind Jon with some shyness and panic because she was being watched by a group of people, and whispered to Hermione next to her.
"She died at such a young age. I heard that people who become ghosts are those who still have a deep attachment to this world when they die. She must have been in pain when she died."
Gabrielle obviously heard what she said, pouting, grabbing the hem of Jon's robe, and wanted to stick her head out to explain, but in the end she shrank back angrily.
She is only seven years old now. Although she has a cheerful personality, she has experienced so many changes during this period and has begun to be a little cautious.
"This is Gabrielle Delacour." Jon could only introduce her. "She is from France and will be staying at Hogwarts for a while. Her current state is indeed that of a ghost, but she is not really dead.
Instead, he drank the Dead Soul Water and temporarily became like this."
The knowledge of Dead Soul Water is a bit obscure. Simply put, it is a potion that can force a wizard to turn into a ghost.
It's just that the refining of this medicine is very difficult, and some of the materials are basically extinct now, and the limitations are very high. After all, it is a man-made ghost, which is completely incomparable to a real ghost. There will be no after death.
It has the characteristic that it will never die again. Generally, it can only survive in the form of a ghost for four or five years at most before it dies completely.
But the advantage is that turning into a ghost after drinking this bottle is not irreversible. As long as the body of the person who drinks the potion is protected, and the antidote is given within five years, the person can return to his original human identity.
Madame Maxime had indeed reached the point where she had no other choice, otherwise she would not risk killing her friend's daughter by feeding Gabrielle the Dead Soul Water.
Lavender and the others didn't know what the Dead Soul Water was, but they also heard Jon's subtext.
However, they didn't mind whether Gabrielle was really dead or not. A child finally came on the carriage. Although this child was a ghost, it still made Lavender and several girls in the senior class a little excited.
Soon they took Gabrielle to visit the carriage, while Jon and Neville went back to the dormitory to put down their luggage.
"After you and Professor Dumbledore left, the carriage seemed to have some problems and stopped once. However, Professor McGonagall and Professor Potter checked it and found nothing unusual." Neville was saying this.
At that time, his tone was more casual, and he didn't seem to think it was a big deal.
This year, Jon's rescue of the students from the castle made the students on the carriage less cautious and worried because of their exile.
After all, in the eyes of the students, Jon is indeed talented in learning magic, but he is not particularly different from others.
He was able to rescue people from hiding in Hogwarts Castle for less than a year. This not only proves his great surprise, but also shows that the enemies in that castle are nothing more than that.
This gave senior students who didn't know much about Jon a non-malicious illusion that "I can do it if I go to school."
But Jon clearly knew better.
With Voldemort's vengeful character, it is impossible for him to suffer such a big loss without fighting back. Not only should he not relax now, but he should be more vigilant.
Dumbledore and other professors are also aware of this.
Jon remembered what Hagrid had said to Dumbledore before getting into the carriage. The carriage stopping and the spell attached to it being damaged should mean the same thing.
What happened once the carriage stopped midway? The professors obviously didn't say much to the students.
Jon didn't talk much about this with Neville. He put away his luggage and went to the restaurant to have dinner. After chatting with Ron and the others at the table about the interesting things he encountered during his trip to France, he returned to the dormitory alone.
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After he returned from Hogwarts Castle, he had not really studied the gem he got from the castle library.
The gemstone has long since changed from blood red to the same pale blue as the original gemstone on the ring.
Jon didn't dare to hold back when he finally left.
A floating spell and a breaking spell allowed him to use up all the magic power in the gem without any reservation.
The effect obtained was naturally remarkable. Under the joint attack of many professors in the castle, Jon was completely unscathed and could move freely. Although he had no effective means of retaliation, he did not go there to kill anyone. In the end,
Being able to successfully escape with Hermione would be considered as overfulfilling the mission.
The last words he said were not because he had some sort of secondary disease and wanted to act cool, but because there were so many students here, it was a good opportunity to make a statement.
The more the Ministry of Magic wants to reduce the presence of Hogwarts led by Dumbledore, the more Jon wants to publicly publicize that there are still people in the wizarding world who are resisting Voldemort's system.
This may not allow all mixed-race students to see the essence of this theory of pure-blood superiority, but it may awaken a very few of them and change their originally resigned mentality.
Even if there is only one person who can make such a change, then it is not a loss for Jon to say these words, and it can also leave a seed of resistance in the hearts of others.
If the pure bloods led by Voldemort can continue to be so strong, this seed may never be able to break through. But once the situation changes subtly one day, and the balance no longer tilts completely to one side, then the seeds planted today will be gone.
It will blossom and bear fruit in time, and it is very likely to play an unexpected role.
Being able to achieve so much with the magic power stored in the gem, Jon felt that this transaction was not a bad deal. Besides, it was not like the magic power inside could not be stored again in the future.
And the most important thing is that Jon always feels that this gem contains more than just magic power.
He was in the castle and was so worried about rescuing the students that he had no time or energy to study it. After he came back, he went out with Dumbledore for a few days, and now he was finally able to take some time to study the gem seriously.
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If there was something else in this that he had not noticed, then all Jon could think of was the knowledge that had been absorbed into the Forbidden Magic Book.
Magic is the carrier of forbidden book knowledge, but it does not mean that it is all knowledge.