Jon never expected to meet the ghosts of Hogwarts here. He looked at Nick with some surprise, but Neville hesitantly asked at this time.
"But...Nick, I remember that ghosts can't just go somewhere, right? My dad told me that ghosts are formed because wizards still have some influence on the world of the living when they die.
A strong memorial, and even if they stay in the world of the living as the dead, they can only walk in the places where they left traces when they were alive, so why can you come out at will?"
Nick seemed very complimentary of Neville's erudition, but when he answered this question, his face was obviously sad.
"This is indeed true for most ghosts, like Drake and others on this ghost ship. They spend most of their time confined to this sea. But the ghosts selected by Hogwarts,
Especially the resident ghost is different.”
Captain Jack seemed to jump angrily at Nick's words, but this did not affect him from continuing to speak.
"For the ghosts of Hogwarts, no matter what we were before, the castle with powerful magic is our final destination. This represents its recognition of us, and it also represents our willingness to let go of other pasts and just focus on
Remember the trace left at Hogwarts Castle."
"But then the castle changed." Nick's voice was so sad. "The Sorting Hat turned into an ordinary broken hat. Peeves disappeared from this world forever. The portrait was created for this castle.
They became dead things. We became a group of lonely ghosts, but because of this we became completely independent ghosts."
"Everyone was disappointed and sad. Barrow left with other ghosts who were willing to follow him, saying that he was going to find a way to save Hogwarts; Ms. Gray went to a forest alone, and she kept mumbling that she had done it again.
Something was wrong, and we all felt that her spirit was a little abnormal. The fat monk and I didn't know where we were going, so we wandered around Europe together, getting to know many other ghosts and experiencing many interesting things. Until Deng
Bledo found us and asked us to help him do something, so I separated from the fat monk and came to this boat."
Jon and the others heard the sadness in Nick's tone.
Hogwarts Castle is more important to ghosts like them than anyone else. Just like he said, they who left the castle are now like a group of lonely ghosts.
But Nick obviously knew that now was not the time to vent his emotions, and soon his voice became lighter.
"Aha, there must be more than just you three students in Hogwarts now, right? Call the others out quickly. Today is Halloween, a holiday for ghosts. With Drake and the others here, we can celebrate together! Don't worry, don't look.
Drake is so vicious, but they were all good pirates in life, but most of the time they didn't have much brains."
Captain Jack obviously heard the "insults" behind Nick. He threw Nick to the ground with an angry look and pulled his head down from his neck, as if to demonstrate who the brainless person was.
.
The parrot that had jumped on Captain Jack's head was also screaming.
"How dare you insult Captain Jack! Captain Jack wants everyone to see who has no brains!"
Gabrielle happily floated above the two fighting ghosts. This was the first time she saw her "kind", and they were all such an interesting group of ghosts.
Jon and the three of them looked at each other and smiled at each other, and then George went to the cabin to call out the students who were hiding in the cabin, and started the Halloween dinner that was interrupted midway.
These pirate ghosts are just as Nick said, they do seem to be a good group of ghosts, although they do seem to be missing a muscle in their brains.
This was the first time for many students in Hogwarts to see such a large number of ghosts, not to mention that the Hogwarts under their feet had overlapped with another ghost ship.
The sailors who followed Captain Jack got a variety of musical instruments from their ghost ship.
They did not need to eat food, and the delicacies of living people had no attraction for them at all. They stood on the edge of the deck, played the accordion and played music.
Even in terms of artistic taste, ghosts' appreciation of music is different from ordinary people, but these sailor ghosts on the sea are obviously exceptions. They played the barcarolle of when they were alive as pirates.
The students could resonate with them from the music, which made the dinner more and more lively.
The banquet lasted until midnight, and the students who were tired from playing began to return to the cabin to prepare for rest.
After sending Nick to Hogwarts, Captain Jack will also take his men and drive their ship away.
Nick said his final goodbyes to them.
"Stop dreaming about gold and silver treasures, Derek, and stop trying to rob and scare those Muggles. There is a ghost office in the Ministry of Magic. They will definitely come to trouble you after they discover the problem."
"Captain Jack doesn't talk to cowards!" screamed the parrot.
Then Captain Jack took their ghosts and left without looking back.
The ghost ship and the Hogwarts began to separate and headed off in another direction.
Nick looked at the ship from a distance, stretched out his hand and waved at it. He didn't know whether Captain Jack had planned to show force as a deterrent from the beginning, or in response to Nick's farewell, the ghost ship's gun barrel "bombed"
"There was a burst of explosions, and then transparent shells exploded in the sky.
The white fog that originally surrounded Hogwarts began to dissipate, but even though it was so late, Jon still didn't feel sleepy at all.
He turned to look at Nick, took a deep breath, and planned to ask all the questions he had just been waiting for the banquet to end.
However, before he could speak, Nick spoke first.
"You should be the one Dumbledore arranged to lead these children here, right?" He looked at Jon with some surprise on his face, "But to be honest, you don't look like the oldest one among these children.
"
Jon shrugged.
"Age is not a criterion for selecting people in most cases, right?"
"It's true. Dumbledore never considers age when looking at people." Nick's tone became serious. "In this case, Dumbledore should also tell you that our core purpose for this trip to sea is
What?"
Jon's face became extremely calm. Of course, he had never forgotten what Dumbledore said to him before leaving.
"To...find answers to the Dark Lord's why he became like this!"