After listening to the words of the young man in front of him, Jon's face showed complete shock.
On the piece of parchment floating in front of him, the bold words at the top read "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Admission Notice" in bold English.
The entire notice is very long, but except for the title, which is written in English, the entire text below is written in a language that Jon has never seen before. At the bottom of the notice, there is also a school emblem stamped on it.
.
It was not the emblem that he knew in his memory, with four animals, a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake, surrounding an H.
Instead, a dark green snake coiled around H.
Of course, Jon had read the Harry Potter series of books and movies in his previous life. Just a week before he traveled through time, he had only watched the first four movies for the second time, and he still had a clear memory of the entire magical story.
But what he never expected was that the world he came to was actually the magical world of Harry Potter!
The parchment floating in front of him, and the quill that came to his hand as if it couldn't wait for him to hold it, were definitely not magic tricks.
At such a close distance, Jon could be sure that the parchment and quill were not manipulated by any transparent threads or other blinding methods, and were just floating in front of him!
The clothes of this young man in black robe, the era he is in now, the name of Hogwarts and the magic displayed all confirm to Jon that he has indeed arrived in the world of Harry Potter!
But at this time, not only was he not at all excited or excited, but he was becoming calmer and calmer, and the feeling that something was wrong became more and more intense in his heart.
Why didn't this Hogwarts school badge match the one he remembered?
Why is this method of recruiting new students so different from the one in the original book?
Why is this admission notice written in an incomprehensible language other than English?
Who is the young man in black robe in front of him who recruits him? Which professor in Hogwarts is he?
He was destined not to ask the first two questions at this time. Just when Jon hesitantly wanted to ask the young man's name, the other party had already spoken before him.
"I asked about your life here, Mr. Green."
His voice was very gentle, and he seemed to have enough patience to explain things about the magic school to Jon.
"More than a year ago, something happened to you that the Muggles around you couldn't understand. This is the manifestation of your magical talent. These people in the orphanage cannot accept the existence of magic, so they are like this.
to repel you."
"But it's different when you get to Hogwarts. You are all of the same kind there. You have the same origin and the same abilities. You don't have to suffer the same exclusion as here. The professors in the school will also teach you magic specifically."
"We will hold a welcome dinner for you when you enter school. There is a warm lounge there, and there are all kinds of delicious food that are different every day. The professors are kind and the classmates are friendly. Hogwarts Castle is the most suitable destination for you."
The young man's words were neither hasty nor slow, but Jon always felt that he looked very anxious, so anxious that he even forgot to introduce himself.
"Sir, you..."
"Just sign your name on this notice, Mr. Green. Or do you have any doubts about what I said?" He asked with a smile.
That smile easily gained the child's trust, but his eyes and smile didn't match at all. The deeply hidden coldness and boredom were keenly captured by Jon from the first moment they looked at each other.
It was this contrast that made Jon feel extremely inconsistent.
"No, I don't have any doubts sir, it's just that you..."
"Since there are no doubts, just sign the admission notice. We have other things to do next, such as preparing a magic wand for you, buying school uniforms, etc."
He once again interrupted Jon's question with a smile on his face and urged him to sign the notice.
The quill had been forced into Jon's hand. Jon raised the quill and was led by the pen in his hand to place it on the parchment. However, he still wanted to know what was in front of him to recruit him.
Who is the young man?
"Sir, you haven't..."
"signature!"
The young man seemed to have run out of patience and suddenly interrupted his question by shouting!
And at the same time, a dazzling red light suddenly shot out from behind him, spanning a distance of more than ten meters in the blink of an eye, and hit the young man's back!
Fortunately, a transparent light shield that seemed to be infected by red light lit up around the young man, successfully counteracting the sneak attack spell, but at the same time, the light shield itself began to fragment!
The originally gentle smile on the young man's face disappeared, and his expression became cold and hateful.
He pulled out a small stick-like wand from the sleeve of his left hand, and without hesitation aimed at the direction from which the red light flew and launched a counterattack.
"Collapse!"
An identical red light shot out from the tip of the staff. The magic spell did not hit the target, but hit the grass in front of the attacker, stirring up a large piece of soil.
The sneak attacker is a woman with beautiful long crimson hair and bright green eyes.
She was wearing a shabby gray robe and looked dusty. After escaping the young man's counterattack, she passed through the flying dust and sprinted in the direction of Jon!
However, just when she was less than three meters away from Jon, she suddenly stopped and pointed the wand in her hand at the young man in black robe who had not known when the tip of the wand had lit up with a dark green light!
"Lily Potter! Do you really think I dare not use the killing curse on you?"
The young man looked at her coldly and shouted in a low voice.
Lily seemed to have given up her intention of taking Jon away by force. She held up the wand in her hand and confronted the young man, her voice as cold as ice and snow.
"Of course you don't dare to disobey the order of the master who you regard as your own father, but for this boy, you dare."
While speaking, Lily stretched out the hand that was not holding the wand in the direction of Jon.
"Follow me, Jon, and I'll take you to the real Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"This is a wanted criminal for whom the Ministry of Magic is offering a reward! Jon Green!"
The young man's hand holding the wand did not relax at all. The green light flashing on the tip of his wand was more like a deterrent, a deterrent to maintain the balance of the scene.
"Follow her, and you will also be put on the Ministry of Magic's wanted list and become a member of the terrorists. Sign, kid, as long as you sign your name on the notice, you will become the only recognized magic school in the wizarding world.
A student at Hogwarts, not that fake terrorist organization. I will take you to the world that belongs to you. You will not have to be isolated here, nor will you live a homeless life with this woman and her gang.
Life."
He was persuasive to Jon, and Lily, who was standing opposite him, had no intention of refuting his words, and just said to Jon calmly again.
"Take my hand."
"Sign, Green!"
The situation was strangely stuck here, and what even Jon himself didn't expect was that the only person who could break the deadlock was actually him, who could be said to be completely powerless!
In this short period of less than ten minutes, Jon, who was bombarded with countless information, did not fall into confusion at this time.
In other words, after hearing the name of the witch who suddenly rushed in front of him and wanted to take him to Hogwarts, he became more sober.
Lily Potter.
Whether it is this name or this surname, Jon is extremely familiar with it, but if he really traveled to the world of Harry Potter, then the owner of this name should not appear at this time at all!
Therefore, he did not give his trust to this woman called Lily in the first place.
If the Lily in the original work is indeed credible, who can prove that the person in front of her is the witch who should have died 10 years ago?
Therefore, Jon did not make a choice immediately. He looked at the young man in black robe, holding the quill in his hand, and took a deep breath. At this time, he was finally able to ask the question that he had been interrupted time and time again.
"What I have been trying to say is, sir, you haven't introduced me to who you are yet?"
In such a situation, such a question is obviously very inappropriate, because in other people's perception, even if Jon knew the young man's identity, it would be meaningless to his next choice.
The young man suppressed the boredom and anxiety in his heart, just thinking it was Jon's childish temper, and the gentle and patient smile from before appeared on his face again.
"Sorry, Mr. Green, I forgot to introduce myself to you just now. My identity is Barty Crouch, senior agent of the Ministry of Magic at Hogwarts and professor of Charms at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
....”
The moment he heard the young man's name, Jon was stunned. The first thing that came to mind was the image of a serious and old-fashioned director of the International Magical Cooperation Department.
Barty Crouch...
etc!
Not that Barty Crouch!
It should be...Barty Crouch Jr.!
After Jon reacted, he no longer hesitated at all. Now he knew exactly what to choose!
He slapped away the admission notice that was still floating in front of his eyes, threw away the quill, and put his hand into Lily's hand without hesitation!
Lily was obviously a little surprised by Jon's reaction, but her movements were extremely fast, waving the wand in her hand smoothly.
"Apparition!"
Their bodies were instantly twisted into a vortex, and then they completely disappeared in the next second!
At this time, the young man whose exact name should be Barty Crouch Jr. revealed what he was going to do to induce Jon.
"...When you get to Hogwarts, I can give you enough care..."
Before little Barty could finish speaking, Lily had already taken Jon away in front of him.
He stared blankly at the courtyard where he was the only one performing a one-man show, and the disguise on his face could no longer be maintained.
That pale face became extremely ferocious and ugly. His rage caused the veins on his forehead to swell, and then he yelled out the boy's name word by word.