Chapter Thirteen: Pitching a Tent the Muggle Way (2-in-1)
It was still early, and even the moon was still high in the night sky. The air was so cold that it made his lungs hurt when he breathed it in. At first, Harry would chat with Mr. Weasley. But later, haha
Li also closed his mouth and trudged along the muddy country road.
The surroundings were completely silent, even the chirping of birds was rare, and only the footsteps of a group of people could be heard. When they passed through the village, the sky became a little brighter, and the moon in the sky disappeared. At this time, Tom only felt a piece of palm in his hand.
Cold.
They finally arrived at the location where the Portkey was dropped: Stoat Mountain.
After climbing up the mountain, the hike just now was not considered difficult. Ferret Mountain is different from those mature scenic mountains. It is a barren mountain. Naturally, no one builds roads in the barren mountain, so everyone can only climb up with one foot deep and one foot shallow. The sky is dark
It was dark and the ground under their feet could not be seen clearly. In addition, the soil on the hillside became muddy due to rain, making it extremely difficult for everyone to move.
Every time Tom took a breath, there was a stinging pain in his chest. The cold air had finally caused damage to his lungs. Hermione was not far behind him, her face was pale, and she was holding on to her clothes tightly with one hand. Tom
Turning her head, she saw a layer of mist surrounding the sides of her head.
He guiltily looked at Mr. Granger's position and found that he was at the front of the line with Mr. Weasley, and he and Hermione happened to be at the back. So he slowed down, waited for Hermione to approach, and gently
He took her hand.
"It saves a lot of effort."
Hermione didn't say anything more, just nodded silently.
In this way, Tom held Hermione's hand, and the two of them climbed to the top of the mountain little by little. After holding Hermione's hand, it was like a wonderful chemical reaction had occurred. Tom gained more energy, and his abdomen was not so hot.
of pain.
Soon, Tom stepped on flat ground, and they finally reached the top of the mountain.
"There are still ten minutes left. Let's look quickly...it shouldn't be very big..." Mr. Weasley wiped the fog from his glasses and glanced at the watch on his wrist.
There are two types of Portkeys. One type of Portkey will teleport the person who touches it to the destination at a specific time. This year's Quidditch World Cup is using a timed teleportation type Portkey. This type of Portkey only
Can be used once, and there is a risk of being missed, but many people can be teleported at once.
Another kind of door key is very confusing. Tom has always been curious about why someone would invent this kind of magic prop. This kind of door key will be teleported immediately when someone touches it. This kind of door key can be used multiple times, but when it is teleported many times,
It is more difficult when people are there, because these people need to touch the door key at the same time. Both door keys will follow the user to the destination. For the door key that is instantly transmitted, contact again will teleport the person back to the destination.
In Tom's opinion, the second type of door key is more like a trap. Why should it be set to trigger? What is the difference between this and laying a mine? Artificially creating a trap card?
The most likely possibility is that the first type of door key invented was the second type. Because the defects were too great, wizards improved it and made the first type of door key.
For ten minutes, which was a long time or a short time, everyone hurriedly searched around for the door key.
Tom is also like a headless fly, wandering around. The description of the door key is very abstract. If something can be called "inconspicuous", it means that it is inconspicuous, difficult to find, and easily ignored.
But now they were about to find this thing in the dim sky.
Tom was very lucky that not many people were bored to climb up Stoat Mountain, so there was no garbage. He didn't need to get entangled in a pile of rags. He walked around and reached the other side of the top of the mountain. At this time, something was under his feet.
Something tripped him.
Tom looked down and saw that it was an old, moldy boot.
His intuition told him that it should be enough.
He straightened up and shouted at Mr. Weasley, "I may have found it!"
The shouts pierced the night sky and echoed in the mountains.
"Boy, what you found is indeed the portkey." The first thing that appeared in Tom's sight was a man with a short brown beard. The person behind him was whom Tom knew, Cedric Diggory, Hufflepah
The captain and seeker of the Odd College Quidditch team, he is very handsome and fits Tom's image of a vampire.
Looking at the broken boots in front of him, Tom felt that sooner or later the wizarding world would cause some trouble because of Portkeys. [Note] Stoat Mountain is a wilderness, and the disadvantages of Portkeys are not obvious enough, but in places where Muggle activities are more frequent, Portkeys
The problem is huge. As we all know, places where Muggles often move around will accumulate a lot of tattered garbage, and the appearance of the door key happens to be tattered.
If there is a garbage dump in front of you, and your door key happens to be nearby, how do you find your door key among hundreds of pieces of garbage?
"Amos!" Mr. Weasley jogged over, seemingly meeting an acquaintance.
"Arthur!"
The two middle-aged men hugged each other.
After Mr. Weasley's introduction, Tom learned that the brownbeard's name was Amos Diggory, and he worked in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.
As for Cedric, everyone knows him.
When he walked out from behind his father, Ginny and Hermione couldn't help but look at each other.
"Hi," Cedric looked at everyone, "Hello."
Tom, Fred and others also waved.
In that rainy final, Ravenclaw replaced Hufflepuff. Cedric did not "win without victory" and did not have any quarrel with the Gryffindor Quidditch team, so Fred,
The relationship between George and Cedric is pretty good.
After a few words of greeting, Mr. Weasley introduced the people present to Amos, "The red-haired one is my child, Fred... George? Ron, Ginny." In normal times, Fred
I definitely want to play name jokes with George, but they are not in the mood today.
"Here are Mr. and Mrs. Granger, and their daughter, Hermione. This young man is a good friend of Tom, Fred and George - this is a friend of Harry and Ron."
When he saw the Grangers, Amos Diggory hesitated to speak. He instinctively felt that the Grangers were Muggles, but he couldn't ask directly because it would be very rude. But he paid attention.
Li Li was immediately attracted by the name behind it.
His eyes widened: "Harry? Harry Potter? And Tom Yoder?"
"Yeah." Harry nodded. He was used to people's curious looks when they first met, and the look at the scar on his forehead, which made him very uncomfortable. But it seems a little different today?
Today, although he still received attention, this attention was scattered, and Mr. Diggory also paid attention to another person.
"Oh my God!" Digory was obviously more interested in Tom. Harry was like a check-in point. Every wizard wanted to see what the "Boy Who Lived" looked like. Visitors
After taking photos at the check-in point, the wizards did the same, as if they had achieved something.
Tom is different. He is like a tourist attraction. You can't just walk to the door and take a photo.
"So you really fought off hundreds of dementors at once?" Amos was curious.
"Strictly speaking, Hermione and I fought back together. The Patronus we summoned had a mutation." Tom corrected Amos's mistake. He didn't know why, but everyone thought it was him alone.
Fight off the group of dementors and ignore Hermione.
"Ha! Awesome!" Mr. Digory gave Tom a thumbs up, "You two will definitely be added to the chocolate frog picture."
"Thank you for the compliment." Tom and Hermione thanked them from the bottom of their hearts.
"Being included in the Chocolate Frog Pictures" sounds a little funny, but it is actually a great honor in the wizarding world. Wizards have existed for so long, and only one hundred and four wizards can be included in the Chocolate Frogs. By the way,
Only the famous dark wizards of modern times are not included. The chocolate frog is a collection of ancient wizards, regardless of whether they are good or evil.
In other words, being included in the Chocolate Frog picture shows that you have a great influence in the wizarding world. Dumbledore once said in a joking tone that as long as I am not removed from the Chocolate Frog picture, anything will do.
, this is true.
Tom and Hermione can be included according to the standards. Because their patron saints are very special. One is a magical animal, a three-headed dog, and the other has no specific form, but can be fused with the three-headed dog patron saint.
Clicking it out is enough to be included in the picture. The only dispute is whether they should be listed separately or share the same picture.
Tom's attitude was: If possible, please put Hermione and I in a picture.
The only two-player card, this row of noodles, made Tom excited just thinking about it.
"Can you-"
"Dad!" Mr. Diggory wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by his son. Cedric knew his father very well, and he knew what his father was thinking. Amos wanted to see it with his own eyes.
To Tom and Hermione's patronus.
To some extent, Amos's character is not as generous as he seems.
"The time is almost up," Mr. Weasley quickly changed the subject, "Is anyone else coming nearby?"
There are four families of wizards living in the Stoat Mountain area: the Weasley family, the Lovegood family, the Fawcett family and the Diggory family. The Lovegood family went to the World Cup a week ago, and the Fawcett family didn't get a ticket.
The remaining two families are here, so no one really comes here.
"Everyone, please take your place. There is only one minute left..." Arthur looked at Tom and others who were using the portkey for the first time. "You just need to stretch out a finger and touch the portkey."
It was very difficult for everyone to form a circle. Since everyone was carrying a big backpack and there were so many people, it took a lot of effort.
Looking at Mr. Granger crowded around him, Arthur suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to tell Mr. Granger about the disease of fainting the door key.
Portkey sickness is a disease caused by traveling with portkeys. It is somewhat similar to Muggle motion sickness. It is caused by the inconsistency between the movement seen by the human eye and the movement sensed by the vestibular system. The main symptoms are nausea and hysteria. Close Eyes can effectively prevent and relieve the symptoms of door key fainting.
"By the way, when you use the door key later, please remember to close your eyes." He said loudly, making sure that everyone present could hear it.
As soon as I finished speaking, the time was up.
Tom experienced an extremely painful torture: he felt a hook behind his belly button and hooked forward crazily, until his feet lifted off the ground and flew into the air.
This feeling, once you experience it once, you don’t want to feel it again. Tom felt like a piece of bacon that was hooked up, swaying in the wind. Hermione and he were squeezed together next to him, and then——
Tom's feet hit the ground heavily, and his head hit a soft object. Pulled by others, he fell, and the door key fell not far away.
Tom's head was pushed away and he fell to the ground. When he looked up, he found that almost everyone had fallen. Hermione was next to him, rubbing her belly - it should be her belly, staring with dissatisfaction. he.
"Five and seven, from Stoat Mountain." A tired voice came from not far away.
The two wizards who spoke were one holding a large gold watch and the other holding a roll of parchment. The two of them tried to dress up like Muggles, but it backfired. They were dressed... very freely.
After recovering the door key, the wizard holding the parchment began to search for their camp on the list.
"Weasley... here, walk forward a quarter of a mile. The caretaker of the first field is called Roberts, and so is the Granger family. Diggory is in the second field, looking for Mr. Paine."
Mr. Weasley thanked him and walked towards the camp. The others followed behind, clutching their stomachs. Tom judged from Mr. Granger's pale face that the experience just now was by no means a good memory for him.
While traveling, Tom looked around. They were currently in a desolate, mist-shrouded swamp. The Wizarding World Cup can only be held in a place far away from Muggles. It is really difficult to find such a land in the UK. It’s easy. Countries with vast territories like Brazil, Argentina, the United States, Canada and Russia are more suitable for hosting the World Cup.
It took them nearly twenty minutes to cross this swamp. After passing through the swamp, a small stone house appeared in front of everyone. There was a gentle slope behind the stone house, and thousands of tents of different shapes were dotted on it, stretching to the horizon. In the dark forest at the end. Here, they parted ways with Digory and his son and walked towards the stone house.
A real Muggle stood at the door of the stone house, looking at the tents.
"Here we are," Mr. Weasley said excitedly, "Today I will set up the tent the Muggle way!"
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A big chapter of four thousand words!
Note: There was actually a portkey incident in 2003.
Recommend a friend’s book~
"I don't accept anyone as a matchmaker" Author: Er She
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In order to transport a large number of people confidentially, portkeys are usually made from inconspicuous items and placed in relatively remote places. This prevents passing Muggles from inadvertently picking them up. However, history There are still incidents of Muggles being teleported by portkeys. In 2003, two Muggle dog walkers were accidentally teleported to a Celestine Warbeck concert by a portkey. At that time, their dogs were in Clapham Common. There was an old running shoe stuck in his mouth. Meanwhile, a group of miserable witches and wizards were frantically searching for their door keys on the empty lawn, hopefully picking up potato chip packets and cigarette butts one after another.
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"I don't accept anyone as a matchmaker"
"When the newlyweds entered the room, the matchmaker threw them over the wall."
"I would rather believe that there are ghosts in the world than a matchmaker's mouth."
"It's better not to win, not to guarantee, and not to be a matchmaker for three generations!"
From the above three sentences, we can see how embarrassing the position of matchmakers is in the eyes of Chinese people.
Jiang Feng, who had just graduated from college, suddenly had the magical ability to see the matching value of marriage, so he returned to his hometown in the countryside and began his magical journey as a professional matchmaker.
Under Jiang Feng's help, one couple after another became model couples in the eyes of everyone.
Many years later, Jiang Feng, who was already at the pinnacle of the industry, suddenly looked back and realized that he had unknowingly changed the world's view of matchmakers, greatly improved the industry status of matchmakers, and reduced my country's rising divorce rate.