manynovel Chapter 98 Returning to School
Chapter 98 Returning to School
Chapter 98 Returning to School
Kane suddenly accelerated, and in almost a few seconds he descended from the clouds, began flying close to the ground, and started circling the Hogwarts Express.
The young wizards inside quickly noticed the strange broom that was flying with the train, and they all curiously poked their heads out of the windows, including Hermione.
From the sound of a flying broom chasing the train outside, and considering that she hadn't seen any of Kane, Harry, or Ron since boarding the train, she pretty much knew that the three of them must be sneaking around together again, plotting something big.
She immediately walked helplessly toward the locomotive, hoping the train driver would slow down so the three of them could catch up with the train.
Meanwhile, the three people on the mantis shrimp began to strangely feel the train's speed decreasing, to an odd speed that even a mantis shrimp idling could easily overtake, forcing them to intentionally slow down and brake to avoid overtaking the flying broom.
Just then, a window in one of the train carriages suddenly opened, and Hermione called out to Kane and the other two aboard the Shrimp, "I've slowed the train down, hurry up and get on!"
Kane turned to Harry and Ron: "Want to go in?"
Harry and Ron didn't even look at each other this time: "You know, we never want to ride those slow little trains."
Kane understood. He slowly approached the window that Hermione had opened on the Hogwarts Express.
"Come here quickly!" Hermione called out, reaching out her hand.
"Come on up! We'll take you back to school early."
Ron called out to Hermione.
"Are you crazy? Riding flying broomsticks to Hogwarts? Professor McGonagall will put us in detention!" Hermione stared blankly at the three people on the shrimp.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! We only got to ride broomsticks because the platform passage was blocked. If we miss this chance, we might not have another one next year!" Harry shouted at this moment.
Harry had barely finished speaking when he heard the train driver yell from inside the cab: "You three on the broom, get in here right now! If you don't get in, the train's brakes are going to catch fire!"
"Who isn't?" Kane scoffed, then leaned closer to the Hogwarts Express.
"Oh my god, I must be crazy." Hermione instinctively reached out and grabbed Ron and Harry, forcefully leaning herself out of the car window. Kane suddenly lowered the broom, jolting Hermione back in.
"When will we get to school? At this rate, around midnight?" Hermione, sitting at the back, suddenly realized she was in a terrifying situation and asked helplessly.
"Most likely, two hours? If I try my best, one hour."
After Kane finished speaking, he completely abandoned the brakes. The ferocious and powerful 12Y broom engine, combined with the lazy man's wand that increased speed by 25%, completely invaded his brain.
"Hermione, I think you should hug Ron, like Ron hugs Harry, and Harry hugs me," Kane suddenly said.
"Huh? A little train?" Hermione didn't know why, but she still hugged Ron, who was sitting in front of her.
"But is it really necessary to go at a speed that's slower than when my dad takes me for a drive?" Hermione asked, frowning.
"Kids, the brake pads are overheating... How come another one has left?" The train driver had just come out of the cab to check if Kane and the other two had boarded the train, only to find that another passenger had been mercilessly lost.
He quickly poked his head out of the window with a puzzled look on his face and said to Kane and the others.
Talking wasn't enough; he took out his wand from his pocket, intending to use the Summoning Charm to slowly lure the four of them over.
Kane, however, swiftly used Shadow Armor to deflect the incoming spell: "Alright, driver, thank you for your cooperation. I can only say that my brake pads are overheating!"
After Kane finished speaking, he completely released the brakes. In an instant, the Hogwarts Express was like a mini car on a highway seeing a car with an engine bigger than its own, which sped away in a flash, leaving the taillights invisible to the driver.
"Merlin? Whose young master stole a custom-made broom from his home? Is this in accordance with the Ministry of Magic's laws?" The train driver glanced at the flying broom with its black, flowing light and almost instantly identified Kane.
After thinking about it, I decided to go back and continue driving the train.
What if I say something else and anger the young master, and he loses his job as a train driver? I can't really go home and take over those six rental shops in Diagon Alley, can I?
That's not the life I want.
Meanwhile, Hermione was strangling Ron like an Ultraman controlling a little monster, making him scream in pain.
"Hey Hermione! I can't breathe! Can you loosen your grip?" Ron said with difficulty, rolling his eyes.
"No, you need to hold onto Harry right away, or we'll be thrown off!" Hermione tightened her grip just as much, gritting her teeth as she added another layer of effort to her goal of strangling Ron.
"Kane, maybe we should speed things up, or Ron might suffocate before we even get to Hogwarts," Harry said to Kane, looking at Ron's miserable state behind him.
"What the hell? This isn't even the top speed?" Hermione suddenly stuck her head out from behind and said in shock.
"If we compare it to a car, its tachometer is currently less than two thousand revolutions." Kane said, then suddenly lunged at the demon gate again. The whole shrimp suddenly shuddered, and then Hermione lost consciousness.
Oh, Ron also lost consciousness, but the difference is that Hermione's loss of consciousness may be due to overload, while Ron's loss of consciousness may be due to oxygen deprivation caused by being strangled.
Of the four people on the mantis shrimp, only Harry, who was the Seeker, could barely hold on, besides the exceptionally talented ace pilot Kane.
"Um... they're both pretty dizzy, I think they really need to be taken to the infirmary," Harry reminded Kane.
"Okay, I think I can twist it down a little more."
"What the hell? You can twist it any tighter?"
Harry's answer wasn't Kane's voice, but the sight of stars before his eyes.
Meanwhile, Hogwarts...
"Ah, I understand, I understand perfectly, Severus, but you and I both know what a mess the Defense Against the Dark Arts professorship is. I don't think there's any difference between putting your life where you are and having you serve as a negative-range observer for the Avada Kedavra Curse," Dumbledore explained, looking at Snape sitting opposite him, who was neither a man of letters nor a man of eyes.
"Honestly, I have serious doubts about the survival skills of Hogwarts' young wizards once they leave Hogwarts," Snape said with a cold, sarcastic laugh.
"Hmm, I think it's not bad, is it? At least because of the lack of a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, we haven't just let it go. On the contrary, we've made changes. For example, the junior wizards in each house are learning Defense Against the Dark Arts on their own in order to fight against each other. Now, I don't think the upperclassmen of Gryffindor and Slytherin can beat the upperclassmen of Tom's era fifty or sixty years ago," Dumbledore said slowly.
"So you completely disregarded everything and chose a... novelist who's got a screw loose, is morally corrupt, and is overly unprofessional? Letting someone like that teach young wizards, humph, I seriously doubt what kind of kids they'll turn into."
"Let's think about it another way. Because he's morally corrupt, we're making a contribution to the wizarding world." Dumbledore had just finished speaking when he caught a glimpse of a dark streak of light flying towards them from the horizon.
Snape also saw the streak of light. If he hadn't known that it was impossible, he might have thought that the Dark Lord had successfully resurrected and, for some reason, rushed to Hogwarts to try and kill Dumbledore.
Just as his mind was still racing, the black streak of light was already hurtling towards him, then suddenly whipped its tail around.
Fortunately, Dumbledore had the foresight to open the window and then use Transfiguration magic to create a giant airbag, preventing Kane and the other three from being flattened in Dumbledore's office by the high-speed flesh-wrapped wood.
"You gave them this broom? Y12 Phoenix Tail Powered, ha, Dumbledore, do you have a grudge against them?" Snape glanced at the broom tail stuck in the airbag and sneered.
"Oh...it's not my fault. Why didn't you just ask the person involved?" Dumbledore shrugged helplessly. The person involved then stood up from the air sac and used magic to lift the three unconscious Harold and Harrods, leaving them stunned...
"They're probably dead. I'll go dig a hole in the Forbidden Forest later." Kane said quietly, letting the three of them float behind him, then looked apologetically at Dumbledore and Snape in the office.
"Should I explain something?"
"For example, why did you choose to ride a flying broomstick that you can't stop?" Dumbledore asked with a smile.
"If I were alone, I could definitely brake in time, but it's like a truck braking suddenly—the driver is the first to die. It's similar for me. If I brake suddenly, the three of them might break my thoracic vertebrae," Kane explained.
"Perhaps that's a decent reason, but why don't you choose the safer and more comfortable train?"
"Believe me, if you don't answer this question clearly, Severus might have to fire all four of you."
Hermione: ? ? ?
Hermione was the first to be overloaded and fall into a coma, and she was also the first to wake up after hearing the word "dismissal".
So much so that when he sat up with a start, Kane was almost startled into jumping up.
Dumbledore quickly smiled and said, "Miss Granger, we didn't really intend to expel you."
"It's you who doesn't have it, not that I don't have it," Snape said with a snort, and left Dumbledore's office.
Dumbledore raised an eyebrow at Kane and Hermione: "Now that the crisis is over, I think we can talk about why you two returned to school in such an amazing way."
Hermione looked at Kane, as if to say, "Hurry up and make up some plausible excuse."
And just as Kane was about to tell a complicated story about the station's closure, another strange sound came from outside the office door.
"Oh! Severus, I know you!"
"Huh? Can't I call you that?"
"Alright, Professor Snape, to be honest, we'll be colleagues from now on..."
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"Ouch! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"
"Okay, okay, anyway, Professor Snape, good morning and good afternoon."
The three sober people in the office listened to the strange noises outside with odd expressions, already knowing who had arrived.
dong dong dong.
"Professor Dumbledore, may I come in?"
Dumbledore raised an eyebrow at Kane and Lockhart, then raised his voice slightly: "Of course, Professor Lockhart."
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