The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

Under the huge sense of urgency, Hermione gradually calmed down and clarified the current situation: "This is at sea. As long as tourists don't find anything strange, don't attract public attention, and don't violate the confidentiality law, the Aurors can't find us. .”

Their crisis came from the Auror's investigation, and the Auror was not at the scene. As long as it was hidden from the ordinary people on the ship, this was an ordinary cruise ship, and this was just an ordinary trip.

"As long as the people on the ship don't know." Hermione looked at the cloak floating in the night sky from a distance, gray and black, like a black cloud.

Loren followed Hermione's thoughts and spoke quickly: "It's a pity that we don't have the Oblivion Curse, and we can't use the Stunning Curse on everyone on the ship..."

With a problem-solving idea in mind, it's easy to find the applicable magic spell.

"Use transfiguration!" Loren concluded.

Use transfiguration to block the light of the patron saint, attract the attention of tourists and crew, and deal with the dementors in the dark.

"What should we do?" Hermione began to imagine the specific implementation steps. "Set up a huge wave to cover the sight of people on the boat?"

"This sea area cannot make huge waves."

Something that is too abnormal will attract people's attention. Maybe someone will be surprised by the huge wave, record it, and it may be included in some tabloid news. Maybe some meteorologists and ocean dynamics experts will explore the reasons.

"Fog!" Loren looked at the deep night. The water was as deep as the sky. "Use the fog to cover the cruise ship and block the line of sight. I can lock the dementors through my magic vision and solve it where I can't see it."

The combination of countless small water droplets suspended in the air is fog.

The moving cruise ship's spine breaks the water surface, and the splash of water keeps ringing. This inconspicuous white noise reminds people that water is the most indispensable thing on the sea.

Finding a deserted corner, Loren extended his wand out of the railing and waved it gently towards the water. Countless tiny water droplets floated against gravity, hovering in the air, gathering into a small stream of white mist that rose up and dissipated over the vast ocean.

"We just need to speed up the progress and add a little background color to them." Loren repeated the previous actions.

The water surface seemed to be boiling, bubbling and bubbling, and blue-black mist kept rising. Countless blue-black mist overflowed from the sea and blended into the night.

Controlling these fogs to surround the cruise ship is like controlling a pineapple to dance. This is a very simple magic. Changing the shape and color of water, this level of transfiguration is also very simple.

Hermione quickly got started, speeding up the mist's rise.

On the side of the ship, Wendell, who was fishing, caught another small fish. He couldn’t name it, but the weight was not bad. Wendell skillfully threw the fish into the bucket, hung the bait on the hook, and cast another rod.

After finishing these tasks, he rubbed his arms, glanced at the sky suspiciously, and muttered: "Why does it feel cold, and the moon is gone."

If someone observes the ship from a distance, he will find that it is gradually covered with a layer of fog and slowly disappears into the night sea.

Loren stretched his hand out of the railing, and after being submerged in the fog, the shape became unclear. The concealment effect was so good at close range, but the thicker the outer layer of fog, the effect would only be stronger.

Seeing this scene, he nodded with satisfaction.

"You keep this fog, and I'll deal with this annoying guy." Loren said, his eyes lit up with crystal blue light.

In the observation of magic vision, the Dementor is a gray-black mass, eerie and depressing and disgusting.

"[Calling God-Guard]" The voice was very soft, but the moment the spell was recited, countless silver-white rays of light spurted out from the wand.

Wisps of silver light were obscured by the mist, and a huge killer whale swam in the mist. Its body was like an island, with slender stripes on its flowing body.

The giant beast that should have been in the deep sea floated in the air and made no sound, but its existence itself carried a terrifying aura, and its huge size brought indescribable oppression.

Anyone who sees it will breathe lightly, for fear of making a little noise and disturbing the giant beast.

This is the first time Loren has seen his patronus. It is so beautiful and fascinating.

The moment the silver giant whale took shape, the dementor wandering here reacted. Its incomplete soul was trembling, feeling the pressure from the instinct of life. It turned around quickly and wanted to escape from here, very fast.

Unlike whales in the sea, the guardian whale is not troubled by resistance and does not have to worry about its own weight. Its speed is much faster than that of whales. The tail fin swings slightly, the movement seems clumsy, but the figure is like a missile, the Patronus drags the rainbow light to catch up with the Dementor.

The giant whale opened its terrifying mouth, jumped and flipped, bent its body in a graceful arc, swallowed the dementor into its mouth, and fell into the sea.

No ripples.

Inside the giant whale, the ubiquitous patron saint's light shines on the dementor, like a fierce fire and a death curse. It felt pain that it had never experienced before, and its body was trembling.

It felt a fear, a fear it had never experienced before, a fear of life and death.

Dementors cannot be physically killed, but no one has ever attempted to trap a dementor with such a powerful patronus. The blazing positive emotions are burning the Dementor all the time, like a furnace, like the strongest sun exposure.

The filthy mucus was dried in the sun, and the gray bones were ignited. In the dazzling silvery white light, it was erased bit by bit, and the body shape gradually disappeared.

Supporting the fog curtain, Hermione did not have magical eyes and could not see what was going on behind the fog. Seeing that Loren's expression was relaxed and not exerting much effort, she asked aloud: "Did you fight off the Dementors?"

Loren nodded, then shook his head.

Although she could usually interpret his um um um, Hermione really couldn't understand this series of actions. She thought Loren had encountered difficulties: "Dementors cannot be killed physically, just use the Patronus to drive them away." .”

Listening to Hermione's words and feeling the feedback from the Patronus, Loren's expression was a little subtle.

He knew that the Dementor could not be killed physically, and at first he just wanted to teach the Dementor a lesson, hurt it, and make it avoid the ship.

But now, a little accident happened.

"Disperse the fog, it's solved." Loren said slowly, and he shook the wand gently.

The silver whale dispersed into a stream of light and converged into the apple wood wand.

clatter!

A soft sound.

Loren felt something hit the tip of the wand, and took back the wand to check. A gray-white, smooth pebble was attached to the tip of the wand.

"What is this, ashes stone burned by dementors?" Loren held the stone and looked around.

Hermione stopped releasing the mist, looked closer, and asked curiously: "Is this a dementor?"

"Looks like a regular pebble."

"It feels similar."

…

People in the cabin are still enjoying the band performance and tasting delicious food. Those on the deck saw the fog parting and the moon emerging from the dark clouds.

No one knew that just now, they had passed by the darkest and filthiest creature in the world. Through the mist, they witnessed the birth of a god-like creature.

The matter was resolved satisfactorily, and Loren and Hermione no longer had to worry about Dementors, Aurors and the Philosopher's Stone. Putting aside the heavy burden, the two of them were just curious and chattering about the stone.

Loren clasped the stone with her thumbnail and pinched it gently: "It's very hard and has the same texture as pebbles."

"I have a complete series of magic spells such as Shen Feng Wu Ying, Fire Curse, etc. to test its properties." With that, Loren was about to take out his wand.

"This is on the deck!" Hermione couldn't hold back, shook her wrist and slapped him.

Even if no one pays attention, will no one notice you when a fire breaks out?

The fingers hit the back of his hand, which must have hurt more. Loren took a breath and said, "I'm just saying it."

"If I didn't stop you, the flames might have already started."

"How can it be……"

Magic couldn't be used, and the two of them discussed it for a long time with no result. In the end, they could only put down the stone for the time being. Loren planned to take it back and show it to Flamel.

…

"Tell me, what happened in Azkaban? Will the dementors come here?" Hermione stretched out her legs, revealing her white and delicate ankles, and sat down with her back against the hull of the ship, her whole body concave in an L shape.

Loren sat next to him. He only knew two things about Azkaban, except that Sirius escaped from prison and that Barty Crouch replaced his son with his wife.

But Sirius has been released from prison, what happened to Crouch has already happened, and Barty Crouch Jr. should now be guarded by house elves.

In addition, the identity of Peter Pettigrew's Animagus has been exposed, and the Ministry of Magic has been prepared for this. He cannot escape from prison like Sirius.

Azkaban doesn't have internal problems, it's external factors. But no matter what happens in Azkaban, there is always the possibility of a dark wizard escaping.

"If something happens to Azkaban, we are in the North Sea and may be affected."

Thinking of this, Loren's face gradually became serious, "In other words, we have been affected. This time it is a dementor, which can be resisted with the Patronus Curse. If we encounter a dark wizard next time, we will be in trouble. .”

They don't know what happened in Azkaban, whether any dark wizards have escaped from the prison, or whether the Ministry of Magic has the situation under control.

When it comes to the safety of themselves and their loved ones, they can only think of the worst possible scenario. None of the Death Eaters and dark wizards imprisoned in Azkaban can be dealt with at the moment. You can't bet that they just escaped from prison and don't have a suitable wand.

"We have to go ashore!" Hermione said with a tight face, "This is at sea, we have to find a valid reason, and we must not arouse suspicion."

"We had a physical examination before boarding the ship. There is a doctor on the ship. We can't hide it due to physical reasons." Loren pursed his lips.

"How about using Transfiguration to create a heavy rain, just like creating fog, and use the weather to interrupt the voyage." Hermione stretched out her hand, feeling the gentle sea breeze blowing between her fingers.

For the safety of crew and tourists, if extreme weather occurs, the cruise ship should dock as close as possible to end the trip.

Loren shook his head: "This is not far from the coastline. Extremely unusual weather will attract attention. For a cruise ship of this size, ordinary heavy rains will not be much of a hindrance."

The tense atmosphere enveloped the two of them again, and this feeling was terrible.

"It's not suitable for personal reasons, nor is it suitable for weather reasons," Hermione's eyes suddenly lit up, "We can let the boat have a small problem."

Hermione grasped the clue and spoke her thoughts smoothly: "Let the ship have a slight malfunction, but it must be able to support it until it returns to the nearest port."

"There is no need to cause a malfunction. All it takes is a little problem with the ship, and if the crew can't find the cause of the problem, for the sake of safety, they will dock as soon as possible." Loren knocked on the ship plank underneath him.

Hermione looked at him thoughtfully, "Do you have any good ideas?"

With the solution, Loren was no longer so nervous. He stood up and patted his pants, "Let's see."

He pointed with his wand at the connection between a railing and the ship's plank in front of him on the right, "[Quickly soft]"

The Softening Charm, one of the spells in "Standard Spells: Elementary", they just learned it last school year.

The white light flashed away and submerged into the steel ship plate. Soon the area became like sponge cloth, with a fold dented under the action of gravity.

Loren put away the wand, and the cloth-like ship plank turned into a hard texture again, but the wrinkles remained on it.

"Let's go, someone will come here soon and find something unusual here." Loren reached out and pulled Hermione up from the ground.

The outer shell of the hull has deformed, but the cause cannot be found. No captain dares to continue sailing at the risk, and no one knows whether the next deformation will occur on the engine.

…

Half an hour later, in the cabin restaurant.

Looking at Hermione, who still looked a little uneasy, Loren handed the first scoop of ice cream to her mouth, "Don't worry, even if the softening spell doesn't work, I have other ways."

Hermione hesitated for a moment and sipped the ice cream into her mouth. The cold and sweet orange flavor made her relax a little.

"Buzz~"

"Buzz~" A harsh electric sound came from the radio.

"Dear passengers: We are very sorry to tell you that due to hull failure, for the sake of navigation safety, we decided to dock as close as possible. The ship will arrive at Sunland in 3 hours. More information will be released in due course Informing you. We deeply apologize for the inconvenience. We hope for your understanding. Thank you all."

After hearing the news, Hermione finally let go of her hanging heart.

"You-" Hermione was interrupted before she finished her sentence.

"Don't worry, I will restore the hull after the ship docks. Just use the repair spell." Loren swallowed a big mouthful of ice cream and exhaled a breath of cold air.

"I-" Hermione was interrupted again.

"We can also use magic to speed up the docking, and we can rest in a hotel on land tonight."

Hermione finally became anxious and slapped the table, "The spoon in your hand is the one I used!"

Loren froze while eating the ice cream, and his ears were congested and turned red. He calmly inserted the spoon into the ice cream, raised his head and said, "It's okay, I don't mind it being dirty."

Bang!

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