From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"Or mushroom soup?"

Singed glanced at Adams and expressed his dissatisfaction with his eyes.

"Aren't we out for an adventure? Why is it mushroom soup every day - do you think we are rabbits?"

"Rabbits don't eat mushrooms, Professor Singed."

William happily made himself a bowl of mushroom soup, which was only three days old, and he also brought his own food. The mushroom soup was just a side dish, so he just had something fresh to drink.

To be honest, after staying in Azkaban, he can completely accept normal dry food, not to mention that this time he carefully selected a lot of things that are convenient for camping, which makes the food more worthwhile. Looking forward to it.

As for the mushroom soup - he wouldn't say bad things about a professor of herbal medicine casually. It's just that he can't even catch a rabbit. It's not embarrassing... it's not embarrassing...

"It's not that I don't want to make other things, it's just this - you can't expect me to find edible fruits in the summer! Those things are all raw, it would be too wasteful to get them now!"

Adams' ears were a little red, "And I don't know why there are no rabbits here! If there were any, I would have caught them easily. You have also seen the rabbits I caught in the Forbidden Forest!"

He explained so seriously that William didn't know for a moment whether he should tell him that the rabbits in the Forbidden Forest were half-raised by Hagrid and the centaurs, and they were not vigilant at all. Moreover, the road they took was because smugglers often came here. , the fruit trees and plants valuable for picking have been almost destroyed, and the rabbits have been caught much smarter than in other places...

There's nothing you can do, there are capable smugglers...

"We will make do with what we have, and we will make do with it. Our reserves are quite sufficient, enough for us to eat back and forth. Some game condiments would be good."

William tried to smooth things over, "If the terrain changes in a few days, our luck may get better."

In a few days, when their curiosity subsides a little, William is ready to let them go out through the official channel. They can't really go out through the smuggling route, right?

"That makes sense. It's just that we've been unlucky these past few days. Maybe we can catch a wild dragon!"

Adams suddenly became interested and began to fantasize.

——

While William and the others were walking around in the mountains and forests, Percy had already been working in the caravan for a week.

"The new redhead!"

A wizard in charge of transportation cheerfully called to Percy, "Come here!"

Although this title was not very polite, Percy stood up instantly and trotted over, "What's the matter, director?"

"Go and count the numbers. You're new here. This is the rule. Once you've done the math, come over and report!"

"Yes, supervisor!"

Percy shouted back, giving the supervisor a moment's pause before walking away with a smile.

The new British guy is hardworking and hard-working, but he's a bit stupid. It stands to reason that there would be a private wizard duel when he calls out such an unpleasant nickname, but there isn't - he's quite smooth at work, but he's a bit stupid. ,Pity.

"Come on, come on, play cards, wait for Hongmao to report the number!"

He called to the wizard who was transporting it with him and took out the gambling items.

When it comes to playing, they are the fastest group of wizards to accept it - they have seen a lot of people transporting things from all over the world, whether they are Muggles or wizards, as long as it is fun, just learn to use it.

That is to say, the Ministry of Magic's ban has become stricter in recent years, and it's not like the drug transport team didn't smoke it back then - the formal ones like them were better, but those who secretly smuggled more powerful banned potions.

A game of bridge from Muggles was played, and several people happily boasted.

The topic unknowingly led to the newcomer Hongmao, "Do you think that Hongmao is stupid?"

"Why, did he say anything magical again?"

"Isn't that happening every day? It would be weird if he didn't say something magical one day." Another wizard followed with ridicule, "That stupid red-haired guy came when he came and didn't even understand why he had to transport it across the country - "

He pinched his throat and imitated, "Sir, why do you think we need to transport these products across countries? Isn't it convenient to use a door key?"

"Reading makes me stupid!"

He smiled and defined, "I know about the Portkey, but I don't know that the package blessed by the Traceless Expansion Spell will break during the use of the Portkey..."

"That's right, and he's quite funny - he doesn't use a door key, just carries the goods on a broomstick and stuffs the goods into the bag of the Invisible Expansion Spell. He thinks that the Invisible Expansion Spell is a cabbage and can be used by anyone. ?”

"No, and the spell is easy to expire, and there are only a few people who can cast spells. In order to prevent the bag from breaking, it needs to be maintained regularly. Even the smuggler is not willing to use that kind of bag - he is just a stupid treasure..."

"No, haha!"

The card game was suddenly filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

——

"William, are we going to follow the official path?"

"Yes, let's go now. It's best to take the Knight Bus to the border and then conduct an outbound visit. Otherwise, you will be crossing the border illegally." William answered while packing up the used camp and clearing away traces around it.

You still have to have a bottom line as a human being. Smuggling is wrong and returning is wrong, but you can't burn bridges across rivers. It would be too immoral to clearly expose the location of the camp so that future generations can't use it.

"I have also visited hidden places in the country, and the next step is to officially cross the border and go there. First, I will experience the customs and customs, and then I will consider where to go for a simple adventure."

"Okay, this time I'm going to fight a wolf!"

After not catching a rabbit for many days, Adams lowered his hunting expectations from magical creatures to an incredible place - of course, this was also due to the fact that Singed had hit too many people along the way from setting up camp to now.

"Come on, you can do it. There are said to be a lot of wolves over there, and you may even see bears."

William sends his sincere blessings.

Then the three of them stretched out their wands and summoned the Knight Bus.

As advertised, this is the real deal when a wizard needs it.

Huge headlights suddenly appeared not far away, and the chatty conductor's warm smile appeared.

"Oh my God, there are three passengers at once - to be honest, it is not easy to meet so many passengers during the summer vacation. Even the route in Diagon Alley is empty - the students stay at home and will not come until the end of the summer vacation." Will run around everywhere.”

"Of course, it's nothing. I'm the conductor of the Knight Bus. I've seen similar things a lot!"

"Have you really seen that much? I remember that your grades were not very good when you were studying..."

Adams spoke leisurely, which made William suddenly act out.

By the way, when he came out of prison, the conductor Stan Sampac seemed to be in the middle of an internship and a graduation.

"Ah, Professor!"

"Hello Professor, I didn't expect it was you..."

Poor Sampac's provocative ears were a little red, "I didn't expect to see you after leaving Hogwarts..."

He rubbed his hands, "Allow me to reintroduce you, Professor."

Stan Sampac bowed and saluted, "This is the Knight Bus, every wizard's companion, a trustworthy means of transportation. I am Stan Sampac, the conductor. I am here to serve you sincerely. I wish you a pleasant journey."

"Please get in the car, Professor. I hope this journey will be pleasant enough for you."

After completing a series of actions, he shouted to the driver, "I'm in for a treat. Three, guys, are my professor and his friends!"

"Oh, of course, no problem!"

The driver shouted over here, "Please get in the car, Professor!"

"Thanks," Adams smiled back, "You're much more stable than you were in school, Stan."

"Of course, Professor, where are you going?"

"Border, we're going to the Far East to do something."

Adams was too embarrassed to risk it—the students were here.

William and Singed were laughing secretly next to them. One of them was an alchemy professor with a high threshold, and the other was a new professor who had only been working for one year. They were not worried about students recognizing them.

"You are here for inspection, Professor."

"I still remember the theory that extreme environment potions may change their properties that you proposed during class..."

Stan Sompak spoke happily, while Adams listened with a kind face.

"I bet, this Stan's grades are really bad... He doesn't even understand the difference between potions and herbs. If Professor Snape sees it, tsk tsk..."

Singed complained secretly.

Although Professor Snape was not very friendly to William, William couldn't help but think about the scenario - maybe the Potions Professor would go crazy?

"Yes, over there in the Far East, I remember that there was a time when Russia was still like that - anyway, it was almost the same. Herbal medicines could not be transported at all, resulting in a lot of magic potions here running out of raw materials. At that time, smuggling was called an epidemic. New The minister caught a lot of them..."

William's face suddenly became not very pretty...

This conductor talks too much.

But the conductor didn't notice anything and kept talking.

"Yes, the environment has finally improved, and I just happened to go observe herbal medicines. A responsible professor like you will definitely want to verify his theory, especially because there has been a lot of turmoil there in the past few years, and the wild herbs may still be there. I’ve endured a few more winters.”

"That's what happened, but it was just a simple inspection, not so formal."

…

That's about it, Adams.

However, the conductor probably mentioned something that made Adams happy, and the conversation between the two continued until William and the others got off the Knight Bus.

"Ah, it's only been a few years, and students have changed so much."

After getting out of the car, Adams was very annoyed, "My student didn't do very well in the herbal medicine class, but he was still kind-hearted, but he talked a bit too much, and he couldn't even read the paper he was writing."

"So after graduation, he chose to be a conductor," William nodded. "This profession satisfied his wishes. He met different people, heard news from various places, traveled around various places, and communicated with different people."

"That certainly suits him well," Adams agreed.

"Speaking of which, how was his self-defense course?"

"It's pretty good, right?" Adams thought for a while, "But don't be too demanding. The self-defense courses at Hogwarts over the years are basically not very good."

"Then you have to work hard and study hard," William looked at the disappearing bus. "If there is an argument in the future, it's better to defend yourself."

William originally thought that Adams would smile back and curse, and then tell him not to curse his students, but Adams took it seriously.

"I'll write him a letter when I go back later and ask him to read more textbooks on magical self-defense. When you say that, I'm quite worried..."

William and Singed looked at each other and then stopped talking.

It can make his professor feel that he really needs to learn magic self-defense. What kind of sense does this child give him?

"Let's go, you two, don't hang around, you have to register - we are going to the Far East to investigate the changes in herbal medicines over the years. Maybe some artificially raised herbs have not been put away for various reasons. That has high research value.”

Adams looked serious, "In addition, we can buy a batch of seeds and go back to Hogwarts to try to cultivate them. It was really difficult to get them in the past few years. Even Professor Snape complained that there was not enough medicinal herbs..."

? ? ?

William and Singed looked at each other and confirmed that Adams had been led astray by the conductor.

"Let's go to the border!"

The two of them worked together to pull Adams and prevent him from going further and further down the wrong path - it is not a good habit to think about yourself, and it is mostly caused by the arrogance of a normal wizard.

He has been admiring Professor Lockhart for some time. If he continues to learn like this, there will probably be another book writer in Hogwarts...

——

"You three, apply to go to Russia?"

"Yes, three."

Singed controlled the showy Adams, and William handled the negotiations.

"reason."

"Scientifically investigate whether local herbs have any mutations during their free growth during this period."

Although he called out to Adams, William still felt that this excuse was quite useful.

"Do you have a letter of recommendation from a relevant association? If not, you cannot apply for customs clearance for this reason -" the clerk looked at William and the others, "There have been more people trying to smuggle recently."

"Similar recommendations?"

William was stunned for a moment—and then Adams came over triumphantly.

"I am an honorary lifelong member of the Herbal Society, and this is my certificate."

He handed over the certificate. The other party looked at it and said in a surprised tone, "Ah - Professor!"

"Are you going to do scientific research? Have you communicated with the other party's association? We have the other party's service point here. I will contact their service person and issue a certificate to you by the way-"

The Ministry of Magic staff member in charge of cross-border services was quite enthusiastic, "Then these two are-"

"My colleagues, Professor William and Professor Singed, are going to investigate together, hoping to find something interesting."

"Of course, Hogwarts' magic research capabilities are among the best in the world!"

"Originally, you had to cross the border several times to get through, but we have a door key for emergency communication. It should be enough for three people to use it together. They can fly directly to Russia without being so tiring on the road."

“Don’t worry, your bags can be left at the border – nothing is ever lost here!”

The border manager was so enthusiastic that William truly realized how important the position of Hogwarts professor was.

‘We can’t let parents down, we have to work harder next school year! ! ! ’