Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 117: Back to school

Breakfast on September 1st, the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, Tom, held a cup of hot tea as usual, and knocked on the door of Room 13 at the Leaky Cauldron.

The sleepy-eyed Matthew opened the door, took the cup of tea from the grinning old Tom, and thanked him.

I remember the days when I lived in the Leaky Cauldron last year, he never received such treatment... Maybe it's because he paid for it this year!

After Tom left, Matthew touched his purse. There were still the last ten Galleons left in it... It was enough. After returning to school, there was nothing to spend money on.

Get dressed in the room, throw the toad back into the cage, and then stuff all the textbooks I took out for the past two days into the suitcase.

Then, he walked out of Room 13.

Then walk down the stairs.

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Soon, the three friends gathered in the restaurant of the Leaky Cauldron, preparing to have breakfast.

Neville went to the counter to order.

And Hermione was frowning, reading the Daily Prophet.

"Bad news, Matthew!" Hermione said in a sudden fuss.

"What's wrong?" Matthew yawned and asked casually.

"It's about those fugitives from Azkaban!" Hermione put down the newspaper in her hand and replied seriously.

"Fugitives?" Matthew asked while taking a sip of hot tea, "Has the Ministry of Magic disclosed the identities of those fugitives?"

"No, no...Minister Millicent Barnold still insisted that the three fugitives are highly confidential and will not disclose their information for the time being...The Ministry of Magic will try to arrest them as much as possible Bring it to justice!" Hermione shook her head.

"Are you kidding me?" Matthew shrugged, "Those three people have been on the run for almost two months, so there's no way to catch them as soon as possible."

To be honest, Matthew is indeed a little dissatisfied with the Ministry of Magic now.

Of course, this is mainly because of the previous "smuggling" incident.

Although the "smuggling" incident was finally resolved perfectly, a thread related to the book that Matthew finally found was broken.

Lucius Malfoy was imprisoned in the Ministry of Magic, but after only three days, he was acquitted.

As for Tom Gunter, Matthew didn't see any reports related to this name in the Daily Prophet this summer... It is conceivable that those people from the Ministry of Magic failed to arrest him, or even No idea at all.

Even the contents of the mysterious box, the Department of Mysteries did not reveal any information about it... Matthew had no idea what was inside.

It seems that even if a minister is changed, the Ministry of Magic, the official law enforcement agency, is not so reliable.

"The Ministry of Magic claims that in order to better arrest suspects and protect the personal safety of Hogwarts..." Hermione continued to read the contents of the newspaper: "They will send some dementors to station Some levels of Hogwarts..."

"...But, what exactly is a dementor?" She looked slightly puzzled.

"Dementors are extremely evil creatures." Neville happened to be holding a plate of sandwiches, and when he returned to the table, he heard Hermione's question: "My dad told me...it was evil, very Scary and ugly... No one would like this creature!"

And Matthew blinked slightly, and asked with some surprise: "Principal Grindelwald allows dementors to be stationed in Hogwarts?"

"Yes." Hermione nodded, her eyes continued to scan the newspaper: "Yes, with the permission of Principal Grindelwald... However, Principal Grindelwald also warned that dementors are not allowed to touch or Affect the life of teachers and students at Hogwarts... Otherwise, you will bear the consequences..."

"It sounds like our lives will not be affected in any way." Matthew said lightly.

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After breakfast, the three of them were also ready to set off.

They gathered by the fireplace in Matthew's room, and Matthew went to Old Tom for some Floo powder.

It is not the first time for the three of them to travel in this way, and they don't need any guidance; it's just that the process of lighting a fire in the fireplace took them a little time.

"King's Cross Station!" Matthew took a handful of floo powder, shouted, and stepped into the flames.

The surrounding scene changes suddenly, and the whole body is spinning rapidly——

When Matthew stabilized his figure, he arrived at the destination.

The hearth room at King's Cross station, where almost all the fireplaces in the UK are connected; every few seconds, other wizards pop up around.

Sometimes Matthew is a little puzzled, why not go directly to Hogwarts through the "Floo Network", but take the train there... Perhaps, it is because of a sense of ceremony? There may also be other factors.

Neville and Hermione soon arrived at the hearth room; among them, Neville seemed to have been choked by soot, coughing non-stop.

The three walked out of the fireplace room and came to the 9? station.

As soon as they looked up, they saw the Hogwarts Express—a bright red steam locomotive that was puffing out smoke.

"Let's go to the back of the train, it's relatively empty there, let's take an empty compartment!" Hermione pushed the cart and walked in front of the three of them.

Neville and Matthew could only follow.

They made it to the rear of the train, in front of a seemingly empty carriage.

Then, they first loaded the luggage onto the train; among them, Neville's owl cage and Matthew's toad cage were placed on the luggage rack.

Finally, they found an empty cubicle and settled down.

Only Hermione held her Crookshanks in her arms until she entered the compartment and released it.

"Crookshanks, you need to exercise more." She said kindly.

It's a pity that her pet didn't appreciate it. After running to the corner of the cubicle, it lay down lazily again, unwilling to move at all.

A loud siren sound ~IndoMTL.com~ The guard walks along the train and closes the doors one by one.

Then, the locomotive spewed out steam and started slowly... The train accelerated little by little, faster and faster, until finally the station was completely invisible.

"This long summer vacation is finally coming to an end." Sitting on the seat in the cubicle, Matthew stretched his waist and said at the same time: "Finally, we can go back to Hogwarts!"

"I wish the summer vacation was longer!" Neville whispered.

Hermione opened her mouth and was about to say something——

Suddenly, the door of the compartment was opened, and a tall wizard broke in.

It is a strange adult.

This surprised the three Hogwarts second-year students in the cubicle.

Because before this, they had never seen other adult wizards on the train except for the witch who pushed the trolley to "sell" snacks.