The Wind and the Eagle Wings at Hogwarts - Chapter 579
c579 Bonus 004. Noah’s Fantasy Journey (Part 1)
July 2022, England, town of Hastings.
After breakfast, 11-year-old boy Noah walked out the door.
This is the beginning of the summer vacation after graduating from elementary school. He is preparing to go to the sea to experience the wind and waves with his father’s fishing boat.
At this moment, he saw a gentleman wearing a strange black robe and a pointed hat suddenly appear outside the courtyard of his house.
“When was he standing there?”
Noah muttered and came to the courtyard door.
“Hello, sir.” He asked politely, “What can I do for you?”
The other party responded politely, “Hello, I’m here to see you, Mr. Evans.”
“Me?” Noah looked at each other in surprise.
Why did an adult in weird clothes come to find me?
The other person added: “Noah Evans, 11 years old, right?”
“It’s me.” Noah nodded.
He looked up at the other party’s pale face and dark eyes without much blood, and suddenly felt uneasy.
Fortunately, at this moment, Noah’s father, Taquin Evans, came out of the house.
Tarquin is a tall and strong man, and his long-term work at sea fishing makes him look older than his actual age.
“Who are you?” He looked at the stranger at the door who was talking to his son with some vigilance.
“I am Jacob Kent,” the other party replied, “a teacher from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, here to enroll your child.”
“Magic school?” Noah’s eyes lit up.
“We’re not going!” Tarquin refused, “Noah has already chosen the middle school he wants to go to, and we don’t allow him to learn any magic!”
“It’s magic.”
Jacob emphasized, and suddenly his figure flashed and disappeared.
“Noah is a little wizard.”
As the sound came, Noah and his son quickly turned around and found that Jacob was already standing inside their garden.
“I think you should have noticed it a long time ago, right?” He asked with a smile, “Some unexplainable strange things will definitely happen when the little wizard grows up.”
“What is this? So cool!”
Noah looked at Jacob who suddenly appeared behind him in shock. He had been conquered by the opponent’s hand.
“Wizard?” Tarquin was also shocked at this moment, “I thought he was just a little weird.”
At this time, Noah’s mother Chara also walked out of the house.
“Please tell us more about the wizard, Mr. Kent,” she requested.
Apparently, she had just heard their conversation in the house.
“certainly.”
Jacob was invited into the house by the family.
“In the past, Hogwarts would use owls to deliver admission letters to young wizards, but the appearance of these owls in the Muggle world often caused a lot of trouble. Now teachers simply come to the door in person.”
As he spoke, he took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Noah.
“Fortunately, Hogwarts still only needs to guide the new students responsible for the British Isles… Oh, thank you, ma’am.”
He took the hot tea from Chara and thanked him casually.
“Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!”
At this time, Noah had already started reading the letter.
“Headmaster… Minerva McGonagall… Dear Mr. Evans, we are pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.”
“Enclosed is a list of required books and equipment… The semester is scheduled to start on September 1st… Please follow the teacher’s guidance and complete the preparations before admission.”
“Yours sincerely, Deputy Headmaster, Neville Longbottom.”
He finished reading the letter without finishing it, and then stared at Jacob closely.
“this……”
He swallowed.
“Is this true? I can really learn magic.”
“Of course.” Jacob smiled gently, “You know you are different, don’t you?”
Noah nodded vigorously, “I often break things at home unintentionally. Another time, I automatically returned to the shore when I fell into the water, and…”
“Yes.”
Jacob put down the tea cup in his hand and stopped the boy from talking.
“This is all because you are a little wizard.”
He seemed to see the uneasiness and vigilance of Noah’s parents. He took out a small wooden stick from his pocket and shook it, turning the teacup on the table into a real mouse.
“oh……”
In the exclamation, he turned the mouse that was about to escape from the table into a teacup.
“The little wizard must go to school and learn to control his magic, otherwise it will hurt himself…”
He began to tell the two parents about the need to attend a wizarding school.
Tarquin and Charla seemed to understand, but were still a little unsure.
“Then what will he do in the future?” Chara asked worriedly, “I mean, if he goes to learn magic, will he live well in the future?”
“Don’t worry, the magical world has been peaceful for many years.”
Jacob said patiently.
“After graduating from the magic school, he can find a job in the magic world, or he can choose to continue his studies and enter a magic university…”
He just briefly introduced the basic situation of the magic world today, but Noah listened with fascination.
Finally, when Jacob stood up and said goodbye to them, Noah was still reluctant to leave.
“Okay, then we will meet at the gate of King’s Cross Station in London in ten days. That is the only opportunity for you as parents to visit the magical world.”
After saying this, he disappeared directly.
“Oh, Dad, Mom, do you think this is true?”
Noah blinked, fearing that everything that had just happened was an illusion.
Kunta and Chara also looked at each other.
“I think it’s true.” Chara said.
In the next few days, Noah felt that every day passed very slowly.
Finally, the agreed day came. Accompanied by his parents, Noah took the train to London.
At the crowded King’s Cross Station, they finally met Professor Jacob Kent again.
At this time, there were several families like them around Jacob, and each of them had a nervous look on their faces.
“Okay, we’re finally here.”
Jacob waved his hand.
“Please follow me.”
As he said that, he turned and walked into the station.
The Evans family hurriedly followed him, and Noah looked around, too nervous to talk to his peers around him.
Jacob led them to walk, not to the station hall, nor to the platform, but to a door in a somewhat hidden position.
The door was bare and there was no house number.
He pushed the door and walked in.
“Good morning, Professor Kent, are you a freshman?”
With a greeting, Noah saw the scene behind the door.
A large hall.
“Hello, Gerber.” Jacob replied to the young man who greeted him, “Yes, these are the freshmen this year and their parents.”
Gerber nodded and began to greet them quickly, “Hello, welcome, please line up here.”
Noah and the others followed his instructions and lined up in front of a floor-length mirror.
Noah, who was in the first place, looked at himself in the mirror, and was a little confused when a female voice came from the mirror.
“Noah Evans, a freshman at Hogwarts in 2022, passed.”
“Okay.”
Jacob patted Noah on the shoulder and asked him to stand aside.
“Tarquin Evans, parent of freshman Noah Evans, passed.”
At this time, the identity of Noah’s father was reported in the mirror.
“This is a necessary process for entering the magic world.” Jacob explained to Noah, “Your files have been backed up long ago.”
After everyone passed the mirror test, Jacob led them to the center of the hall.
The ground here was outlined with complicated patterns made of metal, and inlaid with some huge, sparkling gems, which made everyone’s eyes go straight.
“Get ready!”
Jacob said loudly, raising the wand in his hand.
“Let’s go!”
Then, a dazzling white light enveloped all of them, blocking their vision.
“Okay, welcome to the new Diagon Alley Square!”
Hearing Jacob’s voice again, Noah slowly opened his eyes.
“Wow…”
Exclamations came one after another, and everyone looked at everything in front of them in shock.