Chapter 173 171. The purpose of going to sea (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)
Jon never expected to meet the ghost of Hogwarts here, he looked at Nick with some surprise, but Neville asked hesitantly at this moment.
"But. Nick, I remember that ghosts shouldn't go anywhere casually, right? My father told me that ghosts are formed because wizards still have strong memories of the world of the living when they die, and Even if they stay in the world of the living as the dead, they can only walk in the places where they left traces during their lifetime, why can you come out casually?"
Nick seemed to praise Neville's erudition very much, but when he answered this question, his face was obviously a little sad.
"This is true for most of the ghosts, just like Drake of this ghost ship, they are confined to this sea most of the time. But the ghosts selected by Hogwarts, Especially the resident ghosts are different."
Captain Jack seemed to jump in anger at Nick's words, but this did not affect him in the slightest to continue talking.
"For the ghosts of Hogwarts, no matter what we were before, the castle with powerful magic is our final destination. This represents its recognition of us, and it also means that we are willing to let go of other pasts. Remember the trace left at Hogwarts Castle."
"But then that castle changed." Nick's voice was so sad, "The Sorting Hat became an ordinary broken hat, Peeves disappeared from this world forever, the portrait born for this castle We became dead things. We became a group of lonely ghosts, but we became completely independent ghosts because of it."
"Everyone was disappointed and sad. Barrow left with other ghosts who were willing to follow him, saying that he was going to find a way to redeem Hogwarts; Ms. Gray went to a forest alone, and she kept saying that she did it again. Something was wrong, we all felt that her spirit was a little abnormal; the fat monk and I didn't know where we were going, we wandered around Europe together, met many other ghosts, and experienced many interesting things. Until Deng Bullido found us, and he asked us to do something for him, so I separated from the fat monk and came to this ship."
Jon and the others heard the sadness from Nick's tone.
Hogwarts castle is more important than anyone else to these ghosts. As he said, they left the castle, and now they are a group of lonely ghosts.
But Nick obviously knew that now was not the time to vent his emotions, and soon his voice became lighter.
"Aha, there must be more than the three of you at Hogwarts now, right? Call the others out, today is Halloween, a holiday for ghosts, with Drake and the others here, we can celebrate together! Don't worry, don't look Drake is such a villain, but they were good pirates in life, just not very brains in most cases."
Captain Jack obviously heard the "abuse" behind Nick. He threw Nick to the ground with an angry face, and pulled his head from his neck, as if to demonstrate who the brainless people really are .
The parrot that had jumped on Captain Jack's head was also screaming.
"How dare you insult Captain Jack! Captain Jack wants to show everyone who has no brains!"
Gabrielle happily floated above the heads of the two fighting ghosts. This was the first time she saw her "similar" ghosts, and they were all such interesting ghosts.
Jon and the three of them glanced at each other, and smiled at each other, and then George went to the cabin and called out all the students who had hid in, and held the Halloween dinner that was just interrupted in the middle.
These pirate ghosts are just like what Nick said, they do seem to be a group of good ghosts, although their brains do seem to lack a tendon.
Many students in Hogwarts have seen such a large number of ghosts for the first time, not to mention that the Hogwarts under their feet has overlapped with another ghost ship.
Those sailors who followed Captain Jack got all kinds of musical instruments from their own ghost ship.
Even in terms of artistic taste, ghosts appreciate music differently from ordinary people, but these sailor ghosts at sea are obviously an exception. They played the ship songs when they were alive as pirates.
The students could resonate with them from the music, which made the dinner more and more lively.
The banquet lasted until midnight, and the students returned to the cabin to prepare for a rest when they were tired from playing.
After sending Nick to the Hogwarts, Captain Jack will also drive his ship away with his men.
Nick said his last farewell to them.
"Don't dream of gold and silver treasures, Drake, and don't think about robbing and scaring those Muggles. There is a ghost office in the Ministry of Magic. They will definitely come to trouble you after they find out the problem."
"Captain Jack doesn't talk to cowards!" screamed the parrot.
Then Captain Jack took their ghosts and left without looking back.
The ghost ship and the Hogwarts began to separate, heading in another direction.
Nick looked at the ship from a distance, and waved his hand towards it. I don't know if Captain Jack had planned to show force to deter him from the beginning, or in response to Nick's farewell, the gun barrel of the ghost ship "boomed." "There was a burst of explosion, and then the transparent shell exploded in the sky.
The white mist that originally surrounded Hogwarts began to dissipate, but even though it was so late, Jon still didn't feel sleepy.
He turned his head to look at Nick, took a deep breath, and planned to ask all the questions he had just waited for the banquet to end before asking him for advice.
However, before he could speak, Nick spoke first.
"You should be the one who Dumbledore arranged here to lead these children?" He looked at Jon with some surprise on his face, "But to be honest, you don't seem to be the oldest among these children. "
Jon shrugged.
"In most cases, age is not a criterion for selection, is it?"
"Indeed, Dumbledore never considered age when looking at people." Nick's tone became serious. "Since this is the case, Dumbledore should have told you, what is our core purpose for this trip to sea?"
Jon's face became extremely calm. Of course, he never forgot what Dumbledore said to him before leaving.
"In order to find the answer to why the Dark Lord became like this!"
Speaking of boat songs, I have been listening to a 19th-century New Zealand nautical ballad "Wellerman" when I was conceiving the content of this volume.
Then, I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
(end of this chapter)