Chapter 212 210. The guest and the host enjoy themselves
"Durmstrang? I've heard of this school. Although you have hidden the school's location and are located in remote northern Europe, I heard that it has the widest range of students among the three magic schools in Europe. I heard it is the most as far as including Bulgarian children?"
The food on the table was very rich. Jon took Neville and the others to sit at the table, listening to Sir Stoke's compliments and questions to Durmstrang.
Jon smiled and gestured to Luna.
"Say hello to Jazz, Anaya."
Luna nodded slightly towards Sir Stoke.
"Hola, seor. (Hello, sir
Sir Stoke showed a slightly surprised expression.
"You still recruit students from Spain? I remember when I was still in France, the students there were all studying in Beauxbatons."
"Parents always hope that their children can develop better, don't they?" Jon said lightly, "Compared with Beauxbaton, some parents of children obviously believe in our strength. Of course, Beauxbaton is also very Excellent magic school, but we are different in the focus of magic."
The old man in front of him said that his family’s title was conferred by the Capetian dynasty (a dynasty in France), so he should be a Frenchman. French wizards usually graduated from Beauxbatons, so Jon is maintaining his respect for Germany. While Armstrong was "arrogant", he also saved some face for Beauxbatons.
Sir Stoke laughed. He raised his wine glass, and the red wine in it was rippling gently with his movements.
“Of course, what parents want most is that their children can get the best education.”
The most critical factor in maintaining the atmosphere of the conversation is that everyone in the chat is willing to continue the meeting.
Jon naturally has a purpose. He is eager to get closer to Sir Stoke.
And this Sir Stoke didn't know what the communication was for, and he obviously wanted to communicate more with Jon.
They ate and chatted until Jon seemed to mention something casually.
"This place where you live is a bit too remote. If my friend Richard hadn't liked to travel on the ocean, he would never have found it here, let alone we could sit here and enjoy dinner today. "
"I personally like quietness after all." Sir Stoke said with a smile, "Although this place is remote, it is a good place to observe and study astronomy, so I chose to move here. Your friend can find out This tower is indeed a very coincidental thing, before him, it was only 15 years ago that a Muggle ship found me when I forgot to replace the expired Muggle banishing spell."
Jon raised his wine glass and frowned subtly.
He couldn't tell whether Stoke was lying. If this person had really guessed their purpose of coming here and was deliberately trying to conceal it, then his deceiving acting skills were comparable to Jon's.
"I heard that among the three magic schools in Europe, no matter which school, the conditions for recruiting professors are extremely strict and demanding. Since Professor Johnson can be a professor of transfiguration, he must be talented and knowledgeable."
"You are too lucky, I was just lucky."
"Then I don't know if Professor Johnson has done any research on ancient runes besides his achievements in transfiguration?"
Jon pondered for a moment, as if he wanted to be humble.
"Due to my personal interest, I have dabbled in rune, but I am not proficient."
His answer made Sir Stoke's eyes light up slightly.
It's just that he didn't talk about more topics related to this aspect after that, but turned the topic to the changes and customs of the magic world in recent years.
Hearing what Jon said about the pure blood policy implemented in Britain today, Sir Stoke was extremely surprised.
His expression is obviously not fake, it looks like what he said, since he moved to this tower, he has never left, nor has he had more contact with the wizards on land, not at all Know what changes have taken place in the British wizarding world today.
After learning about Voldemort's rule of blood in England from Jon in detail, he showed a sneering attitude, and seemed to disagree or accept it.
In fact, it can be seen from his willingness to follow the habits of his ancestors and continue to use the Muggle title of title, that he actually does not have much contempt and discrimination against Muggles and wizards from Muggle families.
This made Jon feel unpredictable and weird at the same time.
Of course he would not doubt that Dumbledore's intelligence was wrong.
It is impossible for Hogwarts to go wrong. Prophecy is the most unreasonable talent in the wizarding world, and the person who can provide Dumbledore with accurate prophecy has the title of prophet. Just predicting the appearance and explosion of mushroom bombs is unlikely to make mistakes on this route.
Especially after Azkaban got the diary, this was confirmed even more.
But Sir Stoke's attitude and words towards them did not look like they had any contact with Voldemort at all.
He didn't look like he'd even heard of who Voldemort was.
Because according to him, when Voldemort just graduated from Hogwarts, that is, in the 1950s, he had already come to this tower from the mainland. During this period, except for Dumbledore's pseudonym, he never No other British wizards have been seen.
A few times Nordic wizards came to him by accident, but they obviously didn't talk about the rise of a Dark Lord in England.
But if Voldemort himself really came here, no matter whether it was plotting this tower or something on it, or even Sir Stoke himself, as long as he showed the slightest sign of not cooperating, Voldemort had just come here at that time. Reabsorbing back into his Horcrux state, Jon didn't think it was possible for Sir Stoke to survive after losing his use value.
If he bowed to Voldemort himself and did something for him, it would only mean that he was putting on a show right now.
But the appearance is too much, at least Jon didn't find any flaws from the beginning to the end.
He had doubts in his heart, but he didn't show it. The dinner ended in such a superficially "happy guest and host" atmosphere.
Afterwards, Sir Stoke kindly invited Jon and his students to stay in the tower for a few more days. There are few outsiders here. In addition, he felt that he had a good relationship with Jon, so he wanted to communicate with him more. comminicate.
Jon showed some hesitation. He said that he had other travel plans with the students, but it was also a good experience to stay and see the tower for a few days.
So he agreed to come down, but made an excuse that he would go back to the ship to arrange for the students who stayed on the ship tonight, and did not spend the night in the tower the following night.
(end of this chapter)