Chapter 239 237. The leaning tower
"What about Hermione and Luna?"
Only seeing Neville and the three of them, Jon frowned.
Using Li's Transfiguration, Neville, who pretended to be a sheep and entangled with those black cats in the pasture for a long time, was exhausted and out of breath.
He and Jon continued to run towards the first floor together, saying at the same time.
"Hermione. The two of them got separated from us! But they must be downstairs...the cats are chasing them downstairs."
His words did not reassure Jon, but instead made him feel even more bad.
Didn't say much, they continued to run downstairs. Of course Neville and the others couldn't use the Levitation Charm to fly up, but luckily there were only a few floors left.
Jon didn't dare to fly ahead this time to keep Neville and the others out of his sight to avoid any accidents. Instead, he quickly came to the first floor with them.
They didn't find Hermione and the others on the way, and there was no response to their shouts.
After seeing the empty and messy foyer on the first floor, everyone's expressions became ugly.
Jon was the first to break the silence, the tower was shaking more and more violently, they could hardly even stand on their feet, and they might fall to the ground at any time.
"You go out first, I will find a way to find them. This place is too dangerous, and problems may occur at any time!"
Neville and the others all had expressions of shame on their faces. Without Jon by their side, they couldn't even protect the two girls, which made them feel even more ashamed.
But none of them had any objection to Jon's arrangement, and the three of them knew very well that not only would they not be able to provide Jon with any help, but they would also bring him even greater troubles if they continued to stay here.
However, when Neville and the others stretched out their hands to push the door, the two doors remained motionless.
"The door won't open!" Ron yelled.
At this time, the chandelier on the ceiling was shaking, and fine stones had already fallen from above, and cracks as fine as spider webs began to spread in all directions!
Jon gritted his teeth, suppressed the almost fearful worry in his heart, passed by Ron and Neville, and heavily closed the door with his body still attached to the mantra!
There was a loud bang, as if something invisible had been broken, and then the two doors were smashed open without any resistance!
The wet and salty sea breeze was blowing, and in front of them was the huge Hogwarts.
The sea water is no longer as calm as it used to be, and there seems to be some terrifying monster under the sea stirring up the underwater world! The surging waves kept hitting the platform in front of the tower, and the white waves seemed to be falling right in front of Neville's eyes!
George and his party, who were always observing the situation of the tower on the boat, discovered the change in the nearby sea area from the very beginning, so they put the springboard in front of the tower early, and when they saw the tower shaking violently and the door suddenly opened, They waved to Jon and the others excitedly.
"Quick! Come up! This tower is going to fall!"
Jon stretched out his hand and pushed Neville and the three of them onto the diving board, but he turned around and prepared to go back into the tower.
"Go back to the boat! Tell George to drive the boat far away immediately, you must stay away from this tower!"
"Are you going back to find Hermione and the others?"
Jon said very seriously.
"I promised Professor Dumbledore that I will not let this ship lose one person. If there must be one less person, it can only be me."
However, when the next wave surged up and exploded around them, a voice that was covered by the sea wind and could only be heard faintly came from the distant sea!
"Here. We are here"
Jon, who had already retreated to the door, stopped suddenly. He floated up, and soon floated up.
On the other side of the tower, he saw Hermione who was grabbing Luna's arm by the waves and struggling desperately to swim towards Hogwarts!
There was a look of surprise on his face, and he finally emphasized it to Neville.
"Go back to the boat! I'll save them!"
He flew up, quickly rushed towards the direction where Hermione and the others were, and soon came to the top of the two girls.
Luna's condition doesn't seem to be very good. Her face is livid and her eyes are tightly closed, but she still has breathing ups and downs.
Jon used the magic power stored on the gem to increase the strength of the floating spell on himself.
Then he wrapped Hermione in one hand and the unconscious Luna in the other, and fished them up from the turbulent sea.
Fortunately, the weight of the two girls was very light, so Jon didn't find it difficult to fly, and soon he took them back to the Hogwarts.
George has been watching Jon's movements. After seeing him fall on the boat, he immediately swung the sledgehammer in his hand, and knocked away the wooden stick that was stuck on the side of the boat with one hammer!
The ship's side, which had been set on a predetermined course, began to rotate by itself, and the Hogwarts immediately yawed, missing the tall tower that had obviously begun to tilt, and headed north.
And just as Jon put Hermione and Luna down and breathed a sigh of relief, someone suddenly pointed in the direction of the top of the tower and exclaimed.
Under the dark night sky, there was a faint light on the top of the tower. In front of the light, there was a figure as small as an ant, who threw something from the tower.
The thing fell quickly, and Jon raised his wand with a tacit understanding. When it was about to fall into the sea, he aimed at it and used the floating spell.
The next second, it was steadily suspended in the air not far from Jon. It was a stone slab, and a small part of the stone surface was shining with the fluorescence of runes.
Jon reached out and took the slate, and there was a note on it, with a line of beautiful English written on it.
【This is what I promised to give you】
Jon looked at the stone slab with a silent expression on his face, and then he raised his head to look at the top of the tower that had been tilted at an angle of almost thirty degrees.
There was a figure standing there, waving in the direction they were sailing.
An inexplicable sadness rose from Jon's heart.
He knew that Sir Stoke could easily escape from this tower if he wanted to, without even facing his coercion and questioning, and Rabiel could take him wherever he wanted.
But obviously, his choice at the moment is to die rather than leave this tower that carries his dreams and beliefs.
Below the clouds, above the waves.
Tobias Stoke calmly watched the big ship gradually move away. His eyes shifted from the sea to the sky above his head, and he said softly.
"You must regret following a master like me, Rabir."
Rabiel stood respectfully behind the old jazz just like countless days and nights in the past, it shook his head and said.
"Master, he is the greatest person in the world. Rabiel is always proud of the house elf who can be the master!"
(end of this chapter)