Chapter 505 503. Hogwarts
Jon knocked on the farmer's door, looking so abrupt in the silent night.
But there was no movement for a long time, but he continued to knock on the door very patiently, until there were a few vulgar curses and a series of footsteps inside.
The door of the room was opened from the inside, and a strong man with a beard held a double-barreled shotgun in his hand, staring at Jon and Lily with an unkind expression.
After seeing that the people standing outside the door were children and women, the guard in his eyes was obviously reduced.
"If you are lost, you can go to the next hut to make do with it for the night, and we will talk about other things tomorrow. If you have other goals, you'd better weigh this guy in my hand first!"
He didn't regard Jon and the others as beggars, because although the outfits of the two looked strange, they really didn't look like homeless people.
Somewhat beyond his expectation, the person communicating with him was not the beautiful woman who looked indifferent, but the boy who seemed to be only 7 or 8 years old at most.
"We just want to ask for directions, sir, sorry to interrupt your rest, but we did encounter some difficulties."
Jon could see that this man just looked rough, but he should be a fairly easy-going person, otherwise he wouldn't be willing to help them as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Where are we now, and what date and year is it today?"
The man looked at Jon and Lily with even more strange eyes, and his drowsiness seemed to have faded away. After a moment of silence, he still replied.
"This is Paisley, today is June 2, 1996."
After hearing his answer, Jon and Lily couldn't help but look at each other. These two news are actually good news for them.
Paisley is an area located in the southwest of Scotland, which means that they were still in Northern Europe before traveling through space, but now they have returned to the UK.
And in terms of time, it was 5 months faster than they were in the original world.
Although they are not exactly the same, the gap in the middle is not too big. Based on this, they can roughly infer that the time when Voldemort used the time converter to reverse the world in the first place should be 5 months!
After receiving these two crucial pieces of information, Jon finally showed the smile that appeared for the first time after Dumbledore fell into a deep sleep.
He turned his head and continued to look at the man, reached into the pocket of the robe with one hand, and said at the same time.
"There is one more thing I want to trouble you, sir, it may not be called trouble, after all, this matter is beneficial to you, can we exchange some money with you?"
Just after the man listened to Jon's words, his eyes were subconsciously occupied by vigilance again, and he began to raise the muzzle of the shotgun in his hand.
Then he saw what Jon had pulled out of his pocket.
Those are two golden beans.
After completing this transaction that both parties were satisfied with, the man didn't go to bed anymore. He enthusiastically expressed that he could help Jon and Lily to a nearby station.
The two bought tickets to London in front of the platform. After a day, they arrived in London from Scotland in the afternoon.
But from here on, they have already returned to the place they are most familiar with.
The entrance of Diagon Alley, the location of the Leaky Cauldron has not changed, it is still out of place in the middle of a bustling street in London.
When Jon and Lily got together at the bar, they could clearly feel the active and relaxed atmosphere of the magic world in this world.
The bar is very lively, wizards and witches can sit at the same table regardless of their bloodlines, and there is no tension and dull atmosphere here. From time to time, these people can be heard talking about last year's Quidditch World Cup, how the Irish team defeated The Bulgarian team won, or it was an anecdote about how two Hogwarts warriors won the championship together in the Triwizard Tournament held by three magic schools in Europe last year.
Lily listened very carefully to the second matter. She wanted to know if there was any information about Harry in it, but she didn't hear the names of the two warriors who represented Hogwarts from those talking about it.
Jon saw Lily's inner unrest, so he pretended to be puzzled and turned to look at the bar owner, Old Tom, who was cleaning in front of the bar.
"Sir, was the famous Harry Potter the one who represented Hogwarts last year?"
Because of Jon's age, Lao Tang didn't find it strange that he asked this question, and replied naturally.
"It's a well-known fact, boy, that Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory lifted the Triwizard Cup together and fell into the trap of the Remnants of the Mysterious Man, but together they Worked hard to defeat them and finally brought the truth back. The Daily Prophet has been reporting on this for almost a year."
Lily seemed to have stopped still, and when Old Tom answered Jon's question, he stood there in a daze.
Before she came, she was desperately telling herself not to have too much hope. Sometimes it is precisely because the greater the hope, the more disappointment will be unacceptable.
But now it's like a blasting spell that suddenly exploded. Before returning to Hogwarts, Harry Potter is still alive, and he has won the Triwizard Tournament on behalf of Hogwarts in this world. The news had already bombarded her brain.
After standing still for a long time, Lily's body trembled uncontrollably.
Jon grabbed her arm at the side, and she finally came back to herself in a trance, and turned to look at Jon.
She seemed to want to say something, but she didn't know how to say it.
Before she spoke, Jon had already looked at Old Tom.
"Can you prepare some Floo powder for us, we are going to Hogsmeade."
With only four Sickles, Jon and Lily used the fireplace in the Leaky Cauldron and came to the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade via the Floo network.
After arriving in Hogsmeade, neither of them stayed. They first wrote a letter at the Owl Post Office and delivered it to the Hogwarts campus, and then they came to the school gate immediately.
They watched the owl with the letter fly into the castle, and they didn't have to wait long. In another world, Mag, who was equally tall and serious, walked out of the castle.
When she saw Lily standing outside the school gate, the student who claimed to be visiting a long time ago in the letter, she was somewhat familiar but mixed with too many strange Lily.
The whole person froze in place.
(end of this chapter)