From Karma Taj to Hogwarts

The little wizard Xiwen said goodbye to Helena and left the dungeon level with his roommates.

Although first-year wizards arrive at the castle by boat, they don’t have to wait until their second year to experience the Hogwarts carriage.

During every Christmas holiday and at the end of the school year, there are also groups of carriages that take young wizards of all grades to Hogsmeade Station, and first-year wizards can also ride.

However, the location where the carriage is parked is not the same as the location where you arrive by boat.

The Hogwarts carriage stopped in the open space beside the stone steps outside the main entrance of the castle on the north side. Xiwen and the others need to go through the entrance courtyard to the teaching area, then go around the cloister of the teaching area or cross the lawn in between, and then walk through a main road paved with stone slabs before finally reaching the main entrance of the castle.

The journey itself was no closer than the distance from the Slytherin common room to the greenhouse, not to mention that the carriage was parked in an open space further away.

Abraxas was not satisfied on the spot. He complained: "Why aren't we allowed to take the boat now? Otherwise, we can go down directly from the entrance courtyard. The Slytherin common room is not far from the boat house. .”

Gomez immediately retorted: "Taking a boat is not all a benefit. For example, after we reach the other side, we have to pass through the forest and climb along the slope to the station."

"It seems like that's true..." Upon hearing his retort, Abu's face froze.

Among the four people in Xiwen, Mobley carried the most things.

Ever since he lost all the Galleons that night when the curfew was lifted, he had transformed into a "Tuen Tun Party" - he collected all the things that others didn't want and decided to take them home to make up for his losses. My own money is spent only when I actually use it to buy things.

At this time, Mobley was carrying large and small bags and was out of breath. He looked at Xiwen hopefully and asked, "Xiwen, is there still room in your pocket watch?"

"Unfortunately, no more." Xiwen replied without thinking.

It seems that in any storage space, more and more things will accumulate in it, and only when there is no room for it anymore do we think of organizing it. Xiwen's pocket watch space has been filled several times.

Because of his experience this semester, he always felt that he would encounter unexpected situations from time to time, so he wanted to store any supplies in there for emergencies.

Now that I have brought my own luggage home, there is naturally not much room left for the pocket watch.

After hearing Xiwen's negative answer, Mobley showed a desperate expression. He even wanted to find a trash can and throw away his package on the spot.

"I said, we seem to be wizards." Xiwen said to him in confusion. "Why don't you think of other ways?"

"That's right!" Mobley suddenly became energetic, struggled to free up a hand, and took out the wand from his pocket.

"Wingardium Leviosa." He chanted a floating spell on his luggage, and then these large and small packages floated in the air.

Xiwen saw that he was using the floating spell well, so he didn't care too much about it, and continued to walk around while thinking about the designs of his remaining alchemy products.

However, after walking a few steps, he heard a "boom"!

Xiwen raised his head in shock and found that all Mobley's luggage fell to the ground, scattered in pieces.

"What just happened?" Abu also looked a little surprised and asked in shock.

"I can't do it anymore!" Mobley sat on the ground and said depressedly. "Why is it more tiring to carry the luggage with the floating spell than carrying it myself?"

The corner of Xiwen's mouth twitched, and he felt that he was indeed overestimating the spiritual power of the first-year wizard.

According to the weight of Mobley's luggage, the effort required for him to use the floating spell to control it is indeed no less than carrying it directly, but one is physical strength and the other is energy.

There was no other way. Xiwen, as the only person in the audience with empty hands, had no choice but to take action himself and recite the magic spell to help Mobley pack his luggage neatly. He then cast a Feather-light charm on the luggage items to lighten Mobley's load.

"Come on, try again this time." Sivan said to Mobley.

Mobley doubtfully picked up his package again, his face suddenly filled with joy: "It's great! What kind of spell is this?"

"Light as a Feather Curse." Xiwen said. "So, I told you to study hard but you didn't listen. You regret it when you need to use it!"

"We have no regrets." Mobley was stunned for a moment and said. "You're not here!"

Xiwen: "..."

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After reducing the weight on Mobley, the three of them quickly arrived at the main entrance of the castle.

The main entrance to Hogwarts Castle is a very ornate gate made of iron. There are many stone pillars on both sides, with two winged warthog statues at the top.

A sign with a strong sense of historical vicissitudes is fixed next to the door, which reads the school motto of Hogwarts - Dracodormiensnunquamtitillandus (Dracodormiensnunquamtitillandus)!

This is the first time Xiwen and others have come outside the main entrance of Hogwarts, because the main entrance of the castle is usually not open. It is only opened when distinguished guests come to visit or at the beginning and end of vacation for guests, Little wizards and professors come to school or return home.

Walking out of the main entrance, you can see hundreds of carriages parked neatly in the open space not far away. The tall white horses neighed in front of the carriages they were pulling, which looked quite spectacular.

"Wow!" Abu sighed as he looked at the horse in front of him.

"It's indeed spectacular." Xiwen nodded in agreement, confirming Abu's sigh.

"Wow! They must be the most laid-back employees at Hogwarts. They only have to work four times a year!" Abu sighed.

"...So this is what you want to lament?" The corner of Xiwen's mouth twitched.

The few Slytherin wizards arrived relatively late because they were far away and because Mobley's luggage was delayed for some time. At this time, the carriage near the gate was basically occupied.

Xiwen and the others had no choice but to keep walking forward, looking for the empty carriage.

Finally, they found an unoccupied carriage near the end of the queue.

They couldn't wait to get into the carriage, and they immediately frowned.

These carriages must be a few years old. They are dark inside and have a faint smell of musty and straw.

But no matter how unclean the carriage is, you can't stop riding in it. You have to go home, right?

Therefore, people like Abu, who are slightly mysophobic, can only put a piece of parchment paper on the seat, tighten their body and sit upright the whole time. I was afraid that I might accidentally rub my clothes on other places in the car.

Fortunately, the wait didn't take long, and all the students boarded the carriage.

Hundreds of carriages lined up in a queue, creaking and swaying along the path leading to Hogsmeade Station.

This is a long downhill driveway, and you can roughly tell from the sound of the wind that the carriage is traveling very fast.

Finally, they stopped at the stone steps leading to the station entrance.

And a gleaming scarlet steam train was already waiting on the track, spewing thick steam from time to time.

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