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The five freshmen looked at each other, except for Misha, who didn't know whether she was careless or didn't know what she was facing, her clenched fists were shaking.
"lets go."
The queen encouraged them, and they stopped hesitating and walked towards the wall.
Toby was walking in front, and when he was about to collide, he instinctively closed his eyes.
The expected pain from the impact did not come.
When he opened his eyes in a daze, he saw a 19th century-style platform. On the straight tracks, a black and red locomotive that kept spewing steam was pulling more than a dozen carriages.
Coming and going, passengers dressed in last century's attire were busy boarding the train.
Who are they?
He really wanted to know the backgrounds of these travelers, but the reminder in the interview letter not to have contact with strangers stopped him from approaching and chatting with them.
"Oh my God!" Clessie, who followed in, looked around like a monkey seeing a person for the first time, "Platform nine and three quarters, look! Hogwarts Express!"
"The interview letter says that loud noises are strictly prohibited in public places." Wino, who came in from behind, warned in a low voice.
"Where are we going now?" Leon asked in a low voice while holding Misha's hand.
"boarding."
The five people took out the interview letters, which were also the tickets.
"Mr. Dumbledore has thought it through very carefully. They are all sleeper tickets." Wino said as he looked at the tickets.
"Let me see...why am I in the same room with you?" Claysie looked at Wino with dissatisfaction.
"You have to ask Mr. Dumbledore." He was not angry and walked to the end of the train according to the carriage number on his ticket.
"Hurry up, no one knows what will happen if we waste time!" Lyon urged.
Although he was not happy about it, Leon's words made sense, so Clessi had no choice but to chase after Vino, looking back every few steps.
"The three of us are in room 3 of carriage 7. Let's go." Toby looked at the tickets of the three people and led the two forward.
"This is it."
Looking up at the sign on the top of the door, he turned back and reminded: "Speak in a low voice and do not interact with strangers other than train staff."
"Yeah." Leon nodded solemnly, and so did Misha.
The three of them, with Toby in front, lined up and boarded the train carriage, turned right, and came to a room with "Number 7" carved on the door.
Toby, who had taken most forms of transportation humans had ever used, was a little nervous at the moment.
Taking a deep breath to calm himself, he raised his hand and opened the door.
What came into view was a simple and elegant room.
There are two bunk beds on the left and right, separated by a square window. Under the window is a small wooden table and two wooden chairs. The table is fixed to the wooden wall of the car.
Seeing that there was no one around, the two adults breathed a sigh of relief, protected Misha in the middle, walked in, and closed the door.
"It has a private bathroom. It's a high-end train that Misha has never been on!"
Misha, who was very good at reading the atmosphere, saw that the two of them relaxed and were wandering around like they were on a wild adventure. After a while, she pushed open a wooden door on the right.
"Indeed." Leon, who had stuffed the suitcase under the bed, turned around and said in agreement.
Even in today's industrialized world, most second-class trains and high-speed trains still do not have private toilets.
As for whether there were first-class seats, Leon didn't know because he had never sat in the expensive first-class seats.
Toby stopped Misha who was about to go into the bathroom, and walked through the door cautiously, looking around.
No wonder he's careful.
Mr. Dumbledore said that the freshman exams could start at any time. Although he was sure that there would be no danger to her life, Misha was still a child, and it would be best if she didn't get hurt.
I have thick skin, so it's okay to bleed or get a little skin broken
I took a quick look and found nothing unusual, then touched the faucet and other sanitary ware.
"There's hot water." Toby was surprised to find that the square iron box hanging on the wall could release boiling water. "The instant noodles I brought came in handy!"
“If there’s no hot water, we can eat dry.” Leon poked his head in the door, “Should we go check out Clessie?
The interview letter didn't say I couldn't visit the train, did it? "
Chapter 167: The Mysterious Train and the Magician Murder Case
Toby thought that what Leon said made sense, and that there might be clues about the entrance exam hidden somewhere on the train, so after some thought, he agreed to his suggestion.
Of course, having said that, you can’t just walk out directly, you need to make some preparations.
Toby pulled a holstered pistol from his suitcase and put it on his waist.
"Is it allowed to bring this thing into school?" Leon asked in surprise.
"Mr. Dumbledore has not forbidden it, and I will hand it in when I enter the school."
"Well, I don't think it would work against magic though."
"I could only think of it, maybe it would be useful during the exam."
Toby shrugged, then took out two detachable nunchakus from the box: "Considering Misha's age and your lack of experience in using firearms, I prepared these for you."
Taking the two nunchakus, Leon looked confused: “I can understand one is big and one is small, after all, Misha’s strength is not strong enough.
But why is the small stick pink?"
"Don't you think pink suits Misha?"
As they spoke, they both looked at Misha who was sitting on the bed.
"I, uh, I have this." Misha jumped out of bed, opened her suitcase, flipped open the clothes and snacks on top, and pulled out a toy water gun from the bottom.
"It's fully loaded."
They stared at the small water gun in silence and nodded in unison: "It will protect you."
After saying that, Leon inserted two nunchakus into his lower back, put down his coat and covered it up: "Clacy is in room 13 of carriage 5."
“It’s a disgusting number.”
"I feel the same way as you do, I hope they are okay."
The two of them walked in a line, one in front and one behind, with Misha walking in the middle, and walked out of the berth room and into the long and narrow aisle.
Just as Leon was about to say something, a lady dressed like a noble lady suddenly came out from the next room.
The sudden situation frightened him so much that he quickly shut his mouth. The three of them stood side by side against the wooden wall, watching the woman pass in front of them, walk forward, and disappear behind the door connecting the two carriages.
"Toby, where do you think they are from?" Leon put his mouth close to Toby's ear, "The clothes, makeup and hairstyles are all styles from several centuries ago.
We were so obviously different that he didn't even look at us out of curiosity.
The original novel does not describe the origins of these people in detail.”
After looking around to make sure there were no strangers, Toby replied, "According to the conversation between Mr. Dumbledore and Ms. Rowling,
Most of Rowling's memory was sealed.
The descriptions in novels are mixed with a lot of subjective illusions and conjectures. Don’t use novels to anchor the real magical world. "
Blinking his eyes, Leon said, "No matter what, let's meet up with Clessie and Wino first.
No matter what Wino's intentions are, at least we are on the same front now."
"Is such that."
Then the three of them maintained their formation and walked along the corridor towards the rear of the train, looking around curiously.
The train hadn't started yet, and through the left window all I could see were gray brick walls and passengers coming and going.
On the right hand side are closed doors.
So after watching for a while, they lost interest in the monotonous scenes and quickened their pace.
Walk to the end of the carriage, pass through a wooden door, and arrive at a carriage with decoration and environment almost exactly the same as the previous one.
They walked quickly, deliberately ignoring the occasional passengers who came out of the room and passed by them.
In this way, we walked through four identical carriages in a row, and the fifth carriage became a hard seat carriage full of men and women.
These people were chatting with their relatives and friends sitting next to them, creating a very lively scene.
It is in stark contrast to the sleeper car.
Toby, who was standing at the front, walked forward along the aisle between the two rows, and found that no one was looking at him, and he felt extremely confused.
Can they really not see us?
It's a pity that no one has answered it.
The warning in the interview letter also put an end to his idea of using big moves to attract the guests' attention.
Continuing through two hard-seat cars, a restaurant, and a sleeper car, they finally arrived at car No. 13.
Away from the atmosphere where everyone seemed to be deliberately ignoring them, Leon and Toby's somewhat depressed hearts escaped from the suffocating torture.
"What the hell, what happened to the passengers on this train? Have we become invisible ghosts?"
Patting Leon's shoulder comfortingly, Toby fell into deep thought.
Our group entered the platform through the wall, so... are we still on Blue Star?
Or enter another world?
The novel does mention that Hogwarts is on the same planet as reality, but...
"Damn it! Let us go!"
A familiar voice came from a distance, and the two looked at each other. It was Clessie's voice, something happened!
One of them grabbed Misha's hand and rushed to the door of room number five.
The door was half open.
Through the crack in the door, Toby could clearly see the layout and situation of the house.
The room was basically the same as his.