Sword and Magic and Taxi

The cruise ship stopped in Athens for a day, and then came to Reggio Calabria in southern Italy. Zhao Mai and his party disembarked here, and swaggered to take the train north to Lyon, where the Le May family lived. The cruise ship will go straight west to Barcelona, ​​Spain, which is not suitable for the distance.

And everyone doesn't want to take a boat anymore. The Mediterranean is indeed very beautiful, projecting mystery, elegance and heart-puzzling demure like a sapphire. But if you always watch it, you will get bored, thinking about changing your taste.

Besides, Satiri, Cyria, and Tyrion have never taken a train, so they are naturally interested in something that can run on rails with a hum. Tension, excitement, curiosity and incomprehension existed at the same time, and when Dojian drew the detailed design of the steam engine, they all admired the miracle that humans without magic could accomplish.

Zhao Mai almost couldn't hold it back, speaking of the power of the Explosive Tooth Goblin's "I think about" technology. After all, you shouldn't underestimate the machinery that others have also worked hard to make just because you have worked hard to learn magic. Even with material transformation alchemy and powerful psychic powers, Zhao Mai couldn't design a better steam engine than a real engineer.

Because the speed of trains in this era is not fast, diesel internal combustion engines have just appeared for a few years, and they have not been promoted. Therefore, all trains across provinces are sleepers. In addition to hard sleepers and soft sleepers, the train also has real noble carriages with luxurious decorations and dedicated servant services. After all, Dogian is the former queen of Wakanda. She has not been deprived of her title of earl earned in France by donating science and public welfare. Therefore, she is enough to buy a noble carriage for her own use. No matter where she goes, she just needs to hang it behind the train. Just do it.

A single telegram can do this. When the train arrived in Rome, everyone moved into the newly acquired noble carriage, and the whole trip became an enjoyment. You can patiently see the scenery along the way.

The news of Zhao Mai's return to the European continent spread along with the news of Dogian's abdication, but no one communicated with him, and the letters sent to Dumbledore and Le May did not respond, which made Zhao Mai feel very strange. However, when the train entered the French border, Zhao Mai saw an advertisement in the local newspaper "Romantic Wizard" that the Le May family welcomed him.

"It's really hard to contact you. All the owls who sent you letters are lost, how did they get back!" Not seen for more than ten years, the lively girl Barbara was not in youth, and her mature charm had already climbed onto her face. However, her dress was still the style of the school back then, with long wizard robes and pointed wizard hat, but the original school emblem on her chest was replaced with the coat of arms of the Le May family.

"Owl can't find me?" Zhao Mai understood after thinking about it. He opened his domain, and foreign magic couldn't locate him at all. How could the owl find it? It is estimated that even a good magician like Dumbledore, using the most expensive crystal ball, would not be able to contact him. He made an expression of enlightenment: "Understood, I used defensive magic. I still wonder why no one writes to me!"

"You have a big heart. If you can't receive the letter, you must still be complaining about others there, without thinking about whether you have a problem." Barbara saw Duojian and Xiaohua, as well as the sprouting reserve food with her tongue out: " Sure enough, you must have made the Philosopher's Stone. Even your dog has a potion for eternal youth. After so many years, everyone is still so beautiful. I am so envious!"

"You have to ask Mr. Le May about this. Don't come to me. I learned how to make immortal potions from your home." Zhao Mai introduced each other, but Barbara always seemed to keep A sense of alienation, just a little better for Zhao Mai, Duojian and Xiaohua.

"Why did you come to this train station to wait for me? The letter I sent to Mr. Le May said that I would go to Lyon. This has just entered the French border before reaching Modane." Zhao Mai was puzzled. : "You are not afraid that you can't contact us by mistake?"

"Actually, I have been waiting here for three days. I didn't do anything. Just wait." Barbara snorted and said, "I can't contact you, so we have to inquire through friends. Fortunately, you We bought a noble carriage in the name of Count Dogian, and we have a clear clue. The telegram back and forth is not very convenient, and the telephone line is not good. I decided to come here and wait after changing three stations. You can't go to Lyon, our house is not there now, you have to follow me north."

"I remember helping your family repair the house almost, why was it demolished recently?"

"That's not true. It's not that everyone would dare to use magic in our house." Barbara sighed and said: "Although we are a veteran family of magic and alchemy, we are respected, but we are respected. Can’t resist the invasion of hostility. The influence of the magical world in this world is not as good as before, not to mention the respect accumulated in the magical world. The old ancestors have moved to live in a Swiss house, between Geneva and Zurich Near Bern~www.NovelMTL.com~If you can get our letter, you can go directly by plane. You can take a boat and a train, and the cost of aristocratic carriages is also a lot. You are really leisurely."

"Even your house has moved? I really didn't expect this. It seems that the current situation is not optimistic." Zhao Mai asked with concern: "Is there any real threats?"

"We just heard some wind. Someone coveted our Philosopher's Stone. There have been waves of thieves. Although they were startled by our magical defenses, their ability to hide their identities is very good. We never know who made it. In desperation, we put the Philosopher’s Stone in the Goblin Bank. Not only did we have to pay high storage costs, but also spent a lot of money to hire some of the most famous wizards to design the magic circle, and by the way, we witnessed that the Philosopher’s Stone was indeed placed in the Goblin Bank. "

"Oh... Then there is no need to move, right?"

"Most of the defensive gargoyles have been demolished by you, and the protective magic circle was also destroyed by you and Grindelwald. The effect of staying there is reduced. In addition, the ancestors said that France and Germany must have a battle. He has always hoped to change France’s foreign policy, at least to remove Germany’s main contradiction from France and give up some unnecessary benefits in exchange for security, but no one listens to him. He feels that his influence is not as good as before, so Angrily went to Switzerland to recuperate, and even the French Ministry of Magic disappeared."

"I will not cause him trouble if I go?"

"He said it would definitely be." Barbara shrugged, spreading her hands and said very honestly: "But he also said, because you will make Philosopher's Stone and Immortal Potion, and the friendship established on this basis will be more reliable. And hope to form allies. Mike, what do you think?"

"Friends are originally. But what alliances are aimed at, I have to figure out."