Around the Hogwarts, a gust of wind blew and rippled the surface of the Black Lake. Other than the original Hogwarts, all kinds of odd-shaped buildings and many more flattened open spaces stood by the Black Lake. Except for the first batch of residents, shops, and workshops, most of the areas were just planned areas and had not started construction.
Because when people of different cultures and social classes were gathered together, they could not help but want to show their individuality, especially when they did not have to consider the cost. Even the Muggles, Krivat and his wife tore up the boring drawings that they were originally very satisfied with after seeing the wizards' design drawings, but now it seemed to be too boring.
In the middle of the vast Black Lake under the Hogwarts Castle, a small man-made island had been built. A castle was located on the inaccessible island in the middle of the lake. The huge main castle and manor were surrounded by seven towers and seven bastions. Although they were not completed, they looked indestructible from a distance. There were many shadowy humanoid figures floating around the buildings, and some metal blocks engraved with ancient magic runes were installed on the surface of the heavy stone blocks.
The style looked a bit like another Hogwarts, but compared to the fairytale-like appearance of the Hogwarts, this castle had an innate rustic air unique to the marching soldiers. This was Family Harris' new castle.
In Allen's planning, Harris Castle was the true center. The Hogwarts Castle and the newly built Hogwarts University and Primary School formed an equilateral triangle. The main buildings of the three schools were the three vertices of the triangle, and Harris Castle on the island in the middle of the equilateral triangle.
In order to maintain the equilateral triangle, the primary school was built in the woods far away from the Black Lake, while the Hogwarts Castle and University were built between the mountains and rivers by the lake.
The entrance was different from the big iron gate of the Hogwarts. On the wall, there were big arc-shaped fireplaces so that the adult wizards could use floo powder to pick up their young wizards. The primary school did not build a dormitory, but all the high towers were equipped with anti-falling measures. There were no square pillars in the castle, but columns. All the windows and corners of the porch were rounded to prevent the young wizards from getting hurt. Although they could not use magic at this age, the children's irregular magic awakening and vigorous energy made the castle, which was relatively smaller than the other two schools, extra safety measures to deal with the difficult wizard parents.
The primary school was smaller than the Hogwarts Castle, but its architectural design was brighter and more lively than the gloomy Hogwarts, and the colors were brighter and more colorful. The various bright colors used in the building made it very bright even in the dark sky. There were also sculptures of the story characters in the Tales of Beedle the Poet that the young wizards were familiar with, such as the round pot with the unusually beautiful feet, and the wizard's heart, which had become wrinkled and covered with long black hair because it had been in the cold cellar for a long time, could not hear the moving music, could not feel the love of family, and could not get the love of lover.
Compared to the primary school, which was basically completed, the progress of the University of Hogwarts seemed to be much more full.
There were boulders on the site, and various building materials were shuttling in the air in an orderly manner. Apart from the basic and grand scale of some of the buildings, one could only recognize that the university, like Hogwarts, continued to use the original medieval castle architectural style, and the building materials were mainly gray granite. However, compared to the primary school, which did not need much magic except for the Traceless Expansion Spell, the University of Hogwarts was more professional and dangerous when it came to the mysteries of magic. Like Harris Castle, in order to set up a place for adult wizards to study magic, the University of Hogwarts used heavy stone and magical alloy engraved with ancient magical runes that could resist magic spells. In addition to the new facilities, such as the dueling arena, arcane greenhouse, and gardens, the entire construction site seemed to be more than half completed.
However, Allen heard about the scenery from Hermione. His hair was messed up by the wind, and now he was holding the hem of his robe in an indecent manner, as if he was holding a skirt, to prevent it from being dirtied by the filth that he vomited from time to time when he fainted. Obviously, when they were in the sky, Allen was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery.
Hermione leaned over and patted Allen's back gently, while her other hand passed her canteen to Allen. Her cheeks were hot, her face was red, and fine beads of sweat appeared on the tip of her nose.
Allen took Hermione's canteen and rinsed his mouth. After he felt a little better, his hand reached into his waist bag, but he immediately let go of the comb with the raven carving. Instead, he directly combed his hair back and cast a spell to fix his hair that was not as meticulous as usual.
"No one will believe me if I say this, but I made the world's best ball hunter dizzy …" Hermione's tightly pursed lips could not help but grumble, trying to regain some of her dignity.
When Hermione was not embarrassed, the one who felt embarrassed was Allen. He argued, "It's like a Muggle. Some drivers are fine when they drive, but they will also get dizzy when they sit in the back … It's two completely different experiences …" After that, Allen glanced at the crossbow beside Hermione's feet with lingering fear. "Hermione, in a sense, you are very talented in flying … I didn't even know a crossbow could fly so fast …" After that, he saw Hermione's tightened lips. Allen, who realized that he might be digging his own grave, quickly changed his tone. He pointed to the sky that was already shining. "The sun is out, let's take a walk … That way, we can observe the details of the buildings …"
"Let's go, I'll bring you down again. If our English ball hunter develops … according to Luna's words, a phobia of flying broomsticks or something, then I'll be the one to blame." Hermione looked at Allen and did not feel awkward. She bit the tip of her tongue to maintain her serious expression.
After hearing that he did not need to sit on a broom, Allen, who felt relieved, quickly stood up. He swept his vomit into the Black Lake with his hands in an attempt to feed it to Grimm.
"By the way, speaking of architectural details …" Hermione said as she pointed in the direction of the castle on the island in the middle of the lake. "Allen, have you seen Lovgood's new house?"
Ellen followed Hermione's finger and saw a building standing on the shore of the Black Lake, not far from Weasley's new home, which had remained unchanged in style, in the midst of all the strange dwellings.
Lovgood's new house was built around a central garden facing the Black Lake. The main building was still the same as the one in Ottery St. Catchpole, which looked like a wizard's chess piece. However, this new house had a lot of zigzagging structures like a "roller coaster" track. It seemed that the indoor gravity of these zigzagging structures had been extravagantly altered.
Then, Allen was stunned to find that the strange building in front of him was indeed like a roller coaster car. The outdoor square terrace decorated with flower racks and many green plants was connected in series and sliding along the ridge of the zigzagging structure. Even if the terrace was reversed so that the terrace floor faced the ground, the tables, chairs, green plants and other miscellaneous items in the terrace did not fall down. It was as if they were firmly glued to the terrace.
However, just like the Family Harris Castle that Allen had noticed earlier, there were some black humanoid creatures floating around the Lovgood's house. Allen used his hand to block his gaze and took a closer look. He found that these things were Dementors. They were the Eris Dementors that had been modified by Ravenclaw before Allen entered the school. They did not wear black rags but raven feathers. They seemed to be participating in the construction work. A series of symbols would appear on their palms from time to time. The symbols had a faint glow and were suspended in the air above their palms.
"I don't know why Xenophilius suddenly fell in love with roller coasters … Luna did not slack off for her father and your family. She helped to complete the design and cast some difficult spells. But she had to change the gravity and realize the continuous movement and stability of the building … and she was just building the foundation of the great shrine … She spent a lot of money on the raw materials …" Hermione counted with her fingers as if she was calculating. Then she noticed Allen's gaze. "Oh, so you are not familiar with these Dementors? I don't know how Luna controlled these scary things and made them look like this. Those symbols are what they 'say' when they communicate … "Hermione pursed her lips." Luna told me that they can actually appear in English letters normally and communicate with simple words … but they prefer to hide their words with these riddle-like symbols. If you can understand these riddle-like prophecies, you will understand what they are saying … It's a bit annoying, but I didn't expect them to be more useful than wizards in construction … "
"I've only seen them once. I'm not familiar with them," Allen replied casually. "By the way, Hermione, how's your family?"
"Well, my parents don't have the same opinion..." Hermione sighed. "My mother wants her home to be a place that makes her feel familiar and safe, while my father thinks that since we've come to the wizarding world, the style should be more magical. That magic actually comes from his own personal fantasy, although we can make it come true." She shook her head again. "Let's continue walking. Maybe we can give them some suggestions after visiting a few more houses."
"… Anyway, there are a lot of empty spaces now. You can just build a house for each of them." Allen gave a suggestion that was not a suggestion like a nouveau riche. He then changed the topic before Hermione could reject his suggestion. "Should I go and get a flying carpet? Also, this weather seems to be suitable for taking a boat in the Black Lake. "
"Allen, it's against the rules that we can't use flying carpets in England!" Hermione rejected his suggestion. Then, she felt that her tone was too stiff, so she came up with a suggestion to make up for it. "Maybe … we can play skateboarding." Hermione seemed to think that Allen who grew up in the wizarding world did not know what that was. She then tried to describe something like surfing to him. After that, she began to explain to Allen what surfing was.
"Hermione, you're discriminating against pure-blooded wizards … I know what skateboarding is even without watching wizarding TV." After Hermione began to stray from the topic, Allen had no choice but to stop her when she told him that as early as 1778, the British explorer Captain J. Cook had seen the local residents doing this activity in the Hawaiian Islands. "But you don't look like a girl who likes to skateboard at all."
"Just like how I don't look like a broom that can make a professional player dizzy." Hermione retorted. Then, she rolled her eyes and opened her hands as she recalled, "When I was about 8 or 9 years old, I had a neighbor named Tom Felton who was three years older than me … Yes, it was another guy named Tom." Hermione deliberately used a tone that was similar to how she used to look up to Lockhart when she was a child. "You know, he could play all kinds of cool skateboarding tricks …"
Under Hermione's slightly more sneaky gaze than usual, Allen straightened his chest and pointed at the flaming arrow. He directly transformed the magic creation flying broom into a red skateboard with a lion's head sticker on it using a transformation spell.
"Come on up, I'll show you." Allen stepped on it and invited Hermione.
Hermione responded with a smile. After taking a few steps, she raised her hand to block the dazzling sunlight that broke through the dark clouds. Then, she took out two hats for her own use from her pocket and transformed them into red baseball caps. She then put them on for Allen and herself. However, she was wearing her own sunhat so it did not have much of an effect.
After that, the blonde boy and the brown-haired girl stepped on the same skateboard and skated on the construction site of the residential area next to the Black Lake in Hogwarts. They did not care about the wizard architects' eyes as they skated on the ground that had been initially hardened.
"Hermione, don't shake too much. Keep your feet steady." Allen was not as good as he made himself out to be. He had never skateboarded before and was only using his excellent agility to maintain his balance.
"Haha!" Hermione laughed happily on Allen's back. "My feet are very steady."
"You're not …" Allen also responded with a cheeky smile. "Don't dance on the skateboard. Hold on tight."
"I'm holding on …" Hermione replied in a gentler tone than before. She pressed her forehead on Allen's back without the cover of the hat and then rested her chin on Allen's shoulder. Her eyes were curved like a crescent moon.
(End of Chapter)
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