Volume 4: The Sea and the Ship Heading North Chapter 164 Where is the Ship?
"So, he will start a massacre in the French wizarding world later, and we will be included in his target." Dumbledore said in a deep voice, "He will definitely prevent us from taking advantage of this opportunity to link up with the current resistance forces in France, so as to cause him more trouble."
When he said this, almost all the senior members of the Order of the Phoenix had gathered around him.
There were the Weasleys, Moody, Kingsley, McGonagall, Flitwick, and Lily, Sirius, and Lupin who had been here from the beginning.
Kingsley asked calmly.
"So what should we do next? Should we go to France first?"
"Of course we have to go to France. We can't let the Dark Lord wantonly massacre those innocent people. Moreover, Britain has been stabilized by him. If we want to develop ourselves, we can only strengthen our strength from the outside world."
Dumbledore said solemnly.
"But not yet. We still want some other help before we go to France ."
The rest of the Order of the Phoenix had risen and gathered around Dumbledore.
Fawkes, who was dozing on the branch of a tree not far away, seemed to feel the call. He flapped his wings and landed on Dumbledore's shoulder.
Soon, all the wizards of the Order of the Phoenix disappeared from the cliff overlooking the sea.
In a distant place, a bonfire was flickering on the ground, and an old man with gray hair and wearing a long black windbreaker was sitting on a chair beside it.
Dancing flames floated in his eyes. Behind him, many elderly people who looked quite old could not guess what their master was thinking at the moment.
Soon, the sounds of countless apparitions were heard across the land.
Wizards of the Order of the Phoenix landed one after another, and leading the way was none other than Dumbledore with a calm expression.
The old man sitting in front of the campfire looked up at him. The two men looked at each other, but neither of them spoke the first word. The scene suddenly became a little cold.
Because when the people standing behind the two old men looked at each other , they couldn't help but have some scrutiny and hostility in their eyes.
The first to break the silence was the old man who was standing up from his chair and holding out a hand to Dumbledore.
Just as a smile appeared on Dumbledore's face and the subordinates behind the old man showed an unwilling expression, the dark wizard, who had taken the step of conquering the whole of Europe earlier than Voldemort, said in a cold voice.
"Before discussing other matters, pay me back the wand debt for the first half of the year."
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On the second day of the voyage, Jon quickly organized the work on the Hogwarts.
Although this wooden boat does not require human piloting, the overall organizational structure cannot be neglected.
He appointed George as the first mate, Neville as the second mate, Hermione as the accountant, responsible for counting, supervising and distributing the supplies on the ship, Fred as the boatswain, responsible for basic discipline management of the students, a fourth-year girl named Eloise Midgen as the manager of the kitchen, and Colin Creevey, a second-year student, as the lookout, responsible for observing the sea conditions.
In fact, these are just the division of responsibilities and titles. Positions like those given to George and Fred are actually more about allowing them to restrain themselves. Free from the control of the professors, the two people who are most likely to let go and have fun are the ones who are most likely to do so.
The most important of these is naturally Hermione's work.
After statistics, it was found that the supplies in the storage room were abundant and there was no shortage of food resources, which could at least sustain the normal life of everyone on the ship for more than half a year. Naturally, the fresh water resources would not be a problem for them as wizards.
Clear water like a spring is not a very complex spell. Basically, all students above the third grade know it. The water summoned by this spell is drinkable.
There was also the problem of seasickness. As expected, as Jon expected, that night, after most of the students had passed their excitement, more than 20 of them started to suffer from seasickness.
But there is no good solution to this problem, or there is no need to think of any special solution. Just let them spit out the solution and they will get used to it.
But this also temporarily caused half of the people on the ship to look listless during these days. They spent most of their time resting in the dormitory and looked listless.
But Jon has not been idle during this time. He now has to start thinking of ways to solve the first problem they will face after setting sail.
So where are they now?
There was a complete map of Britain in the carriage. On the afternoon of the second day of the voyage, Jon and his first and second mates gathered in the lounge to study the map.
"I think we are most likely sailing from the west coast of northern England." George pointed to the small dot of the English coastal city 'Whitehaven' on the map. "I remember seeing a sign that looked very similar to this place name during the day, and the carriage should be heading west. The sea we are in now is most likely the Irish Sea!"
George said confidently.
Jon looked forward in the direction of his finger. If what he said was correct, then they should be sailing towards the Isle of Man.
But before he could finish his words, Neville put forward a different opinion.
"It's true that we were wandering along the west coast of northern England during the day, but the carriage was traveling very fast, and half a day was enough for it to travel from east to west. You should have turned in the evening, George. We were not heading west, but east. In other words, we did not enter the sea from the west coast, but the east coast. This sea area should be the North Sea."
He pointed out the stretch of sea between Britain and Denmark.
However, George did not seem to agree with what he said. He still felt that the Hogwarts should not have left Britain yet and was sailing in the waters between Ireland and Great Britain.
Neither of them could convince the other, and finally they both turned their eyes to Jon.
Jon was actually having a headache at this time.
During the day he was busy dealing with the bats, so how could he have time to determine where the carriage was and in which direction it was going?
The entire sea was boundless and there were no reference points, so they had no way of relying on the surrounding environment to determine their location.
Perhaps some veteran sailors could rely on the stars to determine the direction, but there are still more than 20 people on board suffering from seasickness. Where can we find veteran sailors?
Just when they were frowning about this, Colin, who was in charge of observing the sea conditions, suddenly broke into the lounge.
He was panting, his face showing excitement and some fear.
"Captain Green! I, I found a cargo ship!"
