The train stopped for supplies at a station in the suburbs of Berlin, the capital of Germany. Under the confused and puzzled gaze of the train attendants, Sara and Albert dragged their suitcases and ended their long journey around Europe ahead of schedule.
"Mr. Harry Heath."
The flight attendant quickly stepped forward to stop the two people who were about to leave, and kindly reminded them, "This is Berlin, Germany, and your destination has not yet arrived."
"I know this is Germany," Sera said, "but we're going to get off here early."
The two walked forward under the astonished gaze of the flight attendant.
Before leaving, Albert vaguely heard the flight attendant muttering from the back, something like "What a waste of Galleons".
If you buy the ticket only to Germany, you probably won't even need half of that.
However, Albert didn't feel bad at all because it wasn't his own money being spent.
Sera took Albert into an old-looking grocery store next to the station.
The place was dirty and cramped, reminding Albert of the Leaky Cauldron.
There was an old woman with a hunched back sitting by the counter of the grocery store. When she heard the doorbell, she raised her head and looked towards the door, and suddenly gave them a very strange smile.
"Long time no see, Harrysis. What brings you here?"
"I just stopped by to visit an old friend," Sera said with a smile.
"Does that include an old woman like me?"
"Of course, Adeline."
"You're still as bad at lying as ever." The old woman chuckled.
"We need to use the portal to go to Videbes Village." Sera stated the purpose of her coming here.
This place is still some distance away from the village of Wildbeth they are going to. Unlike Diagon Alley, which is right behind the Leaky Cauldron, they can just open a door in the backyard of the pub and go in directly.
Transfer gate.
You can probably guess what it's used for by just hearing the name.
It was really worth the trip and I saw a lot of interesting things along the way.
Sure enough, there are many strange things in the world.
Albert soon saw the so-called transfer door with his own eyes. It was an old stone door embedded in the wall. It looked like a relief stone door specially left here for decoration.
“Follow me!”
Sera stepped forward, ready to run into the wall with Albert.
The next moment, the two of them walked straight through the stone door.
The scene is a bit like pushing luggage past the stone wall at King's Cross Station, but with a different effect.
When passing through the transfer door, Albert felt like he was thrown into a washing machine. He was dizzy and he was still not used to this feeling.
At least, using the Vanishing Cabinet is much more comfortable than this.
Two people walked out of the stone door, one in front of the other. No one on the street paid attention to their appearance.
"Don't ask me, I don't know either."
Sera seemed to know what Albert wanted to say, and spoke first to stop him from saying anything.
"The transfer door is an ancient technology left by wizards long ago. It has been completely lost now. I think its principle may be similar to the Vanishing Cabinet. I am not sure about other things."
"The transfer gate is a bit outdated, but it's still worth further study." Albert was very interested in the door, and even Sera could see it.
"It's obviously more convenient to travel using the Floo Network," he said with a smile.
As they talked, the two crossed the cobblestone street and came to a park with a fountain. Albert even saw a few children playing around the fountain.
"Welcome to Vidbeth." Sera said with a smile, "Do you feel a little surprised?"
"Indeed, the feeling here is completely different from the wizarding town in Britain." Albert looked up and looked around.
The town of Viderbes directly overturned his perception of wizard towns.
"That's because the town of Videbes is still very young," Sera explained with a smile. "It has been rebuilt before."
"reconstruction?"
"The Muggle war affected this town." Sera explained to Albert as they walked, "Many houses were destroyed and had to be rebuilt. Later, they renovated the town, and it is no longer the original Weedbeth town."
Oh, it turned out to have been raided by air!
If you think about it carefully, it is understandable.
After all, this place is located on the edge of Berlin, so it is normal to be bombed, and this town is larger than expected.
Thanks to the fact that wizards from various countries are very good at hiding, a large area was carved out on the edge of the capital Berlin as a wizard village.
Albert believed that the German Ministry of Magic must have spent a lot of time and effort to successfully hide the village.
Wizards do have the Traceless Extension Spell that can expand space, but the essence of the Traceless Extension Spell is just to expand the original space, and most magic will gradually become ineffective over time and is difficult to maintain for a long time.
"This place is indeed more spacious and prosperous than Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade." Even Sera had to admit it.
"If the Ministry of Magic is willing to spend a lot of time and Galleons to repair Hogsmeade, the village won't be too bad," said Albert.
"Unfortunately, that is impossible."
"There are two wizarding towns in Germany that are not inhabited by Muggles." Sera introduced to Albert, "The other one is located in the Black Forest in the south. It is similar to Hogsmeade Village. It is old and unwilling to maintain it, so it will become like that, and the people are the same."
"Indeed."
"There's a commercial street over there that sells things." Sera pointed to the busy eastern street of the town and said, "But now is not the time for you to go shopping. We need to visit my old friend first."
As he spoke, the old man led Albert into a remote alley, and finally stopped in front of a house that looked quite old. He raised his hand and gently knocked on the wooden door.
There were footsteps in the room and the door was opened from the inside.
"Sierra, I didn't expect you to come to Germany."
The person who opened the door was also an old man. Compared with Sera who was dressed in formal clothes, he looked a little sloppy, which perhaps verified what he had just said.
“Your grandson?” The old man’s eyes quickly fell on the young Albert and asked curiously, “He’s still an apprentice. He looks pretty good.”
"Not a grandson, Jonas." After giving the old man a simple hug, Sera pointed at Albert and introduced him, "This is Albert. I think you know who he is."
"Oh my God, who is it? He is even younger than I expected." Jonas looked Albert up and down, stepped back, made room at the door, and raised his hand to invite him, "Come in!"
"This is Jonas, my old friend." Sera introduced him to Albert, "If you need something special, you can buy it from him."
"Hello, Mr. Jonas," Albert said in French.
"Oh, my God, you speak French so well, much better than my grandson." Jonas looked at Albert in surprise. He didn't expect that the other person would speak fluent French.
"Mark, come here." Jonas shouted upstairs in German, and soon there was the sound of footsteps coming downstairs.
"Grandpa, what's the matter?" The young man hurried downstairs.
Sera glanced at Albert and felt like laughing. He knew what Jonas meant, but this old friend had obviously misunderstood something.
The old man had no intention of correcting this minor mistake; he believed Albert could handle it himself.