Genoa is a beautiful city by the bay.
Half leaning on the calm waters of the Ligurian Sea, it is prosperous and beautiful. It has been visited by many tourists since ancient times. People coming and going smell the salty sea breeze, and as far as the eye can see, there are large seaside buildings.
Most of these houses are not high, but due to the terrain, they are inevitably scattered. In addition, people here like to paint their homes with colorful colors. Against the backdrop of the blue ocean, it highlights an eye-catching exotic style.
And maybe the disaster is still far away from here. Although there are always some people who are slightly farsighted but timid and pessimistic have left here early, but with the joint efforts of the Muggle Parliament led by the Italian Muggle President and the Italian Ministry of Magic, After all, the disaster in the north did not affect the residents here so quickly.
At this moment, on the beach where many tourists were still enjoying the sun and playing in the water, a graceful figure suddenly appeared out of thin air in a corner where no one was paying attention.
This is a beautiful woman. To be honest, her dress is somewhat subtly outdated compared to normal Muggles.
However, Genoa already has many tourists from all over the world, and you can often see people wearing strange clothes. Here, she seems much more ordinary.
"What a great place to visit... What a shame."
I saw this beautiful woman who had just appeared here walking out from a corner of the beach where debris was piled up. She stood in the sun and looked around with squinted eyes. She looked at the lively scene here with regret and sighed. . Immediately, she stopped lingering too much about the noise and scenery of this beach, turned around and walked towards the street behind.
The streets near the sea are naturally also very lively.
Under the bright sunshine, many vendors and shops along the street have set up colorful umbrellas and awnings, and there are sounds of eager sales and bargaining left and right.
Here, those who speak fluently are basically Italian with some local characteristics. However, there are also a lot of foreign tourists. The stall owners speak stumblingly in English that they are not very familiar with, and even gesticulate with their hands and feet, but their enthusiasm is even more intense. They are probably harboring bad intentions and want to spend a lot of money from these things. The strangers took out more liras from their pockets!
And the beautiful girl was walking through the crowd in this slightly crowded street with neither fast nor slow steps. What's strange is that her beauty doesn't seem to make much of an impression on the people around her. Many people pass by her, but often ignore her charm inadvertently. At most, it would only be a moment later before he looked back belatedly.
However, the girl at that time had already disappeared in the crowd of people behind her.
Not long after, this beautiful but strange girl paused at the entrance of an alley hidden behind a big tree, as if she was confirming something. When he was sure, he took another step and turned in silently.
This alley is not deep, and it is clean as if someone often comes to clean it, but at this time there is no one. Compared with the bustling streets outside the alley, this moment seemed like stepping into another world.
The girl took two more steps inside, turned a corner and reached the end.
But at this moment, the girl looked back subconsciously, then pulled out a wand from her thin sleeve, and took another look at the pink wall in front of her, and seemed to have something in her mouth. Mumbling something.
"...a circle...five dots...a strange family emblem."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly raised the wand in her hand and started waving it as she had just muttered. And the next moment, before she could react, she saw the wall suddenly crashing towards her.
"ah!"
The girl seemed to be startled, she let out a soft cry and closed her eyes subconsciously. But when she quickly and carefully opened her eyes, she saw that the scene in front of her had completely changed.
At this moment, she was standing in the recess of a courtyard wall, and in front of her, a palace with strong Renaissance features was standing smoothly on a large lawn.
By this time, the girl was no longer surprised. It seemed that she was simply frightened by the wall just now. only…
"Are there no guards?" She looked around with some confusion, but found that there was not even a single person on the huge lawn in front of the palace. "Well... maybe it's just that I stayed in the camp for too long, and some Too sensitive."
She shook her head, stood there and thought for a moment, then spread her legs again and walked straight towards the main entrance of the palace.
But before she could take a few more steps, a voice suddenly sounded from behind her.
"This is the territory of the Medici family. Distinguished guest, please tell me your purpose of coming." - This sentence was said in Italian. Unfortunately, although the girl's France is adjacent to Italy, she I am not very familiar with Italian.
When she looked back, she found a lion head mounted on the wall talking to her. After thinking about it carefully, she said awkwardly:
"French Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, Fleur Delacour... Mrs. Olim Maxim asked me to come here."
After that, she took out a letter and waved it in front of the lion, regardless of whether it could see it or not.
And soon, she heard the lion head say again:
"Guests from afar, the Medici family welcomes you."
As the lion head finished speaking, it suddenly opened its mouth and roared. Immediately, the girl felt that a road appeared under her feet, extending to the main entrance of the palace, and the two doors slowly opened.
"The Medici family is so strange. They are always surprised."
Just as she said when she introduced her identity just now, she was Fleur who hurried here after receiving Madame Maxime's request.
Now, I saw that she glanced at the lion's head one more time, then turned around and walked towards the palace again.
However, before she could reach the door, she saw several people walking out of the door before her. The leader was none other than Minerva McGonagall, whom Fleur had not seen for a long time.
"Professor McGonagall!"
Seeing these familiar Hogwarts professors approaching her, Fleur immediately quickened her pace again and walked to them.
"Professor McGonagall, long time no see!"