Chapter 339: Luo Fu's Connections

Chapter 779 Rolf's Connections

Although Professor Trelawney is the professor of Divination at Hogwarts in name, the predictions she makes are basically nonsense.

Otherwise, with her prediction of the death of a student every year, Hogwarts would have been razed to the ground by angry parents without waiting for Voldemort and the Death Eaters to take action.

Only when she enters that mysterious realm can her words be true predictions, but such special circumstances are rare, and it may even take more than ten years to refresh a CD.

Therefore, Rolf would not believe Trelawney's words about "encountering a storm on the ship and falling into the sea", let alone care.

Of course, if this prophecy was made by Cassandra, Rolf would definitely believe it. It can only be said that in his heart, Sybil is not even as good as half a hair of her great-great-grandmother...

Since Rolf does not believe it, he will naturally not change to other means of transportation.

In the afternoon, the Mayflower crossed the English Channel and arrived at the port of Rouen, France. The ship will stay here for several hours, waiting for passengers from the European continent to board.

Seeing that there was plenty of time, Rove took Shirley off the boat and started to play in Rouen.

Rouen is the capital of the Upper Normandy region of France. Like Paris, the Seine River runs through the city, and the scenery is very pleasant. There are also many Gothic ancient buildings in the city, which is known as the "Museum City".

They saw Monet's original works in Rouen Cathedral, and also watched the heart of King Richard the Lionheart of England in Rouen Cathedral.

Rove and Shirley went to the Church of Joan of Arc and visited the place where Joan of Arc was executed.

Speaking of Joan of Arc, she is a rare existence that occupies a place in both Muggle history and wizard magic history.

In Muggle history, Joan of Arc is a French national hero and an important figure in the Hundred Years' War between England and France.

As a rural girl, she claimed to have received "God's revelation" at the age of sixteen, requiring her to lead troops to recover the lost land occupied by England.

Then, she really took only more than a year to reverse the 70-year decline of the French army in one fell swoop, and continuously defeated the British army to recover the lost land.

This miraculous behavior is of course witchcraft in the eyes of Muggles.

So, Joan of Arc was later identified as a heretic and witch by the Inquisition controlled by the English authorities, and was eventually sentenced to be burned at the stake.

But there is nothing wrong with it. Joan of Arc is indeed a witch. She was originally a student of Beauxbatons. She dropped out of school at the age of sixteen and participated in the Hundred Years' War between England and France.

Therefore, she is also the most famous victim of the witch-hunting movement in the Middle Ages. She occupies a large space in the history of magic. Her death indirectly promoted the promulgation of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.

After her death, Joan of Arc became a ghost and came to Hogwarts to attend the 500th anniversary party held by Nick, who was almost headless.

Rove has seen Joan of Arc. She is not the blonde and big-breasted girl imagined in fate, but a fierce woman over two meters and five meters tall.

Rove seriously suspects that Joan of Arc, like Madame Maxime, has the blood of giants.

Rouen is also an important place for producing cider. The local apple brandy is called Calvados.

Rolf and Shirley bought a lot of cider and sent it to Newt, Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and others.

In the evening, the two of them returned to the Mayflower on time. After a short rest, they went to Slughorn's cabin.

When they arrived at the door, Rolf knocked on the door, and immediately a house elf appeared and welcomed them in.

Slughorn's room was much larger than the average cabin and decorated more gorgeously:

The walls were hung with emerald green, crimson and gold curtains, and a chandelier was hung on the ceiling. There were hundreds of small and exquisite prism glasses on it, reflecting the light of dozens of candles on the chandelier, just like the light emitted by diamonds, flames and sapphires, and the room was illuminated.

A dwarf band was holding a saxophone and playing the plaintive "Wall Street Blues"; several house elves walked back and forth, holding heavy silver plates with cocktails, whiskey, and various foods on them.

Many guests had already come to the room and were chatting enthusiastically. When they heard Rolf coming, everyone quieted down.

Horace, who was standing in the crowd, came over immediately and shouted in a loud voice:

"Oh, Rolf, Shirley... My dear children, you two are finally here!

Come quickly, there are so many people for you to meet! You two are the protagonists tonight!!"

Horace strode to Rolf and Shirley, and then faced the group of guests, and solemnly introduced them like a host introducing a big star:

"Needless to say, you must have heard of it - the winner of two Merlin First Class Medals - Rolf Scamander -"

"This is Shirley Swinton - this year Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang restarted the Triwizard Tournament - she is the champion!"

The voices in the room appeared again, and many wizards looked at Rolf and Shirley, and then whispered quietly.

Most of the girls didn't know them, but no one didn't know the popular Rolf Scamander.

"Rolf, let me introduce you to Mr. Charles Bird, the French representative of the International Confederation of Wizards."

A middle-aged wizard with a brown square beard came over. He smiled and extended his hand and said warmly:

"Mr. Scamander, we meet again."

"Hello, Mr. Bird." Rolf shook hands with him and raised his eyebrows, saying, "I remember you are the director of the International Magic Law Office of the French Ministry of Magic?"

"I was just transferred in May." Bird smiled.

Horace was a little surprised and asked, "Do you know each other?"

"We met at Beauxbatons last year." Bird explained:

"At that time, the floating dragon ship was attacked by the saints and almost crashed in France. Thanks to Mr. Scamander for saving the situation."

I met Mr. Scamander when I accompanied Minister Abel to Beauxbatons. "

Bird looked at Rolf and smiled:

"Mr. Scamander, Minister Henry Abel knows that you are going to attend the International Confederation of Wizards Conference this year, and asked me to say hello to you and asked me to bring you some gifts.

The gifts are in my room. I will ask the house elves to deliver them to you after dinner."

"Minister Abel is too polite." Rolf smiled, and then introduced Shirley to Bird.

"Rolf, do you remember me? "A witch in her forties with straight yellow hair came over and asked.

"Mrs. Martha Hyde, of course I remember you." Rolf hugged the witch and introduced with a smile:

"Shirley, this is Minister Claire's assistant. When I was in the German Ministry of Magic last year, Mrs. Hyde took care of me."

Slughorn looked at Rolf and greeted a group of wizards.

Some guests were friends brought by friends, and even Slughorn was not familiar with them, but Rolf looked very familiar.

This made the old man who originally wanted to show off his connections stunned for a while, not knowing what to say.

Nailishi came out from nowhere. She looked at Rolf who was the center of attention, stuck out her tongue, and two dimples appeared on her face. She teased:

"Grandpa, I think Rolf seems to know more people than you. Are you sure you don't want him to introduce you to someone so that you can expand your network?"

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