Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Over the years, the operation of the Hogwarts Express has actually gone through three stages.

Initially, the technicians responsible for driving and maintaining the steam train were all Muggle pilots from Cheshire. The Ministry of Magic's approach is quite akin to catching a sheep and keeping it at bay.

Every time the Hogwarts Express is needed to operate, the Ministry of Magic will send people to take away these people, and then use some memory charms to "persuade" them to take on the task of driving the train.

Of course, after "overtime" work, the Ministry of Magic will also give these people some Muggle currency as salary.

However, frequently using the Forgetting Curse and Confusion Curse on the same person will inevitably affect that person's memory.

And according to statistics from the Ministry of Magic, every time they take away a motorcycle master, they have to cast spells on at least 13 of his family members and colleagues.

Because only in this way can we basically ensure that other Muggles will not notice that the person who was taken away disappears for a whole day on a specific day every year.

So within a few years, the Ministry of Magic no longer bothered to "hire" Muggle pilots, but spent several months specifically training wizard pilots.

Since then, the operation of Hogwarts Express has entered its second stage.

After many selections, a Muggle wizard named Depp became the guard, mechanic and driver of the Hogwarts Express. At that time, having a wizard drive a Muggle vehicle did arouse a lot of discussion.

The Ministry of Magic had to do some PR in the Daily Prophet. They cited some cases that have occurred in history. For example, in the so-called "Age of Discovery" of Muggles' past, wizards actually modified and sailed Muggle sailing ships.

Some wizards have even become famous pirates, leaving many legends about ghost ships in places like the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean.

Using these, the Ministry of Magic convinced wizards that wizards could actually control Muggles' means of transportation.

The Muggle wizard named Delany has been the driver of the Hogwarts Express for more than 20 years. To be fair, in the early years, his work attitude and work results are quite worthy of recognition. But in the next few years, there were some surprises in his work.

Due to the impact of history on individuals, many wizards inevitably fell into the habit of alcoholism during the years when gin was prevalent in the British Isles.

That Delany also became addicted to alcohol.

Later, he even dared to drink and drive while driving the Hogwarts Express.

Under the influence of alcohol, he drove the Hogwarts Express more freely.

Until one time, when the train delivered the little wizard and returned from Hogsmeade to the parking lot at King's Cross Station in London, Delany drove the wrong route and the train merged into the wrong track. In the end, a scratch occurred and several people were injured. Half of the carriage was ripped off...

Although this matter was suppressed and few people knew about it, it was also impossible for the Ministry of Magic to let Delany be responsible for operating the Hogwarts Express.

They came up with an idea: Just like Gringotts (which is actually the name of an elf) was responsible for managing the wizard's currency and banking system, the Ministry of Magic finally decided to hire some dwarves to form the operating team of the Hogwarts Express.

Although these demihuman pilots may also be drunk, due to the special physique of dwarves, it is basically difficult for them to get drunk.

Of course, taking into account the British tradition of "divide and rule", the Ministry of Magic also arranged for a wizard steward on the Hogwarts Express - in addition to selling snacks and drinks to the little wizards, the steward's biggest responsibility is to "balance" the dwarves .

Similarly, given Delany's previous alcohol problem, the selection criteria for wizard stewards also changed: women, and preferably those allergic to alcohol.

The operation of the Hogwarts Express has entered the third stage. Since then, all the hardware parts of the train have been handed over to the dwarves.

To be honest, they did a good job.

For more than a hundred years and through two generations of dwarf train pilots, the Hogwarts Express has been running on the Great Northern Line several times a year. Its locomotive has also been well taken care of, and the engine inside, created by both magic and mechanics, has been running smoothly. Although strictly speaking, this engine cannot be completely regarded as an alchemical item, the magical energy contained in it is still considerable.

"Pi Yanzi probably came here for it." When he broke into the locomotive, the scene that happened in front of him made Bourne understand something immediately.

At this time, the monster had shaken off Lockhart, who had been restrained, and then used its membrane-covered limbs and large pincers to beat away several dwarves who were very "big and round" (in terms of their height). The mechanic then dived into the train engine, which was continuously sucking up the magic inside.

It tasted so sweet, or perhaps the magic in the Hogwarts Express engine was so attractive to it.

So much so that no matter how hard the dwarves slapped its back with wrenches, hammers and shovels, the leather swallow remained unmoved.

As it engulfed it rapidly, the blazing flames under the engine boiler were weakening at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the readings of the air pressure valve also showed that the air pressure in the boiler was continuously decreasing.

"Damn, what kind of monster is this?"

A dwarf who looked to be the oldest was so angry that his beard stood up. He rushed to the wall, opened the fire cabinet, and took out an... ice ax?

"The train is slowing down!"

He looked at several clock-like instruments on the wall, and the hands on them were moving backwards rapidly.

"The Muggle-repelling spells and locating spells attached to this car are also in the process of becoming ineffective.

If the disaster continues, the Hogwarts Express will not be able to arrive at Hogsmeade on time today! "

Due to some "force majeure", they failed to make the train arrive on time last year. That incident made these dwarves angry for a long time.

Therefore, when it was discovered that Piyanzi might cause this train to repeat last year's accident, these dwarves, whose nature had nothing to do with open-mindedness, immediately became angry.

"I think you need some pickaxe!"

The old dwarf raised his arms and raised his biceps, and then threw the ice ax in his hand towards Pi Yanzi who was lying on the engine of the machine.

There was a "click".

The pick of the ice pick not only smashed Pi Yanzi's head, but also stuck it in the head.

Even so, this magical pest continued to lie on top of the mechanical engine as if nothing was wrong.

This shows how tenacious its vitality is, and at the same time, it can also be seen how gluttonous this guy is.

"A fairy with a beard!"

While he uttered an exclamation in his clan language (which also had the connotation of swearing), the old dwarf did not stand still. He rushed towards Pi Yanzi, stretched out his hands to grasp the handle of the ice ax again, pulled it out, and then gave the magical pest a severe blow.

"Be careful."/"Get out of the way and look at me."

Almost at the same time, Bourne and Lockhart, who had just climbed up from the ground, each spoke to remind these dwarves.