In the Harry Potter Without Harry Potter

Chapter 522: Why can't just use the power of Muggles?

In the North Sea, in an area rarely travelled by muggles due to the presence of certain magic.

A simple sailboat was travelling forward through the rough waves, and Jon stood firmly on the boat, his body stood firm and motionless.

In fact, it would undoubtedly be more convenient for him to directly turn into a Phoenix, or simply use the levitation charm to fly over, but the area blocked off by Sir Stoker, where the Muggles could not set foot in, was actually not that big, and flying directly over the unobstructed sea would be easily discovered by the Muggles sailing on the sea.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Jon simply used Transfiguration to create a sailboat, which even if it is seen by people and might cause a bit of a shock, but it's not really a supernatural phenomenon.

Soon, Jon could detect more creatures around the ocean that no ordinary person would be allowed to see.

Some curious merpeople had poked their heads halfway out from under the surface of the ocean, quietly observing the boy who clearly didn't look like a normal human being.

It wasn't long before, from a distance, Jon could see the destination of his journey, the lofty, high tower that connected the sea and the sky.

He manoeuvred the small ship and came straight to the steps in front of the tower, the door lamp in front of the closed door was constantly shaken by the sea breeze, Jon stood on tiptoe and knocked on the lampshade to wake up the door lamp that was guarding the door.

"Ha! How long have I been sleeping? I can't believe we have a visitor!"

Just by listening to the sound, one could feel the excitement of the door lamp as it shook itself while sizing up Jon, and when it got a good look at his face, its tone couldn't help but become disappointed.

"Why a small child? Did you fall into the water and drift here? Need some help? Surprised to see a talking lamp, aren't you?"

Jon pulled out his wand, revealing his identity as a wizard.

"Please inform that I am a Hogwarts Professor of Astronomy who happens to be passing through this area, Jon Green, and would like to pay a visit to the owner of this tower."

Although it saw the wand in Jon's hand, the door lamp still looked suspiciously at his boyish face, but in the end, it didn't say anything more and disappeared from the door with a 'whoosh'.

Jon stood in front of the door and waited while keeping his eyes on his feet.

In this world, there should be no rocket in this part of the tower below.

He wasn't made to wait long, and soon the door was opened from the inside, and the pale house elf Rabier looked over at Jon.

He had obviously already received a description of Jon from the door lamp but was still a little surprised after seeing his face, which was young to the extreme.

"You are the Professor of Astronomy Class at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?"

Jon smiled slightly.

"A normal eight-year-old boy wouldn't be able to come to a place like this on his own, even in the wizarding world, right? There is no need to be surprised by my appearance, I have something that proves my identity, right now I just want to visit the owner of this tower."

Rabier looked Jon up and down once more, it was true that he sensed something unusual about him from his talk and his ability to come to this place alone.

So he bowed his head and made an inviting gesture, inviting Jon into the tower.

The place didn't look even a little bit changed from when Jon had been here in the other world.

They went on the stairs, letting those steps act on their own all the way up, with some black cats popping up around every now and then, and just like that, they reached the entrance to Sir Stoker's study.

Jon saw the old gentleman sitting on the sofa with a book in his hand, from the looks of it he looked exactly the same as he did when Jon last saw him.

Wizards generally lived much longer than Muggles, and on the outside Sir Stoker looked to be in his sixties or seventies at most, but he was actually a hundred years old.

Hearing the movement of Rabier bringing people in and as Jon looked at him, Sir Stoker's gaze turned to him as well.

He was visibly surprised to see Jon's appearance.

"I've never been to Hogwarts, but I don't think even that school would hire a child to be a professor, would they?"

Jon shrugged, having taken a seat opposite Sir Stoker, and proceeded to pull a letter of appointment out of his pocket, one that he had asked Dumbledore to sign specifically to establish himself as an Astronomy Professor on his way out of Hogwarts this time.

"There's always this and that in the wizarding world that makes us less of what we were originally, isn't there?" Jon purposely kept his words vague for a moment, "It's just the lingering effect of a failed experiment, and I'm sure anyone who can live in a tower like this shouldn't be some kind of person who judges people by their appearance, right?"

That was a reasonable explanation, and Sir Stoker didn't care much about his appearance but was interested in his claim to be a Professor of Astronomy.

Soon they switched the subject on and began to talk.

Jon had only given himself the excuse of passing by unexpectedly, but neither Sir Stoker nor he himself was actually focused on that.

The old man, who had lived here alone for decades, was only interested in astronomy, and it was for that reason that Jon had travelled here.

It wasn't long before Jon began to actively steer the conversation.

"Regarding this sky above us, it's actually not only wizards, but Muggles have studied it much more deeply than we have too."

Hearing his words, Sir Stoker's gaze became surprised as he asked tentatively.

"Muggles? Do you know something about Muggles as well, or do you assume that since they invented a means of transport that can fly in the sky, as well as a clearer astronomical telescope, they understood the sky relying on these two things?"

Jon shook his head.

"More than that, there have been Muggles who have flown off this planet we live on and reached space as early as forty years ago, and there have even been Muggles who have been to the moon."

Sir Stoker's gaze became even more surprised, and the look he gave Jon had changed from admiration to eagerness.

"There are actually wizards in the magical world who have really learned about this!"

He exclaimed.

"I've been paying some attention to these things as well, I've always felt that wizards are too stuck in their old habits and thinking, the Statute of Secrecy can block muggles from knowing about us, but it shouldn't blind us to the existence and advancement of muggles who have long since managed to reach that starry sky, reaching far beyond the wizards' knowledge of the skies."

He couldn't help but sound a little bleak again as he said this.

"That's what I've been working towards all these years here, astronomy shouldn't stop astronomers at land, we can never truly understand the starry sky by just looking up."

Jon listened quietly to his sentiments and suddenly interjected.

"Then why can't you just go and use the power of the Muggles? Since they're already ahead of us now."

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