The rest of the journey was peaceful. Other than the sound of the train rolling along, there were only the occasional blasts of the whistle.
The food trolley occasionally passed outside the compartment, the middle-aged saleswoman hawking her wares and leaving children without pocket money staring longingly after it.
Su Ming chatted with Hermione on and off during the journey. By the end, she was getting drowsy, a side effect of staying up late to practice target shooting the night before.
Though it was called the Hogwarts Express, it was probably only "express" compared to a carriage.
An entire day was spent on the road. By the time they reached the station beside Hogwarts' Black Lake, the moon was already hanging on the horizon, its silver light shining over everyone.
Holding up a lantern, Hagrid loudly called for the first-years to gather on the platform. Hermione looked at Su Ming, and after receiving his permission, ran off with her new bag.
Yes, she had not brought a trunk. Instead, she had a Silk Pouch that Su Ming had taken out for her to use.
She would eventually cast the illegal Undetectable Extension Charm on her own handbag anyway, so he might as well give her a bag directly.
Come to think of it, the Space Magic in this world seemed fairly impressive too, without any obvious cost to casting it. If the Undetectable Extension Charm could be applied to the compartments of interstellar warships, their overall combat capability should improve considerably.
Where a compartment could originally hold only one reactor, it could hold two in the future. Wouldn't that be a leap forward?
Apparition was probably a type of Space Magic as well, except it could not be applied to other objects like an enchantment. It required more research.
But