How wizards learn science and technology

late at night.

Merlin was awakened by a rustling sound outside the window, like the sound of a small animal rubbing against the window sill, and then there was a "creaking" sound of scratching the glass.Almost immediately he took out the gun from under the bed and turned on the light.

Phoebe next to her was of course still awake.

He carefully lifted the back of the girl's head and moved her cheek that was resting on his shoulder.Phoebe's eyes were still closed, and her cat's ears twitched in her hair, as if trying to wake up, but failed.

She just sighed dissatisfiedly in a daze, and curled up into a ball.

Merlin rolled over and got out of bed, put on his coat, followed the sound to the balcony of the bedroom, opened the French windows, and saw no enemies.

It was Ivan the black cat who followed Cypher out of town at night.

"So it was you." Merlin heaved a sigh of relief, and put away his gun.

Ivan gave Merlin a haughty look, then walked steadily, without even saying hello, directly bypassed his legs, and entered the bedroom through the open floor-to-ceiling windows.

Merlin: "..."

Okay, still a cool guy.

The black cat Ivan walked into the bedroom, and Merlin followed behind it, and said to Phoebe who was still sleeping: "Phoebe."

Phoebe turned over: "...um..."

Black Cat: "Meow."

Phoebe: "I see...huh?!"

The girl's cat ears raised suddenly, she opened her eyes, propped her body up on her elbows in disbelief, and looked at the black cat Ivan sitting on the floor: "Who told you to come in, get out!"

Black Cat: "Aww!"

"That's not okay!" Phoebe frowned.

Her tail frowned in a defensive gesture.Phoebe got up from the bed, and grabbed Ivan without saying a word: "It's really rude of you to come in without permission!"

Merlin: "Okay, okay."

I really don't know why Phoebe is so obsessed with this kind of thing. It can't be because she can become a cat that she has a sense of territory.Merlin stopped Phoebe and dragged the angry girl onto the chair: "It's already in, it's important."

Fortunately, Phoebe is not a fair person.

"Okay," although she was still angry, staring at Ivan with a full face of wariness, "then tell me what's going on?"

The black cat raised its head, and seemed unmoved by Phoebe's anger.He looked around, then jumped onto the desk, and relayed the whole night's experience to Phoebe in a cat-like way.

Phoebe slowly relayed Ivan's words to Merlin. The communication methods between humans and cats are far apart, but her translation is still qualified.

She said that Ivan took him deep into the forest and the operation went very smoothly.If they followed the way of Muggles, they would have to walk for at least a day and a night to find the place.But Cypher is a powerful witch who can Apparate for short distances without a wand.

The building deep in the forest, in the words of the black cat Ivan, is "similar to the places you and your partner often go to." Phoebe thought about it, and it should refer to the laboratory where Merlin was.

It's just that the layout of the building is quite complicated. In addition to the laboratory, there is also a huge underground building.

The underground buildings are similar to prisons, full of strange herbal smells, and there are even human corpses in some prisons, but the black cat doesn't know whether those people have died long ago, or the buildings were abandoned and left alive in the prison, etc. Starved.

Speaking of this part, Phoebe's expression became extremely complicated.

Merlin fell into deep thought after hearing the experience of the black cat.

"If Duhović hadn't conducted other experiments," he said thoughtfully, "the in vivo experiments in Cypher's research would have been conducted in the laboratory deep in the forest."

Phoebe's expression suddenly became serious.

She deciphered that rune text herself, of course she knew what was recorded in it.

Phoebe thought for a while, "Did Cypher take a picture of what happened in the lab?"

Black Cat: "Meow?"

Phoebe: "...that is, is she holding something that flashes and flashes it at the building?"

Black cat: "Meow."

"That's good." Phoebe breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Merlin. "Sev took a picture of the evidence... talking to the country cat is a struggle."

Merlin laughed out loud.

Living in the dictatorial country of Duhovic and still active in the wild, it is no wonder that the cats here do not know what taking pictures is.

Of course Cypher will take pictures of the evidence, but what she took and whether it can be used as evidence of Duhovic's crimes depends on what she took.

"Thank your cat friend for me," Merlin said.

Phoebe: "I can't eat my lunch for nothing."

Having said that, Phoebe, who was sitting on the chair, wagged her tail and ran into the kitchen.

She took out a box of canned luncheon meat from the refrigerator, opened it, put it on the desk, and pushed it in front of the black cat Ivan: "Thank you."

Ivan the Black Cat: "Meow."

During the day, Ivan spent most of his time squatting near Phoebe, watching the female cats eat from a protective attitude.And now, the black cat, who had been helping to run all night and didn't care about eating, finally let go of his noble dignity and went to the can to eat.

"Come again next time," Phoebe was still thinking about it, "tell me in advance."

"Meow."

"It was Merlin who let you in this time, so let's make no exception."

The black cat ate the canned food, and did not forget to look up at Merlin.

Then it rubbed the meat dregs standing on the beard with its front paws: "Meow?"

Phoebe blushed, "Not yet...not yet."

Merlin:?

Phoebe moved her body uncomfortably, and hurriedly poured out the luncheon meat from the can for Ivan the black cat: "It's too early to say that."

Black Cat: "Meow."

Phoebe: "No! It's not his problem, human beings are different from you, don't worry about it!"

Merlin:? ? ?

What is this talking about.After all, Merlin didn't understand the language of cats, so he could only look at Phoebe's flushed cheeks in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Ivan the black cat turned his head to look at the bewildered Merlin, then at Phoebe, and let out a "meow" again.

Phoebe: "Humans can't have several litters a year, so hurry up and eat yours."

Merlin: "..."

However, the black cat didn't eat it. It picked up the luncheon meat on the table, jumped to the floor, and ran all the way to the French window.

Before leaving, he still turned his head and whined a few times to Phoebe, as if to express his gratitude.

Phoebe sighed: "Okay, I know you are good to your girlfriend, go share it with Miss Nasha."

Hearing this, the black cat stopped staying and left the apartment along the open window.

Phoebe followed to close the window, turned around and looked at the mess on the table in distress: "I should have poured the cans into the plate, it's so troublesome to clean up."

Merlin: "What did it say?"

Hearing this, the girl turned her clear eyes towards the man, and then smiled teasingly.

"Ivan doesn't like you," she said.

Merlin was not surprised at all.

Compared with Miss Nasha's enthusiasm during the day, the attitude of the black cat Ivan can be said to be completely different.Merlin opened the door for it, but Ivan ignored him from the beginning to the end.

"Do you know why it doesn't like you?" Phoebe asked, holding back a smile.

"why?"

"It feels that you have to ask me for my opinion on everything, and you have to come forward when encountering a situation. It doesn't have the demeanor of a male creature at all."

"..."

It turned out to be the case.

According to the habits of wild cats, the black cat Ivan is the leader of the neighborhood.The few female cats he saw during the day should be his companions—strictly speaking, this guy is the king of cats in the neighborhood, and he lived a life like an emperor.

Cats still adhere to the principle that the male is king, but humans are not.Merlin has always respected women's abilities and ideas, but in the eyes of the black cat Ivan, they are not "masculine" enough.

Still a straight male cancer cat, Merlin couldn't laugh or cry.

"Ivan also said..."

Phoebe walked up to Merlin, grabbed the hem of Merlin's coat, stood on tiptoe, complex colors flashed in her gray eyes.

Her voice was soft and soft, and the tip of her tail was slightly curled: "Together without a baby, you are not a qualified partner at all."

Merlin reached out and pulled Phoebe into his arms.

"Oh?"

The man circled her, bent down and spoke in a low voice.

"Then how do you answer it?"

Ask knowingly.

He couldn't understand the expressions of cats, but Merlin could always understand Phoebe's English.His voice lingered in his ears, and the corners of Merlin's mouth brushed against the tip of Phoebe's furry ears. She flinched a little, her cheeks flushed.

"I said," she replied, stroking the man's cheek with her soft fingertips, "Humans are different from cats. They can't have a litter of cubs in two months and have endless births."

Merlin laughed out loud.

He touched Phoebe's cheek: "Thinking too far, girl."

Phoebe: "Haven't you thought about it?"

To be honest, there really isn't.

Even having a lover is beyond Merlin's plan, let alone having a family.

Merlin: "You're almost a child yourself."

"Ah," but Phoebe showed a dissatisfied expression, "Again, you can't treat me like a little girl, Merlin! Hermione is only one year older than me, and she is engaged to Ron!"

Merlin: "..."

It's too early for you wizards to get married!

Even so, Merlin would not consider this matter.

Phoebe, just taking this step is enough to torture Merlin.Before reaching that step, she obviously still has a lot of time to experience the vast world and squander the freedom she was born with.

It would be too irresponsible for him to restrain her with emotion.

"Always in such a hurry."

Merlin couldn't help laughing.

"You don't even want to have multiple cats, but you are willing to have multiple people in your family?"

Phoebe: "That's different!"

Merlin: "Of course it's different. This is not raising a kitten, Phoebe. A baby is very fragile. You have to take care of him every day, nurture him, and educate him. The important thing is that you and I have a lot to do with him." With the energy on him, there will be very few two-person worlds like this."

Phoebe didn't hesitate: "Okay, the plan is postponed."

Merlin: "..."

In some ways, Phoebe Lovegood is surprisingly easy to understand.

I really don't know whether to be happy because of the weight I have in her heart, or worry that her straight-ball thinking in life is too naive.

Forget it, this is not something that can be changed overnight.

For a girl under 20, Phoebe was already far smarter and sober than her peers.One must know that when Merlin was still fantasizing about being a singer, it was just for the convenience of having more conversations when picking up girls in bars.

"Let's rest first."

So he just took the subject and shook his head.

"Roxy is coming tomorrow."

When it came to business, Phoebe's expression turned cold: "Can I go there with you?"

Merlin: "I don't think it's a good idea to keep you here."

He was worried about those mercenaries.Merlin's original idea was to temporarily entrust Phoebe to Cypher, but since Cypher's bad behavior last time...forget it.

What's more, only Phoebe knows about Harry Hart's plans.

Phoebe nodded. "I know what to do."

I hope that the meeting with "Ms. Rania Kerr" tomorrow will not arouse Duhovich's suspicions.

Merlin thought, that should be a good opportunity for the dictator to relax.

The author has something to say: Babies, Jiang Hua is going home today, so she won’t bring a computer with her. The updates for the fifth and sixth days are all in the manuscript box, and they are updated every day at 12:30 noon. I've been busy for a few days, so I'm saving my messages and I'll reply together when I come back on Sunday night.

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