[Comprehensive] Science and Magic

Must be very evil magic. "

"Yes, very evil. It involves some ancient local witchcraft, which is completely different from what we learned in Ilvermorny." Mr. Smulders nodded thoughtfully, and continued: "Anyway, Mr. Pulling you out alone now, always be careful."

"Did those two find their bodies afterwards?" Mrs. Smulders asked anxiously.

"Has the wizard who cast the spell been caught?" Lillian also asked.

Laura, too, stared at Mr. Smulders, waiting for some good news from him.

"It's two—two wizards. They have used this method to extend their lives and have lived for almost 200 years. Of course they were caught, but now the problem is how to get them back." Mr. Smulders said. Frowning, "Recently, the available therapists and pharmacists in the hospital are researching this. We also sent a letter to St. Mungo's in the UK, hoping to get a little help."

"It's really dreadful," said Mrs. Smulders, patting her breast.

"There are always people in this world who want to live forever," Laura said, "but I think everything is conserved, and there is always a price for everything."

"Well said." Mr. Smulders affirmed, "Nicole Flamel lived by the Philosopher's Stone for more than 600 years, but it is said that he has completely lost his five senses. What is the difference between being alive and dead? Isn't the greatest thing about people—whether wizards or No-Majs—knowing that the day is coming to an end, but always facing it with a smile full of courage?"

The author has something to say: Note ①: Refers to the chair used by the Magical Congress of America to implement the death penalty, which appeared in the movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them".

Note ②: The story comes from the movie "Universal / Can / Key / Key".

Chapter 5

Laura and Mr. Smulders discussed many problems related to healing spells.Although Mr. Smulders is only a pharmacist, his attainments in healing spells are much higher than that of ordinary wizards.

Mr. Smulders sighed more than once, if only Laura could choose to stay at the Williamsburg Magic Injury Hospital.

"Dad, do you remember your baby girl?" Lillian said with mock jealousy.

They all laughed.Mr. Smulders said with a chuckle, "Laura is our other daughter."

After dinner, the four of them moved from the dining room to the living room.

Although the daily life of the Smulders family is usually the same as that of an ordinary No-Maj family because the mistress is a No-Maj.But after dinner, Mr. Smulders would help his wife do the dishes with magic.

In his words, his wife has been working very hard to cook every day, and he has no talent in the magic of cooking; but he can still help with ordinary housework magic.After all, their family is also a wizard family, and they have to enjoy some exclusive conveniences of wizard families.

When Lillian and Laura graduated from Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, they were also able to help with household magic.Lillian inherited her mother's culinary talent to a certain extent-she was especially good at cooking spells, and Laura once teased her that she must have memorized more than one copy of "Conjure a Feast".

It's just that they still have to go to work, and they don't have as much free time as Mrs. Smulders who writes at home.Oh, forgot to explain: Mrs. Smulders is a children's literature author, and her children's fairy tales are very popular in the wizarding world and the No-Maj world.In addition, Mrs. Smulders also enjoyed seeing her family eat the delicious meals she cooked herself.

After the meal, the four of them often continued to chat in the living room: sometimes it was some strange cases at the Williamsburg Magic Injury Hospital, sometimes it was some anecdotes in the Magic Congress, and sometimes it was Mrs. Smulders' insomnia. disease, little Peter from the next-door neighbor, or need some more flowers in the backyard.

The dinner plates and cups bathed themselves under the influence of magic, and then jumped into the dry towel to dry their bodies one by one, and finally stood in the cabinet like soldiers waiting for inspection.They chatted about various topics in the clanging sound of the kitchen.This makes them feel comfortable in life.

Sometimes, they will also play soft dance music in the living room, and sway their bodies freely to the music.This is the romance of the Smulders family.

Two days later Laura got a call from Coulson about Stark's interview.

Coulson prepared a whole set of fictional identities for her (besides the name, maybe), and she was cast as an Ivy League graduate with a PhD in psychology, which would benefit Tony Stark's psychological trauma recovery.Shareholders of Stark Industries believe that Stark's experience in Afghanistan caused him to suffer from severe psychological trauma, which led him to make an extremely irrational decision (closing the Stark Industries weapons manufacturing department).

Laura picked out a No-Maj professional dress and put on light makeup.The wand was well hidden by her in the handbag that cast the Untraceable Stretching Charm.She got off the taxi a little nervously and stood in front of the Stark Industries building.

She had never done such a thing before.

When she was still studying in Ilvermorny, Voldemort, who was far away in the European continent, had been wiped out by Harry Potter.Since Voldemort did not have much influence on the American continent, she did not have the opportunity to participate in the war.After graduating, she wanted to be a therapist, but she had to change her mind temporarily and joined the Auror Department of the Magic Council-but she was doing something like a technician or logistics.

Although she is good at Charms and Defense Against the Dark Arts, and was even obsessed with the Dark Arts at one point—but that was limited to her thirst for knowledge.Laura has always preferred to heal rather than to cause conflict or face similar embarrassing situations.

Being a spy was really a bit beyond her reach.

Laura took a deep breath and surreptitiously cast a Confusion Charm on her face in the Stark Industries bathroom.This would keep the No-Maj from seeing her twitching expression, and her face would take on a perfect calm, like a true psychologist.

She explained her intentions at the front desk, and it didn't take long for Stark's assistant, Miss Pep Bertz, to greet her in person.They chatted briefly, during which Laura was ready to cast a spell on Miss Bertz.

But Miss Bertz seems to have already confirmed the candidate, and now it is just the final meeting confirmation.Laura doesn't know how Commissioner Fury works, but she has been determined to be the final candidate for Tony Stark's life assistant and psychiatrist.

"I'll take you to Mr. Stark's residence now." Miss Bertz handed Laura a work card and led Laura to go outside: "I'm very happy to have new people to share my work. I think Tony's experience in Afghanistan may have really affected him a lot, he's been in a bad state for a few days."

The driver had already been waiting outside the building and opened the car door for them.

"Thank you, Happy." Miss Bertz held out her hand. "Please, Miss Johnson."

In the car, Miss Berts continued: "Miss Johnson, you are not just Tony's psychiatrist. You also need to do this—" She handed Laura a stack of papers full of items such as "S Mr. Tucker's favorite takeaway", "Mr. Stark's favorite fragrance", "Clean up Mr. Stark's used garbage" and other matters.

"Of course, the most important thing is that you must do whatever Mr. Stark asks you to do."

"anything?"

"Yes. Oh, Miss Johnson, of course you can protect your legal rights and follow your own wishes. Although Tony is willful, he is still a good boss."

They stopped in front of Stark's mansion on Malibu Beach.It was a long way indeed, but Mr. Stark's car had obviously been specially modified for top speed.

After Miss Bertz swiped her card to enter, a man's voice came from nowhere.The voice said, "Good morning, Miss Bertz. Shall I inform sir that you are coming?"

"No, thank you. Where is he now?" Miss Bertz said into the air.

"Sir is in the basement studio. He didn't sleep all night last night." The male voice replied.

"Hmm... this..." Laura looked back and forth, half-wanting to take out her wand and cast a detection spell.Finally, she hesitated and asked, "This is...?"

"Ah, Miss Johnson, this is Tony's smart butler Jarvis. Jarvis, this is Tony's new life assistant, Laura Johnson."

"Hello, Miss Johnson."

"Um, hello, Jarvis...?"

Laura's head couldn't turn the corner right now.She even thinks Stark might be a pure-blooded Squib with a house-elf handed down from the family.Fortunately, she cast a confusion spell on her face. Apart from the hesitation in her voice, she still had a calm and reserved expression on her face.

She followed Miss Berts to find Tony Stark in the underground workshop.He was listening to loud heavy metal rock music, and he didn't know what to do.Laura could feel that the thing had extraordinary power, similar to the power of the reactor in Stark's chest in Afghanistan, but much stronger.

Miss Bertz turned off the music.

"Hey! Don't turn off my music!" Stark yelled.He looked up and saw Laura behind Bertz.His expression started to become strange.

"Tony, this is our new life assistant, Laura Johnson. Miss Johnson, this is your new boss, Tony Stark." Miss Bertz introduced.

Laura said nothing.She pretended to be calm on her face, but she was actually panicking in her heart.

"Ha! Let's see who this is." Stark put the things in his hand