witch mary bennet

Phipps Knight did not answer immediately.He waved the magic wand in his hand again, and the owl with spots all over its body was unshackled and flew up.

It hooted a few times in a row, causing the owls hanging on the wall to hoot too.However, Phipps Knight's wand did not stop, and released several spells in a series.

Mary was taken aback. Relatively speaking, the owl performed better. It dodged two magic spells, and the other ones hit it, but it didn't have any effect. On the contrary, it seemed to stimulate it. , it flapped its wings desperately, rushed to the edge of the snowy owl's perch, and landed on it.

Snowy Owl actually moved to the side, as if to make room for the unexpected guest.Phipps Knight smiled happily, "Miss Bennet, you should buy this one, that's right."

But the clerk in the owl shop was not very happy, "Sir, I admit that you are very professional," he complained, "but there really is no customer who picks owls like you."

Mary became curious, "Mr. Knight, what magic did you use just now?"

"Owls have no natural enemies," explained Phipps Knight. "They are mainly afraid of attacks from wizards. If someone doesn't want the letter to be delivered smoothly, they will attack the owl. But there is a reason why wizards choose owls to deliver letters. , you must have seen it just now, they not only have some resistance to magic, they can even avoid magic."

This performance by Phipps Knight has successfully attracted the attention of several other customers in the store, and a lady even came over to them, so Sophie asked the clerk, "How much is this owl?"

"Four Galleons," the man replied.

Mary was already very satisfied to be able to save a gold Galleon.But Phoebes Knight immediately asked, "What do you want to do? There are two signs of Gallon Basik clearly hanging on the cage."

"Oh, I misremembered," the clerk hurriedly defended, and said, "This owl is very good, but because of its strange coat color, it is sold at a lower price."

"Miss Bennet, what do you think?" Phipps Knight smiled at Mary again, "It's a good deal."

Mary was glad that if it had been a good and cheap owl she wouldn't care about the spots, so she thanked Phippus Knight first, and said, "Just take that one."

He helped her choose the food for the owls. As for the cages, he said that he did not recommend keeping the owls in cages. When they were not delivering letters, they should be allowed to fly out to be healthier.

"But fixed-point feeding is necessary," Phipps Knight brought over a hard porcelain owl food bowl and asked Mary to buy it together.

It cost only eight more Sickles altogether, so Mary had no hesitation in paying.

Leaving the owl shop, the owl sat peacefully on Phipps Knight's shoulder. Only then did Mary realize that those deep purple spots were still very bright in the sun.

"Miss Bennet, you ought to name it," said Phipps Knight.

"Let's call it Phoenicia," Mary replied without thinking, "this is its most distinctive feature."

As expected, Phipps Knight was very satisfied. Under his guidance, Mary taught Phoenicia a bit, and let it fly back to Stillwater Manor.

"Let's go get some candy," Sophie had suggested, "and take some to school."

Mary, always thrifty, bought only one or two things, and came out first, and she thanked him again as Phipps Knight was waiting outside.

"Neither Sophie nor I looked at the price tag. The clerk would never have thought of it. You would point it out."

Phipps Knight smiled disapprovingly, "Miss Bennet, I can't let you suffer."

Mary didn't know how to answer, so she could only laugh, only to hear Phipps Knight ask again, "Miss Bennet, don't you think I'm too fussy?"

"Of course not," Mary laughed. "I don't have much money, and I wish I could save some money."

"You must know my situation," he replied, "Actually, I don't have much money. When I go out, I always need to save money."

Sophie finally came out and handed a large bag of sweets to Phippus Knight. "You don't eat sweets," she said, pushing a plain-looking white candy into Mary's mouth.

"It's so sour." Mary tried her best not to distort her facial expression too much, but she still couldn't help but get angry, "Sophie, what is this?"

"Hold on! Don't spit it out!" Sophie ordered.

The initial sourness quickly passed, and the inner part of the candy really had the sweetness of fruit. Sophie smiled again, "Look, I didn't lie to you."

"Let's go quickly," Mary just pointed to the back of Phipps Knight, who had already walked ahead.

He went straight to the bookstore, but was stopped by Sophie on the way, and she wanted to buy two new robes.

Mary also went into the clothing store to have a look, but she didn't have any robes in this year's purchase plan. She survived her last year at Hogwarts very well, and she felt that she should wait until the job was confirmed before buying some. .

But Sophie has a different point of view, "When you apply for a job, you must dress well to make a good impression on others. Besides, buying an owl saves two Galleons. You can add two more to buy this short. Put on your shirt."

The simple gray woolen jacket is really a good thing, it can be matched with almost any skirt, and Mary is also a little tempted.

But following Sophie to pick and choose, she finally settled on another robe, which only cost four Galleons to wear, and it was much more practical than the jacket.

"It's too bad," Mary couldn't help complaining when she came out of the tailor shop, "If I knew it, I shouldn't have let Phoenicia fly away early, and I should have let him take the clothes back."

"Leave it all to me," Phipps Knight had been waiting outside, and he didn't seem impatient.

The last thing to do was to buy books. The two of them naturally had a lot of textbooks, stationery and medicinal materials. Sophie simply paid for the delivery and asked the bookstore to send an owl to Stillwater Manor.

After the important task of shopping was completed, Sophie and Mary confirmed that they would return to Hogwarts the day after tomorrow.

Both of them couldn't wait. Sophie was tired of staying at home all summer. As for Mary, she really didn't like being a guest at other people's homes for a long time.

But Phipps Knight still seems to enjoy this feeling of being a guest. He hasn't even set a date to leave, and it doesn't look like he's doing nothing.

The next day, the Windermere couple took a pair of children to visit relatives. The family was going to visit an old gentleman who had a deep prejudice against wizards from Muggle families. The Windermere couple repeatedly apologized to Mary and said that they could not take her with them. to go together, which made Mary very ashamed.

Sophie was dragged away, her brother Vincent said, anyway, Phibs Knight could accompany Mary instead of the masters, "I suggest you go to the lake by boat," he said, "it's a beautiful day like this." The day is suitable for swimming in the lake."

In fact, Mary needs no company at all. Her whole mind is on Phoenician the owl. She regrets not buying a guide book on caring for owls, but the only remedy seems to be at hand. If there is any problem, Of course one could immediately ask Phipps Knight.

But Phipps Knight decided to take a swim, and at lunch he told her that the boat was waiting on the lake.

So Mary saw the self-propelled boat in the wizarding world. From the appearance, it was almost the same as the wooden boat she rode in the small river near Longbourne. She didn't see any magic cast by Phipps Knight, but that was it. A boat, without manpower at all, carried the two of them floating on the lake.

At this time, she felt that the lake was wide and deep, and Mary suddenly felt a little scared. This was completely different from the feeling of being a few feet away from the shore on the river. She always seemed to be worried that some strange monster would suddenly jump out of the lake. Attack the lonely boat.

"Miss Bennet, do you feel cold?" Phipps Knight suddenly asked, and Mary realized that at some point, she had already hugged herself tightly with both hands.

Mary hurriedly explained, after all, she had never been boating on the lake like this before.

"Oh, there's no need to worry so much," Phoebes Knight said with a smile, "I've dived in the past and followed Mr. Windermere. The lake is too small and not deep enough. There are indeed only some small fish at the bottom. Some aquatic plants."

"Diving?" This was also new to Mary.

"Just use a Bubble Curse," Phipps Knight replied nonchalantly, "It's just that there are too many magical creatures in the lake at Hogwarts, and ordinary students dare not go diving. You know, in order to find magical creatures Creatures, wizards often need to dive."

As he spoke, he took out a fishing line from his sleeve, took out a bait from his pocket, put it on, and threw the hook into the water.

"Don't you use a fishing rod?" Mary whispered. She had seen Mr. Bennet fishing and knew that she could not speak loudly at this time.

Phipps Knight shook his head, "The Windermere family doesn't fish, and no one else comes here. Speaking of which, the fish in this lake are very stupid..."

His judgment was obviously correct, because the fish had already bit the hook, and he just raised his hand and pulled out a small fish three or four inches long. The poor creature was thrown on the plank of the boat, and was still struggling.

"Well...too small," grumbled Phipps Knight.

"Did you bring the fish creel?" Mary asked, looking back and forth, as if there were no such things in the boat.

"That's no fun for a little fish," said Phippus Knight, and he took the little fish off the hook and threw it back into the lake.

Mary thought he would go on fishing, but Phippus Knight slowly wrapped the hook into a small ball with the line and put it away, and leaned forward to wash his hands in the lake water.

Mary suddenly realized that he must be doing something else next time, she thought for a while, then pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile, "Mr. Knight, are you going to dive?"

"Of course not," he replied, "the water temperature is already very low this season."

After he took out a handkerchief and dried his hands slowly, he asked again, "Miss Bennet, have you heard what wizards say about me?"

Mary nodded as if nothing had happened. If she said she didn't know, he would not believe it.

With barely a pause, Phipps Knight threw the next question.

"So, Miss Bennet, do you think I'm really that kind of person?"