witch mary bennet

Mary became alert. The topic Phipps Knight chose now was obviously different from any of their previous chats—if she really wanted to apparate from this boat, she should be Can go straight back to the manor.

But before that, let's think about how to muddle through the problem of Phipps Knight, who has just helped her, and Mary doesn't want to make the relationship between them stiff.

In fact, Phipps Knight's question was so indeterminate that Mary simply answered him in a more exaggerated manner.

She smiled, "Mr. Knight, so far, I haven't found any special shortcomings in you."

"You'll find out sooner or later," he shook his head, paused, and smiled reluctantly, "but I really hope to get a better evaluation from you."

"What's the use of my evaluation?" Mary suddenly felt a little nervous, but she still smiled relaxedly.

"Of course it's useful." Phipps Knight's smile returned to normal, and he stared at Mary, "Miss Bennet, thanks to you for treating me as a good person, then, would you like to consider establishing a better relationship with me?" What about a close relationship?"

Mary's thinking was confused at once. She first thought that he had used such a cryptic expression, and then realized that Phipps Knight might really want to use this expression to determine something.

However, Mary didn't know how to answer such a question. She didn't even dare to look up at him, so she could only mumble, "What's the relationship?"

Phipps Knight smiled unusually calmly, "Let's put it this way, Miss Bennet, if you have graduated, I will propose to you directly, but since you are going to spend your last year at Hogwarts , then, I think we have enough time to get to know each other fully."

"As for this relationship, I think it depends entirely on your wishes." He seemed very sincere, "We can be relatively close friends, or... lovers."

He stressed the last word, and Mary knew it was her turn to answer, and she had found herself not feeling joy or shyness, and after the initial panic, her mind was full of questions.

"Mr. Knight..." She tried to calm her voice, but it was cut off immediately.

"Call me Phoebes," he said more emphatically.

"Well, Phibs," Mary seemed a little more relaxed, "I don't know what strengths I have that would allow you to make such a decision."

He hesitated for a moment before asking again, "Don't you believe me?"

"Of course not," Mary could finally show a smile, "I've given you a good evaluation before."

"I just think you are the right person for me," Phipps Knight replied, "Miss Bennet, can I just call you by your Christian name?"

At Hogwarts, classmates with a good relationship all called each other by their given names, especially in Gryffindor House. Therefore, Mary felt that this was not a big deal, so she nodded quickly.

"Mary, you must have thought of it," he laughed again, "I finally met you, a young lady who has no prejudice against me, so of course I should keep you by my side."

The atmosphere on the boat finally relaxed, but Mary still remembered that she didn't make any promises.

"I don't have to promise you anything, Phoebes," she deliberately pretended to be nonchalant, "you said that we will continue to understand each other."

"Actually, I think I already know you well." But Phipps Knight said something that surprised Mary even more. "You know, I came to Stillwater Manor this time just to see you."

"Impossible!" This surprise prompted Mary to stare at him, "We didn't know each other before."

"Mary, I didn't intend to hide this from you," Phipps Knight spread his hands, "I have indeed reached the age where I need to find a wife, but, you know, wizards have a bad opinion of me, I also hold a respectful attitude towards ladies from wizarding families. Mary, maybe you haven’t noticed that among the young witches whose parents are Muggles or mixed blood, not many are from gentlemen’s families, but you, Definitely one of the best of them all."

This time, Mary finally blushed, "I didn't expect to get such a high evaluation."

"Badr also hopes that I can start a family earlier, so he is helping me find out about the situation of the young witches everywhere," Phipps Knight said with a smile, "In this regard, I trust him."

Mary thought back to the few conversations she had had with Baldr Knight, and he seemed to be recommending his brother over and over again.From this perspective, even if she would think about how they judged her, it seemed that there was really no need to get angry about it.

"It's too bad," Mary still complained intentionally, "You two brothers must have targeted me from the very beginning, but I was still kept in the dark."

"Mary," Phipps Knight laughed, "Since I have confessed to you, I am of course ready to apologize to you, but do you really need my apology?"

Mary didn't answer, just shook her head slightly.

Phipps Knight suddenly sighed, "Even if I do regard you as the target, I have to admit that I am constantly attracted by your target. Last night I kept thinking, if today I If I don't find a chance to talk to you, what will I do when you return to Hogwarts?"

"Write," laughed Mary. "Phoebus, do you have an owl?"

"No," he replied, "If you're going to the wilderness for a while, it's a burden to take the owl with you. I usually post letters at the post office when I pass by a wizarding town."

Mary then found the question of interest, she must know how he went around researching magical creatures.

When it comes to magical creatures, Phippus Knight always has a lot to say, and the two linger on this topic for a long time, until Mary wonders if it's time for them to go back.

"It's still early," Phibos Knight seemed a little dissatisfied, "Mary, don't even think about it. After you return to Hogwarts tomorrow, we don't know when we will meet again."

When he said this, Mary was a little bit reluctant, but instead she thought that if the Windermere family came back and saw the two of them were still on the lake, they didn't know how to explain it, so she could only find an excuse, saying that she was killed. The rickety boat made me a little dizzy.

Phipps Knight cast a spell, and the boat turned and headed for the shore.Mary felt that she should say something more, but could not think of anything, and finally it was Phippus Knight who spoke first.

"Vincent should send you back to Hogwarts tomorrow," he said, "I'm thinking about leaving Stillwater Manor tonight, anyway, in front of the Windermere family, you won't spend too much time with me." say what."

He might have been complaining, but Mary ignored it, and she just asked, "Phoebes, where are you going?"

"Scotland," he answered, "I received a letter last night that a horse-shaped monster has been found in a deep lake in the north, and I am going to have a look."

"Is there any danger?" After some conversation, in Mary's concept, dealing with magical creatures is quite dangerous.

"It's much easier to deal with than a dragon," Phipps Knight replied lightly.

At this time the boat finally landed, he jumped onto the shore first, and then stretched out his hand to pull Mary. However, perhaps because of sitting for too long, Mary couldn't stand firmly when she got up, staggered, and almost fell down.

Phipps Knight hurriedly supported her, without any hesitation, he grabbed her by the shoulders and carried her to the shore—of course, this was only his one-sided idea. For Mary, she was carried to the shore by him .

This made both sides standing face to face a little embarrassed. After a moment of hesitation, Phipps Knight coughed dryly, "Mary, I didn't expect you to be so thin."

It was a fact that Mary had been the thinnest of her sisters since she was a child, but she still felt as if some secret had been revealed by the other party.

"I've always been like this," she replied in a pissed tone.

Only then did Phipps Knight slowly let go of his hands, he turned and walked towards the manor, "If there is a chance in the future," he said, "I will take you out to eat something nutritious."

"What?" Mary ran several steps before following him.

"For example, the milk of female unicorns," Phoebes Knight laughed. "Several noble families sent people to look for unicorns and collect the milk. It is said that the ladies will be radiant after taking it."

"Is that precious?" Mary asked again.

"I tasted it once," he replied, "and even brought a small jar to Baldr, but unfortunately he said it was very bad."

"What do you think?" Mary became more and more curious.

"I remember it's similar to ordinary mare's milk." Phipps Knight looked at Mary with a smile, "Why? Are you going to try it?"

Mary shook her head. She has always been cautious about all kinds of special things in the wizarding world.

Phipps Knight didn't seem to notice, "Little unicorns are usually born in autumn and winter," he said, "I will try to bring you one as a gift before the New Year."

"It's not too much trouble," Mary emphasized hastily.

"What's the matter," he replied in a disapproving tone.

Mary didn't refuse again, and the two stood on the edge of a small balcony in Stillwater Manor, and chatted about some irrelevant topics. It didn't take long for Sophie and Vincent to come back.

"Mary, you must be going to meet Sophie," said Phipps Knight, "I'm going back to my room first."

After he left, Mary hesitated. She didn't know if she should tell Sophie what happened in the afternoon. If she didn't tell her now, she wasn't sure to keep it hidden.

However, when she saw Sophie, Sophie didn't seem very happy.

"Mary," she cried hastily, "go to my room, I have something to say to you."

She didn't speak any more along the way, and after closing the door of the room, she said loudly again, "Dear Mary, I just heard from Vincent that Buddle Knight wants Phipps Knight to propose to you!"

"That's why he gave it to our Iseron Pegasus!" She seemed filled with righteous indignation.

This was no longer news, so Mary acted as if it had nothing to do with her. "My dear Sophie," she smiled, "Phibos Knight told me about it this afternoon."

But he didn't mention Iseron Pegasus, Mary slandered again, and the Knight family really behaved like a rich man.As for Sophie, she did look frightened, and asked loudly, "What? Did he propose to you?"

"That's not true." Mary remained calm. "He just let me know that he really intends to do it. He said that we can still understand each other now."

"Then what do you do?" Sophie's surprise didn't seem to diminish at all.

"Let's take one step at a time." Mary shrugged, she had already thought about it, "Dear Sophie, you see, I have never been pursued by any man."

"Well," Sophie seemed relieved, "you don't hate him anyway."

"We're going back to school tomorrow," she went on, "and maybe he won't want to propose to you in a few months!"

Mary couldn't laugh or cry, so she could only continue to remain silent. After a while, Sophie seemed to realize that her previous words were really inappropriate.

"Hey, it's not bad if you really marry Phoebes Knight," she said. "Then we will be distant relatives. When he goes out to study magical creatures, I will invite you to my house and we can still be together." Go on vacation elsewhere."