[HP] Alchemy and Love

He didn't draw out his wand to attack immediately, which somewhat relieved Lorenthia. "That's a fake, sir."

"I want to see it," said the visitor.Lorencia quietly pinched the corner of the summons card a few times—two long and one short, indicating that it was not urgent but something to be alerted to. "Sorry, sir..." She replied cautiously, "But it does It's a... fake. If, well, what you heard..."

"Thanks, I know it's a fake, it doesn't matter," the guest replied, "I still want to see it."

"Okay, then... please go this way." Lorenzia said, trying to control her voice not to tremble.She led the guest through the shelves sideways, paying attention that she never turned her back to him. Fortunately, the guest didn't seem to be willing to draw out her wand from the beginning to the end, "here." On the last two rows of shelves, she pointed to the A locket that has been studied and is now sitting on a shelf.

The mysterious guest took off the locket, held it in his hand and looked it over carefully. Lorenzia stood beside the shelf with her back close to the shelf, and they had a fierce confrontation in their hearts - who is he?Now the suspicion that the other party is a Death Eater has been lowered, no Death Eater would be so polite.However, a person who is so secretive is usually not a good person.Why is he so interested in this locket?cheat?dark magic?Will it have anything to do with Slytherin?Most importantly, what should she do?

"How much is the asking price?" The guest suddenly asked.Lorencia woke up from her inner struggle: "Eighty Galleons." She said.

That's an unfair price for a fake.Although this method is clumsy and has potential safety hazards, it is the only tentative method she can think of for a while.To her somewhat surprise, the guest did not bargain. "Yes." He said bluntly, and put the locket into his pocket, "I will pay together later. Also, are there any magic items here to resist dark creatures?"

"Specifically... what kind of, um, what kind of dark creature?" Lorenzia asked courageously, although she also knew that it was usually dangerous to ask too many questions when facing such a guest—but she didn't know the specifics. It is difficult for her to make a recommendation.

The guest hesitated for a moment, and Lorenthia's heart was in her throat. "For example, Inferi," he finally replied.

But Lorenthia had already seen his hand move slightly, as if reaching for a wand.She was so nervous with that movement that she almost forgot to think about the answer to the question. "This." She said, grabbing an item from the shelf without looking at it.She didn't realize what it was until she brought it up to her—fortunately, it was an item that met the customer's requirements. "Holy torch," she said, swallowing nervously. "Its, um, its light can block or harm dark creatures, keeping them from approaching."

"Block, or hurt?" The guest asked.

"It depends on the intensity of the light. Its light is adjustable." Lorenzia said, showing him the head of the torch. The adjustment of light and intensity is the same method as fluorescent flickering.”

The guest thought about it, "Very well, how much?"

"Five hundred Galleons." Lorenthia said, this was the real price.The guest turned his head towards her, and probably glanced at her under the hood: "I thought everything in the store was very expensive."

It sounded like he was making a joke, but Lorenthia couldn't laugh at the moment.Seeming to be bored by her reaction, the customer didn't continue: "Very well, let's pay the bill, I want these two items."

"Come over to the counter, please." Lorenzia said, still walking sideways towards him towards the counter.The cash register was facing the store door—she secretly hoped that after receiving the call for help, someone would have come to check on the situation.If there were people from the Order outside and she was attacked while collecting money, they would be able to see clearly.When she walked around behind the counter, she summoned up the courage to glance quietly outside the store. There were indeed a few figures outside the store, but it was already late, and she couldn't tell whether they were people she knew at a glance.

The strange guest was already digging into his pockets, he took out a heavy money bag and put it on the counter: "There are six hundred Galleons in here, you can order it."

At this moment, Lorenthia wished that he would leave as soon as possible, so how could she pay for it? "No need." She said hastily, "Please wait a moment, I want to find you twenty Galleons..."

She lowered her head and opened the drawer behind the counter.Suddenly a white light flashed, and she staggered back a step, as if being pushed lightly.In front of her, a white protective shield appeared automatically, blocking a silent spell.Lorenthia bent down hastily, hid behind the counter, and drew out her wand.But at the same moment she had just squatted down, she heard a bang, the door of the store was knocked open, and James' voice sounded: "Stunned!"

With a sudden sound, there was the sound of two spells colliding, followed by a loud explosion, the sound of crackling goods falling to the ground, and the sound of James cursing.Knowing that she couldn't help, Lorenthia clenched her wand and hid obediently behind the counter until James' cry was added to the sound of jingling objects falling: "Hey, Loren, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Lorenzia then stood up.The store was already in a mess, several shelves were overturned, and the goods fell in a mess. James and Sirius stood in the middle of the chaos, "Thank you for coming!"

"It's okay, Remus isn't here, we were supposed to take over protecting you, but he ran away. Hey, why were you a little bit late, buddy?"

Lorenthia turned her gaze to Sirius, and found that his face was pale, staring gloomily at the place where the mysterious guest had just stood without saying a word.James looked at him, his original unwillingness turned into a frown: "Are you okay, Sirius?"

"The spell collision between the two of you just now blew his hood off." Sirius asked without answering, "Did you see his face?"

"No, I was just trying to hide from the falling thing—you see? Who is it?"

"I see," said Sirius darkly. "Regulus."

"Prongs!"

Five minutes later, there was a strong knock on the door of James and Lily's house. As soon as James opened the door, Remus rushed in. He quickly scanned the people in the room—James, Lily, Lorenthia, and Sirius, then heaved a sigh of relief, as if he could dispel his worries only when he saw with his own eyes that they were all right.At the same time as he entered the door, Lorenthia almost jumped up from her seat, and the two walked towards each other quickly. Remus reached out and held Lorenthia's hand tightly.

The hands of the two were equally cold, but Lorenthia felt strangely comforted.It was as if holding Remus' hand at this moment made her feel that the accident was over and she was still safe.The two looked at each other, with complicated and irrepressible emotions surging in each other's eyes, but at this moment Sirius said impatiently: "Remus is here, can you tell me what's going on?"

For a moment Lorenthia was almost angry with him.But seeing how he pretended to be indifferent, but in fact showed a vaguely anxious expression, she could still understand: No matter how Sirius claimed that he had completely cut off contact with his family and had nothing to do with each other, Remus once told her , Sirius still somewhat cares about this younger brother.When Sirius and Regulus were in the lower grades, the relationship between the two brothers was even barely passable. It wasn't until Sirius ran away from home that the relationship between the two broke completely and they stopped communicating.

Remus sat down beside her.Lorenthia recalled the process, and said, "Just as I was about to close the shop today, a customer came in wearing a long cloak with his face almost completely covered by the hood. I couldn't help but see him dressed like this." I was suspicious, so I issued a warning signal at that time."

"I was with Sirius at the time and was about to go home. We received the signal at that time, so we decided to check it out." James said, "The two of us went outside the store first and saw that it was not closed, so I decided to observe the situation outside the glass door."

"As soon as he opened his mouth, he asked me if I had received a Slytherin locket. I told him it was a fake, but he insisted on taking a look." Lorenthia continued, "After reading it, he said he would buy it. He quoted a very high price, but he didn't even try to negotiate the price, and agreed right away—from what he said later, he actually knew that the price was not suitable, and it was important for him to get the locket as soon as possible Saying it must be very important.”

Sirius snorted, and Lorenthia looked at him, and saw that he had no intention of speaking, so she continued: "Then he asked if there were any magic items that could drive away the corpses, and I took the Holy Spirit torch, so I recommended it to him, and he bought it together, so I took him to the counter to check out. When I bowed my head to change the money, the alchemy necklace on my body was automatically activated. He must have cast a spell silently while I was bowing my head. .I immediately squatted down and hid behind the counter when I heard James and the others rushing in."

"The shop is lit, and it's very clear from the outside." James interjected, "Sirius and I rushed in immediately when we saw the man holding the wand. I cast a stun spell on him, and he avoided it." And then Sirius and he fired a spell at each other at the same time, and the two spells just happened to collide and exploded. A shelf was blown over behind me, and in the second I was busy dodging, he Apparated away so quickly we didn't have time to catch him and I didn't see his face, only glimpsed by Sirius."

"It's definitely Regulus, I won't admit my mistake." Sirius said darkly, he completely lost his usual laughing all the time, always careless and full of energy, which made Lorenthia feel very uncomfortable , "What spell did he cast on you?"

The author has something to say: I think even if it is a fake, replicas of Slytherin lockets are not everywhere, right?

Although I don’t know how much RAB’s locket looks like in the original book, but Regulus must go through a process of searching for a replacement...

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No one guessed Regulus!I thought many people would have guessed it... Now let Loren face Voldemort, don't you all have the feeling that you have to single out the final boss just after leaving the Novice Village? XD