[HP] Alchemy and Love

During the rescue process, Lorenthia fell asleep again.When she woke up, Lily was sitting on the edge of the bed reading a book, and she noticed Lorenthia whenever she moved. "I have good news for you, Dearborn is still alive." She said with a bright smile, "We have rescued him!"

"Really?" Lorenthia sat up excitedly, forgetting to ask why she was in the box, "How is he?"

Lily's smile disappeared a bit, "It's bad, but at least I'm alive... I guess I can't ask for more." She sighed, "What about you? Dumbledore asked me to see how you are. "

Is this treating her like a child who can't let go of her?Lorenthia was a little embarrassed, a little annoyed, but also oddly amused. "I'm fine." She said and sat up, "I just didn't take care of sleep earlier."

"Didn't sleep?" Lily said slightly reproachfully, "What is more important than your own body?"

She didn't know that the communication card could track the induction?Dumbledore hadn't mentioned it to her?Lorenthia hesitated for a moment: "Some things arranged by Professor Dumbledore." She said vaguely.

Dumbledore's style of keeping secrets is known to everyone in the Order of the Phoenix, especially in the current situation where there may be traitors, keeping each other's secrets is even more important, and Lily didn't ask any more questions after hearing this reason.Lorenthia seized the opportunity to change the subject: "So, how did you rescue Dearborn? Can you tell me?"

In fact, she really owed half of the credit for rescuing Dearborn.Dumbledore led people to find the place where the communication card was thrown - the Death Eaters obviously didn't know that there was something on him that could be tracked, so all the magic items were smashed to pieces. The case was just a photo folder, so it was treated as a normal photo and discarded along with his wand, coat, etc.Following the clues left in that place, everyone was able to track all the way, and finally found the place where the Death Eaters held prisoners.Not only did they rescue Dearborn, they even found several other captives held there - one of them was an Auror, and the other two were just ordinary wizards who opposed Voldemort.

This process, if you think about it, you will know that it must be thrilling, and it must be a task that Lorenthia is powerless to intervene in, but she rarely feels powerless.All along, she knew that she was not suitable for fighting, and her position was not on the battlefield; she knew that the magic items she provided could play an equally large auxiliary role, but knowing was just knowing.For the first time, she clearly saw and felt herself involved, actually helping.

It would have been a gratifying experience, but Dorcas' sacrifice cast a cloud over the satisfaction.Lorenthia knew that Lily and Dorcas had a good relationship, so the question about Dorcas' body swirled in her mouth a few times, but in the end she didn't dare to ask, and only asked: "The situation of Dearborn?" How? I want to find a chance to visit him, after all he saved me."

"Oh, I didn't see you either, but James said that his condition is not very good, it will take a few days." Lily said, "Okay, since you are fine, I will leave too, and the boss will be right if you ask for leave again." I have an opinion."

Lorenthia hurriedly got up to see her off.Lily walked under the ladder, and suddenly turned around again: "This is just a speculation, I shouldn't talk about it-but you are not wrong to be careful." She said, "Mad-Eye confirmed, Ed Dorcas was patrolling outside alone when I asked for help. There should have been nothing to stop her from looking for a chance to check the communication card, but she was 5 minutes late. If she had found the help message earlier, she could have taken us to apparate It's going to be a lot different at closer locations."

Lorenthia felt a little ominous in her heart, but she didn't dare to speak out her guess.Lily sighed: "You know that Mad-Eye makes a fuss and is suspicious of everything he sees. It is very likely that this is just his overthinking, and it is just that Dorcas happened to encounter an accident during his patrol and was inconvenient to get out. But this matter Kind of a coincidence, isn't it? If someone deliberately prevented Dearborn and Dorcas, who knew the Burns family best, from bringing help in time—"

"Then at least this person must know how the communication card works." Lorenzia interjected, looking at Lily in surprise, "This...really...? But they obviously didn't find Dearborn's communication card! "

"It doesn't explain anything, it's probably just an accident." Lily said seriously, "But it's not wrong for you to be more careful. You see, I can reach your bed by myself without you noticing, What would you do now if I was a traitor?"

"There are not many people who can do this." Lorenzia argued.But seeing Lily's disapproving expression, she backed down: "Okay, I will change the spell and password. I will change it as soon as you leave."

Only then did Lily leave in peace.Lorenthia sent her away, fed Snowflake first, and then went to the kitchen to find something to make a sandwich for herself.It was already past ten o'clock in the morning - her work and rest had been completely chaotic these past few days, day and night.When she was slicing the ham and thinking about adjusting her schedule, suddenly a sharp siren sounded that only the people in the room could hear: her protective spell was triggered.

But Xuehua lay beside her peacefully, she didn't seem to be in danger at all, and there was no follow-up movement outside, so Lorencia only got nervous for a moment, then drew out her pistol/gun, and approached the door carefully. "Who is it?" she asked aloud.

"I'm Remus." The person outside the door replied calmly, "When you introduced the goods in the store to me, you introduced them from left to right and from front to back. Have you changed the password?"

Lorenthia breathed a sigh of relief, waved her wand to disarm the spell, and opened the door: "Well, yes... just changed."

The replaced defensive spell was the first to stop Remus, which was both funny and embarrassing.Although Remus had a calm face, Lorenthia was afraid that he would feel that she didn't trust him. "I was going to tell you!" She couldn't help adding a few words of explanation, "Lily was here just now, and I must change the spells and passwords around the house."

Saying this, she felt that she was getting darker and darker again, so she stopped embarrassingly.Remus didn't see any difference: "Indeed, you really should be careful now, especially if you still live alone." He said, "Don't tell me the new password—don't tell anyone else, everyone visits It’s better to go through your inspection first.”

The "password" they are talking about here is not a specific word like a code that is correct when the Order of the Phoenix gathers, but a specific way to pass the spell, similar to how a person who is told the address can reach the house hidden by the Fidelity Curse .If you try to enter the room without knowing the correct way to break the spell, the alarm will be triggered.

Lorenthia naturally felt that Remus could come in directly, there was nothing to stop him.But Remus insisted on this, and she backed off a few words casually, and felt that this was not a big deal, so she didn't take it to heart.Looking at the clock, she asked, "Would you like to have lunch here? But I'm afraid all I can do is soup besides sandwiches."

Remus stretched his eyebrows and smiled at her, but he didn't answer immediately, but seemed to hesitate for a second: "If you don't bother me."

This was too blunt, and Lorenthia couldn't help but feel a little hurt.Maybe she showed it unconsciously, maybe Remus also realized that this was inappropriate, and he added: "I can help."

Lorenthia became happy again, turned sideways, and led him into the kitchen.She lived alone, and the food at home was simple. The two of them rummaged through the pantry, and finally Remus took out the pan to fry the steak and potato chips, while Lorenthia was cooking tomato puree, which was not eaten just now. A little slice of ham that was cut was also thrown in.Soon, the snowflakes were also introduced into the kitchen by the aroma, and turned around under their feet eagerly.

"You can't eat this." Lorenzia smiled, stirred the soup on the stove with one hand, picked it up with the other and hugged it, "Don't make trouble, be careful not to step on you."

She turned around and put the snowflakes on the dining table, and the snowflakes lay down on it, still raising her head and sniffing the aroma wafting from the pot.Lorenthia continued to stir the soup.She hasn't looked in the mirror since she woke up, she just combed her hair again, but she can also imagine that her current appearance must not be very good.This brought her conflicting feelings: on the one hand, she didn't want to see Remus in this image, and on the other hand, she felt that Remus was close enough that she didn't need her to make up.This kind of nonsense made the silence between the two seem a bit awkward. In order to defuse the atmosphere, Lorenzia asked casually, "How are you these days?"

"I was on the Dearborn mission earlier," Remus said, flipping the steak, "and went home. Went to the store this morning—but I guess you're not going to open today either. gone?"

"Oh." Lorenzia whispered, she had completely forgotten that she still had a small shop to take care of.Remus continued: "I came to you after processing the orders from the previous two days."

"Actually... I've been thinking about this for a while." Lorencia stared at the thick red soup in the pot, and said slowly, "I'm thinking about whether to close the alchemy item shop."

There was a clang between the frying pan and the stove, and when Lorenthia looked up, Remus had quickly straightened the pan.When he spoke again, his tone was still calm: "Why do you think so?"