[HP] Alchemy and Love

As soon as the door was opened, a gust of cold wind rushed towards her face, Lorencia couldn't help shivering, and tightened her shoulders.The temperature in the UK at the end of November is usually not too cold, but the continuous rainy days have caused the temperature to drop sharply. Today, there is a strong wind again, and the wind blowing on people feels particularly bitter.She clenched the handle of the small box, quickened her pace, and walked towards the owl shack with her head down.It was a working day, and there were not too many people on the road. Occasionally, a few people seemed to be in a hurry, wondering if they were going to be late for work.

After walking all the way, Lorencia breathed a sigh of relief when she rushed into the owl hut, feeling her whole body being steamed by the heat in the hut and relaxing.She clapped her hands, but instead of taking out the order form, she took out a small bag of small meat balls, smiled and raised her head to greet the owls on the shelf: "Hi, I'm here again."

About half of the store's business comes from mail order orders.Lorenthia would come to the post office every few days, and she knew the owls very well.She smiled and called them by their names one by one familiarly: "Carlos, Annie, Lilian—here, here, don't grab it. Ah, Tonya, it's been a long time. Have you gone away? David, Roxie, Carl, I need the three of you to help today. Greens, Kaisha, I haven't seen you for a long time. Isn't your twin sister here today, Kaisha?"

While calling their names, she took out small meat balls from the pouch and held them in her palm. The owls flew down one by one and pecked at her palms in turn.There were so many owls at the post office, and a small bag of snacks was quickly eaten up, and then Lorenzia took out a heavy small change bag and held it together with the order form: "Okay, it's time for me to trouble you. Carlos, come on."

She opened the suitcase on the ground, took out a small bag that had already been packed, tied it to the leg of the barn owl that jumped up, and put in the corresponding coins according to the price marked on the rack: "This trip is very expensive." Far away, to Greece, please help me deliver it as soon as possible, okay? Of course, don't be too tired."

Carlos pecked her finger lightly, spread his wings and flew away.Lorenthia picked up the second small bag: "Anne, good girl, go to France."

As Christmas was approaching, the number of customers ordering goods gradually increased. It took Lorenzia an hour to deliver all the food, including the delivery belt.The biggest product is a large full-length mirror that can automatically simulate the effects of various clothes, and it was transported away by three owls.After doing all this, her forehead was slightly sweaty, after all, it was still very warm in the shed.She paused for a while and played with other owls for a while. After the sweat disappeared, she cast a warming spell on herself and hurried back to the store.

When he returned to the store, it was already halfway through the morning, there were no customers in the store, and Remus Lupine was sitting behind the counter reading a book.When he heard the bell ring, he raised his head immediately, and then smiled: "Are you back, Loren?"

"It's so windy outside." Lorenthia complained, untied the scarf, and buried her hands in the warm scarf.Because she was walking all the way, she was not cold, but the hand that was carrying the box forgot to wear gloves, and it was freezing cold.Remus got up and walked around the counter, drawing his wand: "Here, hold out your hand."

Lorenzia looked at him curiously, and stretched out her hand according to the words, spreading her palms open.Remus lightly tapped each of her hands with the tip of his stick, and read: "Warm as spring!"

A warm current seemed to spread along the tip of his stick to her hands in an instant, and then flowed through the whole body, and the cold feeling was immediately expelled.Lorenthia's eyes widened in surprise: "It's amazing! I don't remember that the Warming Charm has such a simple effect."

"I improved this with my friends." Remus smiled proudly. "I can teach you—look, first shake the wand a little like this, tap yourself, and then recite the spell."

As he spoke, he made a very small movement of shaking his fingertips left and right, nodded himself, and recited: "Warm as spring!"

Lorenthia took out her wand and tried to shake it left and right a few times following his example, but she didn't read it out.She just stuck the wand back in again: "Thanks - I'll practice on my own when I get back. I was never good at charms at school."

"How?" Remus asked, "The spells you used in alchemy are all very advanced spells. Many spells are not even mastered by Aurors so well, and most wizards will not be able to master them in their lifetime Learn these spells."

"It's limited to alchemy. Outside of that, it's another matter." Lorenzia smiled a little embarrassedly, "I can get O in theory, but in practice, it's always difficult to succeed, especially They are spells used to fight with people, like fainting spells, but they have almost never succeeded...Professors always say that I am too nervous, but I can't do it well." As if she was trying to find something to do on purpose, she He took off his coat while talking, never meeting Remus' eyes.

"Ah, I'm too nervous when I'm reciting spells...that's what they always laugh at me about." Remus smiled, "In the first grade, there was a Charms class where I partnered with Sirius and practiced lumos. He did it right away with ease, and I figured I couldn't do too badly, and I miscast the spell nervously, and instead of glowing, my wand spewed out a little flame. Worse still, the flame It fell across the way on Jaime's robes, burning a hole in his clothes, right where his ass was. He jumped up with a groan, and all of us saw him clutching his ass and circling around the table."

Lorenthia couldn't help but chuckled: "And then?"

"Well, of course Professor Flitwick restored his robes right away, but James then retaliated by mixing a whole lot of mustard with my pumpkin juice for dinner." Remus shrugged, "He never admitted it , but I firmly believe that he did it. I think that from then on, Professor Flitwick will probably emphasize the importance of spell pronunciation to every freshman every year."

Lorenthia couldn't stop laughing. "Well, I don't have such an interesting story to share—at most it's just a practice session and the wand still doesn't respond." She smiled, her cheeks flushed from the cold wind, and her eyes brightened even more.She seemed to want to say something, but when the door slammed and a customer walked in, she immediately stopped and just glanced at Remus with a smile on her face.

The new customer is a witch in a fur coat.Unfortunately, she was exactly the kind of customer that all shopkeepers hated the most—choosing, pestering, and ultimately buying nothing.Even Remus' good temper couldn't bear her, and Lorenthia even sneaked to the back halfway.After finally seeing her off and it was time for lunch, Remus breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that there were no other customers, he went through the back and walked towards the storage room.

In the storage room, large and small tables and chairs, mirrors, and magic utensils are piled together, and some are packed in large and small boxes, stacking a wall.Remus walked up to the pile of boxes, drew his wand, and tapped three times on the surface of a box in different places.The boxes parted smoothly to reveal the studios inside.

Alchemy equipment and many materials are very valuable, and some important research materials are also placed here. Naturally, Lorencia would not put them in the warehouse outside, not to mention that there is too much dust, which is not suitable for alchemy. requirements.Her real studio was hidden at the back of the warehouse, and when Remus entered, he saw Lorenthia leaning over the table to study the fake locket.As soon as he came in, she immediately turned around and smiled at him apologetically: "Finally got rid of that lady?"

"Yes, thanks for your inaction," Remus joked.Lorenthia shrugged and smiled.Remus walked into the studio and said as he closed the door behind him, "Also, maybe you should control the speed of product delivery, or consider advertising more—the store is really going to be overwhelmed."

"I was free some time ago, so I naturally stepped up to stock up on some products, because starting today, I will not provide new products for at least half a month, maybe until Christmas." Lorenzia said, "Send Gifts for loved ones and significant ones are always my own making, and I start preparing them ahead of time—that’s what the locket is for, actually. It’s just as defensive as I intended it to be, but the way it’s handled is much faster than I conceived. Much more mature."

"I think your finished product is very mature and excellent." Remus said, "I rarely see more exquisite and stable alchemy items than here."

"Really? Thank you for your compliment." Lorenzia lowered her head, blushing a little, she seemed not used to such compliments, and hastily changed the subject: "Well, anyway, what I want to design is a A pocket watch—I mentioned it to you before, didn’t I? But I think the way to engrave the magic circle on the surface may be too delicate and complicated for a male pocket watch. He likes a simpler style. So I want to use the refining method to make it Material - absorbing the essence of all the auxiliary materials in the alchemy circle to strengthen the main material, so that the magic effect can be achieved completely by material transformation and magic spell. However, after changing the material material through alchemy, the requirements for the magic spell are also It will be stricter, and the combination with the spell will not be so close, this locket can provide me with a good combination idea."

"That's amazing." Remus praised, "Although changing the properties of materials is one of the most basic and important subjects in alchemy, this technique seems to be uncommon in the production of alchemical items, and most people would prefer Use a variety of materials to combine to achieve the corresponding effect."

"Yeah, but sometimes there's a conflict between the material and the material," Lorenzia said. "And, I think he'd prefer something a little more modest, not too flashy—not too shiny." As if thinking of something, she lowered her head and pursed her lips into a smile, with a very gentle look on her face.Remus couldn't help but blurted out, "Is it for your boyfriend?"