[HP] Alchemy and Love

These words surprised him, and he seemed to have an indescribable feeling in his heart.Lorencia was taken aback, then shook her head: "No! Of course not... This is for one of my elders. He is like my own grandfather."

Remus was a little embarrassed.Before he could speak, Lorenthia glanced at him and added softly, "I have never had a boyfriend."

"... Ah." Remus said, he really didn't know what to say to this.There was a subtle pause between the two, and Lorenzia fiddled with the corner of her clothes with her fingers, and asked hesitantly, "What about you?"

"I never had a girlfriend either."

"Ah," Lorenthia said.

"Yeah," Remus said.

Another moment of silence.Remus asked, "So, did you find anything on that fake locket?"

"Yes." Lorenthia said, as if she was relieved to find the topic. "Actually, I haven't fully understood some of the spells attached to it, but this is very inspiring to me. Take a look..."

They didn't mention this matter again in the second half of the day, as if it was just a couple of ordinary small talk, but in the next half day, Remus found himself going to see Lorenthia from time to time, and several times He found that she was also secretly glancing at himself.For the first time, on the eve of the full moon, he didn't see these peeps as fear.Six hours passed very slowly and seemed to blink, and it was time to close the door in a blink of an eye.Remus Apparated away as usual, and Lorenthia stayed behind to close the shop.

"So, see you the day after tomorrow?"

"See you the day after tomorrow."

They said their friendly farewells, and Lorenthia closed the shop, went into the back studio, and swung her wand behind the hidden little door.There was a fireplace in the corner of the studio, and the flames were still burning inside. Lorenthia grabbed a handful of Floo powder and sprinkled it into the flames.She stepped into the emerald green flame and said, "Field House!"

After a familiar spin, she emerged from the fireplace in the living room at home, and waved her magic wand familiarly to sweep away the soot on her body—as long as no one else was present, Lorenthia's spell skills were very superb.As she flicked her wand to light the lamp, she glanced out the window, a look that froze her in place.

It gets dark early in winter, and the sky outside is already very dark, so the lights of neighbors' houses are particularly eye-catching.The house that had been unoccupied for a month was lit for the first time tonight.

Lorenthia's wand paused in the air, and she quickly put it down.She stood in the dark room, carefully observing the neighbor's house.She knew that they had gone on a long journey before, and if they came back today, it would only be a few days earlier than expected, which would not be surprising.But after all the attacks by the Dark Lord and the Death Eaters, a house that suddenly lights up is just as suspicious as a house that goes dark.

After hesitating for a moment, she lowered her head and glanced at her right wrist.On her wrist she wore a silver bracelet with a ruby ​​inlaid in it.If in danger, this gem will generate heat and emit a red light warning—considering that her actual combat ability is basically zero, this is one of the magic items she uses to protect herself.With a wave of her wand, Lorenthia quietly unlocked the door. Holding her wand, she carefully walked towards the door of the neighbor's house.

Every few steps she took, she looked at her wrist, and the gem remained motionless.Slowly, she walked to the door, looking at the still unresponsive gem, she finally lowered her wand and knocked lightly on the door.

The door was quickly pulled open.Before Lorenthia could take a step forward, a wand was pressed against her chest.

"Tell me, what did you choose when you chose the flowers for the birthday cake last time?" Opposite was a tall witch with gray hair but a straight figure, looking at her very sternly.

With the wand pressed against her chest, Lorenthia smiled easily. "Rose, yellow and brown and blue, with Hufflepuff on one side and Ravenclaw on the other."

The gray-haired witch put down her wand, and in the next second Lorenthia rushed forward and hugged her warmly: "You are back! Oh, I didn't even know you were coming back early, I should go pick you up!"

"You should ask me to answer a question too." The witch said and hugged her tightly, "But forget it. How are you doing, Loren?"

"Everything is fine. I missed you, Tina! How was your trip?" Lorenzia looked around the room over her shoulder. "Where's Newt?"

"In his chest," said the Witch, closing the door behind her with a wave of her wand.She turned around and raised her voice, "Newt, Loren is here!"

There was a sound from inside, and a moment later, an elderly wizard with the same gray hair but who seemed to be in good spirits came out.Lorenzia ran over, but paused in front of him. After Newt opened his hands to confirm that there were no small animals on his body that might be squeezed, she rushed forward and hugged him: "Newt!"

"Hey Loren." Newt ruffled her hair. "Is everything ok?"

"It's all good, it's even better now that you come back earlier." Lorenzia said with a smile.The strangeness and shyness in front of outsiders have completely faded away, and now she looks like a little girl acting like a baby beside her grandparents. She takes a step back and looks at Newt with concern: "How is it? Is everything going well with that Chinese fireball? It survived, didn't it? You weren't hurt, were you?"

"Oh, that's a long story," Newt said.While speaking, there was a loud meow, and Lorencia turned around in time, stretched out her arms, and caught a cat that jumped into her arms.

"Can we talk slowly during the meal, stay for dinner today, Loren?" Tina said as she walked towards the kitchen, waving her magic wand to light up the kitchen lights.

"Of course." Lorenzia rubbed Maolizi in her arms, gently put it on the ground, and followed her to the kitchen with a smile.

"Oh, and clean up the room by the way, dear?" Tina called.

"Yes." Newt laughed, took out his wand, and walked to other rooms while waving. The dust in the corner danced and floated, and followed behind him.

Lorenthia had never been a master of domestic magic.As for cooking, she is best at making soups—Newt and Tina often comment that she makes delicious soups only by following the recipes as potions, but in other respects, she can only reluctantly Barely made it pass.Therefore, only one cream of mushroom soup on the dinner table was made by Lorenthia, and Tina was still in charge of the rest.The three of them sat down at the dining table, and Lorencia couldn't wait to ask: "So, that Chinese fireball! You must have successfully rescued her, right?"

That's what keeps Newt and Tina out for a month.A juvenile Chinese fireball was smuggled into Europe more than a month ago, and smugglers intended to ship it to Greece, but somehow lost control of it in France and angered it.Even though it was only a five-month-old baby dragon, its destructive power was astonishing. In the chaos, three smugglers were hit by spells from the dragon or their companions and died, and many other muggles and wizards were injured. Memories kept the French Ministry of Magic busy for a whole week.Originally the dragon could have been simply shot, however it was originally smuggled from China - the Chinese Fireball is a protected animal under Chinese Ministry of Magic law.In the confrontation between the two countries, Xiaolong got a chance to temporarily save his life.As soon as Newt heard about this, he immediately rushed to France with Tina to deal with it.The last time Lorencia communicated with them was nearly a week ago. She only heard that the dragon had hope of saving his life, but she didn't know the final verdict.

"Yes, we succeeded!" Newt said this, his eyes still brightened with excitement, "Thanks to the help of the Chinese representative, he is also a very kind person, and he wants to pass the extradition of this dragon back to China." way to save its life, but the dragon egg was hatched at sea, and according to the confession, it had left the territorial waters of China at that time. And the smugglers were Italians... Legally they were entangled for a long time. Later we found 1837 A case in the year—”

"Stop talking too much, the food is getting cold," Tina said.

"The table was made by Dad himself, so the dishes won't be cold." Lorencia smiled, but the two still temporarily stopped talking and ate obediently.While eating, Newt explained to her as briefly as possible: "In short, the final judgment rests with those smugglers to bear full responsibility, but the dragon can't be released into the wild - that's exactly what we want, she's too small, in the She couldn’t survive in the wild. In the end we sent her to a dragon breeding base in Romania.”

"That's great." Lorenzia burst into a bright smile, "Please tell me the details after dinner, especially the part where you argued the precedent that was omitted. I can imagine Tina arguing with them appearance."

Tina gave her a nonthreatening look, and Lorenzia smiled innocently at her.She shook her head and asked, "How is your alchemy shop? In your last letter, you said that you recruited a new clerk. Is everything going well?"

"Yes, he's fine, I think he's even better than the old one—good tempered, smart, and knows more about alchemy than I thought, and he says he's interested in alchemy." Lorenthia couldn't help laughing, "I think you will like him."

"Yeah, maybe we can meet him." Tina and Newt exchanged glances when Lorentia didn't notice, "How about we go to your store tomorrow?"

"Ah... no, he's on vacation tomorrow." Lorenzia said, she lowered her head and drank a few sips of soup, pursing her lips: "Well, in the last letter... I'm afraid you might worry, I may not have said anything in detail Case."

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with him?" Tina asked with concern.

"It's nothing bad. It's just..." Lorenthia looked at her innocently, with some uncertainty, "He's a werewolf."

The author has something to say: "There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that he's a werewolf."

"It's just a little furry problem."

——Lorenzia and James must have a common language...