citrus hogwarts

"This is what the family is used to call." Qiu Zhang smiled a little shyly, "You are not allowed to call me that in front of outsiders."

A girl's nickname or something represents a kind of intimacy, so don't call it indiscriminately.

She still understands this.

"Understood," Kate deliberately pursed her lips into a smile, raised her hand and lightly poked her little face, "I only say that in front of you, Xiaoqiu."

As expected, Qiu Zhang blushed and hurriedly pushed her out the door.

"Then I'll go, Xiaoqiu." Kate took out the door key and winked at her playfully.

Qiu Zhang blushed like something, leaned against the door, eyes turned away: "Well, see you at the beginning of school."

As soon as the words fell, Kate disappeared in front of her eyes.

She raised her head abruptly, looked at the empty space where Kate disappeared for a while, then lowered her head with a chuckle, turned and closed the door.

Kate, who returned to the manor, also entered the castle non-stop. As soon as she arrived at Hermione's room, she saw that she had packed her things and was talking to Catherine.

"Hermione!" Kate's voice grew a little uncontrollably.

The brown-haired lion cub in the room just raised his head and saw her standing at the door covered in sweat, and looked at Catherine hesitantly.

"Go, there's still time." Catherine nodded slightly.

Then Hermione hurried out, took out a toilet paper and wiped the sweat on her forehead: "Why are you in such a hurry, haven't I left yet?"

"Then can I follow?" Kate panted slightly, staring at her seriously and asked.

The sweaty hand paused for a moment.

"Kate..." Hermione's eyes shifted, "I'm going to learn magic from Professor Wynyard, you don't have to worry."

Because Catherine said that if Kate was around, she would be distracted from her studies.

And now that Kate is highly skilled in magic, there is really no need to follow her to learn those introductory things.

"Then I..." Kate hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Catherine in the room, "Then can I write to you?"

She didn't want to regard such a short one-month separation as a scene of life and death.

It's just... she's just not used to living without Hermione.

Even during the previous year at Newt's, she and Hermione would correspond regularly.

Before Hermione could answer, Catherine came over and held one of their heads with one hand.

"Of course not, little Kate. She went to my place to study magic. You wrote to her every day for a month. What's the matter?"

Kate stared at her unconvinced: "Then I will go too!"

"Heh," Caitlin smiled without saving her face, "Kate, your surname is Safik, don't forget that you still have a lot to do in this manor."

After speaking, she took Hermione's hand and walked towards the fireplace in the room, her tone light and light: "Of course, if you really miss Hermione, write a letter once a week."

What, what do you want or not!

Hermione's face was flushed with embarrassment, and she turned her head as she walked, only to see Kate following them step by step.

"Kate..."

"I know," she interrupted Hermione, forcing a smile, "I just want to see you off."

Catherine clicked her tongue, obviously for the benefit of these two little guys, why did she have the illusion that she was hitting the mandarin ducks with a club?

Glancing at Kate behind him from the corner of her eye, she shook her head.

In terms of dealing with feelings, she is exactly the same as her mother!

Kate watched them disappear into the fireplace, and lowered her head somewhat disappointed.

Now, she was alone again.

Caring for empty-nester Kate is everyone's responsibility.

Kate even wanted to hang this sentence on the castle, but it was of no use. Apart from five house elves, only the old butler was left in the family.

Although the old butler is like a family member to her, there are many things that he cannot do for her.

Tidying up the guest room by herself, Kate was bored, so she went directly to the library.

At that time, her avatar had already transcribed and bound the 300 years of knowledge acquired from Nicole Flamel, and the neat stack was on the ground, almost reaching her height.

Kate simply flipped through the notes. These notes seemed to be many, but they were all carefully classified by clones and then transcribed together.

It includes alchemy knowledge, magic knowledge, some long-lost profound magic and some black magic, and some miscellaneous life knowledge.

Leaving aside the things she doesn't need for the time being, the knowledge of alchemy and magic that she can quickly learn and master currently only accounts for about [-]%.

"This also has 120 years of knowledge..."

Looking at the stack of notes in front of her that was already higher than her knees, Kate felt a headache.

Fortunately, all this knowledge was forced into her mind, so she could omit the rote memorization and just start learning.

I don't know if she will be able to finish all this knowledge in the next month.

Without her little friends to play with, Kate returned to the state of immersion when she was alone again. Except for the necessary exercises and rest, she spent almost every day in the library.

In this way, more than half a month passed.

"Hermione, it has been seven days since I wrote to you last time, I wonder if you have received my letter..."

After writing the letter quickly in the study, Kate casually went to the owl shed to catch an owl and sent the letter out.

She glanced at the sun that had just risen, and was about to go to the library to continue her studies, but as soon as she got downstairs, she saw the old housekeeper directing the house elves to seal off the east and west buildings.

"What's the matter?" She hurried up and asked.

The old housekeeper turned his head: "I just received a notice from the Ministry of Magic, saying that it is going to check every house's black magic supplies, and it should be our turn tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Kate was taken aback: "Then do we also have black magic supplies at home?"

"You know, there will be some related books related to black magic in the library, and there are also some black magic items in the collections of the past family owners..."

The old butler changed the subject and smiled to comfort her, "So before the Ministry of Magic comes to search, we just need to hide the east and west buildings for the time being."

"The Ministry of Magic receives a large amount of funding from us every year, and the internal officials are also closely related to the family, so they only need to be hidden for the time being, and they will not be too strict."

It's impossible to say.

Kate remembered that in the original book, Lucius Malfoy urgently transferred his dark magic items because of the raid by the Ministry of Magic.

Among them is Voldemort's diary.

This is the second year's big boss, and one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.

She glanced at the two side buildings that had been completely hidden, and frowned unavoidably.

"Grandpa Butler," she offered, "give me all those black magic supplies, and let me transfer them."

The old housekeeper paused, and turned around hesitantly: "You mean, the inspection this time will be stricter than before?"

"As far as I know, the father of my classmate Ron works in the Ministry of Magic's Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Division, and he also participated in this raid."

"If even this kind of unpopular department is involved, then the Ministry of Magic should be stronger this time than in previous years."

Kate looked straight into his surprised eyes with a solemn expression: "So please pack all the items related to black magic and give them to me. I will take them out for a few days to avoid the limelight."

Anyway, she is just a child, even if she is not at home, she will not be noticed by those members of the Ministry of Magic who came to search.

It is the best choice for her to take the family property for emergency protection.

"But many of those items have various risks." The old butler looked into her eyes calmly. As a butler, he would unconditionally agree with any master's decision.

But apart from being a housekeeper, he is also Kate's elder.

"However, you must first assure me of your own safety."

Kate raised her lips: "I promise, I will be fine with them."

The old housekeeper looked at her deeply, and after a while, he turned around slowly, and said to the house elves who were still busy: "Stop all the work in hand, and do as the young lady tells you!"

The elves nodded without any hesitation, removed the magic barrier covering the side buildings, quickly entered the two side buildings and began to pack their things.

"Then, where do you want to go next?" the old housekeeper asked her kindly.

Kate pondered for a while, "Some time ago, I wrote to Dumbledore, hoping that he could introduce Nicole Flamel to me."

The letter also stated that she found the ancestor's alchemy manuscript in the collection room at home, and copied a part of it.

The manuscript is of course fake. She will not explore her collection room alone until she has mastered half of Nicole Flamel's alchemy knowledge.

But what was written on it came from Nicole Flamel's own experience as it was.

Taking his old man's things and running to say that he wants to see him, although this approach is a bit detrimental, but as long as the goal is achieved, is it a good way?

"But as far as I know, Dumbledore hasn't sent a letter home recently, and he probably wouldn't agree." The old butler still disagreed a little.

Kate raised her eyebrows and smiled: "That's why I have to go to Hogwarts to find him in person."

The Ministry of Magic searched for dark magic items, but it couldn't find Hogwarts, could it?

Even if she couldn't see Nicole Flamel in person, at least she could help the family avoid the risk of losing the market, and she didn't lose anything.

"Hmm, sounds like a good idea."

At the thought of causing trouble to Dumbledore, the old butler smiled brightly, "Very well, I will write to him and ask you to stay with him for a few days."

Anyway, with that old guy Dumbledore around, he doesn't have to worry about Kate being bewitched by those black magic items, killing two birds with one stone.

The old and the young looked at each other, showing the same smiles.

And far away at Hogwarts, a certain White Demon King who was selecting a new teacher in the office couldn't help but shudder.

Who is talking about him behind his back again?

Chapter 110 Four, Going to Trick Dumbledore

"...Rand, let that kid come, you have to say hello to me in advance, right?"

Dumbledore looked back at Kate, who was sitting obediently on a chair playing with Fox, and said helplessly to the fireplace.

"My lady has written to you before. It's because you have a lot of business and you didn't reply. Now you can reply to her directly in person."

The green flame in the fireplace showed the narrow smile of the old butler—only in front of his former comrades-in-arms could he smile so happily.

After a silent silence for a while, Dumbledore stroked his big white beard: "Don't be an example."

As he said that, he extinguished the flame and turned to look at Kate: "Son, during the summer vacation, Hogwarts students and teachers are basically not on campus."

"I know, Professor!"

Kate stood up immediately, and Fox stood on her shoulders, "If Nicole Flamel doesn't want to see me, I can go back to the dormitory for a few days."

As soon as he mentioned his old friend, Dumbledore's bright eyes became a little complicated: "Speaking of this, about the manuscript written in your letter..."

Kate immediately took out a manuscript she had prepared in advance: "I copied this specially. The original manuscript was written by my ancestor Ariel Shafik. I don't know if you have heard of it."

"That's a master alchemist with extraordinary talent." Dumbledore took the manuscript, read it carefully, and spoke appreciatively.

"But it's a pity that she passed away before she was 30 years old. Otherwise, with her talent, she should be able to leave more ink and ink in the history of alchemy."

Kate was stunned for a moment. She had looked through all the genealogy or records related to the family before, but the relevant records about Ariel Shafik were vague, basically there were only a few strokes.

"I only know that my ancestor studied with an unknown alchemist for a period of time when he was young, and then became an alchemist."

After that, there was no record of Ariel in the family tree.

If she hadn't accidentally discovered that the lover's chain was an alchemist made by her, she probably wouldn't have known that she had such an alchemist.

Not to mention that she vaguely knew the little bit of affection between her and her aunt.

"Professor, how do you know about her?" She asked curiously.

Dumbledore returned the manuscript to her, "As far as I know, Ariel Shafik briefly taught an alchemy apprentice.

And this apprentice later accepted another disciple. This disciple lived for more than 600 years and told me about the relationship between his teacher and Ariel Shafik. "

Kate's eyes widened in surprise: "My ancestors have such a relationship with Nicole Flamel?"

In other words, Ariel can be regarded as Nicole Flamel's half master, right?

"That's it," Dumbledore winked at her with a smile in his eyes, "I haven't replied to you for a while because Nicole Flamel has been keeping me in touch.