Chapter 71 Shirley: I’m Not a Kid Anymore!

The sound of footsteps echoed along the cobblestone path.

A girl with a refreshing ponytail walked forward briskly. She also wore a sky blue apron to prevent her robe from getting dirty while working.

At the end of the road, there is a green lake. A new wooden house has been built beside the lake, and there is a large clump of reeds around it, which is lush green.

Shirley suddenly stopped. It turned out that a palm-sized flat tortoise appeared in the middle of the road. It dragged its family across the path, heard the footsteps, and crawled back into the lake.

Shirley dug into the pocket of her blue apron, grabbed a handful of food and scattered it on the shore, and they quietly emerged from the bottom of the water.

The girl didn't care. She continued to walk towards the wooden house, pushed the door open, and saw a pile of bubbling cauldrons.

On the shelves on both sides of the wall, there are also various magic materials and potions that have been put into bottles.

There are many items in the room, but they are kept very clean and there is no sense of clutter.

Luo Fu sat next to the crucible, a flame burst out from his palm, and he was roasting several dragon scale fruits.

On the boy's right side, there is an old "Advanced Potion Making" textbook, with dense notes written in the margins.

The conventional way to handle dragon scale fruit is to use a knife to break it along the ridge of the fruit, but the shell of the fruit is hard like dragon scales, so it is easy to hurt your hands.

Snape made improvements in his notes and proposed the fire roasting method. First, burn it in the flame for thirty seconds, and then use a knife to cut the peel easily.

Luo Fe felt that this method was so exquisite that he felt a little immersed in it.

After a moment, he raised his head, and then he noticed that Shirley had entered the room at some point, sitting on a chair nearby, holding her chin with one hand, quietly watching him handle the dragon scale fruit.

Seeing the boy raise his head, Shirley said, "Rolph, Fox just came."

"Is it here to eat again?"

"I also gave you a book by the way." The girl took out a thick potion book from the wide pocket of her apron.

After taking the book, Rolf looked at the apron Shirley was wearing. The collar and cuffs were embroidered with magical creatures such as the Sniff...it was so beautiful.

There are more than a dozen small pockets sewn on both sides of the clothes, and in each small pocket, Shirley seems to have put different things into different categories.

Luo Fu alone has seen: melon seeds, freeze-dried, sniffing sticks, bandages, blood tonics, and quills.

Bits and pieces, like a treasure bag, very interesting.

Luofu reached for the girl's pocket, trying to feel what else was inside.

Unfortunately, Shirley slapped away the boy's restless paws. She raised her fair chin and said with a smile, "What do you want to do?"

"Look what's in your pocket." Luofu replied honestly.

"Don't show it!"

The girl with the ponytail rarely refused Luo Fu's request. She tilted her head, blinked and said:

"Who told you not to wear the work clothes I sewed for you when you were brewing the potion?"

"Pink work clothes with flowers embroidered on them? Are those the work clothes I wear?" Luo Fe rolled his eyes at her.

Shirley opened her eyes wide and pretended to be surprised: "When I sew for you, you can do whatever you want."

"Then you will sew it into women's clothing?" Luo Fu said with a half-smile.

"Hermione asked you to do this, right? Don't deny it... when you were sewing clothes, she would be beeping and cooing in your ear!

Hermione is full of bad ideas now and is thinking about how to win against me. You should also follow her example, right? "

"Really not." Shirley said innocently: "Hermione just wanted me to teach her how to knit a scarf."

Luofu smiled and said nothing. He also wanted Shirley to wear a maid's uniform, but he didn't expect that she would take the initiative and let him wear women's clothing.

Son-in-law...ah, the little assistant is backlashing!

Rove took the "Powerful Potion" and started flipping through it. This book detailed the preparation methods and required materials for many potions, and also included creepy illustrations:

Many arms sprouted from a witch's head; a man spit out a lot of black blood from his mouth; and a group of people transformed into other people...

Shirley poked her head around and said, "This book looks very dangerous!"

"Well, the potions recorded in the book are not in our textbooks." Luo Fu said softly: "Students are not allowed to borrow casual books in this restricted area of ​​the library."

"Why did Fox give you this kind of book?" Shirley frowned.

"I wrote to Dumbledore asking for it." Rolf turned back to the catalog page calmly and explained:

"Last school year, I took you to the library to catch silverfish and was discovered by Professor Dumbledore.

The principal told me not to ban books by myself. If there are books I want to read, I can write to him and tell him. "

Rolf needed the book "Powerful Potion", so he tried to write a letter to Dumbledore. Unexpectedly, he actually asked Fawkes to send it without asking for the specific purpose. <

Of course, since Luofu dared to write a letter and ask for it, it meant that he was aboveboard and honest.

Although this is more troublesome, it can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble. At least it will not cause Dumbledore to misunderstand and be "interested" in him.

"What kind of magic potion do you want to brew, and you need a book in the restricted area." Shirley asked curiously.

"I need to make veritaserum!" Luofu found the root of the word veritaserum and continued:

"I want to catch a house elf, but it probably won't answer my question. Veritaserum is just what I need. Let's brew it first."

Even if Dobby could be captured, he would not tell Rove who Malfoy placed the diary on because of the magical restraints.

At this time, you have to use some "illegal means".

But Rove had never brewed Veritaserum, which was a very difficult potion. Fortunately, he has the "Snape's Potion Talent" bonus, so he can try it himself.

"The feathers of the Silent Bird, the bile of the Sri Lankan vulture, the burlock grass, the buds of the half-eared grass, the Icelandic Uris stalactite, the ferret heart tendon, the serum of the newt, the Indian incense powder..."

Shirley read the formula for the truth serum in a soft voice and frowned: "Our medicine storage room is short of several ingredients."

"That's right." Luo Fe nodded.

Among these materials, the feathers of the soundless bird are actually the hardest to buy, but fortunately there is this bird in the box, so it is the easiest.

"I need to go to the Forbidden Forest." Rolf looked at the potion book and said, "I can add a lot of materials there."

Shirley raised her head and looked at Luo Fu, her eyes full of energy, and she asked with some expectation: "Do you want me to go to the Forbidden Forest with you?"

Luofu looked at the girl up and down, and finally shook his head and said: "You are still too young, let's wait until you grow up."

Shirley stared into the boy's blue eyes, pursed her lips and said, "I'm already a second-year student. I'm really not young."

Luofu suddenly stretched out his finger, lightly touched the ponytail girl's forehead, and said with a smile: "Next time."

"You say that every time!" Shirley rubbed her forehead dissatisfied and then bit her lip.

Luofu held the back of his head with both hands and swayed back and forth on the chair. He smiled and said:

"Then you grow up quickly..."

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(Thanks to "book friends", "just love to wade in the water" and "erbusandamon" for their tips.)