Chapter 398 Rove: Shirley, I will miss you! (A chapter of four thousand characters!)
After leaving the principal's office, Rove went back to his box and found Shirley in a canyon.
She was feeding the fire dragon Noble, and she kept waving her wand, causing carnivorous slugs that were half a meter long to fly towards the sky.
Noble was hanging upside down on a cliff, like a giant bat, with its claws deeply embedded in the rock.
Smelling the smell of food, Noble suddenly opened those bright red eyes like carbon, wisps of green smoke curled up from the dragon's nose, and then dragon flames spewed out from his mouth, like a gorgeous orange-yellow storm.
The meat-eating slug was instantly charred, and it fell down with a circle of flames, and the air was filled with the smell of barbecue.
Before the charred slug touched the ground, Noble had already flew over, bit the cooked food, then waved his huge black dragon wings and flew towards the sky.
Rove walked to Shirley and helped her feed Noble. The mountain of food in the cart was also decreasing a little bit.
After feeding the slugs, the two walked along a quiet path towards the airwing bird's habitat. Shirley complained in a low voice:
"Rove, today I saw Noble hovering over the grass for a long time, staring at those Riem cattle."
Rove raised his head, looked at the huge black shadow soaring in the sky, and sighed:
"This guy deserves a beating again. I will warn her to stop playing tricks on the group of Riem cows. If she doesn't obey, she will be petrified for a while."
This is not the first time Noble has done something like this.
Rove had bought a few goats from Aberforth before, saying they were raising them, but in fact he wanted to cook some lamb for winter.
But within two days of raising it, she was eaten by a sheep thief named Norber. She didn't expect her to have the idea of Ruiem cattle now.
Riem cows are extremely precious magical creatures. They can also provide Rove and Shirley with high-quality milk every day... they can't be humiliated by Norbert.
Shirley covered her mouth and smiled, "Noble probably doesn't like eating meat-eating slugs very much."
This is the truth, no matter how you put it, a carnivorous slug is still a slug... The mucus all over the body cannot be good.
"It's okay, I've already discussed with Aragog, and it will provide us with the meat of the acromant." Rove said with a smile, "We won't give Norbert slugs from now on."
Acromantus may look hideous and ugly, but it is also known as Scottish terrestrial hairy soft-shell crab... It is huge in size and delicious in meat, and it is delicious if you have eaten it!
With the acromantula as food, Norber is not afraid that he will be picky eaters, and then attack other magical creatures.
"Aren't those acromants all descendants of Aragog?" Shirley said in surprise, "It's really willing to give it to us as food."
"Xue Li, the acromantula has a cruel personality. When there are too many of them, they will kill each other." Rove explained.
This is why they obviously have a strong reproductive ability, and there are basically no natural enemies in the Forbidden Forest, but the number is always limited to a certain level... They are all fighting to death.
"Acromantula won't eat the corpses of the same kind." Rove said softly, "Aragog didn't give us those killed acromantulas, but they were discarded."
Acromantus has high intelligence and understands human language, but it is not classified as "human" together with elves, vampires and other creatures, but is classified as "beast" because they cannot overcome their ferocious nature.
This innate nature also made Aragog not care about the lives of his descendants... It was just a group of tool spiders, dead and reborn!
"By the way..." Rove paused and said, "Speaking of the reproduction of acromantia, I suddenly remembered something."
Seeing the serious face of the boy, the girl with ponytail thought it was such an important matter. She pricked up her ears and listened carefully, only to see him whisper:
"Noble is already an adult. According to the growth cycle of the fire dragon, it will be in heat in a few months. We should find a male fire dragon for her to breed."
Shirley: "..."
When the fire dragon is two years old, it will leave the juvenile stage and enter the adult stage, and then will appear in heat for the first time soon.
When they are in heat, their tempers are extremely violent, especially the female dragons are even worse.
If Rove didn't want his box to be destroyed, he had to quickly find a male fire dragon to vent his anger on Norbert.
Of course, Rove, the breeder, can also solve it by himself, but this is the first time Norber has come into heat since he was an adult, so it would be too inhumane to give her a toy directly!
Rove promised Hagrid to take good care of his "daughter", and he had to arrange for Norbert to be clear and comfortable.
"Forget about the local British dragon." Rove thought for a while, then shook his head and vetoed:
"The Welsh green dragon...it's so green, it's so ugly."
Hebridian black dragons are nice, but they're too aggressive and violent. "
"Ukrainian Iron Belly is the largest fire dragon. It has a good physique and body, which can satisfy Norber, but its IQ is not good... stupid big guy."
Rove held his chin and muttered:
"I have been in the Romanian Fire Dragon Reserve for a long time, and I have a lot of affection for the Romanian Longhorn. They are also good, and the fat does not flow out of the Dragon Field...
What do you think, Shirley? "
"During the summer vacation, don't you want to go to Austria with Dumbledore?" Shirley hesitated:
"Why don't you go to Norway first? If you're not in a hurry?"
"It makes sense. Norber is a Norwegian spinyback. She may not like other types of dragons." Rove's eyes lit up and said, "It's better to steal... cough cough, there is a Norwegian spinyback who volunteered to be a door-to-door." son in law."
"Xue Li, let me tell you... you have to be cautious about breeding things. Different types of dragons have different sizes..."
The girl with ponytails looked blankly at the chattering Rove. She, who was young and ignorant, was so ashamed to hear the young man teaching the secrets of breeding that she almost ran away!
And last time, he taught her how to urge and milk Riem's cows, which made Shirley, who was watching from the sidelines, so ashamed that she didn't sleep well for several nights.
Rove's rogue actions are all in the dream!
The girl with ponytails had mixed feelings, feeling a little melancholy and resentful...she was still a child!
Fortunately, the two of them finally arrived at the airwing habitat. Shirley exhaled quietly, and gently rubbed her hot cheeks.
The habitat of the airwing bird is on a high cliff. It uses its claws on the cliff to dig a nest for itself that is big enough to sleep in.
Seeing Rove and Shirley coming, the airwing bird's wings creaked, opened suddenly, and flew down. When it landed, the wings flapped, the wind was strong, and dust was blown up all around.
On the neck of the airwing bird, there is also a huge Elizabeth circle made of special materials.
This is specially worn by animals after surgery or during patients to achieve the effect of preventing them from scratching wounds and affected areas.
A thick bandage was wrapped around the abdomen of the airwing bird.
The airwing bird was attacked by a black wizard. Nymeria couldn't cure it, so she asked Rove for help, and he brought the box back.
After re-examining the injury carefully, Rove said softly:
"Shirley, its injuries are almost healed.
If I don't come back within three days, you will help him remove the bandages and the Elizabeth circle on his head. "
"Okay, I wrote it down." The ponytail girl nodded and wrote it down in her notebook. She quickly asked in doubt:
"Rove, are you leaving school for the Easter break?"
Rove hummed and said:
"I do need to go out."
He quickly talked about the plans that had been made in the principal's office, which Shirley had known about for a long time, so there was no need to hide them.
Sirius finally decided to go to meet Peter with Lupine, posing as Harry, and catch him while he was there.
Of course, Phineas tried his best to stop it. He was worried about the severance of the blood of the Black family, but he was just a portrait, and it was impossible to stop Sirius.
This plan is actually not as dangerous as imagined.
Since Peter asked Gibbon to take Harry with him, it meant that Voldemort wanted to be resurrected. He was probably in a baby state now and basically didn't have much fighting power.
Only Peter was the only one that Sirius and Lupine had to deal with, so the danger was greatly reduced.
Shirley thought for a while, then frowned slightly and said:
"But the plan can't possibly work, can it?"
"We killed Peter on Halloween last year, that's what happened ... he was destined to die that day.
If Sirius and Lupine caught Peter this time, he couldn't have died last year. "
"That's right." Rove smiled and said, "So, my task is to use the time-turner to go back to Halloween last year, and then use the Patronus Charm to notify 'us' to go to the Shrieking Shack!"
On Halloween night, which Peter was killed in the Shrieking Shack... This is a question that Rove has been thinking about for a long time.
You know, at that time node, at least two Peters were in the same time and space at the same time:
One is Peter who lives in the moment;
One is Peter from the future.
But it turns out that neither of the two Peters died, and lived until the day the Hermione Time Converter was snatched away, successfully completing a year-long time-closed loop.
Rove thought for a long time, sorted out this mess, and finally speculated:
There's also a more futuristic Peter, again using a time-turner, back on Halloween night.
At that node in time and space, three Peters survived at the same time!
What Rove has to do is to guide his past self to completely kill the third Peter! !
Shirley fell silent, bit her lip, and said, "Rove, can I go back with you? I can help too."
"No." Rove shook his head and said, "I'm not going to the Forbidden Forest this time. I might be facing Voldemort... It's dangerous, so you can't go."
The girl with ponytails didn't speak, but just lowered her head, and lightly kicked a small stone by her feet, which landed in the lake not far away, splashing water.
"Shirley, you can help me if you stay at Hogwarts." Rove looked at the depressed girl and comforted him:
"I won't take the box back this time. I will put it with you. You have to take care of those magical creatures."
Rove took out a key, handed it over and said:
"This is the key to the box, you take it... If those guys are disobedient and want to run out after I leave, you can use this key to lock the box completely."
Shirley took the key in a daze, and she whispered: "Can I manage it well?"
In the past, she was just a little assistant. With Rove's help, he would solve any problems encountered.
But now the boy has to go back to the past, and I don't know how long it will take to come back... Shirley is a little unconfident that she can deal with so many magical creatures.
Rove gently raised one hand, pressed the girl's head, and rubbed it. He smiled and said encouragingly:
"Of course you can, Shirley! You are my favorite assistant... There is no girl in Hogwarts better than you!"
Shirley tilted her head slightly, staring into Rove's eyes, as if to determine if he was lying, and finally smiled like a flower.
The ponytailed girl's watery eyes were hazy and shy, and the innocent appearance of biting her slender lips made Rove feel dazed for a moment.
It's so beautiful!
Shirley suddenly remembered something, she stretched out her slender fingers, and grabbed a silver chain from her neck.
"Rove, the nun at the monastery said that I carried it with me when I was discovered, and then I hung it around my neck as a protective amulet.
You wear it and it protects you. "
Rove took the pendant that still had traces of body temperature and girlish fragrance, and gently stroked the cross at the end of the silver chain.
Shirley was a little shy. She had worn this pendant next to her body for more than ten years and never took it off. It was the first time she gave it to someone else...it was a boy.
"Thank you." Rove put the pendant on his neck. He quietly stared at the shy girl with ponytails and said with a smile:
"Will you walk with me again?"
Shirley nodded obediently.
The two of them didn't speak, they were quiet, walking side by side along the secluded path along the willows by the lake, the cool breeze blowing gently made waves on the lake.
The sky had already darkened. On the dome of the box, there was the same ceiling as the Hogwarts auditorium. The starry sky was shining brightly, reflected on the ground, like a stream flowing down a slope.
Rove admired the beautiful scenery, he held the back of his head with his hands, it was rare to be so lazy and leisurely, his head swayed, like the grass in the mountains swaying slightly with the breeze.
At this moment, Rove noticed that Shirley tugged on his sleeve, he stopped, turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"
The girl with ponytail twisted the corners of Rove's clothes with both hands. She lowered her head, unable to see her expression clearly, the hair on her forehead fluctuated with the breeze.
"Rove, you must come back early."
"Well, don't worry... Maybe I will leave tomorrow and come back the day after tomorrow."
Rove raised his arm and gently stroked the hair on the sideburns of Shirley, then stretched out his fingers, and gently held the girl's ponytail hanging to her chest.
He laughed:
"I will miss you."
Xue Li's pretty face was flushed, she suddenly took a step forward, hugged the boy, and murmured:
"Rolf, I will miss you too."
The turbulent lake water caressed the stones out of the water, rattling.
At that moment, the starry sky was bright, and the boy and girl embraced each other quietly.
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