Chapter Seventy-Five: Rafaela Dragon's Kiss
The rest of the summer semester was spent in a dazzling sunshine.
Hogwarts is back to its former peace, and you don't have to worry about it every day. What's more, this year's exams have been cancelled, and students are rejoicing – there's more time to relax.
But Marca's life has become more compact because of this.
During this period at the end of the semester, he buried himself in the Room of Requirement every day to conduct various researches, and the topics he studied became more profound and mysterious.
For example, the bloodline transformation of the eight-eyed giant spider, or for example, Tom Riddle was "carried" out and tossed if he had nothing to do.
Previously, Riddle's "devouring fear" remarks and Dumbledore's sad past had inspired Maca a lot.
He had a feeling that if he continued his research in this direction, he would be able to get the right solution.
The rest of this may only be a matter of time.
Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it's time for the holiday again.
To be honest, every time Maca has a feeling of not knowing where to go.
When a homeless person faces the date of "going home", the "sadness" he has lost is transformed into "dazed".
It's just that this summer, someone has already arranged a place for him.
……
London Heathrow International Airport.
"Miss Blois, is there something wrong with inviting me to your house all of a sudden?"
"Plant flowers."
“……”
Maca glanced at her and noticed that Willy was still expressionless, and he immediately gave up the question.
There is no way, she said to plant flowers, then it must be planting flowers, there will be no deep meaning in it.
Marca remembered that the former Mr. Butler had said that Willy's home was at Château Blois in Paris. You know, it's a famous royal castle, and although it's now a sight, if a wizarding family lives in it, the meaning is very different.
What's more, the name of this castle is the same as Willy's surname.
After a period of flight, the plane landed smoothly on the runway of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Carrying her suitcase, Maca helped Willy pick up her checked luggage, and then took the airport bus to the Loire River.
As he stood at the gates of Fort Blois, he was immediately greeted by a peculiar aura.
It is a very peculiar castle building, and its main body is a square surrounded by four wings.
Probably because each wing was built in a different era, each of them has a different period of architecture, as well as Gothic, Renaissance and French classicism.
Walking slowly through it often gives the illusion of traveling through different eras.
As she progressed, Willy led Maca to a large staircase that spiraled upward.
"Here."
Willy said, taking out her wand and tapping on the handrail of the stairs. Immediately, the entire staircase began to fade from top to bottom, turning into a dream-like translucent staircase.
However, the surrounding Muggles did not seem to see the change in such scenes, and continued to act as usual, and this change did not alarm anyone.
After the staircase was finished, Willy took the lead and walked up the translucent staircase, her back getting fainter and fainter, and finally the whole person disappeared from Maca's sight.
He hurriedly followed.
After Maca walked up the spiral staircase a few times, he came to a large door on the second floor. The door is open and the condition inside is unobstructed.
Willy was standing in the hall, and in front of her, two maids, who were talking something in French.
And right at the door, the old butler looked at Maca with a smile on his face.
"Distinguished guest, welcome to Fort Blois, I welcome you on behalf of my host." The old housekeeper smiled and said, "Regarding your care for my young lady, I have worked hard. ”
"That's my pleasure, Mr. Butler." Maca said politely, "Your English is still so good." ”
"You know, that's one of the things a steward has to have." The old butler blinked.
The servants of the Blois family were very neat at work, and they quickly arranged for Maca to be ready to move in, large and lavishly decorated.
Everywhere in this castle there is a coat of arms highlighting the French royal family - the lily. From this alone, it is foreseeable that the connection between the Blois family and the French royal family is anything but ordinary.
Looking out of the window of the room, you can faintly see many Muggle phantoms, all of them translucent. Here, Muggles and wizards are cleverly separated by a strange magic.
Maca watched by the window for a moment, and before he knew it, he was immersed in thought—it had almost become a habit for him. As soon as you see some magical magic, you will unconsciously start to think about the mystery.
"Knock Knock"
Suddenly, a slight knock on the door interrupted Maca's thoughts.
"Please come in." He said aloud.
The door was gently pushed open, and Willy entered.
"Plant flowers." She got straight to the point.
“…… Good. Maca had to nod.
Yes, he came to work as a florist for the Blois family, and he understood, very well......
Maca thought that Willy would take him to a flower bed or something, but Willy led him all the way to the top of a remote tower.
"Here, planting flowers?" Maca asked.
"Mother is allergic to flowers." Willie said calmly.
Willie said that she was planting flowers, so it must be planting flowers. But the flowers to be planted this time are not "flowers" in the general sense.
"It's ...... Rafaela dragon kiss? ”
Rafaela is a very peculiar plant, it always likes to grow in high places, and the means of cultivation are not complicated. But it is not a normal difficulty to get it to bloom.
In other words, it's not a general expense.
When Rafaela Dragon's Snout grows small turquoise buds, it needs to be irrigated daily with dragon's blood. Different types of dragon blood can cause it to produce different flowers, each of which looks exactly like the dragon's mouth, and even spews dragon breath.
However, the price of dragon's blood has always been very expensive, costing 12 Galleons per vial. If it were to be irrigated with dragon blood, it would cost at least a hundred gold gallons a day. Calculate the time it takes for the Rafaela dragon kiss to bloom......
If you don't prepare a tens of thousands of gold galleons, you will never see the day it blooms.
"Yes, Rafaela Dragon Kiss." Willie was still so calm, "I want to see what it looks like." ”
It is precisely because the conditions for the flowering of this plant are so harsh that the rarity is simply maddening. But if you take into account the apothecarious value contained in the fruit of this plant, there are not no Potions masters who are willing to spend tens of thousands of gold Galleons to cultivate.
It's just that its seeds are also extremely precious, so whether they can be bought or not is another story!
"It seems that I came to 'plant flowers' with you this time, and I really came to the right place." Maca shook her head.
By the time Maca and Willy had finished their work, the sun was already setting.
In the light of the setting sun, the two walked slowly in the square in the middle of the castle, their shadows dragging behind them.
By this time, the head of the House of Blois had returned, and he had met with Maca quite formally.
"Welcome, Mr. McLean."
Willy's father's name is Eric Blois, and he is a thin, middle-aged man with a serious face. He was dressed in a formal suit, and he always looked so serious. Even when he was talking to his daughter, his tone still didn't change.
Although Monsieur Blois was handsome and had a very good temperament, he, like his own daughter, never seemed to show any expression on his face.
But at least, he didn't entertain his guests with the same overt arrogance as Lucius Malfoy, and although he kept his face stiff all the time, there was no hint of slackness in his manners.
It can be seen that in fact, he is quite concerned about his daughter's study in the UK.
At the lavish dinner that night, Eric and Maca chatted about Willy, while the person in question, Willy, just watched them quietly, and the scene was quite harmonious.
This dinner was really the best Maca has had in years. Leaving aside the stupid food of English Muggles, even the Hogwarts dinner was not to Maca's liking.
But this meal of the Blois family made Maca full of food.
Although he temporarily lost the pleasure of enjoying food, his sense of taste did not follow suit.
During the night, Maca sat at her desk in her room and opened her notebook again.
"The environment here is really good, and it's very suitable for doing some theoretical research."
He muttered casually and threw himself into the various experimental data in his notebook.
……
Maca's life in the Blois family was very nourishing, both living and dining were taken care of by servants, and he did not have to worry about any trivial matters in life.
But in the meantime, probably one day in August, something unprecedented happened in Britain - Sirius Black escaped from prison!
Almost all wizards know the name of this wizarding prison in the United Kingdom.
It is located on an isolated island in the middle of the North Sea, and was originally inhabited by an evil wizard named "Ixis". When he died, the building was discovered by the Ministry of Magic and transformed into an official wizarding prison.
All the guards in this famous prison are indigenous dark creatures known as "Dementors". They are considered the ugliest thing in the world, they feed on the pleasures of other creatures and therefore make those who approach them feel gloomy and hopeless.
But in extreme cases, they will also suck the souls of living beings, turning them into a state of walking dead. It can be said that no one would want to spend even a quarter of an hour in this prison.
And this feared famous wizard prison is called "Azkaban".