Chapter Ninety-Four: The Magic Nanny McPhee
Kevin hugged a pile of seasonings and walked home on his way. Ever since Adam installed BT at home, Teresa has become obsessed with online cooking tutorials, causing the seasonings in her home to be consumed at an alarming rate. Kevin is kicked out by Teresa to buy seasonings, and she herself lies in front of the screen looking at all kinds of so-called food recipes.
Kevin walked and saw a strange lady walking down the street closer to his house. She wore a long black dress that few people wore nowadays, similar to the Middle Ages, and a small top hat with beautiful feathers. It's not bloated, but it's pretty much the same. The most striking thing about her appearance was her eyebrows, a big nose, a hairy wart at the corner of her mouth, and a tooth that spit out from under her lips. The most surprising thing is that he doesn't look like an elderly person, but he has a cane.
When Kevin walked to the front of the courtyard, he happened to meet her. Kevin's perception quickly sensed the heavy magic in her, although it was not as powerful as the powerful professors at Hogwarts, but it was still considerable, at least more powerful than ordinary adult wizards.
Out of politeness, Kevin still said hello.
"Good day, ma'am. ”
The lady paused and replied to Kevin,
"Good day, little gentleman. ”
The mellow British emphasized that her words were very beautiful. She looked at Kevin carefully and then spoke,
"Little wizard, perhaps. ”
Kevin wasn't too surprised, he never underestimated any wizard. There is no shortage of people in the wizarding world who can detect fluctuations in magical power, Professor McGonagall and Headmaster Dumbledore can, but Hogwarts is full of magic, so it is difficult for them to detect.
Without waiting for Kevin to speak, she continued, "Can I go in and ask for a cup of tea?"
Kevin was stunned, sensing that she had no malicious intent, so he replied politely, "Of course, ma'am." ”
"My name is Kevin Albert, ma'am. Kevin introduced himself.
"Oh, thank you, little Mr. Albert. You can call me a McPhee babysitter. ”
Kevin was stunned again, a witch as a nanny?!
Perhaps seeing Kevin's doubts, she said patiently,
"I don't belong to the wizarding world, I belong to the government, I'm a civil servant. ”
Kevin was even more surprised at this time, but it was not polite to have a guest standing in front of his house chatting.
Kevin said to the McPhee babysitter, "Please go this way, ma'am." It's an honor for you to come to my house. ”
"Thank you!"
Then Kevin led the McPhee nanny towards the house with a pile of seasonings.
When I got home, there was no one in the living room. Kevin guessed that Teresa was still on the Internet, so he shouted,
"Mom, you're here. ”
Then Teresa in pink home clothes sprang out of the upper floor, and when she saw the figure standing in the living room, she immediately stopped and became a lady.
If Kevin's hand hadn't been occupied, he would have held his forehead a long time ago, and he put the seasoning on the table, and then invited the McPhee nanny to sit down.
"Hello, ma'am. Teresa said hello to the McPhee babysitter,
"Hello, ma'am. McPhee Nanny asked back,
The three of them sat down in the living room, and Kevin brought a cup of black tea to McPhee's nanny.
Teresa was surprised by McPhee's babysitter's appearance, but she didn't show rudeness.
"I'm very sorry, I came to your house to ask for a cup of tea, and I was a little thirsty on the way. McPhee's nanny said after taking a sip of tea, her movements graceful and dignified, although they did not match her appearance.
"It's our pleasure. Teresa replied, "Where are you going?"
"I had just received assignments from the government to travel to Manchester to teach a family's children. McPhee Nanny put down the teacup and said,
Teresa's question gives Kevin a glimpse of McPhee's job as a nanny. But he still couldn't help but ask,
"You're a witch, aren't you, why would you be appointed by the common people's government?"
Nanny McPhee smiled and replied, "I'm not a witch in the full sense of the word, and I didn't master magic from wizarding school......
From McPhee's nanny's words, Kevin learned that there would be a group of witches with magical talents in the British government, who would study in the witch nanny school established by the British government, which is similar to a vocational and technical school. After graduation, the witches directly became government civil servants and received government assignments.
The magic mastered by witches is different from the circulating magic of the wizarding world, and it is another kind of service magic that evolved from ancient magic, and it has no attack power.
These witches were usually tasked with teaching the children of nobles or individual people in need of service, teaching them virtues.
It's just that there are fewer and fewer witches in this industry now, except that there are fewer people with magical talents, which is to compete with Hogwarts for students.
The government has an agreement with Hogwarts to give up some of their pupils to the government school.
Kevin was surprised by this, because he had never seen it in any real book.
Nanny McPhee explained that just as few ordinary people knew about the wizarding world, few people in the wizarding world knew that the British government would have such an institution.
Kevin felt that joining someone needed a magical babysitter, and Draco Malfoy was definitely the first.
"So, I mean, don't you think you're better off in the wizarding world?" asked Kevin,
Hearing this, McPhee's nanny smiled,
"Child, you must know that not every young wizard from the ordinary world will aspire to enter the magical world, and even if you use magic in the ordinary world, you can get the status of a government civil servant and get paid to meet your life needs. ”
Kevin suddenly knew that he was not talented in magic, and he longed to be an ordinary wizard, and this kind of person had a derogatory title in the wizarding world - Squib.
Kevin then asked some questions he was curious about, and McPhee's nanny patiently answered them.
In front of the courtyard gate of Albert's house, McPhee's nanny said goodbye to the mother and son.
"Thank you very much for your hospitality. McPhee Nanny said,
"It was our pleasure, and it was a pleasure to talk to you, ma'am. Teresa and Kevin said,
Then the McPhee babysitter bowed to the two and walked down the street.
Kevin's mother and son looked at each other.