By the time Roach entered the room, Newt had already conveyed Dumbledore's opinion, and Lockhart had indicated that he would accept the position.

"Mr. Scamander, thank you for the news." Lockhart saw Rove and smiled, "By the way, I heard that Rove is going to take the Dragon Trainer exam?" ”

"Yes."

"That's great, I'm going to take this exam and become a dragon trainer."

Lockhart said, "I'm sure I can easily become a dragon trainer, and I will help take care of him during the exam so that his life is not in danger." ”

Rove looked odd and smiled, "Thank you then, Mr. Lockhart." ”

"You're welcome, Rove, I'm optimistic about you! By the way, let's eat together in the evening, shall we? Mr. Scamander, I have prepared a good bottle of wine. Lockhart invited:

"Tomorrow will be in the headlines of the Daily Prophet...... The first meeting of two great magnical zoologists...... Those reporters will definitely pay a thousand Galleons for the content of our conversations. ”

Lockhart has already figured out where the hype is going.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lockhart, we have something to do tonight." Newt refused, "I won't eat with you." ”

"That's a shame."

After being rejected, Lockhart made small talk for a while, and then left in amusement.

Before leaving, he also told Rove that he could consult him about Defence Against the Dark Arts.

After Lockhart left, Newt and Rove also packed their bags and prepared to leave.

Standing in the doorway, Rove turned his head to glance at the house, and Newt asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Not much, just worried that someone would come to me." Rove said.

"It's okay, we'll be back soon." Newt reassured.

The young man nodded, and followed the old man into the night.

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The night is deep,

On the table, a porcelain oil lamp was lit, illuminating the small room.

The ponytailed girl sat on an old chair with a slender needle in her hand and was sewing clothes through the needle.

The girl was a little absent-minded, and quickly wrinkled the pair of eyebrows like willow leaves in early spring, it turned out that the embroidery needle pierced her fingers, and the blood beads slowly rolled down.

"Shirley, this is the sixth time you've stabbed your finger tonight."

The needlework in the hands of the girl next to her kept working, but her eyes glanced at Shirley, and she said worriedly:

"If you get distracted like this, it's hard for you to complete your work tonight, be careful of being punished by Mama."

Shirley rubbed her cheeks lightly, cheered up, and whispered, "Theresia, I'll pay attention." ”

Teresia looked at the girl who had grown up with her with sorrow, was needlework and prayer so difficult?

Haven't all these years been like this?

Shirley had only been gone for a year, and she seemed to be out of step with the convent.

"Don't you have to pray and sew clothes in that place?" Theresia was curious.

"Hogwarts ......"

Before the ponytail girl could finish her words, she was interrupted by Theresia.

She lowered her voice and said, "Shirley, don't mention that name, it's forbidden for grandmothers to mention it...... You forgot that night you were punished for carrying water alone......"

Theresia raised her head and glanced cautiously at the nun in the distance, but Sister Talia tonight didn't pay attention to the two of them, otherwise a punishment would definitely be indispensable.

"Shirley, you've been careful lately." "I woke up that night to go to the bathroom, and I overheard Delphine and the others discussing what to do with you. ”

Delphine was older than them, belonging to a small group, and even the monastery had violence that could not be avoided.

"It's okay, let the two of them come, and I'll teach them a lesson they'll never forget." Shirley said in a calm voice, "Don't be afraid of them. ”

"Well, I know you...... I used to dare to fight with them with sticks...... By the way, you picked up that baseball bat, why didn't you bring it back? ”

"I landed in a box." The corners of Shirley's mouth curled slightly, and she lost her mind again, stabbing her finger for the seventh time.

"Shirley, your smirk reminds me of Sister Talia, scolding those young nuns." Theresia suddenly grinned.

"What?" The girl asked curiously.

"Don't be upset, I said." Teresia pinched her throat and whispered:

"Look at your prodigal appearance, it's okay to think about men......"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Shirley was red-faced and a little annoyed, she hadn't seen her for a year, and Teresia had learned to speak openly.

"I told you not to be annoyed." Theresia couldn't help but laugh:

"Oh, it's the first time I've seen you blush, and you've learned to be shy when you go out...... Are the boys out there good-looking? ”

Shirley hesitated, but instead of denying it, she nodded slightly.

Theresia looked surprised and then chuckled, "Shirley, you've changed a lot. ”

The ponytail girl held her cheeks in her hands and gazed at Terescia's needlework, and she suddenly said:

"I'm getting out of here."

Teresia was taken aback, she frowned at her best friend, and persuaded:

"But where are you going? Didn't you say that your school is not open during the summer vacation, and you don't have any money on you, not even a ticket...... Everything was also detained by the grandmothers. ”

"They didn't withhold anything important, I have the ticket money." Shirley's voice was soft, but firm:

"I'm going to London, or...... Anyway, I won't be here. ”

Theresia looked at the ponytailed girl, a little envious of the audacity of her peers, she would never dare to do it.

Sister Talia suddenly looked up, she had a thin face, piercing eyes, and a mouth so thin that she could barely see her lips.

She frowned and looked towards Shirley, "Kids, what are you talking about?!" ”

"Shirley and I were talking about who sewed fast." Theresia smiled at Sister Taria.

"Shirley, your speed is indeed very slow, hurry up, otherwise you will have to beat an extra bucket of water tomorrow." Sister Talia said sternly.

Shirley didn't speak, just listened to the wind.

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After the last prayer of the day, everyone went to bed on time.

The room was not big, but it was like a Chase bunk, and there was a row of girls sleeping.

Shirley didn't sleep, she listened with her ears up, very attentive.

When everyone was asleep, she touched a purse around her neck.

It was a purse made from the skin of a shape-shifting lizard, and when approached by a stranger, it shrank and was difficult to spot.

It contained Shirley's textbooks, wand, a small amount of clothes, and money.

There was also some luggage, which was locked in the abbot's room, but she was not going to take it, so she left it in the monastery.

The girl took out a bottle of compound decoction from her purse, and there was already a secretly plucked hair in it, and after she drank it, her body began to grow rapidly.

The girl carefully took out a set of nun clothes, which she had quietly left behind when she was washing clothes.

Shirley changed her clothes, lifted the quilt, and walked towards the door, only to twist the handle and Mother Talia, who was sleeping next to the door, suddenly opened her eyes.

"Hmm...... Dean, why are you here? Talia was surprised.

"I ...... I'm going to come in and have a look...... Be quiet, don't wake them up. Shirley lowered her voice: "You don't have to get up, I'll just take a look." ”

"Hmm." Although Talia felt strange, the dean's words did not dare to question it.

Shirley opened the door and walked alone along the convent road, with a familiar head towards a low fence.

In the middle, I encountered several patrolling nuns, but none of them noticed the anomaly.

Eventually, the girl came to a wall, and when the effects of the compound decoction wore off, she changed back into her clothes.

The girl climbed over the low wall, and as she sat on the wall, she glanced at the dark monastery, and her face was full of tears, broken into pieces.

Shirley jumped down and landed on a pile of dead grass, pulled out a piece of parchment, and looked at the address through the night.

She suddenly felt better, pulled out her wand, and staggered down the path.

The road is hard to walk,

The ponytail girl was very happy.

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