Even if it's not summer, the sun is scorching in Africa today, and the temperature in the twenties makes Gilderoy Lockhart, who is carrying Patricia on his back, panting and walking slowly.

The well-groomed golden wig on Lockhart's head and his usual handsome posture had disappeared in the life-threatening run, beads of sweat covered his bare head, his eyes were indifferent, his stiff body moved mechanically, and little Patricia behind him lay on Lockhart's back as if she had lost all her strength, staring at the ground in a daze.

Lockhart and Patricia's clothes had been torn from the bushes and hooks during the previous fight and escape, and the sleeves of Lockhart's blouse had been ripped off by him, and he used the tattered sleeves to secure Patricia to his back.

After a long hike, Lockhart was able to see a different sight from the prairie landscape, with towering peaks in the distance, mountain passes, and valleys interspersed with dense forests - the mountains were shrouded in clouds and mist, and this was an equatorial snow-capped mountain with the scorching equatorial sun at its head, a sight rarely seen in the equatorial region.

This is the first time Lockhart has walked such a long distance in one breath, and there is no rest in the middle, not to mention that Patricia has been lying on his shoulders all the way, he is tired, physical fatigue and mental trauma have made him exhausted, and finally walked into the mountain forest, his trembling arms put down Patricia on his back, and Lockhart collapsed to the ground.

"Will anyone catch up?" asked Patricia, opening her chapped lips.

Lockhart took a breath, and a smile tugged at his face, which had been scratched by the leaves and bloodied: "Yes, so we have to keep walking now, don't be afraid, do you see the top of the snowy mountain in the distance? ”

Lockhart did not resist the temptation to let himself rest for a few more minutes, and poured a few sips of water with a wand on himself and the little girl, and then he dragged Patricia on his back with great difficulty, and now he was not far from the wasteland from which he had just fled, and he was not confident that he would be able to escape under the search party again and again, thinking of the Death Eaters who appeared from time to time and were searching for them.

Lockhart's sweaty clothes stuck to him, he felt his legs get heavier, the weather seemed to get hotter, and even more tragically, Lockhart heard himself and Patricia gurgling in their bellies.

"When we see my mother and ask her to make us a chowder..."Hunger made Patricia miss her mother, her hands clutched Lockhart's shirt tightly, she sensibly did not ask for anything to eat, but quietly sobbed behind the bald wizard - and then, the little girl twitched and shook a few times in Lockhart's arms, not because of emotions, but because the little girl had been tortured by Dorfin's Piercing Charm in the dark cave the other day, and she had been unable to sleep peacefully for the past few nights, often awakened by nightmares.

"When we get back, I'll fill your belly with scones," said Lockhart yearningly, "the classic sweetness is cranberry, banana, lemon, chocolate, etc., and the savory flavor is mainly ham and cheese, a bit like a pie... Finish with a cup of jam and black tea..."

The more hungry Lockhart grew, looking around for a reliable source of food, until he heard the sound of flapping wings overhead, and he looked up to see several birds chirping around among the trees.

The bird had a crown of feathers like a flower croll, which could be opened and closed like a folding fan, and black, white, and orange patterns on its body and wings, and it was a beautiful look overall—but Lockhart got a little closer to notice that they had a very smelly and strange smell on them.

Even though the smell reminded Lockhart of a mixture of graves, rotting tree hollows, and bird droppings, hunger tickled his heart when he saw the birds, and the bald wizard carefully drew his wand and pointed at the nearest bird: "Faint." ”

But unfortunately, although he cast his magic accurately this time, it was difficult for him to aim at such a small target, and the bird flew away without a trace, and all the other birds flew up from this sudden fright, making a chirping that was almost like a trumpet, and swept quickly in the sky to other places.

Lockhart was anxious to shoot his wand at them repeatedly, but as the birds grew more and more close, the last one was not shot down, and he looked down at Patricia and said regretfully, "I'm sorry, Patricia. Like I told you yesterday, I'm not really good at magic..."

When Lockhart talked about his true level of magic at this time, his eyes were calm, and he no longer spoke with the kind of pretense he had when he was disguised, and he really faced the little girl and said his shortcomings- On the way to escape, he had already made up his own useless except the Forgetting Spell, and obtained other people's experiences through the Forgetting Spell, and then made up a story with himself as the protagonist to deceive readers in exchange for fame and wealth, and frankly explained to Patricia, and he even touched his bald head and told Patricia that his biggest dream was to sell his own line of hair lotion.

"This is a hoopoe bird, my mom took me to the park to see it. Little Patrice rested her chin on Lockhart's shoulder, and though she had swallowed as Lockhart cast the spell, she deliberately said to the wizard, "They are sloppy birds, and they never clean up the that is pulled in their nests, and I don't eat them." ”

"When I got to Ouagado, I heard that the local shamans would entertain guests with a banana rice called "matoki", which is said to be made from a non-sweet banana variety, peeled and mashed into a puree, steamed and mixed with red bean juice, peanut butter, braised chicken nuggets and beef curry. It is the main dish of the Ugandan state banquet. Lockhart stroked Patricia's hair, "These birds are certainly not as tasty as Matoki, let's not eat it, let's go." ”

"Well, we don't eat big stinky birds. Patricia wiped the sweat from Lockhart's forehead with her own hand, "Lockhart, you're the best, you've knocked down another villain today!"

The compliment made Lockhart smile, and he raised his eyebrows triumphantly - he had fled with Patricia all the way, and had indeed used the Oblivion Charm and the Healing Charm to defeat several Death Eaters who had come to hunt them down, and he felt that he had indeed grown a little better through this life-and-death escape.

Then hunger and hardship made the big and the young walk in silence, and Lockhart suddenly strode forward, and his tone was excited, "Aha, little Patricia, the cactus has fruit on it!

Not far from them were covered with a large number of cacti, and some oval spherical to pear-shaped berries on the top elders.

Although Lockhart trotted closer, Patricia behind him couldn't help but stretch out her little hand to pick it up, but Lockhart hurriedly dragged it back, "Don't move, let me use a wand, speaking of which, one year when wild boars were flooded in the Forbidden Forest, Professor Sprout used something like that and used them as natural fences." ”

To avoid a mistake with his spell, Lockhart carefully lowered Patricia and cautiously took a few steps away from her, then cast a flying spell on the little fruits, and then fled to the side with a scream - along with the thorny cacti flew towards where he had stood.

Lockhart, who had nimbly escaped, returned to the distance, and there were piles of cracked cacti and prickly pear-shaped fruits on the ground, and he leaned over one with his own branches, and carefully pierced the thick skin with his wand to observe that inside were green grapes like small grapes, and looked full of moisture and attractive color.

"Looks a little kiwifruit?" Lockhart, urged by his rumbling stomach, picked up a small piece of pulp with his wand and put it in his mouth, and a bitter taste burst through his mouth - but the rich juice made him feel like he was alive again.

Patricia looked at Lockhart's appearance and swallowed a mouthful of saliva unconsciously, but it seemed that Lockhart had no intention of giving it to Patricia at all, and saw that he dug up another piece of pulp, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it heavily.

The little girl was hungry, and she couldn't help but reach out her little hand and touch the fruit on the side, and before she even touched the burr on it, Lockhart preemptively strung her target on her wand.

Gilderoy said vaguely: "Little Patricia, when I finish eating, you will eat on the way when we are on the road." ”

Patricia's tears were rolling in her eyes, and she nodded obediently when she heard the words, she thought that Lockhart thought she was slow to eat, so she just watched Lockhart swallow it in a big gulp, and ate the whole fruit that was not too big in three or two clicks.

Lockhart didn't like to be as particular as before, he just wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, he carried the rest of the fruit into his pocket, leaned over to pick up little Patricia, and continued on his way.

Little Patricia, who was hungry and aggrieved, lay on Lockhart's back, and when she saw that Lockhart didn't mean anything to him, she couldn't help but whimper in a low voice, and her little hand covered her stomach with a faint ache of hunger, but Gildero walked in the forest as if he hadn't heard. The hunger in her belly, coupled with the influence of the Heart Drilling Charm, Patricia's small body trembled even more at this time.

After walking for a long time, when little Patricia began to feel drowsy on Gildero's back, Gildero shook her awake, and broke the rest of the fruit and let her carry it: "Little Patricia, eat quickly, it's all yours, it's a little bitter but it doesn't seem to be a big problem, I'll turn water out and rinse your mouth after eating." "Gilderoy Lockhart's herb class was not good, and he couldn't rely on his knowledge to determine whether the fruit he had just eaten, which was actually called a pear cactus, was poisonous, so he could only try using the stupid method himself, and only after finding that there was no problem did he let the little girl use it.