When the last grain of sand flowed down in the giant hourglass inside Snape's office, which served in place of a clock, the potion in Link's cauldron was finally completed.
[Calming Potion (Special Edition) LV1 Acquired!]
Link skillfully bottled the potion and drank it. At that moment, Snape, who had been reading all night across from him, also spoke up to remind him, "You should leave."
"Of course I know," Link packed up his tools and then walked out of the office.
"Goodbye, Professor Snape. I'll write you letters during the holidays." After saying that, Link shut the door.
At the moment he closed the door, he seemed to hear Snape shouting something inside like, "I don't need your letters!" "You don't even know my address!" and such.
It was just a pity that the soundproofing of that stone arch door was so good, Link couldn't hear it clearly.
In the Great Hall, the students who had been partying all night were still snoring in deep sleep. And Professor McGonagall was going around trying to wake them up one by one.
Professor McGonagall's wake-up service fully reflected her furious mood at the moment, she would transform the miscellaneous items beside the students into all sorts of terrifying monsters and beasts, and then scare them awake.
Link, of course, wouldn't let Emily experience this kind of treatment too.
Long before McGonagall's wake-up service entered the Slytherin area, Link had already picked up Emily, who was sleeping in a pile of Slytherin girls, into his arms, gently rocking her.
"Emily, wake up, we're going home."
"Mmm… is it morning already?"
Emily opened her sleepy eyes, and upon seeing that it was Link holding her, smiled and closed her eyes again, instinctively wrapping Link's arm into her embrace.
This made Link a little embarrassed, because just then Professor McGonagall was already looking over.
Fortunately, Professor McGonagall didn't treat Link and Emily the same as the others. She only snorted coldly, then bypassed them.
Actually, Emily wasn't the kind of delicate girl either.
What's more, she had to maintain her "big sis" image in front of her "little brothers".
So after being a little coy for a while, she returned to normal and left together with Link, boarding the Hogwarts Express.
Because both of them didn't sleep well last night, the two of them took a compartment alone and continued to nap inside.
This kind of trip wasn't exactly exciting, but this kind of lazy, sleepy feeling made both of them feel very comfortable.
And this feeling didn't end until Mrs. Flamel drove her burgundy convertible up in front of the two.
"Emily is coming to our house too?"
Mrs. Flamel looked at the boy and girl holding hands, somewhat surprised as she spoke.
At this moment, Emily's face had already turned red from embarrassment. She gently nodded to Mrs. Flamel and hid behind Link.
Link, on the other hand, answered openly, "Yes, Uncle Victoria has a business today regarding Thestral feathers and can't come pick her up. So I thought, why not just let her come to our house. But… your car…"
As he spoke, Link cast a troubled look at the burgundy car.
The back seat of this convertible was pitifully small, and just like last year, it was stuffed with shopping bags of luxury goods.
"Oh! Don't worry, my child." Mrs. Flamel's eyes lit up. She drew her wand and tapped the car door.
In the next moment, the entire car instantly liquefied, and with a sound of metal twisting, began to transform.
In the end, it turned into a black SUV, with mirrored tinted windows so that nothing inside could be seen from the outside.
"Hop in quickly!"
Mrs. Flamel gave Link a look that said "As expected of my son", and then the rear car door opened automatically.
Link quickly helped Emily into the back seat, but still said with concern, "You… using Transfiguration like that in public… is that really okay?"
At this moment, outside the car window, quite a few passersby were screaming in fright because of the "car transformation" that had just occurred.
You have to know, in the wizarding world, there is the Statute of Secrecy, and Mrs. Flamel's behavior obviously violated the law.
"Don't worry, Link." Emily, who had been nestled in Link's arms just a moment ago, now lifted her head and explained, "The Aurors will handle it. All those taxes we pay every year aren't for nothing."
"Exactly! That's it!"
Mrs. Flamel echoed with joy, and after speaking, the car launched forward, speeding off in a flash, even though it looked like an SUV on the outside, it was still a magically-modified sports car on the inside.
At that moment, Link also finally saw two Aurors, one fat, one thin, rushing out of King's Cross Station.
They didn't show any intention of stopping the real culprit, Mrs. Flamel. Instead, they raised their wands toward the panicking Muggle crowd around them.
'Mmm~ Being rich really does mean you can do whatever you want.' Link sighed from the back seat and finally looked away.
The three of them rode all the way back to Flamel Castle, the drive filled with wild acceleration.
Link wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but Mrs. Flamel seemed particularly excited, and as a result, was driving even faster than before.
But very soon, Link understood why Mrs. Flamel was so excited.
Because just as they entered Flamel Castle, Mrs. Flamel hugged Emily, jumped up like a little girl, and said, "You two are finally back together! This is wonderful!"
Actually, back in the car, Link had already noticed that Emily's body was a bit stiff.
That was clearly because of nervousness.
Now being hugged like that by Mrs. Flamel, Emily became even stiffer.
But Mrs. Flamel didn't seem to notice. After speaking, she stroked Emily's hair and said, "Now there's no problem. It's time I contacted your father and discussed your engagement!"
"Aunt Leonie!" Emily finally couldn't take it anymore. She blushed and called out sweetly.
"What is it? Don't you like our little Link?"
Mrs. Flamel tilted her head back a bit, "You don't want to live with little Link? Just think about it! In the future, you two could even have twins! A boy as handsome as little Link, and a girl as pretty as you and me…"
Listening to Mrs. Flamel's words, Emily was so shy that it looked like steam might come out of her head.
Seeing this, Link spoke up to help her out, "I think… maybe there's no need to rush the engagement. Mom, maybe don't push Emily like this, we..."
"Shut up!" ×2
Link had only gotten halfway through when both Emily and Mrs. Flamel interrupted him in unison.
Then Emily seemed to realize something and buried her blushing face into Mrs. Flamel's embrace.
"…Uh, alright then," Link scratched his head awkwardly.
"I said too much."
"Good that you know!"
Mrs. Flamel gave Link a glare, patted Emily's back twice comfortingly, then put her arm around Emily and went to her room to have girl talk.
Halfway there, she suddenly seemed to remember something and turned back to say,
"Oh right, Link, Mr. Newt Scamander sent you a letter not long ago. You can read it yourself later, I didn't open it, really!"
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