Vizet withdrew his gaze, put the Hogwarts Voice on the table into his pocket, then stood and stretched toward the window.
Realizing it was about time, he left the Ravenclaw Common Room as well.
He walked toward the corridor leading to the Headmaster's Office, faced the Gargoyle Statue at the end of the passage, and clearly spoke the password: "Ginger toffee!"
The crouching Gargoyle Statue folded its wings and nimbly jumped aside, revealing the Spiral Staircase behind it.
The door to the Headmaster's Office was half-open, and the faint sound of conversation drifted out.
Vizet stopped. He had just been about to stand there and wait when the door to the Headmaster's Office was pushed open by Fawkes the Phoenix.
Fawkes flapped his wings, traced an elegant arc through the air, lightly swayed his tail feathers, and landed on Vizet's arm.
He let out a pleasant, lingering cry, stretched out his neck, and rubbed against Vizet's cheek.
As if sensing something, he turned his head, reached his long beak toward the back of Vizet's neck, and pecked lightly.
Vizet blinked and saw that Fawkes's long beak held a very pale piece of down. "Oh... that's Jupiter's down. You two should have met, right?"
When he and Luna needed to attend classes, the Baby Thunderbird Jupiter would find places to play on his own, and the place he went most often was the Forbidden Forest.
Fawkes also had a habit of foraging in the Forbidden Forest, and he and the Baby Thunderbird would occasionally run into each other there.
For the Baby Thunderbird, he was naturally curious about Fawkes, but because of Fawkes's magical talent, it was very hard for him to get close to this Phoenix.
Fawkes nodded, opened his long beak to drop the piece of down, and let