"My request is simple." Silan gave a faint smile. "I want to practice Occlumency, and you are a natural Legilimency."
"You practice with me, and I'll give you jerky."
"How about we each get what we need?"
"Okay, meow!" Lucia agreed immediately, then asked, "Now you can give it to me, right, meow?"
Silan shrugged, somewhat helplessly, and said, "I don't have any right now. I have to go back to the castle to get them."
"Huh? You dare to play me!"
Lucia arched her back in anger, her tail held high, her fur standing on end, and she hissed at Silan.
You still dare to breathe on it?
"Look, you're in such a hurry again." Silan put on a pained expression and said sincerely, "My feelings for you are truly sincere!"
"You asked for jerky earlier, did I give it to you?"
"Yes..."
Did you finish the jerky yourself?
"Right?"
"Now that you want it, does that mean I've agreed to give it to you?"
"Too..."
Lucia's tone softened, her voice grew softer and softer, and she dared not breathe on him anymore.
"When will you be back?" Lucia had probably recovered by now and had regained her usual elegant and dignified demeanor.
Silan looked up at the sky, then pretended to frown and do some calculations. "Seven days at the shortest, half a month at the longest."
[Silver Tongue: Proficiency +1]
Upon hearing this devastating news, Lucia's pupils dilated instantly, and she stammered, "Why... why does it take so long?"
It's too cruel to have to endure that agonizing feeling for so long!
Silan shrugged, and instead of answering, asked, "Do you think jerky tastes good?"
"Of course," Lucia replied without hesitation.
"That's right. Jerky is delicious, but it's also difficult to make." Silan said with a straight face, making nonsense. "It's quite complicated to make jerky, so it naturally takes a long time."
Lucia, who had just been trying to maintain an elegant posture, suddenly became sad and deflated, her tail and ears drooping.
It seems that they are indeed very sad.
But that's exactly the effect Silan wanted.
Things that are easily obtained are never cherished.
After Lucia's sadness fester for a while, Silan slowly spoke.
"Actually, I have another way to let you eat jerky right away."
Upon hearing this, Lucia instantly perked up.
Its delicate vertical pupils gleamed with hope, and its tail swayed behind it like a flower.
"What plan? Tell me quickly!"
Silan then calmly revealed his true purpose. "I have a Suitcase that can hold Magical Creatures; it's very spacious."
"If you'd like, you can get into the Suitcase, and then I'll take you to the castle."
Although she really wanted to eat jerky, Lucia immediately became alert upon hearing Silan's words.
"What does this have to do with dried meat?"
It had some doubts in its heart: could this be a new method used by human sorcerers to lure and capture Cat Leopard?
With an expression that said, "I'm doing this for your own good," Silan explained, "Of course it's related."
"Think about it, I'm just a weak and pitiful little wizard." He deliberately emphasized the words "weak and pitiful," "I can't freely enter or leave the Forbidden Forest. Even if I made the jerky, I couldn't give it to you."
"But if you come with me, I can use the remaining materials to make some for you today."
Do you think this has any connection?
[Silver Tongue: Proficiency +1]
Lucia's tail stopped wagging, and her beautiful eyes blinked.
Silan simply took out her Suitcase, opened it, and showed Lucia what was inside.
Lucia peered inside the Suitcase through the opening and found that the space inside was indeed quite large, and it didn't look like there was a trap.
But she still hesitated.
If I agree, wouldn't I be under his control afterward?
How could a noble and elegant Cat Leopard be reduced to begging for food like a human wizard wagging its tail?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
But the thought of the jerky that Silan had brought out made Lucia's heart itch again, and her mouth unconsciously watered.
"Jerky... jerky..."
Cat Leopard are noble and elegant!
Cat Leopard are solitary creatures!
But then again...
Finding a human wizard to be your servant, and having him prepare food and shelter for you, wouldn't that be a good option?
Lucia's soft ears twitched twice as she tried to find various excuses for herself.
After some self-reflection, Lucia agreed, but with one condition.
"I can go with you."
"But I will leave once you have mastered the use of the Occlumency."
Lucia held firm to her last line of defense.
"No problem."
Silan readily agreed.
I'll agree first, then we'll see. As for whether I'll actually go...
You're already inside my Suitcase, and you still want to leave?
Lucia, you don't want other cats to know you've got catnip, do you?
You should know that catnip is either used zero times or used countless times.
Once you can easily enjoy catnip, it will be too late to quit.
In the end, won't you just obediently let me masturbate you?
George and Fred watched as Silan and Lucia chattered away, both curious about what they were saying.
It wasn't until Silan took out her Suitcase and put Lucia inside that the two of them exchanged a surprised glance.
"Silan, you actually tamed Cat Leopard?" George and Fred were both incredulous.
"This is enough to make the front page of the Daily Prophet!"
"My God, that's Cat Leopard!"
Silan thought to herself, "Is it really that exaggerated?"
After packing her Suitcase, Silan casually replied, "It's nothing."
"Nothing much?" Fred shook his head and sighed. "Don't you know? In 1832, an America wizard claimed to have tamed Cat Leopard, and became famous for it."
George finished Fred's sentence. "Of course, his Cat Leopard is fake; in fact, he just put Engorgement Charm on the Kneazle."
"But yours is true!" George's tone became noticeably agitated. "If you make this public, it will definitely cause a sensation!"
Faced with the two incredibly excited people, Silan had no choice but to quickly calm them down, saying that she had only asked Lucia for a favor and it didn't count as taming her.
And Lucia herself wouldn't agree either.
Upon hearing Silan's words, George and Fred both fell silent.
"Silan is right, only Lockhart would like this kind of approach," George said, breaking the silence and expressing his understanding of Silan's methods.
He and Fred both thought to themselves that Silan was not only humble and kind, but also very principled.
He was completely unmoved by such an opportunity to easily become famous.
If it were Lockhart, he'd probably contact the Daily Prophet immediately and brag about himself on the front page.
They couldn't help but think, "How can the difference between people be greater than the difference between a person and Fang?"
Mission accomplished, the three of them slipped back to the castle together.
Silan went to the Hogwarts Kitchens and got some jerky, then sprinkled the last bit of purified catnip on it.
He didn't give all the jerky to Lucia at once.
When it comes to training, you have to keep it dangling in your mouth slowly.