Out of politeness, Muya still waved to them.
Pheobe smiled, then turned to say something to the girls beside her. To Muya's surprise, she walked straight over.
"Meeting again. My name is Pheobe, Pheobe Delacour."
With her standing so close, Muya was once again struck by her beauty. "My name is Ya Mu."
Pheobe smiled. "Oh, I know you. Or rather, you're quite famous at school."
Though she was telling the truth, Muya still felt her face grow warm. Pheobe noticed. "You really are adorable."
"Thank you. You're very beautiful too."
Seeing that the other girls had already left, Muya reminded Pheobe, "Your friends have gone. Aren't you going after them?"
"Then I'll come play with you next time. I hope nothing like last time happens again."
The matter she meant was probably Vester interrupting their conversation.
Since she was still serving detention, Muya entered Snape's office as casually as if she were returning home. No one was inside, and she had no idea where he had gone.
Muya walked to the desk and picked up the parchment lying there. Snape had already written down the tasks he wanted her to do, so it seemed he would not be back anytime soon.
First, she had to sort the potion ingredients. Snape kept quite a few rare materials in his private little storeroom, which Muya had seen several times before.
After finishing, she discovered that the African Tree Snake Skin used to make Polyjuice Potion was nearly gone. Yet there were no signs that Polyjuice Potion had been made in his work area. There had clearly been some last time she looked. What was going on?
Muya also spotted her projector. It looked as though it had been used.
After saying goodbye to the sleepy Medusa on the door, Muya headed