"Yay! Watch me!"
Xiao Ying flew over to the wire, pinched it with both hands, and kicked it with her knee, bending it into a ∏ shape.
She repeated the process, making slight adjustments to the length of wire between her hands and the angle and force of her knee strikes.
After some fiddling, a makeshift key appeared before the three of them.
Clap! Clap!
Xiao Ying dusted off her palms, then flew triumphantly back into the obsidian orb!
"Cool! If only Dobby were as easy to communicate with as Xiao Ying!"
Harry sighed.
"I suppose fairies are like people. They're born with different personalities!"
Although Luo Bin had only met Lucius Malfoy a few times, he could still tell that the man was a bootlicker who bullied the weak, had a twisted personality, and was violent and bloodthirsty at heart. Given that Dobby had to survive in that environment, it was impressive enough that he hadn't developed an antisocial personality.
"True!"
Harry agreed.
"Luo Bin, Xiao Ying is so... Next time she's about to come out, could you tell me beforehand? I'll get some honey and pastries ready. I really want to touch her wings!"
Hermione wasn't the only person who wanted to touch Xiao Ying the Flower Fairy's wings. Edward at the Dragon Research Base in Romania wanted to as well.
For his trouble, Xiao Ying had insulted him plenty of times—and shot him with plenty of green arrows!
"Xiao Ying has very particular tastes. Ordinary honey won't impress her. And as for her wings, never mind anyone else—even I'd get bitten if I tried to touch them. Enough about her. Let's get this lock open."
The moment the bent-wire key entered the keyhole, Luo Bin heard a series of clicks.
He'd known Xiao Ying would never let