Newt was a little embarrassed by Quinn's excessive enthusiasm.
He was holding his old suitcase, like an old owl being watched, not knowing where to put it.
"Would you like some tea? Or coffee? We just bought fresh milk." Quinn rubbed his hands, the smile on his face was like a wrinkled sunflower.
"Quinn, take off your hat first before you speak." Amy's voice came from the kitchen.
Quinn took off his hat with a "Oh!" and hung it on the hook behind the door. Then he turned around and smiled stupidly at Newt.
Lin Ze couldn't stand it anymore and stood up from the sofa. "Okay, okay, Mr. Scamander is also a normal person. There is no need to be like this. Just be normal."
Quinn said "hehe" twice, finally suppressing the excitement of meeting the legendary Care of Magical Creatures's house.
Amy came out of the kitchen with a pot of hot tea, put the tea tray on the coffee table, and handed a cup to Newt.
"Thank you." Newt took the tea cup and whispered.
Aila looked at the white-haired old man curiously. She circled Newt half a circle, and then moved closer to look at the old suitcase at his feet.
"What's in here?" she asked.
Newt was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "This is my treasure chest. There are some Fantastic Beasts I have adopted over the years."
"Really? Can I see it?"
"Aila, let Mr. Scamander rest for a while first." Amy stopped him softly.
"It's okay." Newt waved his hand, bent down to open the suitcase, and summoned a dark figure from inside.
It was a chubby Niffler, holding a shiny pebble and gnawing happily.
Aila's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Wow, what is this? It's so cute! What's its name?"
"Penny." Newt said.
"It likes to collect shiny things, especially gold coins."
"Like a dragon." Aila blurted out.
Lin Ze's hand holding the tea paused slightly.
Quinn and Amy also looked towards Aila.
The little girl was completely unaware and continued to glare at Niffler.
"How do you know that dragons like to collect shiny things?" Lin Ze asked.
"It's written in a book, Quinn brother has a book with many dragons drawn on it."
"I got it from Muggle's flea market. It's a very old picture album. She flips through it when she has nothing to do." Quinn explained.
Lin Ze nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Newt handed Aila a gold coin and asked her to continue teasing that Niffler.
Quinn looked at it with envy, but he was too embarrassed to go up and compete with Aila for this little guy.
Newt picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then looked at Lin Ze: "The Obscurial you mentioned before is this little girl?"
The living room was quiet for a moment.
Lin Ze glanced at Aila.
The little girl was teasing the Niffler with a smile, completely unaware that the topic had turned to herself.
"It's her." Lin Ze said.
Newt put down the teacup, took out a pair of glasses from his pocket and put them on. He looked at Aila carefully, his eyes moved from the top of her hair to the tips of her toes, and finally stopped at her lake green eyes.
"The Obscurus in her body is very quiet, indicating that her current emotional state is relatively stable."
"Is there any way to cure it?" Quinn asked.
"No." Newt shook his head.
Quinn's expression fell.
"But you can learn to control it." Newt added.
"Obscurus is not a curse, nor a disease. It is a parasite formed by the suppressed magical energy in the wizard's body. As long as he finds a way to coexist with it, Obscurial can survive."
"What can you do?" Amy asked.
"First, let her receive systematic magic training."
Newt interrupted Aila who was playing with Niffler, "Do you want to learn magic?"
Aila was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously.
"But her situation..." Amy hesitated to speak.
"Take your time." Newt's voice was gentle.
"Obscurus As long as the host's mood is stable, it will not lose control, so the living environment is very important to her."
"Let me talk to her." With that said, Newt stood up and pulled Aila to the other side of the living room.
"By the way, there is one more thing." Lin Ze spoke while Newt was dragging Aila to chat.
"Dumbledore would like to invite you to Hogwarts to be Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts."
"Pfft--"
Quinn spit out all the tea he just drank, facing the floor in front of him. Amy waved his wand in disgust to clear away the water stains.
"What did you say?"
"Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts." Lin Ze roughly paraphrased what Dumbledore said at St. Mungo's.
Quinn After listening, he leaned back in his chair and stared at the dancing flames in the fireplace, the expression on his face rarely becoming serious.
"How could Dumbledore think of me?" he asked.
"I recommend it." Lin Ze said.
Quinn turned to look at him with complicated eyes.
"I need this job."
After being silent for a while, Quinn finally spoke, "But you know the reputation of that position."
"I know, that's why Dumbledore wants to find someone tough." Lin Ze grinned.
Quinn made a sound, grabbed the pillow and threw it towards Lin Ze.
Lin Ze caught it and threw it back with his backhand. The pillow hit Quinn's face accurately.
Aila giggled when he saw the two fighting in the distance, and Amy couldn't help but curl his lips.
"What should Aila do if you really decide to go?" Amy asked.
One of the reasons why Lin Ze sent Aila to Quinn's home is that Quinn has no formal job and can take care of her every day.
But if Quinn really goes to Hogwarts this time, then Aila will have no one to take care of him at home, and Amy has his own work to be busy with.
"This is simple." Lin Ze pulled the pillow off his face and sat up straight, "Aila follow me."
"Follow you?" Quinn and Amy said in unison.
"I rent a decent house over there at London and take Aila to live there. She is at home when I go to work, and I teach her some basic magic knowledge after get off work."
Amy frowned, obviously uneasy. "What's the difference between that and letting her stay here alone?"
"Actually, there is a place that might be suitable." Newt, who had finished chatting with Aila at the side, came over and said.
Three pairs of eyes looked at him at the same time.
"Hogwarts."
"Let this child enter school early?" Quinn's eyes widened.
"It's not enrollment." Newt shook his head.
"Headmaster Dumbledore doesn't want you to do Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts? Professors' families can apply to live on campus. Hogwarts is very big and there are many empty rooms."
Lin Ze's eyes lit up.
This is a good idea.
Aila can live in the castle. With Quinn here and under the nose of Dumbledore, and Hogwarts itself has powerful magic protection, it is also the safest environment for Aila.
"Moreover, Dumbledore himself has conducted in-depth research on Obscurus." Newt added.
"If anything happens to this kid, he's one of the few people who can respond immediately."
Quinn and Amy looked at each other.
"I think it's okay." Amy said.
Quinn scratched his messy hair and looked at Aila: "Do you want to go to Hogwarts?"
Aila tilted his head and thought for a while, "Hogwarts... Is it the magic school with the talking hat that Lin mentioned?"
"Yes."
"I want to go." Aila smiled so hard that his eyes turned into two crescents.
"But the child's identity..." Amy was a little worried.
"I will talk to him over there at Albus. I haven't contacted him for a long time, so I will take this opportunity to visit Hogwarts." Newt said.
Aila happily took Newt's hand and shook it, "Thank you, Grandpa Newt."
Newt was suddenly left with a silly smile on his face.
Seeing Newt being coaxed happily, Aila took the opportunity to put forward her idea. "Grandpa Newt, I want to take a look in your suitcase!"
"Okay." Newt nodded and said with a smile.