Maybe it's because the heartstrings that have been tense for a long time are finally relaxed.
Aila fell asleep quickly while lying on the bed.
I don't know how long it took before Aila opened her eyes. She felt light all over, as if she had endless strength in her body, as if she had been reborn.
"Morning." Lin Ze greeted Aila when he saw Aila open his eyes.
"Morning." Aila whispered back with a blushing face.
Lin Ze sat up and stretched his stiff shoulders.
The springs on the hotel mattress hurt his back.
"You had a long sleep this time. Come on, follow me downstairs to have something to eat, and then I'll take you to meet someone."
Aila nodded, jumped off the edge of the bed, and followed him.
Breakfast is made by the landlady herself.
Hot brown bread with butter, two glasses of milk, and a small dish of kippers.
Lin Ze While eating, he was thinking about today's arrangements in his mind.
Before going to find Quinn, he had to first solve the problem of Aila's identity in Ministry of Magic. Although he did not intend to hand over Aila to Ministry of Magic, he still had to go through the necessary procedures, at least to get her a legal wizard identity, otherwise it would be difficult to move forward in Wizarding World.
In this matter, the best candidate for endorsement is Crouch Sr..
"Lady boss, I want to ask you something." Lin Ze waved to the fat proprietress who was wiping cups behind the bar.
"What's the matter?" The landlady put down her cup and came over.
"Agnar, what's the reputation of those people in town?"
The boss lady's expression suddenly became subtle, as if she had eaten a spoiled peanut.
She looked around to make sure there were no other guests around, then lowered her voice and said, "Those people, no one in town wants to see them."
"Agnar used to be a porter at the dock. He broke his waist while working. Later, he drank all day long and beat his wife when he was drunk. His wife ran away a few years ago. It happened that Aila's family members passed away, so he took her back as his uncle and beat her every day."
"Those around him are his fair-weather friends, none of them are good."
She glanced at Aila and sighed, "This child has a hard life. To be able to live till now with a beast like that is considered a blessing."
Lin Ze nodded, took out a few gold coins with the lines erased from his pocket, placed them on the table, and pushed them to the landlady.
"I want to ask you something. I want to take away Aila. I have already taken care of Agnar. If anyone comes to ask you about Aila in the future, don't mention Agnar to them. I need to give her an identity, so someone may come to investigate. I'm afraid her past will have an impact on her."
The landlady looked at the gold coins on the table and was stunned for a moment, then reached out and pushed the gold coins back.
"No need to give money. This girl has been pitiful since she was a child. Don't worry, I won't tell nonsense if someone comes to ask."
Lin Ze smiled and insisted on pushing the gold coin over, "You'd better accept the gold coin. I used two sheets in the room."
When we came out of the hotel, there was light snow falling in the sky again.
Aila was wrapped in the cloak Lin Ze had given her, and followed Lin Ze step by step.
After walking a few steps, she suddenly stopped and looked back in the direction of the hotel.
"Can... can you come back in the future?" she asked softly.
"Of course." Lin Ze said without looking back.
"When you learn to control your magic, you can go wherever you want and no one can stop you."
Aila wrapped his cloak tighter and trotted to keep up with Lin Ze's pace.
When I returned to Britain, it was raining in London.
Lin Ze took Aila out of Leaky Cauldron's fireplace. Both of them were covered in ashes.
Aila was made dizzy by the feeling of being teleported by Floo Network. He stood holding the wall for a while before he recovered.
"This is... the magical world?" She looked at the wizards wearing robes and pointed hats in Leaky Cauldron, her eyes widened.
"Yes, welcome to the magical world." Lin Ze patted the ashes on his body and waved to Old Tom who was wiping cups behind the bar.
"Hey, Lin! Long time no see!" Old Tom put down the cup and came over with a smile on his face. Then he saw Aila behind Lin Ze and was stunned for a moment.
"This is...?"
"Distant cousin." Lin Ze said without changing his face.
"Here comes a cup of Butterbeer, give it to my cousin to try."
"Okay!" Old Tom didn't ask any more questions, turned around and went to work.
After a while, Aila sat on Leaky Cauldron's wooden chair, holding the steaming cup of Butterbeer in both hands, and took a careful sip.
As Butterbeer fell into her stomach, her eyes instantly lit up.
"Delicious."
Lin Ze looked at her drinking Butterbeer, and suddenly remembered that she had the same expression when she drank this stuff for the first time.
After eating, Lin Ze took Aila out of the back door of Leaky Cauldron and knocked on the brick wall of Diagon Alley.
The bricks automatically retreated to both sides as if they were alive, revealing a wide archway.
Aila looked at the winding cobblestone street in front of him and opened his mouth wide enough to stuff an egg.
Both sides of the street are crowded with all kinds of magic shops, with books that turn pages on their own and flying broomstick models chasing each other in the windows.
The Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour signboard was swaying gently in the breeze, and several owls were taking a nap in front of the Eeylops Owl Emporium display window.
"Let's go and buy something first." Lin Ze stepped into Diagon Alley.
He first took Aila to Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions to buy two fitting robes. When passing by Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, he stopped and bought a chocolate nut ice cream and handed it to Aila.
"Try it, I personally like this taste better."
Aila took the ice cream and took a careful lick. Then his lake-green eyes widened. Perhaps he had never eaten such delicious sweets since he was a child.
She didn't speak, she just licked the ice cream faster and expressed her evaluation with practical actions.
Lin Ze nodded and satisfied his desire to show off, and bought himself a copy.
The two of them walked through Diagon Alley while eating ice cream, and followed Lin Ze to a dilapidated and abandoned red public telephone booth on the street of London.
Lin Ze picked up the microphone under the curious gaze of Aila and pressed the number 62442.
Then Lin Ze took out his Auror badge from his pocket and placed it in front of the copper tube that popped up from the phone. The copper tube swept Lin Ze's badge, then stopped with a "click-click" sound, and began to sink to the ground with Aila and Lin Ze.
Aila was shocked again by the magnificent sight of Ministry Atrium.
The fountain's water jets danced around the golden statue, the floor was so polished that figures could be seen, wizards and wizards came in and out of Floo Network, and owls shuttled overhead.
"This way." Lin Ze led Aila through the main hall and walked in the direction of Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
Aila looked around all the way.
She saw a wizard using his wand to direct a pile of papers to walk, a witch with a live raven on her hat, and a dwarf pushing a cart that was taller than himself.
Lin Ze took Aila to the door of Scrimgeour's Auror director's office and knocked on the door.
The door opened a crack, and Scrimgeour's face emerged from the crack.