Martha looked very unwell; she needed to hold onto the wall to get up from her chair. The Silver Fox was very clever; it nimbly jumped onto the windowsill, giving Martha ample space to get up.
The protagonist looked at Martha's hunched back and wanted to go forward to help her, but she interrupted him with a voice.
"Thank you, but I don't need your help—to be honest, I didn't need Eli's help even when Eli was around. He stayed home because of me, and of course I know he cares about me, but I don't want to be a burden to him. I'd rather he pursue his dreams. Did I tell you? He's one of the world's best Fantastic Beasts healers."
The main character on the screen nodded; his previous task was to help Martha deliver a letter to Eli.
During that mission, Eli would send Martha a letter with a butterfly flower on it every week, but Martha was unable to send a reply due to her poor health. It was during this time that the protagonist met Martha.
"Has Mr. Eli not returned yet?" the protagonist asked.
"No," Martha smiled, walking unsteadily into the house. "I wish he were out there busy with his own things. Waiting for someone else's help is agonizing, even if that person is the one who loves me the most."
At that moment, the Silver Fox raised its muzzle and licked Martha's chin.
"Oh, but you won't, Maokeli," Martha said cheerfully, "Because you can't help with anything."
"You can trouble me," the protagonist said, "But I'm not helping, because I'm charging a commission."
This is the underlying logic of games like Suitcase Beasts and indeed all games: completing tasks is rewarded. In Suitcase Beasts, to make the storyline more realistic, the rewards for tasks are often herbs and items that the person being helped can provide.
"You're right, Magic Mobile Phone Official Flagship Store," Martha said. "I'm also curious about what kind of Fantastic Beasts Maokeli is. Could we take it to be tested? I've never seen such a Fantastic Beasts before. If it weren't so incredibly intelligent, I would really suspect it's just an ordinary animal."
Maokeli resisted the suggestion, stepping on Martha's clothes and barking in dissatisfaction. But a line of small text quickly appeared on the screen.
[ Maokeli has been added to your inventory. You have received: Maokeli x1]
Scattered chuckles emanated from the stands. The subsequent plot naturally involved the protagonist taking Maokeli to the official magic testing agency, where the final result was quite surprising: Maokeli possessed magic, but its physical structure was exactly the same as that of an ordinary fox.
When the protagonist told Martha the news, she was also a little surprised, but quickly stopped worrying. "It doesn't matter. I just hope I can see Eli before I die, so I can entrust Maokeli to his care."
Time flew by in the story, and several tranquil and beautiful pictures drawn by Firenze, depicting humans and Silver Fox accompanying each other through the four seasons, were slowly displayed, immediately eliciting a gasp of surprise from the audience.
"I wish I could get the original image. It would be so cool to use such a beautiful picture as my profile picture."
Time in the game flew by, and when the protagonist returned after a winter, the deck chair outside was covered in a thick layer of snow. He pushed open the door, and Martha, who was lying in bed, opened her eyes and asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"
"It's me, Grandma Martha," the protagonist replied. "Has Mr. Eli not returned yet?"
"I'm here," Mr. Eli entered from outside, wearing a silver-white coat. He bypassed the protagonist and went straight to Martha's bedside. " Martha, I saw the silver fox. It has returned to the mountains and looks very happy."
Martha smiled faintly.
Her health was deteriorating, and one day, she suddenly found herself able to sit up, declined Eli and the protagonist's help, combed her hair, and pinned a pink butterfly flower in it.
"What a pity," Martha tugged at Eli's sleeve, "I didn't get to see Maokeli come back to see me. I even prepared a lot of jerky for him."
Eli sobbed uncontrollably, "You can do it, Martha, do you want to see it? It's always been in the mountains, I'll go find it."
Without waiting for Martha's reply, he left, leaving only Martha and the protagonist in the room. Before the protagonist could speak, a silver-white figure darted in from outside and leaped onto Martha's bed.
"It's you, Maokeli," Martha exclaimed, lifting the Silver Fox and squeezing its paws before leaning her forehead weakly against the wall. "My eyes won't open anymore. Could you read those letters you wrote to me again?"
The protagonist stood up. "I'll go find Mr. Eli right away."
"No need," Martha said, as if she had used up her last bit of strength. "Only I can cultivate pink butterfly flowers in the world, Eli. I know you've always been there for me."
As the protagonist watched in astonishment, Maokeli's slender figure gradually enlarged, his snow-white fur became fluffy, and he eventually transformed into Mr. Eli, wearing a silver-white coat and a hood.
He sat gently on the edge of the bed, holding Martha's hand, and said with a smile and tears, "When did you find out? I thought putting butterflies in the letters would be romantic. I don't want to read those deceitful letters. Can I just read the stories you used to tell Maokeli?"
"Long, long ago, there lived a silver fox whose fur shone in the sunlight. It had a pink nose, like a butterfly's..."
Martha eventually rests in peace beneath the butterfly flower. Later, Eli explains to the protagonist that Martha had slipped a butterfly flower into his sleeve when he left, which was probably the real evidence Martha used to confirm that he was Maokeli.
Long ago, he wanted to stay home and take care of Martha, but Martha was a strong-willed person and didn't want to see him give up his dreams because of her, so she asked him to go and do his own thing. Meanwhile, Eli accidentally learned how to use Animagus and immediately went back to visit Martha after mastering it, hoping to stay by her side in animal form.
"She once told me she had a dream in which she captured a Fantastic Beasts, a unique creature... I think I am that animal."
[You have received the quest reward: Butterfly Flower Seed x1]
The story ends here. Due to its short length, Lorne's visit only lasted a little over an hour, but the students in the stands were reluctant to leave.
"It's so beautiful! It's a hundred times better than the magic picture! I want to see it again!"
"I haven't felt this relaxed in ages. I feel like I could build a whole place just for these Pensieve Vat. I'm absolutely blown away by these Pensieve Vat!"
"Butterfly flower... I also long for a beautiful love."
"Requesting the original image!"
"Speaking of which, aren't Animagus forms very difficult to learn? If someone keeps committing crimes in their Animagus form, won't we be able to find them at all?"