Chapter 124 My heart is firm, as solid as a rock

I haven't been to the lab for a whole winter vacation.

The two pushed open the door and walked in, and immediately felt a full and full magic, which made people feel refreshed.

Lin Xia stood at the door and thought for a moment, then said: "Draco, we should change the door of the lab, and we have to build a security system."

As their reputation grew, the lab produced more and more research, and they had to start considering the safety of the lab.

Although Hogwarts was safe, they also believed that the little wizard would not come to steal so shamelessly, but it was better to be safe than sorry.

Draco had a headache: "So you mean, you have to spend money again."

The school will give each laboratory an initial construction fee of 1,000 gold galleons. Lin Xia not only used it up, but also advanced 500 gold galleons.

Of course, this advance payment has also been offset by the conditions. She did not use two years, but only half a year to produce results.

Draco's headache is that if it was only a few hundred gold galleons, he could take it out at will.

But the security system is very expensive, at least a thousand gold galleons. Even if he wants to take it out, he has to sell some things, which is a lot of money.

Lin Xia suddenly thought of something and said, "You haven't chosen a location for your laboratory yet?"

Draco shook his head: "No, I'm publishing my paper near Christmas, and I have a lot of things to do. I got the secret key first and told the professor about the laboratory. I'll decide when I come back from winter vacation."

Lin Xia smiled: "I can guarantee that other laboratories are not as good as mine."

Draco said with envy: "That's right, your laboratory has a magic gathering array and a magic imprisonment array. If I choose a laboratory, I have to arrange these two arrays anyway. I don't know if the construction fee of one thousand gold galleons can take over these two magic arrays."

Lin Xia shook his head: "What I mean is, since other The labs are not as good as mine, so why not choose mine? "

Draco was stunned: "Choose yours?"

He turned his eyes and reacted, "You mean to merge the labs?"

Lin Xia nodded: "Yes, and this lab is big enough, not to mention two people, even three people are more than enough, the layout is ready, no need to change."

Draco was immediately tempted, "I'll go talk to the dean now!"

Lin Xia stopped him and said slowly: "Don't be so anxious, since we are going to merge the labs, it will be a disguised way to free up a classroom for the school, and we have to ask the school for some benefits."

...

One afternoon.

Lin Xia and Draco discussed ten plans and waited to talk to Dean Sprout in the evening. If Plan A fails, there is Plan B, which can always meet everyone's needs.

After the discussion, Lin Xia first instructed Draco to practice, corrected his movements, and guided him in subsequent practice.

The movements in the exercises are the same for men and women.

Although the basic flexibility of the body is different, practicing the technique will also exercise the body, gradually making the body more compatible with the technique.

Even if a worker with stiff bones can have a brand new body after practicing.

Draco was practicing, Lin Xia thought about it and simply opened a practice room to practice together.

After a winter vacation, the concentration of magic power in this laboratory is no less than that of the golden wooden house.

And she can't absorb all the magic power in one practice.

When Lin Xia was practicing, she guessed where the magic power of Hogwarts came from.

Why is there an endless supply of magic power in the castle? Is there a so-called magic stone mine underneath?

A trace of contemplation flashed across her eyes. It seems that there is no magic stone in the wizarding world. Even if there is, it is very rare, otherwise it would have become the mainstream currency long ago.

But Hogwarts must have something that can attract magic power to float in continuously, it is a giant magic gathering array.

Night falls.

Lin Xia and Draco finished their meal quickly and went to the greenhouse outside the castle to find Dean Sprout. They had already sent a message with a lark in advance.

After leaving the gate of Hogwarts, Lin Xia saw several Gryffindor students training on the playground in the distance.

Draco said excitedly: "It's the Gryffindor Quidditch players. They are already training. They are so diligent. I saw the Weasley twins and Harry!"

Lin Xia smiled: "Let's finish talking to the dean quickly, and go around to the Quidditch field to see them when we come back."

Draco didn't quite understand why Lin Xia was so anxious to find the dean. It was still early and far from the curfew.

According to school regulations, as long as you return to the dormitory before the curfew at 9:30, you can stay anywhere in Hogwarts before that, including outside the castle.

Lin Xia guessed his thoughts and said, "Last time I came to see the dean at night, the dean was a little angry. She thought it was too dangerous for a little wizard like me to come out. She didn't approve of me coming too late and insisted on escorting me back to the castle."

Draco wondered: "Why, Hogwarts is very safe."

Lin Xia found a problem. People in the wizarding world seemed to think that Hogwarts was a very safe place, the safest place in the whole of Britain.

Why is everyone so convinced? Maybe Hogwarts has hidden more information.

"I don't know, but I think we have to speed up."

As soon as the words fell, the well-known compass in her mind suddenly turned and stopped at the "nursery rhyme" column that had never appeared before.

But this time it was not to remind her that she was invaded by "nursery rhymes", but to ask her whether she wanted to include the invasion of "nursery rhymes".

[After careful observation and thinking, you realize that the surroundings are influenced by nursery rhymes. Nursery rhymes guide people to believe in Hogwarts, and the facts will be implemented according to the content of the nursery rhymes.

The method to block nursery rhymes is: ① Find a piece of gold foil leaf in your mouth, face the sun and breathe in the morning for three consecutive days, and recite the spell: My heart is firm, as solid as a rock...

If you don’t want to block it, you can ignore it]

Lin Xia paused and walked into the greenhouse door with a normal look.

Just now, she had made a choice.

Since it is a beneficial nursery rhyme, using the spiritual power of everyone to make Hogwarts extremely safe and indestructible, why not join it?

Dean Sprout was already sitting in the office waiting, and he was very happy to see them.

"Cedric told me in class this morning that it was you who gave them the idea last night, Lin Xia, you are so smart!"

Lin Xia smiled slightly: "Dean, it will only work if the little wizards are willing to listen. I didn't expect it to be so effective."

The dean poured them each a cup of grape tea and waved his hand, saying: "I won't listen to humble words. What do you want to see me for?"

Draco expressed his idea of ​​merging his laboratory with Lin Xia's laboratory and asked the dean for his opinion.

Dean Sprout pondered for a moment, waved his wand, and the drawer opened automatically, and a piece of parchment flew over.

This piece of parchment was given to the dean by Lin Xia, recording the overall area of ​​their laboratory, but no more specific layout was drawn on it.

"Lin Xia's laboratory is very large. Logically, such a large laboratory should not be used by one person, but this is the place she chose. The school did not check it, and research talents are scarce, so no one cares. If you and Lin Xia use it together, there will be no hidden dangers in the future."

Dean Sprout only thought for a few seconds and agreed.

Draco glanced at Lin Xia and said with a stiff face: "But professor, no matter what, I saved the school a laboratory.

With more and more research talents in the future, Hogwarts will also need more and more laboratories for them to do research. I gave up the power of a single laboratory and wanted the school to give me some compensation."

The dean looked at Draco, and his eyes changed for a moment.

Before the dean spoke, Draco continued: "One laboratory is a laboratory, two laboratories are two laboratories, one is one, and two is two.

No matter how big the laboratory is, I will eventually squeeze with Lin Xia to study together, and the laboratory will have to be reallocated. This is a trouble for me."

Lin Xia added: "It is also a trouble for me."

The dean glanced at them and said: "Then you can-"

"But," Draco interrupted her, "I sympathize with the school's efforts for me, so I want to give back to the school. It doesn't matter if I suffer a little loss, as long as the school doesn't suffer a loss. Just give me a little compensation in gold, gallons, and so on."

Lin Xia echoed: "Me too."

The dean was silent.

After a while, she said, "Okay, tell me what you want."

Half an hour later.

Lin Xia and Draco left the greenhouse and returned to Hogwarts Castle.

Draco reached out and wiped his forehead. There was still a little sweat on his forehead. He was nervous.

"I feel that the dean's eyes are a little strange when he looks at me."

Lin Xia said easily, "No, it's normal."

Draco: "Am I too bold?"

Lin Xia: "How could it be? I'm obviously fighting for benefits."

Draco asked eagerly, "Will the dean hate me from now on?"

Lin Xia said affirmatively, "Write a few more papers, she can't wait to hold you in her hands!"

Just now, after bargaining, in addition to Draco's initial laboratory construction fee of 1,000 gold galleons, each person also applied for compensation of 500 gold galleons.

Originally, they planned to apply for 1,000 each, but seeing the dean's increasingly strange expression, Draco was still very cowardly and temporarily changed his mind to 500.

When the two of them went back, they deliberately took a detour to the Quidditch field, where the Gryffindor players were still practicing.

Harry was chasing a flying ball, which looked like the Snitch, but was far slower.

The Weasley twins saw them, controlled their brooms to land on the playground, and chatted with them.

"That's a Snitch ball that imitates the Snitch. It's faster than the Quaffle and the Bludger, but not as fast as the Snitch. It's only half as fast as the Snitch."

Draco asked, "Why don't you buy a real Snitch for training?"

George: "That's too much trouble. It's too fast. Every time we practice, we have to cast a repellent spell on the court to prevent it from flying out. It's basically impossible to find it back."

Fred: "Besides, who among us can match the speed of the Snitch, except Harry? Don't let the Snitch play tricks on us when we don't complete the training."

George: "There is another more important thing, that is the price."

Fred: "Do you know how much the Snitch costs?"

Lin Xia and Draco shook their heads.

George: "One thousand."

Fred: "Gold Galleons."

George added: "Cannot be used more than 10 times."

Fred continued: "Otherwise the Snitch will lose its sensitivity."

Draco was still muttering about the price of the Snitch until he returned.

One hundred gold Galleons per training, he thought it was okay.

But he had to pay a thousand gold Galleons at once, and he didn't have that much money, so he had to give up with regret.

Since he got into the pit of "doing research", Quidditch became his only pleasure, and even reading books had to be postponed.

In Chapter 93, the dean told Lin Xia that the little wizards should not leave Hogwarts at night. [Children's Rhyme] The heroine did not draw out, and the one drawn in the sorting was [Seeking Fortune], but the fortune reminded her that she was attacked by "children's rhyme" and gave a corresponding solution.