Chapter 175 Died subtly

After the wizard who bought a two-tailed salamander at the counter left, Ron approached the counter.

Ron said to the witch behind the counter: "Please look at my mouse. Ever since I brought it back from Egypt, its color has been a little off."

"Put it on the counter," the witch said, pulling a pair of thick black glasses from her pocket.

Ron took out Scabbers from his pocket and placed it next to the large cage of rats.

The mice stopped playing jumping tricks. They all crowded over to the wire cage and looked at Banban carefully.

They seem to be curious about this unique mouse, but they may never imagine that this mouse is not actually a real mouse, but an Animagus.

Compared with the bright-colored mice in the cage, Banban looked particularly shabby.

"Well," the witch grabbed Scabbers, "how old is this mouse?"

Ron said, "I don't know, but it's very old and it used to be my brother's."

The witch studied Spot carefully, her eyes moved from Spot's damaged left ear to his front paw, where a toe was missing, and she smacked her lips loudly.

"An ordinary mouse or garden mouse like this can only live for about three years at most." said the witch. "I say, if you want something that lives a little longer, you might be willing to pick one of these... "

The witch pointed to the glossy black mice in a cage nearby.

However, Ron was obviously unwilling to give up Scabbers - the only thing in the entire Weasley family that belonged to him except Ron's new wand.

"Well, if you don't want to get another one, try this rat booster."

The witch didn't force herself. She leaned over and took out a small red bottle from under the counter.

"Okay," Ron nodded, "How much... Ouch! What are you doing?!"

A big ginger cat suddenly jumped out from the top of the highest cage and landed on Ron's head, almost knocking him down.

The big cat stood up straight and grinned menacingly at Banban.

"No, Crookshanks, no!"

shouted the witch behind the counter.

However, Banban had jumped out of her hand like a piece of soap, landed on the floor on all fours, then jumped up and ran away through the door.

Ron quickly chased after him, and finally found Banban under a waste paper box.

After retrieving Scabbers, Ron muttered all the way back to the Fantastic Beasts Shop that he hated the big ginger cat.

However, when Ron returned to the Magical Beasts store, he was horrified to find Hermione walking out with the big ginger cat in her arms.

And Irina stood next to Hermione, with a smile on her face and rubbing the big cat's head with her hands.

As for Linn, he was holding a bag in his hand, which contained the canned pet owl he bought for the little owl emergency food.

"Hermione, you bought this damn monster?!"

Ron said incredulously.

Hermione was smiling all over her face. She was stroking the big cat in her arms, feeling extremely happy.

This big cat named Crookshanks seemed to enjoy being caressed by the two girls, Hermione and Irina. It closed its eyes comfortably and made a "purring" sound.

The two girls liked Crookshanks very much, but Harry and Ron didn't think so.

In their opinion, although Crookshanks has fluffy and soft ginger fur, his feet are obviously a little box-shaped, and he has a gloomy expression and a weird persimmon face, as if he had bumped into something. Like a brick wall.

"Hermione, this thing almost took my scalp off!" Ron said very unhappy.

Hermione held Crookshanks in her arms. She only had eyes for this cute big cat: "It didn't mean it, did it, Crookshanks?"

"What about my Scabbers?" Ron pointed to the small bag bulging out of his breast pocket, "It needs to rest and relax! How can it relax with this thing next to it?"

"Maybe I can help."

Just when Ron and Hermione were about to argue, a calm voice came over.

Ron and Hermione heard the sound and went over, and it was Linn who spoke.

Irina on the side seemed to have guessed what Lin En wanted to do, and she looked over with a smile.

Lin En smiled and said: "As you know, I am an alchemist. I can make a special alchemy cage for Banban, so that it can fully relax in it, and I can cloth the alchemy cage for Banban." How about we go up to the defensive alchemy circle and make sure that Crookshanks won't hurt Banban?"

Hearing this, Ron was both pleasantly surprised and a little surprised. He said happily: "Really?"

Harry didn't believe that there would be anything good for no reason. He asked cautiously: "Senior, what do we need to pay?"

Lin En's smile became even wider: "Don't worry, you are Irina's friends, that is, my friends. Just think of this alchemy cage as a gift from me to my friends."

Seeing this, Irina took the initiative to dispel Harry's vigilance: "Then it's up to you, Lynn."

"Easy to say." Linn said with a smile.

So, Harry and Ron thanked Linn, and Hermione handed Ron the mouse booster that Ron had left behind earlier.

Everyone wandered around Diagon Alley and then planned to go back to the Leaky Cauldron.

On the way back to the Leaky Cauldron, Irina deliberately lagged a few steps behind everyone and walked to Linn's side.

"Lynn, the alchemy cage you're talking about shouldn't be that simple, right?"

Irina turned sideways and whispered in Lin's ear.

Linn chuckled lightly and said in Irina's ear: "Of course, in addition to the effects I just mentioned, the body functions of creatures locked in alchemy cages will be subtly disrupted by the power of the alchemy circle. Gradually losing the ability to escape and resist.”

"However, this negative effect will only be reflected in front of Ron. Scabbers will become more and more well-behaved and no longer run around. But when Peter Pettigrew returns to his true form, his body functions will not be as good as those of a man with one and a half feet. If the centenarian in the coffin is locked in an alchemy cage for ten years, he will even die in the alchemy cage due to cardiopulmonary exhaustion."

Linn said calmly.

Hearing Linn's words, Irina couldn't help but feel a little frightened.

You know, if Blake hadn't broken into the castle this year, Scabbers might have been locked up in this alchemy cage forever.

Based on Peter Pettigrew's lifespan, his incarnation of Scabbers could have lived for dozens or hundreds of years, but if he was locked in an alchemy cage, he could live for at least ten years.

The most terrifying thing is that even if Ban Ban died in the alchemy cage, Ron would only think that Ban Ban's lifespan had expired, and would not doubt the alchemy cage itself.

Ron might even be grateful to Linn because the alchemy cage extended his Scabbers' life by ten years!

But Peter Pettigrew, who was locked in a cage, would die silently, and no one would notice anything unusual about him.