The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

"You mean, this string of beads can help you subdue some ferocious monsters?"

Cedric reached out and touched it. It was cool and smooth, and seemed not to be affected by her body temperature at all.

"It doesn't have to be ferocious. Well, in fact, as long as it's an animal, it's fine." Sun Zhu pointed to the patterns on some of the beads. "I don't know how to tell you the details, but I can tell you now about the problem you and the principal have been worried about. See this snake pattern? Now it is completely under my control."

He didn't look at it carefully, but just picked up the beads and put them back in her hand: "Keep it, this is your secret, it concerns your safety. I don't want you to reveal it just to satisfy my curiosity."

"Of course not to satisfy curiosity. I'm actually..." She put it back on her wrist as she was told and looked out the window at the path outside. "I'm coming up with some other plans. They may be a little bold and may not succeed, but if possible, I want to try. Although it's a little risky, you shouldn't worry anymore after seeing its magic."

"This is also a treasure from China? Is it something your mother left for you?" He nodded and blinked, "Have you used it to help many people?"

"I don't want to lie to you. Actually, I have never seen my mother. It is said that she gave me something, but I am not yet an adult and have never touched it." She showed a sly smile, "As for its true origin, I have my own adventures, but I don't want to explain it so clearly to everyone. In fact, there is no way to explain it. However, there are not many people who know of its existence. When the day comes when I have to explain it, I can only use my mother as an excuse."

Cedric nodded, but his tone was a little distressed: "It seems that you really don't need me to worry about you at all. So, what else can I do for you?"

"...Next time I get into trouble, you come and cover for me." She raised her eyebrows slightly, "After all, you are the one who knows the most now."

"Even if I knew nothing, I would still do it." He stood up and pulled her out of her seat. "I guess you need to go see Professor Scamander again now, right?"

"Yes, but there's no rush. He's not in school this weekend." Sun Zhu looked at his toes. "We've finished what we need to do this week. Besides, we don't have any Quidditch matches until the Easter holiday. In fact, the only two games left this semester are in May, but the captain said he wants Bree and the others to practice. In this case, I only need to play one more game at most, and this semester will be over."

"Yeah, we have to find another seeker next term." He pulled her out, remembering to leave a few Sickles as a tip for the wine - this was a Muggle habit, and as more and more Muggle-born wizards came to Hogsmeade, other wizards also developed this habit.

"It will happen. It will happen in the future." She adjusted his hood and re-tied his tie for him - it was her fault for being so impatient just now.

Someone looked at her with a smile, and had to bend down to accommodate her height, but she didn't feel awkward at all, as if she was used to this kind of "service".

Sun Zhu suddenly got angry and slapped his shirt collar with the back of his hand to shake off the dust on it. Then he shook his sleeves and said, "Master Diggory, are you satisfied?"

Cedric, who was suddenly attacked for some reason, grabbed her through her sleeve and said, "Don't be angry, I just saw someone who looked familiar."

"Who?"

"It seems to be the reporter from Witch Weekly. We met him at Malfoy Manor that day."

"…It must have been the Big Black Dog who caused it. Haha, the number of columns he has there is no less than Lockhart's."

"I feel like she's hiding from us."

"...Should we go and catch her?" Sun Zhu suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Can't catch up." He shook his head, "She is an adult wizard and can disapparate."

“Damn it.” Sun Zhu clenched his fists. “This semester, next semester, and the semester after, we must learn some useful spells in advance and learn all we can!”

"Okay." He didn't say anything else like "Don't be too anxious", just looked at the sky, "I think I should also learn Animagus, what do you think?"

Sun Zhu nodded: "I support you, but I can't do it for now. I still have to work hard to overcome the Patronus Charm."

In fact, Tongzi's shop has many props. No matter what kind of powerful spell, she can use it to achieve her goal. However, it is most reassuring to have full control of power by herself. Now she can't get in touch with the Apparition that only adult wizards are allowed to learn, but she has to try her best to get other skills.

But Animagus is somewhat special. It is equivalent to the most complex and advanced transfiguration, except that the object of transformation is not an external object, but oneself.

To feel her body twisting and transforming into another completely unfamiliar animal requires not only abundant magic power and endurance, but also sufficient mental preparation. Otherwise, even if she likes kittens, she will still be a little scared when she sees her hands turning into cat paws.

In addition, Tongzi's reminder made her more hesitant, because she couldn't predict what kind of animal she would become. It would be fine if she could become a beast with a neck and claws, but the scary thing was that she became a bug like Rita Skeeter. Whether she could accept it or not was another matter. The key point was that she would have nowhere to put her Sumeru beads and amethyst necklace.

After all, her only storage item is the Sniffer Bag, which is not convenient to carry with her all the time and is too conspicuous. Tongzi said that there are indeed space storage magic tools similar to the Qiankun Bag in the store, but the low-level ones are not suitable for high-level artifacts such as the Xumi Pearl. The high-level ones are too expensive. After putting them in, the artifacts will temporarily become ineffective due to the isolation of space. No matter how you look at it, it is impossible to achieve the best of both worlds.

Moreover, it would take too much time to train to become an Animagus. She didn't even have a clue about the Patronus Spell, let alone spare such a long time to prepare for the Animagus.

"When I graduate and the war is over, I will definitely learn it. This thing is just like a driver's license, you can use it, but you can't live without it." Sun Zhu silently made up his mind, "I just hope that by then, it won't be a caterpillar or a giant monkey, otherwise I will really be devastated!"

Cedric, who had no idea what Sun Zhu was thinking, also began to fantasize about it: "If I can succeed, I hope it will be a large animal."

"Why? Does it look impressive?"

"Then I can run with you on my back, or fly with you on my back."

"Haha." Sun Zhu laughed dryly, "I just hope you don't turn into something too weird."

Cedric said sadly, "How cruel! If that's the case, will you stay away from me?"

Sun Zhu nodded vigorously: "Of course, so you should try to become a lovable animal."