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In the evening, Cassandra called on the Lovegoods.
Apparently, Cassandra had better luck.
By the time Cassandra landed from her broomstick, she had seen the Lovegood house open from a distance.
A carriage was parked outside the door, and there was a strange and even frightening creature in front of the carriage.
Thestrals.
Although it looks like a horse, it's more like a reptile.
There is no flesh on their bodies, the black fur is tightly attached to the skeleton, and every bone is clearly visible.
Their heads were like those of a dragon, and their pupilless eyes were white and staring intently.
From the hump between the shoulder bones grew wings—big, black, sturdy wings that looked as though they might have belonged to a gigantic bat.
Thestrals have a reputation for being creepy, not just because of their reptilian looks, but because they are considered a sign of bad luck and can bring death.
But in fact, this is just a manifestation of the characteristics of this magical animal.
Only those who have witnessed death can see this animal.
And although it is the same level as the troll, it is smarter than the troll.
After a certain amount of training, it knows how to distinguish between master, friend and enemy, and is even very loyal, willing to fight for its master.
For example, the Thestral in front of Cassandra now has a rein on its body, acting as a pulling animal.
Cassandra looked at the Thestrals, and the Thestrals looked at Cassandra.
There seemed to be a hint of curiosity in the pale eyes.
An impulse welled up in Cassandra's heart, she curled her fingers, but held back.
The habit of watching and masturbating is really not good.
"Do you want to touch it?"
Suddenly, a light voice sounded in Cassandra's ear.
It's like a wind chime suddenly ringing in a quiet afternoon.
Cassandra turned her head to look, and a girl with delicate face and long blond hair appeared beside Cassandra.
He was staring at Cassandra curiously with light silver eyes.
She looks messed up.
The blond hair is messy, and the tail seems to be curled up because of improper care; the clothes are messy, and some are worn out. Not to mention the matching is even more dizzying; especially around her neck is a string made of butter beer corks. The necklace gave people an incomprehensible confusion.
But maybe because she hasn't entered school yet, she doesn't have a magic wand stuck behind her left ear. This is probably the biggest difference between her and Cassandra's impression.
The girl in front of her is Luna Lovegood.
Ravenclaw, who is called a crazy girl, may actually be just her cleverness, which has reached the point where it is not understood by ordinary people.
"Are you talking to me?"
Cassandra asked politely, after all, she and Luna don't know each other now.
However, what Cassandra couldn't understand was that Luna suddenly closed her eyes.
Smile and say, "Yes, I'm talking to you."
If it was an ordinary person, they might think that Luna was provocative, or that Luna was really a hopeless crazy girl.
Cassandra wondered what Luna was thinking now.
Because all the plots in the original book proved that Luna was never a crazy girl.
"Then why do you close your eyes?"
Cassandra's tone was full of curiosity, and even a hint of excitement could be faintly heard.
This made Luna a little confused.
"Don't you think it's weird what I just did?"
"Since you know it's weird, but you still do it, there must be more reason, right?"
Luna laughed happily. The beautiful girl in front of her seemed to be different from ordinary people.
"Because you are so beautiful, I dare not look at you."
Cassandra was slightly taken aback.
"I always feel that if I look at you a few more times, I can't help but change my opinion of you."
"That's not good, it's disrespectful to you."
Cassandra fell silent for a moment.
Looking at the dirty and messy girl in front of me, I don't know why.
Just looking at her smiling with her eyes closed, Cassandra felt that a stone had fallen from the bottom of her heart.
As if in front of her, all necessity of disguise seemed to be lost.
"Do you still want to touch it?"
Luna continued: "This is a domesticated thestral. It won't hurt you, as long as you look into its eyes patiently and don't show any aggressive movements."
"it is good."
Cassandra answered softly, Luna raised her hand, and carefully touched Cassandra step by step.
She still closed her eyes, not daring to open them.
After she got close, Cassandra raised her hand and gently grabbed her fingers, but Luna immediately reversed her grip and pulled Cassandra forward.
"I can't see, can you please take me there?"
Cassandra found it slightly amused.
It was Luna who invited her to play thestrals, but now that Luna closed her eyes, Cassandra led the way instead.
Ordinary people have probably been scared away by this weird scene.
Cassandra, on the other hand, was a little bit willing, and brought Luna closer to the Thestrals step by step.
Seeing the two humans approaching, thestrals were instinctively uneasy.
But obviously it knew Luna, its head turned to Luna for a while, Cassandra for a while, and finally it chose to be quiet.
Luna's hand touched the Thestral's head.
"Look, they just look scary, but they're actually docile."
"Everyone thinks it brings death. In fact, only those who have seen death can see it."
Cassandra stretched out her hand, her eyes met the Thestral's, and she slowly imitated Luna to put down her hand.
Seeing that Cassandra was so careful, thestrals also lowered their vigilance and lowered their heads slightly.
When Cassandra's hand rested on the Thestral's head, a reptilian scale felt through her palm.
Afterwards, Cassandra placed her hand on the back of the Thestral's neck.
It feels much more comfortable here because of the long mane.
As if approving of Cassandra's touch, the Thestral shook its head and flapped its wings a few times.
"Don't you wonder why I saw thestrals?"
Cassandra looked at Luna beside her and couldn't help asking.
Luna shook her head: "Seeing death is never a happy thing. I don't like making others unhappy."
The two of them stroked the Thestrals like this, and cultivated their relationship with Thestrals, until a strong wizard walked out of the room with a big box and put the house on the carriage.
"Hey Luna, I'm off to deliver magazines."
The robust wizard reminded Luna, and then looked at Cassandra curiously.
Cassandra's charm is also effective for adult wizards, but it is not enough to directly make the other party lose their temper, so he quickly put into work.
"We need to get out of the way. If you like thestrals, I can take you to play with them next time."
Luna pulled Cassandra back, all the way to the side of the road.
Thestral pulled up the carriage and quickly disappeared in front of the two of them.
"Hey Luna, do you want to finish your meal now? Also, who is she?"
Another dirty and messy blond figure came out of the room. It was Luna's father, Xenophilius Lovegood.
Seeing him, Cassandra suddenly understood why the father and daughter looked dirty and messy.
This is probably the pain of single fathers.
It's not that he doesn't love his daughter, but I'm afraid he doesn't have any positive effect on teaching his daughter how to dress up and look good.
It may even have played a considerable degree of counterproductive.
"Ah, I haven't asked your name yet."
"I'm Luna, according to my father, my name means moon."
"What about you?"
Luna seemed to want to shake hands with Cassandra, but found that the hands of the two had not been separated since just now.
"Cassandra, Cassandra Malfoy."
"Nice to meet you."
Luna still closed her eyes, smiling.
"Did you pass by here, or lost your way, and I haven't heard of anyone with the surname Malfoy nearby."
Xenophilius came over and looked at Cassandra in surprise. He also heard the conversation between the two.
"The Malfoys?"
"Yes, sir."
Xenophilius put away his idle attitude a little bit, he naturally knew Malfoy from the pure blood family.