"Aunt Leonie! I came to see you!"
Hearing Emily's familiar voice, Madam Flamel's eyes instantly lit up, immediately abandoning Link and quickly stepping to the castle gate.
"My little Emily! You really are growing more and more adorable!"
"Aunt Leonie! You're the one getting younger and younger!"
Madam Flamel and Emily had just met and immediately gave each other a hug. Then, at the castle entrance, they exchanged commercial compliments for quite a while before finally walking hand in hand into the castle.
At this moment, Link was still standing in the entrance hall.
When Emily saw Link face-to-face, with messy hair and two lipstick marks on his cheeks, she naturally also understood what had just happened.
For a moment, Emily covered her mouth and began to giggle.
This made Link feel a bit speechless. He raised his wand and cast a spell on himself to clean up, finally returning to normal.
At the same time, Madam Flamel was also chuckling and laughing for quite a while before smiling and asking, "Emily, how did you come over today?"
Hearing this, Emily came back to herself. She took a step back, straightened her face, then slightly lifted her skirt and said to Madam Flamel and Link, "I came to invite you and Link to attend the summer evening banquet held at my home in half a month."
"Banquet?" Madam Flamel said with some surprise, "Why did your father suddenly want to hold a banquet?"
As soon as these words came out, the smile on Emily's face immediately dimmed. She stood there with her head down, not saying a word.
Madam Flamel, seeing this, seemed to understand something. She snorted coldly and said, "Hah! Is he trying to find you a political marriage partner again?"
Emily still didn't speak, only kept her head lowered, rubbing her sleeve.
"I already said before, Emily will be my daughter-in-law in the future. Looks like that old Victoria is treating my words like farts."
"Don't worry, Emily, I will definitely attend this banquet. I want to see who dares disrespect me like this!" Madam Flamel spoke coldly. Her expression was serious yet icy, even making Link feel a kind of pressure.
Unfortunately, her words were just too thought-provoking.
Link instinctively let out an "Ah!" upon hearing that, his expression becoming extremely shocked.
"Ah what? Is my Emily not worthy of you?" Madam Flamel scolded with a stern face. "Look at what a beautiful girl she is!"
Madam Flamel's words made Link freeze for a moment, while Emily couldn't handle it anymore. She instantly turned red upon hearing that, immediately burrowed into Madam Flamel's arms, rubbing her head into her chest, and said in a soft, coy tone, "Aiya~ Aunt Leonie!~"
Madam Flamel was laughed silly by her teasing, while Link noticed that although Emily seemed to be acting cute with Madam Flamel, she kept sneakily glancing at him from the corner of her eye.
Look once, shrink back. After a while, peek again, then shrink back.
This made Link's expression quite tangled. He really didn't expect there to be some kind of relationship between him and Emily.
And judging from Emily's reaction, she herself seemed very satisfied with this engagement. No wonder she always secretly helped Link get revenge back at school.
To be honest, Link was also quite satisfied with this engagement. After all, Emily was truly very beautiful. Those long legs, that small face, tsk tsk…
But deep inside, Link still felt a bit uncomfortable.
However, Madam Flamel and Emily didn't care what Link thought. The two whispered for a while, then ran off hand-in-hand deeper into the castle.
Judging by the direction they left, they were probably going to "inspect" the pile of luxury goods Madam Flamel brought.
This made Link a bit troubled. Because this castle was a completely unfamiliar place to him, he didn't even know where his own room was.
Fortunately, although Madam Flamel already had Emily and forgot her son, the ever-dutiful Little Button hadn't forgotten his young master.
Just as Link was feeling troubled, Little Button appeared out of nowhere in front of him, looking at him with those large eyes and earnestly asked, "Young master, is there anything Little Button can help you with?"
Little Button's expression was a bit strange, it was a face that said, 'If you don't let me help, I'll cry.'
Seeing this, Link wasn't surprised. Back at Hogwarts, he had already dealt with these little creatures and deeply understood that they had been completely transformed into a kind of wizard's slave creature.
For them, serving wizards had become their purpose in life. The only way they could be freed from this slave life was if their master personally gave them a piece of clothing.
Clothes, socks, pants… Anything would do.
Only then could they break the contract binding them.
Unfortunately, although the chains binding their bodies were easy to break, the ones shackling their minds were not so easy.
You should know they had been domesticated by wizards for hundreds and thousands of years, their thoughts had long been twisted.
In their eyes, not working was shameful. Being given clothes by their master was the greatest humiliation.
The Ministry of Magic even had statistics showing that most house-elves committed suicide soon after being freed by their masters.
Link felt a lot of sympathy for these creatures, but he wasn't as naïve as Hermione in the original book, thinking he could completely liberate them. Now, all he could do was treat them a bit better.
Thinking this, Link smiled and nodded, "Then I'll trouble you. Please take me to my room, thank you."
But upon hearing this, Little Button froze in place. He stared blankly at Link, and only when big tears suddenly welled up in his large eyes did he finally speak.
"Uwaah! Young master just now actually said thank you to Little Button! This is the first time anyone has ever said thank you to Little Button! Little Button is so happy!" Little Button cried loudly while speaking, using his pillowcase to wipe his tears as he talked.
Link could swear this was the biggest flood of tears he had ever seen. Before long, that poor pillowcase was completely soaked.
"Alright, Little Button, don't cry. Quickly take me there."
Link said with some headache. He knew very well that if he didn't stop it, based on house-elves' nature, this guy could cry for an entire day.
And the truth was exactly as he expected. As soon as he spoke, Little Button immediately stopped crying and led him to a large door on the second floor.
"Young master, dinner will begin soon. When the time comes, Little Button will come notify you again. Also, if you have any orders, please call on Little Button. Dedicated Little Button is always ready to serve you!"
After escorting Link to the door, Little Button respectfully gave him a salute, and then disappeared into thin air just like when he arrived.
Link guessed he must have gone off to brag to the other house-elves about what had just happened.
Shaking his head, Link also pushed open the door and walked in.
Too many things had happened today, he needed to take time to sort them out.
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