The time is getting hotter day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it is midsummer.

On this day, from the morning onwards, the sky of White Rock City was overcast, the air was humid, and the weather was extremely hot.

In the afternoon, the wind was born, followed by a light rain, which was not as pleasant as a pouring rain, but it also brought coolness.

Pedestrians ran through the rain curtain, shouting and running back to their houses, and some idle aristocrats called their friends to drink and have fun in their own yards.

In rainy weather, most people become lazy inexplicably, don't want to work, and spend time in various ways.

And Pandora, who has always been lazy, will naturally not be active in this case, and will fall asleep on the bed, not even bothering to turn over.

Laboratory, inside the main laboratory.

"Bang ......"

Cool raindrops knock on the window.

Richard stood in front of the window, dressed in some formal, black clothes, looking through the window at a few green plants in the yard, as if enjoying the rain, but in his heart he was silently estimating the time.

Estimating that it was almost over, Richard turned to look at Pandora on the bed, and said loudly, "I'm going to go out, it may take a while, you ...... Be honest. ”

Pandora didn't respond.

"Don't do any more vandalism, like thinking about tearing down the house or something, the roof has just been repaired. ”

Pandora continued to be unresponsive.

"If there's another thief or something, stop them, don't let them empty their things, you have to play a role anyway, don't you? But don't be too heavy, and keep the other person breathing so that I can ask questions. Before, what you did to Gutas was very inappropriate. ”

Pandora finally reacted, and reluctantly rolled over, like a little lazy pig, arched her head into the fluffy white feather pillow, and said very simply: I have memorized everything!

Ricky looked at it, shook his head lightly, picked up an umbrella from the corner, opened it, and walked out.

Walking out of the courtyard, Richard saw a spacious four-wheeled carriage parked in the street, which had been paid for before.

The old groom, dressed in a tattered cloak and raincoat, had been waiting in the carriage for a long time. After seeing Richard, he turned over and got out of the carriage, stepped on the rain and put the wooden bench for Richard to get into the carriage, and asked Richard to board the carriage and enter the carriage.

Then the old groom got back on his horse, pulled the reins, and drove the carriage down the street.

Richard sat down in the carriage and said to the old groom, "Go to the residence of the Suladians University." ”

"Yes. The old groom replied simply, took control of the carriage into the street, and then pulled the reins, so that the horses pulling the carriage turned to the left and drove onto a road that spiraled downward.

The horseshoe nailed to the horseshoe stepped on the wet bluestone ground, making a crisp sound of "da-da-da", and the carriage went briskly all the way away.

......

After a while, the carriage stopped in front of a relatively imposing courtyard in White Rock City.

Richard stepped out of the carriage, told the groom to wait, and walked to the porch of the courtyard.

A man stood in the porch, in his thirties, in a sturdy build, dressed as a servant, dressed in a gray coarse linen garment.

Seeing Richard approaching, the other party was a little vigilant, stretched out his hand to stop Richard, and said loudly: "This is the home of the Suaddians University, the University is usually very busy, and if you don't see the others, I don't know if you are ......"

"I have an appointment with a university scholar. Richard said, pulling an invitation from his sleeve and handing it out.

After the other party took it, he looked at it carefully, showing a respectful expression. As soon as he turned around, he got out of the way, and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation: "Guests, please come in, someone will entertain you in the house." ”

"There is labor. Richard nodded, and strode through the courtyard door.

Walking down a cobblestone path and through a garden full of plants, Richard walked into the spacious living room.

In the living room, a beautiful girl with big bright eyes was standing, and after looking at Richard, she quickly approached and asked politely, "Are you a guest with Grandpa?"

"Well, yes. Richard replied, glanced at the girl, learned that the other party was the granddaughter of the university scholar Thorates, and said loudly, "The original agreement with the university scholar was this afternoon." ”

"Well, please come here first. The beautiful girl with big eyes listened, led Richard to the side, walked into a small waiting room, beckoned to the seats in the room, and said, "Excuse me for a moment." My grandpa is talking to another person right now, and when they're done, they can see you. ”

"Good. Richard nodded, he didn't complain anything, he came here as a guest, and naturally he was a guest.

Walking to his seat, Richard bent down and sat down, when he suddenly heard a faint meow of a cat next to him.

"Meow—"

Richard raised his eyebrows, the tension on the big-eyed girl's face flashed, and he said quickly: "Uh...... Well, I've got something to do right now, so I'm going to get busy first, but ...... Is that okay?"

"Absolutely. Richard raised his hand and smiled, "Please." ”

"Thank you. The girl said, and ran out of the small room quickly.

As the girl left, Richard's small room fell silent, and Richard looked at the room with some boredom. Then I heard a faint cat meow coming from next door, followed by an "oops", like a girl's exclamation.

Richard's eyes flashed, and he slowly stood up. According to his principle, he was not prepared to meddle, but out of curiosity, he walked out of the room.

Following the voice, Richard walked to the door of a nearby room. I saw that the door was ajar, and through the crack in the door, you could see many cats moving inside. Cats vary in color, breed, and size, from small white cats with milky voices, to extra-large orange cats that move from the ground to mountains, to striped cats that are as fast as the wind and extremely lively, and black cats that are unusually silent and nest on the ground.

The big-eyed girl, sitting on the floor in the room at this time, was staring at a tabby striped cat, with a puffed face, and the expression on her face was both angry and funny.

Richard was slightly surprised.

According to what he learned, the current atmosphere on the East Coast is similar to that of the Middle Ages on modern Earth, and most people hate cats, believing them to be evil creatures and the devil's pets. The killing and abusing of cats has never stopped, and although it is not as crazy as in the history of modern earth, it is not much better.

Richard suspected that killing too many cats would cause a rat population to overflow, causing the plague, and the Black Death, which once wiped out one-third of Europeans in the history of modern earth, would one day break out here. However, considering the special abilities of many wizards, maybe fewer people will die by then.

But in any case, it is really rare in this wizarding world to keep cats as pets like modern people on Earth, and to keep more than one at a time.

Seeing the situation in the room, Richard had almost guessed what had just happened, his curiosity was resolved, his eyes flashed, and he turned around and prepared to leave.

At this time, the tabby striped cat in the room who was confronting the big-eyed girl was sensitive to something, stopped looking at the girl, and suddenly looked in the direction of the door.

The big-eyed girl in the room turned her head, first stunned, then stood up in a bit of a panic, and opened the door: "Who is it?" ”

Richard, who was thinking of leaving quietly, saw the girl open the door, so he had to stop, blinked, and explained: "Well, that's right, just now, I heard in the room that you seemed to be frightened, so come and have a look." Say, you ...... Nothing, right?"

"Uh, no, it's fine. The girl said nervously, trying her best to cover Richard's vision with her body, trying to prevent Richard from seeing the cat inside.

At this time, a cat was very uncooperative and barked: "Meow!"