Page 106
The eagle tilted its head and continued to look at him, with its beak slightly open, as if smiling.
"Mr. Owl?" After waiting quietly for a while, Leon couldn't help but call softly.
It finally made some movement.
The wings flapped, flew through the window and landed on his shoulder.
The sudden movement made Leon's body freeze and he dared not move. His brain was working frantically, thinking about the deeper meaning of Mr. Owl's behavior.
"咚咚-"
"Leon!"
Outside the door, Clayce called in a low voice.
He turned around instinctively, but still slowed down on the way for fear of startling the owl on his shoulder.
Before he could take a step, the door was pushed open.
Clessie, who was in the aisle, had her head tilted slightly to the left and her whole body was stiff.
The reason why his posture looks like a robot is because there is a gray-brown owl squatting on his right shoulder.
Chapter 120 How to tell if an owl is a gentleman or a lady
Leon and Claysi sat side by side on the sofa in the living room.
There was no chatting or watching TV, and the phones were in their pockets. They just sat in a row.
"Hey, Leon." After sitting there for a long time, Claysi couldn't hold back and asked in a low voice, "What should we do now?
Why is Mr. Owl ignoring me? Did I do something to make it angry? "
Glancing at the snow-white owl on his right shoulder, Leon said, “I don’t know either.
Maybe... we got the gender wrong and should call her Ms. Owl?"
"But I can't tell the difference between male and female owls." Claysey subconsciously wanted to scratch her head, but then she realized there was a gray-brown owl squatting on her shoulder, and she quickly stopped raising her arm slightly.
Lyon knows a little about this.
During work, he would take time out to read various unpopular books. He once saw how to identify male and female owls in a book about owls.
Use your fingers to feel the space between the pubic bones behind your legs on your abdomen.
Because female birds need to lay eggs, the distance between the pubic ends is larger, while the distance between the pubic ends of male birds is narrower.
It sounds simple, and the owl is right on your shoulder, within your reach.
The problem is... he doesn't dare!
This is a magician's pet, and its eyes are so human. If I reach out to it and make it angry, it might use magic to teach me a lesson.
As he was thinking, the owl narrowed his eyes.
This ambiguous action made them panic and they immediately reflected whether their previous words had angered it.
Suddenly, Claysie’s eyes lit up: “Leon, I understand.
Owl is a human-created name, and they probably don’t call themselves that.”
"You mean, they don't like this name?"
"I think so."
Although it sounds like the truth, it is only a guess after all and it is impossible to confirm its authenticity.
Besides, even if they guessed correctly, they didn't know what name the owl gave them.
"Goo-"
The strange sound beside him attracted Leon's attention. He slowly turned his head to look and saw that it was the sound coming from Claysie's stomach.
"are you hungry?"
"Please, Leon." Clessie said with a bitter face, and pointed to the wall clock with her eyes, "We sat here from five to nine, and we didn't have lunch today."
"Then... go downstairs?"
After that, the two looked over their shoulders, and Claysey asked carefully, "Owl first..., we are going out for dinner, do you want to join us? There is a McDonald's downstairs from the apartment building.
The fried wings in their shop..."
"Shut up!"
"Uh..." He recovered and realized that he had said the wrong thing. He was a little embarrassed. "Chicken is on the owl's menu."
"They are all wings, maybe it will evoke an association."
There was a long silence, and finally, they were too hungry to bear it anymore and decided to order takeout.
I called to place the order, and about an hour later, someone rang the doorbell.
Leon stood up tentatively, and when he saw that the owl beside his head did not move, he breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the entrance as steadily as possible to open the door.
However, the person standing outside the door was not the delivery man.
"Sir, we meet again." Toby, who came alone, smiled and waved to greet him. "I came here today because... Sir, privately capturing and raising owls is a crime that violates the kingdom's constitution."
"It flew into the house by itself."
"From where?"
"Bedroom window."
Toby remembered that this apartment building was equipped with anti-theft windows. Was he lying?
To confirm, he walked into the house, strode to the bedroom door, and checked the wall with windows opposite, but the security window was gone.
Returning to the entrance: "Where is the anti-theft window?"
Leon recalled the scene of opening the window a few hours ago, and was suddenly shocked. Yes, where is the anti-theft window in my bedroom?
Does it do that?
He moved his eyes to the right, staring at the owl, and hesitated: "Maybe it was dismantled by it."
Toby looked confused: "Are you trying to tell me that an owl flew to the bedroom window on the 18th floor and removed the security window to get in?
And squatting on a human's shoulder and refusing to leave?"
Swallowing nervously, Leon said, "It's roughly what you think, but there are some errors in the details.
It came into the room because I opened the window."
“I’m sorry, but unless it really is a magical owl, all I can say is that you’re trying to trick me with a stupid lie.
For your future life, I suggest you release this one..." He glanced at Clessie on the sofa, "release both owls."
Hearing this, Claysey was very dissatisfied: "Mr. Toby from the CIA, Leon did not lie."
"Haha." Toby laughed and pointed at his shoulder. "You mean this owl has the same origin?"
"That's right!"
“Do I look like an idiot?”
"but……"
Leon was about to explain, but was interrupted by two owls that suddenly flew to the ceiling.
The three of them instinctively looked up.
Two owls, one snow-white and one gray, were circling overhead. After a few seconds, large pieces of feathers appeared out of thin air and scattered in all directions.
When all the feathers fell to the ground, the owl was nowhere to be seen, as if it had never been there.
"I know it, I know it!" Clessie jumped up from the sofa, "Oh damn, you bastard, you scared the owl that delivered the letter away!
Return my interview letter to me!"
After recovering from his shock, Toby ignored his angry scolding and stared at the feathers on the ground with his eyes as if emitting rays of light.
This is the feather left by the magician's pet!
Toby took off his suit jacket, spread it out on the tile floor, and quickly picked up all the feathers and put them in.
"We have to talk!" He wrapped his coat into a bundle and tied a knot with his sleeves. He said excitedly, "Now, no one can deny the existence of magicians!"
However, the two ignored his "chat" and stared at the suit wrapped in a ball. "Hey, this is the owl that sent us a letter.
you can not……"
Toby showed his ID. They were silent for a while, and at the same time they tried to say, "At least leave a few for us."
"I believe it will come back to you."
"This time." Toby hugged his coat tightly as if to protect his wife. "We have something important to do and need your help."
At his request, the three of them sat down on the sofa - Claysie and Leon sat together, and Toby sat opposite them.
“In recent days, I have sought clues from everyone who was present when the magician appeared.
Toby protected his feather-wrapped coat with both hands: "According to the information they provided, you were the only ones who had physical contact with the magician at the time, right?"
They looked at each other and nodded, "Yes."
After a moment of contemplation, Toby said, "I even made a special trip to meet Rowling. Do you know Rowling?"
"Are you kidding me? We are fans of her books."
"Rowling told me that the world in the novel was all fantasy and that she had never seen a magician, so I originally trusted her explanation.
But seeing those two owls..."
He suddenly stood up and said, "You two, we need your assistance in investigating this matter at any time. If you want to leave Lundun, please report it in advance."
After saying that, he stood up and walked out of the house holding his suit. He had to talk to Ms. Rowling, immediately!
Although he was anxious, Toby was still polite and remembered to close the door.
Only Leon and Claysi were left sitting on the sofa. They looked at each other and wailed together: “My admission interview letter!”
Chapter 121 Rowling, Toby, and the Magician.