This is...... The path to the lair of the Eight-Eyed Spider. ”

In the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, Dumbledore looked solemnly at the footprints that spread into the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

As a wizard who had lived at Hogwarts for nearly a hundred years, he knew even better than Rubeus Hagrid about the distribution of the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest, whether it was unicorns, centaurs, or eight-eyed spiders.

Following the guidance of the illusion created by the Shadow Seeking Spell, it didn't take long for Dumbledore to determine the end of his journey.

If nothing else, Elena and Grindelwald should have already encountered the Eight-Eyed Spider.

After a little imagination of what he might see, Dumbledore shuddered and muttered to himself.

"Gellert, don't be impulsive. This is Hogwarts, not Paris......"

Syllable.

With a soft sound.

Dumbledore's figure appeared on the edge of the Eight-Eyed Spider's hollow.

The surrounding area was in a mess, almost all the trees in the area of ten meters around the depression were cut off, and the ground was full of potholes, as if it had just been hit by a meteor shower, and it was obvious that it had experienced an extremely tragic battle......

No, it's not a battle......

Perhaps, it would be more appropriate to describe it as a massacre......

Dumbledore's gaze slowly swept around, and the corpses of hundreds of eight-eyed giant spiders were scattered all over the spider's nest, and most of them died in a particularly miserable state, either being cut off by the waist, or more than half of their bodies were smashed into flesh.

What shocked Dumbledore most was that most of the dead Eight-Eyed Spiders were not left with their entire corpses - most of them had been brutally broken off eight arthropods, leaving only a mutilated body and a few broken limbs.

At this moment, a strange aroma wafted into Dumbledore's nose along the forest wind.

Looking down the steep slope, in the middle of the depression shrouded in fog and smoke, there was a faint flickering fire, and there were many huge black shadows moving around the firelight, and there seemed to be many eight-eyed giant spiders moving.

Finally...... What happened?

Faintly, you can hear click, click, smash, snort...... strange sounds.

Dumbledore's expression tightened suddenly, he swallowed slightly nervously, drew his wand and walked slowly.

“...... The best ingredients, only the simplest way to cook them......"

"In order to move flexibly through the dense forest, the arthropods of the fluffy soft-shell crab are rich in protein, and although they taste similar to the texture of tender chicken, they actually contain almost no lipids and sterols, making it ideal for the elderly. ”

"However, when cutting this fluffy soft crab leg, you should pay special attention to the remaining nerve endings inside may reflexively struggle a few times, and then only need to be roasted on the flame a few times before it will not move. ”

“...... It's delicious, old man. I'll just say, if you want to taste it, you'll love it. ”

"Aragog, don't move the one on the left, it's just plugged in, it's not cooked yet!"

"Lu Wei, you too, squat! I'll have your share later!"

"Hey, the one next to me, the legs here are almost finished, you can go around and fold a few more and send them over......"

As Dumbledore slowly approached, the whispers of the devil by the fire gradually became clear.

I saw Elena roasting spider legs on the bonfire, while methodically ordering and explaining the eating experience of what [fluffy soft-shell crab] was, her delicate little face was red by the flames, and the corners of her mouth were pouting with a satisfied smile.

And beside the silver-haired little witch, Grindelwald leaned on Louway's big furry paws, and was holding a fragrant crunchy spider leg with a look of enjoyment and gobbling it up, regardless of the envious eyes of the three-headed big dog next to him who was dripping with saliva.

A little farther away, in front of a semicircular giant spider web, an old spider the size of a small elephant lay quietly on the ground, its long claws occasionally fiddling with the spider's legs inserted by the campfire, making a clicking sound.

Dumbledore glanced at the empty spider leg shells that the girl had discarded around at random, and immediately understood who was the author of those mutilated spider corpses, and why......

"Professor Dumbledore, you're here. ”

Hearing the noise behind her, Elena glanced back and nodded, which was kind of a hello.

"It's not a coincidence that you're here, though, and you'll have to wait a bit, as a new batch of soft-shell crab legs has just started to be roasted. ”

"Softshell...... Crab?!"

"That's right, the full name is the Scottish Forbidden Forest Fluffy Softshell Crab. Oh, that's what happened on the fire. ”

"Oh, I see...... Heh, hehehehe......"

Albus Dumbledore took a deep breath, his cheeks stiffened, and a look of helplessness appeared on his face.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered the "Scottish round-faced fat chicken" he heard when he first met Elena a few months ago—this little girl seemed to have a certain cognitive impairment in recognizing animals.

"Albus, don't stand, come and have a taste together......"

Noticing the arrival of his old friend, Grindelwald, who was originally half-lying, stood up, raised the half-gnawed "roasted soft-shell crab leg" in his hand and shook it towards the old wizard, grinning and saying.

Glancing around at the spider remains, Dumbledore shook his head politely.

"I don't have to...... Huh!?"

Before Dumbledore could excuse himself, Grindelwald raised his eyebrows, showed a wicked smile, and directly stabbed the black and thick cylinder into Dumbledore's mouth, blocking the old wizard's words in his throat.

"It's good to suck it directly, it tastes great! ”

"Hmm Hmmm......"

Dumbledore frowned and pulled out the spider leg from his mouth - although, it did smell good?

But it's not about eating!

The old wizard first glared at Grindelwald fiercely, and then swept Elena again, with a slight certainty in his heart.

The two of them were neatly dressed, and they didn't see any obvious scars, compared to a certain Defence Against the Dark Arts professor who had only one breath left, it was almost as if they had just returned from an autumn trip in the Forbidden Forest.

Seem...... And there's nothing too big of a problem.

It seems that Tom's strength with only the remnant soul is indeed weakened very much, maybe the difficulty of the level near the Philosopher's Stone should be reduced slightly, if there is no hope of stealing, Professor Quirrell is always running outside the school.

"You two, do you know that the castle is about to be rampant now?!"

Dumbledore grimaced and looked at Elena and Grindelwald with a serious expression.

"The fate of a full-fledged professor is unknown, the whereabouts of a student are unknown, and there are dark forces poaching unicorns in the Forbidden Forest outside the university...... The most important thing is that the whole school knows about it, what are you going to do?!"

"Don't be in a hurry, don't you have time......"

Elena shrugged her shoulders and removed a steaming eight-eyed spider's leg from the campfire, smelling of roasted king crab.

"I'm sure you must have a lot of confusion in your heart at this time, don't worry, let's talk while eating...... Anyway, there are a lot of fluffy soft-shell crab legs around, and I'm going to bake a little more by the way, just in time to take them back for the next Hogwarts special. ”

"It's not ......," Dumbledore frowned.

"The soul that possessed Quirinus Quirrell is the same Voldemort who disappeared ten years ago, right?"

Just then, Gellert Grindelwald grinned and interrupted abruptly.

"I've fought against him with Elena, so don't try to hide it anymore. That young man's basic magic skills and duel awareness were not bad, but his strength could barely be exerted, and even Lu Wei couldn't beat him. But ......"

Grindelwald paused, a hint of admiration and seriousness flashing in his eyes.

"Even so, he was able to deal with the crisis sensibly and calmly, and in a state that was not even a remnant, he played a role that could affect the situation, which is quite remarkable - in the face of such a wizard, Albus, do you think about how to deal with it?"

As a full-fledged Dark Lord, Grindelwald has now learned not to underestimate the power of any wizard, after all, he has paid a price for it over the years.

"Voldemort, well, I'd like to think about what to say. ”

Dumbledore muttered thoughtfully, glanced at Elena with a calm face, and Gellert Grindelwald beside him, rubbed his eyebrows with some headaches, and subconsciously took the roasted spider leg handed over by Elena and took a bite.

"Hmm...... His current situation is more complicated, so let me talk about it briefly......"

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