Under the faint light of the lantern, more than a dozen cold stars twinkled in the forest. Gawain could only clench his wand and shrink behind Hagrid as much as he could.

He had no doubt that as long as they made the slightest movement, the dozen or so cold stars would suddenly turn into flying arrows.

"Bane, is that you!"

Hagrid said in a calm voice, raising his crossbow.

"Hagrid, leave!

This is the domain of the centaurs.

Do you wizards want to break the contract?"

A heavy "tap-tap" sounded, and a rugged-looking centaur with a spear stepped out of the shadows.

Just like in the literal sense of the word.

Centaurs have human bodies.

But from the waist down, it is completely like the body of a horse.

He was naked, very burly, with a beard and shiny black hair.

"Dumbledore spoke to your elders!

Get out of the way, Bane!"

Hagrid said in a deep voice, not in the slightest in terms of momentum.

Even if the horseman stands upright,

It's just on par with him.

"I have not received orders from the elders, Hagrid, for the sake of knowing you, I will only say this once:

Leave, otherwise yours will be considered an invasion. ”

The centaur named Bane was about to poke the fingers of his left hand into Hagrid's face, and his black hair stood on end. The elbow of his right arm was pulled back, and the arm holding the spear was bulging.

This is the posture of the imminent attack.

"Bane, I'm here on Dumbledore's orders, and if you don't get out of the way, he'll be here next time. ”

Hagrid's eyes narrowed in anger as well, and he clenched his crossbow tightly, making an overwhelming "creak" as he gripped the handle.

He took a step forward and let Gawain hide.

But Gawain was already standing beside him.

"Oh, the foal, the thin, the delicate, the arrogant, the arrogant, the audacity to want the most noble inheritance of the centaurs for thousands of years?!"

Bane let out a "huh", shook off the confrontation with Hagrid, leaned down and glared at Gawain.

He tried to poke Gawain's chest with his carrot-thin fingers, but Gawain slapped him mercilessly with his left hand.

"Bane, now that you know the purpose of Gao Wenlai, you should get out of the way!

Do you want to disobey your elders?!"

Hagrid slammed between Gawain and Bane.

His voice seemed to be squeezed out of his throat, his eyes had become a little red, and his already extremely burly figure had grown stronger.

Gawain swore he had never imagined that Hagrid would be so intimidating when he was actually angry.

"I will never admit a wizard's foal!

No way to be like him!

My spear hasn't tasted the blood of a mongrel yet!"

Bane was also taken a step back by Hagrid's appearance, and his already dark face became even more ugly with annoyance.

He raised the spear in his hand, echoing his movements, and the cold light in the shadows of the woods rose as well, ready to strike.

No one spoke.

At swords' points.

"Hmph, Gawain, let's go back, Professor Dumbledore will have a way. ”

But at the end of the confrontation, it was Hagrid who snorted unwillingly, put down the crossbow in his hand, and was about to escort Gawain away.

"Wait, Hagrid. ”

His hand was grabbed by Gawain.

"I think I have a way. ”

Gawain stepped forward.

"Bane, right?"

He looked up and met the centaurs.

The centaur chuckled and bowed his head.

"I can understand that you don't want me to accept your inheritance, but I came to the Forbidden Forest tonight, and I didn't plan to go back like this, so our problems are destined to be irreconcilable. ”

Bane craned his neck and said, "So what?"

"I have a proposal.

Since we can't solve the problem, how about solving the problem of the person who asked it?

I, Gauvin White, first year at Gryffindor House at Hogwarts, son of Colin, duel against you!

Gawain's wand flicked and pointed it at the centaurs.

He wasn't sure he would win, but he was pretty sure that this fight had to be fought, and it had to be won beautifully!

"Some fights must be fought, even if you have to lose, because once you admit defeat, your backbone as a man will never be able to stand up again.

Of course, the best case scenario is to be able to win and beat him hard until he admits defeat. ”

When Colin taught Gawain in his first fighting class, he never forgot half of it.

The words fell, and the air instantly froze.

"You!say!what!"

Bane shook his head violently and stared at Gawain, the hair all over his body standing on end, like sharp steel needles.

Undoubtedly, this title completely infuriated him.

"Get out of the way, Bane, I won't allow you to hurt him. And he's still a kid!"

Hagrid panicked to stop Bane.

"But in reality, this duel was approved by the stars. Good evening, Hagrid, and you, the wizard's foal. ”

With a "tap-tap" sound, another centaur stepped out of the woods.

His hair was brown, and although his physique was not as burly as Bane's, he was noticeably stronger and more majestic.

"Venus is exceptionally bright tonight. ”

Behind the centaur was a red-haired centaur with a sad smile on his face.

He didn't look at anyone in the room.

Staring blankly at the sky.

"Margaery... I thought you, as the leader, at least knew what it was!"

Hagrid questioned incredulously.

He is just sluggish and kind, by no means stupid.

Bane was just going a little too far, but he didn't disobey the elders' orders.

According to tradition, anyone must undergo a moral test, including courage, before receiving the lineage.

I don't want you to see the elders either. ”

Margaret shook her head, the red-haired centaur behind him with an even more sad expression on his face.

"Wizard's foal, I won't force you to do this duel, but you must apologize for insulting Bane, that's a serious offense. ”

The centaur leader lowered his body to look at Gawain again.

But Gawain responded with a disdainful sneer at the centaurs.

He had never seen such a brazen man, who had clearly planned everything, led the crowd to stop Hagrid, and connived at Bane's provocations, but he said it with such grandeur and compassion when he pulled the sidelines.

"Then duel, fair mule. ”

After Gawain finished speaking, without waiting for Margaret to respond, he turned and walked backwards, stopped and bowed after taking exactly thirty steps.

This is the rule of wizard duels.

"I'm not Hercules, but you're not as good as Hera in terms of gender. ”

The ebony wand seemed to know his fighting spirit, radiating a warm heat, as if it was meeting his call.

"Bain, I swear! If you dare to hurt Gawain by a hair, even if it costs my life, I will drive you out of this forest!"

Realizing that there was no longer any way to stop the duel, Hagrid pointed to Bane.

"Humph!"

Bane shook his hooves and grabbed the spear in his hand.