The relationship between Riddle and Xiao Ao has finally developed, but four years has only been this progress, how do you think I should complain OTZ

So I calmly decided to release the poisonous tongue professor and let Xiao Ao tease him, otherwise I will definitely be depressed to death by these two (Public: Nai roll, isn't this kind of chronic sub-development of warm boiled water your consistent style!). ）

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Gold Coin 2 (Positive): Troubled.

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Forbidden Forest, United Kingdom

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Alas, it's always a bit boring......

Somewhat depressed, she sat down at the root of the tallest pine tree near the edge of the center of the Forbidden Forest, Opal's cheeks puffed out, her fingers unconsciously teasing the little animals gathered around her.

Riddle went out again, though he said he was going to find some books for her to read—after all, the Centaurs and the books he had for her had already been memorized.

But when he wasn't there, he was really a little flustered, and he couldn't get up no matter what he did...... (Tianyin: I'm sure again, Xiao Ao is a V-control is hopeless, really.) ）

Glancing at the Emerald who was guarding not far away, Opal sighed softly and leaned back against the trunk of the tree and stretched. I took the book I put aside, and I flipped through the pages for a while.

At this time, she was already six years old, and her facial features with baby fat could already be seen in the prototype of future beauty. At first glance, it is an indescribable softness, and when you look closely, you will always feel that the contours of the facial features reveal a gentle and heroic spirit that is close to neutral, just like the soft and restrained, warm and beautiful temperament that Opal has begun to take shape in recent years, and has gradually transformed from the original simple childishness.

Like the bright silver glow in the night sky, it is not dazzling or public, but it has a kind of elegance precipitated from the blood and bones.

In addition, Opal's body has been trained and baptized by potions over the years, both muscles and muscles have become more flexible, although it looks slender, but the explosive power contained in it is considered to be the best in the same age level even among the centaur clan.

When Opal frolicks and roams nimbly with her friends in the forest, everyone who sees her will think she is an elf and not a human.

That is for modern times, it is close to extinction, and only exists in "legends".

Ever since she was two years old, she had been transformed into a unicorn in full view of Riddle for fear of her, and she had been living in a state of near-semi-confinement for the past few years, with at least one of Filensette and Ronan followed wherever she went—except when she was with Riddle.

Although Riddle later told Kron through Vivien, the "Fairy of the Lake", that Riddle had entered the growth period of the Qi and needed to go back, and Opal had summoned her to the Secret Realm of the Lake because she had fulfilled a friend's request.

So when the last two of them returned to the Forbidden Forest together, it didn't cause much trouble, but Fei Leng Cui and Ronan occasionally looked at Riddle's gaze, which was very strange.

However, Caron has always had a smiling attitude towards this, occasionally sighing that "the son of Gaia" or "Qi tribe" is really "worthy of being a favored existence" and something like that, and the people who listened were in a fog.

Really, when will Riddle be back!

Rubbing his eyes, Opal, who was a little sleepy, sighed dissatisfiedly again.

Since she was three years old, she dreams about a lot of things almost every night when she goes to sleep.

The voice told her that this was the inheritance of being the "Son of Gaia", that it was an obligation that she had to undergo and something that she had to go through.

However, that kind of dream was still a little too difficult for her to accept.

As a human being, Opal is not unaware of what the so-called "inferior roots" are, and he is also well aware that human persecution of nature is not a matter of one or two days.

However, there are some things that are difficult to feel if you have not experienced them personally.

And this dream is like this, allowing Opal to directly confront the sins committed by human beings from the perspective of "creatures".

From the ancient ancestral dragon to the now aggrieved wurm that has been raised in captivity, from the ancient creatures that once dominated the magic world to the magical creatures that are now on the verge of extinction, the once happy life has been destroyed only because they have useful materials for human beings, or they have no quarrel with the world at all but can only choose to migrate because the living environment has been destroyed, and finally remember the once beautiful home and swallow the last breath in a completely unfamiliar land......

One by one, it is all the "sins" of human beings.

Every time he woke up from a dream, Opal felt as if he had become a little colder to the species of "humans" because of it.

Because there is no longer even the mood of "disappointment".

And this situation directly led to the gradual decline in the quality of Opar's sleep, so that even the daytime activities became listless, and there was a time when such Opal made the centaurs anxious for this.

And in the end, it was Opal himself who discovered that only by Riddle's side could he get the best rest.

Although she can also dream, the infection of the desperate emotion in the dream will be reduced a lot, and it is the degree to which she can resolve it on her own.

Riddle didn't say anything about it, but he never refused her approach again at night.

Occasionally, when Opal woke up in the middle of the night with a nightmare, although Riddle, who was sleeping beside him, always frowned and looked unhappy when he was woken up, but in the end, he only half-raised his hand to let her lean into her arms, and did not run her hair for a moment.

After that, she could count his steady heartbeat and fall back asleep.

Then, get a good night's sleep.

But this time, Riddle had been gone for too long, five days......

Obviously, it was only about three days before that I could turn around.

Straightening up a little irritably, Opal waved his hand to let the critters that were close to him leave.

Then she patted the ash that didn't exist on her body, and stroked the pine tree that had been adjusting the shade to help her block the sun. Then I received a message from the pine tree with a cheerful and shy voice.

The only way to communicate with Opal is the magical plants, ordinary plants can only communicate certain emotions, and the other is to show some of the images they see that belong to the "past" under the stimulation of Opal's magic. Animals, on the other hand, may be able to help her a lot because of their relative rank.

She prefers to get along with these plants and animals than with humans. Completely simple and scheming, some are just the most simple kindness.

In this kind of environment, I really feel quite comfortable.

After that, Opal nodded at Fei Leng Cui, who was walking towards her after seeing her get up, and directly transformed into a unicorn.

Forget it, it's better to run in the forest for a while.

By the way, she could also help Bennas pick some herbs - she remembered hearing him complain yesterday that the centaurs were running out of herbs lately, but he couldn't spare anyone to pick them.

Speaking of which, the Centaur seems to have been quite busy lately, and Charon has often been absent from the clan, saying that he has something important to meet his old friend.

And the warriors of the clan often went out with him.

If it weren't for the fact that he was going to stay and take care of her, I'm afraid that Fei Leng Cui and Ronan would also have to go out with Charon.

Occasionally, when listening to Philemerald, Ronan, and Bennas chatting, I heard them mention that it seemed that the Death Eaters seemed to be resurrecting in recent years, but it didn't make much of a difference, but the members of the Order of the Phoenix were exhausted by the wave of the east and west, so the man called "Dumbledore" asked for Charon's help in the name of "friend".

The Forbidden Forest is also under martial law in the vicinity of here, and due to the constraints of Gaia's Code, the Centaur Clan, as the "Guardian Clan", occasionally have to help the magical races attacked by the Death Eaters.

After all, because of the constraints of the Gaia Treaty, the centaurs should not have interfered too much in the wars between wizards.

Neutrality, this is the consistent position of the centaur clan.

But this kind of thing has nothing to do with her anyway.

For Opal, her world is small, small enough to fit the people she cares about.

――Are the other people irrelevant to you?

Isn't that a matter of course?

- Poof......

What are you laughing at?

――It's just that you're infected, but you're more or less affected by the inherited memories, and it's brutal to the point of being brutal.

Yes...... Is it?

After all, compared to humans, she prefers to get along with nature.

Of course, what she likes the most is the feeling of being with Riddle, because it is very comfortable and warm.

After turning his head and tilting his head at Fei Lengcui, who showed a helpless expression, Opal immediately rushed into the Forbidden Forest and ran.

In fact, she quite likes the feeling of chasing each other with the wind after the transformation.

It was a sense of fulfillment, different from being with Riddle.

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For Snape, it wasn't once or twice that he had gone into the Forbidden Forest to search for herbs, and in a way, he was definitely much more familiar with the Forbidden Forest than the half-giant who lived in the Watchman's Hut on the outer edge of the forest.

However, although he knew most of the species in the Forbidden Forest well, Snape still felt that his luck was not good or bad at the moment.

Originally, because the full moon was approaching and he didn't have enough materials in his hands, he went into the forest to collect several herbs to prepare the Wolfsbane Potion (Wolfsbane.Potion), so he never imagined that he would encounter such a situation.

At first, he was just curious to find a silvery-white liquid scattered in the grass that he had never seen before, because the liquid had an unusually abundant magic and aromatic smell, and contained a very strong life force, if he could add this liquid to the several potions he was contributing, then the quality effect could definitely go up a level.

He felt as if he had seen the liquid somewhere, so he traced it in the direction of the liquid's dispersion, but after pushing aside the vines that blocked his vision and seeing where the liquid was coming from, he only felt that his breath was about to condense.

Like a slender body and limbs carved out of the cleanest white jade, silver-white sideburns were scattered messily on the ground, and the small horn on its forehead that could only be seen by those with magical powers, with a pearl-like luster, showed its distinctive identity.

And at this moment, the wound on his left hind leg that made it lie on the ground and struggle, and what flowed outward was the silvery-white liquid he wanted.

The liquid he wanted was unicorn blood?!

Unicorns, I have heard of such a sacred and pure creature in the Forbidden Forest before.

But because of the unicorn's pride in not liking social life, and his habit of hating strangers, Snape never imagined that he would ever see such a magical creature in person.

Moreover, what he encountered was a wounded unicorn......

You know, unicorns are quite holy and pure creatures, and anyone who deliberately harms and kills them will be cursed forever - even a dark wizard will never harm such a creature unless he is the most insane.

So the question now is, what kind of person would have the audacity to hurt this sacred creature?

As if hearing the footsteps of someone coming, the sacred creature lying on its side due to a leg injury moved its ears and looked up in his direction.

The red eyes like the finest pigeon's blood rubies were clear and clean, and they seemed to contain water vapor, but they froze into the most solid ice in the blink of an eye.

The horns on his forehead that don't seem to have grown into a juvenile unicorn indicate the fact that he is still a juvenile unicorn.

Even if you just look at it, you can still feel a very sad aura - maybe you don't understand why someone would hurt it, right?

If it had been left alone, the unicorn would most likely have died of blood loss.

Although he does not have the same incomprehensible fanaticism for magical creatures as the half-giant, there is no way to ignore this legendary magical creature.

Moreover, if you can save this unicorn, although you don't expect anything in return, if you can, the unicorn's hair and saliva are also quite useful potion materials.

After a moment's hesitation, Snape took a tentative step forward

Almost at the same moment, a lynx sprang out of the trees to the side, blocking him and the unicorn, and sneered as if to warn Snape not to come any further.

Is this lynx protecting the unicorn?

As soon as this thought flashed, a soft and clean voice sounded in his head: [Dede, he has no ill intentions, let him come...... I need help now. ]

Could this be...... Psychic arts?

Snape's eyes flashed as he suddenly came into contact with a familiar scene.

The lynx whimpered and stepped aside, but its eyes were still fixed on Snape, threatening to bite him to death if he dared to do something bad.

But that momentum didn't matter to Snape.

[You...... Is it also a wizard? ]

After letting the lynx back away, the voice rang out again.

"Yes...... Are you talking? ”

His brow furrowed subconsciously, and Snape looked at the unicorn that was staring at him—it was a bit ridiculous, but there was never any detailed information about the unicorn in the book, perhaps it was a unicorn's talent.

[Hmm.] ]

Under his gaze, the unicorn nodded, "Can you help me remove that metal thing from the wound?" There's no way I can handle this. ]

She knew exactly what she was hurting herself, but as a magical creature who lived in seclusion, it was clear that she shouldn't know what a "bullet" was.

If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't run far because she injured her leg, and she was afraid that the bullet would get stuck in her body and shift when she recovered, she would have turned back to her human form to deal with this problem by herself.

Speaking of which, she really had good luck today......

After I go back, I will probably be grounded again because of this.

Because of an unexpected injury, Opal's mood at the moment can really only be described as "depressed".