Opal, you seem to be having a lot of fun cosplaying, aren't you afraid that sooner or later you will be schizophrenic if it continues like this......

Everyone welcomed Professor Snape's reappearance, and I have to admit that flirting with the professor when I'm depressed really helps my physical and mental health, well, I know it's true for Opal and me alike.

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magic wand

Follower (upright): A being that can be trusted.

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Hogwarts, Forbidden Forest, Woods

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Perhaps because of psychological reasons, the forest, which was originally dark due to the sparse moonlight when tracking spiders, is now quite peaceful and quiet when following the unicorn.

[Okay, follow the trail all the way and you'll be able to go back.] ]

After carrying Harry and Ron lightly to another path in the Forbidden Forest, the unicorn stopped and looked sideways at them.

And with its sound, accompanied by a cheerful "woop" dog bark, the teeth that had been scattered when they had been caught by the spider before pounced on Harry's body with joy, sticking out their tongues and licking his face.

“…… That, that ......"

Looking at the apparently young unicorn in front of him, Harry didn't know why, and suddenly confused the magical creature in front of him with someone in Slytherin, so he became more and more confused, "What I want to say is...... Thank you, thank you......"

[Didn't you already thank you before?] ]

The unicorn tilted its head, and after greeting Harry Ron in a friendly way, it ran to its side and sniffed each other's noses, and a faint smile appeared in the pigeon's blood-red eyes, [Saving you is also the child's plea.] I can tell it likes you. ]

"Aha...... This ......"

Harry scratched his messy hair, "No matter what......"

"A unicorn really?"

However, Ron on the side seemed to have finally come back to his senses at this time, looking at the unicorn with disbelief in his eyes, and even a little rude stretched out his hand as if he wanted to touch it, "I can't believe it...... Harry, we've seen a unicorn! ”

"Ron!"

Hurriedly stopping his partner's reckless behavior, Harry looked at the unicorn apologetically, "I'm sorry, he didn't mean to offend. ”

[Hands are faster than brains, what a typical Gryffindor personality.] ]

The unicorn flicked its tail unconcerned, [Well, I know it's always been a Hogwarts tradition to go on night out, but now it's time for you to go to bed.] Isn't it? ]

"Haha......"

Hallileo smiled a little awkwardly, then suddenly remembered something, "That...... Should I call you O'...... His Highness Opal? ”

When he was attacked by Lord Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest at night a year ago, Harry remembered that the centaur that appeared at that time called the unicorn in front of him - but wondering, why was the name the same as hers?

[You can just call me 'Opal.'] ]

A hint of surprise flashed in her blood-red eyes, and the unicorn raised her eyebrows in a soft voice, [The human girl shared her name with me, and I liked it.] ]

Human Girl ...... Does it refer to Opal?

Harry was stunned, but then he reacted and pinched Ron directly beside him, pinching back his friend's questions about his name - anyway, he himself had a feeling of "being able to be friends with a unicorn **, it really seems like something Opal can do".

"Okay...... Then Opal ......"

Seriously, Harry thought it was stupid to call his classmates' names to a unicorn, but he stubbornly said, "About the castle stuff...... What do you know? ”

[In the castle?] ]

Tilting his head, the unicorn immediately showed a look of sudden realization, [Oh, do you mean the culprit who recently let the spiders in the castle run to the Forbidden Forest for refuge?] I know. Thanks to it, I've been working a lot more lately, which has caused me to suffer from severe sleep deprivation......]

"So, what kind of monster is that?!"

As soon as he heard that the clue that he thought had been broken had actually made a new development in the unicorn, Harry almost immediately asked excitedly, "You know, several students have been petrified by the attack, Hagrid has been captured by the Ministry of Magic, and Headmaster Dunlido has been dismissed from ...... as a result."

[Does that have anything to do with me?] ]

But to Harry's surprise, the unicorn cut off his words in a very relaxed tone - the rude act of interrupting someone else was not at all offensive to this unicorn.

"How can you say that!"

Ron screamed as if he had been stepped on by something, but Harry quickly covered his mouth again.

"I'm sorry, but my partner didn't mean to point fingers."

With an embarrassed smile, Harry selectively ignored Ron's resistance and bowed slightly to apologize, "It's just that I don't understand the point of you doing this. ”

[Humans, historically speaking, the castle of Hogwarts is located on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and the reason why this castle exists here is because the founder of Hogwarts signed a binding contract with our top beings in the Forbidden Forest. ]

Glancing at Harry, who seemed to be satisfied with his attitude at the moment, the unicorn's voice was flat, [Because of this contract, we allow you humans to explore the Forbidden Forest to the point that it affects our daily lives, and even provides corresponding assistance after Hogwarts is attacked by the outside world, but...... This does not mean that we are obligated to provide services in the event of a problem with Hogwarts itself. ]

"Self-emergence...... Issue? ”

Stunned for a moment, Harry reacted immediately, "You can't say that, Opal. What if the monster that is now active at Hogwarts runs into the Forbidden Forest? ”

[At that time, there will naturally be creatures to deal with it, but ......]

After glancing at Harry, the unicorn turned its head sideways, its gaze seeming to be projected through the woods towards the castle in the distance,[...... Please do not impose on us issues that should be dealt with by you human beings. ]

“…… At the very least, can you give some hints? ”

Harry asked with some reluctance.

[Why do you humans always like to get something for nothing?] ]

After moving its forelimbs seemingly humanely, the unicorn's tone seemed to carry a hint of helplessness, [hates roosters, makes spiders afraid, can't move in winter and has a lethal gaze...... With so many obvious characteristics, why don't you humans use your brains to find out for yourself? ]

“……”

Harry was silent - although the unicorn's words sounded rather unkind, even with a hint of disdain and disdain, but because it was true, he couldn't be angry about it anyway.

[And ......]

"Huh?"

[If you don't let go, your friend may suffocate to death.] ]

Although it is a serious tone, the look of the unicorn at the moment has a hint of naughty urgency.

"Huh?!"

After a moment's pause, Harry realized that the unicorn was referring to Ron, and when he turned his head to look over, he saw that his friend's face was flushed, and the strength of his hand was gradually weakening, and it was obvious that he was about to suffocate, "Ahhh......h Ron, are you alright?! ”

“…… Call...... Whew......"

Ron, who had finally breathed some fresh air, gasped for breath and rolled his eyes at Harry, "...... I thought I was going to die...... Harry, are you so excited? Dying of suffocation is not funny at all. ”

"I'm sorry."

Scratching his cheek in embarrassment, Harry smiled dryly and apologized, "It's just a momentary ......"

It's not because I'm afraid that Ron's big mouth will cause some trouble, as can be seen from the unicorn's words just now, these magical creatures have completely different values from theirs, if you accidentally provoke them...... Harry didn't think he could have the same good fortune as he had been in the spider's lair, and that he could save them from something else.

[It's not early.] ]

After looking up at the night sky, the unicorn nodded at Harry, "Please go back early...... Or do you need me to get the centaurs to send you out? ]

"No need to bother, thank you today."

[No thanks, this is the contract that was signed at the beginning......]

With that, the unicorn turned, and then stepped on a wisp of night wind into the air, and just like that, with a soft moonlight, left the forest path.

Harry was stunned as he watched the unicorn leave—I don't know if it was his delusion, but he always felt that this magical creature seemed to understand their feelings unexpectedly......

"Harry?! Harry! What's the fuss?! ”

However, Ron on the side didn't seem to feel the same way, and shook his hand in front of Harry with some dissatisfaction, "We have to go back now." ”

"yes, I know."

Putting on the cloak of invisibility again, and leaving behind the somewhat eerie feeling of the previous moment, Harry and Ron took the furry and walked down the forest path towards Hagrid's cabin.

At least the unicorn was right, it was something they had to do in Hogwarts.

Although Hermione is currently unable to move due to petrification, he and Ron can't always rely on Hermione for everything, can they?

======================I'm the dividing line ================= the switching scene

Hogwarts: The Forbidden Forest

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[Ah...... Should I say it's been a long time? ]

Originally, Opal planned to go straight back to his dormitory after meeting Harry and Ron, but when he crossed the Moon Lake, Opal was a little surprised to find a rare guest, so he simply fell down and greeted him generously.

It's just that compared to Opal's surprise, it is obvious that this "rare guest" doesn't want to see Opal at all, and he has been locking his brows that have not been released, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows are so deep that they can trap insects that fly by accidentally: "Why are you here?" ”

[Night watch.] ]

Opal's reply was sonorous and reasonable—as to whether it was the truth or not, I would leave it aside.

So someone's brow furrowed even tighter: "Is the centaur clan's manpower already short to this extent?" You want to run around as an underage little guy? I'm not afraid to help more and more. ”

[Hey!] What does it mean to help more and more! ]

Opal couldn't help but stomp her feet - of course, now she was stomping her hind hooves, [you're underestimating me!] ]

Snape didn't speak, just glanced at Opal's eyes and made it clear the disdainful meaning of "just like you".

But obviously, this kind of performance can be more annoying than having to say it.

[Humph!] Instead of laughing at me, let's get rid of that big trouble in your Hogwarts house first! ]

Snorting unconvinced, Opal directly began to make trouble, [I don't care about any trouble in your castle, but please don't lead the trouble to the Forbidden Forest, okay?] ]

"That monster came to the Forbidden Forest?"

Hearing this, Snape's slate face finally couldn't hold back, and he looked at Opal with a frown, looking her up and down, as if he was judging the truth of her words, "No major casualties?" ”

[We haven't really run into the Forbidden Forest yet, but we've been busy enough for the spider commotion caused by that guy.] ]

Opal moved his forelimbs and rolled his eyes very unvividly, [But it's not for me to say, why haven't you solved this problem after more than 50 years?] ]

However, it is true that in order to prevent the sudden increase of spiders in the forest from disrupting the ecological balance, the centaurs and other magical creatures that feed on spiders have been busy during this time.

"You know?"

This time it was Snape's turn to be a little surprised.

[Why can't I know?] ]

However, Opal was obviously puzzled by Snape's questioning at the moment, [Although the pet egg left by Salazar was hatched by the students of your school more than five hundred years ago, it was only because it was well controlled at that time. But more than 50 years ago, you didn't know who had a problem with the control, so that it woke up and had nothing to eat, and then this year, I don't know what it did, which stimulated it, so it caused such a big problem...... But also, no matter who you are, you will definitely not have a good temper when you are hungry. ]

“……”

Snape was on a complete poker expression at the moment, but a closer look could still see that the corners of his mouth twitched slightly—according to Opal, what happened at Hogwarts now was their own doing?

[Speaking of which, there's been a lot of movement on your Hogwarts side lately.] ]

Not caring about Snape's expression at the moment, Opal's tone was flat, [But then again, Snape, why do you still let students out for a night trip under such circumstances?] ]

"Students? Night? ”

At this moment, Snape almost squeezed the words out of his teeth, and the cold air around him was as if he didn't want money.

[yes, I just sent back two Gryffindor students.] ]

A sly smile flashed in the pigeon's blood-red eyes, but it was unpredictable, [should I say they were bold or something, if I hadn't been keeping an eye on the territory of the eight-eyed spider, I guess you would have received the news of the disappearance of the two students tomorrow - this should definitely not be good news, right?] ]

"Gryffindor students?"

Snape was swishing around him at the moment, but Opal was used to it, "I think I already know who it is." ”

[So you guys should get things out of the way as soon as possible.] ]

Opal said in a serious way, [If it goes on like this, I'm going to be sleep deprived......]

After speaking, he snorted very humanely and pulled his ears down.

"Nobody lets you do that."

A faint softness flashed in Opal's eyes, but Snape kept a serious face, "Self-inflicted." ”

[Ahra, Snape knows you so far, can't you say two nice things......]

With a flick of his tail, Opal stretched his limbs, [The Forbidden Forest is my territory, and it's my responsibility. Speaking of which, you've run out of potion materials? Need my help? ]

“…… Just take care of yourself and don't mess with others. ”

After pursing his lips, Snape finally looked away, "I'll go back." ”

[Really, Snape, are you honestly worried about what's going to happen?] ]

After getting along for so long, I already knew that someone was completely honest and honest, so Opal just spoke helplessly.

In response, Snape swung his robe, selectively ignoring the back of the striding away.

Ahra, shy.

Noticing a blush at the base of Snape's ears as he turned around, Opal smiled and browned.

Now she felt that she had to run out in the middle of the night to help with the aftermath because of some reckless people, and her depressed mood to the extreme became unexpectedly good at this moment.

Sure enough, my own happiness is based on other people's depression and shyness, and Senior Sister Qianwei really didn't lie to her on this.