Chapter 44: The Forbidden Forest and the Centaurs

Not only did she have to risk entering the Forbidden Forest at night, but she also had to split the already weak Liliang in two, and Hermione really didn't know what Hagrid was thinking. Didn't he know that night was the active period for most magical creatures?

As much as they wanted to argue, both Hermione and Harry knew that Hagrid would never listen to them. Because he is the kind of person who will never change something once he determines something, if it sounds good, it is called firmness, and if it is not good, it is brainless.

"What if I'm in danger?"

The outcome of entering the Forbidden Forest is irreversible, but they must make a little guarantee for their own safety, otherwise they would rather drop out of school than go into it to die.

"If anyone is in trouble, shoot a red spark and I'll come and save you."

Elsewhere Hagrid didn't dare to guarantee it, but in the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid was confident that his guarantee was more effective than Dumbledore's. "Okay, how do you divide the Zuihou group?"

Hermione asked with some concern, none of the four people present seemed reliable to her, but at least Hagrid was a little more secure compared to Harry and Ron's burly figure. She hoped at least she wouldn't be unlucky enough to be in a team with Ron or Harry.

Ron and Harry looked at each other, Hermione was a girl, the only girl among the three, and they were always embarrassed to fight with a girl at this time.

Harry and Ron, who were in a macho attack, had hot heads and said to Hagrid, "Let's go in a team of two, Hermione and Hagrid in a group." ”

"Haode, let's divide it like this." Hagrid, who was not assertive, naturally would not refuse, "Then, Hermione and I will have one way, Harry and Ron, you will take the other way." If anyone finds a unicorn, they shoot a green spark, understand? Get your wands out and practice. ”

"Alright, that's it. Everyone must be careful, let's go! ”

After practicing and everyone was guaranteed to emit sparks of different colors, Hagrid gave the order to head deeper into the Forbidden Forest.

The Forbidden Forest was dark and silent. They walked a little further and came to a fork in the road. Harry, Ron, and Toothtooth take the left lane, and Hagrid and Hermione take the right lane.

After parting, Ron rubbed his hands, and he suggested with some embarrassment, "Why don't we go back to the hut now and wait for Hagrid, Harry?" It's too dangerous here, and Tooth is a coward, Hagrid won't blame us. ”

"No way!" Harry flatly rejected Ron's idea to back down, saying, "We're Gryffindors, how can we escape." ”

Ron was silent, and they walked silently, their eyes fixed on the ground. Every now and then, a ray of moonlight spilled down from between the branches above, illuminating a silvery-blue trail of blood on the fallen leaves.

Ron saw the blood almost at the same time as Harry, and he raised his wand to spark, but Harry held his hand down.

"Don't do that, it's just blood. Wait until we find the unicorn and then shoot the spark. ”

Harry could see Ron's anxiety and fear, but he couldn't help it, because he was also scared, but he didn't want to leave this home-like Hogwarts and go back to that nasty aunt's house.

To ease Ron's fears, Harry opened the topic to distract him, "Ron, did you say it was possible that a werewolf killed the unicorn?" ”

Harry's approach seemed to have had a slight effect, and Ron didn't tremble so much when he thought about it.

"No, it's unlikely that a werewolf did it. Harry, you may not know it, but unicorns are actually very powerful magical creatures, they have extremely strong magic, and they are extremely fast and can sense evil. In my opinion, a werewolf can't kill a unicorn. ”

Ron tried to think as if he was trying to distract himself from his fears, and much of what he had unconsciously seen was recalled, and his answers were very useful to Harry.

"If not a werewolf, what would it be?"

Harry still tended to have the werewolf do it, but Ron's explanation shattered his suspicions.

"I don't know! But, in short, that guy must be a guy who is extremely evil. Only those who are extremely evil physically and mentally would be the enemy of a holy creature like a unicorn. ”

Ron was startled by his own words, and he clasped his hands and shook violently.

The thought that he would have to face the most evil being in a moment slowed Harry to slow down.

"It's wounded, it must not have gone far, and the blood is getting more and more. Or...... Let's shoot a spark to bring Hagrid over. Beings who can kill unicorns will definitely not mind killing us casually. ”

Ron stopped, standing there dead and refusing to move forward, he had a terrifying premonition that once they went on their own, they would never be able to get out of here again.

“…… All right. Harry compromised, and he was terrified, although he didn't know how powerful the unicorn was, but at least Harry knew that it was much stronger than himself and Ron combined, and even the unicorn was killed, and if they bumped into that guy, I am afraid it would not be much better.

Suddenly, in the clearing in front of them, they clearly saw something moving. They pricked up their ears and picked up the slightest sound.

Something is approaching them!

Ron screamed, unable to soothe the fear in his heart any longer, and raised his wand and spewed red fireworks.

Harry pulled Ron back, and they leaned against a tree, pointing his wand in the direction the sound was coming from, their eyes glaring unblinkingly.

The rustling sound quickly approached them, and Ron swallowed, a drop of cold sweat sliding from the corner of his eye.

"Harry, Ron, are you all right?"

Thankfully, Hagrid seemed to be coming a little faster than the guy. Hearing this, Harry and Ron instantly ascended from hell to heaven.

saved.

Ron nearly collapsed on the ground, so he didn't lose face.

"Salad" Hagrid appeared in front of Harry with a huge figure holding a stone bow and the owner of the mysterious voice.

Is it a human being, or is it a horse? Above the waist was a man, with red hair and a beard, but below the waist was a shiny brownish-red horse with a long red tail dragging behind it. Harry and Hermione's mouths opened in surprise. Ron, who was born and raised in the wizarding world, is no stranger to centaurs.

"Oh, it was you, Ronan." Hagrid breathed a sigh of relief and said, "How are you?" ”

He stepped forward and shook the horseman's hand.

"Good evening, Hagrid." Ronan said, his voice low and sad. "You want to shoot me with a bow and arrow?"

"Be on your guard, Ronan," Hagrid said, patting his quiver, "there's a bad guy in this forest. Oh, by the way, this is Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, and the red-haired little guy is from the Weasleys, Ron Weasley. It's the students at the school above. Let me introduce you to you, this is Ronan, a centaur. ”

"Good evening." Ronan said, "You are students? Did you learn a lot in school? ”

"Uh-huh, learn a little." Hermione said shyly.

"Learn a little bit, okay, that's good." Ronan sighed, he turned to look at Ron, staring at him, "And you, Weasley boy, I recognize your redheads, your brother has caused us a lot of trouble. Trying to get them out of the Forbidden Forest made me feel like I was tormented. ”

"Ahh~ Really? I'm really sorry. Ron scratched his head, only to realize that his two older brothers still had such "great achievements".

"Mars is bright tonight......"

"Yes. Listen, Ronan, I'm glad I met you. Hagrid interrupted Ron's babbling, "But it's not been very quiet in here lately, I mean a unicorn died, did you see anything?" ”

Ronan didn't answer right away, his eyes stared unblinking, and then he sighed again.

"It's always the innocent who suffer first." He sighed and said, "It has been like this for hundreds of years, and it still is like this. ”

That's not good for centaurs, this group is a bit neurotic, especially at this time when they still talk godly.

But Hagrid had to chimed in, and he reluctantly took the conversation, "yes." But do you see anything, Ronan? What do you see? Like something that didn't belong here in the past. ”

"Mars is bright tonight."

Again, Ronan repeated it again, as if it meant something but couldn't say it explicitly, and he repeated it again.

Hagrid was a little impatient, "yes, yes, it's bright!" ”

"Unusually bright!" Ronan seemed to be annoyed by Hagrid's incomprehension, and emphasized the side again.

"Yes, but I mean, there's nothing out of the ordinary near our house." Hagrid said, "Didn't you notice some strange movements? ”

Anyone who talks to a centaur will be suffocated by them if they are not familiar with them.

That's why the Centaurs' predictions are so accurate, but there is no reason why wizards have put their calculations on them.

Protecting magical creatures can't stop the Ministry of Magic's lust for profit. Now that even the Wyvern has been conquered, a mere tribe of centaurs would not have survived to the present day if it hadn't failed to arouse the desire of the Ministry of Magic.

Ronan still didn't answer. Zuihou, he said, "There are many secrets hidden in the forest. ”

Not to mention Hagrid, even Ron and Harry couldn't bear it anymore at the moment, and they kept complaining in their hearts.

Just as Hagrid had given up on getting an answer from Ronan and left, there was a sudden movement in the bushes behind Ronan, and Hagrid raised his stone bow again, and it turned out to be only a second centaur, with black hair and a black body, looking a little rougher than Ronan.

There is one! Harry said.

"Hello, Bane." Hagrid said, "How are you doing?" ”

"Good evening, Hagrid, I hope you're doing well."

The newcomers seemed to know Hagrid as well, and they greeted each other in a friendly way.

"It's okay. Look, I was asking Ronan if you've seen anything weird here lately? One of the unicorns was injured - do you know something? ”

Bane walked over and stood beside Ronan, looking up at the sky.

"Mars is bright tonight."

Yes, it's this sentence again. Harry had lost all hope.

Really......

"We've heard it before." Hagrid waved the stone bow in his hand and said, "Well, if any of you see something, come and tell me, okay?" All right! So let's go. ”

Ron shrugged his shoulders and whispered in Harry's ear as he followed Hagrid away, "Don't mind, that's what centaurs look like." If you want me to say, they are simply sick in the brain. ”

Harry agreed.