Chapter 418: Unicorn Plan (4000 words)
"Oh, you came on time. Hagrid said gleefully, puffing out his chest proudly.
"Unicorns inhabit the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, but they don't like to stay in one place for too long, so finding them in the Forbidden Forest is not as easy as you think...... Of course, this is not a problem for me. Alright, come with me!"
Obviously, Hagrid had no intention of taking Elena and the others into the Forbidden Forest, and after walking around the edge of the woods for a few minutes, they came to a place full of shrubs, and the branches of the bushes happened to separate the view from the outside in.
"Be careful not to make too loud noises. ”
Hagrid turned, whispered, and pulled away from the bushes in front of them, revealing a small clearing in front of them, where four or five unicorns stood quietly, resting and feeding on the delicious and lush meadows.
As Elena saw in books, the unicorn is indeed one of the most beautiful animals in the world.
The adult unicorn is smaller than a horse, slender, elegant, and almost unreal in white compared to the surrounding scenery, so pure that it gives an illusory feeling, bathed in sunlight, and emits a dreamy white light like the moonlight of a starry sky.
Their white neck hair hangs supple low, their large, lake-blue eyes sparkle brightly, and they have a spiral-shaped horn on their head that glows golden in the sunlight - it would be a mistake to think they are harmless just because of their appearance, adult unicorns are powerful magical creatures capable of fighting elephants and dracos.
In addition to the adult unicorns, there were two young ones in the clearing, all golden in color, with little horns on the top of their heads that had just grown a little, and they were not even able to stand steadily, and they were timidly leaning on their parents' sides, carefully biting the grass at their feet.
Whether it was Elena, Hermione, Hannah, Luna, or others, a strong thought came to their minds, such beautiful creatures were like treasures that shouldn't live in the human world - they were so beautiful that they felt unreal.
"Ahem, don't be in a daze, children, you can try to get a little closer. ”
Hagrid cleared his throat, rubbed his hands together, and said with a smile, "Unicorns are gentle and graceful creatures, and they are generally willing to engage with wizards, especially young witches, as long as you show kindness and courtesy. ”
With the appearance of Hagrid and the others, the herd of unicorns in the clearing had gradually looked over, looking curiously at the hunting ground guards who appeared at the edge of the bushes and the little witches who had never seen them.
After a few seconds of hesitation, the largest and most graceful unicorn among them made a nice snort, blinked its big beautiful eyes and slowly walked over, took the initiative to lower its slender neck, and stretched out its golden horns towards Elena and the others.
"Huh?"
Facing the unicorn that took the initiative to say hello, Elena and the others subconsciously looked at Hagrid.
"Great start, it seems like it likes you, now it's good to return the favor to them. ”
Hagrid pursed his lips, knowing that he had never been treated like this, and sure enough, unicorns were sexist and arrogant guys, which is a common problem with beautiful creatures.
"Then you can try to pet them, and remember to stroke them in the direction of their long hair. ”
"Huh...... Hello. ”
"Good morning, Mr. Unicorn. ”
"Nice to meet you......"
The girls nodded their heads in a bit of panic, greeted the unicorn in front of them in different movements, and then carefully reached out and gently stroked the long silver-white hair of this beautiful creature.
There is no doubt that no matter in which universe there is a theorem of "Yan and Dog sympathize with each other".
As the face of the Fantastic Beasts world, the unicorn is naturally a creature that "controls the face" to the extreme, and in the face of the equally good-looking and cute little witches, they quickly let down their guard and played together very naturally...... Well, except for Elena.
"Why, why don't you let me hold ......"
Elena pouted, whispering in her mouth, and glanced at Luna, who was holding the little golden unicorn, her eyes full of envy and resentment.
Compared to adult unicorns, these juvenile beasts are more sensitive, and will hide in fear at the slightest hint of trouble, or stumble away and look at Elena timidly.
At this point, it took a while for even Hermione and Hannah to gain the trust of these little ones to walk up to them and gently caressed their soft and warm backs.
On the contrary, Luna Lovegood, who looked less gentle and reliable, and was a little crazy and fluttering, walked straight up to a little unicorn from the beginning, and helped the little one untie the knotted golden sideburns on his back very naturally.
As for a certain one who thinks he is cute, he is worth 99 points for purity, and 90 points for gentleness, and he is kind...... It's still quite a kind white-haired dumpling, not to mention wanting to pet the little unicorn at close range, as long as it is a little closer than three meters or so, the little ones begin to run around trembling.
"Elena, you're scaring them. ”
Hagrid smiled at the sullen Elena and shook his head helplessly.
"The aura on you is too palpable, especially since you've been in the Hogwarts kitchens these days, and the aura that haunts your body is so disturbing for the unicorns - not to mention, you're much more dangerous to them than those kids, in terms of magical perception. ”
As a half-breed girl, Elena herself is equivalent to half a strong magical creature, and after awakening her wizarding talent, the combination of the two makes her actual magical power close to that of many seventh-grade graduates.
Unicorns are magical creatures with extremely keen senses, and in their perspectives, if Hermione and the others are harmless little fireflies, then Elena is like a flaming torch - especially since there are many ghosts around this torch.
You know, although most of the time Elena doesn't have to go to the knife herself.
But as the head chef of Hogwarts, when demonstrating some basic processes such as slaughtering, bloodletting, and dehairing, she still had to pick up the set of Zwilling knives given by Father Priest and Father to actually operate them.
Although this kind of thing sounds a bit mysterious, it is indeed a real deterrent.
"Ah, Elena, don't lean in. ”
Hermione frowned and waved her hand at Elena with a look of disgust.
"It starts to shake as soon as you come over, and I finally coaxed it to get it right, don't come here and make a mess. ”
"That's it, that's it...... Elena stood a little further away from you. ”
"Sister Elena, or you can take pictures for us. ”
“......”
Caught off guard by the unanimous dislike of all the wings, the corners of Elena's mouth twitched, and she glanced at the arrogant unicorns in the field with an unkind expression, she had made a note of it...... After that, when no one is there, we will exchange feelings.
Depressed and depressed, but Elena will not forget the main purpose of coming here today.
Although she is missing such a cute and charming little angel as her, with Hermione, Hannah, and Luna as special models, plus the unicorns who are already beautiful and bubbling, the photo effect is still quite good.
It is conceivable that with the printing of this issue of "Singing and Singing", most of these three faceless little wings can debut as child stars in the magic world, after all, the foundation is there.
At the same time, Hagrid, who was standing around them, was not completely idle, and after clearing his throat a little, he began to explain the knowledge about unicorns to the little witches in earnest, as if it were a rehearsal for the rest of the lecture a few more times in advance.
"The unicorn is a rare and beautiful magical animal that is mainly found in the forests of Northern Europe. Adult unicorns are silvery-white and golden-yellow as children. The unicorn's horns, blood, and hair all have strong magical effects, so ......" (click to expand the full article)
As mentioned before, unicorns don't like to stay in one place for too long.
As Hagrid began to speak more confidently and fluently, the time was approaching noon.
Finally, after taking more than a dozen photos, I saw the big unicorn in the lead raise its graceful neck, make a clear snort, lower its head and rub Elena and the others with sharp horns, and slowly walked towards the depths of the Forbidden Forest with its own clan.
To Elena's surprise, when it was time to leave, the two little golden ones finally mustered up their courage and staggered to her side, touched her hand with their soft little horns, and then slipped back to their parents like frightened fawns.
On the contrary, the big adult unicorns looked at Elena with a wary look from beginning to end, and even after touching them a few times with Hagrid's help, Elena could feel the stiffness and resistance reflected from the strong and resilient muscles under the warm silver-white fur.
"These little ones...... By the way, Hagrid......"
The corners of Elena's mouth curled slightly, raised her eyebrows, and suddenly turned her head to look at Hagrid, and said with a serious face.
"Unicorns are a very precious magical creature, but with the progress of teaching at Hogwarts, the wizarding world actually knows that there is such a group of unicorns living in the Hogwarts Forbidden Forest - if you have recently noticed suspicious traces of black-robed people in the Forbidden Forest, you must remember to tell me as soon as possible, I have a way to ......"
As she spoke, Elena meaningfully touched the Deathly Hallows talisman pendant hanging from her chest, and a trace of disdain flashed in her eyes.
Although Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, who have become good friends under her influence, seem to have no chance of being punished for exploring the Forbidden Forest again, some people who are crazy about life-sustaining techniques may continue to use their crooked brains if nothing else.
You know, strictly speaking, the Hogwarts Forbidden Forest is also the property of Hogwarts.
As one of the heirs and owners of the castle that is "not so legitimate", but soon to be fully legitimate, Elena naturally has an obligation and responsibility to prevent certain tragedies from happening - especially after getting close to these beautiful creatures today, she is even more determined to destroy Voldemort's "poaching" in the Forbidden Forest.
Of course, some specific methods still need to be studied and pondered.
Even if the other party is an unpopular terrorist who was expelled from the Demon King by Old Man Grindelwald, but for Voldemort, who once caused social panic in the entire British Isles, at least in terms of single-point output ability, Elena still has to give a certain amount of respect - if you accidentally overturn and ride yourself in, it will be too cost-effective.
After politely declining Hagrid's invitation to lunch, the girls left Hagrid's cabin and began to walk in the direction of Hogwarts Castle, laughing and talking.
There was no doubt that this morning was quite an interesting and fulfilling experience for Luna, Hannah, and Hermione, and even older students rarely have such luck and time.
However, compared to Hermione and the others, who were laughing and laughing, Elena became a little silent along the way.
On the way from Hagrid's cabin to Hogwarts Castle, Elena once again pondered the feasibility and difficulty of stopping Professor Quirrell (possessed by Voldemort) from poaching in the Forbidden Forest.
In fact, it is not too difficult for the current Elena to destroy Voldemort's original plan, if it is with the power of the old radish or the old potato, she has ten thousand ways to kill the poor spirit Mr. Voldemort.
It's just that, after a period of magic learning, Elena still wants to try to see if she can solve such a small incident node head-on with her own strength, instead of relying entirely on the strength of the two old guys.
First and foremost, there is undoubtedly the timing of the unicorn attack.
The description in the original book is quite vague, and Elena only vaguely remembers that it should have happened someday after Easter, when Hagrid's little dragon Noble had also been born, that is, from the timeline, at least after mid-April next year.
According to what Hagrid said to Harry at the time, the attack had already occurred three times, so pushing this point forward was actually the period after the birth of the little dragon Norber.
Therefore, if Elena's goal is to save all the Forbidden Forest unicorns from harm, then by March of next year at the latest, even before and after Hagrid receives the dragon egg as a time coordinate, she will have to resolve some of the uncertainties or find a way to confront them head-on.
Elena knows very well that although she has defeated many foreign Aurors by luck, it is all intentional and unintentional, and to a certain extent, she also uses other people's orderly camp - really when facing a chaotic villain like Voldemort, it is another level of hard power confrontation.
That's why, for so long, she hasn't taken the initiative to provoke Ron's mouse.
Luckily, she still had plenty of time, and even more fortunately, this time in addition to Dumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald and most of the Saints were on her side.
Thinking of this, Elena gradually settled down, improving her strength needs to be done step by step, and according to the current learning progress, she will soon be able to grow to the point where she can trap Voldemort - as for the phased acceptance goal, it will be set as catching mice for the time being.
When she was 100% sure of a certain little mouse, she felt that she could try to tease Voldemort head-on, and if Peter Pettigrew couldn't clean it up, then it would be better not to provoke Voldemort.
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