In the dense forbidden forest, four figures suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Except for William, the other three were dizzy and stumbled slightly.

"Are you alright?" William asked. "It's a feeling that you need to get used to."

"I'm fine." Cedric rubbed his ears, which he felt as if he had reluctantly left the carriage.

"I still prefer Floo Powder and Portkeys to Apparitions."

"It's the first time, it's always uncomfortable." Fred patted Cedric on the shoulder. "Brother, you'll get used to it."

"Where are we now?" George looked around. "Forbidden Forest?"

William nodded. "Yes, let's go this way."

The trio sped through the Forbidden Forest towards Hagrid's hut.

As we approached the edge of the Forbidden Forest, an angry dog barked in the distance.

Hagrid shouted, "Stand back, Tooth, hurry back!" I'm going to pick up students at the station, don't you follow.

You're too ugly, far worse than Luwe, and you'll scare the students. “

Tooth and Tooth wailed, as if very dissatisfied with this evaluation.

"Stop screaming." Hagrid admonished: "Look at our house, some time ago, I don't know who crushed Lou Wei's little house, I haven't found that guy yet!"

The other party may attack our house at any time, watch out! ”

William coughed in embarrassment, and it seemed that he was going back to tell Hermione not to let her slip out in front of Hagrid.

The four men hid behind the tree, and when Hagrid was far away, they walked around the hut and in the direction of the beating willow.

Beatingwillow is not far from the greenhouse, some distance from Hagrid's hut, which is also one of the Hogwarts exclusion areas.

"Cedric, are you sure you're going to that dangerous place?" Walking down the road, Fred advised.

"That tree is really dangerous!"

"That's right, the last time we tried to enter the secret passage under the tree, we were almost hung up and beaten by that tree." George said.

This is the case with the beating willows, they have a furious temperament, and if anything hits them, they will be beaten by the branches of the willow tree.

"Is there any solution?" William asked, "Haven't you been preferring Professor Sprout?" ”

"Don't be so ugly! What is called a set. Cedric laughed.

"I'm just talking to Professor Sprout about herbalism, and by the way, I'm interested in the weakness of the beating willow."

"So you asked? How to deal with that beating willow? ”

"Of course, I'm our dean's favorite student." Cedric smirked.

"Just press the knots on the trunk of the beating willow and it will immediately come to a standstill."

"It's that simple?" George wondered.

"Yes, otherwise I would have been so bold as to bring you here to break the branches of the human willows."

"Well, I have a doubt, though." William asked. "Break its branches, will the beating willow come back from its stillness?"

"Uh...... What's this...... I don't quite know. Cedric scratched his hair, he forgot to ask.

William sighed, how hard it is to make a wand.

It's no wonder that most of Ollivander's wands only use unicorn tail feathers and phoenix tail feathers...... Because of security.

Like the basilisk horn, if you accidentally look at each other, you will die directly.

Hitting people is also dangerous.

Of course, the beating willow is a good wand material.

According to Cedric, wands made of willow wood possess rare healing powers.

In addition to its beautiful appearance, the willow wand is also very suitable for casting advanced silent spells.

But the willow wand usually chooses wizards with great potential over those who are self-righteous.

The Ollivanders family has a motto that "a man with great ambition is best suited to willow".

As a fighter in the willow wood, the beating willow is even more precious.

It is a great combination with the basilisk's horns.

Soon, the four of them came to the vicinity of the beating willow, which was not moving at all, and did not look threatening at all.

Fred threw a stone.

As if stimulated, the branches shook violently, and the trunk twitched like a vicious dog, preventing them from moving forward.

"Who's going to press the knots?" William asked a crucial question.

The three of them looked at William as they should.

"It must be you, can't you use the Animagus?" Cedric said.

Fred and George nodded.

"But my sea eagle is huge." William shrugged, his speed, but he was also hit by the dense branches.

"Sniff? Let it come! William suggested.

Fred nodded, pulling out his big baby again.

George pointed to the knots on the tree and told Sniff to rush over.

However, it pinched its waist and arrogantly refused.

"Next time, definitely!" Cedric urged.

Sniffing glanced at the four people with disdain, and lay directly on the ground, their paws shaking with joy.

Prostitutes all day long, not even Galleons, and want to work for free?

It's impossible to work part-time, not in this life!

William was helpless and threw a galleon in disgust.

Sniff hurriedly put it in his pocket and rushed forward. It dodged from branch to branch, moving vigorously and with a nimble pace.

Then, it ran up to the beating willow and put its front paws on a knot scar on the trunk.

Suddenly, the tree seemed to turn marble, stopped moving, and all the leaves stood still.

Within seconds, the four of William were walking to the trunk of the tree.

Fred lowered his head and looked into a hole where there was a low tunnel underneath.

"Where's the exit to this tunnel?" Cedric asked curiously.

"I don't know...... The passage is marked on the map of the living point, and the road disappears from the edge of the map, and the end is supposed to be the village of Hogsmeade, but it is unclear where the exact exit is. George said.

William wasn't interested in the secret passage, but stared at the beating willow.

More precisely, it is the creature that lives on the willow.

- Tree Protector Cauldron!

The Tree Protector is a magical creature the size of a palm.

They have long, sharp fingers on both hands, brown eyes, and appear to be made of bark and twigs, making them easy to camouflage.

The Cauldron will be the guardian of the tree it inhabits, and the wood of these trees is usually suitable for making wands.

Therefore, it is normal to find a tree guard pot on the beating willow.

The Tree Protector is usually gentle by nature, but can become aggressive when something threatens the safety of the tree and itself.

In order to remove leaves or wood from the trees guarded by the cauldron, the wizard needs to give them some turtle or fairy eggs.

William didn't carry either of these things, but he had a potion made from fairy eggs.

He opened the cap of the bottle and smiled at a few of the cauldrons, which were shorter than his wand, and said, "Come, learn from me." ”

“IamGroot！”

This group of tree guards really looks like Groot in the Guardians of the Galaxy.

William decided to abduct a few.

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(Thanks to "Wind Spirit Fifteen" for the tip)

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