The next morning, after breakfast, Ivan took Hermione out to prepare to return to Hogwarts.

Before leaving, Ivan turned his head and said to Althea and the others who came to see him off.

"Mom... Dean Doggett, then I'll go back to school first! And Fren, Walker... Don't forget to write to me if you have something! ”

A group of werewolf wizards patted their chests and promised Ivan that they could rest assured that they were there!

Ivan nodded, a group of werewolf wizards who can transform freely are an extremely large force in Tumbledown Alley, enough to deal with most troubles.

And Bock is dead, the dark wizards who slipped through the net have been killed, and no one else in the Downturn Alley will deliberately target Althea.

Thinking of this, Ivan didn't care anymore and said to Hermione beside him.

"Let's go, Hermione!"

"Yes!" Hermione replied, squeezing Ivan's wrist tightly.

"Apparition shifting!"

Ivan chanted the spell and waved his wand, accompanied by a burst of light and shadow, and the two figures seemed to be sucked into the vortex, and disappeared in front of everyone's eyes in an instant.

Hermione only felt the world spinning, and when she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a strange wood. In the distance, a retro station could be seen, vaguely familiar, as if it was the wizarding station where they took the train to Hogwarts every year.

"Where is this? Didn't we go to Hogwarts? The little witch asked in a puzzled voice.

"Hogwarts has been set up with anti-apparition magic, so we can't go anywhere... And we'll have to bring a big guy back with us, if it's still here. Ivan explained casually, his eyes looking around, sensing the tracking magic he had set up earlier.

Since it had been two months, Ivan found that the magic he had set had become very blurry, and he could only sense the general direction of the other party, and in a day or two, the magic would probably be completely ineffective.

Hermione was confused, a little confused, and was about to ask carefully, when Ivan suddenly looked at the sky and spoke.

"It's coming!"

Who? Who's coming? Hermione followed Ivan's gaze, then her eyes widened.

In the sky, a reddish-brown beast was swooping down towards them with its wide wings extended, its beautiful feathers shimmering in the sunlight.

"Is this the Hippogriff? But how did it end up here? Hermione's brown eyes were filled with surprise, and she quickly recognized the big guy as the one she had seen in Hagrid's class.

"Of course I brought it from the Forbidden Forest, so I have to take it back with me now!" Ivan said with a smile.

The two chatted for a while, and the reddish-brown eagle-headed horse-winged beast had already vibrated its wings and landed in front of Ivan's body, took the initiative to lean over its huge head, and stretched out its tongue to lick Ivan's cheek, and then leaned into the pocket of Ivan's wizard's robe to sniff something.

"Good man, looks like you have a good memory!" Ivan reached out and stroked the head of the Hippogriff, but then noticed the other party's movements, and continued with some helplessness.

"Don't look for it, I didn't bring a vitality potion this time."

Perhaps understanding Ivan's words, the reddish-brown beast raised its head, its eyes showing disappointment, but soon its attention was drawn to Hermione, looking at her with a little wariness.

Noticing the Hippogriff's closeness to Ivan, the clever little witch soon realized that Ivan had tamed the beast before.

It's no wonder that in the protection of magical beasts class, the other party would take the initiative to lean over.

"Are we going to ride it back to Hogwarts this time?" Hermione was a little worried, she had never tried to ride a Hippogriff to school.

"That's right! But before you can do that, you have to get its approval," Ivan said with a smile. "You haven't forgotten what Hagrid taught in class, have you?"

"Of course! You need to bow to it and wait for a response, and you need to keep an eye on the Hippogriff in the process, which will help you gain their trust..."

Hermione repeated what Hagrid had said in class, but was still a little nervous when it came time to actually face the beast.

She suddenly remembered that when she was in Hagrid's class, the big guy didn't seem to like her very much, so she was worried that she wouldn't get the approval of the Hippogriff.

However, under Ivan's encouraging gaze, Hermione still held her breath, stared at the eyes of the reddish-brown giant beast in front of her, and bent down and bowed.

The Hippogriff snorted, and from time to time let out a crisp eagle cry, looking at the weak witch in front of him, reluctant to bow his proud head.

Hermione didn't give up, looking at each other with slightly sour eyes, and bowed again later.

Perhaps sensing Hermione's sincerity, the Hippogriff's attitude softened, and with Ivan comforting him, it didn't take long for it to bend its scaly front knee and bow to Hermione.

The little witch was overjoyed, and cautiously approached a few steps, and seeing that the Hippogriff did not react excessively, she stretched out her hand and stroked the reddish-brown feathers.

Hippogriffs responded positively, enjoying Hermione's touches and licking Hermione's palms with her tongue.

Ivan was surprised to see the Hippogriff so close to Hermione.

He also remembered that the reddish-brown beast had not been friendly to Hermione during the Magical Beasts Protection class, so Ivan even had the idea of appeasing the Hippogriff himself and allowing Hermione to ride with him for the time being.

It's like Harry on the plane, as a rider, can fly with Hermione and Sirius.

But things went a little smoother than he expected, or maybe it wasn't what he expected...

"Come on!" Ivan didn't think much of it, and quickly jumped onto the back of the Hippogriff, then reached out and pulled Hermione up, allowing her to sit down in front of him.

After the little witch sat down, the eagle-headed horse-winged beast flapped its wings quite spiritually, brought up a puff of smoke and dust, and flew straight into the air!

Hermione was startled, clutching the feathers on the back of the Hippogriff with both hands, this was the first time she had ridden such a giant beast, and because Malfoy was almost attacked in class, Hermione didn't have a chance to ride the Hippogriff into the air like the others.