"Confinement?" Harry took the note and read it carefully. "It's strange, how can there be confinement after curfew? What does Professor McGonagall want you to do? ”

"I don't know, but I have a strange feeling." Brandi said absentmindedly, remembering what Dumbledore had said in a particularly accentuated tone before he left. "It's probably going to be a big problem...... Come to think of it, Neville and me are needed, and maybe Malfoy! And the location is in the foyer on the first floor, what will so many of us go to do? Do you maintain your floor tiles? ”

"It's not bad if it's mopping the floor." Hermione brought herself a glass of milk, "Aren't you pretty good at the cleansing charm, and the spell is so effective that you can do it with a wave of your wand—as long as you don't lose control of the patterns on the tiles, of course." ”

She drank the milk slowly, and then added slowly. "Unfortunately, it's definitely not...... Mopping the floor is not going to be at such a strange time, and when you are done, you will probably have to go at one or two o'clock. But no matter what you do, there will definitely be no danger, so you can rest assured. ”

"I hope so......" Brandi said, trying to suppress the vague uneasiness in his heart.

At eleven o'clock that night, Brandi and Neville said goodbye to Harry in the common room, and he was sad all night, as if he had been disturbed by Dumbledore's headless words, and he was dressed in a bulging bag, almost wrapping himself in a rice dumpling, even though it was the end of May, and everyone thought that Brandi was trying to hide his timidity. So Harry and the others gathered around him all night to help him relax, and before leaving, Hermione approached him, intentionally or unintentionally, and quickly slipped a note into Brandy's pocket while Neville was saying goodbye to Harry Ron.

"I'll see when the lockdown is over." She winked at Brandi and sat back in her seat with the others to continue her review.

It was this kind of brainless information again, and Brandi's expression became even more depressed for a while.

He and Neville descended to the foyer, where Filch was already waiting—with Malfoy standing next to him. Sure enough, Professor McGonagall would at least be the same.

"Hmph, Mr. Patton, I'm glad to see you." When Filch saw Brandy, he made no secret of his disgust and excitement. "Professor McGonagall has been so kind to you, if it were me—it's a pity that corporal punishment has been abolished in the castle, and I can't wait to shackle you upside down on the ceiling, and my whip will be polished every day...... Hehe, follow me. Filch picked up a dim oil lamp and walked out cursing.

The two next to them were already dumbfounded.

"Where is he taking us?" It was the first time Brandi had seen Malfoy look so scared—even less than Neville.

"God knows." Brandi tightened his robe and lowered his voice, not caring about any academy faction at this time. Now everyone is the same, and Brandi didn't deliberately ignore him. "Do you notice his tone, such a cheerful tone, I don't think the punishment should be very light."

They strode through the fields that had become dark. The weather wasn't great today, there were always clouds that would obscure the moon, so dim that Brandi could barely see anything in the distance, except for the little light in the direction of Hagrid's hut. But he was glad that they were traveling in the same direction.

When they could clearly see the windows of the hut, the familiar shouts and barking of dogs could be heard not far away. "Is that you, Filch? Hurry up, we're short on time. ”

"Whew~" He suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. If it was Hagrid, it wouldn't seem too bad, at least there wouldn't be any security problems—he thought, and then he must have been over-eager.

He heard the cruel and happy voice of Filch next to him: "You think you can sit back and relax by working with this big man?" Despair, little devil, you're going to the Forbidden Forest! I can swear if you come back unharmed, I'll go back and serve my Lady Loris as a snack! Speaking of which, it doesn't seem quite right with Loris's two days - has she eaten more in the past two weeks? ”

In the end, it became his own talk.

………… Thinking of the terrible powder Hermione had last time, Brandy, who was holding back his laughter, suddenly had a bold idea. Of course, he can't show it at this time.

"Forbidden Forest!?" Malfoy shuddered. "Are you kidding? We can't go in - there's everything! If only my father knew......"

"That's it! I've been waiting here for almost half an hour, you're really slow, huh? Blondie! How's it going, the Forbidden Forest at night? Hagrid came from the other side with a lamp, followed by Tooth, and he found Hagrid fully armed, with the amazing stone bow in one hand.

"It's confinement now, Hagrid. They're here to be punished, not for you to play with them! Filch interrupted him coldly. I'll pick them up at dawn—the remains, if they can walk to the castle themselves, of course. After he said it viciously, he staggered to the lamp and disappeared into the darkness.

"Now, then, come with me, you guys." Hagrid patted his bow and motioned for them to follow.

"I refuse." Malfoy's footsteps didn't move, and his tone was unsurprisingly full of panic. "You're going to die if you go there! Listen to my father, there are werewolves in it! What can't we do? Like writing a check? Isn't it good to live honestly? ”

"No one has lost their lives! You deserve to be punished for what you have done wrong! Hagrid said mercilessly, "You don't have to bring out your father to scare me, Hogwarts is like that!" You've got to do something useful for it, or you're going to fuck off! If you insist on standing stupidly like this. ”

Hagrid strode towards the dark Forbidden Forest, Brandi and Neville followed, and before they could take a few steps, Malfoy's panicked screams could be heard behind them. "Okay, wait for me, don't go so fast!"

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"Listen, what we're going to do today is very dangerous, and you have to be vigilant at all times." He led them to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, the lantern in his hand held high, reflecting the crooked path that led not far away into the depths of the jungle. They pricked up their ears nervously, and could faintly hear the faint whispers of the creatures of the Forbidden Forest.

"Do you see that glittering thing on the ground?" Following Hagrid's fingers, they saw a silvery white mess on the ground. "That's unicorn blood. One of the unicorns in the Forbidden Forest seemed to have been injured by something, and it was badly wounded. There must have been something bad in the woods lately, one died last Wednesday, and our task today is to find the poor creature and help him out of pain. ”

"But what do we do if we find that thing that hurts the unicorn?" Malfoy asked cautiously, "We probably won't be able to beat it." ”

"Of course, but I don't expect you to fight it, as long as you can find him, don't worry about the creatures of the Forbidden Forest, as long as you are with me or Fangya, no creature will hurt you." Hagrid walked to himself towards the Forbidden Forest. "It's best not to leave the trail, even I haven't really explored the full extent of the Forbidden Forest. Okay, now we need to divide up and follow the bloodstains, the unicorn seems to be a little panicked, it's been running around since at least last night. ”

"I... Then I want teeth! Malfoy hurried over to Tooth's side.

Poof! Apparently Malfoy didn't know that appearance was sometimes not proportional to strength. Brandi looked at him amusedly.

"Of course, but I'll warn you beforehand, it's a coward."

Malfoy's face immediately turned white.

"So who else do you want, Neville or Brandy?" They walked a little further and came to a fork in the road. "You'd better choose quickly, the later it gets at night in the Forbidden Forest, the less safe it is."

"Then ...... Blondie! Malfoy was in a cold war, and he just wanted to get the done and go back and write to his father, but only if he could get back - Brandi had at least some real skills compared to Little Tear Pack Neville.

Brandi shrugged his shoulders and acquiesced to Malfoy's choice.

"That's it, Neville and I go this way, and you two go that way with Toothtooth. Remember, if anyone finds a unicorn, they shoot a green spark, you know? You don't know how to launch a spark - by the way, if you're in trouble, fire the red spark and we'll get there and save you as soon as possible. So that's it? You two be careful. ”

They said goodbye to Hegnerway, and the two followed Tooth to the path on the left.

The Forbidden Forest was dark, and when you were far away from Hagrid, you couldn't see anything clearly. They walked silently for a short time, listening intently to the rustle of leaves under their feet.

"Malfoy, chant a fluorescent spell. I seem to see the blood of a unicorn. ”

"Why do you command me?" Malfoy was immediately displeased. "Won't you use it yourself?"

Brandi was silent for a moment, and he realized that he was not very good at explaining his body and wand to Malfoy. "I'm not very good at channeling spells...... This is really something that only you can do. You'd better hurry up and shine some light, or we'll not even be able to find our teeth in a while. ”

Malfoy originally wanted to taunt Brandy, but he was so frightened that he quickly maintained a fluorescent spell that illuminated the silver-gray blood stain on the trunk of the tree on the side of the two.

"It's going to be ...... Blood? Silver? Brandi curiously stretched out his hand and dipped it a little, the touch was sticky as if he had touched the glue.

"It must have been a werewolf who did it! Unicorns themselves are so powerful, they can't be hurt like this so easily. Malfoy looked around in horror. There must be werewolves in this Forbidden Forest! ”

"Don't talk nonsense...... Brandi pouted, "we're at the edge of the Forbidden Forest right now, and if there were werewolves here, Hagrid would have cleaned them all up." ”

"But how do you explain the unicorn's injury! You must know that unicorns are born to be a living protective charm, and it is absolutely impossible to defeat them without being particularly strong, let alone injuring them like this! I've seen it in our house collection! ”

"Then you mean that werewolves are very strong, didn't Professor Quirrell say in class, werewolves are better than wizards at best, plus a little patience with spells." He continued to walk slowly, "And most crucially, werewolves won't hurt unicorns if they don't have a special reason. They don't eat it......"

After another half hour or so, Brandi could be sure they had left the periphery of the Forbidden Forest. They began to hear something creepy, the clatter of horses' hooves, and some dense, like the rapid tapping of a dog's paw on the floor.

"What kind of sounds are these...... Malfoy timidly hid behind Brandi's back, and Brandi had already nervously pulled out his wand. I don't know, but it seems like we're still some way away, and do you remember Hagrid saying that the creatures of the Forbidden Forest don't hurt us for no reason? ”

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"Huh...... Huh~" At this moment, there seemed to be the sound of something sliding on the ground behind them. Malfoy and Tooth screamed loudly, and Brandy shuddered as he quickly dragged the stunned Malfoy behind a tree beside him, his wand pointing tremblingly at the darkness behind him. "Who is it! Come out of here! ”

He only had time to see the flash and black shadow, no one answered, and the noisy voices in the distance had disappeared all at once after the figure appeared, and there was silence in the Forbidden Forest.

"Cloth, Brandy......" Malfoy seemed to lose his strength, and he grabbed Brandy's robe. Let's go back quickly, I just can't stay any longer, it feels weird to me here. ”

"Shut up and be quiet."

Brandi ignored his complaints, and the uneasiness in his heart was faintly magnified. He pulled Malfoy by the tug, urging Fangya to take a few cautious steps towards where the shadow had appeared. Through the flickering white light of the fluorescent spell, they saw something they hadn't noticed when they had just passed by.

A red stain of blood that belonged to another creature.

"It's hurt?"

"Looks like ......" Brandi put his hand on the blood, put it in front of his nose and sniffed, and then looked closely under the fluorescence. Normal blood, warm-blooded, I can feel the heat. But – why the slide? He hesitated, "Malfoy?" ”

"What are you going to do?!" Malfoy looked at him with a shout, "You, you...... I'm not going to follow along? Please~ We're just looking for a unicorn! Not looking for something inexplicable! ”

"It's not...... But I clearly think there's something around here, hey, okay, I'll just go with you! Don't push me! ”

He was pulled away by a terrified Malfoy, and they didn't even notice that they had strayed from the trail completely.

After a few more minutes, I don't know if I was close to the depths of the forest, the trees began to grow thicker, and the path seemed to be long gone. But there was absolutely no problem with their direction - they noticed that the silver-gray blood stains were getting denser and denser, and there was blood everywhere, as if the poor creature had struggled in pain around here.

They laboriously made their way through a series of tangled and tangled roads to an open flat land.

It was at this point that the bright moon desperately managed to avoid the clouds, and the moonlight spread over the clearing—this time without the need to maintain the fluorescent charm, and together they discovered the pure white thing at the edge of the other side of the clearing.

"Oh my God!" Malfoy let out an exclamation.

That's right, it was the badly injured unicorn, Brandy had never seen such a pretty creature, every hair of it was crystal clear, glowing silver in the moonlight, and its slender limbs still maintained a falling position, stretching unnaturally, and occasionally twitching. It's not dead yet!

I don't know why, the first time she found out about this situation, Brandi's heart was filled with a kind of joy and joy - it seemed that as long as it was a normal life, it would be willing to sincerely care for and bless this beautiful and elegant creature in front of her. He subconsciously wanted to get closer.

At that moment, there was a sudden sound of a search in the bushes opposite. Immediately after, a hooded black figure slipped out of the shadows, literally sliding, and Brandi didn't even see the swing of his feet. It slid like a snake on the ground and came to the unicorn.

It leaned down—and in a trance, Brandi suddenly reacted to what it wanted to do. He subconsciously shouted!

"Malfoy! Warning! ”

"Ahh!!!!h Malfoy let out a terrible scream and was about to run backwards, his teeth long gone. For a moment, Brandy's blood was as cold as freezing, and his teeth chattered.

The hooded figure sprang to its feet, making strange noises from its mouth—Brandi didn't know if it was its mouth. Immediately after, there was a muffled sound behind Brandy, and he subconsciously turned his head.

Malfoy was sitting back on the ground, and he sprang up again and continued forward—bam!

This time Brandi saw it, and Malfoy seemed to have hit an invisible wall, and he was violently bounced back.

"Cloth, Brandi...... What to do! He looked at Brandi with a shudder, "We're trapped!" ”

Just as he wanted to speak, he suddenly felt a tingling pain in his back, and he subconsciously threw himself to the side. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a dark blue light stick to his body, striking the mossy rock not far away, which was shattered as if it were stuffed with explosives.

It's a wizard! His mind was like electricity, and a terrible fact popped into his mind - that guy could cast spells silently, and he was much faster than himself! He threw himself on the ground, not even daring to take time to stand up, and roared loudly in his mouth.

"Armor protection!"

The moment the Iron Armor Spell was completed, another blue light flew in and struck him on the shoulder.

"Whew!" Like a screeching noise on metal, Brandy's shoulder was tilted back with a huge force, and he only felt a sharp pain, and he almost couldn't hold the wand in his hand! But the hastily completed Iron Armor Spell finally worked, and the dark blue spell eventually deflected direction, blasting a dirt pit next to Brandy, and the sand was blown apart. For a moment, the sky was littered with clods of dirt - which gave Brandi the only chance to regain his ability to move.

He rolled to his right almost in a lazy donkey's position, his eyes were dazzled, the wizard must have cast a lot of spells, but all of them were disturbed by the falling clods of dirt and rubble, and with the force of the flip, Brandi stood up with a fierce man—for a moment he felt his waist wail—the stones crackled on him, but he didn't bother to check his body, he waved his wand at a speed he had never done before, and he could see the glow on the wand of the wizard opposite.

"Super Demon Spell - The Weak Retreat!"

A bewitching ball of purple light erupted from Brandy's wand, almost in the same line as the dark wizard's crimson spell - Brandi almost thought he had succeeded! But no, they passed by, it was too fast—neither of them could react immediately.

The spell struck Brandy's chest, shattering the already crumbling Iron Armor Spell, and Brandi snorted, a faint burst of silver light surging through his body—he staggered backwards, slamming into the magical barrier set by the dark shadow.

And the unknown Dark Wizard was obviously even worse, he only had time to wave his wand, and the repulsion spell that was inherently required to be used in a super-demonic state drilled into his body accurately, giving him an astonishing high speed backwards - the Dark Wizard let out a wail! As if it had been hit by a truck, it flew backwards and made a clattering sound! I don't know how many trees were broken.

For a moment, there was a deathly silence in the clearing......

"Brandi! Brandy, are you alright......" Malfoy woke up from a dream, and he hurried to Brandy's side, his brain was blank from the astonishing power of the dark wizard's curse, and he almost decided that he was going to die.

"Don't, ahem! Don't relax......" Brandi didn't seem to be too hurt, and he slowly stood up with his back against the transparent wall, without a relaxed expression on his face. "Signal!"

"Did we win?" Malfoy was terrified.

"......" Brandi shook his head with difficulty, and he raised his wand. Magic Casting - Armor Protection! ”

The Iron Armor Spell in the super demon state almost formed a visible phantom, surrounding him, which somewhat calmed his beating heart a little. But he shows no signs of letting up at all – the obstacles behind him are still there, so to speak......

"Smack, smack, smack~"

Brandi and Malfoy's faces changed at the same time.

From the direction in which the dark wizard flew out, there was an eerie burst of applause. A hoarse voice came from the darkness, as if grinding on top of sandpaper. "It's really surprising that there are still people who have the ability to use ancient magic...... Heh, it's just a superficial thing, though. ”

The hooded figure stepped out of the shadows, the voice strange and didn't seem to come out of his mouth.

"But......" He didn't raise his wand, but the uneasiness in Brandy's heart magnified for a moment.

"Sand Warriors Dispatch!"

Brandi's pupils shrank suddenly. The man didn't use a wand at all!

Moment! The clearing was like a bucket of boiling water, and the dirt was churning!