"Let's go inside." Li Lin looked at Malfoy, greeted him, and pushed the door in first.

"Are you a prophet? It's simply the funniest joke I've heard in years. Malfoy said exaggeratedly, and hugged his stomach and laughed twice, combined with the bruises on his face, it looked very funny, but he didn't know it.

Li Lin's face was calm.

"If we were to be sent to the Forbidden Forest to patrol the night, wouldn't you know if what I said was true or false?"

Malfoy stopped talking in an instant, he wasn't stupid. There is no need for Li Lin to deceive him with a lie that will be exposed in one night.

But he still couldn't believe it.

After a moment's wait, Professor McGonagall came in with an angry countenance, and announced loudly as she entered.

"There was a fight in the hallway, I can't imagine that this is a Hogwarts student! 20 points are deducted for each of you! ”

Li Lin lowered his head and sincerely admitted his mistake. However, he was secretly calculating in his heart, and each of them would be deducted 20 points, which seemed to be a tie, but if Goyle and Crabbe were also counted, then Slytherin would be deducted 60 points and earn 40 points.

If that's the case, then it's a great pleasure, Slytherin has won the House Cup for many years in a row, Gryffindor and the other houses, the only competition between them is who is the bottom one, Ravenclaw is second every year, and so on for many years in a row, some house students from the time they enter to the time they graduate, his house has not won a House Cup.

Such exaggerated competition has already made all the prefects of the other houses of the school go crazy.

If Slytherin had been deducted 60 points, then Li Lin would have been a hero to the rest of the school.

After announcing the deductions, Professor McGonagall let the two of them leave, after all, she is the head of Gryffindor, the vice principal of the school, and the professor of the Transfiguration class, and she has a busy day. Arguably one of the most dedicated teachers at Hogwarts.

Penalties will be issued, but not now. Maybe Professor McGonagall needs to check which rooms haven't been cleaned in a long time, and if so, Li Lin is happy to see Voldemort in hell compared to cleaning the house. He would rather clean ten houses than face Voldemort as an 11-year-old child.

It was simply hellish difficulty, and I chose to have an empty equipment slot.

Malfoy was still thinking about the so-called prophecy, and Li Lin hurried to the restaurant, after all, it was time for lunch.

When the aisle was full of people, the atmosphere in the restaurant suddenly shook, and then it became very noisy, Li Lin pressed his ears painfully, and at this time, the Gryffindor students stood up directly and applauded enthusiastically.

They all looked at Li Lin with a salute.

Li Lin looked left and right and saw that there was no Hermione near the Ravenclaw table, so she reached out and picked up some food while whispering inquiring.

Then he understood that Slytherin had really been deducted 60 points.

The restaurant was too noisy and chaotic, and Li Lin hurriedly left the restaurant with the food and ran towards the Ravenclaw lounge.

Cracking the doorway is said to be a puzzle, more like a brain teaser, the bronze door shaped like an eagle, never asking the question of what year the goblin rebellion is. The questions are all questions that test the thinking skills, and to put it simply, it is a waste of time.

When I entered the common room, I didn't see a pile of books stacked high. Without such an eye-catching sign, Li Lin began to panic, he had to go around the common room, did not find Hermione, and walked to the library next to him.

Thankfully, Hermione was here.

"Hi Hermione."

Hermione turned her head, she looked at Li Lin with a frown, but her eyes flashed with joy.

Li Lin raised the food in his hand.

"First of all, I apologize, and then, don't you feel hungry? Let's have something to eat. ”

Hermione pursed her lips, but reached out to take the food that Li Lin handed her.

Unexpectedly, after eating, Hermione's mood returned to normal, but she did not start to preach to Li Lin, but used it as before.

However, she was more active in the afternoon class than before, probably taking the 20 points deducted by Ravenclaw as her own responsibility.

At dinner, Li Lin received a note. The note read: Your confinement begins at eleven o'clock tonight. Look for Mr. Filch, Professor McGonagall, in the foyer.

Seeing this point in time, Li Lin understood in his heart. Sure enough, he still had to go to the Forbidden Forest, but on the surface he didn't reveal anything, but Hermione complained that she might have to clean the showroom.

After dinner, Li Lin didn't accompany him to do his homework, he was checking his suitcase and the leather bag he was carrying, it was impossible to carry something like explosives. Using explosives in the Forbidden Forest, wouldn't that send you right under Dumbledore's nose?

He rummaged through a pile of military equipment for a long time, and finally found a sniper rifle and a silencer. Barely able to come in handy. I found a bunch of small toys, whether I use them or not, it's good to be prepared. After everything is put together.

At eleven o'clock at night, Li Lin said goodbye to Hermione in the common room, still writing her homework.

Then go downstairs to the foyer. Filch was already waiting there, and besides, Malfoy.

Li Lin didn't expect Malfoy to come so early.

"Follow me." Filch said impatiently, evidently having waited a while, when he lit a lamp and led them through the foyer and out of the castle.

"I think you're going to have to think twice about breaking the school rules in the future, aren't you, huh?"

Filch squinted at Li Lin and continued.

"Oh yes.. If you ask me, I would say that hard work and hardship are the best teachers...... It's a shame that they have abolished the old-fashioned form of punishment of the past...... Hang you by the wrists and hang you from the ceiling for days. I still have those chains in my office, and I oil them a lot, maybe one of them. Days came in handy...... Okay, let's go, but don't try to run away. But if you run away, you will have no good fruit to eat. ”

For this kind of behavior of adding drama to himself, Li Lin is really difficult to complain, in other words, Filch is a squib, with such a pitiful identity, it is difficult for Li Lin to dislike him.

And most of the time he manages it, tracking down students who break the school rules, and his only companion is a cat.

But these students who violated the school rules were still self-righteous and arrogant, and they wanted to kill the cat behind his back.

That's right, these students are predominantly Gryffindors. Li Lin felt that the world was peaceful, otherwise with Gryffindor's temperament, it would definitely be how many people graduated and how many died. The school's ivory tower is the last place to protect them.

Following the light, the moonlight was bright through the pitch-black field, but clouds kept coming to cover the moon, plunging them into darkness, and the only light was the lamp that Filch was carrying. But after a few more steps, in front of me, you can see a bright hut.

Then, I heard a shout in the distance.

"Is that you, Filch? Hurry up, I'm leaving. ”

This voice is very familiar, and the whole of Hogwarts can make this sound without magic, I'm afraid there is only one person, Hagrid, a hybrid of human and giant. However, for this absolute allegiance to Dumbledore, an out-and-out Gryffindor, Li Lin was not even interested in talking.

He is also very kind-hearted, but he can't tell the difference between himself and ordinary humans, for him, those extremely dangerous creatures are just well-behaved and cute caterpillars in his hands, but in fact, those creatures are still extremely dangerous to others.

At this time, Filch, who was standing in front of them, said.

"Have fun with that idiot! You're going to the Forbidden Forest! If you can come out unharmed, huh. ”

Filch's language was all intimidation and threats, but Li Lin didn't care, the curse of words was the weakest.

But Malfoy stopped abruptly.

"Forbidden Forest?"

He followed, his voice far less calm than usual, and he looked a little flustered.

"We can't go in in the middle of the night, Lovegood, there's everything, werewolves, and, ......"

His expression was a little frightened, because he remembered Li Lin's "prophecy".

"You're only to blame, aren't you?"

Filch said, his voice full of joy, and no doubt he hated gifted young wizards, especially those of pure blood like Malfoy. Filch should also come from a wizarding family, whether he is pure-blood or not, if his parents are Muggles, as a squib, he can't even receive an admission letter.

He taunted Malfoy even more.

"You should have thought of these werewolves before you got into trouble, didn't you?"

Hagrid strode towards them from the darkness, and he could be identified just by looking at his height. A dog followed. Hagrid carried his massive stone bow and a well-stocked quiver on his shoulder.

"It's almost time." "I've been waiting for half an hour. Let's go now. ’’

"There is no need to be polite to them, they have already been taught a lesson on the way here! Hagrid, I'll leave it to you. Filch said coldly. After all, they came here to be punished. ”

Hagrid frowned at Filch and said, "I've been teaching them a lesson, huh?" This is not the place for you to teach. Your task is accomplished, and from now on I am responsible. ”

"I'll be back at dawn," Mr. Filch said.

"Pick up their wreckage."

He spoke viciously, then turned and walked towards the castle, and the lamp staggered into the darkness.

After seeing Filch leave, Malfoy turned to Hagrid.

"Listen, I'm not going into that Forbidden Forest!"

Malfoy's voice was trembling and terrified.

"If you still want to stay at Hogwarts, you have to go."

Hagrid said mercilessly.

"You did something wrong, and now you have to pay the price."

Malfoy's face became more frightened, and he spoke incoherently in a panic.

"I thought we were going to write and check or something. If my father knew I was doing this, my father would be ......"

"That's how Hogwarts is!"

Hagrid interrupted his nonsense rudely.

"Write check! What's in it for you? You've got to do something useful, or you're going to have to fuck off. If you think your father is willing to let you be expelled, go back to the castle and pack your bags. Let's go!"

Malfoy didn't move. He looked at Hagrid angrily, then lowered his gaze again. Li Lin stood next to him and could see Malfoy's trembling legs under the robes.

"Okay." Hagrid said.

"Now listen closely, what we're going to do tonight is very dangerous, and I don't want to put anyone in danger. Come with me first. ”

He led them to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, held the lamp aloft in the air, and pointed to a path that gradually disappeared into the depths of the black forest. Li Lin looked into the Forbidden Forest, and a breeze blew in his hair.

"Look inside." Hagrid said.

"See that shiny thing on the ground? Silvery white? That's the blood of a unicorn. There was a unicorn in the Forbidden Forest that had been injured by something, and it was very badly injured. We're going to try to find the poor unicorn, not wait until it's dead when we find it, we're going to get it out of pain. ”

"What if the thing that hurt the unicorn finds us first?"

Malfoy asked, his voice filled with unquenchable fear. At first, he didn't believe in Li Lin's prophecy and scoffed at it. But now it has been unconsciously remembered in his heart.

"As long as you're with me, no creature in the Forbidden Forest will hurt you."

Hagrid said.

"Don't leave this path. Okay, now follow me and follow the bloodstains. There was blood everywhere, and it was clear that it had been stumbling around since the time it was injured. ”

It was pitch black and silent in the Forbidden Forest. They walked a little further and came to a fork in the road.

Hagrid looked at Malfoy and Li Lin, thought for a moment.

"Maybe we should go separately, that way we can find it faster."

Li Lin shook his head.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hagrid, but I feel that without your protection, we will die in the Forbidden Forest in an instant."

Words dispelled Hagrid's childish thoughts. Search, keep going.

Take the left road first, and then if you don't find anything, then take the right road, and if you can find the left road, then everything will be fine.

Keep walking, eyes fixed on the ground. Every now and then, a ray of moonlight spilled down from between the branches above, illuminating a silvery-white stain of blood on the fallen leaves. Malfoy tugged at Li Lin's robe next to him, probably trying to say something.

Li Lin made a silencing sign to him and told him not to speak.

Harry could see that Hagrid looked anxious.

Unicorns have strong magical powers, and the only one who can hurt unicorns is the outsider, except for the centaur tribe in the forest.

They walked past a mossy tree stump, the sound of water could already be faintly heard nearby, and the winding path was visibly covered with speckled unicorn blood.

Hagrid's mood was a little low, and he didn't say a word, and it was clear that these magical creatures were as cute as domestic pets in his eyes, and they were cat lovers or dog lovers.

Li Lin didn't bother to comfort him, but suddenly felt a strange atmosphere.

"Stop."

He whispered, like an ethereal ghost.

"What's wrong?" Hagrid turned around and asked in a low voice.

"Listen!"

Li Lin grabbed Malfoy and hid behind a towering tree.

Malfoy was stunned, breathing, with great ups and downs, but he obviously remembered Li Lin's admonition, and never spoke.

Hagrid drew an arrow, mounted it on a stone bow, and raised it to shoot. Then, the three of them listened closely.

Then I heard it like a cloak dragging on the ground. After a few seconds, the sound faded away.

Li Lin hesitantly touched his pocket, put his hand down again, and he told himself that it was not time yet.