Luke also fell into deep thought.

Clearly, Taylor's proposal makes sense.

If they maintain Lockhart's current popularity, then Lockhart will join them in a big way when the time is right. Then it will also bring enough prestige and support to their camp.

Such a prestige doesn't even need to be accumulated by Luke little by little. It's something you can do overnight. Even if he reveals Lockhart's affairs, Lockhart's reputation will not all be transferred to him. But if Lockhart becomes his man, then all the prestige that Lockhart has accumulated will become part of the organization.

It's a sure-fire deal. And the price they have to pay is to make a false deal with Lockhart, and even help Lockhart find the next story.

Taylor looked at Luke's expression and knew he was in trouble. Hermione was a little worried. She used to admire Lockhart. But now that she knows that Lockhart is likely to have a problem, she doesn't want such a person who might be a scumbag to become her partner.

But she also understands that if Luke insists on doing so, then she can't stop it. It is even more impossible to leave. Only she is there to make their movements restrained.

And Luke's tangle lasted too long after that.

"Do the right thing, not the easy thing."

Luke looked at Taylor and said seriously.

Taylor understood, and said, "Then leave it to Hermione and me to find Lockhart."

Hearing Luke's refusal, Hermione breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on her face.

Such a situation, of course, is the best.

It was also perfectly acceptable for Hermione. What's more, for Lockhart, who is also a deceiving herself in a sense, of course she doesn't want to let go.

"I'll leave it to you. I'm probably going to be busy this semester and don't have that much experience to put on Lockhart."

Luke was not polite, and naturally dumped the task on the two girls.

The most important thing for him this school year is, naturally, to continue to investigate things related to the legacy. And as his strength improved, he felt that he could now go to the secret room to try his hand.

And......

"Within this year, if anything happens in the secret room, I can push it on Voldemort......

Luke sighed in his heart, "How can I be willing to finish you off completely, Tom, what a good backbiter."

Tom is simply the best back-erer for Luke.

Because of what Tom has done over the years, Luke has the idea of wanting to pick peaches. He was even willing to give Tom a chance...... Resurrect him. After all, in addition to those who fear him, there are also many people who want to find him......

After all, revenge and hatred are better for yourself after all.

Hermione and Taylor looked at Luke's expression, they didn't know what Luke was going to be busy with this year, but they also knew that it must be something very important. And since Luke didn't take the initiative to say, then they tried not to take the initiative to ask.

That night, Luke went on an activity that he hadn't done in a long time.

"It's a bit interesting to travel on Chinese New Year's Eve, and now I'm used to it."

….

Luke maintained his illusion charm and brushed past Filch with a big grin. Filch and his cat, Mrs. Loris, did not react at all.

The illusion spell is far better than the normal invisibility cloak when cast in the hands of someone who is really strong enough. Even Harry's cloak of invisibility is not as good as Luke's illusion charm in terms of invisibility alone.

But the most powerful point of Harry's invisibility cloak is not the invisibility function. Long-term effectiveness and high-strength magic resistance are the most powerful parts of this invisibility cloak.

After all, it is a three-holy weapon, and it is still worth mentioning.

Luke walked freely on the path, which he hadn't walked for a while. But it's still familiar.

He passed by Hagrid's hut and glanced inside. sea

Ge was busy in front of the oven, and the expression on his face was quite comfortable. And the teeth beside him have a bitter face.

"It's rock crust cake again......" Luke remembered the little cake sprinkled with raisins. Looks like it just feels a little bad. But when you eat it, it's like gnawing on a rock.

With that in mind, he glanced at the dog basin in front of the kennel of Toothtooth. Sure enough, I saw a small cake soaked in saliva, but still only a small half of it was bitten off.

"Hell...... I don't know how Hagrid came up with such a recipe. A family heirloom of the Giants?"

Luke shook his head silently and continued walking in the direction of the Forbidden Forest. And in the process, neither Hagrid nor Tooth noticed that anyone was watching them from outside, and they watched for a long time.

After walking into the Forbidden Forest. Luke instantly sensed that something was staring at him. He immediately raised his vigilance. The one who can call the Forbidden Forest his home, though, Hagrid may be, but Luke is not.

There are indeed many magical beasts in the Forbidden Forest, and they are willing to listen to him, a direct descendant of Slytherin. But he couldn't force it. What's more, there are many magical beasts that are not cold to him. Like those eight-eyed giant spiders. They only gave Hagrid face. And to give Hagrid face, it still depends on Alagog's face. After Aragog's death, even Hagrid did not dare to have any conflict with the eight-eyed giant spider group.

Swarms of eight-eyed giant spiders, only magical creatures with air supremacy like fire dragons can easily deal with them.

Other magical beasts, it's really hard to say.

The Forbidden Forest is such a danger, and it's not a bad thing for Luke to be more vigilant.

Many times, as long as you are vigilant and make the other party feel that you are not easy to mess with, you can do more than less.

But this time, Luke raised his vigilance and made a defensive posture, and he could still feel the sense of peeping that followed by a shadow.

Something was indeed spying on him.

Luke's expression became more and more serious, he knew that there were many secrets in the Forbidden Forest, and he had not yet figured out a few. He speculated that it might even be the true seat of Slytherin's legacy. The level of danger here is not ordinary.

The back of the head suddenly felt a little chilly. Luke quickly pulled his wand back, and a shield appeared behind him. At the same time, he himself dodged to the side with a roll of his own.

….

The transparent shield was obviously resisting for a moment, but shattering was the next moment.

A long strip of something fell to the ground in a bit of a mess, and before Luke could react, the other party got up gracefully.

In the bright moonlight, a purple snake with a glow of color was halfway up, looking at Luke not far away.

The orange-yellow eyes looked particularly shining in the moonlight, as if they had some special effect. The snake stood there, and instead of giving people a gloomy and cold feeling, it made people feel a touch of charm and elegance.

Luke's whole body relaxed: "Doris, angry?"

Like an arrow off the string, Toris scurried in Luke's direction. Only this time, Luke didn't feel any danger, so he opened his arms enthusiastically.

Toris ignored Luke's embrace and wrapped herself directly around Luke's neck. And the more you wrap it, the tighter it gets.

Now she's grown up enough to wrap Luke's around a few times.

"Scumbag! More than two months, almost three months, you don't contact me at all! Do you have another snake out there?! Or is that Booker's soul cat doing things behind my back again? You say! You say! You've got what it takes to throw me down! You have the ability to give me a reasonable explanation!"

Luke now suddenly felt that after his ability evolved, it was not a good thing to be able to understand this little guy's words.

I left her behind for so many days, why did she suddenly change from an elegant aristocratic little Lori to a resentful woman......

Luke ripped Toris off his neck, and Toris cracked her teeth at Luke, the long fangs in her mouth looking particularly dangerous. But with that pair

When you can see the flowing water waves and tearful eyes in the moonlight, the feeling is instantly different.

Luke now wonders if he's really a bit of a scumbag.

"No, that's not the case......

Luke shook his head to clear himself. He looked at the little guy on the side with some suspicion and said, "You can charm now?"

Toris immediately humanized and showed a triumphant expression.

And from the shadows, Gan Wencui crawled out with his three heads.

"Your Highness Luke." He saluted Luke respectfully, then glanced at Toris, who was coquettish with Luke, and said, "Her Royal Highness Toris lives well in the Forbidden Forest, and as she grows up, some of the abilities buried in her blood have gradually awakened."

"Listening to your tone just now, you should also have an understanding of the background of Her Highness Doris?"

Hearing this, Luke nodded, "After I asked an elder, he told me that Toris may be the prototype of the legendary Medusa sisters."

The Gorgons, magical creatures that have disappeared into history, even Newt, have not yet been determined if they really exist. If they exist, then their status should be similar to that of merfolk, meows, and vampires.

Would Toris be a gorgon?

Luke himself couldn't tell. The original definition of a variant of the basilisk should have been given by the system in order to take care of his insight. Over the years, he has also understood that the system will not just help him identify anything. The information given by the system is inherently credible. But if the system itself says that the information is doubtful, then the information is most likely false, and the truth has to wait for him to find out.

….

He didn't think it was bad. If there really is an identification system, you can see the truth at a glance. It's certainly a good thing, but it's also a lot less challenging. It would be boring if, like him in his previous life, he basically did not encounter any difficulties and challenges and was in a high position.

Now this situation where you need to decrypt it yourself and find the answer by yourself is just right. The help from the system is not too much, and it is not very little.

"Thank you for taking care of her."

Luke thanked Gan Wencui earnestly. After saying that, he put Toris on his chest, and he didn't worry about Toris giving him a hard blow.

You must know that Toris's venom, after being blended, can even melt magic gold.

Seriously, with Luke's current state, it is estimated that he will not be able to survive the time to ask Dumbledore for help.

"No, no, no, you're so polite." Gan Wencui quickly responded, "Carrying out the tasks you have assigned is our duty in itself."

Luke didn't back down or anything, he knew very well that what the other party said was right. They were instilled with the idea of obeying the orders of the Gaunt family from an early age. And if, as the heirs of the Gaunt family, he gives them freedom in search of self-impress, then they may suddenly become confused for a while, and there is no way to know what they will do afterwards.

Of course. The main reason is that they are still useful.

Luke is a selfish man. He won't easily let go of the useful things in his hands.

Gan Wencui didn't feel anything wrong when he saw this, and even in Luke's current state, he also felt that Luke was a little too gentle. and the high-spirited and arrogant highnesses in the previous legends, although the one in front of him is very affinity. But I always feel that there is a little too much emphasis on gentleness, in order to lose some momentum.

Of course, Gan Wencui's clever mind was naturally able to see clearly the arrogance and ambition hidden under Luke's gentle mask. So he also has a lot of expectations for the future.

"Your Highness, I need to warn you."

Gan Wencui lowered his head and said solemnly, "The basilisk wandering in the sewers in the secret room has woken up. I can feel that there is a dark force in the castle approaching the Chamber of Secrets."

"That's what His Majesty Slytherin left you."

He didn't finish his sentence, but he knew, Luke was sure

Understand what he's trying to say.

"I know, that's one of my plans, I need a target that can allow me to take everything away and still be able to throw the pot up."

Luke calmly told Gan Wencui what he thought. Compared to humans, these magical creatures who are loyal to him, and only to him, are undoubtedly better people to confide in.

Gan Wencui's IQ is no worse than that of humans. The Runi snake itself is one of the most intelligent of the magical beasts. So he nodded and said, "I understand, Your Highness is clever."

"Help me keep an eye on it, and if something big happens, be sure to notify me in time."

Luke admonished again, looking at the castle in the distance, his eyes flashing with an indecipherable brilliance.

Gan Wen Cui should be down.

….

"How's it going in the Forbidden Forest? How many have you accepted? Did you find something strange?"

Luke quickly shifted the conversation to the Forbidden Forest's arrangement. This is the main task he assigned to Gan Wencui. Bringing children is only secondary.

"With the help of unicorns, our power has expanded again, and almost all of them, except for some very powerful and independent magical beasts, as well as those that are violent and have their own races, have become our people. Willing to serve you."

Gan Wencui said respectfully, "The strength you have displayed in the Forbidden Forest is enough to deter them."

Luke nodded, signaling that he understood. And he knows very well that in fact, it is not his own strength that deters those magical beasts. It's the ancient aura of the magic of the snake wood.

It was the breath of Slytherin. To put it mildly, the entire Forbidden Forest is Slytherin's backyard. Their fear of Slytherin breath is almost engraved in their blood.

"But, Your Highness."

Gan Wencui was a little embarrassed, and what he brought was not all good news: "The Eight-Eyed Giant Spider clan is not honest. They're kind of trying to confront us."

Originally, everyone in the forbidden forest swept the snow in front of their own doors, and did not care about the frost on the tiles of others. The Eight-Eyed Spiders are one of the few magical creatures that have united and are numerous. They hunt in the Forbidden Forest, often with ease.

But now, the weak magical beasts of the Forbidden Forest are united. There are also some powerful magical beasts willing to shelter them. Now the only things that can be hunted casually for the eight-eyed giant spiders are some magical animals with relatively low intelligence that have not joined the alliance, and some ordinary animals living in the Forbidden Forest.

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"Don't put up with it, as long as you feel like you have a chance, give them a great look. Let you investigate privately, not let you swallow your anger."

Luke replied simply, he didn't think that the alliance of magical beasts would be able to deal with the eight-eyed spider under the command of a brain like the Nistria.

After all, the eight-eyed giant spider is also an outsider. If they really want to fight, Gan Wencui, who is really a snake on the ground, can easily use the many dangerous terrain in the Forbidden Forest to engage in terrain killing. It doesn't even take much head-on confrontation.

Just kidding, the stinky eight-eyed giant spider ran to the Forbidden Forest to ask for food! Let them see the rudeness of the local gangs.

"As long as it doesn't affect your plans."

Gan Wencui said with a polite smile. And Luke could tell in the voice that it was both cheerful and cruel. Obviously, Gan Wencui and they have endured it for a long time.

"What about the wrong places? Did you find it?"

Luke asked again.

"No, Your Highness. Together, we explored places we didn't dare to go before. Several new water sources have been found, as well as some better habitats. These are scattered explorations that we can't accomplish on our own."

"But I still haven't found anything obvious about human wizards."

Gan Wencui looked a little embarrassed: "Don't worry, we are still exploring.

I've locked on a couple of targets. I'm sure it will come out soon."

Luke nodded, no answer.

His silence made Gan feel the pressure skyrocket. But before he could curse again, Luke spoke, and after a few brief explanations, he left the Forbidden Forest.

Originally, he really wanted to go back to sleep. But I didn't expect that soon after returning to the castle, I saw such a magical scene in front of me.

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