After class, Rove walked down the hallway towards the Black Lake.

Shirley seemed a little uneasy, and followed along.

Walking on the road, the young man said in a young voice: "It's okay, it's definitely not a prank, Professor Snape won't be idle and trick me into going to the Black Lake, this kind of trick is too low-level." ”

"It's not a prank that is more worrying!" Shirley wrinkled her nose and said, "Professor Lockhart is married to a mermaid, why do you want to be the best man." ”

"Do you believe that?" Rove smiled dumbly and said, "Shirley, Professor Snape is full of lies, just listen to half of his words at most, don't believe him."

Dumbledore must have been waiting for me in the Black Lake, but there was no such thing as a best man at all. ”

"Is that so?" Shirley glanced at Rove with some surprise, and she frowned and said, "How can Professor Snape talk nonsense like that?" ”

Rove lifted his leg and stepped over the steps, stretched out his hand to block the glare of the sun, and laughed softly, "You are so stupid, sooner or later you will have to be deceived." ”

The ponytail girl pursed her lips, then suddenly smiled, she stretched out her fist and shook it gently, "Isn't there still you?" ”

The two of them walked across the lawn towards the Black Lagoon, where they met Hagrid, who was mowing the grass, but with a sad face and no smile on his face.

"Hey, Hagrid." Rove said hello and asked, "Need help?" ”

"No, little question, Rove." Hagrid picked up the pile of grass that he had trimmed off, suddenly remembered something, glared at the two of them, and said:

"Why are you two going, it's been too dangerous lately, but you're not allowed to run around at will."

"No, it was Professor Snape who told us to go to Professor Dumbledore." Rove explained, "Did you see him? ”

"Oh, Dumbledore." Hagrid thought for a moment and said, "I just saw him walking there alone by the Black Lake. ”

"Okay, thank you." After making sure it wasn't a prank, Rove asked softly, "Hagrid, what's wrong with you, looking sullen." ”

Hagrid hesitated, he glanced around before he lowered his voice and said, "I told you two that you must not tell anyone. ”

Both Rove and Shirley nodded.

"I raised a very small, cute spider in the Forbidden Forest a long time ago and named it Aragog."

Rove raised his eyebrows, how could Hagrid's description be so different from the eight-eyed giant spiders, are they small and cute?

Cute hammer!

"But just before Christmas, Aragog was captured by a wizard." Hagrid said in frustration, "His whereabouts are unknown now. ”

Of course, Aragok was captured by Rove, but it was difficult to say this, so he had to be cautious: "Do you know who captured it?" ”

"I don't know, but Aragog's children told me that it was a young wizard and a centaur." Hagrid sighed and said:

"The young wizard also claimed to be my friend."

"Since you say it's your friend, maybe you'll be sent back soon." Rove reassured.

"But I'm afraid it's poachers." Hagrid said worriedly:

"Aragog is very old, he still has eye problems, and I'm really worried about his safety."

"Then you ask the tribe of centaurs?" Rove asked again, "Aren't there still centaurs?" ”

"Well, the centaur tribe has been under martial law recently, don't you know?" Hagrid said with a serious face:

"At Christmas, it is said that a car came through the Forbidden Forest and hit Bane, breaking several ribs.

The centaurs are now hostile to wizards, and you'd better not go to the Forbidden Forest lately. ”

“……”

"I see, thanks for the reminder." Rove nodded.

After saying goodbye to Hagrid, they continued towards the Black Lake, and Shirley whispered, "What about that eight-eyed spider in the box?" ”

"Once healed, put it back in the Forbidden Forest." Rove thought for a moment and said:

"Only Aragog can restrain the eight-eyed giant spider population, but it won't live for a few years, so we have to find an eight-eyed giant spider who can control the population in advance."

They soon came to the edge of the black lake, and in the distance they saw a large squid, lying in the warm shallow water basking in the sun.

Professor Dumbledore stood aside, gently fiddling with its tentacles, and the squid seemed to be a little cool to be stroked.

After hearing the footsteps, the old man turned around and smiled:

"Good afternoon, it seems that Professor Snape conveyed my words...... I was just wondering if he would pretend to forget. ”

"Professor Snape hasn't forgotten, but he has made some changes to your words." Taking advantage of Snape's absence, Rove hurriedly complained:

"He said Lockhart was going to marry a mermaid and needed me to be the best man."

Dumbledore smiled dumbly, shook his head, and said, "No, but I do need you to go with me to the Fish-Man Tribe." ”

"What are you going to do?" Rove inquired curiously.

"One of the merfolk in the merfolk tribe is sick, and their healer is helpless and wants to ask me for help." Dumbledore said softly:

"Then I remembered you, Rove."

"Professor Lockhart fell into the Black Lake and was caught by a mermaid, and if he can be cured with help, the mermaid leader is willing to let Professor Lockhart go." The old man explained slowly.

"No problem, but whether it can be cured or not will only be known when you see the patient."

As a veterinarian by profession, Rove certainly wouldn't turn down a mermaid patient, and he hesitated, "How do we get to the bottom of the lake?" ”

"Ride this big guy." Dumbledore pointed to the big squid lying in the shallow water, his beard trembling slightly, "It will take us to the bottom of the lake." ”

Both Rove and Shirley looked at the squid, which spewed a large cloud of ink into the air like fireworks.

"If it's all right, let's go now." Dumbledore jumped on the squid, followed by Rove and Shirley.

At Dumbledore's orders, the squid swam towards the center of the lake, then slowly sank.

The headmaster waved his wand again, and the three of them were enveloped in a large bubble and dived underwater.

The squid dives deeper and deeper, swimming towards the center of the lake, and the light gradually dims, and the surrounding lake looks dark and hazy.

There were a lot of fish in the water, swimming from not far away, and Rov and Shirley sat on the back of the squid, looking at the lake as if they were in an aquarium.

Soon, a large group of merfolk appeared, and none of the squid they were chasing dared to approach, just followed from a distance.

After a long time, the squid finally came to the bottom of the lake deep enough.

There was a small mermaid village, full of rough stone dwellings stained with algae.

Merkus, the leader of the merfolk, stood in the square, waiting for the arrival of the three of them, and when she saw the big squid, she hurriedly waved her hand and said:

"Playing music!"

……

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(Thanks to the "Love to Swim in the Water" elder for the reward.) ）

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