"How are you?" said Hagrid, warily.

The branches behind the centaurs shook, and four or five more centaurs came out. Harry seemed to know a few of them, and Lockhart didn't know a single centaur.

"So," said one of the centaurs, quickly turning his head to the horses, his voice becoming terrifying, "I think we've agreed on what we're going to do if this human reappears in the Forbidden Forest?"

"'This human', and now I'm 'this human?'" Hagrid said angrily, "just because I stopped you from killing?"

"Hagrid, you shouldn't meddle in your business," said Ma Guoren, "our ways are not yours, and our laws are not yours. Ferenze betrayed us, he made us lose our dignity. ”

"I don't understand how you guys think that," Hagrid said impatiently, "he didn't do anything but want to help Dumbledore--"

"Ferenze became a slave to humanity," said a grim-looking gray centaur.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Centaurs, Ferenze is not a slave to humanity, he is now a professor under Headmaster Dumbledore like me, and we are colleagues. Lockhart stepped forward and shouted.

"That's right!" Hagrid said angrily, "he's just doing Dumbrador a favor—"

"He has betrayed our knowledge and secrets to mankind," Ma Guoren said quietly, "and nothing can undo this disgrace." ”

Lockhart frowned: "He imparts knowledge to everyone, which is a great sentiment!"

"Mankind, you have gained our knowledge--" said the first to speak, "of course I think he is great--"

"Now, listen to me," Hagrid said angrily, "I don't want to hear about 'our' forest if you don't mind. It's not up to you to decide who comes here--"

"It's not up to you, Hagrid," said Ma Guoren calmly, "I'll let you go today, because of the young beast next to you—"

"I'm sorry, gentlemen, but you didn't figure it out. It's not that you let us go, it's that humans have been sheltering the centaurs!" Lockhart said angrily, he was still confident in dealing with a few centaurs, and he didn't mind letting these unscrupulous centaurs know that the traitor in their hearts - Ferenze's colleague, the professor at Hogwarts, was awesome.

"Shelter, you're being presumptuous, human!" one of the centaurs angrily shot an arrow at Lockhart.

Lockhart could sense that the arrow was being fired at the ground beneath his feet, so he decided to show mercy to his men - he waved his wand - and the bow in the centaur was knocked away.

"Professor!" Hermione squealed in horror, and several centaurs began to dig the ground with their hooves and drew their bows to aim at Lockhart, "Let's go, please!"

Lockhart waved her hand to signal Hermione's calmness: "Centaurs, if you still insist that you are going to let me go today, I don't mind letting 'your' entire forest turn into the black scorched earth on the edge of the woods!"

The centaur on the opposite side immediately became agitated in surprise, and one of the centaurs asked, "Did you do that?"

"Hmph, do you really believe that it was a dragon? Lockhart snorted, and he spewed out a large stream of demonic flame with his wand, turning into a large bird full of destruction, circling overhead, and then quickly extinguishing it—it was his limit. Lockhart was not in the slightest ashamed of his pretense for once. First of all, he was able to deal with the centaurs, and secondly, the scorched earth could indeed be said to have done it......

Sensing the powerful destructive power of this demonic flame, the centaur on the opposite side immediately lowered his bow and arrow at the signal of a leading centaur.

"Dear Mr. Wizard, today I apologize for our faux pas, and you can go with your friends. Although the centaur said something that was neither humble nor arrogant, it was clearly subdued.

So they swaggered away in front of the centaurs, who watched them go away and did not dare to say a word. After a while, they finally walked on the path again, and after walking for more than ten minutes, the trunks began to thin, and they could see patches of blue sky again.

"Kids," Lockhart lamented, "remember, only if you are strong can you really solve all your problems and protect the people you love." ”

"Understood, Professor. "The three children really remembered it this time.

"Hagrid, go back, I'll send my three children back to school. Lockhart said as he brushed the leaves from Hermione's brown hair.

"Giants!" Hermione said excitedly after Hagrid left, "get the giant out into the Forbidden Forest! we'll have to give him English lessons! Of course, if we can safely pass through that group of murderous centaurs as we come and go!

"Don't get excited, Hermione," Lockhart reassured, "Hagrid is going to be fine. ”

"Professor," Hermione said worriedly, stopping abruptly in the middle of the road, "we all know you're good, but Hagrid did make Umbridge anxious this time, and many people even think Hagrid should be driven away......"

"Harry, Ron, where have you been? I didn't see you at the training ground!" Ginny ran over angrily, "Oh...... Good afternoon, Professor Lockhart. ”

"Alright, Ginny~" Lockhart smiled at her, "Alright, Harry, Ron, you guys go Quidditch." ”

"Professor, I'll go and serve you......," Hermione said.

"Hermione, exams are coming up, go revise up, I'm not going back to the office. ”

"Oh...... All right. Hermione was a little frustrated.