Chapter 16: The Horse with the Breath of Death
The train started.
Because there were still outsiders in the box, Harley didn't play with Hermione anymore.
And Hermione didn't have the heart to mess with Harley anymore. Her attention was all on Luna's "Singing Contradiction" and the so-called scimitar-horned snoring beast.
"I memorized the entire book of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and there was no mention of scimitar snoring beasts in it!" Hermione and Luna argued.
To enhance her persuasiveness, she also pulled out her textbook from her bag.
"No, scimitar-horned snores exist." Luna said with a serious face, "It's just that it hasn't been discovered yet."
This is because the scimitar-horned snorer is an easily shy animal, so people have not been able to spot it until now. ”
"Since this so-called scimitar-horned snoring beast has not been discovered, how can you say it exists?" Hermione began to lay out the facts and reason.
"Because it exists! You can't just because no one has spotted a scimitar and it doesn't exist. ”
Luna was obviously arguing with Hermione in a serious voice, but what she said combined with Luna's expression always gave people the feeling of caring for the silly roe deer.
Then this sentence is also true in another way! Because it doesn't exist, no one will be able to spot the scimitar-horned snorer at all......"
Hermione was still trying to convince Luna with logic, but Luna didn't take it at all.
"That's a prejudice, because scimitar-horned snores actually exist......"
Hallie, who was on the side, did not participate in the argument, but only half-lay in her seat, smiling at the scene.
It wasn't until the middle-aged witch selling the food knocked on the box door that Hermione and Luna ended their debate.
Of course, neither of them succeeded in convincing the other.
And judging from Hallie's rich life experience, they will probably never be able to convince each other.
The train was still moving, and there was silence in the box.
Hallie leaned over Hermione and read the letter, and Hermione helped Harley comb her long, silky black hair as she read the Transfiguration textbook.
Luna sat in the seat on the other side of the box, put on a very strange pair of glasses, and read "Singing and Singing" in her hand.
Her book is reversed, but the whole person still reads it with relish, and the main focus is a non-mainstream.
Hedwig didn't know when she had eaten and drunk enough and went out to play.
Only the sound of munching on Bibi beans and biting off the head of a chocolate frog occasionally breaks the atmosphere.
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The train arrived.
Harley and Hermione had changed into their uniforms and followed the group out of the platform.
Luna also wanted to follow them, but Harley carried the back of fate by the neck and turned in Hagrid's direction:
"You're a first-year student, and you're going to follow Hagrid through the Black Lake in the traditional way of taking a boat!"
"Okay." Luna's eyes were hazy and she said, "Harley, you've been blessed by the scimitar-horned snorer. Otherwise, how could you be so strong? ”
The expression on Hallie's face twitched slightly. She felt that neither the scimitar nor Chick (Harrie didn't know the origin, only Chick knew for the time being) didn't seem to agree with that.
Harley wanted to say something, but Luna had already disappeared into the crowd.
"Let's go, don't worry about that scimitar-horned snorkel that doesn't exist." Hermione tugged on Harry, and the two of them walked forward at the end of the group.
They came to a rough and muddy path outside, and hundreds of carriages were waiting for their classmates beside the path.
The carriage was pulled by a scrawny black Pegasus with a dragon-like head and huge bat wings.
They were shaking their heads and staring at their classmates with empty white eyes.
However, it seems that most people have turned a blind eye to the creature and climbed directly into the carriage.
Harley didn't rush into the car, but watched them, considering that she had fallen to the end, and finally couldn't help but reach out and pet the creature.
The horse was also very cooperative, rubbing the back of Harry's hand with her hand and sticking out her tongue to lick Harley's fingers.
"It's so cute." Harley couldn't help but sigh when she felt the breath of death on this kind of horse.
Strangely, the witch and the god of death are not adjacent paths.
(Actually, when Crane was looking at the second desecrated tablet, it was recorded that the Witch, the Red Priest, the Reaper, the Night, and the Warrior were all adjacent paths, and the "Demigods of the Sleepless Path could turn to the Witch Path" was written.)
This is because the first two paths correspond to the old days of destruction and natural disasters and the last three paths correspond to the old eternal darkness together to form the fourth pillar, which represents the end of all things and will die once the universe appears, so these five paths are also adjacent.
It's just that Harley doesn't know, after all, the level of sequence three is not enough, and the king of angels doesn't necessarily know this. )
But Harley felt that she had always been quite susceptible to creatures of the Reaper's path, and had always had a slight affection for such creatures with the breath of death.
Of course, this also has to do with the fact that the various materials they drop are relatively easy to shoot on the sea, after all, they are the most offensive and lethal, and pirates like it very much.
"Hallie, what are you doing? What do you say is so cute? Hermione, who was already in the car, suddenly poked her hair out and asked.
"These horses pulling carts? Aren't they cute? Hallie asked rhetorically.
"What horse?" Hermione looked dazed, "Harley, aren't you going to be like that little girl named Luna and start fantasizing about non-existent creatures, right?" ”
"Nope!" Hallie shook her head, raising her hand that had been stroking the horse's head earlier.
"It licked me just now! Why, can't you see them? ”
"Can't see? Hallie, what are you talking about...... Wait......" Hermione stepped out of the carriage with a thoughtful expression,
"I think I've seen it in Hogwarts, a piece of school history, where the school is responsible for pulling the cart...... Thestrals? ”
Hermione seemed to remember something: "Then I can't see them."
After all, according to the record on "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", only people who have seen and understood death to a certain extent can see Thestrals......"
Harley also remembered the magical creatures recorded in the textbooks, and understood where the aura of death that surrounded them came from.
Hermione was still babbling: "...... So it's normal for me not to see Thestrals. But Harley, why do you see ......?"
Hermione's voice suddenly diminuted, and a mixture of horror and apology appeared on her face.
She covered her mouth, observed Hallie's expression, and said cautiously, "Hallie, I'm really sorry...... I didn't mean to bring it up......"
Harley didn't even realize what Hermione was talking about. After a moment's thought, she understood what Hermione meant.
"It's okay, let's get in the car! Everyone else is gone. Without saying anything, Harley boarded the carriage first.
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(Thanks to the nine-tailed Yanhu, Wu Zheng, and the silent little punishment for the reward!) )