Everyone put Rita's report aside for the time being and started chatting about other recent events.

Sirius was very concerned about Harley's life at the Dursleys, and Harley didn't hide it for them.

Sirius was furious and decided to invite Hallie to live at his house during the summer vacation.

Hallie was also very happy, after all, there must be a lot of books in the old Black House.

But Harley had to find a way to guide Sirius, after all, he didn't like to go back to Black's house that much.

During the chat, Hagrid seemed a little absent-minded.

"Hagrid, do you seem to be in a bad mood?" The attentive Hermione noticed Hagrid's abnormality and took the initiative to ask,

"Did something happen to Buckbeak? Mr. Scamander didn't find a suitable Ministry of Magic official? ”

"It's not." Hagrid shook his head, "Things are going very well with Mr. Scamander's help. ”

"My concern is Alagog...... Forehead...... It's a cute eight-eyed spider I raised. ”

"His people were often attacked by mysterious wizards some time ago, and many children have died."

"So Aragog is planning to move away from Hogwarts."

"But he's my pet for so long, I really can't bear him."

"But I can't come up with a solution, Professor Dumbledore is so busy, I don't want to bother him."

As he spoke, Hagrid lowered his head in frustration.

Hermione couldn't empathize with him, though.

"Hagrid, do you know what you're talking about?" Hermione's face was full of horror,

"The Eight-Eyed Giant Spider is a magical creature that has reached the level of 5X, and wizards are also in their prey range!"

"The Ministry of Magic has banned the breeding of this creature, whether it is for commercial or pet use!"

"And this creature is so dangerous, what if they attack you or the little wizard?"

Hagrid waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "How is that possible?" Aragog was raised by my own hands! ”

"He will never hurt anyone, he promised me with his life."

While the others were still arguing about it, Harley was lost in thought.

A large group of eight-eyed giant spiders actually want to move, could it be that they killed too hard the first few times?

This is not good, the venom of the eight-eyed giant spider is so poisonous, and the materials on its body are also very precious, which is an important source of income for itself.

"Looks like we'll have to figure out how big the Eight-Eyed Spider is, and then attack them from the other direction and force them into a dilemma."

"By the way, I'll have to have someone keep an eye on it at all times to find out what they're doing. But that's not going to work, I'm short of helpers......"

An owl suddenly flew in from outside the window, interrupting Hagrid and the others' arguments.

Hagrid quickly opened the letter and read it carefully.

After a while, Hagrid's emotions were high:

"Great, Mr. Scamander told me that Lady Gestilda Marchban of the Wizarding Examination Authority has taken over the matter as a teaching accident."

"Oh, that poor kid in Buckbeak, he's safe and won't be beheaded by the barbarians of the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures."

"That's great news." Harley congratulated Hagrid and stared at the owl.

She suddenly remembered that the extraordinary people of the Demon Path were especially fond of feeding large dogs or tigers and leopards the potions of the Demon Path, thus causing all kinds of tragedies.

In order to increase their strength, the trainer of the Medicine Master path will also use potions on pets if their financial strength allows.

And I don't know if it's because animals don't have that many complex minds or some other reason, when taking low-level potions, animals will hardly get out of control.

Harley had a bold idea.

"Why don't I feed Hedwig some potions from the audience and let her spy on those eight-eyed spiders?"

The more Harley thought about it, the more she realized that it was feasible.

The audience channel has little combat effectiveness in the early stage, but the ability to gather information is among the best among all channels.

And the owl's IQ is already very high, otherwise the wizard would not have chosen them as messengers, which is also very suitable for the audience path.

In addition, when Hallie was studying potions with Professor Snape, she had also seen the eyes of adult Manhal fish and the blood of blackfish.

If you want to configure a potion for the audience, it is not difficult to look at it.

……

With this bold idea, Harley immediately jumped into action.

She got the supporting materials from Hagrid, and found a reason to ask Professor Snape for the main materials.

In the evening, in the Room of Requirement, Hallie sits alone at the table.

Hedwig stood on the table, tilting her little head and staring at Hallie without blinking.

Hallie skillfully added one material after another.

When she dropped five drops of colchicum essence into the last auxiliary ingredient, the liquid in the cup quickly changed to a viscous silvery white substance.

Harley put the potion on the table, and before she could greet Hedwig, the little snowy owl's eyes lit up.

As if sensing some kind of calling, she put her head directly to the mouth of the cup and drank it in a big gulp.

Seeing this, Harley stopped making any moves, and quietly waited for Hedwig to finish the potion.

Soon, the viscous silver-white liquid in the cup was drunk, and Hedwig smacked her lips and kept shaking her head, looking like she was still unsatisfied.

"Alright, the rest of the task is to wait." Hallie stretched.

She'd seen many animal trainers feed their pets potions from the Spectator Pathway, which had an ancient name, the Dragon Path.

So the misguided trainers wanted to find themselves a pet that could resist fighting, so they chose to collect this potion.

Of course, they can only get a pet who likes to read books, read newspapers and gossip in the end.

After all, if it is not at the demigod level, this path will not be able to show the hand-to-hand combat ability of a dragon at all.

And Harley has also gathered some experience from many impoverished animal trainers.

She learned that in the early stage, she only needs to wait quietly and talk more in front of the pet, and the pet will automatically imitate the owner and learn human language.

Hallie whistled, and Hedwig immediately flew to her shoulder, rubbing her head against Hallie's cheek.

Harley stroked the snowy owl's feathers and got up to leave the Room of Requirement.

……

For the next few days, Hallie kept Hedwig with her.

Although the shape of an owl standing on its shoulder is a little strange, there are basically no people in the school this Christmas, so no one will say anything.

On Christmas Day, Hallie's bed was piled up with presents.

Most of the classmates sent candy, and many strange wizards sent greeting cards.

However, Harley is not interested, after all, there are always scumbags who will put evil spells on greeting cards or add aphrodisiacs to food.

She left only the French wine chocolates that Fleur had given her, and put the rest aside.

Hermione's gift was placed at the head of Hallie's bed, and inside was a large dictionary in both Chinese and English.

"I remember you said you wanted to learn the language, but you didn't have time to go to the library to find a dictionary."

Hermione said casually,

"So I asked my mom to buy one for me, and I thought it would help you."

"Thank you." Hallie put the dictionary away and decided to study what Russell the Great had recorded in the evening.

"No thanks." Hermione replied softly, "I love the amulet you gave me. ”

With that, Hermione slung the Medusa amulet around her neck and placed it with the time-turner.

Professor Dumbledore gave Harry a notebook containing a lot of Transfiguration.

Harley thought about the gift she had given, and it seemed that it was a woolen sweater and woolen socks that she had knitted in batches.

"Well, my time is precious...... Considering the cost of time, my gift is not worth much. ”

Harley gave herself a reason, and then calmly continued to look through the other people's gifts.

Professor Lupin presented him with an old notebook, full of handwritten fonts, recording Professor Lupin's thoughts on dealing with dark creatures.

Sirius gave Harley a new broomstick, a fire bolt that was very popular among the pros.

It has to be said that whether it is the material, the shape, or the magic attached to it, the fire crossbow arrow is the top configuration in the flying broomstick.

Of course, the price of the fire bolt is also very expensive, and it will cost thousands of Galleons to buy one.

If it were for Harley to pay for it herself, she would rather use the funds to buy more materials.

It can only be said that as the sole heir of the Black family, Sirius is really rich!

After unpacking the package, Harley found Sirius' greeting card and the matching tracksuit that came with the broomstick.

However, Hallie always felt that Sirius seemed to have some misunderstanding of her figure, and this tracksuit would probably have to be adjusted in several parts until next year.

But yes, for a certain Scottish Deer Hound who is single in the mother's womb, it is normal to not understand anything in this regard.

As if to compete with Sirius, Professor Snape made the first decision to give away a finished potion, the Elixir of Fortune.

"This large bottle of potion is worth at least a thousand gold galleons, and it has no price."

Hermione also reached out to look at the golden glow here.

After recognizing the potion, Hermione's tone was full of envy.

Harley stared at the potion for a moment, then carefully put it away.

At the bottom of the gift, Harley also found a flat package from the Weasley twins, containing a large square piece of parchment.

The corners of the parchment were badly worn, and there was nothing on it.

The package also included a Christmas card in the Weasley brothers' handwriting:

"The Living Point Map, a great treasure that exists for the sake of the students' prank business, is given to the investors of our joke shop."

This is followed by the twin brothers' bylines and the use of the map.

Harley laughed, unaware that the map that Professor Lupin and Peter had been looking for was with the Weasley twins.

But it makes sense, and only the daring brothers would dare to steal confiscated items from Filch's office.

Harley tapped the map with her wand and whispered, "I solemnly declare that I will not do good." ”

Thin lines of ink spread from where the tip of the wand had touched, quickly spreading to every corner of the map.

These lines are interconnected and crisscrossed, outlining a three-dimensional model of Hogwarts.

At the top of the map, a large green flower appears in large letters:

Moon face, worm tail, big foot and pointed fork,

Gentlemen who help the magic pranksters,

Introducing Grandly,

Live point map.

"This is the map you mentioned?" Hermione looked at the map with interest,

"What kind of magic is this? Shadow Curse? I can't think of any other spells. ”

"I don't know." Harley replied casually, gently stroking the line of names, especially the worm tail,

"But, Peter Pettigrew, they seem to value you in second place in the authorship of the work."

"And Animagus is also a real embodiment of the human heart, and it is not an accident that you can become a mouse."

"So you're just having an inferiority complex and cowardice, and you're really a scumbag."

……

After unpacking the presents, the two made their way to the auditorium together, where they met George and Fred on the way.

"Like our gift, Hallie." Fred asked with a smile,

"This is the treasure at the bottom of our box, what a great invention, what a noble man!"

"I would like to work tirelessly to help a new generation of students who have broken discipline, and I really want to meet these legendary makers."

"You'd like to meet the maker of the Living Point Map?" Hermione repeated with a strange expression.

"Of course, as loyal lovers of pranks, we have admired such seniors for a long time!"

George said loudly with his arms around Fred's neck.

"Then your wish will probably come true soon." Hermione rolled her eyes and said with a wicked smile,

"The maker of this map is Professor Lupin."

"What?" Fred and George slipped and nearly rolled down the stairs.

When the two of them stabilized their figures, Fred repeated incredulously, "The creator of the Living Point Map is Professor Lupin?" ”

"That steady Professor Lupin?"

"He's so thin and so serious, although he occasionally jokes with us in class."

"But if we give Filch trouble, Lupin will stop us and help Filch."

"So Professor Lupin doesn't look like someone who can make this kind of map!"

The two sang and harmonized, expressing their shock at a very fast pace.

Hermione listened to the cross talk between the two, covered her mouth and laughed: "Just kidding, I didn't say everything." ”

"It was originally made by Professor Lupin, Sirius, and Hallie's father."

"Hermione, you've been badly taught by Hallie." Fred said bitterly, "Miss Jack-of-all-trades in the first year is not the kind of person who can joke. ”

"So, Lupin is the moon face? After all, he is a werewolf, and the nickname Moon Face is the most appropriate for his identity. ”

……

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(Thanks to the "Nine-Tailed Yanhu" boss for the reward!) ）

(End of chapter)