Chapter 36 Night Exploration of the Forbidden Forest
A week has passed since the duel. This duel was an internal dispute in Slytherin and was not known to any students in the other three major houses.
Regarding Schelling's serious injury to Gallup, Snape did not publicize it everywhere. After all, he also had a certain responsibility in the accident, so Schelling was lucky to escape punishment.
After the little wizards of Slytherin heard Schelling's declaration, the style of the entire house gradually changed among the younger wizards.
Every professor at Hogwarts has more or less felt the difference between Slytherin and the past——
Both Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall discovered that the little snakes were practicing harder than before, and the quality of their homework had also skyrocketed;
Professor Sprout also found that the little snakes were more enthusiastic and proactive than before. They often took the initiative to help carry flower and plant equipment in the greenhouse and clean up the space;
Even in the eyes of the cold Snape, the little snakes are more united and help each other. Even Goyle and Crabbe successfully refined the potion with the help of other little snakes...
In comparison, Gryffindor students appear to be particularly naughty and mischievous, Ravenclaw students appear to be self-admired, and Hufflepuff, although diligent and friendly, is too dull and passive.
There is another incident. On the night after the duel, Daphne quietly went to Schelling alone in his private bedroom and had a frank and detailed discussion about Schelling's declaration before the duel.
Daphne is not stupid. On the contrary, as the eldest daughter of the Greengrass family, she has been trained by the family since she was a child. She has long been familiar with the drama of power and profit among pure-blood families.
Since she met Xie Lin, she has noticed that Xie Lin has lofty ambitions and unknown ambitions. This 12-year-old boy often shows a maturity of thought and decisiveness that belies his age.
She was very thoughtful and did not think that Xie Lin's rhetoric that day was just grandstanding. It was not difficult for her to guess that Xie Lin wanted to establish a force that would follow her, so she wanted to take the lead in making a statement on behalf of the Greengrass family to which she belonged. , releasing the family's goodwill towards Schelling.
At present, Xie Lin still seems weak and lacks prestige, but Daphne, who has seen Xie Lin's talent and potential, has no doubt that Xie Lin will one day be a strong player in the future.
Although Daphne spoke in a cryptic way, Schelling already fully understood the meaning behind Daphne——
To use Schelling's own understanding, the Greengrass family is very optimistic about Schelling, but given that Schelling's current strength and prestige are far from enough, the Greengrass family can only give Schelling some limited support. It can be regarded as an early investment in Schelling. If Schelling shows his strong character in the future, the Greengrass family will become a solid and reliable ally of Schelling and give Schelling the full support of the entire family.
After Xie Lin and Daphne reached a verbal preliminary agreement, Xie Lin remembered some of his questions about the power of blood and said: "Daphne, I have some questions that I would like to ask. It may violate the privacy of your family. Please don't take it offence. ...I heard that the women in Greengrass are all burdened with bloodline curses, is it true?"
Daphne is not taboo about this topic. After all, although this matter is not a good thing, it is not a family secret. "Yes. A century ago, the family offended a powerful dark wizard and he planted a vicious curse. My mother was a blood curse host, and she passed away when I was still young. I was lucky enough that the blood curse was not activated in me, but my sister...sigh..."
After a while of silence, she saw Xie Lin looking directly at her and couldn't help but ask, "Why do you ask this?"
Xie Lin frankly said that he was studying blood-related magic, hoping to get Greengrass's research notes on blood magic. After all, the Greengrass family has been burdened with a curse for a century, and they must have made many attempts to solve the curse, which involves The research information on bloodline must be of great reference value to me.
Daphne was suspicious for a moment. She had never heard of any inheritance of bloodline power in the Malfoy family, but she still made the decision and agreed to Xie Lin. She would send a letter to the family on his behalf, requesting that the family's research materials on bloodline be sent over.
Before Daphne left, she took out a map of the Forbidden Forest from her pocket, because Sherin had asked her and Meredith for various gossips about the Forbidden Forest a few months ago. As smart as Daphne was, she would naturally guess. Xie Lin coveted the Forbidden Forest, so he asked his family to spend some money to get this map for him. Let it be regarded as the first meeting gift given to Xie Lin by his family.
[Get the Forbidden Forest Map! 】
On the first Saturday morning after the Easter holiday, this was originally the day for the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. However, the match was canceled due to the third attack. This time the victim The leaders are Hermione and Ravenclaw's Crevat.
In the Slytherin common room, Professor Snape announced new measures: "All students must return to the common room of their own college before six o'clock in the evening. No student is allowed to leave the dormitory after this time. Every class All are escorted by a teacher. No students are allowed to use the restrooms without a teacher. All Quidditch practices and games are postponed."
After Professor Snape left, the Slytherin students immediately started chattering.
Draco wanted to proudly mock Hermione, whom he hated, but when he saw the unkind look in Sherrin's eyes, he could only give up.
That night, Hagrid's little house was very lively. First, there were the visits of Harry and Ron, who were wearing invisibility cloaks. Then there were the visits of Dumbledore and the Minister of Magic Fudge - Fudge came to bring Hagrid on behalf of the Ministry of Magic. When Hagrid was arrested and detained in Azkaban as a suspect, Lucius Malfoy strode into Hagrid's hut, took out a long roll of parchment, and announced to the twelve school governors The jointly signed temporary suspension order temporarily relieved Dumbledore from his duties as headmaster.
Before Hagrid was captured, he left clues for Harry and Ron to follow the spider.
Sherlin knew that when Harry and Ron really followed Hagrid's clues and followed the spider to the eight-eyed spider's lair in the dense forest, they would find that apart from almost being buried in the belly of the spider, they would not get any valuable information.
Ironically, the truly valuable clue is currently quietly staying in the school hospital.
While Dumbledore, Harry, and Ron were not in the castle, Sherrin used the "Invisible Apparition Curse" to sneak into the school hospital and came to Hermione's ward.
In order to prevent these petrified victims from being completely killed by the attackers, the ward was protected by heavy protective magic - but this obviously could not stop Schelling. Schelling's invisibility magic was enough to avoid all detection magic, and those All the locked doorknobs were pried open by Schelling using a Muggle universal unlocker.
Schelling curled his lips in disdain. The bad habit of wizards looking down on other species really left too many loopholes to criticize, even the likes of Dumbledore and Voldemort were no exception.
Sherrin came to Hermione's bed and gently took the note from her hand - in this case, it would be difficult for Harry and Ron to guess that the murderer was a basilisk, given their IQs.
After Dumbledore left Hogwarts, fear spread like never before, so the sun that warmed the castle's outer walls seemed unable to penetrate the mullioned windows. Every face in the school looked apprehensive, and every laugh that rang out in the hallways was harsh, weird, and quickly suppressed.
However, one person seemed to particularly enjoy this atmosphere of fear and paranoia.
Draco walked around the school with a swagger, as if he had just been appointed Head Boy.
During a Potions class about two weeks after Dumbledore and Hagrid left, Sherling happened to be sitting behind Draco and overheard him boasting triumphantly to Crabbe and Goyle.
"I knew my father would get rid of Dumbledore." He said, not paying attention to lowering his voice. "Let me tell you, he thought Dumbledore was the worst headmaster the school has ever had. Now we probably have A decent principal, she is someone who is unwilling to let the secret room be closed, and Mag will not stay here long, she is just filling the vacancy temporarily..."
As Snape hurried past, Draco called out, "Sir, why don't you apply for the Headmaster's job?"
"Oh, Malfoy," Snape said, but he couldn't help the faint smile that appeared on his lips, "Professor Dumbledore has only been temporarily suspended by the Board of Directors. I daresay he will be back among us soon."
"Yeah, that's right," Malfoy said with a smirk, "Sir, if you apply for this position, I guess my father will vote for you. I will tell my father that you are the best teacher here, sir... …”
Snape strutted around the dungeons with a smug grin on his face, and Seamus Finnegan pretended to vomit into his cauldron, but luckily he didn't see it.
In the Defense Against the Dark Arts class that afternoon, Xie Lin saw the note Harry passed to Ron that said "We will act tonight", and Xie Lin was convinced that these two little bastards would arrive tonight. Take a trip to the Forbidden Forest.
That night, Xelling put on the robes of the Supreme Wizard and the cloak of the Night Star. He took a magic suitcase with many bottles and jars inside and waited at Hagrid's hut early.
Not long after, Harry and Ron appeared. They led Hagrid's dog Fang into the Forbidden Forest, while Xie Lin followed them hanging from a distance. Although he was confident in his own strength, Xie Lin did not want to fight with them. Together they were surrounded by a large group of eight-eyed spiders.
After walking for about half an hour, Xie Lin found that they had deviated from the path in the forest. Not long after, Harry, Ron and Yaya were picked up by several large spiders and dragged into the bushes. Xie Lin's invisibility magic It was also effective against eight-eyed spiders, and no spider noticed Xuelin hiding aside. However, the cautious Xie Lin decided to put safety first and still followed from a distance.
After walking for who knows how long, Xie Lin finally arrived at Aragog's lair.
This is the edge of a wide depression. The trees in the depression have been cleared away. The ground covered with fallen leaves is now densely covered with spiders. Each one is as big as a cart horse, with eight eyes and eight legs, and is black. Huge, hairy, like behemoths.
The giant spider holding Harry walked down the steep slope toward a misty hemispherical web in the center of the hollow, surrounded by its companions. After they saw what it was holding, they all excitedly moved their large claws and made a clicking sound.
Just when Harry and Ron thought they could not escape the tragic fate of being buried in the belly of a spider, Mr. Weasley's Ford Speedster made a brilliant appearance - it rescued two people and a dog, went on a rampage, and knocked away countless spiders. Finally, Harry and the others were safely sent out of the Forbidden Forest.
Xellin followed carefully behind, collecting fresh venom from the mouthparts of each spider that was hit and killed. You know, a pint of venom from an eight-eyed spider is worth 100 gold galleons on the black market, which is very valuable.
There were at least a dozen spiders killed by the Ford car. Although Xielin was under pressure from the spiders and wasted a lot of time in the collection process in order to avoid making any noise that might attract spiders, he still successfully collected 20 pints of venom. Although Xielin was not short of money, he was still very happy to easily get 2,000 galleons in his pocket.
[Eight-eyed spider venom obtained! ]
After collecting, Xielin left with satisfaction.