Chapter 784: Exploring the Forbidden Forest

"...Hermione, I'm really grateful for your willingness to help me find little Demi together. But, you must promise to go back an hour before the lights are turned off."

"Although it doesn't look very decent, I am also a professor now, and I must be responsible for your study and life at school!"

In the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid was holding an old hunting crossbow in his hand, and he also had an arrow pocket sewn with leather on his waist.

In the past, he had been forbidden to use any charms, so he rarely used magic unless he really needed to.

And by now, the Ministry of Magic would definitely not take care of such nosy affairs, but he had long been used to not relying on the wand hidden in the umbrella.

But if you want Maca to say it, in fact, with Hagrid's magical talent, punching first is probably the most suitable way of action for him.

"Hagrid, we all understand," Hermione walked behind Hagrid holding her wand, casually blocking a few branches in front of her, "Then Harry and I will leave this way, if we find anything, We'll send out the signal."

"Ok."

Hearing this, Hagrid couldn't help turning his head to look at these children again.

I have to say that the little ones back then have all grown up. In terms of magical strength alone, he, a professor who is actually not very competent, may not even be able to compare.

"Be careful."

When the four of them passed a fork in a forest path, Hermione and the other three turned a corner and walked slowly in another direction. On the other hand, Hagrid, as usual, was gradually submerged in the darkness of the Forbidden Forest with Hound Fang.

To be honest, in the recent period, the vegetation in the Forbidden Forest has become more and more lush, and the dense canopy of the trees completely isolates the afterglow of the setting sun from the outside world.

"Luminescence flickering."

Hermione waved her wand skillfully, and a ball of light immediately provided the three with plenty of vision—in a dark and gloomy environment, light can always bring warmth and hope to everyone.

"Hermione, just now we vowed to help Hagrid find that invisible beast." Ron whispered beside him, "But how exactly should we find it?"

"All I can say is, I'm not sure."

It was very rare for Hermione to say such a thing.

Not to mention the entire Hogwarts, at least half of the teachers and students at Hogwarts know that she can answer almost every question in class, and it's no wonder that Snape gave her the title of "Miss Know-It-All".

"what?"

Harry and Ron were obviously taken aback by this, as it was so rare.

"I'm really not sure," Hermione pursed her lips, and said angrily, "In "Monsters and Their Origins", the description of invisible beasts is still very detailed, but because of this..."

Although she seemed to want to complain about something, she quickly cut off those meaningless words and continued with the previous words.

"It's mentioned in the book," she said, "that this kind of magical animal not only hides its body, but also can predict the short-term future to a certain extent-can you understand what this means? It means So, if it really wants to escape or hide, everyone...no, I mean, most people will never find it again!"

Hearing this, Harry couldn't help scratching his messy hair out of habit.

"Then what are we doing? According to what you said, we will never find it again, right?"

"That's why we need to help Hagrid even more," Hermione said, looking at Harry and Ron seriously. "Hagrid cherishes magical creatures, don't I need to say more? Think about Buckbeak back then. , and it's the same this time."

"What's more, according to my guess, Hagrid probably borrowed that invisible beast from somewhere."

Hagrid once bought a dragon egg at the Pig's Head, and that was already a very difficult item to get. And now, a living invisible beast—there may not be a few of them found in the entire British wizarding world!

"Uh,

You're right, we should do our best to help Hagrid find it. "Ron nodded, but said distressedly, "However, this problem comes back again...how should we find it? "

"In short, try to find out where there are bushes with berries!" Hermione thought for a while and said, "No matter what, it always has to eat, and berries are usually one of the foods they eat most."

While talking in a low voice, the three of them didn't pause under their feet. Soon, they had reached a relatively deep position in the Forbidden Forest.

But for the time being, they are still walking along the only path on the ground.

The first half of this path was basically stepped on by the Hogwarts gamekeepers of all ages; since this dirt path gradually became wider, it has been the walking route of the centaurs since ancient times.

More than ten minutes passed, and the three of Hermione moved forward all the way, not forgetting to keep an eye on everything around them. It's a pity that they didn't find anything unusual except that some small animals seemed to be moving rapidly.

No, it would be better to say that even if they heard some movement, it would be too late for them to check.

And when the three of them pushed aside some bushes on the dirt path again and tried to continue walking, a small open space made them subconsciously stop.

"what is that?"

It can be seen that in the darkness ahead, there seems to be the outline of an unknown building. Although the shadowy outline is not very clear in the dark, it is actually easy to see, as if it is a "ruin".

Regarding the building that existed in the depths of the Forbidden Forest, all three showed expressions of uncertainty.

"I remember Professor Dumbledore always said that students should not enter and leave the Forbidden Forest at will..." Ron muttered in a small voice, "I think we should look for it on the road just now?"

In fact, sometimes timidity is not a big problem-if you don't approach the unknown at will, even if you may miss opportunities, you will usually gain a corresponding peace.

But, who let there be a total of three Gryffindors here?

"Who knows what that is?" Harry craned his neck to look around, then waved his hand and said, "If you want to know, the fastest way is to look directly!"

"Slow down," Hermione saw that Harry was about to walk straight over, and immediately reached out and grabbed his clothes. "You must see it, but you have to be more cautious——"

As she spoke, she waved her wand again.

"maximize!"

Before the words were finished, the ball of light hanging on the tip of the wand burst into dazzling light, and then Hermione threw it out with a swish of her arm.

When the radiance crossed a parabola and fell far towards the shadow of the building, a medium-sized semi-formed building immediately came into the eyes of the three of them.

What kind of ruins are these? It is obviously a new building that is being built!

However, the attention of Hermione and the other three was quickly attracted by another thing in the "construction site" - it was a stone pillar without fancy, and there were circles of ropes tied at the bottom of the pillar , as if something was firmly tied to that stone pillar.

And just around the stone pillar, a few elves were dozing off on some piles of stone bricks.

"House-elves?" Harry asked strangely. "How could there be house-elves here? Where did they come from? The school kitchen?"

Harry was clearly puzzled by this, and Ron probably was too, but Hermione figured it out quickly.

"That's not 'house' elves," she said gravely. "They're free elves—real elves!"

"What?" Harry wondered, "What do you mean?"

Of course it wasn't that he couldn't understand Hermione's words, but it was useless to just understand, because he knew nothing about the origins of those elves.

"I mean, they were brought back by Maca," Hermione explained softly, "Got it? Wild... No, it's not good to say that, it should be said to be 'living independently for many years'" Normal 'elf."

Having said that, she waved her hand, telling Harry and the others to stand back.

"You stay here first, I'll check the situation." Hermione still lowered her voice, "They should know me, but they may not know you..."

Of course, the common point is that, including Hermione, none of them can communicate with those elves smoothly.

After leaving this instruction, Hermione raised her legs and continued to walk there. As she gradually approached there, the situation on this 'elf construction site' appeared in her eyes one by one.

Except for a few elves around the stone pillar, there are no other companions here. And of course, because the elves had to go back to the castle at night until the building was fully finished.

On the small island of Rowena, they had always lived in the basement of the high tower, and they had long developed the habit of sleeping indoors.

And the elves in front of Hermione are just staying here.

When Hermione finally walked near the stone pillar, she did not choose to wake up the elf, but carefully looked around the situation first.

Huh?

When she discovered the peculiar state of the bundle of ropes on the stone pillar, she couldn't help but secretly hesitated in her heart.

Maybe it was because Hermione's original purpose was to find the invisible beast, or maybe she was always good at thinking, and she just blinked her eyes a few times, and she quickly realized something.

"Could it be that……"

Hermione guessed silently, and poked her wand towards the place where the stone pillar was bound.

However, without her cautiously probing, a dusty figure automatically appeared there in the next moment. Look at the "long-haired ape" that is at most as tall as a human leg, what else can it be if it is not an invisible beast?

"It...why is it..."

Just as Hermione was still in a daze, a hint of depth without warning flashed through those brown eyes. ()

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