Chapter 86 Sympathy

In a blink of an eye, time came to the first weekend after returning to school.

In order to prevent Voldemort from reacting, Lu Yunkai had to force Ginny to deal with the notebook in her hand as soon as possible, but at the same time, Lu Yunkai lost the preparation time he needed to deal with the basilisk.

On this rare weekend, he was busier than during class time.

He crawled out of the warm bed early in the morning, stuffed a piece of bread as breakfast, and then left Hogwarts Castle in a hurry and rushed to the Forbidden Forest.

Beside the lake that was dried up by his Skyfire Potion, Lu Yunkai did not see Chris with white hair.

Even after walking in the Forbidden Forest for a long time, Lu Yunkai, who shouted the names of Firenze and Chris all the way, did not see a spider. The entire Forbidden Forest was so quiet that it seemed as if there were no living things.

This made him, who was not so reassured about Chris in the Forbidden Forest, feel nervous.

Even though the Soul-Eating Lynx is very powerful, two fists cannot defeat four hands... no, four claws... it cannot defeat countless eight legs.

So he could only leave the Forbidden Forest in a hurry and find Hagrid, the gamekeeper of Hogwarts.

When he came to Hagrid's hut, Hagrid was guarding a bonfire, burning something.

"Hagrid, good morning!"

"Oh? Lu Yunkai?" Hagrid took the wooden stick in his hand, pushed a pile of unknown things into the fire in front of him, and then threw the wooden stick in, clapping his hands, "Why did you think of looking for me?"

"I just... well, I just went into the Forbidden Forest."

"You are the only one in the whole Hogwarts who dares to tell me so blatantly that you went into the Forbidden Forest, right?"

Hagrid laughed speechlessly when he heard Lu Yunkai's words.

But soon he realized that he shouldn't laugh, and quickly restrained his smile.

"Hagrid, you know why I'm going to the Forbidden Forest, right?"

"If you don't know, I'll send you to see Dumbledore right now." Hagrid shook his head, "Why, are you here to laugh at me?"

"...Why should I laugh at you? I'm here to ask for your help!!"

"Humph, your big cat is bullying Aragog in the Forbidden Forest." Hagrid's face was cold, "and killing its children. I haven't intervened, what else do you want from me?"

"...Who is Aragog?" Lu Yunkai was confused.

Then quickly.

"Oh!! Are you talking about the giant eight-eyed spider in the woods?"

"You keep playing dumb!!" Hagrid was angry.

But in the end, he still controlled his emotions, and turned around and walked towards his own hut as if he didn't want to pay attention to Lu Yunkai.

"Hagrid, according to you, Chris is not dangerous, right?"

"How can it be dangerous!!" Hearing Lu Yunkai's words, Hagrid, who was originally suppressing his grievances and anger, completely exploded, "It hunts Aragog's children everywhere in the woods every day. If there weren't so many Aragog's children, it would probably have killed them all!"

"I just entered the Forbidden Forest and didn't see Chris. I thought it was killed by the eight-eyed giant spider." Hearing Hagrid say this, Lu Yunkai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But he didn't dare to show it.

Now Hagrid looked like he was ready to eat anyone. With a large beard and a huge body of more than two meters, he looked like an angry lion, which was particularly scary.

"Humph." Hagrid didn't respond after hearing what Lu Yunkai said, but he didn't continue to walk into the hut.

It was originally a grudge between animals in nature. The winner of the fight depends on their own ability. Aragog came to this forbidden forest earlier than Chris, but he couldn't beat her. What can he do?

"I'm sorry, Hagrid. Actually, I don't want to let Chris stay in the Forbidden Forest, but the way it looks... Even Aragog can't do anything to it, let alone the students in Hogwarts." Lu Yunkai continued carefully, "Do you want me to send it to the Ministry of Magic? Then it will definitely die..."

"Okay! I know!" Hearing Lu Yunkai say this, Hagrid lost his temper.

After all, Hagrid is actually a big man who likes animals. Although he has feelings for the eight-eyed giant spider that he has watched since he was a child, if he really forces Lu Yunkai to kill the soul-eating lynx for the spider, he will not be able to live with his conscience.

"I'm sorry." Lu Yunkai looked apologetic.

"You came to me to ask about Chris?" Seeing that Lu Yunkai was more aggrieved than him, Hagrid lost his temper and could only continue to ask patiently.

"Well... I really thought it had an accident. I just looked for Firenze inside but couldn't find him."

"Centaurs hate being summoned. When they don't want to show up, no one can find them." Hagrid nodded, "Don't worry, Chris... I'm fine."

"Yeah." Lu Yunkai nodded, "By the way, Hagrid, the attack in the castle before..."

"I don't know anything!! You ask me! Harry and Ron asked me again! Hermione also came to ask me alone! Why are you here again!!" Speaking of this, Hagrid was more depressed than when he lost the fight because of Aragog just now.

"I mean, during the first attack, the attacker killed all the chickens you raised, right?"

"... Yeah, and wrote on the wall with the blood of those poor little guys. What's wrong?"

"I can't compensate you for Aragog's children, but... I can give you some chickens."

"Chickens?"

"Well, decades ago you suffered a lot because of the descendants of Slytherin, but I hope you understand that not all people in Slytherin House are bad people. There are also some of us who are caring, but... Love is not so obvious." Lu Yunkai scratched his head, "I have asked someone to buy five roosters and fifteen hens, and they should be delivered to you soon."

"No need!" Hagrid shook his head quickly, "When I see chickens now, I think of those little guys who died inexplicably..."

"That's why I hope you can replace it with a new chick! This is the only thing I can do." Lu Yunkai shook his head firmly, "We are all victims of that monster who doesn't know what it is. Only by helping each other can we become stronger.”

Quiet.

Hagrid looked at Lu Yunkai with a surprised look on his face for a long time.

There were slight tears in his eyes.

"Oh, Lu Yunkai, you are such a kind child... I really don't know what could have caused you to encounter these things."

"I believe Chris will recover." Lu Yunkai smiled hard at Hagrid, "When the chickens are delivered, can I also raise them with you?"

"Oh! Of course!!" Hearing what Lu Yunkai said, the softness in Hagrid's heart was touched again, and he almost shed tears, "I welcome you!!"

"Yeah." Lu Yunkai nodded, "Then I'll go to the Forbidden Forest and have a look. What if I can see Chrissy again..."

"It's a little difficult for you to see it. It's always been active in the depths of the Forbidden Forest recently. It's very close to the activity range of some dangerous creatures. It will be dangerous for you to go by yourself." Hagrid advised Lu Yun.

"Huh? What does it do in those places?"

"Maybe you want to fight for control of this forest? After all, even Aragog is overwhelmed by it now, and there seem to be few rivals in this forest."

"……Um."

After hearing what Hagrid said, Lu Yunkai sighed softly and could only nod his head. He accompanied Hagrid back to his hut. The two sat down face to face and started chatting.

The content of the chat was naturally about the existence that both people regarded as "pets" in the Forbidden Forest.

Hagrid told Lu Yunkai a lot about how he met Aragog. Aragog was framed as a monster that was the descendant of Slytherin because he looked a little "not very kind". Hagrid could only arrange for it to escape from the castle. Hiding in the forbidden forest. As for himself, who dropped out of school early and didn't learn much magic, he was assigned by the principal Dumbledore to take care of the Forbidden Forest and protect the hunting grounds. He also met Aragog again...

Lu Yunkai, on the other hand, talked about how he started feeding Chris and how he came to Hogwarts with her help.

Just talking and talking, the whole day passed.

When the sky got dark, Lu Yunkai said goodbye to Hagrid and returned to the Slytherin lounge. When Lu Yunkai was leaving, Hagrid slapped his chest with a huge hand and promised Lu Yunkai that he would raise the chickens he gave him well.

…

Returning to the Slytherin lounge, Lu Yunkai returned to his regular seat.

Although there were many people in the lounge, since the Chris incident, few people would come to Lu Yunkai unless necessary.

This is not a bad thing for him, it is rare to have peace and quiet.

"Where have you been? I haven't seen you all day."

Next to his fixed seat, Daphne, who didn't know whether she was guarding her position for him or just used to sitting there, put down the paper on the history of magic and asked Lu Yunkai.

Seeing Lu Yunkai's red face and the traces of melted snow on his clothes, she had actually guessed where Lu Yunkai went and what he did.

Forbidden Forest, Chrissy.

"Have you finished writing your history of magic paper?"

Lu Yunkai naturally knew that Daphne was just chatting, so he didn't answer, but talked about other things on his own.

"I've finished writing...why, you want to copy mine?"

"I've been freezing in the Forbidden Forest for a whole day. I really don't want to use my brain anymore..."

"no!!"

"Oh! What are you afraid of! Professor Binns won't look carefully!"

"Absolutely not! You write it yourself!" Daphne shook her head firmly, turned over the paper at hand and covered it, "By the way, I saw Ginny today."

As he spoke, he glanced at Lu Yunkai secretly.

"oh."

"She asked me to bring you a message." Seeing that Lu Yunkai was a little salty about Ginny's affairs, Daphne looked very satisfied and continued: "She said that if it is convenient, she would like to meet you at noon tomorrow to talk. chat."

"Tomorrow at noon? Ignore her."

Lu Yunkai's brows wrinkled slightly.

Ginny is looking for her. Could it be that Voldemort is ready to deal with her? But those roosters haven't arrived yet, and Lu Yunkai doesn't think he has even a slight chance of winning against the basilisk now.

And why Daphne? Could it be that he wanted to remind himself that besides Chris, he had a backup target?

Despicable! !

"Try not to go out alone from tomorrow on, otherwise you may be in danger." Lu Yunkai reminded Daphne a little worriedly.

"What, do you think there will be an attack soon?" Daphne rolled her eyes at Lu Yunkai, "Then it's useless even if you're with someone else! Do you have someone to support you when you die?"

"yes!"

"you……"

"So starting tomorrow, as long as it's not bedtime, you should try to stay by my side." Lu Yunkai interrupted Daphne who was about to get angry, "I will protect you."

"Can you protect me?" Daphne's eyes lit up.

"Even if I die, I will die before you!" Lu Yunkai said as a matter of course.

"...Remember not to copy everything, change a little bit." Daphne was stunned for a while, then nodded gently, and then pushed the paper at hand to Lu Yunkai.

"What qualifications do you have to say that to me!"

"Ah!!"

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