Chapter 289: Buckbeak and the New Plan

Ivan and Hermione walked to the fire and heard Ron trying to comfort Harry.

"You'll do well!" said Ron. "You've got Firebolts."

"Yeah!" Harry nodded, as if his stomach was cramping, "I have the Firebolt, but Malfoy..."

Harry didn't seem very confident. Before Ivan and Hermione could say anything, Wood suddenly stood up and yelled, "Team, sleep!"

This seems to be a signal, and everyone feels like a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, the entire common room became empty. In order not to disturb the rest of the players, other students also returned to their dormitories early.

Ivan watched Hermione return to the dormitory. He sat alone in the empty common room for a while, and his thoughts shifted from the upcoming Quidditch final to the acromantula.

Just as he was thinking about it, the door of the common room was opened.

Colin crawled in from the outside panting, holding a thick stack of forms in his hand.

"What are you holding in your hand?" Ivan asked curiously.

"About next year's course selection, you know, the third grade needs to add a few courses." Colin pulled out a form and handed it to Ivan, "I just came back from Professor McGonagall's office, and she originally planned to come over to announce this in person. But considering that tomorrow is the Quidditch final, let me bring back the forms and promotional materials first."

He walked over and posted a big notice on the bulletin board next to the fireplace, and the first one Aiwen saw was the introduction to the divination class.

Just like looking at the cover of the future through the fog, after introducing Professor Trelawney and the information about the divination class, a huge black dog is drawn on the notice standing in the fog, which seems to be the Animagus of Sirius The shape represents the ominousness of misfortune and disaster.

If possible, Ivan doesn't want to waste any time on this class.

But when he thought of those unpleasant predictions, he had to change his mind, and decided to get as close to Professor Trelawney as possible according to his previous plan, so that he could grasp clues at any time and deal with the illusory future that was changed by himself.

"Which course are you going to choose?" Colin said. "I just took a look at it briefly. There are many courses to choose from. Professor McGonagall suggested that we should think carefully."

"I haven't figured it out yet, but the divination class is a must!" Ai Wen grabbed the quill on the table and ticked off the divination class.

"You actually chose Divination class!" Colin said in surprise, "I thought you, like Hermione, always thought that Professor Trelawney was a liar."

"In most cases, it is true, but it cannot be denied that in rare cases, she can indeed make real predictions, and it is extremely important, which is why I chose this course." Ivan explained, "And I have to Admit it, it's a very easy class to get high grades in. Whether you actually see any future or not, just keep predicting your own misfortune, which Professor Trelawney loves to read."

"I don't have any ideas, but I know that Harry also chose Divination. Since you both chose, it shouldn't be wrong." Colin also made a mark on his form, and asked uncertainly "By the way, what else did Harry choose?"

Judging by his appearance, it seemed that he planned to choose the same courses as Harry. Although they are very familiar with each other, Colin is still the most admired supporter of Harry among all the little wizards in Hogwarts. He is even more fanatical and persistent than Ginny in some respects.

"Protection of magical creatures, Hagrid is the professor of this course, and he is always willing to bring some strange and weird magical creatures into the classroom."

"Yes, I remembered!" Colin raised his voice slightly and said suddenly, "Hagrid and his monster friend, the hippogriff named Buckbeak. I saw you and Hermione The articles that were written, which gave Malfoy a hard time at the beginning of term, did what I always wanted to do."

"The Hippogriff!" A sudden flash of inspiration came to Ivan's mind.

"Buckbeak is a good one, but I hope Hagrid won't bring it to class, it looks terrible." Colin continued, "I read in the book that ancient wizards usually used This kind of flying monster travels, and such a legend was often circulated in medieval Europe, someone rode a..."

Colin began to tell Ivan a legend he had heard when he was a child, about monsters such as hippogriffs and winged beasts circulating in the Muggle world.

Aiwen can be sure that Colin definitely confused the Hippogriff with the magical creature of the Griffin, because the protagonists in the legends he told are all Griffins, a kind of animal with lions. The body and claws, the head and wings of an eagle, a creature with the color of feathers and fur like the sun.

It is generally believed in the magical world that the griffin is the result of a dangerous magical experiment conducted by ancient warlocks, and it is far more dangerous than the hippogriff.

In recent years, through the research of magical biologists, another new theory has gradually emerged, that is, the Hippogriff is the offspring of a griffin and a horse, and the male griffin and the mare mated to give birth to the eagle. A horse with a winged beast.

However, the credibility of this statement is very low. It can be seen from the historical documents handed down that griffins have always despised horses, so their combination is unusual.

There is even a proverb in medieval wizarding circles: Don't try to match a griffin and a horse, which means it is impossible.

So, as a descendant of the combination of the two, the Hippogriff exists itself as a symbol of miracle or love.

These are purely academic conjectures. In the current magic world, there is almost no living griffin to verify this. This very famous magical creature in history has long been extinct, and it is only spread in magnificent myths and legends.

There is no need for Aiwen to tell Colin about this, they are not conducting academic research, but Colin mentioned Hippogriff and Buckbeak, which reminded him that he can use Buckbeak to fly to In Aragog's lair.

There are many disadvantages of the flying broomstick, such as not being able to carry it with you, unstable performance due to driving, and not being able to exit safely after killing Aragog, etc. Riding Buckbeak has no such problems at all.

The Hippogriff has a high level of intelligence and can understand the words and meanings of the wizard. It can completely bring Aiwen to the territory of the giant spider. take away.

Moreover, Buckbeak itself has a certain attack power, it can help Aiwen, instead of Aiwen worrying about it when fighting the giant spider.

Using the Hippogriff Buckbeak instead of the broomstick, the more Ivan thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was feasible.

If it's not too late, he wants to try it now. To be continued.