Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 90 Suddenly a madman sharpens his knife at night
"There's a large creature approaching quickly. If I'm not mistaken, it should be Hagrid."

Sherlock put away his sword and rock-skin shield, turned to Harry and said, "Dear Harry, if possible, I hope you can continue to remain invisible."

Harry nodded. For various reasons, he didn't want Hagrid to know that he was in the Forbidden Forest tonight.

"Sherlock, Sherlock...oh my god, what on earth is going on here?"

When Hagrid arrived, he was so shocked by the battlefield and the dying unicorn that he was almost speechless. He could only pull his beard hard.

"Hey, stop for a moment. Can you see if it can be saved?"

Sherlock pointed to the unicorn with both legs broken.

"Oh, Merlin's beard, who, who could have hurt it like this... Wait!"

As he said this, he suddenly saw the teeth marks on the unicorn's wound.

"Someone is drinking its blood!"

Hagrid's eyes suddenly widened to the size of bells.

"Hagrid, I think you should know what this means...

Even if one is dying, unicorn blood can prolong life, but only if it is donated voluntarily.

But if someone forcibly obtains blood in order to save his own life, then from the moment the blood touches that person's lips, he will have a half-dead life, a cursed life."

Sherlock said slowly, seemingly stating something, but actually explaining it to Harry who was standing beside him wearing the invisibility cloak.

This time, Harry understood completely.

The person he just faced was none other than the murderer of his parents, the Dark Lord who made the entire wizarding world tremble - Voldemort!

But...it doesn't look that strong!

Harry understood, but Hagrid didn't.

Sherlock didn't expect him to understand.

Anyway, his main task was to check on the severely injured unicorn.

Fortunately, although the unicorn was seriously injured, it could still be saved because Sherlock acted in time.

With that being said, the investigation into the unicorn attack in the Forbidden Forest has concluded.

Hagrid thought Sherlock was lucky that he had figured everything out in just the first night.

Sherlock knew very well that this was because the other party could not wait any longer.

His angry behavior just now further illustrates this point.

The next step is to tell Dumbledore about this and let him solve the problem.

As a leader, this is what you should do.

In any case, after what happened today, the other party will definitely not come to the Forbidden Forest again.

On the way back, Hagrid also found Fang, who had already run away, and...

A centaur.

However, the centaur encountered this time was neither Ronan nor Bane.

From the appearance, this centaur looks younger and more handsome.

His hair is platinum blonde, he has a silver-maned horse body and a pair of light blue eyes, and he looks like the Prince Charming in a fairy tale.

"Firenze, nice to meet you!"

Obviously, the other party was Hagrid's acquaintance.

"Hagrid, hello...what's that? A unicorn! Is it okay?"

When the centaur named Ferencza saw Hagrid carrying a unicorn with broken legs, he suddenly panicked.

"That fellow who lurks in our woods did it, didn't he?"

"Calm down, Firenze," Hagrid patted the unicorn he was carrying. "Luckily, Sherlock arrived in time. It didn't lose its life, and the poacher was driven away."

"Thank God!"

Firenze breathed a sigh of relief after receiving this answer.

Then he turned his gaze to Sherlock, "Thank you for saving this poor unicorn."

Firenze's attitude towards Sherlock was much more enthusiastic, which was in stark contrast to Ronan and Bane's previous perfunctory attitude.

"Your name is Sherlock Holmes? I've heard of you. You're a remarkable kid."

Upon hearing this, Hagrid slapped Sherlock on the shoulder. "Hahaha, I didn't expect you to be so famous among the centaurs. Before this, I thought only Harry could do this."

Just then, more horse hoofbeats were heard from the other side of the clearing.

It was Ronan and Bane whom I had met before.

Sherlock glanced over and noticed that their abdomens and flanks were heaving violently and sweat was dripping, obviously they had just done some intense exercise.

"Firenze!"

As soon as Bane arrived, he called out Firenze's name.

"Bane, my ears are not deaf, you don't have to speak so loudly."

Firenze's tone was not polite.

"What did you tell him?"

Bain said angrily: "Remember, Firenze, we swore an oath and we must never disobey God's will!

Don't we see the signs shown by the movement of the planets?"

Ronan pawed the ground awkwardly with his hooves, and continued to explain to Firenze in his melancholy voice:
"I believe Firenze thinks he did this out of the goodness of his heart."

"With good intentions! So what does this have to do with us?!"

However, Bain did not appreciate it and continued to explode in anger:

“The Centaurs are concerned with the predictions of the stars!

We don't need to act like donkeys, running around after humans who have lost their way in our forests!"

This immediately irritated Hagrid, but before he could react, Firenze reared up on his hind legs.

This is the action that a centaur would take when he is extremely angry.

"Didn't you see the unicorn?"

Following this action, Firenze also began to roar at Bane:

"Don't you understand why it was killed? Or has the planet not revealed this secret to you?

Look, I'm going to fight the one lurking in our woods, Bane.

Yes, I will side with humanity if necessary."

After saying this, it no longer paid attention to Bane and Ronan, put down its hind legs again, and signaled Sherlock and Hagrid to leave with it.

Sherlock and Hagrid naturally had no objection.

After all, they all hated the Riddler.

After leaving Bane and Ronan completely behind, Firenze stopped and turned to Sherlock and asked:

"Holmes, do you know why Bain was so angry just now?"

Hagrid couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. "Firenze, you guys never say what you want to say directly. Even Sherlock can't guess it, right, Sherlock..."

"I can probably deduce some of it."

Hagrid was stunned, while Firenze's eyes lit up. "Tell me about it."

"It's simple. It just doesn't want you to tell us the results you obtained from observing the stars."

Firenze's blue eyes grew brighter. "Not bad, do you know the result?"

Sherlock sighed, "It's obvious that it was Voldemort who hurt the unicorn."

When Sherlock said the name, Hagrid couldn't help but gasp.

Harry, who was invisible, couldn't help but tighten his invisibility cloak. He felt as if the temperature around him suddenly dropped.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Hagrid shook his huge head violently. "Dumbledore is at Hogwarts. The You-Know-Who can't get in!"

Firenze's reaction to the name Voldemort was far less than Hagrid's. He just looked at Sherlock with approval:
"Holmes, you are exactly as I have heard. I think you should learn divination."

"Divination?"

Sherlock shook his head. "This is the result I derived through scientific methods. It has nothing to do with divination."

"The stars told me the prophecy, but you said you used science..."

When this word was mentioned, the centaur Ferenze's expression was a little subtle.

After all, talking about science in a magical world always feels a bit weird.

"It's actually pretty easy to deduce this."

Seeing Sherlock like this, Harry, who was still invisible, smiled knowingly.

He knew that his friend was about to start again.

"Unicorn blood carries a curse when given under duress.

For a normal person, it would be better to die cleanly and quickly than to live a life half-dead with a curse on your back.

Unless the purpose is simply to prolong life so that the cursed person has time to obtain another item that can fully restore their strength and spells.

It just so happens that the school has the Philosopher's Stone, which can be used to make the Elixir of Life. For Voldemort, who has been dormant for many years and wants to make a comeback, I think he will not miss this opportunity."

This time, Firenze was completely stunned.

"Sherlock, you just told me that!"

Just as Firenze was in shock, Hagrid shouted as if he had suddenly realized something:
"So you had already thought of it at that time!"

Harry, who was invisible, almost fell down. His giant friend was too slow!
But even though he understood Sherlock's reasoning belatedly, Hagrid still muttered:
“Although you are very capable, Sherlock, I think you are still wrong this time.

As long as Dumbledore is still in school, You-Know-Who will never succeed!"

It can be seen that his trust in Dumbledore has risen to the level of blind worship.

Sherlock did not refute, but Firenze said softly:
"This is not just inference, it's also centaur divination.

You know, Hagrid, we seldom make mistakes."

"But you're wrong this time! Sherlock, you too!"

Seeing that Hagrid had entered a state of indiscriminate attack, Firenze said no more.

The main reason was that it understood Hagrid's character and knew that there was nothing much to say to him in this situation.

Soon, the three men, a centaur, a unicorn, and a dog reached the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

"Let's separate here."

Firenze stopped and looked at Sherlock and Hagrid.

"Good luck to you—the stars have been misjudged before. Even centaurs make mistakes, and I hope it will be the same this time."

Looking at the centaur who, unlike Ronan and Bane, continued to show kindness to him, Sherlock also said a few more words.

"Actually, I think there's a sentence that's more suitable for your divination results today."

Firenze was a little confused: "What?"

"Suddenly, a madman sharpens his sword at night, and the emperor's star flutters high."

After saying this, Sherlock waved to Firenze and walked towards the castle with Hagrid.

"Suddenly, a madman sharpens his sword at night, and the emperor's star flutters high?"

Firenze repeated this sentence silently several times.

Suddenly, his eyes turned startlingly blue, like pale sapphires.

"Indeed, this sentence is much more appropriate than 'Mars is very bright tonight'..."

(End of this chapter)