HP: Wizards at Hogwarts

Chapter 106 Night Patrol in the Forbidden Forest

After class.

Harry and Ron went to find Elaine and told her about it.

"That's not fair!!"

"This is so unfair!!"

"I did talk to Malfoy in class, that's true, but why did I get a 10-point deduction and detention, while Malfoy only got a 3-point deduction?!"

"Snape is absolutely shameless!"

Harry kept complaining, as if he could curse Snape and make him suffer.

He even stopped calling him "professor".

"Who told you to get caught red-handed?"

"Well, that's because Malfoy was a Slytherin student, isn't it?"

"You've known for a while that Snape favors Slytherin, so what's there to complain about?"

Elaine helplessly spread his hands, indicating that he was also powerless to help: "I have to talk to you now. Hannah just came over and said that Professor Dumbledore wants to see me. I'll go check it out."

Ten minutes later, in the principal's office.

"That's not fair!!"

"This is so unfair!!"

"They were just chatting in class, what does that have to do with me?!"

"On what grounds are you punishing me?!"

Elaine, his face full of resentment, glared at Dumbledore with wide eyes.

Dumbledore pushed up his half-moon glasses, his voice carrying a mix of smugness, mockery, unwavering authority, and nonchalance.

"Since returning from the Christmas holidays, I've been receiving an average of five reports a day from professors about young wizards talking about comics in class."

"It's obvious that the comics you brought have infiltrated every year and house at Hogwarts, and are seriously affecting the mental state of the young wizards!"

"Of course I have reason to punish you!"

At that moment, Elaine felt that Dumbledore was even more annoying than Snape.

"Fine, what do you want me to do?"

If it's just a point deduction, Elaine doesn't care at all;

He wouldn't be afraid of ordinary confinement at all.

Dumbledore had already planned Elaine's punishment: "Hagrid told me that things have been a bit unsettled in the Forbidden Forest lately. Go patrol for him for a month!"

Is it really that simple?

Elaine's intuition told him that Dumbledore must have other plans in mind.

Elaine, however, did not yet know what he was planning, whether it was targeting him or someone else.

"----Can."

If you don't understand, just see for yourself!

Anyway, going to the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts was something Elaine had wanted to do for a long time.

Elaine knew that many magical creatures lived here, including centaurs, unicorns, harpies, and a large group of eight-eyed giant spiders.

These magical creatures contain many valuable materials that can be used to make medicine or tools.

Even before arriving at Hogwarts, he had already planned to take full advantage of the place.

However, later on, he made a friend in Hagrid, and Hagrid took over the task of taking advantage of him.

In fact, Hagrid wouldn't have intentionally collected materials dropped by magical creatures to sell for money before, because he felt that it was disrespectful to the magical creatures. But if collecting these things would be useful to his friends, he would do it.

So Hagrid made an exception for Elaine.

Now that the Forbidden Forest is in trouble, it's only right that Elaine goes to help.

On the one hand, he wanted to repay Hagrid's friendship;

On the other hand, he cannot allow any problems to arise with his reserve of materials.

That evening, Elaine joined Hagrid's night patrol team.

"Thank you so much, Elaine!"

"I never expected you'd be willing to help me patrol the forbidden forest—"

Hagrid hugged Elaine tightly, deeply moved.

If it weren't for Elavin's robust physique, he probably would have suffered internal injuries from being carried by this careless half-giant.

"No need for further explanation, Hagrid!"

"You're my friend, isn't it only natural for me to help you?!"

Elaine gently patted Hagrid's strong arm, broke free from his embrace, and began to show his true feelings.

"In fact, Professor Dumbledore gave me two choices in the Headmaster's office earlier today: one was to help you patrol the Forbidden Forest, and the other was to go to the third floor to polish the trophies."

"It's obvious the former is dangerous, and the latter is safer, but I didn't hesitate at all and chose to help you!"

Do you know why?

"Because you are my friend!"

"Since we're friends, how could I stand idly by when you're in trouble?"

"So even knowing that patrolling the forbidden forest was dangerous, I still chose the first option without hesitation!"

Upon hearing this, Hagrid immediately believed it to be true and was even more moved.

"Oh~ Elivin!!"

"You—you really—have moved me so much!"

Elaine patted his big belly: "Alright, alright, stop crying, let's get to work."

"How should I cooperate with you now?"

"We're going to patrol the forbidden forest. Just follow me."

When the clock tower chimed at 11 p.m., Elaine and Hagrid began their operation.

Hagrid walked on the left carrying a lantern, while Elaine walked on the right, also carrying a lantern, with Tooth following beside them, sniffing the air every now and then.

The shadows of the two people and the dog were stretched long by the lamplight.

The air in the forbidden forest at night was crisp and cold.

If you listen carefully, you can hear strange, restless sounds coming from the woods.

Elaine decided to break the silence by talking about something.

"Professor Dumbledore told me, 'You've noticed things aren't going well in the Forbidden Forest lately?'"

Hagrid said in a deep voice, "Yes, during this time, some magical creatures have been attacked and injured by unknown forces."

Elaine nodded silently.

He remembered that in the Philosopher's Stone, Voldemort had manipulated Quirrell to attack unicorns in the Forbidden Forest and steal their blood to prolong his life.

Perhaps Voldemort is at work?

But Hagrid's next words made Elaine realize that things might not be so simple.

"One night, I even saw a group of dark figures appear in the Forbidden Forest, but in the end I was unable to bring them out."

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A group of dark figures?

Quirrell should have acted alone!

Could it be him?

"What do you think is the most likely scenario?"

"I don't know, maybe they're poachers?" Hagrid offered his guess.

Elaine gave a curious "Oh": "Poaching those magical creatures that live in the Forbidden Forest?"

Hagrid nodded and said, "Poachers have been around for a long time. It is said that they were once very rampant, and could even be said to be everywhere. Even this Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts was frequently visited, until more than a hundred years ago—"

Elivin raised an eyebrow: "Over a hundred years ago? What happened then?"

He had a vague feeling that some unspeakable person was about to be brought up.

However, Hagrid simply shook his head.

"I don't know what happened either."

"The history of magic only records that poachers suddenly decreased drastically during that era, but no one knows exactly how they decreased."

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