harry potter book of crimes

"Woohoo——"

The originally quiet and peaceful outer circle of the Forbidden Forest was invaded by a huge creature and became trembling.

Waves of violent and angry beast roars continued to be heard from the forest, and the thick trees were knocked crookedly, and even the gnarled roots were mercilessly pulled out of the ground.

The three-headed giant dog, with its powerful body and tough and thick fur, made the threat of the centaurs' arrows useless.

Its three big heads were biting around continuously, and its front paws swept and slapped from time to time, causing clods of earth and sawdust to fly everywhere.

The fangs in its mouth were intertwined, and saliva flowed from the corners of its three mouths at the same time, unabashedly displaying its flesh-rending flesh.

But its eyes were a blood-red color, a blood-red color that had fallen into madness.

Compared with its ancestor, the three-headed hell dog that became extinct in ancient times, the three-headed giant dog does not spit out giant fireballs with terrifying temperatures. But the huge power and tyrannical desire of its ancestors,

But it was inherited by it.

Along with it, he inherited the madness bloodline that will automatically explode when his life is in danger.

"...Who exactly angered Xiao Luwei?"

Hagrid stood in front of Harry, stubbornly blocking Harry from getting closer.

Because he was very aware of the current state of the three-headed dog Luwei. If Harry was even slightly rubbed by that heavy paw, he would probably be seriously injured immediately or even die on the spot.

Although the strength of the three-headed dog is not enough to compete with the real giant, it is definitely not something to be joked about.

But at this moment, a voice sounded from the woods ahead——

"...Scatter, centaurs...scatter!"

That was Sprout's voice, and Hagrid quickly recognized it. But it was useless for him to recognize it, because those centaurs were not creatures that would obediently do what the wizard said.

Hagrid hurriedly grabbed Harry's arm and moved closer to that side.

"Oh! Little Potter is okay - that's great!" Sprout hugged Harry, almost making him breathless.

"Professor Sprout... Oh, Professor McGonagall, you're here too!" He said hello quickly, and then immediately said, "Well... please, help... find a way to calm down Little Lu Wei...

"

"Yes, that's what I wanted to do..." Sprout said, but he faced the centaurs who were running around Lu Wei awkwardly, looking a little troubled.

"What's wrong?" Hagrid asked, "Are the centaurs getting in your way?"

"Ah!" Sprout said with a worried look, "It can't be said to be an 'obstruction'..."

"Let me tell you!" Professor McGonagall took over and explained to Hagrid, "If you want to subdue the crazy three-headed dog safely, Pomona's method is necessary, but I'm afraid that's not possible.

It’s easy to control—that is to say, it will involve those centaurs as well.”

"But, you know -" she frowned slightly, "it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the centaurs afterwards... Do you have a way to get the centaurs to evacuate first?"

"Well...those guys are very stubborn..." Hagrid thought for a while and said, "I'll try it."

"etc--"

Hearing Mag's sudden words, Hagrid, who had just turned around, paused and looked at her doubtfully.

"No, I'm not telling you -" Professor McGonagall stared at Harry with a straight face, "You, stay here! You are not allowed to go anywhere - In addition, because of your reckless actions, Gryffindor will deduct 10 points.

!”

…

Just as Harry was standing next to McGonagall with a grimace, two girls were walking slowly in the forest somewhere not too far away.

"Miss Lovegood, I was really grateful to you just now, otherwise I would have died..."

Just as Sokas said to Hermione and Ron before, the chestnut-haired girl named Helen also ran into the Forbidden Forest. But even Sokas didn't notice that besides Helen, Luna was also there.

The head is shaking here.

At this moment, Helen was thanking Luna repeatedly with a grateful face.

"...Luna."

"What?" She looked a little confused as Luna suddenly interrupted her.

"Call me 'Luna'—just."

This girl with beautiful long light blond hair was still in a daze as before. She was pacing forward as if sleepwalking, while looking at everything around her with hazy eyes.

"Ah, oh -" Helen smiled sweetly, "Really? Then...Luna?"

The girl looked back politely and nodded lightly towards her.

"Well, anyway... thank you very much for your help just now!" Helen hesitated for a moment, then boldly reached out and took Luna's arm, "It's really scary... How could there be such a scary monster in this forest?

ah?"

"It's a bit dangerous..." Luna blinked, "but it's fun."

"How interesting!" Helen said tremblingly, "Didn't you see its teeth? They are so big, so scary!"

"Witness is the brush that describes existence -" Luna hummed in a strange tune, "When you are not sure whether something exists or not, every time there is one more person who witnesses it, it will be one more person."

Possibility of existence——"

"Eh?"

Helen held Luna's arm, tilted her head and stared at her for a while, then giggled.

"You're so weird!" She looked at Luna curiously and imitated her tone, "But it's very interesting."

Luna did not respond to her words, but just walked around, letting Helen hug her arm tightly.

"That's right!" Helen was suddenly silent for a while, and then asked softly, "Luna, what do you think... what death will feel like?"

Among wizards, the topic of death is even more taboo than among Muggles. Because in the magical world, death not only represents the end of life, but this word also contains more obscure magic that people are afraid to avoid.

If such a topic were mentioned suddenly to other people, everyone would probably find it abrupt, but Luna didn't care at all.

"I don't know." She just replied so lightly.

The two of them crowded together in the forest and wandered for a while. If it weren't for the roars of wild beasts and slight vibrations not far away, it would have been like an ordinary walk.

I took a walk after dinner.

But at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared quietly beside a tree behind them, its slightly narrow eyes watching the two of them silently.

Luna and Helen, who were walking in front, seemed not to notice the man's presence, and they were still strolling gently.

"Hey, Luna -" Helen asked again, "I heard that you are very familiar with Professor MacLean. What kind of person is he?"

When Luna heard this last name, the corners of her mouth could not help but curl up slightly, showing a touch of softness.

"He is a 'rich man'."

"Huh?" Helen asked in confusion, "Is he very rich?"

"The founder of Ravenclaw once said: Extraordinary intelligence is the greatest wealth of mankind." When she said this, Luna had a light smile on her face.

"Oh -" Helen nodded as if she understood, but then shook Luna's arm and said, "I already know that he is very powerful - I just want to know what he is like in life.

?”

"Well..." She paused and then added: "For example, what does he like to eat, what does he like to do... and... does he have a girlfriend or something?"

"Girlfriend?" Luna seemed a little confused by the word, and even repeated it in a daze.

"Yes!" Helen urged enthusiastically, "I heard that you were classmates before, right? Hermione said that you have a good relationship with him...are you his girlfriend?"

However, before she finished speaking, she shook her head.

"No, I haven't seen you two together all the time. It doesn't look like..." Helen muttered, "Supposedly it's time... He's already a professor, and he's so powerful and popular..."

…You must have a girlfriend, right?”

"...girlfriend...how does it feel?" Luna asked with some confusion.

"Huh?" Helen looked at her, then said with a smile, "Who knows!"

At the moment Helen said these words, a large number of black vines suddenly appeared in the woods not far away. Each of those vines was as thick as an arm. They were entangled with each other, extending, and clinging to each other.

Like a group of pythons gathering together like a tide.

In just the blink of an eye, a large area of ​​vines immediately occupied the area, and both the land and the trees were overwhelmed by these plants that grew at an alarming rate.

If it weren't for Luna and the others who were still a certain distance away from there, they might even have been wrapped in it together. But even so, some of it spread to their feet.

Surprised, Helen hurriedly pulled Luna back, away from those terrifying black plants.

"Oh -" Luna said in a daze while walking backwards under Helen's drag, "Devil's Net."

…

On the other side, in the center of these devil's nets that grew at an abnormal speed, McGonagall, Sprout and Harry were standing in the middle of a small circle. The circle was formed by some kind of red powder sprinkled on the ground.

, there is still a faint sparkle of crystal light in it.

Davros, the centaur, agreed with Hagrid's persuasion, and they retreated far away from the area with the rest of the centaurs.

And right in front of Sprout and others, the originally crazy and ferocious three-headed dog Luwei was now tightly tied into a crooked "ball of wool" by those devil's nets.

It can be seen that Lu Wei is still struggling in it, but the large number of devil's nets that get tighter and tighter as he struggles makes all his strength become a display.

Behind Professor Sprout, Harry stared at the short, fat, kind figure, dumbfounded.