harry potter book of crimes

Speaking of which, it was strange enough to discover a new building under construction in the Forbidden Forest.

And when Hermione saw the invisible beast tied to the stone pillar and the few elves dozing around the pillar, she was naturally even more surprised.

After subconsciously looking at the invisible beast, Hermione saw that it seemed to have no intention of making noise or struggling, and then turned around and waved to Harry and Harry.

After a while, they saw the same scene that Hermione had seen.

"what to do?"

Harry didn't say anything. He just made a few gestures, conveying his hesitation and confusion to Hermione who was not far away.

Hermione thought for a while and simply pointed directly at the invisible beast on the stone pillar. After that, she quickly went around the back of the stone pillar and reached out to the bundle of ropes that tied the invisible beast tightly.

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Having followed Maka and had some contact with these elves, she knew that even though these elves might still know her, communication between the two parties would be difficult to achieve.

In this case, instead of waking up these elves, she might as well take the invisible beast out first, and then find Maka to ask about the situation.

The three of them came here to look for the invisible beast today. As long as they brought it to Hagrid, the immediate goal would be accomplished. As for why the elves tied the invisible beast to the stone pillar, this can be discussed later.

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However, as soon as Hermione's fingertips touched the rope, she felt as if she had been pricked by a needle, forcing her to retract her hand as fast as lightning.

Now she finally knew—this rope was probably endowed with some kind of magic spell.

"The strength is relaxed and the strength is released."

After sensing the signs of magic, Hermione decisively stretched out her wand and silently recited a spell as the tip of the wand danced.

However, her spell did not loosen the rope...it seemed that the type of spell was wrong.

"The curse stops immediately."

Hermione did not hesitate and quickly tried the universal counter-spell again. This time, the rope finally turned into a cloud of gray-white stone powder and fell to the ground, telling her with practical actions that the method was used correctly.

Seeing that Hermione had successfully broken the curse, Harry, who had been waiting in front of the stone pillar, hurriedly reached out and hugged the invisible beast Demi to prevent it from slipping away again.

"Let's go?"

Ron stood aside and mouthed to ask Hermione if she could go. The latter looked around again, and after confirming that the elves were still dozing, he nodded to indicate that he could go.

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Not long after, we were on the trail back the way we came.

"Hermione, are we going to send a signal?"

As Ron spoke, he was still carefully observing the various movements around him.

You must know that in this mysterious and unpredictable Forbidden Forest, not only Voldemort and Grawp appeared, but also countless alienated Acromantulas appeared.

Now that the centaurs have moved away, the Acromantula can hardly be seen anymore, but who knows if there are other dangerous creatures here?

Regardless of whether others are afraid or not, Ron is always worried.

"Wait until we get back to the original fork in the road before sending the signal," Hermione said casually. "This way Hagrid will know that we may have found Demi here instead of encountering any difficulties."

While making this explanation, she also looked at the invisible beast Demi held in Harry's arms from time to time, with some doubts on her face.

She wanted to know why this little guy was tied to a stone pillar and was guarded by several elves.

Yes, although those little elves don’t look very reliable, they actually sleep without missing a single one. But no matter how you think about it, they are all watching over this little guy, aren’t they?

"After we go back in a while, I think we should..."

Hermione was about to say that she was going to go find Maka to ask for details, but the next second she suddenly stopped what was going on and shook her head to herself.

"What should it be?"

Ron asked out of habit, but Hermione said calmly: "No, it's nothing."

"What is 'nothing'..."

Ron muttered, but he had no choice but to suppress the confusion in his heart. Because he knew that if Hermione didn't want to talk, asking might not be useful - this was becoming more and more like Maka.

And at this moment, the invisible beast Demi, who had been staring at Hermione since I don't know when, slowly moved away its deep and serene eyes.

Its hands were placed on Harry's arms and chest, and its entire body was leaning against Harry. It seemed quite relaxed and natural. It was as if it trusted Harry very much.

As for Harry, who was holding it, he seemed unaware of it.

After that, within a few minutes, they returned to the place where they separated from Hagrid at the beginning. And when Hermione waved her wand, releasing a dazzling light in the forest, Hagrid soon appeared in a hurry.

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"Oh! Come on Merlin," the big man said happily as he squeezed through the trees effortlessly, "you have really found little Demi! I can't even imagine how you found it!"

"We're at-" "Hermione."

When Hagrid asked, Hermione was about to say something, but was interrupted by Harry.

"It's getting late," he casually handed the invisible gun in his arms to Hagrid, and at the same time said quickly, "We have to go back - there is still a lot of homework to be done!"

"Ah, that's right!" Hagrid immediately nodded and said, "I really need to thank you for your help today, otherwise I really don't know what I would have done... But, go ahead! Studying is important!"

"Well..." The moment Hermione and Harry's eyes met, the former was suddenly startled, "Yes, studying is the most important thing, let's go quickly!"

"Let's go, Ron!"

Harry patted Ron on the back and immediately walked forward. Then, Ron saw Hermione following him without saying a word, leaving Ron alone behind.

He looked at Hagrid with an incomprehensible expression, and then at the backs of his two friends on the path ahead, his heart filled with confusion.

"Ron, aren't you leaving yet?" Hagrid, who was holding the invisible beast, saw this and couldn't help but urge.

"Oh, um..." Ron was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then... see you tomorrow, Hagrid."

After saying that, Ron turned around and chased Harry and the others.

"Why didn't they tell Hagrid what they saw just now?" He thought to himself as he trotted, "Do they have any plans... go directly to Maka and ask? Or..."

At this moment, just after Ron left, Demi, the invisible beast in Hagrid's arms, suddenly started to move. It was obviously very honest just now, but now it was trying to climb up to Hagrid's shoulder using its hands and feet.

"Hey, little Demi, don't move." Hagrid quickly took it back into his hands and said with a smile on his face, "I wonder how you became so honest just now... Naughty little guy,

Come on! Let me take you to eat your favorite kiwi fruit."

At the moment, little Demi is touching and scratching here and there on Hagrid's arm, just like a real monkey. How can he still look calm and indifferent like before?

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About ten minutes before lights out, Gryffindor common room.

At this moment, Ron is doing his homework conscientiously. For him now, part of the homework is no longer difficult for him. After all, he is still quite serious about studying certain courses.

However, the process of doing homework today made him quite uncomfortable.

"Harry——"

"Stop talking and do your homework!"

Ron's words were once again interrupted by this good friend. He found that, just like the previous two times, the other person seemed to be preventing him from mentioning the previous things.

But I don't know if he asked too many times. This time, Harry finally didn't focus all his attention on his history of magic paper, but just leaned in a little bit.

"Ron, I know you care, but don't discuss it now." Harry turned slightly sideways and lowered his voice as much as possible, "I think something is wrong with Hermione - well, anyway, after returning to the dormitory later

Say it again."

After Harry said these words, he straightened his sitting posture again, lowered his head and continued to revise the paper. As for Ron, he suddenly felt uneasy in his heart.

"Hermione? Something's wrong again?"

Ron subconsciously glanced across the round table. Because what Harry said seemed quite serious, he didn't dare to look too hard.

However, at this moment, Hermione at least looks normal - her homework has naturally been done long ago, and now, she is writing and drawing in her notebook as usual, studying some things that she can't even understand.

Niven combination.

"Well, after Harry said that, I actually remembered it." Ron secretly recalled, "In the Forbidden Forest before, Hermione seemed to be about to say something... but she didn't say anything before she finished.

Already..."

After he thought about it for a while, he suddenly felt that his head had become a mess.

Yes, I have learned a lot from Maka, and I can often think about problems from the perspective of others.

However, this does not mean that he has become smarter.

"Oh! Let's go back to the dormitory later and ask Harry...it seems like he has noticed something."

Ron shook his head vigorously and simply put the matter aside for now.

The next moment, I saw him reaching out to dip some ink into the quill in his hand, preparing to finish the unfinished homework at hand.

However, at this moment, the magic wall clock on the wall suddenly rang - it was time to turn off the lights!

"Oh no!" Ron looked at the empty parchment in front of him and groaned feebly, "It's over, it's time to go back to the dormitory and write secretly, He——"

He was just about to ask Hermione, who was opposite him, for the paper out of habit, but he soon realized something was wrong and cut off the words on the tip of his tongue.

"Hermione." Harry suddenly winked coldly, "See you later." (To be continued)