"Woo ho—"
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. Thick trees were knocked crookedly, and even the knotted 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 showing its desire to tear flesh and blood.
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 strength and tyrannical body of its ancestors were inherited by it.
Along with it, he inherited the madness bloodline that would automatically explode when his life was 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—
"... spread out, centaurs... spread out!"
It was Sprout's voice, and Hagrid quickly recognized it. But it was useless for him to hear that. Those centaurs were not creatures that would just 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 suffocating him.
"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 awkwardly looked at the centaurs who were running around Lu Wei, looking a little troubled.
"What's wrong?" Hagrid asked, "Did the centaurs hinder you?"
"Ah!" Sprout said with a worried look on his face, "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 it's not very good. It’s easy to control—that is, 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 give it a try."
"etc-"
Hearing Mag's sudden words, Hagrid, who had just turned around, paused and looked at her doubtfully.
"No, I'm not asking you to—" 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, it was really thanks 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 hanging around here.
At this moment, Helen was thanking Luna profusely with a grateful look on her face.
"…Luna."
"What?" She looked a little confused at Luna's sudden interruption.
"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? So... 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 to hold Luna's arm, "It's really scary... How could there be such a scary monster in this forest? "
"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 paintbrush that describes existence -" Luna hummed in a strange tune, "When you are not sure whether something exists or not, every more person who witnesses it makes it more beautiful." There is a possibility—"
"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 interesting."
Luna didn't respond to her words, just pacing on her own, letting Helen cling to her arm.
"That's right!" Helen was suddenly silent for a while, and then asked softly, "Luna, what do you think... what will death be 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, this word also contains an even more obscure magic that people are afraid of avoiding.
If such a topic were mentioned suddenly to other people, everyone would probably find it abrupt, but Luna didn't care about it.
"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 beasts and slight vibrations that were still coming from not far away, it would have been like taking an ordinary 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's a 'rich man'."
"Huh?" Helen wondered, "Is he rich?"
"The founder of Ravenclaw once said: Extraordinary intelligence is the greatest wealth of mankind." When saying 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 is he like in life?"
"Well..." She paused, then added: "For example, what does he like to eat, what does he like to do... and... does he have a girlfriend?"
"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 guys together all the time. It doesn't look like..." Helen muttered, "Logically speaking, it's time... He's already a professor, and he's so powerful and popular... He's definitely indispensable. 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 is as thick as an arm. They are entangled, 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 astonishingly fast rate.
If it weren't for Luna and the others who were still some 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, which were growing 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, and there was a faint glimmer 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, Lu Wei, the originally crazy and ferocious three-headed dog, was now tightly tied into a crooked "ball of yarn" by those devil's nets.
It could be seen that Lu Wei was still struggling in it, but the large number of devil's nets that became tighter and tighter as he struggled made all his strength become a display.
Behind Professor Sprout, Harry stared at the short, fat, kind figure, dumbfounded.