For Hagrid, the Ministry of Magic's Inquisitor was terrifying, because the Inquisitor had the power to have him imprisoned back in Azkaban.
The school board's investigator is very troublesome, because Amosta can expel him from Hogwarts on behalf of the school board. Although Hagrid knows that Principal Dumbledore will definitely speak for him, it is still a very serious matter. Troublesome things.
Amosta and Hagrid were walking hard in the depths of the Forbidden Forest. Although it was daytime, the dense woods blocked most of the light from the sky. It was so dark in the forest that Amosta had to take out his hand. The wand lights up the light and illuminates itself.
There was silence all around, and even if you listened carefully, you couldn't hear any other sounds except the snapping of branches and the crackling of rain on the leaves.
Hagrid seemed to be familiar with this place. He jumped down from a leaning tree trunk. After looking around, he panted and waved to Amosta.
"This way, Professor Blaine..."
After another ten minutes of arduous marching, this place has been deserted for a long time. The ground is covered with a carpet of rotten leaves several feet thick. Every time you step on it, it feels like sinking into a puddle.
"I think your efforts are in vain, Professor." Because of his huge weight, Hagrid would sink deeper every time he landed. In order to ensure that he would not be completely swallowed by the rotten leaves like quicksand, Hagrid had to hold on while Holding on to the tree trunks overhead, he moved forward.
"I have asked it many times, Professor Brain, but it has always been unwilling to tell. It only said that the monster in the castle was a very scary ancient creature and the natural enemy of spiders. It refused to tell the rest at all. I, in my opinion, it's unlikely to tell others--"
"Give it a try, Hagrid."
Compared to Hagrid's embarrassment, Amosta's movements were much more graceful. He cast a spell on himself and reduced most of his weight, which allowed Amosta to almost slide forward.
"I can't give up any clue."
"Then you have to be mentally prepared, Professor Brain. Because he is too old to move around, Aragog has become more and more irritable in recent years. I can't guarantee that I can appease his anger. "
"You don't need to worry about this either, Hagrid, sometimes..."
Amosta easily jumped over a small puddle, and when passing by Hagrid, he even gave him a hand.
"I also have a bad temper."
........
When the surrounding trees gradually became sparse, the ground began to slope downward, and a black shadow the size of a stone pillar swayed vaguely behind the bushes covered with thorns, Amosta knew that the destination of this trip was about to arrive.
Amosta stood on the edge of a crater-like depression. He raised his fluorescent wand and looked down. In the large crater with sparse forest trees, there were hundreds or even thousands of spiders living there. These spiders were not just fluffy little ones. Toys, each one of them has the same size as the eight-eyed spider he caught before.
From the moment Amosta appeared, this quiet pit suddenly erupted into a large rattling sound that resounded throughout the silent jungle.
"who is it?"
In the middle of the depression, among the misty hemispherical spider webs, a spider the size of an African elephant emerged very slowly. The color of its body was different from other spiders. It was black with gray, and its long Each eye on Da'ao's ugly head was covered with a layer of white clouds, and it seemed that he could no longer see clearly.
"Who disturbed my sleep? Is it Hagrid?"
The big spider asked in a high-pitched voice like nail clippers hanging on a blackboard.
Click click click click!
A swarm of nearby spiders answered the question in this unique language.
"Oh, really, a stranger came here, oh, then I'm sorry..." Aragog's two big turtles moved quickly and gave his opinion,
"Children, what are you waiting for?"
Looking at the spiders who could no longer suppress their instincts, Amosta narrowed his eyes and secretly wondered how much venom he could get if he really took action later.
"Oh, wait, Aragog, wait first!"
At this time, Hagrid, who seemed to have taken a bath in the mud, finally rushed over panting, "It's me, I'm Hagrid, Aragog!"
The old spider in the middle of the spider web heard this familiar voice, and the trembling big turtle paused. Then, the harsh voice sounded a little more friendly,
"Oh, I'm sorry, Hagrid, it turned out to be you. I thought a stranger had broken into my family territory...
So, as for what I mentioned to you last time, those centaurs are hunting my children, have you negotiated with them? If they don't restrain their actions, Hagrid, I will have to fight back. "
"Actually, Aragog, I heard a completely different statement from you from the centaurs. They think...well, I will go and ask you again, Aragog, I am here today. I have to ask you about other things."
Hagrid is like the defender of order in the Forbidden Forest. Every intelligent magical creature, regardless of whether they have a favorable impression of the wizard or not, maintains the most basic respect for Hagrid.
The smaller spiders around were swimming around in the pit with their slender legs that supported their bodies. The rustling sounds sounded very restless, and they continued to transmit them to Aragog, who was already blind. information.
"Hagrid!"
Aragog's voice, which had just calmed down its hostility, sounded furious again. It pointed its eight white-covered eyes in the direction of Amosta and asked angrily,
"Did you bring anyone else here, Hagrid? You promised me you wouldn't do that!"
It seems that this old spider is really not that easy to communicate with, Amosta thought to himself, standing aside and silently observing Hagrid's communication with it.
"Professor Brain... is also the investigator sent by the Hogwarts School Board to enter the school to investigate the secret room. He insists on talking to you face to face, Aragog, I hope you can..."
"Secret room!"
Before Hagrid could finish speaking, Aragog's mood immediately became excited. Amidst the angry clicking sounds it made, many spiders surrounded Amosta and Hagrid from all directions. They stayed close to him. A few dozen feet away, there was an even denser rustling sound, and with just one command, they would pounce on them immediately!
"I've said it many times, Hagrid, we are afraid of that monster. We will never mention the name of that ancient creature to outsiders. If too many wizards know about it, then the wizards will covet its power and use it to destroy us!"
Ha, this logic is quite strange!
Amosta couldn't help but smile, and then he saw Hagrid shrugging his shoulders helplessly.
"You see, this is the result, Professor Brain, you all know it. If it had been willing to confess that monster, maybe I wouldn't have been kicked out of Hogwarts."
"Don't give up so easily, Hagrid--"
Amosta took two steps forward with a relaxed tone.
"Let me try to communicate with it."
