It was a huge snake.
A big snake with three heads. The left head looks calm and wise, the middle head looks listless, and the right head looks ferocious and impetuous.
This is a 4x level rune snake. Its size was huge, even more exaggerated than what Luke had seen in the book. Moreover, all three heads of this rune snake are intact, and there are not even many scars from fighting, which is quite rare among rune snakes.
Looking at the big snake with its head lowered and quite respectful, George and Fred thought of another legend of the Gaunt family.
Luke stood still, staring at the big snake.
When the big snake was four or five steps away from Luke, he stood up with the front half of his body, lowered his head at the same time, and stretched his head towards Luke's hand.
Luke reached out and stroked the snake's three heads in turn. He knows that this is not an act of surrender by snakes, because snakes do not have such movements to express closeness and surrender. As long as they do not attack you, they are close enough to you. But this is a snake in the magical world. I don’t know who I learned these seemingly humane etiquette from.
George and Fred both breathed a sigh of relief. It looked like they wouldn't have to risk being beaten for help tonight. Because this is a fringe area, although there are a lot of magical animals, the level of danger is not high. It's definitely not going to kill anyone. Although the rune snake can indeed kill them, it is not a particularly vicious magical animal. Generally speaking, if you do not actively provoke them, you will not be attacked.
At the same time, Luke opened his mouth and made a hoarse, low voice.
"What are you doing here?"
he asked in Parseltongue.
The twins behind him also shivered involuntarily when they heard Luke's voice. It can only be said that the pronunciation of Parseltongue is indeed hellish. He naturally has the feeling of being a villain.
"We felt the aura of being approachable, Your Highness, so we gathered together, but we didn't expect that it would be His Highness from the Gaunt family."
The head on the left also spoke.
Luke was no stranger to such words and the title 'Your Highness'. The entire forest around his hut was full of snakes. It would not be an exaggeration to say that when he saw snakes, he felt like he was seeing a relative.
"Is there anything wrong in the forest lately?"
Luke didn't waste time. Coming to the Forbidden Forest to have fun was naturally one of his goals, but there was also business.
"Not yet, Your Highness, but..." Orochi fell into deep thought, and spoke again after a moment, "But in my impression, the unicorn group has begun to shrink. Their family is very sensitive to malice, so if you feel If something is wrong, then they are the most likely.”
"There are also timid centaurs! They have shrunk their defenses early and only sent a small number of tribesmen out to hunt. They have the ability to watch stars. Your Highness, your feeling is correct. Something is indeed going to happen in the Forbidden Forest!"
The head on the right side added rather impatiently. After saying that, he glanced at the left side of his head provocatively.
The left head snorted coldly and ignored it.
"You seem to be well prepared."
Luke looked at the left side of his head strangely.
The head on the left spoke respectfully: "Our family was kept in the Forbidden Forest by Lord Slytherin. This place is very important. Our duty is to pay attention to all disturbances and report them to the Highnesses of the Gunter family."
"It's just that we haven't seen your highnesses for many years."
The head in the middle opened his mouth.
There was a hint of resentment in what he said. Luke was a little embarrassed after hearing this, but after thinking about it, he thought it had nothing to do with him.
"Then continue your mission and help me keep an eye on the Forbidden Forest. If anything happens, notify me as soon as possible. Is there a way to notify me?"
Luke asked again.
The head on the left nodded again and said: "Yes, originally we could have used the little snake to inform you, but these guys behind you also seem to like you very much. If it is to deliver a letter to you, they should be willing."
Luke looked behind the big snake. They were a group of relatively mild-tempered magical animals, including the tree monkey frog, the vixen, the dodo, and the bowtruckle.
"So, what's your name?"
Luke thought that every snake around his house had its own name. Even the newborn snakes would ask him to help give them names after they grew up a little. This seems to be a tradition in the Gaunt family.
After hearing Luke's question, all three heads became excited.
"We don't have names, Your Highness. We haven't seen Your Highnesses for many years. We haven't been given names."
This time the three heads spoke at the same time. The three pairs of eyes lit up with a similar look of anticipation.
When Luke heard this, he looked at the three heads, and a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He nodded the left side of his head: "Gan."
Pointing to the head in the middle: "Wen."
Finally, he smiled and touched the right side of his head: "Cui."
"Thank you for the name, Your Highness."
They didn't know the meaning of these three words, but it was a name given by His Highness, and that was enough.
At this moment, a light suddenly lit up in the woods, and the sound of dogs barking came from a distance.
"Who is there! Fred! George! Is it you! There is another person? Who is it?!"
Hagrid's loud and powerful voice came from afar.
Cui opened his mouth in the direction of Hagrid fiercely, as if he was ready to rush over and bite the rude man to death.
And Luke pressed it gently.
He turned to Gan and said, "You go first and pay attention to your own safety. The dangers in the Forbidden Forest are enough to kill you. Be careful when investigating."
Gan nodded, then bumped into Cui, who was still grinning, then leaned down, twisted and crawled quickly into the depths of the jungle.
Seeing Gan Ventrii leave Luke, the magical animals that had been suppressed for a while also rushed over. They gathered around Luke's feet and looked at Luke curiously. Luke squatted down and played with them.
George and Fred looked nervously at the approaching lights and barking dogs.
"Aren't you leaving, Luke? Hagrid will be here soon. Although there will be no points deducted, he will still be lectured."
George said with some worry.
Luke, on the other hand, touched the head of a Moon-Crazy Beast and said, "It's not necessary. I will come to the Forbidden Forest often in the future. It would be nice to say hello to Hagrid in advance."
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Luke, George looked at his brother who was not only unmoved, but also seemed to want to play together, he sighed and stopped talking.
"Ha! I knew it was you two naughty guys! I saw your red hair from afar... What's going on with you?!"
Hagrid, who had originally thought about raising an army to hold him accountable, was shocked by the scene in front of him.
Magical animals are having fun around the twins. There was a Bowtruckle squatting on Fred's head, and a Niffler lying at George's feet. He was fighting with the Niffler for the Knut in his hand.
"Luke? Why are you here? Wait, is that an invisible beast? There are also invisible beasts in the Forbidden Forest?!"
Hagrid looked at Luke, who was playing with an ape-like animal with silvery hair that was as shiny as silk, with a look of shock on his face.
At this time, the invisible beast was frightened by Hagrid's loud voice and disappeared into the air.
Luke pulled out the invisible thing from behind him and said to Hagrid with a smile: "We meet again!"
