Harry's first operation failed. In the next few days, he kept thinking about what to do next. After all, the first trial had already alerted Slughorn.
Louis' advice to him was to let him forget about it for the time being. Not many people knew that Harry asked about Slughorn's Horcrux, and the old guy obviously wouldn't take it personally. In the next few Potions classes, Harry continued to receive praise from Slughorn through the help of the Half-Blood Prince, which made Harry quietly sigh in relief.
But another thorny thing happened immediately. Since then, Slughorn never gave Harry, Louis and the people around them a chance to be alone together. Every time after class, he walked very fast, even Even his favorite Slug Club parties were no longer held.
At the same time, in addition to Slughorn's line, Hermione also led Astoria and Cho Chang to search for Horcruxes in the library. However, even though Cho Chang's identity as the president of the female student union was used, I searched the *** area and still couldn't find anything about Horcruxes.
This result did not surprise Lewis at all. Since Dumbledore discovered that Voldemort was making Horcruxes, it was naturally impossible for him to put any books involving Horcruxes in the library for students to check. But this frustrated Hermione, who was a top student. For the first time, she couldn't get relevant information from books.
It was the end of January, the ice and snow began to gradually melt, and the weather in Hogwarts began to rain continuously for a long time. During this period of time, Dumbledore never asked them for any extra lessons. He seemed to be waiting for Slughorn's real memory. However, in the research on inheritance, Louis made some breakthroughs.
Newt Scamander appeared at Hogwarts again on the last weekend of January, and it was Rolf who took him and Louis to meet again.
"I think you should be ready, Louis."
Newt walked towards him with a shambling step, excitement flashing in the eyes of the nearly one hundred year old man.
"Where are we going? Newt."
"Follow me to the seaside of the Hogwarts Mountains." Newt replied, "I specifically asked Dumbledore for the permission to Apparate at Hogwarts. If I walk there, my body won't be able to bear it."
"You're still tough." Louis said jokingly, but to be honest, Newt was much younger than Dumbledore and Slughorn.
"You kid, stop making fun of me." Newt smiled, "Okay, you should know something about the Lord of the Coast we are going to deal with this time, also known as the Purple Horned Beast. It is a beast as strong as a Spanish bull. It is a creature whose horns are very hard and can break most of the stones and metal materials in the world. It is one of the most powerful magical animals in the world."
"It's just that its existence is very rare. I've traveled around the world for so many years and I've probably never seen it a few times, let alone dealt with it. So you have to be careful this time. Ordinary spells may not be able to cause substantial damage to it. "
Louis took Newt's words to heart, but when he tugged on Newt's sleeve, he didn't disapparate.
"No rush, we have to wait for one more person."
Just when Louis was a little confused, a beautiful figure gradually appeared in front of both of them, it was Astoria with white hair.
"How did you come?"
"I asked her to come." Newt explained to Louis. "You may need her help to open the stone door."
"But Newt..."
"I know what you are worried about. The blood curse in her body is the same as Nagini's back then. Don't worry, she will be fine for the time being."
Louis trusted Newt. He fought alongside him in the great battle in New York to defeat Grindelwald and Obscurus, and he also had experience in dealing with blood curses.
But this "temporary" makes Lewis quite worried.
Astoria stood beside them with a smile, still happy that she could help Louis when Newt approached her.
After a strong space squeeze, the three of them arrived at the seaside filled with rocks and cliffs, which is about twenty or thirty kilometers away from Hogwarts Castle.
It is considered part of the Hogwarts Mountains area, but there are few wizards and Muggles living here. Since the establishment of the school, most of the wizard residents in the mountains have moved to Hogsmeade Village.
"I heard you made Slughorn very unhappy?"
Newt stood on the edge of the rock and chatted with the two of them.
"It's just a memory about the Horcrux, and he refused to give it to us."
"Horcruxes? That old man actually knows something like that?"
Newt shook his head. The word Horcrux had not appeared in the world for a long time. At least in their time, even Grindelwald did not bother to use such evil things.
"But this guy is weird, not unusual at all."
"You know him too, Mr. Scamander?" Astoria asked.
"He was a contemporary of Dumbledore, and he was already the Potions Professor when I was in school." Newt replied, "It's just that I was disliked by him because he only liked talented people. student, which is quite different from his predecessor, Professor Sharp."
Newt was an unsociable person when he was a student. Apart from his strong interest in magical animals, he was mediocre in other aspects. At least in the eyes of his professors, he was very inconspicuous. It was also because of his unsociable nature. Being gregarious made him not very good at socializing when he was young.
"He really likes Theseus and often compares me with him." Newt recalled the past, and his thoughts suddenly became full of emotions.
Theseus Scamander was indeed a talented young man who would later become a mainstay of the Ministry of Magic and someone Slughorn would win over.
"Okay, let's get down to business, Louis. Although I didn't prepare any decent defense measures for you this time, I will protect you, at least I won't let you get hurt."
"Although purple-horned beasts are not that kind of cruel magical animals, they don't like others invading their territory. What you have to do this time is to tame them. The easiest way is to defeat them with magic. You don't have to worry about magic. *Do any damage to them. If you successfully tame them, mount them and I will tell you what to do next."
The tide on the beach began to recede slowly, revealing the rocky coast below. Louis used the levitation spell to slowly fall to the ground, quietly waiting for the arrival of the purple-horned beast.
About an hour later, the sound of slightly heavy footsteps came from not far away from the coast.
