The first week of school has passed like this, and Hogwarts has ushered in its first weekend.
Xie Lin has already thoroughly studied the map of the Forbidden Forest, planned various routes, and made preparations for various situations, such as refining many potions and poisons that may be used.
Early in the morning, Xie Lin cast an invisible phantom spell on himself and sneaked into the Forbidden Forest alone.
The Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts is a vast and continuous forest in which many kinds of creatures live, including even species that have become extinct in the outside world. It is simply a wild land. No wizard has ever been able to explore the entire forest because it is too big and too dangerous. There are many students who disappeared in the Forbidden Forest in history.
The trees here are very tall, tens of meters above the ground, so they cover the sky in darkness. Only creatures living in the Forbidden Forest can adapt to this environment. They either have the ability to see things in the dark. , either possessing extraordinary hearing or keen observation.
There is not much danger on the outside of the Forbidden Forest. It can be seen that Hagrid, the gamekeeper, often cleans this area. Xie Lin, who was well prepared, easily crossed the perimeter, passed the activity area of 12 hippogriffs kept by Hagrid, and continued walking deeper into the Forbidden Forest. After several studies, Xie Lin has already discovered the two most dangerous areas in the Forbidden Forest, namely the Eight-Eyed Spider Lair and the Centaur Tribe Area.
Xie Lin walked forward very cautiously, constantly checking the map along the way to ensure that he avoided these two areas. Strange roars came from the darkness, and occasionally some malicious eyes could be seen shining in the darkness. . When passing a certain place, which should be a gathering place for some social animals, a disgusting smell hit my face.
Xie Lin held the wand tightly and looked around carefully, then suddenly stopped and looked down at the footprints on the ground. He recognized that these were the footprints of a wolf, which was several times larger than an ordinary wolf. It was probably a giant wolf, about the same size as the three-headed dog Luwei. Schelling knew that there were no real werewolves in the strict sense in the Forbidden Forest, but there were a group of wolves whose intelligence was close to that of humans.
There is an interesting allusion behind the origin of this wolf pack. Legend has it that on a full moon day, two werewolves who transform into wolf forms mate under the moon. The pregnant female wolf will give birth to pure wolf pups instead of transforming into wolf pups. A rare example of a werewolf that has only occurred twice in history.
One of them happened in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts. The principal of Hogwarts at that time was Dumbledore. He generously allowed two werewolves to raise wolf pups in the Forbidden Forest. As time passed, they grew up and turned into a group of silver wolves with beautiful silver-white fur and high intelligence. In addition to being intelligent and spiritual, these silver wolves are no different from ordinary wild wolves. They do not have the bloodthirsty of werewolves and their desire for the taste of human flesh, so they are not much more dangerous than ordinary wild wolves.
Under Dumbledore's deliberate arrangement, rumors of werewolves in the Forbidden Forest began to spread among students, with the purpose of scaring students away from sneaking into the Forbidden Forest. This rumor was still circulating among students to this day, and Sherrin had heard it from more than one person, including Draco.
Schelling wasn't afraid of a giant wolf, but wolves are social animals and he wasn't sure he could handle a large pack. For safety reasons, he slightly deviated from the planned route and continued walking deeper into the Forbidden Forest.
Xie Lin first met three red hats, which are short, ugly monsters that resemble goblins. They are naturally bloodthirsty and like to kill. After killing their prey, they will smear blood on their skulls. They also got the red hats because of their blood-red skulls. The name.
The red hat has no magical ability, but it is strong and fast, so it is quite dangerous to Muggles and young wizards who have just learned magic, but Xie Lin can easily deal with it with his strength. Xie Lin used the transformation technique to create dense and winding vines, captured the red hats, and then used the cutting spell to cut off their skulls. The blood-stained skulls are a good material for making cursed black magic items. Of course Xie Lin can't Let it go.
【Get the red hat skull! 】
Then Xie Lin met another vampire phantom bear spirit. The Phantom Bear is a mutant species of Boggart. It is an aggregation of fearful emotions and is good at changing. It usually appears in an image similar to an Australian koala, but it has sharp fangs and slender claws.
The vampire phantom bear spirit is the most ferocious variant among them and often attacks poultry. Hagrid's chickens were often attacked by vampire bear spirits, so he had a lot of headaches because of them. Of course, in front of Schelling, who knew the art of Occlumency, the vampire phantom bear spirit was no threat at all, and Schelling repelled it with his "comic".
(Note: Blood Sucking Bugbear, originally translated as a vampire, comes from the Chamber of Secrets chapter. Because the chickens he raised were killed, Hagrid suspected that he was a fox in the Forbidden Forest or a vampire bear; he was killed in Dungeons and Dragons. Translated as the tyrannical bugbear, it is a type of giant goblin; but in Scottish folklore it is actually another kind of Boggart. Bug here means Bogey. Bugbear literally means Bogg bear, or bear shape. Boggart, here the author follows Rowling's traditional practice and chooses to use the second statement)
Continuing to move forward, Xie Lin finally encountered the big boss of this adventure - an eight-eyed spider that was as tall as two adult wizards.
Fortunately, Xie Lin always ensured that he was in a state of invisibility, otherwise he would have ended badly if he was attacked by such a huge spider. Xie Lin knew that creatures living in such dark places were generally afraid of fire, so he did not hesitate to use the flame spell on the downward facing surface of the Eight-Eyed Spider. This was the weakness of the Eight-Eyed Spider that Xie Lin had already studied.
After the Eight-Eyed Spider's abdomen was ignited, it let out a sharp scream, and its whole body was shaking with pain. In order to avoid being affected, Xie Lin released the leg-locking spell on the two rearmost legs of the Eight-Eyed Spider. The eye spider fell forward as if someone was pulling its legs from behind, and died soon after.
Xie Lin quickly took out a medicine bottle and began to collect the venom of the eight-eyed spider. A pint of venom is worth 100 gold galleons. Schelling collected 3 pints from the spider's corpse before leaving with satisfaction. Because he was worried about encountering more eight-eyed spiders again, Xie Lin decided to leave the Forbidden Forest and turned back the way he came.
【Eight-eyed spider venom obtained! 】
Fortunately, he also collected a lot of jumping toadstools along the way. The jumping toadstool is a rare ingredient for potions. The cap is bright red with many white spots on it. It has a keen sense of its surroundings. Once it senses someone trying to pick it, it will jump and escape quickly.
Xie Lin first used the transformation technique to create a cover to cover them all, and then grabbed them one by one and put them into a special container. Each toadstool is worth 3 gold galleons, and Xie Lin collected 20 at once, which means that this morning's harvest has reached 360 gold galleons. You know, except for employees of the Ministry of Magic, the monthly salary of most people in the wizarding world is only between 25 and 50 Galleons!
【Get jumping toadstools! 】
The Forbidden Forest is indeed a good place to make money. Although it took up a lot of his time, it still made him enjoy it.
Suddenly, Xie Lin stopped in his tracks, and an unexpected scene appeared in front of him. A super giant eight-eyed spider and a giant wolf fell to the ground like corpses, completely motionless.
Xie Lin carefully stepped forward to check. The venom of the eight-eyed spider had completely dried up and could not be collected. It should have been some time since it died. Although the giant wolf was motionless, Xie Lin could still feel the subtle body temperature on its body. He was considering whether to peel off its fur. After all, such a beautiful fur had no medicinal or alchemical value. It should be able to be sold at a good price as a decoration.
Xie Lin took out a sterling silver dagger and was about to peel off the skin on his belly when the hand on his belly suddenly felt a strange movement. Xie Lin frowned at first and suddenly realized, could it be...
Xie Lin's guess was correct. He carefully cut open the belly and put his hands through the cut without being too dirty. He actually took out three wolf cubs!
According to Schelling's estimation, the pregnant female wolf was supposed to wait quietly among the wolves, but unfortunately the pack was attacked by an unknown number of eight-eyed spiders. As a result, the female wolf got separated from the pack and got into a fight with one of the eight-eyed spiders. Here we end up dying together. Unfortunately, because she had been dead for a while, the remaining vitality of the mother wolf was not enough to sustain the lives of the cubs. Two of the wolf cubs died not long after they were taken out.
Xie Lin felt compassion and took out several bottles of expensive nutritional medicine from his pocket. He fed the last wolf pup one after another, and wrapped the little wolf pup in a night star cloak to keep it warm. After careful care, he opened his eyes and howled for the first time since birth.
Although the howling was so weak, Xie Lin witnessed the birth of a life with his own eyes, and a tender corner deep in his heart was touched. An indescribable emotion arose spontaneously, making the corners of his eyes appear. I got wet unconsciously.
Hogwarts allows students to bring their own pets. Except for the rule that first-year students can only bring owls, toads, and cats as pets, students in other grades have no restrictions on pet types. For example, Ron’s pet is Hamster Scabbers, Gryffindor's Lee Jordan once brought a pet wolf spider - of course, there are exceptions for highly dangerous creatures such as eight-eyed spiders or three-headed dogs, but other than Hagrid, no other students would take it. These scary creatures are kept as pets.
Sherrin has decided to take the wolf cub back to Hogwarts as his own pet. The moment he witnessed the birth of the little wolf, he and the little wolf had already established an emotional bond that transcended ordinary owners and pets.
Plus, he had Newt's suitcase, which meant he could take the wolf pup with him to class and home without fear of being discovered.
Because Dobby was not in the UK at the moment, Sherrin had to go to the Owl Cottage in person, borrow the school's owl and place a lot of pet food orders through mail order at the pet store in Diagon Alley, and then personally take care of the still very weak little wolf. He named the little wolf "Silver Fang".
Time passed day by day, and the pet food in Diagon Alley had been delivered. Xie Lin couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. Otherwise, if Little Silver Ya continued to drink his nutritional potion, he would be impoverished.
Xie Lin, who was busy taking care of Silver Fang, had little time to pay attention to the big and small things happening with Harry. Even the Patronus Charm exchange event was postponed until next month.
Slytherin students also already know that Xie Lin has a beloved pet wolf, and Xie Lin can always be seen with it everywhere on campus.
Daphne, Meredith and Astoria were also very excited and often took the opportunity to come over to Sherrin, trying to find opportunities to tease little Silver Fang. Although little Yingya is weak, his intelligence is not low at all. He knows how to please people and can always make a few girls giggle. This makes those girls love and love this cute little wolf cub even more.
