Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

"I read in the book that centaurs are very disgusted with wizards!" Hermione looked around anxiously and said worriedly, "What if they attack us?"

"I don't think this kind of thing will happen. Although the centaurs are not very friendly to humans, they generally don't take the initiative to attack." Sirius explained, "They just don't interact with us, but if they want to talk, they still Willing to do so, to tell you about the fates and warnings they see from the sky."

"Iwen and I have recorded all the trajectories of the constellations this semester, hoping to use them." Hermione said worriedly, "In addition, I also conducted research on their lifestyles and customs."

"The horse people are very smart. When you come into contact with them, just remember to regard them as creatures of equal status to you, and that's enough!"

"Don't worry, Hermione, they're not as scary as they are written in the book!" Harry continued, breathing a little heavier than usual, "Both Ivan and I have seen a centaur named Firenze, he Willing to help humans."

"I have to say, that guy is an anomaly among the centaurs." Sirius smiled, "But he is trustworthy. I have known him for a long time. When I was a student, I and James, Leo James and Peter often ventured into the Forbidden Forest, and we met when he was a foal."

"I heard from Firenze that he seems to miss the wizard-made items, food, and all kinds of interesting stories you brought him."

"He is very interested in the human world. Things that are common in our eyes are very novel to him." Sirius recalled, "But he is the only one like this. Contact with humans. Compared with them, the mermaids living in the lake in front of the city gate are much more enlightened, they took the initiative to communicate with us, and exchanged things in the lake for things made by wizards."

"Mermaid?!"

"That's right, James met them once when he fell into the lake. It was an unforgettable experience. I remember that they exchanged a lot of things with the four of us, including many advanced magic materials. They seemed to be What else do you want to tell us..." Sirius frowned, and continued, "I don't understand the language of the mermaids, Remus has learned a little bit, he said that the mermaids let us enter the water, as if there was something below. It's a pity , we ended up not doing that.”

Hearing what Sirius said, Ivan also fell silent.

This is really strange, why did the mermaids want Sirius and the others to go under the water, what is there in the end? !

Since he knew that the key to the secret treasure of Gryffindor was in the centaur tribe, he rethought the hint left by the Big Four.

Following the same line of reasoning, it is not difficult to imagine that the mermaid may also hold a treasure key.

It's just that I don't know who stayed, and it's not clear whether it was split like Gryffindor's.

Aiwen sighed. It seems that after getting the key fragment from the centaur tribe, he still needs to learn the mermaid language and try to communicate with them.

"There are mermaids living in the lake in front of the castle?!" Harry said in surprise. "I never knew that. I thought there were only giant squids in there."

"Hogwarts has a lot of secrets waiting for people to explore. The four of us discovered a lot in those years, but certainly not all of them!" Sirius looked at Harry and said gratifiedly, "The rest of the secrets are up to you." to dig."

Chapter 274 The Unfriendly Centaur

Everyone discussed the mermaid for a while, and Ivan asked some details.

Then, the topic returned to the centaur, and Hermione kept whispering what she should pay attention to when contacting the centaur from the book.

"I don't really care about contacting the centaur!" Ron wrinkled his nose, threw a stone heavily into the stream, and said impatiently, "What on earth do we have to do to get the one they treasure that can increase the magic power?" What about magic items?"

This is the key to this trip, the key to changing your own destiny.

Ron has been thinking about this all the way. He wants to get that thing, but he doesn't want others to see that he is too deliberate.

"I mean, we all know we need the approval of the centaur." Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Ron tried to make himself look more natural, "The problem now is, after getting the approval of the centaur What to do? That final test..."

He had heard from Sirius that there was a final test to get the item, and he wanted to know what that test was so he could be prepared.

"In the temple where that item is kept, an illusion magic has been arranged. Only by passing the test of that magic can you get that thing." Sirius said slowly, "That magic is very powerful, and everyone in it The things I saw were different, and I didn't know what to do! For example, I saw..."

He stopped suddenly, looked at the woods vigilantly, and raised his wand as quickly as possible.

"Be careful!" he said in a low voice, signaling for everyone to keep quiet.

His wand was pointing at the dense bush in front of him, the magic power of his body was concentrated, and the end of the wand glowed weakly.

Ivan and the others also hurriedly pulled out their wands. No one spoke, and everyone could hear the movement from the woods, and something was approaching.

The next second, bang!

At the same time as Sirius' magic wand emitted a red light, a sharp arrow flew over from a distance, landed on the tree trunk above his head, and made a clanging sound.

Hermione screamed in a low voice, and Ivan hurriedly blocked her behind him.

Sirius had a solemn expression, while Harry and Ron's faces were pale. The atmosphere was extremely tense. The battle was about to break out, but the other side did not attack again.

"Who are you?" A deep male voice came from the bushes.

Almost in the blink of an eye, a man floated toward them through the dappled green light.

Under the bright moonlight, Aiwen saw that this was a centaur, his waist was smooth and naturally connected with the reddish-brown body of the horse.

He had a proud face with high cheekbones and long black hair.

"Hmph, humans!" The centaur said with a hint of contempt in his haughty tone, "leave our forbidden forest, this is not the place you should come to..."

"Long time no see, Margaret!" Sirius seemed to know each other, but his tone was not very pleasant.

"You are... Sirius Black!" Margery froze for a moment, he stared at Sirius for a long time, and seemed to recognize who he was.

There was a rustling sound from the woods behind the centaur, and four or five more centaur appeared one after another.

Ivan saw Bain with a black body and a beard. He had met each other a month ago, but Bain pretended that he had never seen Ivan and Harry.

"Blake!" Margaret said vigilantly. He didn't put away his bow and arrow, but still pointed at them. "What are you doing back in our Forbidden Forest?"

"I brought these children here, hoping to get the item handed down by Gryffindor himself that is kept by your tribe." Sirius said loudly, "They hope to get your approval and try to challenge that The final test."

"Get our approval?!" Margaret looked away from Sirius, and looked suspiciously at Ivan and the four of them.

"This is Ivan Mason, Hermione Granger." Sirius introduced, "The red-haired boy behind is Ron Weasley, and next to him is Harry Potter."

"Harry Potter!"

Hearing Harry's name, the horsemen whispered for a while.

Their eyes were all on Harry, full of curiosity and amazement.It seemed that he was looking for the scar on his forehead, the evidence of defeating Voldemort.

Harry took a step back, pulling his hair down nervously.

"Only a respectable and trustworthy friend can get the friendship of a centaur!" Margaret said disdainfully. "This is not something to joke about, Blake! The four of them are too young, and they are still foals. I think they It doesn't meet the requirements, you should take them out of here as soon as possible before we kill you."

"Margaret, I know your rules." Sirius didn't back down, and said tit for tat, "According to the ancient agreement between your ancestors and the castle founder, you have no right to refuse..."

"We are not human slaves. We are not obliged to keep things for you and take them away when you need them." Margaret said fiercely, "Blake, take these four ponies and get out of here, otherwise Don't blame me for being rude."

"You have no right to stop us!" Sirius said, raising his wand again, frowning, "You are still as stubborn as ever, Margaret! If you want to fight again like you did 20 years ago, I am always with you. "

The two looked at each other angrily, as if something had happened to them before.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked terrified. They tried their best to prevent Sirius from rushing over, hoping that he would calm down. They didn't come here to fight the centaurs tonight, but they needed their approval.

While stopping Sirius, Aiwen looked at the centaurs on the opposite side, looking for their weaknesses. Once a battle broke out, he could take action as soon as possible.

Although the centaurs are not proficient in magic, they are very powerful in combat.

Without using black magic, Aiwen was not absolutely sure of defeating them.

"Calm down, Margery!" Just as the situation was about to get out of control, Bain suddenly stepped out and said gently, "Slaughtering a foal is a terrible crime!"

He walked up to Margaret and whispered something.

Ivan saw that he seemed to be pointing at himself, and then Margaret raised his head and looked at himself in surprise.He seemed to be persuaded by Bane, and waved his hand. A young centaur with a dark black body turned and ran away into the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

"Whether you meet the conditions requires the judgment of the elders." Bain raised his head and said loudly, and then he retreated to the centaurs.

No one moves and no one speaks.

There was confusion and anxiety in the air, and everyone was waiting for the elder centaur to arrive.

About ten minutes later, thunderous horseshoes sounded from all sides, and Aiwen felt the whole ground shake, and more than 40 horsemen appeared from the Forbidden Forest one after another.

Chapter 275

The horsemen formed a circle, tightly surrounding Aiwen and the five of them.

Across the jumping back and head, Aiwen saw horse men in various costumes and colors, most of them were very strong, with sharp arrows and longbows on their backs.

In the very center, is a silver-gray centaur.

He is obviously very old, about 100 years old, with deep wrinkles on his face and a white beard that is almost reaching the ground.

He is the centaur elder, the oldest and wisest centaur in the tribe.

While Ai Wen was observing him, he was also looking at Ai Wen carefully.

His eyes were very pale, and from a distance, he could only see a vast expanse of whiteness.

Margery walked over and bowed her head to salute, she couldn't see the previous irritability at all.

He respectfully reported to the elder about Aiwen and the others. Aiwen heard him tell the other party that the four human foals hoped to be recognized by the centaur, and then tried to obtain the treasure that had been kept in the sacred temple in the center of the tribe. That magic item.

Although he was very disgusted with humans, he did not deliberately discredit and cause trouble for Aiwen and the others. Everything he said was true.

The centaur elder nodded, indicating that he knew about it, and Margaret stepped aside.The older centaur took a step forward. He didn't speak, and watched Ai Wen carefully for a while, then raised his head and looked at the night sky, as if he was observing the orbit of the planets.

Just when Aiwen thought he would go on like this forever, he suddenly took out an unknown black herbal powder from the bag he was carrying.

I didn't see any movement from him, and a group of red flames suddenly rose in front of him.

The elder centaur slowly threw the powder into the rising flames, and the color of the flames immediately changed from red to a fantastic dark blue, accompanied by a lot of smoke.

"The centaur can make predictions by burning several herbs and leaves, and by observing the smoke and flames." Hermione explained in a low voice, "I read it in the book, and the principle is probably similar to how we look at a crystal ball."

"I've never seen anything in that ball other than the lines on the table." Ron muttered, looking at him suspiciously.

Harry nodded, agreeing with Ron's words very much.

Perhaps it was Professor Trelawney who had left a deep impression on him. Until now, he thought that such things as predictions were a lie.

Unlike the three of them, Ivan saw something different from the blue flame through the method Dumbledore taught him.He felt strange fluctuations in magic power, and a trace of magic power hidden in the smoke drifted towards him.

He hurriedly took a step back, hoping to dodge it.

The centaur elder raised his head and glanced at Ai Wen again. With a gust of breeze, the smoke blew straight over, and Ai Wen smelled the smell of scorched leaves.Unlike common spells, the weird magic power in the smoke did not harm him, it just revolved around Ivan, and then floated towards Harry beside him.

Like astrology, this is the unique divination magic of the centaurs.

Not surprisingly, this magic should be very advanced. Except for the centaur elders, Ivan has never seen other centaur use it.

They usually observe the stars in the night sky and draw omens of fate from them.

But this time, the horse people in front of them did not do this. Before waiting for the result of the elder's prediction, they formed a circle around Aiwen and the others vigilantly, just like cherishing animals in a zoo, silently watching from a distance Ivan and the five of them.

Most of the centaurs were eyeing Harry, talking in low voices, which was exactly the reaction of many wizards who met Harry for the first time.

Only a few centaurs who knew Sirius nodded indifferently to him, and then immediately looked elsewhere, pretending not to know Sirius.

The same is true for Ronan and Bain that Ivan met a month ago, they didn't even look at him.

In the silent onlookers, the atmosphere was tense to the extreme.The expressions on the faces of the horse people are different, some are pure curiosity, some are stern scrutiny, some are angry for unknown reason, but most of them are doubt and distrust.

They watched from afar and even took out their weapons.

Sirius told everyone not to put down his wand, and if any accident happened, don't worry about him leaving the Forbidden Forest first, and the centaurs would not hurt children.

Ivan felt that Hermione approached him unconsciously. He knew that Hermione must be worried. He skillfully held the other's little hand to signal her to feel at ease.

Because of being too nervous, Hermione's palms were covered with sweat.She looked at the horse man in front of her in awe, and an unknown fear rose in her heart.The appearance of these horse people is very terrifying and frightening, as if they are about to rush towards them at any time.

If Ivan wasn't here, she wouldn't know what to do.

While the horsemen were watching from afar and discussing in low voices, Firenze, with long platinum hair, came out from among the horsemen. He looked the same as he did a month ago.His move was evident amidst an atmosphere of hesitation and distrust.

Everyone looked at Firenze in amazement, astonished at his audacity.No one spoke, and even the whispered discussions of the horsemen stopped abruptly.

"Nice to see you again after 20 years, Sirius Black!" Firenze said softly, he didn't seem to notice the abnormality, and walked over calmly.

He shook hands with Sirius, like an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time.

After greeting Sirius, he turned his gaze back to Harry.

"Harry Potter!" Firenze said gently.

"Hello, Firenze, nice to meet you!" Harry hurriedly shook his hand.

"Me too!" The platinum-haired centaur nodded his head and said in an unquestionable tone, "We are destined to meet again."

His expression was calm, and there was no smile on his face, making it hard to see what he was thinking.

"The trajectory of the planets has given an omen, and our fate will not end here." Firenze nodded to Harry again, "We will meet again."

He left Harry, walked slowly to Ivan, and also stretched out his hand.

"The same is true, I also know that you will definitely come, Ivan Mason!" He stared at Ivan with his strange blue eyes without blinking, and said softly, "On the night we first met, can you The Mars of war is shining brightly above us, brighter than ever. After that, I watched its course carefully, and I saw you in this coming war..."

"Shut up, Firenze!" Margaret rushed over angrily and shouted loudly, "We swore that we would not reveal what we saw lightly."

Chapter 276 Firenze's Warning