demon hunter at hogwarts

When Hagrid first appeared, Regulus mistakenly thought that Hagrid was holding another student.

Then he reacted quickly.

Because of Hagrid's body shape, the corpse looked smaller.

At the same time, Talisman Mahagen, who was lying weakly on the ground, suddenly struggled to stand up and staggered towards Hagrid.

But its injured front legs had no strength and could not bear the huge weight. After taking two steps, its body swayed and fell heavily to the ground, letting out a whine.

Rolf hurried over to calm it down.

"Rolfe, you were here...ah, and Professor Black." Hagrid recognized the two of them, walked to the fire, and placed the bodies on the ground.

The man's condition was quite miserable. One left leg was bloody and bloody, and the part below the knee was missing. His stomach was also cut open, and all the blood on his body seemed to have drained out.

Rolf only glanced at it, turned his head half sad and half disgusted, and retched into the open space.

The rune horse stopped trying to stand up, and stared at the corpse with its big red eyes, full of sadness.

"What's going on?" Regulus stepped forward and tried hard to identify the body. Judging from the clothing and body shape, he could only confirm that it was not a student.

This was a difficult thing to do because the attack on the man was obviously brutal and his entire face was a mess.

In the end Regulus discovered in vain that this man was someone he had never seen before.

"He strayed into the depression of Aragog, and when I arrived... it was like this." Hagrid shook his big, shaggy head, his tone full of frustration and confusion, "I don't know why he did it. Death, Aragog is obviously not dangerous."

"Aragog?"

"He is the leader of the Acromantula in the Forbidden Forest. I raised him decades ago, and he has always abided by his agreement with me not to attack humans." Hagrid explained, "There are people in this Forbidden Forest. There are probably hundreds of Acromantulas, all its descendants, obeying its orders."

Regulus suddenly realized.

It is a normal outcome for a person to bump into the Acromantula's territory alone in the dark night.

Perhaps as Hagrid said, Aragog does not actively attack humans, but with so many Acromantulas, it is not a big deal to occasionally kill one or two lone humans without letting Aragog know.

After all, the Acromantula, which is cruel and bloodthirsty by nature, may not worry about too many so-called agreements when fresh human flesh is delivered to its door.

Of course, Regulus would not argue these issues with Hagrid. According to the little he knew about Hagrid, the gamekeeper believed that all magical creatures were cute, beautiful, and friendly, and had no regard for humans. dangerous.

"Do you know him? Judging from his clothes, he doesn't look like a local." Regulus changed the subject wisely.

"Oh... I've met him a few times. He's a guy from Greece. I bought Lu Wei and Hagen from him..." When Hagrid said this, he suddenly realized something and stopped talking in time.

"Who is Lu Wei?" Regulus asked playfully, "Is it another cute furry animal?"

"Okay... Luwei is a three-headed dog that has not yet reached adulthood. You are right, I definitely can't let the rough and unloving guys from the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures handle this kind of furry and cute animal. They will put Lu Wei in an iron cage...that would be too cruel to him." Hagrid said with deep understanding.

Regulus immediately thought of what happened to Charlie Weasley and Barnaby Lee before. It was indeed Hagrid's style to keep a terrifying creature like a three-headed dog as a pet dog.Regulus believed that even Professor Kettleburn, an equally enthusiastic fan of magical creatures outside the Forbidden Forest, didn't have the courage. After all, the three-headed dog had a huge appetite.

"Actually, he didn't intend to sell Hagen to me, but a few days ago, he became a little strange. He always said that the 'master' wanted him to do something, and said that he was going to Godric's Hollow. I thought he was drinking He was drunk and didn't care..." Hagrid was still rambled on, "I guess he wanted to visit Hagen today, but didn't know how to enter the castle, so he chose to cross in from the other side of the Forbidden Forest. I He should be told that Aragog lives here, ugh..."

"This makes sense. Hagen should have been able to feel his approach, so he rushed into the Forbidden Forest to look for him." Rolf also added to Hagrid's guess.

The two relied on their own guesses to reconstruct the entire incident, but Regulus always felt that things were not that simple.

Hagrid didn't know what the Greek wizard meant by "master", but Regulus knew very well.

This poor guy who almost fed the Acromantula was obviously a foreign wizard whose memory had been modified by Gilderoy Lockhart and used as cannon fodder and a victim. He even managed to escape from the Ministry of Magic on Halloween. Capture.

As for why he wanted to sneak into Hogwarts from the Forbidden Forest, no one knew, and presumably the Acromantula would not ask.

The fire gradually burned out, the wood crackled and a few sparks popped out.

"Should we leave first? This is not a good place to talk." Regulus looked up at the sky. The moon had begun to set in the west, and it was getting late.

He waved his wand, and a white cloth covered the body of the Greek wizard, hiding the horrific sight of death.

"Where's Hagen? We can't leave him here, but his legs can't walk yet." Rolf said, pointing to the wound on the rune horse's leg.

"This is easy to do."

Regulus pointed his wand at the rune horse again and said: "Get smaller quickly!"

The spell took effect, and under Rolf's surprised gaze, the rune horse, which was as huge as an African elephant, seemed to have deflated a balloon, rapidly shrinking in size, and finally became the size of a Shetland pony.

Hagen flapped his wings a few times in dissatisfaction, but after getting smaller, this behavior became cute.

"Okay Hagrid, I think I understand you a little bit." Regulus waved his wand again, turning a stone on the ground into a hand-pulled flatbed truck.

Hagrid moved the shrunken Hagen and the body of the Greek wizard wrapped in white cloth to the car, and he played a guest role as the driver.

Hagen kept rubbing his head against his former owner, while Rolf walked beside the car and gently stroked its neck and back, trying to calm it down.

In this forbidden forest, the safest place is probably next to Hagrid.

The gamekeeper knew the entire Forbidden Forest like the back of his hand.The journey back was uneventful and no danger was encountered.

"So this road is so safe? I regretted taking the other side when I came in." Regulus said helplessly.

"Which way are you taking?" Hagrid lowered his head and asked.

Regulus pointed in a direction.

"Merlin's hunting dog!" Hagrid scratched his head and said, "That road is really difficult to walk. There is a nasty thorn forest, as well as trolls and other things. Didn't you meet a troll?"

"There was one, and I killed it." Regulus said lightly.

Hagrid didn't think it was anything. After all, he was a fierce man who dared to sneak into the forbidden forest and fight with trolls when he was just in third grade.

Rolf cast a surprised look at Regulus.

With his family background, he knew that trolls were not easy to deal with, and when the professor found him, he didn't even mess up his hair, so he obviously wasn't troubled by the trolls.

Regulus thought so too, and said with some dissatisfaction: "I think the most troublesome are the centaurs. Sometimes they are simply unreasonable."

"Indeed, they are always chatty, convoluted, and extremely proud." Hagrid agreed, "but they are still quite smart."

"My grandfather said that there is a centaur liaison office under the Department for the Management and Control of Magical Creatures. There has been no work record since its establishment." Rolf said with a smile.

"Sounds like a good job. You don't have to do anything, and you can get gold galleons every month." Regulus concluded.

Several people walked back to the outside of the Forbidden Forest. Standing next to the hut, in addition to the "bewildered" Kettleburn, was Dumbledore, who was wearing a dark purple and gorgeous wizard robe with a gold star.

"Headmaster, this is none of Sylvanus's business..." Hagrid mistakenly thought that Dumbledore was here to expel them, and immediately tried to take the blame for Kettleburn.

Dumbledore nodded slightly to Hagrid, who immediately stopped talking.

"Mr. Scamander, you remind me of Newt when he was young. You don't know why he was expelled from Hogwarts, right?" Dumbledore turned to Rolf and asked with a smile.

"He never told me this..." Rolf tilted his head, staring at the pile of pumpkins behind Dumbledore.

"In short, it is very dangerous for you to run into the Forbidden Forest at night, and Professor Sprout will know about it."

Rolf's expression turned into a resigned smile.

Over there, Hagrid had placed the shrunken rune horses and the bodies of the Greek wizards on the ground, and the flatbed truck turned into stone again.

"Is this the Rune Pony? I remember they would be bigger..." Dumbledore bent down and looked at the pony.

"Headmaster, please stand back a little." Regulus smiled and pulled out his wand.

There was a flash of light, and the rune horse lying on the ground returned to its normal shape.

"That's right." Dumbledore turned to face everyone and said, "My old friend Flamel once told me that Beauxbatons has a tradition of taming magical rune horses. You should be able to chat with the principal of Beauxbatons. Come... As for this poor friend..."

Dumbledore waved his wand, and the blood stains on the Greek wizard's body disappeared. The open wounds quickly returned to their original shape, and his clothes became smooth, and he looked like he was sleeping peacefully.

"...Since you know each other, Hagrid, please bury him."

Hagrid immediately took out two huge hoes and shovels from the hut and prepared to dig a hole at the edge of the woods.

"What is this?" Rolf's sharp eyes spotted some things that fell out due to Dumbledore's spell flipping through his clothes.

Regulus stopped Rolf who was about to take it directly. He waved his wand and those things floated up. They were some photos.

Hagrid came over and took the photo with his big hands wearing dragon skin gloves. He looked through it and said, "This is... him and his animals. He actually has a Sphinx... This is... Hagen, that’s right; this is Lu Wei, look..."

In the photo, a bearded Greek wizard squats next to a young three-headed dog, smiling broadly.

Hagrid turned over another photo, which showed a Greek wizard and a strange big snake. The snake was locked in a cage and its attitude was obviously not as friendly as other animals.

"He also has a snake? He has never mentioned this..." Hagrid's tone was a little confused, "I have never seen such a snake."

Based on Hagrid's knowledge of magical animals, the snake he had never seen before was definitely not an ordinary thing. Kettleburn immediately limped forward and took the photo. Rolf also trotted over to poke his head in.

"It's definitely not a bird snake or a rune snake. Their characteristics are too obvious. Judging from the pattern, it's not a python, but more like an ordinary viper..." Kettleburn squinted his eyes and murmured, "But no viper can grow to twelve feet long, which is definitely wrong...and the animals he has are all rare species. Why keep such an ordinary snake?"

"Mind letting me take a look, gentlemen?" Dumbledore suddenly spoke.

Kettleburn immediately handed the photo to Dumbledore.

Soon, Dumbledore's expression changed. His sharp blue eyes were fixed on the photo, but he glanced at Rolf.

"If I remember correctly, I saw this...snake many years ago. I just noticed that her features still look quite obvious now." Dumbledore said with emotion.

Regulus noticed that Dumbledore used "she" instead of "it", and he immediately turned his brain to sort out the hidden meaning of Dumbledore's words.

Combining recent events, Regulus quickly came to a conclusion.

He asked Dumbledore: "With all due respect, do you mean that this snake... is not actually a snake? Could it be... that she is an Animagus? For some reason, like Peter, use Life in animal form?”

"That's not entirely true. Animagus can actively switch between human and animal forms. She had the ability to transform independently at the beginning, but as time went by, the human qualities in her became It will gradually disappear.”

"Maybe one night, she turned into a snake unknowingly in her sleep, and then forgot how to change back to human form. From then on, she will be a complete snake." Dumbledore said He handed the photo to Regulus and said in a serious tone, "Judging by the time, this unfortunate thing has already happened."

"So, she is a blood-cursed orc." Regulus quickly understood what Dumbledore's words meant.

"This must be the reason why it is valued. The animals transformed by the blood-cursed orcs are not that simple. If we can find this snake and bring it... back to Hogwarts, let us study it carefully. Maybe there will be new discoveries..." Kettleburn said with half regret and half expectation, "Blood-cursed orcs are quite rare, and most of them will die early."

"It's a pity that he can no longer tell us where this snake is. I only know that he had been exploring near Albania before coming to England..." Hagrid pointed at the body of the Greek wizard and said roughly.

"This is too cruel to her..." Rolf suddenly spoke with a trembling voice, "Professor Dumbledore, if we find her, do you have a way to restore her to her human form?"

"Not yet." Dumbledore shook his head slowly.

"I'll write to my grandpa right now. He will definitely find a way." Rolf said reluctantly.

"Newt also knows her. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do." Dumbledore said, "You can write to him and ask him...about Nagini's story."