The quiet sunlight penetrates through the layers of tree canopies and spreads on the water, and the breeze blows, creating sparkling waves.

Ace and Asta leaned against each other, lying on the grass by the Mirror Lake, enjoying a rare and comfortable time.

Ace stretched out his hand to cover the light from the blue sky, looking at the sky with his gray-green eyes through the gaps between his fingers.The two girls' golden and light brown soft hair are intertwined and spread out. Their fair skin shines under the sunlight, and their rosy lips are as bright as roses, like those falling into the dark forest. The elf sat and rested by the lake.

"Ace."

"Ok?"

"very nice."

"Ah."

The conversation was endless, and only Ace and Asta, who had a tacit understanding like twins, could understand what the other was saying.

It had been a long time since we had been lying together on the grass like this.The last time they were in the courtyard of Foley Manor, the two of them smelled the fragrance of roses and lay on the grass for a whole afternoon, until the sun set on the horizon before being called back to the house by Mrs. Foley.

The sun gradually sets towards the west, and the Forbidden Forest returns to its former darkness and tranquility.

Asta opened his eyes, sat up and pushed Ace, "Ace, get up quickly, Ace."

With a grunt, Ace slapped Asta's hand away, turned over and continued to sleep.Seeing that Ace, who was often awakened by nightmares, was sleeping so peacefully, Asta had no choice but to take out a blanket and cover Ace.

"Ace, I'm going to the team for training. Don't sleep here too long." Asta straightened out the hair wrapped around Ace's face and whispered in her ear.After receiving Ace's affirmative "Yeah", Asta turned around and left.

Perhaps because he hadn't slept so soundly for a long time, Ace slept for a long time.It wasn't until James and the others ran nearby in a panic that Ace was woken up by them.

"Help me—!!"

"Stop shouting and run! James!"

"I just said don't go there! It doesn't look normal over there!!"

"Stop talking about you! Run, it's coming!"

Ace sat up in confusion and found that the surroundings were completely dark. He could vaguely see several figures running fast in the woods not far away, and they also made a strange scream.

Ace put away the blanket and quickly followed, only to realize that it was James and the others.

"Ace!" When James saw Ace appearing next to him, he was as frightened as when he saw a dementor and took a few steps back, "Why are you here!?"

Sirius grabbed Ace's hand and ran wildly. Remus grabbed James and followed. Peter had already run ahead.

"Stop talking and run! We'll talk to you later!"

The five people were running around in the Forbidden Forest like giant monsters.When they ran to a dense row of thorns, they had to stop. Only then did Ace have the opportunity to use the fluorescence on his wand to see clearly what was chasing him, and he couldn't help but take a breath.

A huge spider approached them quickly with eight slender legs.It is completely black, covered with hair like steel thorns, has eight huge eyes, and its mouth is extremely ferocious.

Watching it getting closer, James and Peter screamed in fright, and Sirius and Remus' hands holding their wands trembled.

"How did you provoke it?"

"We entered a huge tree hole, and there were many small spiders in it. Peter used a magic spell to kill one that jumped on him, and then this big guy chased us!"

"You are the kid who killed it!"

"We didn't know! Come on, that place is full of spiders!"

The Acromantula was gradually approaching, and Ace felt like he could smell the fishy smell wafting from it.James and others were pale, huddled together and shivered.

"How to do how to do?"

"how could I know!"

Just when the Acromantula was almost face to face with Ace and the others, a deep voice came from behind it.

"Aragog!" Hagrid held a kerosene lamp, panting, and ran staggeringly towards this side.

When the Acromantula heard Hagrid's cry, it backed away, its mouthparts squirmed, and it made a hoarse and unpleasant sound: "Hagrid, I didn't want to eat them, they killed one of my children."

"Aragog, you can't hurt them, these are my students!"

"Well, then, Hagrid, tell them not to come to my house again!"

Ace and the others stared with wide eyes as they watched Hagrid affectionately touch the leg of the terrifying Acromantula and talk to it.

"Merlin's stinky socks! Hagrid! Is this the man-eating monster?"

Hagrid raised the lamp and pointed it at James. The bright light made James squint his eyes. He retorted angrily, making a dull sound like a volcano erupting.

"Aragog doesn't eat humans! He never hurts humans!"

"That's right! Aragog just wants to scare you!" The Acromantula stood behind Hagrid, looking at James with all eight eyes, and made a hoarse voice, but his tone was like a child's coquettishness, which was creepy.

"But, it is rumored that it killed a female student in the girls' bathroom on the third floor." James blocked the light of the kerosene lamp with his hand and repeated the rumors he had heard.

"Don't blame me for the bad things that stinking snake did! Aragog has never killed anyone!" Aragog stomped his two front legs heavily, making a harsh sound like wire scratching the glass.

"Snake?" Ace noticed the word.

"It's that smelly snake!"

"Where have you seen it?" Ace asked eagerly.

"I don't know which dark sewer in Hogwarts I'm in. I'm going back!" After saying that, Aragog left quickly on eight slender legs, as if he didn't want to mention the snake.

Watching Aragog walk away, the tense muscles of James and others relaxed, and their faces showed the joy of surviving the disaster.

"You! You naughty little guys!" Hagrid turned to look at a few people, making a fierce look, ready to scold them.

James Potter and the others knew Hagrid too well, and they immediately made jokes and fooled them. Poor Hagrid immediately forgot about the trouble of these little guys, and even took them back to his hut and served them food. Had hot black tea.

Around the bumpy table, the little ones sat huddled together on the broken sofa and absorbed the warmth of the fireplace.

"Hagrid, do you know what happened when Aragog killed someone?" Ace held the cup in both hands and nestled in the sofa to keep warm.

Hagrid pondered, his memory returned to the year when he was expelled from Hogwarts, and then spoke in a generous voice.

"That was all 30 years ago. Somehow, that summer, monster killings suddenly appeared in the school. Several students were injured inexplicably, and a student named Myrtle Warren died in the school. Hogwarts was almost closed because of this incident.

Later, Tom Riddle discovered Aragog, and he reported it to the Ministry of Magic, saying that I had opened Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets and killed everyone.

They didn't even listen to my explanation!I raised Aragog with food scraps from the table, and he hasn't hurt anyone yet!They want to kill it..."

Hagrid covered his face and fell into painful memories. It took him a while to raise his head.

"… Later I was expelled from Hogwarts. Fortunately, Principal Dumbledore let me stay here. He is such a good person."

Ace stood up, patted Hagrid on the shoulder, and said firmly: "He must have framed you! Hagrid, I believe you!"

James and others also stood next to Hagrid, chattering around him to express that they believed in him, and also strongly expressed their dissatisfaction with Tom Riddle, saying that he was a liar.

The fireplace emits a warm orange light, and the firewood is burning inside, making a crackling sound. The black tea on the table is steaming, and the air is filled with a fragrant smell.

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