The Pacifist Necromancer of Hogwarts

Anthony spent several days processing the adoption intentions collected from students, sorting them out and binding them into a book. He opened the time planner before the lesson plan and wrote it down, reminding himself to remember to take time to go to a less magical place to call the rescue center. . Whether it is Hogwarts or the village of Hogsmeade he often visits, most Muggle items malfunction due to excessive magic - including of course the extremely important telephone.

In fact, Anthony always found it a little ironic every time he thought about the entrance to the Ministry of Magic being a phone box.

When he opened the cabinet to put the folder, he found a bottle of brandy there. Anthony suddenly remembered that Tom had entrusted him to bring it to Hagrid when he passed by the Leaky Cauldron on the way back. It's just that Anthony was busy tidying up the room as soon as he came back, and then he was so busy that he forgot about it.

He looked at the sky outside the window. The days are getting longer and longer, and it's still bright outside, perfect for visiting friends. So he stuffed the drink into his bag—it wouldn't be good if the students saw it—and walked out quickly. Hopefully he'll have better luck today and catch Hagrid at home.

Just as he was thinking about the greetings Tom asked him to convey to Hagrid, Anthony met Professor Quirrell at the corner. This was the first time he had met Quirrell since the day Snape took over the class.

Professor Quirrell, I'm so glad to see you're okay. Anthony greeted, looking at Quirrell, I guess you already know how much the students miss you, right?

The other party's face was pale, as if he was seriously ill, but the injuries all over his body were obviously healed. His eyes protruded from the dry sockets and he glanced nervously from side to side. His face looked even thinner against the huge scarf. Anthony was even worried that his neck would be crushed by the big scarf.

Ah. Quirrell was startled by his voice and stood cowering against the wall, Professor An-Anthony, I'm so glad to see you.

His stutter seemed to be getting worse again. Anthony looked at him carefully and frowned: Are you...

Professor Quirrell said: Yes, I-I'm just going back to the office. Goodbye. He walked away in a hurry, as if there was some monster behind him, and he almost tripped over the threshold when he opened the office door.

Anthony shook his head, turned around and continued walking towards Hagrid's hut. He was just a little strange. Professor Quirrell seemed to have encountered some magical animal related to undead magic. Even though Anthony had consciously suppressed his undead magic, the magic was still grabbing his ears the moment he saw Quirrell. Shout something like necromancy or curse.

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Like every time Anthony came, Hagrid was not in his room.

But this time, he took Ya Ya away with him. Anthony stood in front of the quiet wooden house, hesitating whether to put the wine directly on the steps or take it back and send a note to Hagrid to make an appointment again. To a certain extent, to him, Hagrid was almost as lost as Dumbledore.

Suddenly, there was a sound of dogs barking behind him, and then a muffled thunderous cry: Henry!

Hagrid walked out of the Forbidden Forest with Yaya in hand, with a bow on his back, a quiver on his waist, and a knife in his hand. He waved his free hand and strode over. Fang jumped forward excitedly, tightening the rope, but Hagrid easily pulled it back.

Why are you here? he said gruffly, looking at Anthony with concern, It's not peaceful here lately...

Anthony was startled: Your cabin? It's not peaceful? What happened, Hagrid?

It's not my house. Hagrid shook his messy head, It's the Forbidden Forest. In the past few days, someone hurt a unicorn.

Anthony handed the drink from the Leaky Cauldron to Hagrid and asked, Is the injury serious?

It's very serious. Hagrid said seriously. It lost too much blood. Its blood is everywhere in the Forbidden Forest. I doubt whether it can be saved... They don't allow me to get too close. I don't even know about it. The current situation... Oh, brandy, great, I need this just right. He unscrewed the cap of the bottle and drank it directly.

Anthony's heart sank. He still remembered the beautiful, pure creatures he had seen before, but suddenly he heard the death sentence of a wounded unicorn.

Do you know how it was hurt? he asked, following Hagrid into his house.

Hagrid plopped down into the big armchair and began to unload his weapons with a clanging sound. Yaya threw himself into his mat and dug out a piece of ham that had been stored for who knows how long. Anthony grabbed his usual chair and sat next to Hagrid.

I don't know, Hagrid said. I asked around, but no one saw it. Of course, the centaurs still talk about the stars and the moon. The wolves said it wasn't them - God, their reaction was amazing. It was really intense, I think I hurt their self-esteem. He rolled up his trousers and examined his calf against the light. There were two rows of faint tooth marks on it.

Hagrid looked at it and put down his pants again: I even asked Aragog, and it said it didn't see who it was. However, no matter what it did, it must be very despicable.

Anthony asked: Why? As far as he knew, unicorns have very powerful magic and are difficult to be injured, so what he had just imagined in his mind was some kind of dangerous and powerful magical animal. He did not expect that Hagrid would choose The first descriptor is mean.

Hagrid said angrily: Because it chose the weakest unicorn and didn't dare to admit it. Henry, it was the day we... He suddenly remembered something, Oh, by the way, you didn't see it. Remember. Did we go to the Forbidden Forest last time? We went to find Aragog, and when we came back, we met the Weasley brothers who were chasing the unicorn deep into the Forbidden Forest...

Anthony nodded: I remember.

Hagrid said: There was a unicorn that was giving birth, so all the unicorns passed by. They have this habit. Unicorns are the weakest when they give birth. Of course, only relatively speaking...

He turned out two cups, poured one for Anthony, filled it for himself, and drank it: But in any case, Professor Kettleburn told me that they will gather together to protect their companions at times like this. , and at the same time witness the arrival of new life. However, although childbirth is the most dangerous time, the unicorn that has just been born is still weaker than usual...

Do you mean -

That's right. Hagrid rumbled, causing Anthony's eardrums to hurt. The injured one is the unicorn mother.