Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts Illustrated Book

Chapter 166 Hogwarts Unable to Calm Down
The Christmas holiday was over, and David and the others were sent back to platform [-] and three-quarters by Newt, and boarded the train back to school.

The Christmas decorations in the castle hadn't had time to be removed, there were more than a dozen very beautifully decorated Christmas trees in the auditorium, and the ceiling was still wrapped with friezes composed of mistletoe and dongqing.

Hagrid was standing not far from the door, struggling to pick up a Christmas tree and put it in the cart.

He'll push them into the forest later so Professor Sputrow can replant them and use them next year.

"Does Hagrid need help?"

David stood at the door of the auditorium and shouted loudly.

"Thank you!" After Hagrid put the fir tree in the cart and leaned against it, he raised his head and wiped the sweat from his brow, showing a bright smile, "How was Christmas?"

"Very nice, the happiest Christmas I've ever had!"

Harry ran up to Hagrid and hugged him on his big belly.

David used the Levitation Charm to move the two Christmas trees onto the cart, and the cart immediately let out an overwhelmed groan.

"Okay, okay, that's enough, I'll come back later."

After exchanging feelings with Harry, Hagrid waved his hands again and again to prevent David from continuing to pile up the fir, otherwise he would not be able to push it.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you here."

After David and Harry watched Hagrid leave, they sat on the chairs beside them.

"Did Percy find out?" Ron said with a smirk.

"It should be discovered, after all, it's too obvious." David thought for a while and said.

Ron was talking about Fred and George's prank.

The two of them secretly turned Percy's badge into a dumbass when they left school.

As soon as they got off the train, Fred and George yelled to find Percy, to see the fruits of their prank.

"I don't think he noticed." Ron raised his brows, "One silver Sickle!"

"Aha?" David glanced at him as if: "Then I have a Sickle too, Percy found out."

"How about you, Harry?" Ron asked.

Harry looked back and forth between David and Ron, and said, "One Sickle for me and Ron."

"Hermione?"

"I'm the same as David. Percy must have noticed it. Fred's methods are too obvious. Others will definitely remind Percy when they see it." Hermione said.

"Then it's decided like this, you two just wait for the money."

Ron slapped his palm on the table and said loudly, not knowing why he was so confident.

After Hagrid came back, David and the others helped him tidy up the decorations in the auditorium, and the school returned to its usual calm.

And without the threat of the basilisk, David finally lived a comfortable college life.

In addition to class every day, I go to the library with Hermione to study, or teach her some spells.

Moreover, Dumbledore also translated the magic book he had taken away earlier, which brought another touch of fun to David's life.

It's just a pity that Percy didn't really notice that the word on his badge had changed to fool, and no one told him, because there were not many students staying in the school.

David and Hermione could only sigh, and handed Ron and the others a Sickle.

But will life always be so peaceful?

Of course not, this is Hogwarts.
When the time came to late March, the sun was shining on my body and it was already hot.

David sat at a desk on the edge of the library, watching the birds fly by outside the window, his head shaking slightly and his eyelids constantly fighting.

"David, what's wrong with you? Did you sneak off to the Forbidden Forest last night?"

Hermione said calmly.

But David was jolted up, woke up in an instant, and hurriedly said: "Of course not, I was in the dormitory last night, and Ron can testify for me, because he dragged me to play wizard chess in the middle of the night."

"How could he do this! You should know how to refuse!"

Hermione said angrily.

"I will definitely reject him next time!"

David yawned again, and his head dropped unconsciously.

Suddenly, Fox appeared on David's shoulder.

"What's the matter, Fox?"

David rubbed his face against Fox's head. It had completed its rebirth on Christmas Eve, and although its feathers had grown back, it was still small and cute.

Fox let out a crisp cry, and scratched David's shoulder with his paw.

David looked down, and there was an irregularly shaped note hanging on its little paw, which seemed to be torn off in an emergency.

After taking out the note and unfolding it, David saw a line of scrawled writing, which was written by Dumbledore.

"Come to the Forbidden Forest."

"What's written on it?"

Hermione put her head in front of David, her matted hair completely blocking his view.

David rubbed it involuntarily, like a family cat who had suddenly jumped into his arms.

Hermione shrank back in an instant, her eyes narrowed: "What are you doing?"

"Is this written by Professor Dumbledore? He may have something urgent for me, and I have to rush there immediately."

David smiled awkwardly, pushed away the chair, and walked out of the library quickly.

Hermione blushed and took a deep breath after David left, before chasing after him.

At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Dumbledore stood there expressionless, his eyes tightly locked in the forest.

Snape was by his side, a schadenfreude smile on his face.

"Professor Snape, what happened? Why are you so happy?"

David walked up to Snape and asked curiously.

Snape's smile disappeared instantly, he lowered his head, his lips parted slightly: "Is there any? Scamander, you may need a bottle of potion to heal your eyes."

"That's why I saw it wrong, maybe the photo taken by the camera is also wrong." David blinked.

"you!"

Snape shook off his robes with his hands, stepped to the other side, and snorted.

"Professor, did you call me here for something?"

David raised the corner of his mouth and asked Dumbledore.

During the friendly conversation with Snape, he had looked around and found nothing unusual.

Just as Dumbledore was about to reply, there was suddenly the sound of hurried footsteps in the distance of the forest.

Dumbledore's attention could not help but be attracted to the past.

In the distance, Hagrid held a huge crossbow in his hand, walked around a few big trees with big strides, and ran over quickly.

Behind him was Professor McGonagall.

And both of them have one thing in common, their expressions are very dignified.

Another accident happened in the Forbidden Forest?

David's question had just arisen, and Professor McGonagall gave him the answer.

"Dumbledore, the centaur is right, there is indeed a problem with the acromantula."

After Professor McGonagall came, he nodded to David and said quickly.

"it was all your fault."

Snape immediately seized the opportunity to sneer.

Hagrid bowed his head with red eyes and let out a loud sob.

Dumbledore waved his hand and interrupted Snape's next words. He said in a deep voice, "Now is not the time to discuss this, Hagrid. Why did those acromantulas suddenly riot?"

"I don't know either. They were very good before and never disobeyed my words."

Hagrid sobbed, his voice was intermittent and not very clear, and he forgot about the last time the acromantula attacked David and the others.

"Professor, what's the matter?"

David seized a gap and expressed his doubts again.

Did the acromantula riot?
Are they going to overthrow Hogwarts?Build a new paradise?
Dumbledore explained: "It was the centaurs who sent us the news in the morning. They said that the acromantids in the forest suddenly became crazy and began to attack all the animals around them regardless of the cost. A scarlet color."

How could this be?
Although acromantulas are ferocious, they are not a group of lunatics
David looked at Hagrid: "Aragok?"

Hagrid stared at the ground and said in a low voice, "We didn't see it when we went in. Something must have happened to it, otherwise it wouldn't have allowed its descendants to do this."

"Fool!" Snape snorted, "I've never seen an acromantula's eyes turn red."

"Yes." Dumbledore nodded, "That should be the reason why the acromantula became crazy, and I don't know if it will infect other animals. We have to find out the cause as soon as possible."

"Did you tell my grandpa?" David asked.

"Fox has already gone, I believe news will come soon."

Shortly after Dumbledore had finished speaking, there was a bird cry and Fawkes returned with a note wrapped around his foot.

But there was no sign of Newt. Although Fox was still relatively thin, it was not difficult for him to bring Newt back.

Dumbledore frowned slightly, took the note on Fox, and glanced at it.

"What does it say?" David asked curiously.

"Newt can't come."

Dumbledore handed the note to David and looked out into the forest, the sun shining on his spectacles.

Werewolves started a large-scale operation in the United States?

And possibly the assistance of Professor Dumbledore?

Such a coincidence?
David frowned, curled the note into a ball, looked at Dumbledore and said, "What are you going to do?"

"Maybe I have to trouble you here." Dumbledore pondered for a long time, "Newt's situation is not very good, otherwise he wouldn't ask me to help."

Professor McGonagall immediately said solemnly: "Don't worry, we will definitely try our best to find out the reason for the mutation of the acromantula, and we will definitely not let them endanger the safety of the students."

"Of course I believe you." Dumbledore looked around at the few people. "But please be careful. This matter should not be that simple. Some people may not be able to sit still and want to cause me a little trouble."

"You mean?" Snape said.

"The acromantula has changed, it is likely that someone wants to keep me in the school." Dumbledore glanced at the note in David's hand, "There should be something happening later, so I can't control what happened outside the school." things."

"If necessary, you can end the teaching of this semester early and let the students go back."

Professor McGonagall suspected that he had heard it wrong: "Dumbledore, is it so serious? If you really do this, the school director will not be able to explain it."

"I just made the worst plan, and these are just my guesses, just be careful." Dumbledore said with a smile.

"When are you going to leave?"

Snape felt that it was unlikely that things would go to that extent with him around.

"Leave right away. If I can quickly settle the matter with Newt, I can come back soon. I hope it will be too late. I will work hard for you during this time."

After Dumbledore finished speaking, he held Fox's paw, and a ball of flames enveloped his whole body, and Dumbledore quickly disappeared.

Professor McGonagall raised her glasses and naturally took the initiative. She looked at Hermione and said, "Miss Granger, please inform the professors who are still in the office to warn the students not to get close to the forbidden area. Lin around, and then let the professors come here."

"Ok."

Hermione nodded, looking at David.

"David has to stay here, help me a little bit, you go back alone first."

Hermione gave David a careful look when she heard Professor McGonagall's words, and ran to the castle quickly.

"David, let's go in and take a look. Don't worry, Professor Snape and I will protect you."

After Hermione ran up the small slope leading to the castle gate, Professor McGonagall continued.

David nodded slightly, followed the pace of Professor McGonagall, and gradually walked into the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

And the further you went in, the louder the shouting became clearer.

"That's the centaurs. They are forming a defensive line to prevent the acromantia from spreading."

Hagrid walked beside David, looking around vigilantly, his hand holding the stone was slightly sweaty.

As the shouts in the ears became clearer, the voices of the horse people appeared in David's mask. They all held a longbow and carried a quiver on their backs, and kept shooting arrows with their bows.

At a place a hundred meters away from the centaur line, countless gigantic acromantulas, with red eyes and thick, giant feet covered with steel needle-like black hair, with red eyes, waving Da Zhe kept shouting: "Kill them, kill them."

It usually takes five or six arrows to kill a spider. Fortunately, the horseman's arrows are accurate, otherwise the line of defense would have been breached by the acromantula.

Sensing the movement, the centaur looked back at David and the others vigilantly.

"Leave them alone, keep attacking!"

Bane waved his thick arms and shouted loudly.

Snape stood behind the centaur, poked his head to look back and forth, and waved his wand in his hand, and the acromantula fell to the ground obediently, not moving, and his efficiency was much higher than that of the centaur.

"Professor, please catch me alive." David said loudly.

Snape snorted, pointed his wand, and the ground in front of him surged like a lake.

An acromantula accidentally sank half of its body into the mud, followed the surging mud, bypassed where the centaur was standing, and soon arrived in front of David.

The crimson eyes of the acromantula immediately became excited when it saw David's delicate skin and fleshy body. The untrapped giant sting desperately swung it, trying hard to break free from the restraint of the ground, and swallowed David in one gulp.

But Snape was able to give it this chance. With a flick of his wand, the acromantula immediately became like a sculpture, standing motionless in place.

"Find the reason quickly."

After finishing all this, Snape turned his head to deal with those restless acromantulas. He actually wanted to do this a long time ago, after all, these guys in front of him are all treasures.

David squatted down and looked back and forth at various parts of the Acrysophus. Except for the red eyes, everything was normal.

What about the inside of the body?
A long spike emerged from David's staff, and with a press of his wrist, it pierced into the acromantula's head, ending its life.

"Fractured."

Following David's words, the acromantula's voice cracked into several pieces, exposing the organs inside its body.

Seeing this scene, Hagrid couldn't bear to look away. Although these guys were crazy, he still felt distressed.

After David took out the gloves from the leather bag and put them on, he gently flipped the contents of the acromantula's body.

There was still nothing unusual, and it was the same as what was recorded in Grandpa's notes.

So why do they become like this?
David raised his head and looked at the group of acromantids who had fallen into madness, full of doubts.

The stained blood on his white gloves was still dripping.

(End of this chapter)