Chapter 111 Ronan's Warning
As Rolf, who had two and a half years of experience wandering in the Forbidden Forest, left Hogwarts with Shirley in a familiar way.
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The two met Professor McGonagall on patrol halfway, and Rolf almost broke out in a cold sweat. After all, she said that if he took Shirley and Hermione on a night tour again, she would break his legs.
This time it was even more excessive. It was not a night tour, but a trip to the Forbidden Forest. If Professor McGonagall "caught them in bed", it might not be just one leg that was broken, but three cruel legs.
After leaving the castle, Rolf and Shirley each rode a flying broom, passed Hagrid's cabin, flew into the deep Forbidden Forest, and finally landed by a lake.
Shirley raised her head and looked around. In front of her was a scene she had never seen before:
The gray dark forest was shrouded in warm mist and floating moonlight.
The lake under the tree was still steaming, and the misty steam wrapped around the trees, like the panting and whispering of the forest.
Shirley squatted by the lake, stretched out her hand to scoop up a handful of water in her palm, and gently shook it. She whispered: "The water is hot, is this a hot spring?"
"It's not a hot spring. There are magical creatures living under the water, which heat up the lake water." Luo Fu explained.
He bent down to pick up a flat stone, threw it sideways, and the stone hit the hillock on the opposite bank after making dozens of ripples on the water surface.
The water float seemed to wake up something, and there was a creaking sound from under the water, and there was also a flash of light, which flickered, like thousands of fireflies wrapped in silver flames.
Shirley looked at the bottom of the water and said in surprise: "Is it a red fire crab?"
"That's right!" Luo Fu stretched his right hand into the water, bent his middle finger, and trembled repeatedly. Soon a crab was hooked and clamped his finger.
It was a black crab with two bright white stripes on its back, blue on the ventral side, and pink eyes.
Rolf had once received a task from the system about the red fire crab. As long as he completed the taming, he could spit fire... but it was only his butt.
If he used this skill after eating Wallace, the scene was really unimaginable... so he refused without thinking.
Rolf and Shirley took the net and caught a lot of red fire crabs. This thing is extremely delicious when steamed... You must try it!
After catching crabs, the two came to a winding path. The broken rocks paved on the road were covered with moss and half-hidden in brown soil and fallen leaves.
Thick brown tree roots pushed up from under the stones, and people would trip if they were not careful.
Shirley held a yellowed ancient map with undulating mountains on it. In some areas, the patterns of magical creatures were drawn as territorial marks.
This map has been passed down in the Scamander family for many centuries.
Every Scamander who is engaged in research in the field of magical animals will enter the Forbidden Forest to explore, and then draw what he finds on the map.
Rolf has been in the Forbidden Forest in recent years and has made many revisions to it.
He pointed at the place names and mountain names, explained and introduced them to Shirley one by one, and finally reminded her:
"We are now in this position. To the south is the road to the centaur tribe, to the east is the habitat of the eight-eyed giant spider, and to the north lives a group of giant monsters."
Shirley nodded slightly, and she suddenly asked in a low voice:
"Rolf, if I have a new discovery in the forbidden forest, can I also mark it on this map?"
"Of course." Rolf pointed to the map and said: "Look here, it's the handwriting of my grandmother, isn't it ugly?"
Shirley looked at the handwriting of the octopus crawling, and said with a smile: "It looks very beautiful."
Rolf stretched out his hand and shook He grabbed her ponytail, gently pulled it, and smiled: "Okay, we are alone here, I won't secretly tell on you."
The ponytail girl smiled brightly, raised her head slightly, stared at Luo Fu's profile and said: "I really mean it!"
Luo Fu gave Shirley a thumbs up and praised: "With such a sweet mouth, my grandma will definitely like you when she sees you."
Shirley smiled and said: "I will keep it up!"
Luo Fu suddenly narrowed his eyes, he took out a short knife, pinched the blade with his thumb and index finger, raised it over his shoulder, shook his wrist, and skillfully shot the knife towards a big tree.
The short knife hit the tree trunk, shaking with the remaining strength.
Soon, a centaur came out from behind the tree. He had red hair and beard, and a long red tail behind him.
"Good evening, Ronan." Rolf greeted cheerfully, "Long time no see."
Ronan glanced at the obsidian dagger and said with a sad look, "Rolf, you almost stabbed my head just now. Is this your gift?"
"Don't worry, I know my limits." Rolf smiled, "You're late."
"Our tribe is under martial law. It's troublesome to come out at night." Ronan complained, "The Forbidden Forest is very dangerous recently. You shouldn't be here, and you shouldn't ask me out."
"Professor Dumbledore said that we can come to the Forbidden Forest. I trust his judgment more."
Rolf introduced, "Shirley, this is Ronan, the centaur I mentioned to you... who was thinking about Bane's fiancee..."
"Hey, don't talk nonsense, kid!" Ronan jumped up and said, "When did I think about Bane's fiancee?"
"Well, didn't you help Nymeria go away?"
"Shh, don't say that!" Ronan glanced around vigilantly, then lowered his voice and said:
"I have nothing to do with Nymeria, but you...you have provided her weapons and potions for most of the past six months, and I even said that the two of you are having an affair."
"..."
Shirley smiled. She had heard Rolf mention the centaur named Nymeria and had always been curious about her and wanted to see what she looked like.
Ronan looked at Shirley, who was dressed like a witch hunter, and frowned: "You brought a pony to the forest?"
"Shirley is my assistant." Luo Fu explained: "I took her to the Forbidden Forest to find her way."
"You even have an assistant?"
Ronan walked over. After he saw Shirley's appearance clearly, he marveled that this human witch was actually a bit prettier than Nymeria. He clicked his tongue meaningfully:
"Rolf, are you sure you don't have ulterior motives?"
"Go away!" Luofu said rudely: "How is the Forbidden Forest doing lately?"
"It's very dangerous." Ronan whispered: "We centaurs usually don't go out at night. The Acromantulas have no managers. They kill each other and many of them died."
"It's okay, I'll bring Aragog back this time to regain control of the Acromantula." Luof said softly.
"Ronan, do you know what happened in the Forbidden Forest a few months ago?"
On Halloween night, a dazzling white light appeared in the Forbidden Forest. At that time, Dumbledore also left the headmaster's office and went to the Forbidden Forest.
Ronan sighed, raised his head, and stared at the sky.
"Mars is very bright tonight." Rove said. "I know... talk about something serious."
"..."
Ronan hesitated, but still didn't answer. He finally sighed and said: "There are many secrets hidden in the forest."
"Shirley, you see, these are the centaurs." Rolf said softly: "They are all Riddlers. They know many things...but are unwilling to reveal them to the outside world."
"Rolf, I really can't tell you what happened." Ronan shook his head and said, "You don't want to see me being hunted down by the tribe like Nymeria, do you?"
"Forget it, I won't force you anymore." Luo Fu said seriously:
"Ronan, it's okay if you take us directly to the discovery site, right? If you don't take us there, I'll go find Nymeria. Anyway, she and I are now in a cooperative relationship."
Ronan stared upwards without blinking. After a moment, he sighed and said:
"All right."
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