The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 90: Harvest from the Forbidden Forest
In between practice, Ryan asked Betty why she took the initiative to teach him these things. It was not Ryan's fault that he was suspicious. After seeing the general blockade of knowledge in the wizarding world, Ryan did not believe in free lunch at all.

After hearing Ryan's question, Betty said solemnly: "Because we need more comrades. Follow me and you will know why."

After that, Betty took Ryan to the ground under a giant tree and waved her hand. The giant tree stretched out a branch and coiled into a circular platform. The two walked onto the platform, which slowly rose to the top of the tree.

After reaching the top of the tree, Betty pointed in a direction and said, "Since this place is called the Emerald Dream, bad nightmares must exist. Our centaur tribe lives in the Forbidden Forest, and one of our important tasks is to eliminate the existence of nightmares."

Ryan looked at the place Betty pointed to and found that the woods there were very different from those in other places. The woods in other places were green and full of vitality, while that piece of woods was dark and dead.

"What is that?" Ryan asked Betty, pointing to the unique woodland.

"This story starts from the beginning, from our centaur society." Betty began to tell the story of the forest of death.

"We centaurs are the only intelligent creatures living in this forbidden forest. Since ancient times, we have maintained the natural balance of the forest wherever we live. The male centaurs in the tribe are often responsible for hunting and gathering or going out for activities, and you humans can only see them. But in fact, the centaurs are a matriarchal society. Female centaurs generally do not leave the village. They are responsible for the safety and health of the centaurs. At the same time, because male centaurs sometimes behave unreliably, the leader of the tribe is a woman."

"Most importantly, unlike male centaurs who are good at divination and fighting, female centaurs are good at communicating with nature and can master natural magic and communicate with the Emerald Dream more proficiently than male centaurs."

Seeing Ryan's eyes full of doubt, Betty stopped talking and asked, "Little Pony, is there anything you don't understand or want to ask?"

"It may be a bit presumptuous, but the textbooks I studied only said that you centaurs are good at healing magic, archery, astronomy and divination. It never said that you are good at other things."

"Haha." Betty swung her tail disdainfully and said, "Most wizards look at other creatures like blind people. They are never willing to explore the truth of things. As far as I know, there is a ridiculous centaur liaison office in your Ministry of Magic. But since its establishment, no centaur has ever been there."

After mocking the stupid Ministry of Magic, Betty went on to say: "We lived quietly in this forest for hundreds of years without any major problems, but something big happened nearly forty years ago."

"Big thing? What big thing? I only know that this period is also a dark period for us human wizards. Does it matter?" Ryan asked curiously.

"It's very likely that there is, because the trouble is caused by a dark creature: the giant eight-eyed spider. They are rapidly multiplying here. You know, they have no natural enemies in this forest, which causes their numbers to grow exponentially. Then there is the devastating destruction of the local ecological structure."

At this point, Betty began to dig the ground unconsciously, looking very angry. "At first, our parents found traces of the Acromantula, but there was only one at the time, so no one took it seriously. But then, for some reason, another one came and paired up with the original one. When we found them, there were already too many of them and we couldn't kill them all."

Betty became angrier and angrier as she spoke, but when she realized Ryan was beside her, she slowly calmed down and said, "You know, even though the centaurs in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts are the largest group in the UK, we only have more than 60 people. We can't cope with hundreds of giant spiders at all. So we can only choose to limit the range of the spiders and shoot all the spiders that are out of range.

But even so, the range is getting bigger and bigger. At the same time, the dark aura and destructive hunting on them killed that piece of nature, projected into the Emerald Dream, which is the dead forest you see. " "Why don't you tell Headmaster Dumbledore? I think the headmaster should be able to solve this problem. " Ryan said with some confusion.

"This is a matter of natural balance. It's a matter for us centaurs or people like you who are recognized by the Emerald Dream. Other wizards should not be bothered to interfere. Not to mention the agreement we signed with the wizards back then. The castle and grounds belong to the school, and the forbidden forest belongs to us. Neither side should interfere in what happens in the other's territory."

Well, it's really hard to continue discussing this kind of political issue. However, when Ryan heard Betty mention that it was the giant spider that caused trouble in the Forbidden Forest, he suddenly felt that today was his lucky day. He quickly said to Betty:
"I want to make a magic item now, but I don't have the materials. So I thought about it and found that only the giant eight-eyed spiders in the Forbidden Forest can provide the materials. At that time, I thought that they were the only creatures that were not native to the local area. Killing them would not disrupt the local balance."

"Oh, really? As far as I know, you humans are often most motivated by interests, so you mean that you will join the war to eliminate the eight-eyed giant spiders that are destroying the ecological balance of the Forbidden Forest, right?" Betty said with some happiness.

"Yes, ma'am." Ryan nodded to confirm this, and then Betty said, "But as a second-year wizard, I'm curious about what trump card you have to be sure to kill those annoying eight-eyed giant spiders. After all, I also know what level of human wizards you are generally at your age. I don't think that average level can be of any use in this conflict."

"Hmm..." Ryan thought about it and decided to reveal some cards to ensure cooperation.

"Last time you saw me summon some magical plants. In fact, the number of plants I can summon is far greater than what you saw last time. Give me some time, and I can even deploy a plant army. Except for the inability to move, there is no big problem."

Betty nodded when she heard this. "When we first met, your plants gave me a very dangerous feeling. I believe they should be able to fight."

Seeing Ryan's hesitation, Betty said, "I know that your ability may arouse the jealousy of others, but in the Forbidden Forest, both us centaurs and the unicorns who came to help are different from humans. We will never spy on our allies, and we will not be jealous of our allies because of their strength. We can swear in the name of nature that no matter what we see, we will not reveal it to the outside world, nor will we spy on your things."

As soon as Betty finished speaking, Ryan felt that this oath was closely connected to the Emerald Dream. He could feel that if he violated this oath, he would be retaliated by nature.

Ryan felt embarrassed: "Madam, this..."

Betty was very relaxed: "As our first human ally in the past fifty years, this is the only way to reassure everyone. Besides, as long as we don't break our oath, there won't be any problem, right?"

Ryan was deeply touched. He felt that the biggest gain from this trip to the Forbidden Forest was the friendship of a centaur friend.

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