Hogwarts Raven

Chapter 47: Stay away from conspiracy theories!

The path is winding.

The setting sun shone through the treetops, dappled onto the bluestone slabs, casting a golden-red veil over the path leading to Hogwarts.

end of the road.

The towering castle seems to stand on the horizon.

"You cunning little devil, how dare you treat that girl as a servant? Do you know who she is?" Snape seemed to have been paying attention to the situation behind him.

Seeing Ian jogging to his side, he originally planned to ignore Ian all the way, but he couldn't help but remind Ian.

"What servant? This is clearly voluntary help from good friends!" Ian corrected Snape, and his voice slightly amplified the last part.

"I think you are courting death!"

Snape couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he turned and walked towards Aurora, who was seven or eight meters behind him, wanting to take the suitcase that belonged to Ian from Aurora.

"What are you going to do?"

Unexpectedly, Aurora hid the suitcase behind her, avoiding Snape's outstretched hand. She even looked at Snape with a vigilant look.

"..."

Snape was speechless.

His wrinkled face twitched twice.

The hand that was hanging in the air swung its sleeves violently as if it was angry, and walked back quickly, directly passing Ian and heading into the depths of the jungle without looking back.

"I'll treat you to a secret meal made by the house-elf later."

Ian stood there, and when Aurora came over, he immediately made a solemn promise.

Aurora didn't respond.

Walking side by side with Ian.

A hand dragged a suitcase along the bumpy path.

“I don’t know if this thing is edible.”

Ian saw a vine full of huge fruits on the side of the road. He hesitated for a moment, but still ran over, picked one, put it to his mouth and took a careful bite.

The soul from the East always seems to be curious about food.

"So sweet, do you want to try it?"

Ian handed the unbitten side to Aurora.

"..."

Aurora remained silent.

"Really sweet."

Ian continued his sales pitch.

Looking at Ian's distorted face, Aurora, who always had good emotional management skills, finally couldn't hold it anymore. She responded helplessly with a sigh.

"This is called sour berry, and it's the main ingredient for making acidifiers."

obviously.

The Germanic girl should have a lot of knowledge about herbal medicine.

"A dog wouldn't even eat it if you gave it to him." Ian was disappointed to see that his trick didn't work, and he threw the fruit in his hand away with disgust.

"But you ate it, and you tried to trick me into eating it."

Aurora's tone was as calm as ever.

"I just want to share the good and bad times with you, how can this be called cheating..."

This time it was Ian's turn to remain silent.

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

Fortunately, this eerie silence did not last long. The two followed Snape through the path in the dense forest, and the narrow road in front suddenly became open.

A huge lake appeared before their eyes.

There were some ripples on the black lake surface, and the afterglow of the setting sun could not penetrate through it, making it impossible to see clearly what was hidden in the lake.

black lake.

One of the famous attractions of Hogwarts.

in front of it.

The ancient castle stands tall in the mountains, with countless turrets and towers on it.

“It’s really beautiful.”

Ian looked at the scene ahead with some emotion.

“It is indeed much more majestic than the illustrations in the book.”

Aurora's eyes were fixed on the castle for a long time.

"Hogwarts: A History?"

Ian took his suitcase from the girl. He saw that the girl's arms were shaking slightly, wondering if it was because of excessive exertion during the journey.

"It's 'The Rise and Fall of Hogwarts.'" Aurora put her free hand behind her back.

at this time.

"Wait here, the students on the school bus will be here soon, and you two will take the boat into the school with them." Snape looked at Aurora deeply.

He glared at Ian again with a warning look.

"Can't you just take us in?"

Ian felt that the temperature was dropping and it might even rain.

"This is the rule."

Snape responded coldly, and then the whole person turned into a gray smoke. To Ian, it looked like a monkey rushing towards the Hogwarts castle.

"Hey, what kind of weird rules are these?"

Ian squatted by the lake, plunged his hand into the cold water, and stirred it with some boredom.

"The four founders of Hogwarts took a boat to the other side to establish Hogwarts." Aurora also walked to the side of the Black Lake, her heterochromatic eyes staring at the lake, looking for something.

Ian pondered for a moment, and after a moment, he suddenly realized, "Maybe the rule was made by Slytherin. He wanted others to get seasick because he got seasick himself."

Hear the words.

Aurora tilted her head and looked at the boy who was still stirring the lake water.

"I don't think such a powerful wizard would have such childish tastes as yours." Her hands were dragging her luggage, and she had no idea how much forbidden knowledge was contained in it.

"You don't understand. Some men are petty until they die."

Ian suddenly felt that the finger he had inserted into the lake water was a little tight, he quickly took his finger out, only to see a tiny squid wrapped around his finger.

"Giant squid baby."

Aurora's tone was a little surprised.

"It's not a mermaid cub. Bad review." Ian flicked his fingers and threw the little squid back into the lake. He took out a piece of toilet paper and wiped the mucus off his hands.

"There are only Scottish loch monsters in this lake. Both cubs and adults have very ugly appearances. I don't think you would want to encounter one."

Aurora also stretched out her hand, wanting to catch a giant squid baby from the lake, but she kept her hand in the lake for a long time and no giant squid baby took the bait.

Maybe it was because she was bored, but she also started paddling in the lake like Ian.

"The day we killed the dark wizard together, Dumbledore agreed to my application for admission." Aurora suddenly said.

"Sigh~"

Ian took a deep breath and said, "Didn't you kill him?"

Aurora turned her head and looked at him.

"it's the same."

After a brief hesitation, Aurora gave a supplementary explanation for her concise words for the first time, "I just took the initiative before you."

She had apparently noticed Ian's behavior that day as well.

"Let's talk about admission. Why do you bring this up suddenly?" Ian observed the dense forest behind him, waiting for the arrival of the new students.

"Kraft said that this method of giving you hope at the last moment is a common trick used by Dumbledore." Aurora's eyes were always fixed on the splashes in the lake.

"You need to be careful. He is better at playing with people's hearts than my grandfather..." Her heterochromatic eyes were shaking, and it was obvious that her emotions were constantly fluctuating.

"Your idea is a bit too conspiratorial."

"Of course, it's always better to be cautious."

Ian did not deny the danger that Dumbledore posed to students of the Dark Arts, but after several encounters, he had a relatively positive view of his headmaster.

Speak with your conscience.

Swap the identities of both parties.

As the most powerful wizard of the 20th century, Ian was targeted by various forces at every turn. He felt that if it were him, he might not be able to resist the urge to stop eating beef.

Self-control.

In fact, this is what makes Dumbledore great.

"maybe."

Aurora remained noncommittal.

"They're coming."

The girl in the afterglow of the setting sun suddenly spoke.

"What's coming?"

Ian's words had just come out of his mouth.

Behind.

Noisy movements followed one after another.

The half-blood giant led a group of curious and nervous little wizards through the dense forest.

(End of this chapter)