Hogwarts: Starting with full Unforgivable Curses

Chapter 264 How did this human lock the stars in a card?!

"What evidence do you have to prove that because I attacked you, I killed the unicorn as well?"

Dylan glanced sideways at O'Reilly.

"—Or rather, I only attacked you and drove you away; did I kill you?"

Upon hearing this, Aurel was taken aback.

Its hooves rubbed against the grass, which was still covered in a little snow and frost, making a soft, crunching sound.

He hesitated for a moment, then gently touched the back of his head.

The moonlight struggled to penetrate the dense foliage and fell onto his face.

Aurel opened his mouth: "What you said seems to make some sense."

Confirmed.

This is a stupid horseman.

Dylan shook his head and turned to look at Luna.

"Take me directly to see the unicorn bloodstains. I want to see if it's from a dead unicorn or a living one."

Luna glanced at Aurel and nodded slightly: "Okay."

She continued walking forward, leading the way for Dylan.

Seeing that the two were about to leave, Aurel stopped them immediately: "Wait! What are you going to do next?"

Aurel glared at Dylan: "Since you didn't kill that unicorn—I mean, it might not be dead, but it must have been in danger anyway! Aren't you two humans afraid of encountering something that might harm a unicorn?"

Dylan glanced at O'Reilly unexpectedly.

This guy is actually quite kind-hearted.

Except for a few horsemen.

Other centaurs aren't exactly friendly towards humans, are they?
Like Aurel, when they first met, they disagreed and this guy wanted to fight.

However, he was simply outmatched and was utterly thrashed by Dylan.

They haven't taken any further action now, all because Luna and Aurel had met before and Luna even helped him with some treatment.

And that's why Aurel couldn't beat them at all.

Surprisingly, this guy is now worried about whether they might encounter danger.

It's really strange.

Dylan could only say that intelligent beings, especially those with higher intelligence, are truly amazing.

"You don't need to worry about that. We know what we're doing."

Aurel: "."

He glared at Dylan, unsure how to refute him.

In terms of fighting ability, he can't beat them.

He couldn't win an argument either.

In the end, he could only let out a long sigh.

Dylan looked at him with disdain: "Don't look at me with that resentful look, as if I did something to you."

Aurel’s lips twitched, and the fur on his body trembled.

He took a deep breath and spoke in a muffled voice.

"If you want to see unicorn blood, I can lead the way, but I must tell you, don't even think about collecting it. That blood has a very strong cursed power, and the stars dislike it!"

Dylan blinked.

As a member of the centaur race, even though the appearance of unicorn blood was a recent event, Aurel certainly knew more than Luna.

Therefore, if we can find a breakthrough with Aurel, whatever we discover will obviously be easier.

Moreover, all we need to do is get him to the place where those centaurs gather.
Perhaps, he will be able to gain something again.

Dylan was very interested in learning about the centaurs' study of the stars.

"Since you're willing to lead the way, then please do so?"

Aurel exhaled two puffs of white breath from his nose, then pursed his lips.

"Go this way."

Aurel turned and walked in one direction.

Luna paused.

Dylan looked at her expression and knew what she meant.

Clearly, the place Aurel led her to was not the same place she knew.

But that's fine, since Luna only found one unicorn bloodstain anyway.

Now, if Aurel takes them to another place, they might discover even more.

What puzzled Dylan was that, although the Forbidden Forest was very large...

However, Hagrid also patrols the area frequently.

If the unicorn was killed, wouldn't Hagrid have made any discovery?

Thinking of this, Dylan shook his head again.

Last time, when the unicorn was attacked by Quirrell, Hagrid didn't make a move.

If he hadn't taken the initiative and used Quirrell to rack up some system achievements...

Harry would have to discover the problem first and then tell Hagrid.

Hagrid has now become a professor at a magic academy.

He's busy every day working on his courses and figuring out how to schedule them.

Before the Christmas holidays, Hagrid was embroiled in a lawsuit, and it's unclear what his current situation is.

However, after the holiday, Dylan heard that Hagrid had apparently won a lawsuit, about himself.

Old Malfoy accused Hagrid of failing to properly manage his hippogriff, resulting in his son's injury. It seems the Ministry of Magic did not convict Hagrid of this.

It seems that Malfoy's kick from the hippogriff was in vain.

Of course, Buckbeak, who kicked Malfoy, will eventually be rescued.

So, Malfoy really got kicked for nothing.

Dylan couldn't be bothered with these things anymore; as long as he could gain an advantage in the end, that was enough.

The two people and one horse walked through the snow-covered forbidden forest.

The air around was somewhat cold, but mostly damp and cold.

However, Aureille had a thick body of hair.

Dylan's wizard robes have the insulating properties of his Garonne flowers.

Luna—she doesn't seem to be afraid of the cold.

Despite the biting wind, she continued walking forward without flinching.

“This is it.” Aureel lowered his voice considerably.

He pointed ahead with his bow and arrow.

He looked around nervously and warily.

Dylan didn't sense any magical aura here.

However, he did indeed detect the scent of unicorn blood.

After all, he had been drawing blood from unicorns every now and then recently.

He was already very familiar with the smell of the blood of this pure creature.

The snow deep in the forbidden forest was just above ankle-deep.

When the wind blows, the snowflakes hanging on the pine needles fall down in a soft rustling sound, tracing tiny silver glints in the moonlight.

Aurel stopped, a few snowflakes still clinging to his mane.

He turned his head to the side, his eyes looking at the bushes diagonally in front of him, and gently pawed the snow with his front hooves.

There is also a stone inside.

"Yes, this is it."

Luna's carrot earrings swayed in the night breeze—they actually matched her carrot-patterned sweater quite well.

Following Aurel's gaze, Luna took a step.

Dylan followed closely behind, his boots crunching softly on the thin snow.

They parted the half-hidden low branches.

Sure enough, there was an unnatural depression in the snow. The thin layer of snow was packed tightly, with dark red ice crystals still clinging to the edges, like a berry juice that had been accidentally spilled and hastily covered with a layer of snow.

Aurel stood to the side, her long eyelashes frosted with white, and said nothing more.

Luna crouched down, lightly touched the snowflake with her fingertips, and immediately withdrew them: "The curse is the blood of a unicorn."

Her voice was very soft and faint, and her expression was very calm, as if she didn't find the curse to be anything to be afraid of.

Dylan also squatted down.

He wasn't wearing gloves; he plunged his fingers directly into the thin snow, brushing aside the layer of snow that concealed the bloodstains.

"What are you doing! Are you crazy? This is a unicorn blood curse! Be careful not to get tainted by it, that would be extremely unlucky!" Aurel glared at him from the side.

Dylan scoffed, "You centaurs are observers of the stars, not fortune tellers. I'm not a fortune teller, so I don't talk about good or bad fortune."

He moved his hand.

Dark red bloodstains were immediately revealed.

Under the moonlight, it shimmered with an almost transparent luster, and its edges were covered with viscous, semi-solid strands.

Aurel was taken aback: "A fortune teller? You—you're a fortune teller?"

He quickly looked Dylan up and down, as if shocked by the news.

They, the centaurs, are natural interpreters of nature and the stars.

Even so, they still need to constantly learn and work hard in order to truly understand the mysteries of the stars, feel the order of the universe, and glimpse a glimpse of the future.

He is still working hard to learn from his older brother Bain about this matter.

However, it's unclear whether he lacks talent or not, but he hasn't made any significant progress.

you can!

It's one thing if he's stupid.

How dare this little human wizard claim to be a fortune teller?
Human diviners, even if they are not as skilled as the centaurs.

But every now and then you get lucky and get a glimpse of the future.

In his mind, this was something only a very powerful wizard could achieve.

What gives this little human wizard the right to do this?
Dylan looked back: "What, are you surprised? Do you need me to do a divination for you about your future life trajectory?"

The forbidden forest was covered in snowflakes in the cold night.

Dylan squatted beside the bloodstain half-covered by the thin snow, his breath dissipating as soon as it reached his nose.

He tapped his fingertips lightly on the frozen ground.

There was a soft "click".

—It was as if an invisible string had been plucked, and the surrounding air suddenly began to glow faintly.

The next second, seventy-eight tarot cards appeared out of thin air around him, rotating in different directions, like star trails under a levitation spell.

The edges of each card had a faint purple sheen.

The cards on the table are not the usual Chariot or Fool.

It is a flowing nebula.

The Magician card features a rotating galaxy.

A semi-transparent silver wolf sleeps in the "Moon" card.

As the cards are flipped, a very faint hum, similar to the friction of stardust, can be heard in the airflow.

—It was a pure, almost overflowing magic, more intense than any astrological prophecy Aurel had ever seen.

His previously drooping mane suddenly tensed up.

A pair of eyes suddenly widened in the darkness, the pupils shrinking to slits, and the forelegs instinctively took a half step back.

Centaurs have an innate sensitivity to the magic of the stars.

But the power of these cards is too unusual.

—They are like tamed star nuclei.

It carries both the vastness of the universe and a sense of order that is controlled by humans.

This completely overturned his understanding that "the stars are beyond human control".

He watched as Dylan's fingertips twirled slightly.

The "Temperance" card, depicting a unicorn, slowly came to rest above the bloodstains.

When the silver light of the card touched the dark red of the bloodstains, it even stirred up a layer of subtle magical ripples.

“This is…” Aurelia’s voice was a little strained.

In his mind, no one can interfere with the stars.

No!

Whether it's him, his wise clansmen, or even the clan chief!
I'm afraid I've never seen anyone condense the power of the stars into a piece of paper.

And yet...doing whatever one pleases!
Luna also stared with great interest at the starry sky cards floating in mid-air.

The magic in those cards was so intense that it almost turned into tears in her eyes.

Dylan lifted his fingertips slightly.

The starry tarot cards surrounding him suddenly began to spin faster.

A pale purple halo cast flowing spots of light on the snow.

His gaze fell on Aurel, and he murmured an obscure incantation.

The first three cards suddenly stopped.

—The stardust on the “Fool” card is falling toward an unknown nebula, the silver serpent on the “World” card is biting its own tail, and the horn on the “Judgment” card is flowing with a golden river of light.

The three cards trembled slightly in the air, and the star map on the cards suddenly came to life. Countless points of light traveled along the trajectory and eventually gathered into a small star array at Aurel’s feet.

Dylan looked at the shimmering light, then glanced at the centaur's tense profile, and suddenly chuckled softly.

"Your future is not confined to this small area of ​​the Forbidden Forest."

He pointed to "world" with his fingertip.

"You will see more distant stars in a wider world."

Aurel's eyes narrowed again, his hooves unconsciously grinding against the thin layer of snow on the ground.

The starlight flickered on his fur.

He swallowed hard but didn't say anything.

He didn't know how to react to Dylan's prediction.

Believe?

Doesn't that mean that this human wizard is actually more skilled in prophecy than he, the centaur?
Do not believe?
But he was actually looking forward to the future the other party described.
In fact, he was a little different from his other clansmen.

—That's what he thinks.

Even Bain, who has a rather bad temper, believes that centaurs should abide by tradition.

He wasn't saying that following tradition was wrong, nor did he think that centaurs should have too much contact with humans.

just
If tradition has confined their centaur tribe to this forest.

Why can they comprehend the vast starry sky, but not the larger and more expansive regions ahead?
He longed for freedom.

I don't want to stay in this forest all the time!

I just don't know if what this little human wizard said is true.

He truly possesses the ability to prophesy; what he speaks of is an even more boundless world.
Which one could it be?
“That sounds like a great future,” Luna’s voice rang out.

She tilted her head, looking at the cards, her carrot earrings swaying in the starlight.

"It's much more interesting than staring at the same starry sky forever, isn't it?"

Dylan turned to look at her, a subtle smile playing on his lips, and said nothing more.

He tucked his fingertips together.

The tarot cards vanished into the air like stardust.

Only a few wisps of pale purple mist remained on the snow.

—It's like a secret that doesn't need to be told outright.

Aurel didn't say anything more, seemingly lost in thought.

Dylan lowered his head again, his fingertips grinding against the bloodstains in the snow, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly.

The sensation was so familiar—the smoothness when warm, the slight astringency when cooled, even the sweet, fishy smell mixed with the fresh scent of grass and trees, was exactly the same as the blood he had taken from the jugular vein of a unicorn in the past.

(End of this chapter)