Snape, the Sunshine of Hogwarts.

Chapter 178 Dragons on an Outing
Blake slept until 10 a.m. before fully waking up.

Looking at the meticulously maintained little garden in front of him, his gaze was initially lost and confused for a few seconds before refocusing. He quickly recalled what had happened to him last night!
He alertly stood up from the grass and peered into the hut, where it seemed a house-elf was working.

After realizing that no one was paying attention to him for the time being, Blake began to become restless.

He was so drunk last night that he didn't even know how he had become so obsessed with following Nicolas Flamel back.

As the eldest son of the Black family, Sirius Black certainly knew what Nico looked like.

In that situation, he had no way of knowing whether Niko had come to find him on purpose or it was just a coincidence!
Staying here would be extremely risky for Blake!

If Nico did it on purpose, then he might be caught again, and once caught, those stupid politicians in the Ministry of Magic would be sentenced to death, making it highly likely that the Dementors would absorb his soul.

But what if he gave up this opportunity and ran away from the Lemaître family?
That means we can forget about finding out where Harry was taken by that snotty-nosed guy.

After hesitating and weighing the options for a moment, Blake finally made up his mind and decided to risk staying!
Since Nico didn't take advantage of his drunken state last night to send him directly to the Ministry of Magic, either it was just a coincidence that he brought him back, or he had other considerations.

Regardless of which reason it stems from, I still have a chance here.

After gritting his teeth and making the decision to risk his life, Blake was no longer anxious.

He is impulsive, reckless, and prone to getting stuck on things. Once he's made up his mind about something, he won't turn back, even if it means hitting a brick wall and dying.

The only person who could stop him was James when he was alive.

After thinking it through, Blake stopped staying in the garden. Since he had already decided to stay, there was no need to keep hiding.

He jumped up the wooden steps and went into the hut.

The house-elf who was cleaning the house saw him, but only glanced at him before continuing with her work, as if she had long accepted Black's presence.

Staring at it reminded Blake of Kreacher, the old elf in his family's old house.

That annoying guy who was so loyal to his family that he was almost obsessive.

"Wow, you're awake? I thought you were going to sleep until noon."

A deep, aged voice made Blake turn his head. He saw Nico, with a full head of long silver hair, a slightly hunched back, wearing a loose robe, looking incredibly old.

Blake hesitated for only a second before realizing that he didn't need to pretend at all.

When Nico brought himself back last night, he had clearly realized that he was different from ordinary animals.

So instead of acting like an animal trying to please a human, he silently stared at Nico.

"I asked Chimi to prepare a bowl of oyster soup for you at the restaurant. Drinking it after you've sobered up will make you more clear-headed."

“You agreed to come home with me last night, but you were drunk then. If you want to change your mind now, you can leave anytime you want.”

As Nico spoke, he rolled up the long roll of parchment in front of him. Before Blake came in, he seemed to be recording something, and wrote a lot of things.

Hearing this, Blake's suspicions were further confirmed.

Nico must have ulterior motives!

He understood his unusual nature, yet he didn't surrender himself to the Auror; instead, he discussed things with him in this manner.

Blake, who had been somewhat nervous and uneasy, relaxed a little and started walking towards the restaurant, demonstrating his choice through his actions.

Nico didn't go with him. Instead, she carefully put away the rolled-up parchment and placed it on one side of the bookshelf.

"Chimi".

He called out in a low voice.

The house-elf, who was wiping the windows, looked at its owner with a puzzled expression, its big eyes full of confusion.

Nico simply smiled and said.

"Once you've finished the work below, remember to go to the attic and maintain the matrix there."

"Okay, sir."

Chimi didn't ask why; he simply followed Nico's orders faithfully.

Nico leaned back in his chair, relaxing, and murmured to himself.

"No matter what, we should be prepared for anything."

Then, his gaze fell on the bookshelf, and he finally selected a scroll of parchment placed on the top shelf. The next second, the scroll of parchment flew off the bookshelf and landed in front of Nico.

The parchment was unfolded on the desk, revealing a simple map. In the center of the map was a mark that resembled both a two-tiered birthday cake and a fountain seen from above!

"map!"

"A treasure map!"

When Severus and Lupin returned with the dragon skin map, they told Harry and Draco about their discovery under the lake, and the two boys' eyes lit up immediately!

For children of this age, none of them can resist such temptation.

As a professional adventurer, Andrews's knowledge of maps was clearly far more advanced than theirs.

He examined the map carefully and finally confirmed it.

"This picture probably doesn't refer to this forest, but rather to a closed space, such as an underground maze, cave, or mountain cave."

"So, if we don't find that cave entrance, this treasure map is essentially useless?" Severus asked.

"You can't say that. This dragon skin is, in a way, a small treasure."

As Andrews spoke, he handed the dragon skin map back to Lupin.

Regardless of whether the treasure map will lead to the real treasure, Harry and Draco were noticeably more excited after seeing it than before.

In particular, Severus told them that if they worked together to help Andrews build the troll's house in the valley, Lupin would take them on a map and lead them on an adventure into the forest.

After finishing lunch, Severus didn't leave. He knew he couldn't rush things. Since the clue he got from the fairy indicated that the banshee was heading in this direction of the valley, he decided to first explore the area around the valley and gather more information.

For the next three days, they worked tirelessly to build a house for the troll.

Harry and Draco no longer had any conflicts, and they were both eager to finish building the house as soon as possible.

Wizards can quickly start building, especially structures like wooden houses which require less technical skill.

In just three days, they had completed the prototypes of more than thirty huge wooden houses. The framework made of just a few pieces of wood was already much better than the houses that the giants had lived in before, which could not even be called wooden sheds.

During this time, Lupin also drank the wolfsbane potion in advance, and successfully transformed while maintaining his wizard mindset to get through the full moon night in August. At the same time, he confirmed that Severus's potion improvement effect was very successful.

The improved wolfsbane potion did indeed remove the extremely dangerous toxicity of the original while retaining the positive effects of the dragon blood itself. Although Lupin's body was still weaker than usual after the full moon, it was more than twice as strong as before when he transformed!
Especially after he recovered from the negative effects of the transformation, his originally pale complexion became rosier than before.

This made Lupin even more grateful to Severus. Even though he didn't express his gratitude in words, it was clear that he had kept it in his heart.

It was noon on the third day after they completed the basic framework of these houses.

Just as Severus and his companions finished their morning work and were about to have lunch, a huge shadow suddenly loomed over the entire valley.

This strange change made everyone look up, and then they saw dozens of fire dragons flying across the sky!
Those enormous creatures, some as big as mountains, made even giant monsters seem like children in comparison.

Some are small and agile, yet they possess a size that is almost identical to that of giants, which is considered enormous by human standards!

Some of the fire dragons had wizards riding on their backs, and they flew eastward as if patrolling their territory.

"Dragons! There are so many dragons!" Harry exclaimed excitedly, as this was the first time he had ever seen a real, living dragon.

Draco wanted to take this opportunity to disdainfully mock Harry's bumpkin ways, but even though he had visited the dragon sanctuary in Romania with Lucius, he had never witnessed such a breathtaking scene.

He too stared wide-eyed in shock at the scene unfolding in the sky.

Lu Ping frowned; he could tell that the scene of the dragons moving out was unusual.

"what happens?"

Andrews had somehow already rushed back to his cabin, retrieved his camera, and was excitedly snapping photos of the dragons in the sky.

"It must be in the Fire Dragon Nature Reserve not far from us! Only there can such a large herd of dragons live!"

At that moment, Severus saw a wizard riding on the dragon's back clearly look down and spot them in the valley. The wizard patted the back of the Swedish short-nosed dragon beneath him, and then the wizard and the dragon broke away from the herd and flew down toward the location of the Troll Valley.

Harry and Draco were extremely excited to see a dragon approaching them.

Especially when the Swedish short-nosed dragon flapped its wings and landed heavily on the lakeside, scaring the giant monster that was originally holding the log into a panicked flight, kicking up countless dust and mud!
Hi everyone!

The shaman on the dragon's back removed his goggles from his face, revealing a distinctly Middle Eastern Arabic face.

"We're currently on patrol for the expansion of the protected area. We'd heard that an adventurer was researching the troll race in this valley, but we never expected there to be so many of you."

(End of this chapter)