Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 307, Section 305. Water Gorilla? No, it's a Water Monkey.

After Harry passed through a thicket of black seaweed, he came to a wide, flat plaza made of glittering pebbles, with things that looked like rotten wood or dense, tangled seaweed floating around it.

Harry stopped moving forward with a cold smile.

It's understandable that there are aquatic plants at the bottom of a lake, but who would have rotten wood floating at the bottom of their lake?

That thing either floats on the surface of the water or sinks to the bottom.

Harry knew exactly what he was dealing with. It was the gathering place of the Dark Creatures—Grindylows (horned, pale green water devils)—that he had learned about in Professor Lupin's class during his third year. The glittering pebbles were what they used to attract humans or fish, and the things floating around were their true forms; anyone who got too close would be attacked.

Harry was ready for battle. It was said that Grindylows, magical creatures, could be tamed by mermaids and used for guarding or similar tasks. If Grindylows were nearby, it meant that a mermaid tribe was in the vicinity.

Going through from the front is the fastest way.

After all, no one knows exactly how wide the area of ​​activity of these Greendylos is.

Just as Harry was about to take action, the Greendylows around the square acted first.

"%&……%&!"

A series of unintelligible cries rang out, and the Greendylows, who had been disguised as wood and seaweed, revealed their true forms. Without even glancing at Harry, they scattered and fled in all directions, as if afraid that if they swam too slowly, they would be eaten by something terrible.

There's something there!

Harry quickly sensed the movement of the water around him; something was moving at high speed toward them.

Harry gripped his wand tightly. Any creature capable of causing such terror in large numbers of Grindylows must be at least a plural of kappa (water sprites) or something like a kelpie.

Soon, a huge black shadow appeared in Harry's field of vision, approaching at an extremely fast speed.

In the blink of an eye, they were in front of Harry.

Harry:

He silently put down his wand.

The shadowy figure didn't attack Harry; instead, it threw something at Grindelwald, who was fleeing.

With a flash of white light, many Grindelwalds disappeared.

Glug glug.

The shadowy figure seemed to be talking to Harry, but it only emitted a series of bubbles.

But Harry nodded as if he understood, and then said, "Didn't you already go ahead?"

Harry was able to speak normally after taking the underwater breathing potion. Although the mechanism is unknown, it is still amazing.

"Gulu (opportunities to catch magical creatures at will are hard to come by)"

The dark figure shrugged, exhaling another burst of bubbles: "Glug glug glug (I just caught a really big one)."

Yes, the true identity of this dark figure is Dudley.

For other athletes, Black Lake might be like a giant underwater maze, full of unknown dangers, but for Dali, it was like his own backyard, where he knew exactly what was there and what was there.

Several more bubbles rose from Dudley's mouth; his lungs seemed to have transformed into an unfathomable oxygen tank, storing an inexhaustible supply of oxygen.

A normal person would be oxygen-deprived and rolling their eyes after diving for so long and constantly expelling bubbles, but Dali seemed to have just dived into the water.

Just as Harry was about to say something, Dudley spoke again.

"Gurgle (The mermaids are coming, I'm leaving first)"

Without giving Harry a chance to speak, it kicked off with both legs and transformed into a water arrow once more, disappearing into the distance in a flash.

It wasn't until Dudley had been gone for a while that Harry saw several mermen carrying spears swimming over.

The leader of the mermaids was about seven feet tall, with a long green beard and a short necklace made of shark teeth. He immediately swam over to Harry when he saw him.

First, he spoke to Harry in a string of gibberish, but seeing that Harry still looked confused, he switched to a language that Harry could understand.

"Hey, wizards participating in the human game, you saw one. Probably one."

The mermaid thought for a moment and then drew a huge circle in front of Harry.

"Is that a gorilla that big? He stole a lot of our pets and even took our 'Anuma' with him."

Harry: ? ? ?

Before Harry could even figure out what was going on, someone from the merman's group spoke up again: "No, Chief, that's not an ape, that's a monkey!"

"Nonsense, there's no such thing as a monkey that big. That's clearly an ape."

The leader seemed to stick to his opinion.

"Gorillas can't dive!"

The other person also seemed to be sticking to their opinion.

The last merman seemed to know more, saying, "It's a water monkey, the most mysterious underwater creature in that Eastern country."

After listening for a while, Harry finally seemed to understand: they seemed to be looking for .D.?

"Excuse me, where is the person you took away? I think I should go now."

Harry felt he couldn't waste any more time staying there.

"Oh, by the way, you're still holding a competition."

The merfolk seemed to realize what was happening, and pointed to the cobblestone path to their right, saying, "They're in that plaza over there. Don't tell anyone we told you; according to Dumbledore's rules, we can't help you."

Mermaids seem quite easy to communicate with, and in fact they are. If you can speak their language or they are willing to communicate with you, they are essentially no different from normal people, and are even easier to communicate with than humans.

"Thanks!"

Harry thanked them very politely, then quickly swam toward the spot the mermaids had indicated.

He soon arrived at a place filled with stone dwellings (buildings made of stone). Through the dark windows were some mermaid faces, clearly indicating that this was a mermaid village.

There's a mermaid village at the bottom of Black Lake?!

Harry was surprised. He remembered reading in a book that most mermaids didn't like human wizards and would choose remote places. He had thought there were only one or two mermaids in the Black Lake, but he didn't expect there to be so many.

Then he saw a small square in the center of the village, in which stood a giant mermaid carved from a boulder, and four people were tightly bound to the mermaid's tail.

Bound in the middle was a little girl with silver hair. Harry had seen her at the Christmas ball; she was Fleur's sister, Gabrielle Delacour. However, the little girl was no longer the lively girl she was at the ball. Her face was pale, and she looked lifeless.

To her left was a Durmstrang student whom Harry also knew; she was Viktor's dance partner at the Christmas Eve ball.

Then Harry looked at the third bound creature... well, something.

My cat hasn't been eating much and isn't as affectionate since she was spayed/neutered. Does anyone know why?

(End of this chapter)