A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 407 Big Black got eaten by Lou Williams!

The carriage arrived at a valley, and William and his two companions jumped off.

William told Firekiss that they were going to the territory of the Octopod, which was clearly just a feint.

He certainly wouldn't take Hermione and Anne there.

Aragog didn't want to see William's handsome face, and William didn't want to see that old spider who didn't have many years left to live.

The plan to eliminate the eight-eyed giant spider is a gradual process and is one of Hogwarts' fundamental school policies.

Otherwise, if William and Snape had colluded and tried to take advantage of each other, they would have been spotted by Professor McGonagall, the financial whiz.

They ignored them for a simple reason: the previous attack on the Forbidden Forest proved that the Octopods were not friendly.

The giant eight-eyed spider is an invasive species, and since it has no natural predators in the Forbidden Forest, its numbers have long been out of control.

Without Aragog's control, these guys will become even more unscrupulous.

It's even possible that they could join the Death Eaters and attack Hogwarts again.

Selling the eight-eyed giant spider was just an experiment for William; after all, without buying and selling, there would be no killing.

As people become accustomed to using the magical materials from the eight-eyed giant spider, the demand increases, and their population will naturally be limited.

Anne jumped off the carriage and rushed into the valley, while William and Hermione followed slowly behind.

Hermione asked疑惑地, "Why didn't you let Firekiry come along? Haven't you always wanted to build a good relationship with the centaurs?"

"Bane led the adult centaurs away from the tribe, and according to centaur custom, the foals must stay in the territory," William explained.

"Firebeath must have run away secretly. Her people are probably already looking for her. Letting her come with us is what caused unnecessary misunderstandings and trouble."

Having dealt with Ronan many times, William knew him quite well.

He may want to make a deal, but he would never let his sister take his place.

Firekiss is not yet an adult, the Forbidden Forest is not safe recently, Thunderbird is another story, and Dementors are still roaming around.

Most of what Fire Kiss said before was definitely nonsense.

The only real problem was that Thunderbird was missing, so Bane led most of the adult centaurs to check. That's how she managed to steal Ronan's ring and sneak out to do her thing.

In that case, it's even more unacceptable to carry a kiss of fire.

Firekiss has secretly left the tribe, and the centaurs may have to come out to find him.

There is always animosity towards witches among them. If they encounter someone who is not thinking straight and likes fire kisses, they will definitely think that he is trying to abduct fire kisses, and then rush up to try to be a hero and save the damsel in distress.

Finally, if there's another melodramatic plot point like "the younger one got beaten up, then the older one showed up," that would be even worse.

William, having read countless novels and been through many battles in his previous life, could predict this kind of plot.

He also suffers from intermittent mental illness and has a volatile temper. If he loses control, when Bain brings his people home, he might suddenly find that... his home is gone!

"Is that your reason for lying to her?" Hermione tilted her head and chuckled, "To sell her some Lockhart books."

"This is to teach her a lesson," William said matter-of-factly. "I'm not lying; I'm just imparting some life experience to her."

"What surprised me was that the Thunderbird actually left," Hermione said, puzzled.

"I'm still very confused. How did it find us? It couldn't possibly have sensed our location, could it?"

"That's what I'm also wondering about," William nodded.

He was clearly using Tom's identity; if he wanted to take revenge, he should have gone to America.

William had a feeling that the Thunderbird wasn't coming for the Fairy Treasure.

Ahhhhh!

Before the two could finish speaking, a piercing scream suddenly came from the valley.

William and Hermione drew their wands at the same time and rushed inside.

Before they even reached the valley, they saw Anne running towards them in a panic.

"What's wrong, Annie?" Hermione asked warily.

"Big Black..."

"What happened to Big Black?"

"It...was eaten by Lou Williams!"

"..."

For a moment, William was dumbfounded... Lou Williams had actually eaten the giant black dog?!

"Yes! Bones are scattered all over the ground," Annie cried.

"No way, Louie is so obedient," Hermione said weakly.

Fulwei was the first large magical creature Hermione met. She avoided being attacked the second time she entered the Forbidden Zone because she had become acquainted with Fulwei.

Therefore, Hermione would definitely speak up for Fulvi, believing him to be a good dog.

But Hermione didn't know that Fluffy was actually a repeat offender. He had bitten Tywin, causing him injury and ultimately leading to his death in the bathroom.

It was William's time loop reversal that saved Tywin's life.

Lou Williams also bit Professor Snape and Quirrell.

This is a three-headed dog that has a particular fondness for biting wizards' thighs!

That seems like something that could be easily understood, since it involved eating a large black animal.

The three rushed into the valley.

William looked up and scanned the area; Big Black was indeed gone.

Because he was afraid that Hagrid would run around in the Forbidden Forest, he kept the dog in a cage except for taking it for a walk once a day.

The large padlock on the cage has broken.

Next to Lou Williams, there was a skeleton, its flesh licked clean.

Big Black...you died such a terrible death. In your next life, please be a human, and never be a dog!

As William and his group arrived, Louis was still playing dead. None of the three dog heads moved; they all seemed to be asleep.

However, the smallest dog-headed creature, Sanmao, slightly raised its right eyelid, revealing a strange light.

"Hey, what's going on? Didn't I tell you to protect Big Black?!" William stared at Lou Williams.

He stepped on their enormous claws and ripped open the eyelids of the middle head.

Their eyes were forcibly pried open, and the three dog heads finally opened them. Louie stuck out its tongue, lay on the ground, its soft belly flailing, and gave a fawning look.

They're begging for snacks again.

"We'll eat you alive sooner or later!"

William jumped off Louis's head and looked down to examine the bones on the ground.

"This isn't Big Black's bone," William said, frowning.

"Look at these bones, they've been sitting here for a long time. Hagrid even came to visit Big Black yesterday."

"Whose bones are these?" Annie sobbed.

"Judging from the shape of the bones and the attached fur, it is probably a Moonfox."

Moonfox has four flat, large feet, somewhat like a duck's bill, which Big Black definitely doesn't have.

Among that pile of slag were dried silver droppings. The droppings of the Moonfox were silver.

This is Sprout's favorite fertilizer besides dragon dung, which the professor affectionately calls: "Strawberry-flavored snacks."

William picked up the lock from the ground again and touched the row of huge dog teeth marks.

"The skeleton belongs to the Moonfox, so Big Black is definitely not dead. Hagrid visited it yesterday evening, so the time of its disappearance was from evening to this morning."

"This lock was forced open. Judging from the depth of the teeth marks, Big Black doesn't have that kind of bite force..."

William pushed up his non-existent black-rimmed glasses and said seriously, "New machine, dig it up, black case!"

"The suspect dog is one of you three!" William pointed at Lou Williams.

"Who was it that secretly chewed open the lock and let Big Black go? Tell me now!"

"Confess and you'll be treated leniently, or you'll rot in jail... Pshaw, I mean, there's a reward for reporting!"

The heads in the middle and on the right did not move, but their eyes darted to the left.

Sanmao on the left has his eyes squeezed together like a cross-eyed chicken, which is an obvious admission of guilt.

Holy crap, you think you get a reward for reporting yourself?!

"Why did you let him go?" William grabbed Sanmao's ear.

It had a shy and bashful expression, somewhat like Mrs. Lorice when she was alone with Bobo Tea.

Oh... William understands now, it's because of love!

He couldn't help but hum that popular song once again:

"Ah Zhen~ fell in love with a gorilla~"

On a night without Ah-Qiang~

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