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But Kyle didn't care and continued to ask: "Is it seriously injured?"
"Oh, it's not serious." Hagrid said, "Although it looks scary, I checked it and it's just a superficial wound. Apply some diffusa and it will be fine."
"Do you need help?" Kyle said, "I have a lot of newly mature white shrimps here, and I have also learned a lot of methods of treating magical animals from Newt before."
"no need."
Hagrid suddenly became alert, turned his head and looked at Kyle suspiciously, and said, "Why are you so concerned about the situation of the Manticore..."
"Nothing, I just want to help." Kyle explained: "You know, neither my dad nor Newt would leave injured magical animals alone."
"That's better." Hagrid still didn't let his guard down.
He now knew that Kyle was very good at dealing with magical creatures.
Both Norbert and the three-headed dog Fluffy liked him very much. When they were drinking with other professors, they even said that the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets seemed to have been given to Kyle by Professor Dumbledore.
Although this is just a guess and no one has seen the process of the basilisk being sent away, they are too familiar with Dumbledore, especially Professor McGonagall, and she must know something.
Professor McGonagall remained silent when they talked about this topic, which was very telling.
Could it be that Kyle is planning to attack the Manticore this time...
Thinking of this, Hagrid suddenly became nervous, and said with a serious expression: "I must remind you, don't think about attacking the Manticore. It was injured recently and just gave birth. It is the most nervous time and is much more dangerous than usual."
Kyle coughed dryly, then said calmly: "You misunderstood, I really just wanted to help."
As he said this, he opened the lizard skin bag, grabbed a handful of white fresh water from it and handed it to Hagrid.
"look……"
The roots of the white mulberry are still covered with moist soil, and it looks like they were just pulled out a few days ago. They are indeed very fresh.
But Hagrid just glanced at it and didn't take it. "No need, Kyle. Professor Sprout has a lot of dill. There are also some in the Forbidden Forest. The quantity is enough."
"Really? That's good..." Kyle laughed, put the white fresh into the leather bag, and took out another thing.
"Daixian essence, this thing is much more useful than Daixian..."
A few minutes later, Kyle was back at the table in front of the pumpkin patch.
"What did you just say?" Kanna asked in a low voice, "Why do you look very disappointed?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to help, but was rejected." Kyle said somewhat dissatisfiedly: "And Hagrid also said that I had bad intentions. Do you think he was too much?"
"Yes, Hagrid went too far." Connor said with a smile.
Although she didn't know what was going on, her intuition told her that Hagrid was right.
Of course, we can’t say that now.
After getting the answer he wanted, Kyle sighed helplessly.
To be honest, he did want to find out the location of the Manticore, but Hagrid seemed to have learned his lesson.
Whether it was distilled water or distilled water essence, he even took out the healing agent that Newt used to treat the dragon's wounds, but Hagrid did not take any of them.
And no matter what he said, the answer he got was always the same few words...
"I don't know what you are talking about..."
"Don't ask. Even if you ask me, I won't tell you..."
"Don't go into the Forbidden Forest, or I'll tell Professor Sprout!"
What's going on? Why does Hagrid suddenly become so smart?
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 418 Uninvited Guest
Hogwarts seemed particularly quiet late at night. There were twinkling lights in the castle, which was the location of the college common room.
Some energetic students always have to wait until the early morning before reluctantly putting down the crackling exploding cards or wizard chess in their hands and returning to the dormitory.
There is a bright moon outside the castle.
Under the moonlight, two figures, one big and one small, were quietly passing through the Whomping Willow without making even the slightest sound.
"Kyle, it's not too late to turn back..."
Newt Scamander, who was walking in the front, couldn't help but say, "You are a student, you can't go out at night. If the professors find out later, they will expel you."
"Don't you feel guilty saying that..." Kyle, who was standing far behind, said unhappily.
He just wrote a letter to Newt, asking how to deal with the man-headed lion-body manticore. Who knew he would come over at night and sneak into the Hufflepuff dormitory at night using the Disillusionment Charm.
Kyle was getting ready to go to bed when he suddenly heard Newt's voice. He thought it was his illusion.
I didn't expect it to be true.
Kyle wanted to report those Dementors... Letting anyone in there is so unprofessional!
"I just came to ask you if there are any manticores in the Forbidden Forest... but I didn't ask you to go out at night." Newt said, "You came here on your own initiative. It's none of my business if you were expelled."
"Anyone would follow me if they encountered something like this..." Kyle pouted and said, "Besides, it's just a night tour. Even if you get caught, you won't be expelled."
The two of them made their way to Hagrid's hut.
"Shall we go around?" Kyle said, "There's a hound here with a keen nose. If we go any further it will definitely be able to smell us."
"unnecessary."
Newt pulled out a small bottle, opened it, and shook it over himself a few times before handing the bottle to Kyle.
"This is pollen from the Patok butterfly flower. It masks its own scent very well."
Kyle took it, shook it a few times like Newt did, and then naturally put the bottle in his pocket.
He went to the forbidden forest in the middle of the night, so he must have charged some guide fees... It just so happens that this pollen is pretty good,
Newt waited for a long time but Kyle didn't return the bottle. He turned around and said, "You..."
"Shh, keep your voice down. Fang has very sharp ears." Kyle lowered his voice and said, "Go a little further and you will find the road Hagrid often takes to the Forbidden Forest. It's a lot flatter there than other places."
Looking at Kyle's appearance, Newt knew that his pollen was unlikely to come back, so he could only sigh helplessly.
Never mind, even though there wasn’t much of that stuff, there was still a small bottle in his box, which was enough.
The two men tiptoed through Hagrid's cabin. It was dark inside and they could clearly hear Hagrid's snoring.
After arriving at the forbidden forest, they walked a little further...
After Hagrid's cabin was out of sight, Kyle finally felt relieved. He looked at Newt curiously and asked the question that had been bothering him all the way: "Why did you come to Hogwarts? Just for the Manticore?"
"I guess so," Newt said, "and the three-headed dog...
In fact, since Dobby came, my work has become a lot easier. Things that usually take a day to complete can now be completed in a few hours.
So I was going to rewrite Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but the basilisk alone was too monotonous... Just at this time, I received your letter."
"But..." Kyle asked doubtfully, "I remember there was an introduction about them in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."
"Yes, but not much."
Newt smiled and continued, "Whether it's the three-headed dog or the human-headed lion-body scorpion-tailed beast, they are all rare magical animals. I only saw them once in Greece 20 years ago.
Later, due to some special reasons, I was banned from entering by the Ministry of Magic over there, and my research on them had to be suspended.
Now there is this opportunity, so I came.”
special reason?
Kyle understood.
It goes without saying that Newt must have gotten into a lot of trouble at the time, which was not uncommon for him.
Newt continued walking forward, and Kyle followed him, unable to resist asking, "Where are we going?
"I don't know where the Manticore is. Hagrid never told me."
"It's okay, we can look for it." Newt said directly: "The Manticore likes to build nests by the lake, and there are three lakes in the Forbidden Forest. I happen to know where they are all."
"So we have to search everywhere?" Kyle asked, "How long will it take to find it?"
"One night is enough," Newt said. "If that doesn't work, we can always ride on brooms... You're holding a broom, right?"
Kyle nodded.
But the problem is that if you ride a broom, you will be too conspicuous and can be easily discovered by other creatures in the Forbidden Forest... such as centaurs, or the wandering Dementors.
Now everyone is trying to catch Sirius Black, and it will be troublesome if he is misunderstood.
"Wait..." Kyle thought for a moment and suddenly said, "I remember Hagrid said that he encountered a man-headed lion-body manticore when he was looking for Aragog."
"Aragog?"
"A giant acromantula," Kyle explained.
“Oh, that’s easy.” Newt clapped his hands and closed his eyes to smell something carefully.
He walked slowly forward and soon found a piece of white spider silk on a tree branch.
“The silk of the Acromantula,” Newt said. “It has a very special sweet smell that can help them attract enough prey. You see…”
There just happened to be a big bulging white cocoon on the spider web between the tree branches. It was probably some greedy creature that got stuck on it and couldn't escape.
There were a few small spiders nearby, crawling in one direction.
"We are so lucky."
Newt said happily: "This prey is too big for them to move, so they can only go back to the nest to inform more spiders.
"Hurry, follow them..."
So, the two followed the spider into a bush. They had strayed from the forest path and there were tree roots and stumps everywhere. This was nothing for the spider, but it was different for Kyle and Newt.
They must carefully navigate around the obstacles and make as little noise as possible to avoid being spotted by the spiders in front of them.
After about twenty minutes, Kyle noticed that the ground seemed to be sloping down, but the trees were still as dense as before.
At this moment, Newt, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and stopped Kyle.
"That's enough for here." He looked around cautiously. "There are more and more spider silks. If we go any further, we will definitely be discovered."
Kyle noticed that less than a foot away from Newt, there was a thin strand of spider silk, so thin that it was almost invisible in the moonlight.