Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 166: Bah! Where is your bottom line?

Yali could understand English, so she knew Cohen had come, but she was petrified and didn't even dare to turn her head.

Who made Cohen make an unbreakable vow with it...

"Is Ali the name of this black unicorn?" the old man asked Cohen. "Hello, child. My name is Bernhard Xavier. When I was young, I worked in the brewery in Hogsmeade. I stopped working there when I got older. But I never thought in my life that a unicorn would come to me and ask me to help them make wine. How old are you this year? Are you here to play with a unicorn?"

"Yes, yes," Cohen said. "I'm here to play with unicorns. My name is Cohen, and I'm twelve years old. We were taught in school that unicorns love children the most. Adults usually can't get close to them, right?"

Cohen's every word is directed at this group of unicorns who have abandoned their principles.

What about being wary of humans? What about being close to little girls?

Bah! I'll do anything for wine!

Is this old man Xavier the "little girl"? It's more believable to just say he's Professor X using mind control on you all!
"This can be explained—" the unicorn leader quickly explained, "We're just having a few drinks, just a few..."

[The person next to you is upset]

Cohen glanced at the unicorn that was just gulping down its drink and ruthlessly exposed the unicorn leader's lies.

"I remember that unicorns should be very wary of wizards." The gray-haired Xavier nodded and couldn't wait to share with Cohen. "But somehow, last month I was walking near Hogsmeade and suddenly saw two unicorns, one black and one white. Hey, guess what?"

"They wrote English in the mud with their hooves!" Xavier exclaimed in amazement. "I've never seen unicorns write in English before. They want me to help them find someone who can make wine. It's just right that I used to be a brewer."

"So they asked you to help build these walls, wheat fields, grape fields, and wine barrels?" Cohen asked, pretending to be curious.

"Well... I made these two small farms and wine barrels this way. The magic hedges weren't there, as they seemed to have grown suddenly. I guess it was the magic of the unicorns." Xavier stroked his beard. "Just like the growth speed of these two small farms, did you know, kid, unicorns can actually ripen crops much faster than those spells and potions we use - I remember the fastest time, the grapes ripened three times a day! It can be seen that they really like wine. Last time, a few unicorns insisted on giving me their tail hair..."

Please talk less...

Yali kicked the dirt with her hooves nervously.

But Xavier couldn't hear what the unicorn said, so he continued to share everything that had happened with Cohen.

"Then they told me that they wanted to drink alcohol as soon as they woke up - no one had ever said that unicorns like to drink - and then I thought of a way for them, you see..." Xavier pulled Cohen and began to show him his plan.

A "wine channel" surrounds the unicorn's sleeping area, so that after the unicorn passes out, it can continue to sip wine as soon as it wakes up.

"Who can refuse a unicorn's request?" Xavier said.

"You're a genius," Cohen nodded. "So, are you planning on telling anyone that unicorns like to drink?"

"Of course I have to brag about such an interesting thing at the Three Broomsticks." Xavier laughed. "Next time we go to the tavern, I bet Darren and Mark won't believe it - they are my old colleagues..."

"Next time, you haven't told anyone yet, right?" Cohen asked.

"I've been so busy with this brewery lately that I barely even go to the pub... Why are you suddenly—"

"Oblivion." Cohen restrainedly cast the Oblivion Spell on the old man - it's okay that unicorns are simple-minded, but why is this old man so simple-minded too?
Once word gets out that unicorns like to drink, a large number of poachers will come to the Forbidden Forest.

After dropping the dazed Xavier off on the Hogwarts grounds, Cohen returned to the unicorn enclosure.

"You're doing great. Since no one's buying wine for you, you're looking for someone to help you make it, right?"

Cohen said to the silent unicorns,
"You guys are fucking geniuses." [Such a brilliant idea wouldn't be something a unicorn could come up with...] The unicorn leader thought Cohen was praising them, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said modestly, [This has to be Yali...]

[Shut up!] Yali couldn't bear to look at the unicorn leader who was completely defenseless against his own kind.

[Then... wasn't it Yali's idea?]

The unicorn leader changed his words.

"That wizard almost told everyone about you drinking yourself into a coma!" Cohen said angrily. "You should at least have a sense of crisis! Do you know what other wizards will do if they find out?"

【What to do? 】

"They will come to hunt you down in groups. Do you know how valuable unicorn hair and blood are to the wizarding community? Have you forgotten what happened two years ago?!" Cohen lectured, "Or..."

"It's alright, isn't it..." the unicorn leader said. "We have Ari now. She can easily take down a bunch of wizards..."

"Don't think about relying on Ali to protect yourself. I'm going to take Ali away." Cohen said the terrible truth, "Ali can't stay here with you for too long."

[Why!] The unicorns asked in unison.

[How can we get a wizard to brew wine without Ali...] A young unicorn said sadly.

"Yeah, yeah... I'd die without wine..."

How can I live without Yali...?

"Look, they can't live without me," Yali said to Cohen. "They can't help themselves, and they need my protection..."

[Who can refuse a unicorn's request?] The unicorn leader also pleaded with Cohen.

"Like another unicorn," Cohen said firmly. "You guys can drink it, but not Yali."

"Why?" Yali retorted angrily, "Your worries are completely unnecessary. I won't explode from drinking too much! I've been drinking for a month!"

"What do you think is running through your veins right now?" Cohen asked.

[Liquid curse?] Yali said.

"It's the damn alcohol and sugar!" Cohen shouted angrily, grabbed Ali and cut a small cut on its back with his wand.

The dark cursed blood flowed out. Unlike Cohen's impure liquid curse that evaporated when it came into contact with the air, the liquid curse on Yali was more liquid.

[Hiss...] Several unicorns in the group made frightened sounds, which looked painful.

However, Cohen sealed Yali's wound after taking out a little blood.

Using a levitation spell, he made the liquid curse float in the air, and then Cohen pointed his wand at it.

"Want to see what your blood looks like when it's on fire?" Cohen said viciously. "Flames!"

A flame sprayed onto the ball of Yali's blood, and the originally inflammable liquid curse suddenly burned, causing the unicorns to scream.

(End of this chapter)