Professor The Vampire Earl of Hogwarts

If Rove hadn't brought it up suddenly, Harry would have almost forgotten that he was a Crackmouth.

At that time, Professor Dracula took him to the office and took a tube of his blood, saying that he was going to test whether he was related to Salazar Slytherin, the founder of Slytherin College.

Although it was finally proved that Harry and Slytherin were not related, they still left a deep impression on him.

Until now, the little alchemy bat that was used to draw his blood is still in his luggage!

"So... is there any inevitable connection between the old snake tongue and the rescue of Luna this time?" Harry asked, "Could it be that Luna fell into the snakes?"

He shuddered.

If she fell into the group of snakes, after a long day, Luna might not be able to save her life.

"If I really fell into a group of snakes, it would be easier to deal with. I can find some realgar powder from Hagrid's things, and it is very convenient to expel a few snakes." Rove said, "But that's not the case. I searched for the past along the footprints left by Luna, and found a relic!"

"remains?!"

Harry and Ginny exclaimed simultaneously.

Even Ginny, who had already learned part of the situation from Rove, only knew that Luna was trapped in some traps in the Forbidden Forest or in the fauna, but did not know that her disappearance was also related to disappearing in the wizarding world. A long-standing relic is connected.

And Harry was even more astonished.

He never knew that there would be places like ancient ruins in the Forbidden Forest, and he didn't know whether Luna's luck was good or bad, but he just stepped into a ruin that was never known.

"It's not sure how Luna's situation is right now, let's talk as we go." Rove took the snake tongs and walked out of Hagrid's hut first.

Harry and Ginny naturally agreed with his decision, and followed him out of the room.

"Aren't you going to lock the door for Hagrid?" Harry asked hastily seeing Rove walking straight towards the Forbidden Forest.

He now knew that there were many precious and good things in Hagrid's hut, so he completely retracted his previous judgment that Hagrid's hut didn't need to be locked.

Rove stopped in his tracks, glanced at Harry playfully, and said clearly in his eyes:

'Didn't you just say that Hagrid's cabin doesn't need to be locked, why did you change your mind so quickly? '

Harry lowered his head, almost looking for a crack in the ground to slip into.

After locking the door, the three walked into the deep forbidden forest together.

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As time went by, the sky gradually darkened, and the sky lit up with a bright sunset glow.

The tall and dense trees in the Forbidden Forest blocked the gradually dimming sunlight and cast thick shadows, making it look extremely gloomy.

The entire forest was shrouded in mist, and the huge and dense trees were connected together, like a monster that wanted to choose and devour, and swallowed the three little wizards in one gulp.

"Rove, have you seen what the ruins look like?" Walking in the deep forbidden forest, Harry couldn't help asking Rove.

After getting along for a short period of time, the three of them have become a lot closer. They no longer call each other by their surnames, but call other people by their first names cordially.

"I didn't see the whole picture of the ruins there in the morning." Rove shook his head lightly and said, "It seems that there are some magical animals in charge of protection nearby, even if they bypass the gatekeepers, there seem to be other patrolling animals .”

"I originally wanted to find out how to enter the ruins nearby, but I was driven out by a big python before I circled around the ruins for a third of the way."

As he spoke, Rove gritted his teeth angrily.

"Those snakes are obviously enchanted. Otherwise, with the animal affinity of a future magizoologist like me, how could they be willing to drive me away?"

Both Harry and Ginny twitched their mouths, automatically ignoring Rove's last words.

"But how can you guarantee that there are no guardian animals other than snakes, Rove?" Ginny glanced at Harry, and asked with some concern, "Harry's snake tongue can only control snake-like animals. Aren't we going to be dangerous to other kinds of animals?"

"If my judgment is not wrong, I should not encounter other kinds of animals." Rove thought for a while, and said to the two, "There are many statues of snakes carved on the building of the ruins. Owners should have a paranoid fondness for snakes and be unlikely to fill the space of such a snake with other animals."

"Like snakes?" Harry couldn't help laughing. "Except for those people in Slytherin College, who else would be willing to use snakes as ugly animals as sculptures?"

Ginny also covered her mouth and laughed very cooperatively.

"Wait, Harry, you just said... only Slytherin is willing to use a snake as a statue?" Rove stopped in place suddenly.

"Yeah, this is a consensus at Hogwarts. Except for Slytherin, there are very few students who like snakes." Harry said to Rove, who has not been in Hogwarts for a long time. Xin said, "After all, the snake's body is cold and hard, and the owner feels uncomfortable when holding it."

"In addition, poisonous snakes and fangs can harm human lives. In addition, many snakes can grow very large. Ordinary snake breeders often end up unable to find a suitable breeding space because the snakes grow too large."

"No, I'm not talking about the shortcomings of snakes." Rove shook his head, "I just suddenly thought of a question, you say... who built this ruin?"

"If according to what you say, only Slytherin wizards like animals like snakes, then there is a high probability that this ruin was built by Slytherin, and his talent and family property should be very strong, so that he can There is a chance to build such a large ruin."

"That's right..." Harry nodded, lost in thought.

He suddenly remembered what Professor Dracula had said to him when he asked him for a blood test:

The founder of Slytherin College, Salazar Slytherin is a snake old tongue, he can use the snake old tongue to control countless snakes to fight for him, the snake old tongue is like an Imperius curse for snakes Same.

Harry's eyes widened suddenly, "Do you think this ruin was built by the founder of Slytherin College?"

"No way..." Ginny opened her mouth wide, "If it's the ruins built by Slytherin, why can a Ravenclaw witch like Luna go in?"

"I don't know, but the more I think about it, the more I think it's possible." Harry said enthusiastically, "Ginny, Rove, can you still remember what was said in "Hogwarts: A School History"? Huh Min has a copy, and I borrowed it to read."

"Salazar Slytherin later broke with the other three founders because of the admissions rules, and finally left Hogwarts. There have always been legends that in order to maintain the purity of Hogwarts, Slater Lin left a secret room in Hogwarts, and monsters would come out of the secret room every certain time to clear away Muggle-born students."

"Could that ruin be the Chamber of Secrets left by Slytherin?" Harry asked excitedly.

"Harry, legends are legends after all, and there is not much we can learn from them." Rove shook his head lightly, "And no matter how I look at it, I don't think a large ruin will be described as a secret room. "

"But there is no such thing as a storm, and such legends can at least prove that there is a high probability that Slytherin really left something behind." Ginny said optimistically, "And instead of discussing aimlessly here, we might as well go directly to the scene Take a look."

Harry and Rove nodded in agreement with Ginny's statement, and Rove led them to continue walking deep into the Forbidden Forest.

Gradually, as the sky darkened, a layer of mist shrouded the Forbidden Forest everywhere, obstructing the sight of people in it.

As the three of Harry continued to go deeper, the surroundings became darker and darker, and there was no longer a ray of sunlight seeping through the gaps in the trees, unable to provide enough light to illuminate the road ahead.

"Luminescence (Lus)."

Harry and Rove raised their wands at the same time, using the Wand Illumination Charm to light up the tip of the wand, dispelling part of the surrounding darkness.The three of them were able to see the surrounding scene clearly——

Trees that are so thick that they need two people to hug each other stand all around, and the top can't be seen from the ground, only the layers of branches and leaves cover the sky.

In addition to the dense bushes, there are some dark tree trunks in the distance. Even in midsummer, there are not many leaves. Many bare and strangely shaped branches overlap together, giving people a slightly gloomy feeling.

The soil on the ground was gray in color as a whole, and the soil didn't look wet, and remained strangely dry in the diffuse mist.You can feel the firm, hard texture when stepping on it, so the shoes will not get stained by mud.

Rove stopped in front of a bare tree trunk

"Why did you stop?" Harry looked at Rove who stopped halfway and didn't move on, "Is there something wrong?"

"Well...no problem." Rove turned his head and showed an embarrassed expression, "It's just that the fog has become a little thicker now, and I can't tell the exact path to the ruins."

"What did you say?!" Harry's eyes widened suddenly, "Out of the three of us, only you have been to the ruins where Luna is... If you can't even find the way, then how can we Rescue Luna?"

Ginny also showed a very worried expression beside her, "Rove, think of a way!"

"It's okay, the problem is not too big." Rove looked around a few times, and said confidently, "If I can find that ruin once, I can find it a second time!"

After all, he asked Harry and Ginny to stay where they were, and walked a few steps to a small open area by himself.

Then, he took out his wand from his pocket and spoke the spell——

"Appare Vestigiu."

Rove bent down and put his body close to the ground, and spun around in the Forbidden Forest. The wand emitted a golden spot of light, illuminating all traces of nearby magical activities.

"Huh, I have to say that this magic is really easy to use." After the magic was cast, he looked at the area shrouded in golden light with satisfaction, and said, "You may have heard that this spell is called the tracking spell. "

"My grandpa is quite good at this spell. He often uses it to find the traces of magical animals and rescue the little ones who are hiding in places that are difficult for people to find... Not only that, during the Global Wizarding War, he relied on this magic in Paris found my grandma."

Rove stood in the very center of this golden light, watching the various golden lines and shapes gradually appearing around, and introduced it very happily.

"Luckily speaking, when I was a little assistant under my grandfather, I thought this spell looked very cool, so I pestered him and asked him to teach me this spell."

"It really came in handy today!"

Harry and Ginny stood outside the golden light at a certain distance from Rove, dazzled at the movements of various animals illuminated by the golden light, and frowned unconsciously.

"Rove, how do you use this spell?" Ginny curiously stretched out her hand to touch a golden line, but her hand went straight through the line and touched nothing.

"It's actually quite simple to use," Rove said, "Each golden shape represents the activity traces of a creature. According to the amount of magic output and the proficiency of using the spell, it can be seen for an hour to several years. varying time frames."

"But there are so many lines and shapes here, how can we find the trace that belongs to Luna?" Harry looked at the dizzying golden lines, feeling a little worried,

"What's more, you found Luna's trail in the morning. Now that one afternoon has passed, there should be more animals passing through this area, and they will interfere with our judgment even more."

Facing the not-so-optimistic mood of Harry and Ginny, Rove raised his head instead, showing a confident expression.

"It might indeed be a bit difficult to find other magical animals, but since what we are looking for is a wizard and Luna, then this task becomes much easier." He pointed to the golden trace in front of him and said,

"This is already deep in the Forbidden Forest. It is a place where few wizards will go. Generally, even if some people come here, they are relatively powerful professors. They may enter the Forbidden Forest to collect some materials."

"But don't forget!" Rove suddenly emphasized.

"Today, Professor Dracula brought all the faculty and staff to his home, and even Professor McGonagall did not stay in the castle. It is conceivable that none of the other professors stayed here, so we only need to look up the little wizards. The trajectory is fine."

"In addition, even if there are other little wizards who violate the school rules and appear in the depths of this forest before the exam, we don't have to worry too much."

"I discovered it in the morning. If you see Luna's footprints, you may be surprised... In short, her footprints are very unique."

Rove led Harry and Ginny into the area covered by the golden light, and one by one eliminated the footprints and activity tracks that were obviously left by animals, and excluded the golden shapes that represented those things.

Soon, the area covered by the golden light became empty, only a pair of very special footprints remained in it.

"This is……"

"what?"

Looking at the footprints, both Harry and Ginny opened their eyes wide in astonishment.

I saw the footsteps representing Luna extending forward along a small path, the distance between the steps was different, it seemed that she walked this path with bouncing and bouncing, and she seemed to be in a good mood.

What is even more astonishing is definitely not Luna's cheerful mood, but the pattern left by the footprints of her two feet——

The two footprints left by Luna are different. The one representing the left foot is round with a cute rabbit head, while the one representing the right foot is a bare footprint. It was directly illuminated by the golden light very clearly, and stayed on the ground in front of the three of them.

"I didn't lie to you, did I?" Rove glanced at Harry and Ginny proudly, "I said that Luna's footprints are definitely easy to find, and you didn't believe it just now!"

Harry and Ginny looked at each other, and they both thought it was a strange thing to walk barefoot on the dirt road in the Forbidden Forest; and it was even more strange to have one foot in a shoe and the other bare!

The two immediately thought that since Luna was the one who did this kind of thing, it's quite normal to think about it this way...

"This shoe print is indeed Luna's." Ginny pointed to the round shoe print with a cute rabbit head on it and said, "I've seen her wear those slippers, and there are a pair of plush shoes of the same style on those slippers. The plush bunny head is super cute..."

Afterwards, Ginny sighed with some regret, "If it wasn't for the lack of pocket money, I would actually like to buy a pair for myself."

"But why is she only wearing one shoe?" Harry still didn't understand. "Did she wear only one shoe when she was in Hogwarts Castle, and then came directly to the Forbidden Forest to feed the Thestrals?" ?”

"Probably not?" Ginny shook her head. "When I met her last night, both slippers on her feet were still in good condition."

"I guess according to Luna's character, she should have accidentally dropped the slipper on her right foot after entering the Forbidden Forest." Rove thought for a while, and quickly analyzed what happened.

"It was like this when the two of us came to explore the Forbidden Forest together. On the road, her attention was easily attracted by other small animals or interesting things, so she threw off her slippers when chasing those small things. It's pretty normal!"

He covered his forehead with some tiredness, feeling that Luna's erratic personality was really beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"Then let's go there quickly. Now Luna is missing even one of her shoes. I really don't know what kind of danger she is in!" Ginny interrupted Rove's thinking, grabbed Harry's arm and turned towards him. Go in the direction of the footprints.

"Hey, Rove, can you expand the range of this tracking spell?" She walked to the edge of the golden light, and found that Luna's footprints disappeared along with it, "Could it be that you need to use it every few steps?" Repeat the spell?"

"The tracking spell is not so low-end, otherwise my grandpa wouldn't like it so much." Rove smiled, holding his wand in the palm of his hand, "This spell is often used in conjunction with the directional spell. for maximum effect.”

"Show me the way (Point)." He said the spell.

The golden light slowly disappeared, and at the same time, Rove's wand turned in the palm of his hand, pointing directly to the direction where Luna's footprints disappeared.

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