Although the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts has such a name and a seemingly appalling school rule, to be honest, it doesn't have too many secrets for many students.

Well, at least that's the perimeter of it.

No one knows how deep this Forbidden Forest is, only that there doesn't seem to be anything particularly interesting here, and there is a group of centaurs who are not very hospitable.

Linkos followed Crookshanks for a while, and noticed that Crookshanks was very familiar with the Forbidden Forest—at least very familiar with the road to go.It cleverly avoided the areas frequented by centaurs, and it didn't let her meet Hagrid the Forest Watcher, and it wasn't even the path that students usually choose when exploring the Forbidden Forest.

This road looks a little hidden, but it is extremely safe.

Soon, Linkos saw another figure.

A black, huge dog, just like the one she'd seen over at the Screaming Shack.

This time, Lin Keshui quickly took out his wand, pointed at the opposite side politely: "If it was just a coincidence, then now, I think I can probably call you Mr. Black."

The big black dog trembled all over, and suddenly jumped up and rushed towards Linkos.

Linkos was also polite, and immediately cast an Iron Armor Curse on himself, and then threw the attack spell on the big dog unceremoniously.

It has to be said that the big black dog is very fast and easily escaped several spells of Linkos.But after all, it forgot something. Seeing that it could catch Linkos with a jump, it hit the Iron Armor Curse heavily, and was kicked back by its own impact, falling to the ground.

Immediately after a soft leg curse, the big black dog was unable to dodge and hit directly.

Until this step, Linkos put down the hand holding the spell, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Black has been a dog for a long time, have you forgotten that you are a wizard?"

The big black dog responded with a series of low growls, but his legs became weak and he couldn't move.

Crookshanks deftly inserted into the blazing gaze of a man and a dog, pressed his paw on the big black dog's forehead, and meowed twice.

Finally, the big black dog stopped his growling, and after a while, it began to change, gradually turning into a person.Its hair and beard were tangled together, visibly sticky and unmanaged, and its complexion was ugly sallow.The robe on his body had been worn for an unknown amount of time, and it was dusty and full of embarrassing cracks.

His eyes were fixed on Linkos, his chest heaved violently, and he was probably very angry.

"I'm glad we can talk, Mr. Black." Linkos nodded in satisfaction, never letting go of his vigilance, "So, what's the matter calling me here?"

According to Crookshanks' information, if it hadn't lived in Hogwarts for a while, then in terms of the fact that it followed Miss Granger to Hogwarts and stayed in Gryffindor Tower all year round, Obviously this road was told by the wanted criminal in front of him.

"Aren't you worried that I'm vicious?" Black felt that everything from the Screaming Shack was incredible, from the appearance of Crookshanks to his discovery that he could actually communicate with Crookshanks, to the fact that he actually let a cat Call someone... James knew he was probably really crazy.

"I don't think it's convincing for Mr. Black to ask this." Linkos looked at him a few times and said with a half-smile.

"Oh yes, this familiar tone of voice, a damned pure-blood nobleman." Blake found that he was not angry, but still in the mood to mock - he had been in Azkaban for so long, he didn't even come to Slytherin I miss all the mouthpieces I go to.

But of course he remembers the most important thing that has sustained him to this day.

"I want a mouse." Black stared at Linkos and said, "Go to Gryffindor and bring me the Weasleys' mouse."

"Oh." Linkos clearly understood what he wanted, and then said simply, "I refuse."

"..." Black's face was as ugly as if he had swallowed a cockroach, and he said weakly after a while, "Then why are you asking me?"

Linkos was very satisfied with Black's current state, and smiled a little: "Probably expressing dissatisfaction with having to visit the Forbidden Forest." Note strabismus.

It seems Crookshanks doesn't particularly care about the big dog either.

Linkos suddenly had a little sympathy for Black, but of course this sympathy was fleeting.

Turning her wand, she asked, seemingly inadvertently, "So, you're really serving...the one?" She didn't use the Mystery Man, or the Man Who Can't Be Named, which caught Blake's keen eye. When she glanced at it, it was rare for her to feel a little intelligent.

"This is a dangerous question, miss." Black's sense of madness caused by the long-term torment in Azkaban subsided a little at this moment. If his former classmates were present, he might still be able to find a little bit of Granville who was still flamboyant back then. How old does Fen feel.

Linkos seemed indifferent to such a change, and just stated calmly: "Of course, the entire wizarding world knows how dangerous this problem is. But forgive me for having to say that I don't think your IQ is suitable to be that servant. .”

Such a sentence seemed to hit Black's pain point, his face twisted for a moment, and then he wailed as if giving up on himself: "You're right, I'm so stupid, I actually—" Speaking of this, He stopped talking suddenly, but the wailing didn't end.

"If you keep shouting, maybe you can attract the half-giant." Lin Kesi's words made him stop even howling.

She looked at Blake who was huddled together, and the guess in her heart was confirmed: "Well, let's forget about this conversation, I don't know the existence of a big black dog, and you don't know a dog The Slytherin girl, and of course the cat." She said, looking at Crookshanks, her tone softened a little, and managed to make Crookshanks, who was licking fur, blow up.

Linkos, who was very satisfied with this, looked at Black again, ignoring the magic wand beside him that came from nowhere: "As for what you want to do, I don't know anything, I just give you a piece of advice, don't forget your ultimate purpose."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and left, ignoring Black who still had half an hour to relieve his limb weakness.

After walking two steps, she stopped and looked back at Crookshanks: "I think your master should be very worried about you. You'd better end your adventure in the Forbidden Forest."

When the students returned to Hogwarts from Hogsmeade one after another, everything seemed happy and peaceful.

In the cellar of Slytherin, the students who came back passed Linkos who was sitting by the fireplace in the lounge, and they were all "behaved" and authentic.

In the tower of Gryffindor, Hermione was pleasantly surprised to see that Crookshanks had returned, lazily lying on the cushion and sleeping soundly, and happily jumped on it to hug her and rub her.

Crookshanks, who was awakened, blew his hair, but he could feel the joy and worry of his master, and finally he honestly did not struggle, letting her rub and rub, his face was full of lovelessness.

The days passed smoothly again, and it was Christmas in a blink of an eye.

Hogwarts had already snowed, and all the students were wearing big scarves, and only some little nobles in Slytherin kept some inexplicable aesthetic points of view and relied on the heat preservation spell to make themselves look "elegant and elegant". Afraid of the cold" some.

Linkos is similar, there is nothing too much except for a fur cloak, it should be said that none of them have such a habit.

When it comes to Christmas, the happiest thing is of course receiving gifts. Although some students go home for Christmas, thanks to the developed owl express system in the wizarding world, the gifts can appear on the bedside on time with incomparable precision, allowing little wizards to open their eyes. You can enjoy the joy of unwrapping presents at a glance.

It wasn't the first time Hermione received such a Christmas present, but every time she was very happy.

Strictly speaking, she really doesn't have many friends at Hogwarts, and even her roommates are not very close, but this does not affect the expectation and joy of opening presents.

The number of gifts this time was unexpectedly a little more than last year.She got dressed in surprise, gave herself a day off as she had arranged before, and unwrapped presents in a relaxed mood, but she had an extra expectation in her heart that was unusual from the previous two years.

Harry’s and Ron’s, that’s right, they have been received in the past two years, and the packaging is very golden and red with the characteristics of Gryffindor. The size and weight let Hermione know that she guessed right, and they have never changed. Book.She unwrapped the package and was delighted to see that what Harry sent was a copy of "Three Thousand Questions on Magic Herbs", which she mentioned a while ago, and Harry obviously remembered it.And what Ron sent was "Small Spells for the Wizarding World", a practical little magic that doesn't exist in the library but is very everyday. If it wasn't for a native family in the wizarding world, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to pick out such a book—although Hermione doubted very much that Mrs. Weasley had chosen the book.

The twins of the Weasley family also sent a package, which contained some candy and weird toys. According to the twins' "convictions", Hermione decided not to move around for the time being, and waited for confirmation with Harry Ron. Choose what to do.

Neville had sent a writing set of quills and parchment, which Hermione was sure didn't exist in Hogsmeade's stationery shop, but they looked pretty.

To Hermione's surprise, Ravenclaw's "crazy girl" Lovegood also sent a small gift, which was a dried carrot in a glass bottle, although Hermione was not sure what it was like But she is still very grateful, and thinks that she will go to the owl shed to send another one later.

After unwrapping these presents, Hermione finally set her sights on the last present.

The gift had a beautiful silver-red package, and a curly "Merry Christmas" was written on it, the handwriting was very familiar.

Hermione felt a little nervous, then shook her head amusedly, and took the gift in her hand.The gift is very small, the size that can be placed in the palm of your hand, and it is not heavy.

She took a deep breath, and opened the package, revealing the wooden box inside, with "For Hermione Granger" written in bright silver cursive on the black and brown box.

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