Chapter 85 Rice’s Little Story

Hearing that Les was about to tell a story, Daphne instantly became energetic. She couldn't help but joked: "Is it the story mentioned in those old letters?"

"No, it was told to me by a little snake I met yesterday - the little snake told me that this is a story passed down from generation to generation, and it has been passed down from generation to generation to this day." Rice made up the story seriously. Before Daphne could say anything else, he started telling a story.

"A long, long time ago, Hogwarts was not even established. In the wasteland of western Britain, there was a swamp, and in the swamp there was a small wizarding village composed of several wizarding families..."

Such an ancient story was rarely told even by her father. Daphne's attention was immediately attracted, and she listened attentively while holding the chocolate in her mouth.

[Life in the swamp is difficult. What's worse is that there is an evil dragon deep in the swamp. A group of goblins regard it as its master and are willing to act as its minions, making trouble and doing evil under its banner. The villagers in the village hate and fear the evil dragon and its goblins, but they are completely powerless to do anything about them. Perhaps because the number of wizards is gradually increasing, the goblins are afraid that one day they will unite to kill the evil dragon and liquidate their accomplices.

So they found the evil dragon and made a vicious suggestion to him - let the village hand over one person every year to be eaten by the evil dragon, otherwise the evil dragon would fly over the village and bake their fish ponds dry with its breath. , using their sharp claws to kill all their livestock. The goblins believe that by doing so, they can control the population of wizards and make them their slaves forever.

However, the wizards also had their own methods. They chose to capture the passing travelers and send them as sacrifices to the evil dragon.

That day a strong red-haired young man passed by the swamp, and the day for offering sacrifices was coming soon, so the villagers entertained him warmly, got him drunk, and took the opportunity to lock him in the cellar of the village chief's house. inside. If nothing else happens, he will become the dragon's lunch, but his conversation at the banquet impressed the village chief's son. He felt that such a character should not be buried in the dragon's belly. So while he was delivering food to him, he let the red-haired boy go.

His actions were exposed, and the angry villagers wrapped him in a cowhide bag and sent him to the dragon's lair - he would serve as a sacrifice in place of the red-haired boy.

The goblins carried him with the bag in front of the dragon. Just as the dragon was about to eat him alive, a spell accurately hit the dragon's right eye, blinding one of its eyes. It was the red-haired boy who was let go. He sneaked into the lair quietly and attacked the careless dragon.

While the dragon was roaring and struggling, the boy got out of the bag and blinded the dragon's other eye with the prepared dagger.

The evil dragon went crazy, and the entire lair fell into flames. All the fairies were burned to ashes, but the two teenagers managed to escape. After they escaped, they got together to discuss and decided to return to the dragon's lair to eliminate evil. After a lot of trouble, the two finally killed the blind dragon in its lair.

After killing the evil dragon, the two teenagers did not return to the village, but went out for adventure together]

"The red-haired boy in the story is named Godric Gryffindor, and the village elder's child is named Salazar Slytherin."

After Les's story was finished, Daphne opened her eyes wide and couldn't calm down for a long time.

"If you feel right in your heart, do it boldly without any scruples - if Slytherin hadn't released Gryffindor from the cellar that night, he might have stayed in that small village for the rest of his life. , unknown to anyone, spending the rest of his life in regret like most ordinary wizards in the Middle Ages."

Daphne nodded, and the clouds in her heart cleared away.

A few days later, Daphne's confinement punishment was over. She, Harry and Ron received three identical notes while eating breakfast. The note told them: Tonight at eleven o'clock, in the hall, the janitor Filch will take them to the place of confinement.

Daphne frowned: she really didn't want to go, but she had no choice. If she made a mistake and was caught, she would have to pay the price.

At eleven o'clock at night, Daphne came to the foyer. Filch was already waiting there. A few minutes later, Harry and Ron also came down.

Looking at the three young wizards gathered in front of him, Filch showed a ferocious smile - he liked this kind of moment the most. No matter what his origin or family background, he had to bow his head obediently in front of him and accept the punishment. . Punishing these little guys brings him soulful pleasure.

Filch lit a lamp and motioned for the three of them to follow.

But when he brought the three of them to their destination, both Harry and Ron had heartfelt smiles on their faces: Hagrid was actually responsible for confining them tonight!

This was like a desperate situation, and the spirits of the three of them were renewed.

Filch seemed to have noticed the three people's thoughts, so he warned them a few more words and tried to hit Hagrid, but Hagrid slapped him back with just one sentence.

"I have the final say here."

Filch left angrily.

Looking at the three small figures standing in front of him, Hagrid had a look of guilt on his face.

"I'm sorry for causing trouble to you." He scratched his head in embarrassment. It was because of him that the three of them ended up like this. How could Hagrid not feel guilty?

But even if Hagrid is the executor of the confinement, the punishment of Daphne and the others will not be reduced by half. This is somewhat darkly humorous, because Professor McGonagall actually appointed Hagrid to carry out the punishment for Daphne and the three...

After briefly apologizing to the three of them, Hagrid introduced the background of this confinement.

Since most of his energy was occupied by Norbert in the past few days, Hagrid slacked off in patrolling the Forbidden Forest, and something happened: he found a dead unicorn in the Forbidden Forest.

The unicorn, a rare magical animal, was hunted by an unknown creature in the Forbidden Forest. This was an extremely serious accident. Hagrid, who sent Norbert away, did not dare to slack off anymore and immediately began to search and kill the unicorn in the Forbidden Forest. The culprit. As a result, the murderer was not found, but instead traces of injuries to a unicorn were found.

The content of their confinement this time was to enter the Forbidden Forest, find the injured unicorn, and help it.

This is undoubtedly a very challenging confinement. The Forbidden Forest itself is full of dangers. Now there is a monster wandering inside that preys on unicorns, which adds a lot of danger to the trip.

Professor McGonagall's intention is also very obvious: you three like to hang out at night, right? Then I will satisfy you and go to the Forbidden Forest! Hopefully this lockdown will cure you guys of wandering around late at night.

After explaining the contents of the "mission", Hagrid led the three young wizards into the Forbidden Forest.

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The second update is here, good night everyone! The next update will have to wait until the evening. It was a bit intense to stay up late yesterday, so I will take a rest today.

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