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Having trespassed in the Forbidden Forest multiple times, the two brothers had, of course, seen this big guy. But it was only a glimpse. Back then, Fluffy wasn't this big and followed Hagrid around.

Later, Hagrid even asked them to keep it a secret, taking them around the edge of the Forbidden Forest for that purpose.

"George, you go out first!"

George took out his wand, signaling for Ethan to leave first. They were, after all, third-year students and could resist a little.

Because in just this short while, the three-headed dog had completely stood up, at least four meters tall, its heads touching the ceiling. Its three drooling mouths were wide open, and its entire body was tense, clearly a precursor to a vicious dog pouncing.

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Chapter 31: The Twins' Aftermath

"Ethan, how did you do that?"

Fred and George watched Ethan rubbing the dog's head, their eyes almost popping out in surprise.

Just now, the three-headed dog had pounced fiercely. George and Fred's impediment jinx and knockback jinx had not brought the three-headed dog the slightest bit of hindrance. Just as the two were lamenting that their lives were over.

They found that things were not as they had imagined. The three-headed dog directly transformed into a licking dog, preparing to use its tongue, almost the size of a person, to lick Ethan, but Ethan sternly refused.

It was really too smelly, and Ethan didn't want to be contaminated with this kind of saliva.

"I've always been liked by animals since I was a child. I didn't expect that coming to the wizarding world would allow magical creatures to be like this too."

As he said that, Ethan rubbed the dog's head fiercely again, causing the three-headed dog to make a happy purring sound.

"It's really unbelievable. If we didn't know this was Hagrid's dog, we would have thought you raised it."

"That's right, if Hagrid knew one day that his dog had been abducted by you, I wonder if he would cry. He treasures this three-headed dog quite a bit."

Seeing that this three-headed dog was tamed by Ethan, George and Fred also stopped shaking and even started joking.

"I can't afford to raise this big guy."

Ethan scratched Fluffy's chin and replied.

Just looking at its size, you can tell how much it can eat. This is Hogwarts, not the Muggle world. If it were the Muggle world, Ethan would naturally have no pressure to raise it, but Ethan couldn't do it at Hogwarts unless he went to the Forbidden Forest to hunt.

His rations are all for the Foe Bats and Winged Serpents, and their food intake is not large. One meal can last a long time.

"Didn't the Sorting Hat say that you could also enter Hufflepuff? Maybe you will become the next Newt Scamander, the author of 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them', also a legendary wizard."

The brothers had heard a lot about the legend of Newt Scamander.

Wherever there are precious magical creatures, there is his figure. As long as he comes forward, there are no magical creatures that he can't handle. A suitcase that can destroy a city, a man banned from entering by the Ministry of Magic of many countries…

Ethan's handling of the three-headed dog this time is really like Scamander. Maybe Ethan is even stronger than Scamander in this regard.

"Hufflepuff, ah, I'm quite optimistic about this academy, hehe…"

Ethan laughed, preparing to muddle through. He has a connection with three academies, only Hufflepuff is missing.

"By the way, what is this?"

George, who was looking around, found a trapdoor in the place where the three-headed dog was lying before and was immediately ready to go over and check it out.

"Roar!"

The three-headed dog, which had been obediently lying down, suddenly raised its head and roared angrily at George.

Although it felt that Ethan was very kind and wanted to approach him, Fluffy still hadn't forgotten its mission.

It was really too painful for that old man to beat the dog. As long as it dared to bare its teeth, it would be beaten. Those two weeks were simply not days for a dog to live. It was still a newly adult baby.

He also set a few rules for himself: little wizards can't be hurt, only scared; big wizards should be bitten when seen and not let go; no one can enter the door below.

Fluffy didn't dare to violate these rules at all.

George, who had just taken two steps, froze in place. When he slowly turned his head and saw that Fluffy hadn't pounced, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm not going in, I'll come back!"

As he said that, George raised his hands and retreated step by step.

"Fluffy should be obeying Dumbledore's orders to guard the things below. If we want to go down, it might turn hostile."

Ethan looked at the two seriously. He hoped that the two would stop here.

If these two were relentless and insisted on exploring, they might attract Voldemort's attention, which would not be a good thing.

"We're not going down, and we're not curious about what's inside, really!"

Fred said with a dry laugh.

Just now, they had already realized how dangerous a XXXXX-level magical creature was. Their magic had no effect at all. If they annoyed it, they might really be fed to the dog.

Ethan shook his head helplessly. It could be said that they were indeed Gryffindors.

"Ethan, since today's adventure has no results, why don't we leave?"

Being with Fluffy was too stressful, and they didn't want to stay here at all.

"Yeah, let's go then!"

"Fluffy, see you next time!"

After saying hello to Fluffy, the three turned and left. At the moment of closing the door, Ethan clearly heard George and Fred breathe a sigh of relief.

"Ethan, thanks to you today, otherwise George and I would be in trouble."

Walking in the narrow corridor, Fred recalled the scenes just now, really walking through the gate of hell once.

If they had listened to Ethan from the beginning and checked the situation before entering, it wouldn't have been like this.

"Courage is not recklessness, don't put yourself in danger."

Ethan looked at Fred and said seriously. The twins' ending was not good. One lost an ear, and one lost his life, which made many fans feel a little sad.

Hopefully, today's events can remind them and make them more vigilant in the future.

"We know, if Fred is so reckless again in the future, I will kick his butt hard."

George put his arm around Fred and said to Ethan with a smile, but he seemed to have forgotten that he was the first to rush in.

"That's how it should be!"

Ethan said with a smile.

"Ethan, here, this is for you."

Fred took out a piece of parchment from his pocket, it was the Marauder's Map.

"This is your guarantee for night tours."

Ethan didn't take it, but asked curiously.

This thing can play a big role in Hogwarts.

Fred said with a confident look, "We dare say that few people know Hogwarts better than we do. We know all kinds of secret passages and paths. Even without it now, Filch won't be able to catch us.

Besides, aren't you going to the eighth floor? You'll definitely need it later.

You saw us use the password 'I solemnly swear that I am up to no good' in that abandoned classroom before."

Since he had said so much, Ethan didn't act coy and directly accepted the Marauder's Map.

Chapter 32: The Room of Requirement

After separating from Fred and George, Ethan came to the eighth floor of Hogwarts Castle alone, opposite the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy being clubbed by trolls.

He stood in front of this wall and walked back and forth three times, silently chanting in his heart, 'I need a place to hide things!'

Just as Ethan stopped, a smooth door appeared out of thin air on the wall.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ethan flashed inside.

As Ethan entered, the door began to become shallow, and then disappeared without a trace. From the outside, it was quiet here, as if nothing had happened.

Ethan, who entered, found that it was particularly large and messy, like a storage room, with all sorts of things.

After a simple tour, Ethan realized that he might have made a big profit this time.

Over the millennia, countless Hogwarts students have hidden things here. It is undeniable that there are many waste products, but there are also many valuable things, but for some reason, they did not take away their collections.

Just on the bookshelf by the wall, Ethan found thousands of books neatly stacked and scattered on the ground. Under the protection of magic, they have not decayed. It is very likely that they were hidden by Ravenclaw students. Ethan also had some guesses as to why they were hidden.

Ravenclaw directly translates to raven's claw, meaning a greedy plunderer, and implicitly means an extreme thirst for knowledge.

In order to achieve their goals, they can often use any means. This can be seen from the two graduates 'Quirrell' and 'Lockhart'. One dedicated himself to Voldemort for knowledge and power, and the other plundered other people's 'knowledge' for honor and money.

And these hidden books can basically be said to be either forbidden books or books obtained by irregular means, and their value is extremely large.

He opened the box with the Undetectable Extension Charm and used the Summoning Charm to collect the books one by one. As for sorting them out, he would have to wait until he had time.

Next was Ethan's treasure hunt: strange and incomprehensible alchemy tools, decorations that were either pure gold or gold-plated, jewelry, and gold Galleons and silver Sickles.

There were even more than one potion counter, with a lot of things in bottles and jars. He didn't know if those things soaked in unknown liquids had expired.

In addition, Ethan also found dozens of flying brooms. Except for the latest models, everything else was available. He just didn't know if there were any wizards in the wizarding world who collected these antiques. (Quidditch became popular in Ireland in the 14th century, and flying brooms would only be earlier.)

Whoosh!

Because of the noise Ethan made, a series of small things suddenly窜出来 from a pile of old tables, chairs, and benches.

With iron-blue skin, about eight inches tall, flying in the air and emitting extremely harsh chirping sounds.

Ethan recognized this thing, Cornish Pixies!

A kind of naughty little thing that likes to play pranks.

He just didn't know who hid these things here, and what they ate for so long, why didn't they starve to death?

Ethan didn't intend to pay attention to them, but these things were too noisy.

"Snack time!"

He took out the shrunken Murtlap egg from his pocket and threw it directly into the air. With a sharp whistling sound, the Murtlap returned to its original form and劃過一道残影 in the air.

Now these Cornish Pixies seemed to have met a natural enemy, screaming and hiding everywhere, but when they encountered the Murtlap, which crushed it in all aspects of size, strength, and speed, everything was useless.

From time to time, the corpses of Cornish Pixies fell from the air. Even those Cornish Pixies that钻入缝隙 were撞开 by the Murtlap in a rude posture and rushed over to eat their brains.

Ethan didn't want to waste these corpses, so he summoned the Voldemort Bats from the pendant to devour them clean.

Finally, after feeding them a few energy cubes, he put them away.

The main ingredient in the energy cubes eaten by the Murtlap is dragon blood, and the main ingredient in the Voldemort Bats is Thestral bones, so that their condition and size have been greatly improved during this time.

Without the interference of the Cornish Pixies, Ethan continued to collect goods, putting everything he liked into the box.

Until on a table, Ethan stopped. The box under the rope should contain Ravenclaw's Diadem. Ethan still remembered this scene.

He opened the box, and a gorgeous diadem made entirely of gold, like a soaring eagle, with a dim gemstone inlaid in the middle, lay inside, which was also the symbol of Ravenclaw College.

Legend has it that Rowena Ravenclaw cast a spell on it, and wearing it can increase wisdom, but Ethan dare not try it now.

Voldemort turned this thing into a Horcrux, although it would not affect the person holding it.

But who knows if something unexpected will happen after wearing it? After all, this is already an extremely evil dark magic道具.

Ethan didn't intend to destroy the Horcrux now. When it is destroyed, Voldemort will sense it, especially since he is now in Hogwarts. (Voldemort was almost crazy when the diadem was destroyed. At that time, he only had Nagini as a Horcrux, and he kept it in his sleeve and protected it carefully.)

He collected almost everything he was interested in, and the rest were some wild boar statues, broken cauldrons, and broken tables, chairs, and benches.

His eyes were on the panel, which had been flashing non-stop since he entered the Room of Requirement.

[Room of Requirement]

Please make a wish, I will satisfy you, but everything has a price, are you ready?

Achievement Goal: Enter the Room of Requirement (1/1)

Achievement Reward: A random ancient magic

[Thief]

That shameless guy, put down my treasure!

Achievement Goal: Steal an item (1/1)

Achievement Reward: A random magic

[Holy Thief]