At Hogwarts, the tradition of the Quidditch post-game social evening continues.
However, this time the host changed from Gryffindor last time to Hufflepuff House, which won the game this weekend.
Unlike the other three houses, as the house with the largest population in Hogwarts, the Hufflepuff common room alone is obviously unable to host a medium-sized social party open to all students in the school. After discussion, they decided to open the first floor."
Helga's Dungeon" serves as the main venue.
"Wow, that's so cool-"
Lee Jordan followed the crowd and climbed into the Hufflepuff barrel door. Then, under the guidance of the Hufflepuffs, he walked down the corridor on the side of the common room for less than a hundred meters, and his eyes suddenly became open.
, his breathing suddenly stagnated, and his heart seemed to be clenched tightly by something.
A huge underground world full of wildness and natural atmosphere is coming.
The world seemed to be upside down.
Rugged mountain rock formations spread toward the endless distance at the top of the underground world.
Below is a meadow that has been simply tidied up. Many students are running, playing, and enjoying picnics on the meadow.
On the edge of the meadow, dozens of fruit and vegetable crops are cultivated in an orderly manner.
Since experiencing last year's "Garden War", Hufflepuff House has made a concerted effort to reclaim the upper two floors of "Helga's Dungeon" for growing daily crops and transplanting some of the plants that originally lived in it.
Magical plants also extend downwards.
However, because there are too many dangerous and rare magical plants growing in the area below, the areas below the fourth floor are still sealed.
"Well, this is the underground world developed by Ms. Helga Hufflepuff during her time at school..."
Not far away from Lee Jordan, Susan Bones, who was in charge of guiding, turned back and explained with great pride.
"Since Ms. Hufflepuff didn't name this place, we usually call it 'Helga's Dungeon'. It is said to have eight floors in total, which corresponds to the main body of Hogwarts Castle, but no one has ever descended there.
Going to such a deep place - on the one hand, the terrain environment becomes more and more complex as you go below, and on the other hand, the magical protection below is extremely tight, and every headmaster of Hufflepuff will routinely reinforce it."
"Has no one ever explored those unknown areas?" Lee Jordan asked curiously.
"Why are you going? Lift your feet - don't step on the child -"
Susan blinked in confusion and asked casually, while carefully raising her feet to let go of the vines spreading on the ground.
"Uh, oh oh."
After Li Qiaodan and others were stunned for half a second, they immediately reacted and walked past the plants in the same manner.
You have to pay attention to these things in the Hufflepuff House lounge. If you don't want to be nagged all night, then you'd better control your hands and feet and don't step on or touch various plants. As a medicine that is almost integrated with herbalism
Academy, even a blade of grass here may be in danger.
"Well, I mean, aren't you curious? You don't want to know what the place down there is like and what kind of plants there are..."
Before Li Jordan could speak again, a boy with a camera hanging around his neck came out and asked curiously.
Even though he had learned a lot from newspapers and books before, Colin Creevey had never seen an introduction to this huge and mysterious underground world anywhere. Compared to the vast underground city in front of him, Slater
The secret room that Lin talked about was simply too weak.
"There is some curiosity. But the professors have explicitly prohibited private exploration."
Susan Bones explained softly and expertly while walking down the winding rock stairs.
"Not to mention us current students, even professors must go through layers of approval when exploring the lower levels - as one of the four founders of Hogwarts, Helga Hufflepuff's experience in herbalism
Her achievements are unfathomable. She has built complete and independent natural worlds below Hogwarts, and has planted many rare magical plants, including many high-risk and ancient species. We should not disturb them."
"But……"
"Okay, Li, today is not a castle archeology class—"
At this moment, a rough voice came from behind Li Jordan and others.
Everyone turned their heads and looked back, only to see Hagrid struggling to squeeze out of the underground city passage "above", each holding two "small wooden barrels" that were almost as thick as their waists. One of the barrels was
One was filled with a variety of dishes, and the other was full of chunks of raw meat.
"If you want to listen to the story, you can go to the picnic area below and listen to it later, but this passage cannot be blocked forever."
As Hagrid spoke, he shook the wooden barrel of raw meat downwards.
"Everyone down here is still hungry, just waiting for the meat and food in my hand to arrive..."
Due to the strange magical protection in "Helga's Dungeon", house elves cannot use transformation spells in this area.
Therefore, tonight's Hufflepuff House social evening was divided into larger areas. All the armchairs in the common room above were temporarily withdrawn to the empty classroom outside the lounge, and the entire lounge was temporarily arranged into a medium-sized
Big size buffet area.
In contrast, the open and comfortable meadow below is the main venue tonight, or in other words - an "outdoor" picnic and autumn outing venue.
"These are Moon-Crazy Beasts. There are currently no such beasts in the Forbidden Forest. They are raised by Professor Scamander..."
Professor Kettle Byrne said with a smile, while scattering the fodder in his hand and introducing it to the little wizards surrounding him.
Directly in front of him, a large group of alpaca-like gray creatures with long necks and two bulging blue eyes on their heads that took up 80% of their faces gathered cautiously and excitedly in front of the hay pile, looking at the opposite side with the same curious eyes.
Those human cubs of different heights.
(picture)
"Be careful, the moonbeast is a very shy creature. Wild moonbeasts usually only come out of their caves when the moon is full. Senior students should still remember what I said, Weasley -
—Well, I’m talking about you, Charlie. I’ll leave this to you. I heard that you were also engaged in magical animal-related work after graduation. I just took this opportunity to give lectures to the junior students. By the way, I’d like to see if you have any
Regress—"
Professor Kettle Burn looked at the little wizards around him and waved to Charlie Weasley who was standing on the edge.
Immediately afterwards, the old wizard handed the bucket of straw to Charlie who was watching the fun very naturally. He walked to the meadow not far away and sat down comfortably. He picked up the potato wedges placed on the tablecloth and ate them.
Get up - it's not class time now.
In fact, if he wasn't really worried about these children being alone with magical animals, he wouldn't have even planned to come over.
However, if you count carefully, the senior magical beast experts who can control the field in this space are almost a collection of the new and old top lineups in the wizarding world today. Except for him, the magical beast professor who is about to retire, there are many people who live in Hogmore.
Professor Grallamp from the village, Professor Scamander who retired and returned to Hogwarts, Hagrid, the gamekeeper at Hogwarts, Diggory, an official of the Department for the Control of Magical Creatures...
Not to mention, there are top students at Hogwarts such as Charlie and Bill. Such a lineup can even organize a visit to the Forbidden Forest for the whole school.
Kettle Byrne looked around at the natural environment, a relieved smile appeared on her old face.
Beside the bushes at the edge of the meadow, Grallamp was supervising the little wizards feeding the Bowtruckle.
Fresh dew is undoubtedly the rarest and most delicious gift at this time, and with the help of the senior students, even the little wizards who have not taken Care of Magical Creatures class can greet the Bowtruckle appropriately. This scene is simply amazing
The image he once dreamed of in class.
Several fortune-telling birds flew across the "sky" and landed on the ancient trees covered with vines, watching the lively crowd below with vigilance.
Under the branches, Percy and Penello were holding hands, introducing magical animals to the little ones around them word by word.
After an afternoon of preparation and communication, there are now at least nearly twenty kinds of magical animals on the first floor of "Helga's Dungeon". Some of them are guests from the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, while some are living in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts.
The "little" companion in Scamander's suitcase.
The night outside the castle gradually fell, without affecting the underground world at all.
The magical fireflies that live in Hufflepuff's fireplaces and corridors fill this small world.
The glimmering light shone from the rock formations above, like the moonlight at midnight in summer, and several horned camel beasts strolled leisurely on the edge of the meadow.
However, apart from observing these giant beasts from a distance, the little wizards did not choose to get close - on their only path, a three-headed hell dog the size of a small hill was lying on the meadow in a daze.
On his forehead, an owl the size of a fist jumped back and forth with great air.
In front of the three-headed dog, Elena was leaning comfortably on the piled grass.
Lying on her knees was a pure golden little unicorn, docilely squinting its eyes and leaning on the girl's arms, letting her comb its hair.
However, compared to how it looked a few months ago, the small horn on its head has finally grown out, but its coat color has not faded to its adult silver yet.
"Tsk, that's surprising. I didn't expect unicorns to trust and rely on you so much..."
Newt Scamander glanced at the docile little guy, his expression was a little surprised, and he said in a complicated tone.
As the most beloved pure creature among magical animals, whether they are Muggles or wizards, unicorns not only possess powerful magical powers, but also have the acumen to see into people's hearts and an almost picky cleanliness.
Stay close to any wizard with evil intentions.
You know, even Newt himself rarely has the experience of close contact with unicorns.
Except for simple-minded and kind-hearted girls, unicorns will almost never let any human touch them, let alone such...
"What's wrong? As a kind-hearted little angel, isn't this a matter of course?"
Elena raised her eyebrows, gently stroked the golden hair of the little guy on her thigh, and glanced at the old freckles rather strangely.
The unicorns at Hogwarts are not these complex, superficial adults. They know very well that real angels are not spotless and stay away from all killings. Even if they are haunted by the innocent souls of small animals, they still spread their wings to protect them.
Their patron saint.
"Uh...well...it seems that my research is not enough-"
Newt Scamander paused in his words, took a deep look at Elena, and shook his head in confusion.
Compared with the complexity of human hearts, for so many years, he has always believed in the intuitive judgment of magical animals from the bottom of his heart.
However, as time went by, Newt became increasingly unable to see the little witch clearly.
As the Fairy Queen of Gringotts, Elena is undoubtedly synonymous with bloodthirsty, coldness, and cunning. Not to mention that she is also the heir to the first Dark Lord Grindelwald and the founder of many huge organizations that conspire to control the wizarding world... so much
Their identities are all extremely evil.
However, on the other hand, she is also the future patron saint of the wizarding world that Dumbledore values, and she is a witch who can win the friendship and recognition of unicorns.
Forget it, maybe it's his own problem?
After struggling slightly and thinking for a moment, Newt Scamander shook his head, choosing to trust the judgment of the unicorns.
A dark wizard who was as good at disguise as Grindelwald back then could not hide his evil aura in front of animals. Perhaps this is why Professor Dumbledore chose to believe her - she was indeed trustworthy and could make people
One can safely leave the future to her fire.
"Ahem, okay, then Miss Kaslana, you just said..."
Newt suppressed the confusion in his heart and picked up the things he had not finished talking about just now.
He frowned, looked at Elena's face solemnly, and his voice gradually became cautious and serious.
"Starting from this semester, all students at Hogwarts are encouraged to tame magical animals? You may not know that decades ago, the Ministry of Magic and the Hogwarts School Board explicitly prohibited this behavior, even if you have the means
Convince them to change, but what happened in the past..."
"Well, I know that there have been two decisions to expel students from Hogwarts this century, both of which were related to magical beasts."
Elena nodded casually, raised her eyes to look at Newt, and said calmly.
"One of them was Hagrid. He was accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets and raising high-risk magical creatures. He was eventually sentenced to be expelled and had his wand broken. However, with the recent public trial of Peter Pettigrew, Mr. Hagrid was finally able to overturn the verdict. So strictly speaking
To put it bluntly, in the past century, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has been the only decision to expel a student, and it was also the case of magical beasts that prompted the revision of the school rules."
As she spoke, she took out an old piece of parchment from her chest and handed it to Newt.
【Name】Newt Artemis Fido Scamander
【Birthplace】England, United Kingdom
[Reason for this violation] Illegal possession of magical animals that can endanger human life, violation of Animal Welfare Law 101/304
【Time】1913
【Location】Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, England
[Illegal level] 3
[Magical animal species] Demon ermine, level 3
[Judgment] Expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
"This is the judgment file from that year. Well, it cost a little money and galleons to get it—"
Elena glanced at Newt, who had a complicated expression, shrugged, waved her hands nonchalantly and said.
"Let's just give it to you as a Christmas gift in advance. You probably won't think about overturning the verdict anyway. After all, it doesn't make sense to you, the short-lived 'former Hogwarts Headmaster'. And what I want to say is,
There is no reason for Hogwarts students to be punished for your mistakes, right?"
"As an ancient magic school, if the students are not even qualified to cultivate magic pets, then what kind of wizards are they?"