Chapter 119 The end of the semester and the invitation of the centaurs
After walking around the fortress, Ryan returned to the school dormitory with satisfaction. After cleaning up the blood stains on his clothes and hands, he lay on the bed feeling depressed.
Because this time receiving guests not only gained nothing but also lost a lot. Ryan decided to wait until she woke up and ask her which world she came from. Maybe he could get some gains. Ryan thought to comfort himself, and then fell into a deep sleep.
Before I fell asleep, I heard my roommates excitedly discussing today’s game.
The excitement of winning the Quidditch championship soon passed, because the final exam was coming. There was no way to escape this without the Basilisk causing trouble, and the students fell into an atmosphere of tension and anxiety.
During this period, some small changes also occurred in the school. One day, Lucius Malfoy came to the school with a house elf and entered the principal's office. Then he came out of the principal's office alone with an earthy face.
From that day on, Draco no longer walked around the school arrogantly, as if he was the master here. On the contrary, he now had a gloomy face all day long, as if he was full of resentment.
There was a legend in the school that because Lucius had done something wrong, he had to release his house elves under pressure from the principal, and he also lost his right to vote for the school director position.
It seems that Dumbledore found out a lot from that notebook and forced the Malfoy family to make concessions.
In addition to what happened with Lockhart, Rita Skeeter, the wizarding world's greatest paparazzi, wrote and published an article called "The Rise of the Liar."
She questioned Lockhart's adventures by finding various contradictions in Lockhart's books and his poor performance at Hogwarts. More loopholes were found in Lockhart's weak defense.
Finally three days before the exam, a team of Aurors came to the school and arrested Lockhart. Because he had once cast a spell to steal the experience of an old wizard in the United States. After the report of Rita Skeeter spread, several
The wizard came out to testify that the werewolf problem was not solved by Lockhart. Therefore, the Magical Congress of the United States of America sent a letter of inquiry to the Ministry of Magic.
A week later, the Wizengamot sentenced Lockhart to three years in prison and compensated a large sum of money to the victim. Ryan and his classmates also celebrated a little. At this time, the school ended the final exam, and he and a group of classmates were enjoying this
During the rare free time, there was enough time to celebrate Lockhart's overturn. The only unhappy people at the celebration were the Weasley brothers, because they found that the expensive novel they spent money on has now become a worthless waste.
Paper.
Due to Lockhart's arrest, this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts class was set by Snape. The difficult test questions made the students who had been herding sheep for a whole year howl. Fortunately, the practical content was set by Professor Flitwick.
, he came up with an exam plan that was close to actual practice and gave many people a chance to save their exam results.
The examination room was in a classroom with many obstacles arranged in the room. The examination content required the candidates to use magic to shoot down the weapons in the hands of the movable dummies that suddenly appeared when crossing the obstacles. Ryan won the first place in this examination.
I have to say that practical experience helped him a lot.
A few nights before the results came out, while Ryan was studying magic in the Emerald Dream, he received an invitation from the centaur Betty. Betty invited him to participate in this year's tribal foal's coming-of-age ceremony.
The foal has grown up? Ryan recalled the memory of the Viking wizard and found that this is one of the most important rituals of the centaurs, allowing the power of nature to bless the centaurs who came of age that year. Only foreigners recognized by nature may be invited to watch the ceremony.
.In memory, the tribe where the Viking wizard belonged when he was young had a very good relationship with several nearby centaur tribes, but only one old shaman received an invitation.
This rare thing must be seen. The next night, Ryan came to the edge of the Forbidden Forest as agreed, and met Wolf, the wise giant wolf who came to pick him up.
"Betty asked me to say sorry to you, because they are very busy today and can't spare anyone, so let me pick you up." After seeing Ryan, Wolfe explained to Ryan.
"It's okay, we shouldn't bother them at this time. Let us go there by ourselves." After saying this, Ryan followed the path and prepared to take action. However, he was stopped by Wolfe:
"My friend, I think you should let me carry it. Because before I set off, the auspicious time divined by the druids in the tribe was slightly earlier than in previous years. If you walked over, you would probably miss the ceremony." said
After finishing, Wolfe slightly bent his knees and motioned for Ryan to come up.
Ryan, who had poor riding skills, lay down on his back, and then at Wolfe's reminder, he grabbed the hair near his neck with both hands to hold himself in place. Wolfe smelled very clean, and there was no peculiar smell in the fur.
After confirming that Ryan was lying down, Wolfe slowly accelerated until he started running in the jungle. Ryan saw the trees on both sides retreating quickly, and the whistling wind came to his ears.
After running for about 20 minutes, Wolfe stopped by a river. Ryan immediately rolled off his back and lay on the ground retching. Because the difference between wolves and horses is very big, especially in
When running, the range of movement of the wolf's back was much greater than that of the horse, which made Ryan feel extremely uncomfortable after being jostled for 20 minutes. He would rather walk over than stay on the wolf's back.
"Hey, are you okay? The book said that humans also have wolf cavalry. Why can't you stand it for a while? I wanted to chat with you when I picked you up, but you didn't say a word the whole way." Wolfe was a little surprised.
said.
Ryan raised his head weakly and said: "My friend, I couldn't open my mouth because of the jolt just now, otherwise I would spit directly on you. And to be honest, I think you should distinguish between literary creation and reality.
The difference. Why didn’t you say that there are dragon knights flying all over the sky in the book, but I don’t think either of us has seen a living dragon, right?”
"Yes." Wolfe looked like he suddenly understood, but his eyes widened and ears raised looked more like a husky.
At this time, Ryan calmed down and looked around. The stars on the other side of the river showed the location of the centaur village.
There are great differences between centaurs and human villages. The biggest feature is that no matter how big each centaur village is, it can always maintain perfect harmony with the irreconcilable natural forces surrounding them. Just like the person who visited the centaur village in memory
As ancient Viking shamans said, perhaps among all races, centaurs and horses have a close connection with their surrounding environment, and they subconsciously have an awareness of the necessary balance between themselves and nature.
The horse people will never let any member starve, freeze, or be short of supplies, but they will not ask too much from nature. They will regularly convert various sources of living supplies from nature to ensure the redevelopment of wild life populations.
For example, they will adopt crop rotation methods in farming in order to maintain the fragile natural balance.
Under the illumination of the light, Ryan saw the Forbidden Forest horse people's village built on a quiet open space by the river. The shacks or huts were built from the rich raw materials in the forest. They did not look gorgeous, but they had a unique sense of warmth.
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The river was a bit fast, but not wide. Ryan swung across the river through the hook rope, and then came to the entrance of the village with Wolfe. There was already a centaur waiting for them there.