Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 34: Enter the Forbidden Forest

Matthew Wakefield never imagined that he would go on an "adventure" into the depths of the Forbidden Forest in the second week of school.

Although he is accompanied by a teacher, this Professor Kettleburn does not seem to be much more reliable than Hagrid...

"It looks like you're well prepared." Looking at the long-sleeved wizard robe, riding boots and dragon leather gloves on Matthew, Professor Kettleburn commented:

"Sensibly, I remember a Ravenclaw girl at the beginning of last term wearing a tutu for after-school practice...Merlin's beard, I just remember that poor girl crying after the end of the day It's been almost half an hour..."

"That...Professor Kettleburn!" Matthew asked softly, "What exactly is a vampire?"

"A very vicious magical creature!" Professor Kettleburn commented: "The body is about the size of a fox, the whole body is light gray with a hint of blue, the eyes are as big as eggs, and the fangs are very long. They have long spines. They like to sneak up on domestic animals and small animals and **** their blood dry..."

"...Of course, in fact, vampires are just a very weak magical creature, and they hardly attack Muggles or wizards actively... It's just that this group of **** in the Forbidden Forest not only killed one Nesting my chickens, and attacking a litter of rabbits I released three weeks ago, it is an unforgivable crime..."

Chicken... rabbit... This blood-sucking monster sounds very weak! Matthew thought to himself.

Then there is a high probability that this "adventure" will not encounter any danger!

"Take this!" At this moment, Professor Kettleburn stuffed a teapot into Matthew's hand.

"This is?" Matthew was taken aback for a moment. This exquisite teapot was exactly the one he saw on the round table before.

After taking the teapot, he could clearly feel that the thing was heavy, and there seemed to be something in it, and it was a living thing!

"If you encounter danger, you can smash this teapot, and the little guy inside will protect you!" Professor Kettleburn explained: "Okay, Wakefield, let's go!"

Matthew looked at the teapot in his hand...it seemed, it still felt unreliable.

……

Since the sky is not yet fully lit, especially when entering the Forbidden Forest, Professor Kettleburn also brought a lamp.

He walked in front, while Matthew walked behind, and the two came to the edge of the Forbidden Forest together.

Then, Professor Kettleburn took the lead in walking into a narrow path hidden deep in the black jungle.

It was dark and silent in the Forbidden Forest; Matthew could hear the babbling of water, and there was evidently a stream somewhere nearby; and besides, he could hear Professor Kettleburn whistling.

Since entering the Forbidden Forest, the professor of the Protection of Magical Creatures class has been whistling in a frivolous tone.

And it's particularly ugly!

More importantly, Matthew still had a teapot in his hand, so he couldn't cover his ears.

After enduring like this for about five minutes——

"Meow!" A cat meowed from ahead.

"You're finally here, little Tom!" Professor Kettleburn stopped whistling, he squatted down, and said kindly.

Then, out of the bushes, a cat emerged.

To be more precise, it is a cat-like creature... It is a little bigger than a normal domestic cat, with various spots on its fur, particularly large ears, and sharp teeth; in a sense, Perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that it is a little tiger.

"Come on, Tom!" Professor Kettleburn took out a ham from nowhere, and threw it in the direction of "little tiger".

The "little tiger" sniffed the ham, picked it up with his mouth, and swaggered towards the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

Professor Kettleburn hurriedly motioned for Matthew to follow.

"Tom is a cat. He is very smart and familiar with the environment in the Forbidden Forest. He can help us find the nest of vampires." At the same time, he explained: "Of course, sometimes it So smart..."

While speaking, Professor Kettleburn glanced at the ham in Tom's mouth with some regret.

……

With Maolizi leading the way, the rest of the journey seemed to go much smoother.

They walked into the Forbidden Forest for a while and came to a fork in the road... Tom put down the ham and sniffed vigorously on both sides of the fork in the road. the road on the right.

Professor Kettleburn looked relaxed and at ease, while Matthew looked around very curiously, looking at those weird animals and plants very curiously.

Every now and then, a ray of morning light falls from among the leaves above.

By chance, Matthew suddenly saw a silver-blue bloodstain on a fallen leaf~IndoMTL.com~ He quickly stopped and wiped his eyes, but the light suddenly dimmed again.

"Hurry up, Wakefield, don't be left behind alone. You must know that there are werewolves in the Forbidden Forest!" Professor Kettleburn urged ahead.

Matthew could only follow quickly.

They were passing a mossy stump when suddenly Tom stopped, and then Professor Kettleburn stopped.

In the bushes ahead, there is something moving faintly, and it seems to be very large and numerous...

Professor Kettleburn, who had been joking before, suddenly became serious.

Then Matthew saw him raise his wand.

There was a bang, a bang, and a few ropes emerged from the end of his wand and flew into the bushes.

Then only the roar of a man was heard, and then there was a tumble on the other side of the bush.

More than ten seconds later, a half-man, half-horse thing fell over from the other side of the bush... Above the waist was a human, with black hair and beard, but below the waist was the body of a horse, with the body of a horse behind it. Dragging a long pony tail.

It was a centaur, but Professor Kettleburn's rope had easily subdued it.

Professor Kettleburn did not continue to look at the firmly bound centaur, his gaze was still looking at the bushes——

His voice also became stern: "The horsemen, you have violated the agreement signed with Professor Grindelwald, and you dare to leave the habitat assigned to you!"

Matthew noticed that the wand, which had been in Professor Kettleburn's left hand, was now in his right hand, the prosthetic arm.