Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

But it's not easy to leave. Now it's the tree that hides Zoe's figure, but the horses have dispersed to look for clues under Baine's shout, and it will be sooner or later that they will be discovered.

Running behind her back is the last option she can’t make. In any case, she can’t avoid the bows and arrows of a dozen horsemen, and her speed cannot be faster than the horsemen’s hooves. The act of running away behind her back will be regarded as her heart. There is evidence of ghosts.Even though Dumbledore said that the horsemen in the Forbidden Forest would not actively harm students, Zoe was not sure what they would do to a human being suspected of being a criminal.

Zoe tiptoedly moved a step around the tree, just blocking the sight of the horseman who was alerting him to approach this direction.When the horseman left a short distance, she then avoided the sight of the other horsemen.

Seeing one of the trees, Zoe just wanted to move in that direction, and found the right time when no horses were looking here. Zoe just ran a few steps there, and the clicking sound came from her feet. Rang.

"Who!" Zoe did not even want to bend over and roll forward. An arrow pierced into the tree where she was just now. In an instant, dozens of arrows were shot at nearby locations. Standing in the same place dumbly, even with the defensive effect of the iron armor curse, it is impossible to be unscathed.

The ground transmits the sound of horsemen running into Zoe's ears.She stood up and hid behind the tree, another dozen arrows were nailed to the tree, and the broken bark fell to the ground.Zoe noticed not only the front, but also the trail of horsemen on both sides.

"I'm not a prisoner!" she took a deep breath and shouted.

"Humans!" The horses whispered, and Bain's roar sounded in the next second."Get out from behind the tree, human! Don't play tricks!"

Zoe understood that more words would only irritate them. She walked out from behind the tree, and several horsemen were already full of bows, and gleaming arrows were on it.But after seeing Zoe's face, they hesitated to whisper.

"Human, tell us why you are here!" one of the horsemen asked.

"I'm here to collect the materials for making potions. Have you heard of it? Every time I go around." Zoe's statement really got the approval of several horsemen.But some horse people still don't believe her."You have never entered this deep before. Why do you come here!"

"I, I'm lost... I just walked along the road, but I suddenly smelled a strange smell. I cared about it, so I followed the smell and came over." Zoe calmed himself down. Horses also think that their statements are more true.

"Did you chase and kill our countrymen?" Baine looked at her suspiciously.

"No, Baine." At this time, the silver horseman who made Zoe familiar with his eyes slowly stepped forward from behind. Zoe strangely noticed that whenever it passed a horseman, the horseman would deliberately move aside. Move, as if disgusting.

"Prola's wounds must have been caused by beasts. It is impossible for humans to make such lacerations. Their arms are too slender and their teeth are not sharp." Firenze said calmly, but Bainley ignored it. ."Answer me, human!" Among all the horsemen present, it was the only one who had not put down the bow in his hand.

"No, on the contrary, I am very grateful for you to come over." Zoe's voice was very sincere, and the horses looked at her in confusion, "I felt that thing was nearby, and I must have been eyeing it. If it weren't for you Arrived in time, I might die there too."

"We didn't go there to help you." One of the horsemen's voice was cold. "We don't need human thanks, and we won't help humans. We are not your slaves.

"But your behavior allowed me to survive, so I thank you for being polite." Zoe thought about what to do next. It seems that the horsemen can still communicate, at least most of them have agreed with Zoe. The fact that Yi is not a criminal, even if they did not let go of their hostility.

Chapter 52 Apology (Part 1)

"You look familiar." Bain looked at her suspiciously. "Although your face has changed a little from the past... Are you the pony that said strange things in the group?" Its arrow Still facing Zoe's body.

"I saw all that with Dumbledore." Zoe stared into Bain's eyes. She couldn't let him detect the guilty conscience or dodge him, even if the horsemen's intelligence made them tolerant of the cubs.Zoe noticed that the horses looked more impetuous than they were able to talk in the past.

"You and Dumbledore?" Bain repeated."Yes, Dumbledore took me in at the time, and I lived in the castle. Lisa and I were friends ("Horsemen will not interact with humans, let alone be friends!" Bain shouted). The arrow shot threateningly into the trunk of Zoe's right, and Zoe took a deep breath, "I don't care what you think, I and her are friends."

Firenze hurriedly grabbed Baine who wanted to rush out: "It's too late to say this now. Since she said that, we can listen to..."

Baine shook Firenze away, but its goal obviously shifted. It glared at Firenze: "Lisa died because she believed in these hateful humans! I saw my sister’s body, you What kind of horror can you imagine that would torture Lisa like this? The beasts would want to eat and drink, but they would never torture their prey so cruelly. Only humans! Only these selfish and cruel humans, selfish I thought I could dominate the lives of others!"

"But we can listen to her first, Bain!" Firenze blocked Bain's way forward. "You have been dazzled by hatred. She is still a pony. If you really follow our rules, We don't kill the foals." This time some other horsemen finally agreed with Firenze's proposal.

"You want me to let go of this extremely suspicious human being! Firenze, are you guilty of wanting to get close to humans again? Do you think why we will deliberately take you when we go out on patrol now, we need to monitor you, so we can confirm Are you going to continue to dedicate to the entire race and be a proud horseman; or lower your head to those humans, choose to be tied by their reins and be human slaves." Bain warned in a low voice, "Stay back!"

"Unless you are willing to listen to her first." Firenze looked at Bain mildly but firmly.

Bain suddenly raised his front hoof and kicked it against the human half of Ferenze. Ferenze groaned and took a few steps back, looking very painful. Baine did not show mercy.Bain left Ferenze, who was bent over, behind him and walked up to Zoe.

"Tell me everything you know, otherwise, I won't be polite to you." Bain said coldly. "Even if we don't kill humans at will, there are always many ways to teach you profound enough."

"Tell me how Lisa died."

"I think she died after fighting with someone." Zoe said."I know that Lisa must have defended her dignity before she died. Faced with such a dangerous situation, my sister will never sit back and die. Lisa said that she will become the best in the entire ethnic group. I always believe that At this point." Bain shaved the dirt under his feet irritably.

"I think she was to protect me." Zoe said sadly. "I lost consciousness at the time and didn't know what happened. When I wake up, she has... passed away."

"It's because of you that my sister died. If she hadn't met you, she would never have encountered such a thing!" Bain roared."You're right." Zoe admitted bluntly, which made Bain suspicious.

"Do you admit this?" it said slowly, staring at Zoe carefully.

"Yes. It is because of me that will make you lose your sister and your precious people." Zoe lowered his head, "I wanted to apologize to you, but now I know this behavior is just self-satisfaction. , Because the loss has already been caused, and the damage cannot be erased. Just an apology will not solve any problems."

The fertility rate of horses is not high. Although their numbers are never as scarce as giants or dragons, they value and care for their cubs far more than the former two. Horses attach great importance to children, regardless of the same race. They are still different races. They think that children have always been the hope of a race, so they also extreme rejection of killing or hurting children, whether it is active injury or passive acceptance.

"Of course, I will never forgive—" Baine choked. He has seen a lot of things in his life. It is one of the best hunters. Its bow and arrow are fast and accurate. It is not a race. It has been seen the most in the world, because it has lived in the forbidden forest since it was born, but its prestige in the ethnic group is one of the best.Horses usually do not need an absolute ruler. They have always judged the major events of the ethnic group based on their opinions, but it is only natural that a leader-type role can influence the opinions of more ethnic people.

It has always been hostile to humans, not to mention that after Lisa's death, it feels that only the hatred of humans is left in its heart. Even if it is a cub of humans, it must be patient to restrain the hatred and killing intent in its heart. .Although the horses are xenophobic, the hatred that has become stronger in recent years cannot be separated from Bain's influence, even if there are many behaviors that he did not actively want to trigger.It led other horses to reject Firenze, because Firenze actually suggested that it is time for the horses to establish contact with humans in some matters, in order to spend the upcoming "hardest days".

Bain didn’t want to bother about it. He declared that horsemen should never sell themselves to be "enslaved" by humans. This is also one of the traditions that horsemen rely on for survival. It is precisely because of their disregard for the world that they can stay out of the war. Get out and enjoy your peaceful days.

However, the traitor Firenze wanted to tell every horseman that, based on the predictions they made by observing the starry sky, when the power of Mars reached its peak, the cloud of war would float on top of every creature.It tells them that this time is different from any time in the past. Horses cannot and should not stay out of the matter. It is time for them to establish partial contact with other races. At least in this war, no one has the opportunity to choose to watch.

Some horses have been moved by it, at least the elders have agreed with it. The identity of the elder is the reason for all horses to be convinced. The horses who can become the elders of a race must be recognized and selected by the group. A horse man worthy of this status.However, before the horses were thoroughly persuaded, the elder passed away.

Firenze suddenly lost his greatest support. It was originally disgusted by most of his compatriots because of his stance toward humans. Before the death of the elder, he had not won enough support. Most of the adult horses in the race agreed more. Bain’s idea, they follow tradition, tradition has never betrayed them, and nothing has happened that would make them feel painful.Firenze’s predictions have been predicted by many horses. They are very clear that the war is getting closer, but many horses do not agree that this time the horses will be involved in the war. They can continue the past countless successes. Experience, stand on the sidelines with cold eyes, and be a pure bystander.

Human beings are stupid, because they always repeat the same mistakes. They almost have to wage war with every race different from themselves, take away the living space of other races, and regard their status as the supremacy.When their absolute authority was established, they began to kill each other again and again, as if it had to be this way to get the golden ring that symbolized power.

This is the human being that Bain has learned from the narratives of his predecessors, a kind of incurable, cruel and despicable creature, but originally it was only in a contemptuous mood. For Bain, what is the human being? In fact, it has nothing to do with it.

It wasn't until Lisa had confided in it that Baine knew that his sister was making friends with a human near the Forbidden Forest.Of course it tried to stop their friendship, it followed Lisa, trying to find a place where they met.But Lisa is indeed very good, and Bain was once proud of being left behind by his sister.Because it means that Lisa does have the talent to fulfill her dream.

At first, it was just because of worry, Baine was thrown off by Lisa after following several times, and he didn't pay much attention to this matter. It was impossible for him to waste patrol work every day on finding his sister.And this time of relaxation has also become the source of pain for Bain. It has recalled this scene countless times. If it continues to track his sister's whereabouts, will it have a chance to save Lisa and avoid this distressing fact?

The intense loss and pain that could not be saved quickly turned into hatred for the murderer over time, but the elders told them that they could not find the human world, that they could not continue to expand this matter, and they could not take the initiative to kill people, because then humans would do it. Will not continue to tolerate their long-term neighbors, recklessness will put the companions into crisis, this is not allowed.

Chapter 53 Apology (Part 2)

In the end, the elders persuaded most of the members.In this way, Bain’s revenge action was stopped. He could only walk irritably around the camp all day long, spending more time practicing and patrolling than usual, completely depleting his energy, so as to prevent himself from getting worse. Think more.It personally retrieved Lisa's body and participated in the ceremony to let Lisa rest in peace.No one can understand Bain's mood at the time, but after that, all that remains in this world is a horseman who has a strong aversion and hatred for humans.

But now, Bain can only watch the incredible scene in front of him. Not only it, but other horsemen are also at a loss. They have never had such an experience. In the hearts of most horsemen, human beings They are all perfidious. They will never treat non-human races equally and are used to despising them. Therefore, the horses decisively classified themselves as animals and did not actively conflict with humans, but chose to go there. Retreat in an off-travel environment.

Sure enough, humans stopped persecuting the horse people, and they even cleverly set up a subordinate organization related to the horse people in the Department of Magical Animal Management and Control, which means that the horse people “accepted” the rule of the human wizard.But every horse sneered at this, and they established a tradition of never establishing a relationship with humans.

In Baine's life that he was not too young, probably only Rubeus Hagrid could be regarded as the human being he identified. Even Dumbledore was not attractive enough for him.It doesn’t think that Dumbledore’s rumors alone can make it trust the wizard. Dumbledore rarely comes to the Forbidden Forest and rarely comes into contact with Baine, especially when he asks the horses not to pursue the killing of Lisa. The murderer of Bain even dropped Bain's perception to a freezing point.

Only Hagrid, it was willing to give him a little face.Hagrid is a frequent visitor of the Forbidden Forest. His true love and care for all the creatures in the Forbidden Forest are equal. Even the horse people who are biased towards humans have to agree.Bain agreed with Hagrid's sincerity, and he understood that this man was a trustworthy person, even if he disliked some of Hagrid's actions.

"Stand up for me." Bain's voice trembled, but his face was still as hard as a rock.Baine stared at Zoe, who knelt on his knees but still looked at it stubbornly, regardless of the chaotic voices of the companions behind him.

Zoe raised her head, just maintaining the original movement, she put her hands on her knees and said nothing.He looked unwilling to stand up anyway.

"Stand up, human. I'm not reminding you. This is a warning." Bain drew his arrow and pointed it at Zoe's head. "I count three. If you don't stand up, I will attack." you."

It seemed to see the action behind it: "Ronan! Catch Firenze for me!" Although the other horseman did what it said, he looked very worried."We shouldn't attack the foal, Baine."

"As long as this girl stands up, I won't hurt her, she will stand up to survive." Baine gritted his teeth, it stood still, his bow and arrow ready to go.Zoe actually wanted to stand up immediately, she felt her whole body trembling, Baine was not just scaring her, she didn't want to die at all.But her feelings told her that she shouldn't stand up now.This is probably the only opportunity for her to express repentance. This is all the atonement she can show without frankly telling the horses.

Bain counted three aloud, every time it seemed like a urging death was about to swing his sickle.When it counted to three, Zoe closed his eyes.She could only hear the whistling sound very lightly and quickly, then something rubbed on her right cheek, and there was a gust of wind, followed by a muffled sound of objects sinking into the soil.

It took a long time for her to notice a pain in the area where her cheek was rubbed, and the touch of what liquid was flowing down. Zoe knew what it was without having to reach out to touch it.