Snakes in Hogwarts

Harry ran hurriedly, and he found that they had come to a fork in the road, with a small path on the left and right, leading into the invisible darkness.

Hagrid and his party were standing at the intersection. They were obviously waiting for him.

This made Harry somewhat embarrassed.

"Harry, why did you fall behind?" Hagrid asked when he trot to catch up with the front team.

He had just been chatting with Andros just now, and almost didn't notice that Harry was behind.

"I~ I was distracted just now." Harry explained in a low voice.

"That won't work! It's dangerous here, and you need to be more attentive in this forest!" Looking at Harry who was still in a daze, Hagrid couldn't help but warned.

"But Hagrid, we've gone so far, and we haven't encountered nothing." Ron grumbled and complained.

From the fear and fear at the beginning, to the present, he has encountered nothing. He took it for granted that this forest might not be as dangerous as the legend.

As soon as Ron's voice fell, there was a noise in the forest on the right.

Whoosh whoosh~

The sound seemed to be something running fast in the woods.

This crow's mouth!

Swearing in a low voice, Andros quickly raised his wand and pointed it at the forest not far away.

Beside him, Hagrid immediately drew an arrow, mounted it on the crossbow, and raised it to shoot.

These two are the reactions of normal people.

As for Harry and Ron, they were standing there with pale faces, seeming to be frightened by the sudden encounter and wondering what to do.

"You guys come behind me!" Hagrid reminded loudly, he also looked a little nervous.

Because the voice is gradually becoming clear, it shows that the mysterious creature in the forest that doesn't know what it is is quickly approaching several people.

This also means that it is likely to be an offensive magical creature, and his group inadvertently broke into its territory.

The air seemed to freeze at this moment, and Andros held his breath, staring attentively at the forest not far away.

The low bushes are shaking in rustle.

In terms of the degree of shaking, this creature does not seem to be very large?

Before he could continue thinking about something, he could feel that the thing was about to emerge from the forest, and before Hagrid could react, Andros' spell had already sounded.

"Be tied up!"

Accompanied by the cold spell sound, four black ropes with the thickness of ordinary people's thumbs drilled from the tip of Andros' rod and shot quickly toward the group of low bushes.

The little thing that doesn't know what it is is hidden here!

What Andros uses is naturally the Living Rope Curse, which is his best spell.

This is also in the original book, in the secret room where the Philosopher's Stone and the Mirror of Eris are hidden, Quirrell conjured up the humble little curse that tied Harry up with a rope.

After nearly a month of continuous practice, Andros has been able to do four purposes with one heart, that is, control four ropes at the same time, and the thickness and length of these ropes have also been significantly improved due to continuous practice.

Speaking of it, the Living Rope Curse should be the most proficient spell used by Andros, combined with the memories of his previous life, he can play this prank spell that most wizards consider to be a small mess.

As for what kind of memory it is, it is inconvenient to confide, cough and cough.

Like the flock of birds, the ropes summoned by the Living Rope Curse are also embodied by Andros' magical power, that is to say, within a certain range, Andros can sense whether the rope touches something.

To use an inappropriate analogy, these ropes are more like part of his body.

Keke, part of the magic in the body.

...

Under the control of Andros, the four ropes got into the bushes like four black snakes that cooperated with each other. They searched quickly inside, and quickly caught the little thing lurking inside.

The ropes were interlaced and tied round and round, and the creature in the bush was firmly tied up. As far as the strength of the struggle is concerned, the creature does not seem to be very big?

Andros waved his magic wand, and the rope extending from the tip of the rod was lifted high, which caused the creature that had been tightly entangled by the rope to be suspended into the air by the rope.

At the same time, Hagrid raised the lantern high, and under the dim light, above the low bushes, a little thing covered with black fluff was screaming.

It was about the size of the palm of an adult wizard's hand, and it looked like a fattened black mouse.

However, unlike an ordinary mouse, it has a long snout like a platypus.

This seems to be?

"A sniff?" Hagrid sighed in relief, then put down the stone crossbow in his hand.

"Don't be nervous, Ender, this is sniffing, not aggressive." He said to Andros next to him. The latter's keen reaction just now surprised him, an old hunter who has lived around the Forbidden Forest for many years.

Can the Living Rope Curse be used in this way?

It's been a long time since I saw such a talented little guy.

...

Is this sniffing?

Andros retracted a part of the rope, brought this creature that looked very much like a mouse in front of him and looked at it carefully. It was the first time he saw this kind of magical creature that was rarely mentioned in the original work.

He found that the front paws of this creature were flat like a shovel, which looked very good for digging in the dirt.

Although the sniffer had been struggling fiercely, it was obviously of no avail, because its limbs were firmly tied up by ropes.

Even the long snout was entangled tightly by the rope, which made it only make a vague squeak.

"This is sniffing, a very magical little guy." Hagrid spread the knowledge of this magical creature to the first-year little wizards beside him.

"They have a docile personality and are not aggressive, and these little guys don't have a preference for anything shiny, so they are especially suitable for finding treasures.

Some wizards who specialize in hunting for treasures or those elves in Gringotts will specially cultivate sniffing as a good helper for locating treasures."

"Cool! Can I have one?" Ron's eyes lit up when he heard that such a shameless little guy could find the treasure.

"I don't recommend you to do this. This kind of thing will demolish your house if you keep it at home. They can destroy everything around you in search of shiny things." Hagrid smiled, and he naturally guessed Draw out what kind of careful thinking Ron has in his head.

"Well, Ender, let this poor little guy down, we should go on."