"Helen, don't stop, keep running!" On the path from the Forbidden Forest to Hogwarts Castle, Ron stopped and shouted at Helen in front of him.

"Ronald?" Helen slowed her pace and turned around.

"Don't come here, I need to help Hermione—" Ron said with a wave of his hand, "Go back to the castle and call the other professors for help!" ”

"But...... Ronald? Helen looked hesitant.

"Listen to me! Hurry up, what you do is also important! ”

Ron said, and when he turned around, he pulled his legs and sped along the path he had come.

“…… Yes, I'm 'Ronald'! As he ran, he muttered to himself, "Although you are the only one who calls me this book, that will be enough!" ”

However, before he could get far, a spell suddenly shot out and struck him in the back of the heart. A strong force with the inertia of running suddenly caused him to slam himself onto the ground in front of him.

“…… Oops, Helen...... I didn't protect her......" In the moments before he passed out, he suddenly reacted to Helen's safety.

“…… Back...... I'm going to be scolded by Hermione again. ”

At the same time that Ron fell to the ground, a dark shadow suddenly streaked through the air, and it swept towards the castle with great speed. It was Marca's owl Marfa, and when it caught it in the air, it landed on top of the West Tower.

"Click—"

Marfa's hard, sharp beak pecked the ring on her foot in a few strokes.

……

"Stop! Don't try to escape! ”

At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Sokas propped up the trunk of a tree in one hand and smoothly climbed over the bushes to chase Hermione and Luna, who were running on the lawn.

They didn't choose to return to Hogwarts Castle, which was not far away, but the view from the lawn was not advantageous for the fleeing party.

Therefore, these two girls, who are both very smart, invariably have a plan to go back to the Forbidden Forest.

"You saved me just now...... Thank you......" Hermione, who was running behind Luna, said as she ran, "...... Now, I want to return to where I was. ”

"Agreed." Luna nodded.

"Broken bones!"

When another magic spell struck behind them, the two people who had been running along the edge of the Forbidden Forest immediately rushed to their sides, and without saying a word, they rushed into the Forbidden Forest again.

Sokath's spell hits a tree, and for a moment the sawdust flies, but it doesn't hurt Luna and Hermione.

"Damn," Socas said indignantly as he ran, "you're going to be clever, do you think you'll be able to run through the woods?" ”

His movements were fast, his running speed and physical agility were far from comparable to those of Luna and Hermione, and the distance between the two sides had been much shorter than at the beginning.

The trees in the Forbidden Forest grow so densely that if you run around in them, it is easy for people who enter without permission to get lost.

This vast woodland is rarely visited, and probably most of the visitors except Hagrid will lose their way in it.

To be honest, Luna and Hermione are actually regular visitors to the Forbidden Forest, but even if they come in on weekdays, they are only operating on the periphery.

Now that they are back in the Forbidden Forest, they naturally won't choose to run with fate, because they are purposeful.

“…… Luna, are you okay? ”

Although these two little witches are not very good at sports, compared to Hermione, who usually takes pleasure in a daze, Luna is a little more difficult.

This spurious run caused Luna's physical strength to drop dramatically, and she even felt that her legs were a little disobedient.

"Can't stop here, that guy is catching up." Hermione said anxiously as she took Luna's arm around her.

"I ...... Got it. Luna struggled forward with heavy steps.

The two of them ran along the edge of the devil's web in the Forbidden Forest, occasionally turning back and casting a spell to stop Sokas as he continued to approach.

After running almost around the area covered with the devil's web, they finally saw the flame again—the one that Luna had lit with the Fire Charm earlier, and the fire was clearly bigger than before.

"You can't run, can you?"

As Luna and Hermione stood still in front of the fire, the bushes behind them shook, and Sokas appeared there.

"Why don't you run away? Well? Sokas walked towards this direction with his wand in hand, "It's stupid to be blocked by a fire that you have set yourself!" ”

"I don't know...... Who is stupid? Hermione gasped.

"Hard mouth!" Sokas glared at him and shouted angrily, "Drill your heart and cut your bones—"

"Bang!"

A bright flash of fire erupted in front of Hermione, and Sokath's spell was broken.

"Drill Heart Curse!" A sonorous voice came from the forest beside Hermione, with a look of disbelief, "How dare you? ”

"Professor McGonagall!" Hermione immediately shouted, "You're here! ”

"Damn, that's ......" Sokas's face changed slightly when he heard the voice, "It's all that stinky girl's fault, and my plans are all messed up!" ”

After Professor McGonagall suddenly appeared, he finally understood Hermione and Luna's intentions to return here. In fact, if he hadn't been bent on catching them, Sokas wouldn't have thought of this.

"Hermione? Luna? ”

As McGonagall stepped out of the woods, another figure followed.

"Harry?" Hermione said happily, "It's great you're okay! ”

"Get out of here!"

Professor McGonagall frowned slightly, then held out her wand. In an instant, a silent spell shot out quickly, and the speed was so fast that Sokas's heart was startled.

"Can't be hardwired!"

After only a little judgment, he did not hesitate to pounce to the side, and was about to run back into the bushes.

Professor McGonagall didn't show any surprise when she saw this. With a calm wave of her wand, the bush in front of Sokas suddenly twisted and slammed into his waist in a timely manner.

Blocked by Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration, Socas immediately rolled over and got up, leaping nimbly in the opposite direction, as if intent on getting out of McGonagall's sight.

But at this moment, a puff of black and gray powder suddenly sprayed at him, and he was caught off guard and immediately sprinkled all over.

Before he could react, he saw several black vines suddenly flying up from the ground, wrapping Sokas in mid-air directly in mid-air.

“…… Pomona. Professor McGonagall put away her wand and called out in that direction.

"Minerva, let's go back with the children first!" Professor Sprout slowly stepped out of the woods over there, and as she tucked the cork back into the mouth of the bottle, she spoke, "Ruber is calming the three-headed dog—it seems to be quieter. I'll keep an eye on it here, and you take a few of them first. ”

"Okay." Professor McGonagall didn't insist, she nodded, and then beckoned, "You guys, come back with me!" Immediately! ”

“…… Don't think that's the end of it! Sokas, who was entangled in the devil's net, was still shouting, "Lord Dark Lord won't just stop there!" This is just the beginning - the bones are reappearing! ”

He struggled as a green glow lit up from his wand, breaking through the dense canopy and soaring high above the Forbidden Forest, turning into a massive black mark.

With a wave of his hand, Professor Sprout leaped his wand out of his palm.

"Huh? What was that? ”

Sprout, who was about to knock him unconscious, suddenly slammed his hand, and Professor McGonagall, who was about to return to the castle with the children on the other side, also turned his head abruptly.

Almost at the same time, everyone present heard the sound of a strange movement, and the source of the strange movement seemed to be deeper in the Forbidden Forest.

"Hahaha-" Sokas, who was also pricking up his ears to listen, suddenly laughed, "Damn, it's finally here!" It's finally here! None of you can escape! Not a single one of them can escape—"

Before he could finish his sentence, a miserable green beam interrupted his words unusually decisively, and he immediately tilted his head and lost his breath.

Requires! It's a requisition! But who is this life-requisitioning spell?

Professor McGonagall reacted quickly, only to see her quickly wave her wand and unleash a spell in the direction where the green light was coming from. But what flew up was just a bunch of broken branches and leaves.

As soon as she cast the spell, she ran over there and soon disappeared into the woods.

"It's horrible...... Professor Sprout said heartbrokenly, "it's horrible that someone has cast a death curse at Hogwarts again!" ”

Naturally, she was not afraid of herself, but of the safety of her students. She has always been kind to every little wizard like a grandmother, and even her heart trembled at the thought of their misfortune because of this.

"Go back, hurry! You can't stay here any longer! Sprout spread his arms and pushed Hermione and the others out.

……

On the other side, next to the huge body of the three-headed dog Luwei......

“…… Three stupid big dogs~ heads! Look at how they look~ ugly! A clock ~ tower with a head like a muggle, and eats ~ meat non-stop every day! You've never seen a stupid dog like this in your life, with only one belly out of three heads......"

Hagrid was leaning on Lou Wei's lap, howling a self-created nursery rhyme in a voice that was not only weird, but also inexplicably funny.

The horses not far away looked at each other with blank expressions, glancing at each other from time to time, and then invariably backing away a little, trying to keep enough distance from Hagrid.

But Louwe seemed very pleased with his singing voice, and it lay on the ground, its eyelids drooping.

However, a strange sound from the depths of the Forbidden Forest woke it up again!