Hogwarts: Slytherin Kiss

Chapter 127 Yeqi

"Come closer, come closer, they will be attracted by the smell of meat and blood..." Hagrid waved, "But I still have to call them, because they like..."

What likes the smell of raw meat and blood?

Most of the students stood there with pale faces, not daring to move, but their eyes were rolling around in panic.

Hagrid let out a strange scream from his mouth, which echoed faintly in the silent forest.

Everyone's heart is filled with tears.

Hagrid shouted twice more, but nothing appeared around him.

"Is he summoning some kind of reptile..." Senna whispered.

Indra shook his head and looked at the empty forest.

Hagrid suddenly looked in one direction with a fond and hearty smile, and his eyes moved slightly, as if silently saying, look, how beautiful it is.

Indra looked there suspiciously, but there was nothing there. Then her mind moved slightly and she thought of a possible animal.

There are some magical animals that can become invisible, and Indra happens to know a creature that fits the current situation.

She looked through almost all the library's information on dark creatures while searching for dementors.

What Hagrid wants everyone to see is probably the Thestral, a type of dark magical creature.

Only those who have witnessed death can see it.

"What is he looking at..." said a Slytherin student from behind.

From the corner of Draco's eyes, he suddenly felt the dead cow on the ground move. He looked down and saw that a piece of meat with sinews, bones and blood was just missing!

There was a bit of surprise on his pale and handsome face. He took Indra's arm and said, "Who is eating meat on the ground!"

Before Indra could say anything, Hagrid said with a smile, "Oh, yes, our Draco noticed it."

"Look, here comes another one!"

Hagrid said confusingly, and then said, "So...who saw it? Raise your hand."

"Harry...I know you will."

"Neville?" Hagrid's voice sounded slightly regretful and surprised.

Indra's eyes were watching who raised their hands, and he tilted his head back, saying to Draco and Senna, "Maybe it's the Thestral, a kind of thing that can only be seen by people who have seen death." Magical creatures.”

Draco and Senna both looked surprised.

"That's right! Indra! Ten points for Slytherin!" Hagrid's ears were very good, and he loudly said proudly, "I told you they are very familiar with you. There are a large group of them in Hogwarts. Guess they—— ?”

"But they are very, very unlucky!" Parvati of Gryffindor interrupted Hagrid, looking at the area around the dead cow in horror, "Anyone who sees it will encounter unfortunate disasters... Trelaw Professor Ni once told me..."

"Can you see it too?" Draco suddenly noticed Theodore said in surprise. He looked calm and raised his hands absentmindedly.

Theodore nodded, "These are the horses that pull the cart for us. They are eating meat... Oh, here comes another one..."

"That's right! This group of Thestrals are now pulling the carriage for Hogwarts!" Hagrid smiled and said to Parvati very quickly, "No, no, no, that's just superstition... Where did you just say that? Oh yes, the Thestrals are pulling a carriage for the school right now, unless Dumbledore goes on a long trip but doesn't want to Disapparate..."

A Thestral seemed to have brushed past Parvati, and she was trembling all of a sudden with tears in her eyes, "It! It passed by me! I felt it!"

"Don't be afraid, it is a very docile and intelligent animal. You will not find it more attractive than a dead cow..."

Hagrid seemed completely unaware that Parvati was about to be pissed off by him, and continued cheerfully, "Classmate Indra just said that this is the Thestral, and only those who have witnessed death can see it..."

Just as Indra was carefully watching the disappearing beef on the ground, there was a cough that made people want to roll their eyes.

Hagrid had never seen Umbridge's fake cough before. He seemed to think that the slight cough was coming from the Thestral next to him, and looked at it with worry and concern.

Indra turned her face covertly and touched her curved lips.

Some Slytherin classmates snorted and laughed secretly from behind.

"Cough, cough..."

Hagrid looked around, but couldn't find the source of the strange noise for a while.

Also, with his height as a half-giant, if you want to find Umbridge, you have to look underground.

Hagrid looked down and looked around again, and finally found Umbridge, "Oh! You are here! Hello!"

"Have you received the note I sent you this morning?"

The smile on Umbridge's face seemed to flicker, and then she shouted in a long, drawn-out voice.

After meeting Rita Skeeter, Hagrid still seemed to have little experience in dealing with this kind of person, especially Umbridge, who was even more hypocritical.

She fully intended to think that Hagrid was a stupid guy who couldn't understand English and was writing things on the clipboard that were not true.

In fact, she is the one who cannot understand human speech.

"Can you understand Professor Hagrid?" Umbridge asked Pansy Parkinson.

Her face moved strangely, because Indra was looking at her from behind Umbridge.

"Well...ok..."

Umbridge's smile paused and continued, "Students... dare not... admit... are afraid..."

"You can also see the Thestrals? How are they?" Umbridge asked Theodore after asking Neville.

"They're coming towards you, Professor Umbridge." Theodore said slowly, with a hint of disgust in his eyes.

Umbridge was convinced that he was hating the Thestrals, and jumped several steps away, which was very funny.

In fact, Theodore was equally disgusted that she had lured the Thestral over.

Umbridge looked at the half-dead cow with almost only bones left, and the expression on her face changed, finally showing an almost sinister expression.

She continued to say to Hagrid in that loud and slow voice, "You will receive the results of your investigation within ten days."

Umbridge left, and Hagrid stood there rubbing his hands in embarrassment and confusion, "Then we... we... um... let's continue to look at the Thestrals..."

As soon as he returned to Fantastic Beasts, Hagrid immediately forgot about Umbridge and his face brightened again.

"I have seen the illustration of the Thestral in "Invisible Dangerous Creatures". If the illustration is not as wrong as the title of the book..."

Because Hagrid just said that thestrals are not dangerous.

Indra stared at the bones on the ground and continued to Draco and Senna, "Thestrals should have a head like a fire dragon, with thin black skin and flesh. You can clearly see the skeleton, and it also has two large wings. You can fly..."

"Who wants to touch it?!" Hagrid suddenly said, looking at everyone with interest, his big hands sliding in the air, looking weird.

But everyone now knows that they are touching the Thestral. It is about as high as Hagrid's waist and abdomen, but for pure human Gryffindor and Slytherin students, it is bigger than the largest Goyle and Slytherin students. Crabbe was still a little taller.

No one wanted to go up, and they shrank silently like quails.

Indra immediately raised his hand and said, "I think so."

"And me." Draco said lazily.

Senna quickly said, "If everyone has to touch it, I'd better go with them."

"Don't worry, come one by one, you all will have a chance!" Hagrid was very happy and smiled.

"Indra, come here... don't go around, you are about to hit its wings!"

Indra gave him an angry look, could you tell me earlier!

Draco was walking behind Indra, so he immediately grabbed her and walked in front of her.

Hagrid wanted to touch the Thestrals one by one, but it was hard to reiterate anything and just turn a blind eye.

"Wait a minute, Honghong, don't walk around... you will hit them..."

Most of the invisible students watched Hagrid looking into the air and talking.

Indra and Draco finally arrived next to Hagrid. They heard a little noise, the snorting of animals, and the slight tapping of hooves as they alternated.

"It's in front of you now. This one is called Wuwu. It's the first one born in this forest. I like it best..." Hagrid said, "Put your hand here, This is its ventral side.”

Indra looked at the air in front of her, slowly raised her hand and stretched it out. When her fingertips suddenly hit an obstacle, she shrank her hand reflexively.

"Touch it! It's very friendly! Maybe you have even ridden in Uwula's carriage!"

The two men tentatively stretched their hands forward. Although there was nothing in front of them, their palms slowly touched a piece of cold, rough flesh, still bearing signs of life.

You can clearly feel the subtle expansion and contraction of the Thestral's chest when breathing, as well as the outline of the ribs under a thin layer of skin.

Indra opened her lips slightly, and she and Draco looked at each other with surprise in their eyes. This was really a strange experience.

"You see, now, the students who can see can help the invisible students touch them," Hagrid patted the air and said in a loud voice, "The Thestrals are not scary, one day everyone will You saw it, but that's not the Thestrals' fault. Increasing life experience will give you more vision, but it is inevitable that some wizards will anger them..."

"I don't want to see them." Indra whispered to Draco, but she subconsciously sketched and imagined the appearance of the Thestrals in her mind.

Draco's hand next to her moved and his fingers covered hers and touched hers without leaving a trace.

Only three people could see the Thestral, two from Gryffindor and one from Slytherin, so Hagrid led the rest of the Slytherins to touch the Thestral.

Indra waved to Saina and asked her to come here.

"It's not too bad, right?" Indra raised an eyebrow at Senna.

Senna pouted, "It's much better than the fire-breathing squid."

"Can they fly? I mean they have wings." A Gryffindor student looked at the place he touched in surprise. There still seemed to be nothing there.

"Of course, they are no worse than Beauxbatons' silver-maned horses." Hagrid said proudly, "But there is no need to fly if you are just pulling the school carriage."

Indra touched something like hair on Wuwu's body, which was as smooth as silk. It seemed that the Thestral also had long manes.

Senna's hands moved strangely, and Indra asked in surprise, "Why did you put pigtails on it?"

Hagrid: "Well, I will never be able to ride a Hippogriff or a Thestral in this life. You know, I'm too big... But don't even think about riding a Thestral. It's I can only say that the speed is very fast...you can't imagine..."

Draco was measuring the length of the Thestral's wings and cast his gaze, "How fast?"

Is it faster than a broomstick?

"Much faster than a rocket crossbow." Hagrid confirmed.

Draco pouted.

"The Thestral's eyes are white and have no pupils. Well, it's a pity... Oh no, obviously most of the students can't see it. Their wings are more like bat wings, not hairy like hippogriffs. ...The smell of blood and flesh will attract thestrals..."

Hagrid described the treasures eloquently, "Hand, the hand is moving forward a little, yes, there are wings there, you can touch them carefully..."

After this lesson on Care of Magical Creatures, everyone got a homework assignment.

Based on what you learned in class, draw a Thestral and describe its habits.

It’s drawing again. This semester, fifth grade students have received several assignments requiring drawing in different classes.

Previously, Professor Grapeland asked them to draw bowtruckles, Professor Sprout asked them to draw Chinese biting cabbage and label it, and the astronomy class also asked them to draw a satellite map of Jupiter.

Now I have to draw Thestrals based on my imagination!

Everyone touched it, but they were still confused about what the Yeqi looked like.

"Oh, Harry, you have to tell me carefully."

Indra heard Hermione say sadly with a sad face.

Draco had a smile on his face. This was a good assignment. He could let Indra teach him how to draw step by step.

Before returning to the lounge at the bottom of the lake in the evening, Indra went to the library to borrow the book "Invisible Dangerous Creatures".

She happened to run into Hermione here.

"Are you also here to find illustrations of Thestrals?" Hermione held another book in her hand, and she flashed the cover, which read "Counting the Invisible Animals of the Magical World"

Indra also raised the book in his hand, "Is there one on it too?"

The two cautiously opened the book and compared it, silently discovering that the details of the paintings were different, such as the shapes of teeth and tails, and the outlines of hooves and wings.

"It seems like you can't believe everything in the book, right?" Hermione broke the silence.

Indra: "Obviously."

The two of them rummaged around in the library for a while, compared many pictures, and finally found several paintings of Thestrals that were similar but painted from different angles.

Indra and Hermione simply sat here and started drawing.

Hermione regretfully found that Indra's drawing was much better than hers, and it looked like she was drawing the scene during class during the day.

Thestrals, herself, Draco, Hagrid, the dimly lit dense forest around them, the snow-white bones of dead cows with bloodshot eyes on the ground.

There is a sense of strange mystery and tranquility.

"I can help you-" Indra said generously.