Chapter 336 334 The Injured Unicorn and Hermione's Request

Chapter 336 334. The injured unicorn and Hermione's request

Jon stretched out his hand, dipped some silver liquid and sniffed it.

Although the smell was not strong, it was obviously bloody.

Even though he had never seen such things before, he had a vague guess in his mind that there was silver blood in the Forbidden Forest, and there was basically no other possibility except unicorns.

But even if a unicorn was injured, why did this Bowtruckle bring him here?

If it cared about the injured unicorn, shouldn't it be more vigilant about this outsider?

Jon turned his head and looked at the little guy who brought him here. It was blinking and staring at him.

Jon suddenly thought of a possibility. He raised the wooden sign and asked the Bowtruckle tentatively.

"Does this injured unicorn know the owner of this sign?"

The little guy jumped up immediately, as if cheering that Jon understood what it meant.

Seeing its performance, Jon was also excited. He looked at the silver spots left on the grass and began to follow the traces of blood, continuing to search deep into the forbidden forest.

The Bowtruckle was no longer reserved at the beginning. It jumped directly onto Jon's shoulder and followed him forward.

Jon continued to walk for about half an hour and finally came to an empty meadow. In the center of the meadow, a group of horse-shaped creatures with snow-white hair and a unicorn on their heads gathered.

Unicorns are a symbol of purity and holiness in legends. It is said that only virgins can touch them.

Hagrid told Jon a long time ago that there is a large group of unicorns living in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, and it can even be said to be the largest group in the UK.

Every few years, Ollivander would pay a sum of money to come to the Forbidden Forest and use harmless methods to scrape some unicorn horn powder as the core of the wand. Similarly, some of these unicorns have a very good relationship with Hagrid and have received a lot of care from Hagrid.

The group of unicorns that appeared in front of Jon did not look so optimistic.

Almost every one of them had claw wounds or burns on their bodies, and their originally beautiful white fur was full of scorch marks. They all gathered together, lowered their heads, as if mourning for something.

Jon did not hide his whereabouts. He pushed aside the bushes in front of him and walked directly into the open space.

Such a movement was instantly discovered by all the unicorns gathered here. They raised their heads together, uneasily paddling their hooves on the grass, and looked at Jon with vigilance.

Jon did not pick up the wand for defense, but raised the wooden sign, tried to lower his voice, and said gently.

"Do you know this? Don't be afraid, I'm a friend of Rubeus Hagrid."

The alertness in most of the unicorns' eyes did not disappear. They stared at Jon with their horns, but the one with the tallest body and the purest hair among them passed all the others and walked in front of Jon.

It stuck its head out and sniffed the wooden sign in Jon's hand carefully, and then its originally tense body relaxed a lot. Obviously, it knew Hagrid.

"Are you in trouble? I can try to help you."

Jon continued after gaining the initial trust of these unicorns.

The unicorn that recognized Hagrid's wooden sign looked like the leader of the herd. It stared at Jon with its beautiful eyes for a while, and then called twice to its companions.

After hearing its orders, several unicorns in the herd were obviously reluctant, but they finally opened a passage in the direction of Jon.

Following this gap, Jon finally saw what they were surrounded by.

It was also a unicorn, but it was less than half the size of the adult unicorns around it. It was a cub that had not yet grown up.

What was shocking was that there was a large area of ​​horrible burns on its back. The fur on its back had all disappeared, revealing a piece of charred flesh!

The little unicorn was lying on its side on the grass. It could still breathe, but it could be heard from the sound of its breathing that such a serious injury would not allow it to last long. The burnt area would occasionally emit a faint orange-yellow flame, and the injury was still getting worse.

Silver blood mixed with black particles flowed on the grass until it spread to Jon's feet.

Jon squatted down and looked into the eyes of the little unicorn. Its eyes were so pure and full of desire to survive.

"It's those fire dragons, right? You have a conflict with them?"

Such burns made it easy for Jon to judge the situation these unicorns were facing. After hearing his words, the unicorns around him were snoring and paddling their hooves restlessly.

After verifying the correctness of his conjecture from their performance, Jon turned his attention back to the injury of the little unicorn.

The burns on its back were obviously caused by the dragon's breath. The fierce flames were not just high temperature, but also spread inward along the flesh and blood. This was a bit like the fierce fire, but it was not as overbearing as the fierce fire that could burn everything.

But even this degree could kill the little unicorn.

Under normal circumstances, unicorns themselves also have extremely high magic resistance. As long as they are not directly hit, ordinary dragon breath will not cause much damage to them. The adult unicorns around are proof of this.

And this little unicorn must not only be directly swept by the dragon breath, but also because its own physique has not yet grown up, and its magic resistance is not as strong as other adult unicorns.

This is why its current injuries are so serious. Otherwise, if it is a common burn, even if it is serious to this extent, it can survive by relying on the unicorn's own tenacious vitality. After all, the blood of unicorns has the effect of resurrecting the dead in legends.

Looking at the dying unicorn in front of him, Jon was helpless at first.

He knew how to prepare potions to treat burns, but those potions were only effective for ordinary burns, while the dragon's breath of the fire dragon naturally carries the magic of the dragon itself, which cannot be cleared by ordinary means.

When Jon was thinking about this, he was suddenly stunned.

He may not be able to remove the magic, but he can absorb it!

Jon quickly took out the ring on his neck and then tried to aim it at the burnt part of the unicorn.

Although he had successfully absorbed a lot of ownerless magic before, those were all left by wizards. This was the first time he tried to absorb the magic left by the magical animal itself. Whether it would succeed or not, Jon himself did not know. Now he could only do his best and leave it to fate.

Just after the ring hovered on the unicorn's wound for a few seconds, Jon could clearly feel that a strange magic was being absorbed.

This kind of magic was different from all the magic he had absorbed before. He could clearly feel that the quality of the magic itself was very high, but there was no way to bring much room for improvement to the magic absorbed by the ring.

However, Jon did not expect to rely on absorbing the magic of dragons to bring himself much enhancement. As the magic at the burn was gradually extracted, the condition of the unicorn obviously improved a lot.

The adult unicorns around also felt the changes in the injury of the little unicorn. They couldn't help but get closer to Jon, and their eyes showed bright eyes.

The magic power of the fire dragon has been completely extracted, but the burns on the unicorn are still there, and because the erosion of magic power has not been delayed for a long time before, the burns have penetrated into its internal organs. If it is not treated immediately, it will be life-threatening if it is delayed.

Jon stood up from the ground, stretched out his hand and gestured to the leading unicorn while describing it.

"Have you seen a kind of grass plant with round leaves in the Forbidden Forest, with obvious white lines on the leaves, and their juice has a significant therapeutic effect on various types of wounds."

The leading unicorn understood what Jon said, and it turned around and planned to run in one direction, but soon hesitated and turned back again, facing Jon, slowly knelt down on its front legs, and bent down its upper body at the same time.

Jon blinked his eyes and asked in disbelief.

"You want me to ride you?"

The unicorn raised its head and blinked its bright eyes, as if responding to this.

Jon really didn't expect that a unicorn would be willing to let a man like him get close to it. According to the wizards' long-term research on this creature, they are generally willing to get close to pure virgins, especially little girls.

In this situation, he can only attribute it to his act of saving the little unicorn, which made it restrain its instinct.

Jon certainly didn't feel any pressure to ride a unicorn. He directly stepped on the back of the unicorn, and then the unicorn didn't stop for a moment, it directly stepped on its hooves and began to run wildly towards the northeast.

The process of the start of the Triwizard Tournament did not allow other students to watch.

Even the students on the carriage stayed on the carriage all day and Dumbledore taught them.

Even if they came to Hogwarts Castle, their studies would definitely not be delayed, and Dumbledore, who had always stayed in the carriage, was the most suitable person to teach them.

Just when these students were in class in the afternoon, the students around them found that Hermione, who was still there in the afternoon, was now missing.

Lavender questioned this, and Dumbledore answered calmly.

"Miss Granger asked me for leave for some special things. Don't worry, she will be back tomorrow."

He didn't say where Hermione went, but Lavender didn't ask any more questions. After all, as long as Dumbledore knew where she was, it proved that Hermione was safe enough.

At the same time, Hermione was checking the things she had taken in the bedroom of the carriage.

Invisibility cloak, Marauder's map, and a golden red bird!

Fox stood elegantly on Hermione's bed, combing his feathers, while the ghost of Ms. Grey looked at Hermione with surprise.

"Have you made up your mind to help me, Hermione? Did you even go to Dumbledore to apply for this phoenix?"

Hearing someone mention him, Fawkes raised his head, glanced at Ms. Grey with disdain, and then refocused his attention on his feathers.

After hearing what Ms. Grey said, Hermione said without raising her head.

"We are not so close that we can call each other by name, Ms. Grey, and I obviously didn't prepare these things for you."

She was so blunt that the joy on Ms. Grey's face suddenly turned pale.

"But you are going to enter the castle, right? Did Dumbledore ask you to go?"

Hermione said calmly.

"I think I can do this task."

"Why can't you help me, kid? I promise I will help you too. As long as there is anything that may put you in danger, I will not force you to continue. You can choose to give up."

Hermione did not answer her first, but carefully opened the Marauder's Map, waving her wand and using a spell to open the map.

The next moment, the whole picture of Hogwarts appeared in front of her.

First, she looked in the direction of the Forbidden Forest, but this map only involved the edge of the Forbidden Forest. She could not get anything except some Aurors and Matthew's three judges wandering around there.

Not seeing the name she wanted to see, such a result made Hermione a little disappointed. She shook her head and turned her eyes back to Hogwarts Castle, while answering what Ms. Grey had just said.

"I can agree to your request."

Ms. Grey was stunned at first. She had almost given up hope that Hermione would agree to her promise. She thought that if there was no other way, she could sneak into Hogwarts Castle herself and try to persuade a student in the castle to help her do this.

Unexpectedly, Hermione actually gave in at the last minute, and a happy expression suddenly appeared on her face.

"Thank you so much, thank you so much, Miss H. Granger!"

But when Hermione's eyes were taken back from the Marauder's Map, she continued to say what she had not finished just now.

"I can help you, but as you said, if I encounter something risky, I can choose to continue or give up. At the same time, you have to promise me one thing."

Ms. Grey said urgently.

"You say."

"During this process, you cannot follow me into Hogwarts Castle."

It's been two days since I last had a fever. It's really torture. I don't have a leave note, so I insist on not asking for leave. I hope the fever will go away tomorrow.

And it's almost the end of the month. Please give me some monthly tickets.