Hogwarts Rising Again

Chapter 368 The Horseman's Dereliction of Duty

"I must study astronomy well when I go back." An Ran whispered to Mo Lin, "otherwise I wouldn't understand what they were talking about."

"Then tell me if you understand." Molin said helplessly. He is Professor Sinista's least favorite student. Every class is the focus of criticism. Astronomy is the most tormented. The planet is right, but the professor says you are wrong, which is really a headache.

He added: "I'm a sucker for astronomy."

The two smiled at each other.

Ronan was silent for a long time, and finally said in his sad and deep voice: "In August, we made a serious mistake."

Mo Lin quickly put away his smile and listened carefully. He vaguely felt that this matter was not simple. To be honest, he knew basically nothing about the horsemen in the Forbidden Forest.

"Our tribe has guarded the Black Rubik's Cube in the Forbidden Forest for generations."

Ronan's sad tone made the atmosphere extraordinarily solemn, and all the centaurs stopped talking, as if they were all feeling guilty for some of their mistakes.

"The admonition handed down from the ages in the family must guard the Black Rubik's Cube, otherwise the curse will come at a certain moment and let the bonfire go out. We all remember the teachings of our ancestors and guard the Black Rubik's Cube diligently, but in At the end of August, an accident happened."

Ronan's voice was mixed with guilt and remorse, and a little anger.

"A wizard who does not belong to the Forbidden Forest broke in. He used very powerful means to deceive all our clansmen, stole the heavily guarded Black Rubik's Cube, and released the dirty things trapped in the Black Rubik's Cube. come out."

Ronan glanced at An Ran slowly, and then continued: "So the Forbidden Forest has become no longer peaceful since then."

Mo Lin was slightly surprised. If the black box was the Black Rubik's Cube that the horse said, wouldn't that mean that the wizard who stole the Black Rubik's Cube was Lucas?

He suddenly came to his senses, no wonder Sweet couldn't find Lucas with his special magic. He thought that Lucas would come to the Forbidden Forest after the Dumbledore Cup, so he asked Sweat to come to the Forbidden Forest. Special help to pay attention, but now it seems——

Lucas has already been here during the summer vacation!
"The ancestor's precepts told us to guard the Black Cube no matter what, but when it was passed down to our generation, the Black Cube was stolen and the contents of the Black Cube escaped, causing chaos in the Forbidden Forest. We have been trying to find a way Gotta catch that filthy thing in the Forbidden Forest, but without the Black Cube, we can't stop it."

Ronan shook his head. The other centaurs were also very disappointed. It was always their responsibility to protect the safety of the Forbidden Forest, but because of their own reasons, the Forbidden Forest has been in a dangerous state for the past few months. It's something they don't allow to happen.

"No wonder we always hear explosions, you should have told me the truth, Ronan." Hagrid muttered.

"This is our responsibility, we should bear it ourselves." Ronan said seriously.

"You take it upon yourself? Is it settled now? Not only is it not, but the curse is entangled, isn't it?" Hagrid picked up a branch from the ground dissatisfied, and threw it into the bonfire. The bonfire made a crackling sound, and then Hagrid He asked again: "By the way, how did this curse come about?"

There was a trace of fear in Ronan's eyes: "That's a very powerful divination curse left by the ancestors. Once the situation becomes more serious due to our negligence, the divination curse will enter the orbit of Venus every night. On this occasion, punish us."

Those centaurs who had been punished all let out a whimper, and even the resolute centaurs couldn't bear this heart-piercing curse.

"Oh, no wonder!" Maureen said in surprise.

"No wonder what?" All the centaurs turned to look at Mo Lin.

Maureen touched his head embarrassingly, showing an innocent smile: "Now I understand why that curse doesn't work for me."

"why?"

Ronan, Fezelen and others all looked at Molin. The curse scared the entire centaur in the Forbidden Forest. Even Hagrid couldn't avoid it. Except for Enron with special abilities, Maureen was the only one.An Ran guided the divination curse to Mo Lin, but Mo Lin was still alive and kicking, which made them feel that Mo Lin was a very mysterious person.

"Because--I think about it--" Mo Lin looked up at the stars in the sky in a dignified manner, rubbed his chin and said nonsense, "Because the Orion Betelgeuse is very bright at night!"

Horse people always like to talk about "this star is very bright, and that star is very dark", so Mo Lin also deliberately nonsense.

The horsemen suddenly turned serious, and raised their heads in unison, looking to the west, and the atmosphere became quiet again.

"You—what are you doing?" Mo Lin felt that something was wrong.

"We can't see the Betelgeuse you mentioned." Ronan said seriously.

"Ah? Are you looking for Betelgeuse?"

Mo Lin almost laughed out loud, he just wanted to retaliate in a mischievous manner without explaining what he said, so that the horsemen could also experience the feeling of choking to death when they keep saying inexplicable words, but these horsemen actually took his words seriously.

"Okay, don't look at it, I don't know where the Orion Betelgeuse is at all." Mo Lin suppressed a smile. He is a mess in astronomy, and he has already broken the can. He knows which star is Betelgeuse. .

"Then why aren't you affected by the divination curse?" Ronan asked suspiciously.

This is something other centaurs have always wanted to know.

"Because you are always selectively blind to me!" Mo Lin said angrily.

Every time he stood in front of the centaur, the centaur would talk nonsense with his eyes open, stare at him for a long time with his big eyes, and then solemnly say "I can't see you", which made Mo Lin very puzzled.

"What exactly does that mean?" Fezelen also asked seriously.

"You can't see me, so the curse can't see me. That's probably what it means." Mo Lin said perfunctorily.

Any divination magic can't work on him. Mrs. Rhea, Professor Victor, Magatha and the mysterious old witch have all suffered from Mo Lin, and the centaur is obviously no exception.

For Mo Lin, the divination curse that can make the centaur fearful is just a decoration.

But Mo Lin didn't want to explain. The horsemen always acted as if they wanted to talk to them, and he didn't want to say too much.

Fizelen and Ronan nodded thoughtfully, as if they continued to think about what Maureen's words meant.

"By the way, when did you start being punished by this divination curse?" Mo Lin asked.

"From the day the Black Rubik's Cube was lost." Ronan said in a deep voice.

"So you've been punished for months?" Hagrid looked shocked, "I always thought you guys started it a month ago!"

"We only let you discover Fezelen who was punished by the divination curse last month. This is our own fault and has nothing to do with you, Hagrid." Ronan said depressingly.

"Isn't the curse left by your ancestors too redundant? It wasn't intentional, so why punish it like this?" Hagrid murmured.

"You don't understand, Hagrid." Ronan said solemnly, "The purpose of our tribe's existence in the Forbidden Forest is to protect the Black Rubik's Cube. Once the Black Rubik's Cube is lost, there is no need for us to continue to exist."

"So strict?" Hagrid couldn't understand the centaur's nonsense, not to mention Hagrid, even Maureen and An Ran couldn't understand it.

"The mission is supposed to be strict, and the punishment is to remind us to get the Black Rubik's Cube back as soon as possible, otherwise—"

Having said this, Ronan suddenly raised his head to look at the stars in the sky, his expression became very flustered.

"Arcturus is starting to shine," Fizeren continued.

There was another disturbed murmur among the horse crowd.

Mo Lin rolled his eyes, the way the centaur spoke was really annoying.

(End of this chapter)