A day at Hogwarts

Without anyone else knowing about it, the entire Malfoy Manor ran away once again, hiding deeper and only causing pain to Narcissa Malfoy, who was going to buy groceries.

When Charles returned to the centaur tribe for dinner, Ronan, Firenze and other brothers were surrounding a dark thing.

"Uh..." Charles blinked, "I told you you don't need to give me extra food."

The centaurs themselves don't usually eat meat, but they often give extra meals to their two-legged brothers, such as chickens they raise, snakes or lizards they catch when they go out to collect, they cut them up and throw them into the pot to cook.

Charles refused. Firstly, it was too troublesome for everyone, and secondly, it was too unpalatable and not delicious.

The elder said angrily: "Several chickens have been stolen from us recently, and today we finally caught the murderer!"

Bain stroked his beard and said proudly: "This dog doesn't run very slowly, but it can't outrun me and was knocked unconscious by my hoof."

Charles sighed inwardly. He had sent so many cans to Blake, so why did this guy come here to steal chickens and not be kicked to death?

He asked the great elder: "Great elder, what are you going to do with this dog?"

The great elder thought for a moment and said, "Don't you own a shop selling food? I think it's quite big, so I'll take it back to you and sell it."

Charles scratched his head. This was not on the menu.

He remembered something and said: "Now the wild pumpkins by the lake are ready to be harvested. Didn't I say this morning that the ripe pumpkins attracted a lot of mice? I think they can be sent to catch mice."

The more Charles thought about it, the more he felt that his method was perfect. The horse could prevent the pumpkin from being eaten by mice, and the dog could learn how to catch mice. It was a win-win situation.

Moreover, there are many animals in the Forbidden Forest who are interested in pumpkins. In addition to mice, animals such as Moon Crazy Beast, Piggy and even unicorns all covet pumpkins and must be watched.

Ronan nodded and said, "This is a good idea, so we don't have to stand guard at night."

It's quite dangerous in the Forbidden Forest at night. If this dog is watching, everyone's work will be much easier.

"Okay." The elder nodded, "We will start sending this dog to the pumpkin patch tonight. Teach it to watch carefully and kick it if it disobeys."

Ronan happily accepted this task. Now he is responsible for the security of the pumpkin patch. It is much easier to have a helper.

"By the way!" Ronan turned to Charles and asked: "Do you usually feed it food?"

Charles scratched his head and said, "Just feed it the same food as everyone else. If it behaves well, you can give it two eggs."

When Charles came over just now, Twilight also followed him. Seeing that the adults were no longer talking about business, she asked, "Does it have a name?"

Everyone, look at me and I look at you, no one has thought of this.

Bain said: "It steals chickens, so let's call it a fox."

"Not good." Firenze shook his head, "It's easy to be confused with a real fox."

"Then let's call it an egg." Ronan said, "It is brought by chickens, just like eggs."

"We don't confuse it with eggs when we usually talk about them."

Twilight said: "But the egg is white, it is black."

The great elder said: "Then let's call him Preserved Egg."

Everyone thinks this name is good.

Charles frowned. Once, Penny accidentally put the preserved eggs she bought for the old man into the supplies for the centaurs. Lupine brought them over and brought them here without noticing. The centaurs thought it was pretty good.

Dinner time had already arrived, and Charles went to Twilight's house for dinner as usual. Ronan dragged Sirius Black home, and after dinner, he took him to the pumpkin patch for the night shift.

After dinner, Charles chatted with Twilight for a while and then returned to the castle. When he walked to the pumpkin patch, he saw Ronan talking to Pied Egg. Ronan said something and Pied Egg nodded, looking very good.

In Charles' opinion, the Centaur tribe is a good hiding place for preserved eggs, and neither Aurors nor Dementors will come looking for them.

The Dementors tonight were just like celebrating the holidays. After the shift, the Dementors were in the Forbidden Forest eating cookies with delicious potions. When Charles came over, some of them were so excited that they gave him a hug and wanted to pull him. Take flight, in a physical sense.

After Charles finally got rid of the dementors and returned to the castle, he found Maimew anxiously pacing back and forth in the foyer. He was relieved to see him back.

"It's good that you come back safely." Professor McGonagall said after changing back to human form. "The Auror found traces of Black outside. Albus and Remus have already gone out."

Charles wondered if the cave where Black was hiding had been discovered. He fled to the centaurs tribe, but was regarded as a chicken thief.

It is also possible that Crouch had already discovered Blake and deliberately showed up to attract the Auror, otherwise he would not have dyed his hair black.

Charles didn't care, it wasn't a big problem anyway.

He said to Professor McGonagall: "Thank you Professor for your concern. I have been in the centaurs tribe today and it is safe there."

Professor McGonagall sighed and said, "Go back to the common room quickly."

"Well, if only they were as worry-free as you are."

Charles didn't understand at first, but he immediately came over and asked, "Is it Harry who wants to catch Black?"

With Harry's personality, it would be strange if he didn't rush out when he heard Black appeared.

Professor McGonagall nodded.

Charles asked again: "Hermione and Ron together?"

Professor McGonagall nodded and said, "They are currently in confinement in Snape's office."

Charles thought to himself that Professor McGonagall knew how to punish people, and letting them stay with Snape was worse than cleaning the entire castle.

Before Charles could go up the stairs, Dumbledore and Lupine came back. Dumbledore also breathed a sigh of relief after looking at Charles.

Professor McGonagall immediately asked: "Albus, have you caught Black?"

"No." Dumbledore shook his head, "Auror found a fire and cans in a cave to the north, which were leftovers from Black's food."

He looked at Charles and said, "Just come back. Let's go with some professor when we go to the centaurs tribe in the future."

Charles immediately said: "The centaurs haven't noticed anything unusual recently. I always disapparate after walking out of the school. It's safe."

He was worried that Lupine or Snape would follow them, and it would be great fun if they saw the preserved eggs.

Dumbledore knew he would disapparate, so he said no more.

Black was not caught this time, but we still have some clues. Tomorrow, we can publish a piece of tofu in the Daily Prophet to ease the tension in society.

On the way back to the common room, Lupine asked Charles in a low voice when no one else was around: "Charles, have the centaurs recently discovered any animals that were not in the Forbidden Forest before?"

Charles knew what he was talking about, so he pretended to recall it and said, "I didn't hear them say that except for the dementors, the Forbidden Forest is no different from before."