Harry Potter and the Attack of the Squibs

Chapter 27 The Guest of the Centaur

Lu Ke and Johanna kept secret.

They all looked so surprised and disappointed that they didn't say anything to anyone.

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Several days had passed since the game, and the entire Slytherin looked gloomy.

They really looked like snake dens now.

Harry seemed to be avoiding Luke, just like Hermione was avoiding Johanna.

Of course, they knew what happened to the flying horse that suddenly appeared.

Lu Ke didn't care about this, he was busy with another thing.

His arrangement in the Forbidden Forest was triggered.

Voldemort seemed to have finalized his plan for the Forbidden Forest earlier than Lu Ke thought.

And just like fate, he chose the place where the centaurs live.

Lu Ke had never gone deep into the Forbidden Forest, but Ravenclaw's map told him everything.

Voldemort quietly walked back and forth next to the centaurs' tribe. Although he had not yet penetrated deeply, there was no doubt that he was ready.

Lu Ke hardly dared to look away from the map for a moment.

Voldemort almost always moves at night. Although Lu Ke can move freely in the castle, going directly to the Forbidden Forest is still a bit too exaggerated.

Even with the help of the passage in the Room of Requirement, Lu Ke still needs a lot of preparations.

It drained almost all of his energy.

So Lu Ke completely ignored Harry's entanglement, Malfoy's quietly approaching, Hermione and Ron's glances and whispers.

Fortunately, he finally prepared everything before Voldemort took action.

One night just before Christmas, Lu Ke finally saw what he wanted to see on the map.

Voldemort walked into the depths of the centaurs tribe.

At this time, he was in the corridor on the fifth floor of the castle. Lu Ke turned around and walked into the small door that had just appeared on the wall.

After walking through the dark and narrow corridor, walking up the stairs, and opening a wooden door, Lu Ke found himself standing in the forbidden forest.

This place is already somewhere deep. The shadows of the tree crowns on all sides completely cover the sky. There is absolute darkness all around, and you can't see your fingers.

Lu Ke walked forward in the darkness.

He knew the direction, and he could see everything in Hogwarts without lighting.

This is just a minor incident to passing the Ravenclaw test.

After walking through the dense forest, climbing up a hillside, and then on the gentle and open grassland, Lu Ke saw the light of fire.

This is the horse tribe. They built wooden houses around this grassland, with a towering boulder in the middle.

There seem to be very few man-made traces here and it is very primitive.

At this time, a huge bonfire was burning under the boulder. The centaurs stood in front of the fire, and huge shadows danced in the woods around the grassland with the light of the fire.

But Lu Ke could still see a figure clearly between the shadows.

A short, or rather bent, almost lying on the ground, man in black robe.

He was talking to the centaur.

"I am a lost traveler. I pray for a drink of water to quench my thirst."

Lu Ke walked over.

He immediately attracted the attention of the centaurs.

A strong warrior raised his long bow, pointed it at Lu Ke, and walked towards him.

"Stop, foal."

Lu Ke smiled.

The centaur actually thought that he was a minor like the other students.

He opened his arms so that the centaur could see that there was no wand in his hand.

"I'm here for something very important."

The horseman paved the grass with his front hooves uneasily, looked at his companion in front of the fire in the distance, and then brought Lu Ke to the man in black robe.

At that moment, Lu Ke smelled a cold fishy smell.

It was like walking into a snake's den.

"Hello, Mysterious Man."

The man in black robe smiled.

He took off the hood on his head: "What are you talking about, Lu Ke? I am Quirrell."

Lu Ke glanced at Quirrell, who was wearing a turban, and sighed helplessly: "Good evening, professor."

Quirrell smiled: "I won't tell the other professors, but you should go back to the castle immediately. You have violated school rules."

Lu Ke shook his head helplessly: "Of course I didn't mean to violate the school rules, professor, but there was a force that I couldn't resist that brought me here... Otherwise, how could I have gone so deep into the Forbidden Forest?"

Quirrell was silent.

Almost instantly, he, or Voldemort, believed Lu Ke's statement.

Lu Ke had a strange power, but it was not enough to allow him to penetrate deep into the Forbidden Forest where the centaurs tribe was located. Voldemort was convinced of this.

"Watch your words, Lu Ke, and be polite."

Lu Ke nodded: "I understand."

While they were talking, the centaurs around them kept staring at them, their open long bows never moving away.

"The will of the stars is very confusing, and your arrival was not predicted at all..."

This was probably an impatient centaur, but he was immediately refuted by another centaur after he said it.

"No, the stars have given warnings, and this day will come sooner or later. It's just that the warnings are so new that we all ignored them!"

In Lu Ke's eyes, all horse people have the same face, so he can only remain helpless and silent.

Finally, the strong centaur standing directly opposite the two men spoke: "Tell me why you are here, foal."

Lu Ke took out the Hufflepuff badge.

At that moment, all the centaurs looked surprised.

But they were quiet to Lu Ke's surprise. The centaurs put down their weapons, and almost all the centaurs lowered their heads together.

"A truly honorable friend has left..."

Lu Ke was stunned.

If the house elves were naive and ignored the facts until now and refused to accept Hufflepuff's departure, Lu Ke could completely accept it, but the centaurs were also like this, which was simply unimaginable to Lu Ke.

Then the strongest centaur was the first to recover.

"You are her successor, but the centaur does not have to admit it."

"You need to prove yourself."

"Prove that you are a respectable friend, just like her."

Then the centaur lowered his head: "But how is that possible..."

Lu Ke was speechless.

The centaur raised his head and opened his arms to the sky.

"May you become a star!"

After saying that, he turned back to the fire, cut off a bunch of his hair and threw it into the fire.

The other centaurs also silently threw their hair into the fire.

To Lu Ke's expectation, the smell coming from the fire was not burning hair, but blood mixed with alcohol.

Lu Ke followed, but so did Quirrell.