Harry Potter and the Attack of the Squibs

The silver-maned centaur sighed: "We must do something. Do you want to see the blood of centaurs fill this pool again?"

The other centaurs shook their heads together.

"Before it's too late, let's find a mature seed, cultivate it into a new herb, and then plant the new herb before this herb completely completes its mission."

The other centaurs looked at each other.

"But without Hufflepuff, will the new herbs protect the Horde?"

All the centaurs were silent together.

Lu Ke turned to face the centaur: "Of course, because this is a new herb, it can completely protect the tribe."

The centaur was silent for a long time, then began to act.

In fact, it's not that they don't know that this is the only option now, but they just don't have the courage to make a decision.

Fortunately, Lu Ke is here.

Although he did not understand herbs as well as Hufflepuff and was not as persuasive as Hufflepuff, there was actually only one choice, and the centaur just lacked the courage to accept it.

After making the decision, the centaur moved incredibly quickly.

They immediately began digging the seeds out of the ground and filling the pots with soil from the water's edge.

The silver-maned centaur moved very gently, but when he dug out the seeds, the centaur was stunned for a moment.

"Hufflepuff did leave something behind, Luke."

Lu Ke turned around blankly.

"What?"

Then he saw what the centaur was pointing to.

A seedling was wrapping around the centaur's finger. It didn't look like a plant at all.

But some kind of magical animal.

The silver-maned centaur smiled and extended his hand to Lu Ke, and then the seedling fell into Lu Ke's hand.

"I have no idea what this is..."

Lu Ke sighed and put the seedling back on the ground.

Then it takes root, grows, and slowly disappears into the ground.

"It left a signal on you, Lu Ke. Very few herbs can do this. It's amazing."

The centaur sighed, then planted the dug seeds into the flower pot.

"In short, if you came here to pass the Hufflepuff test, then you must have passed it by now. If not, you probably need to repeat this a few times."

Lu Ke nodded: "I understand, I completely understand."

"Friends are not the kind of things that you can ignore as if they don't exist after you meet them, and they will continue to exist."

"You must interact more often before people can become friends."

The silver-maned centaur glanced at Lu Ke in surprise: "Why are you talking nonsense all of a sudden, Ma Ju?"

Lu Ke smiled: "Thank you, you have helped me a lot, but it's time to say goodbye. I'm going back for dinner."

So a horseman escorted Lu Ke out of the Forbidden Forest.

Of course, with Carrot by his side, Lu Ke didn't need an escort at all.

"Okay, now let's go have dinner."

But Carrot shook his head: "You need to go to the ward to rest. The dinner recipe must be according to Madam Pomfrey's arrangement, Dumbledore emphasized."

Lu Ke could only nod helplessly: "Tomorrow we will go to the Black Lake to find mermaids. By the way, Carrot, if you think about it carefully, there must be things left by Hufflepuff among the house elves, just like the tribe of centaurs."

Carrot nodded: "I will do my best!"

Then Lu Ke was sent back to the ward.

As he expected, the patient meals were particularly unpalatable.

…

Very early the next morning, Lu Ke arrived at Black Lake under the protection of Carrot.

And it goes directly to the bottom of the water.

House elves have different magical powers than wizards. They know fewer spells, but they are more powerful.

The matriarch was very surprised when she saw Lu Ke.

"Such evil magic..."

Lu Ke smiled helplessly: "But I have a way to deal with it."

The matriarch nodded: "Need help? What should I do?"

Lu Ke nodded: "Do you remember anything left by Hufflepuff?"

The matriarch was silent for a moment casually: "The test to make things difficult for you?"

Lu Ke smiled.

But the matriarch didn't smile.

"Hufflepuff left a lot behind. Basically...she helped build the entire village."

Lu Ke nodded: "Now I have to pass Hufflepuff's last test. She left some herbs. I have to pass the test of herbs."

The matriarch quickly chanted two sentences as if reading a tongue twister.

"There are always some girls you can't resist,

Everything she does confuses you. "

The matriarch swung a huge fish tail in the water: "But you are so passionately in love with her that you can't control yourself and you can't extricate yourself from being in love."

Lu Ke sighed helplessly: "So there are herbs left by Hufflepuff here?"

The matriarch nodded.

"For merfolk yes, but obviously not for humans, that's a weird thing."

Then the matriarch took Lu Ke to see something "very strange".

That is the huge statue in the center of the mermaid village.

Lu Ke looked at the stone statue in front of him in surprise, and then looked at the matriarch.

"so?"

The matriarch nodded, "I told you it would be strange to a wizard, so you see, this can't be a medicinal herb."

Lu Ke sighed, so he got it right.

"But you said yes for mermaids?"

The matriarch nodded: "When the mermaid's blood falls on it, a leaf will grow, which can heal almost any trauma. Of course, it only works on mermaids."

Lu Ke was stunned for a moment: "So Hufflepuff really left the herbs. Could it be that she regarded the herbs as a gift for her friends?"

The matriarch nodded: "A very precious gift. There are countless dangers in the Black Lake, but our tribe has continued. This statue has helped a lot."

"The only problem is, we don't know how to make the statue like you."

Lu Ke sighed.

He trudged closer to the statue and placed his hand on it.

The matriarch reached out unconsciously: "Don't touch!"

Lu Ke retracted his hand as if he was electrocuted: "What?"

The matriarch sighed, "We never let anything outside the Clan touch the statue."

Lu Ke nodded: "It is necessary for safety and the past, but have you ever thought that Hufflepuff uses this to ensure that his successor will definitely pass the test whenever he comes here?"

The matriarch was silent for a moment, and it took her a moment to understand what Lu Ke was talking about.

"So he believes that no matter how much time passes, the mermaid tribe will still be here, and the statue will be there too?"

Lu Ke nodded: "If I want to find a friend, I will find a friend who can do this."

The matriarch glanced at him and sighed.

"Like Hufflepuff, you have very high requirements for friends, so you are called an heir..."

Lu Ke spread his hands: "I think we are friends."

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