The man behind Hogwarts

In the dark forest, a light that was not very bright illuminated a small area.

"William, no matter what you see later, you must keep it secret for me."

Among the trees, Hagrid was walking in front.

According to yesterday's agreement, he will take William to meet his other pet, the Acromantula Aragog, today.

"Hagrid, when did you and Aragog meet?"

"A long, long time."

"Want to hear my story?"

Passing by a big tree, the roots of the big tree are wrapped around and protruding from the ground, forming wooden walls with high thresholds.

Hagrid paused.

He invited William to sit on the root of the tree, look at the bright moonlight above his head, and fall into memories.

"That was a long time ago, let me think about it, it must have been forty or fifty years ago."

"I was still studying at Hogwarts at that time. I got Aragog from a traveler. He had just hatched at that time. He was so cute and fluffy."

"I raised him in a storage room under the castle dungeon, and fed him bread, vegetables, and meat I brought from the canteen every day."

"Until that day..."

His expression became more and more devoted, and his carefree eyes showed nostalgia.

William hugged Yaya and sat next to him.

"Until that day, a student in the school died, and everyone thought it was Aragog who killed him, but how is that possible?"

"Aragog is so timid. He doesn't even dare to go out of the storage room."

"He also often said that there are scary creatures in the school, the natural enemies of their Acromantula family, and he is very scared. But he doesn't say what the scary things are..."

Hear this.

William felt a little familiar.

A few decades ago, a student at Hogwarts died. Wasn't this Myrtle?

Myrtle's ghost still lingers in the school, especially in the girls' bathroom on the second floor.

From time to time, she would suddenly pop out and scare students who were using the toilet.

Because she cried often, the students also called her "Moaning Myrtle."

Myrtle was best known to the adventurous students, especially the Ravenclaw students, everyone had heard of her and everyone knew that Myrtle was also a Ravenclaw at the time.

What is even more familiar to William is that if it develops according to the original history.

In Harry Potter's second year, they will use Myrtle's clues to discover the basilisk lurking in Hogwarts, and have a slight confrontation with Voldemort.

So, Aragog's fear is the basilisk?

Hagrid continued to reminisce about the past.

It turns out that the whole school thought Myrtle was killed by Aragog. Hagrid couldn't bear his pet being killed, so he helped him escape to the Forbidden Forest.

Then, Hagrid was fired.

Until Dumbledore came to power and helped Hagrid obtain the position of forest guard... until now.

"Aragog is very good. He is the person who has been with me the longest."

Hagrid said with a slightly happy tone: "Fortunately, I helped him find a wife so that he could start a family. He has been very happy recently."

formed a family...

By the way, a small ethnic group was reproduced...

By the way, this angered the centaurs...

"Let's go. You can see Aragog's children not far ahead." Hagrid stood up and said, "Although Aragog's children don't like humans, it doesn't matter as long as I'm here. They will behave well."

Climbing up a small hillside and walking for another ten minutes, we crawled through a tree hole.

William saw the Acromantula without Hagrid's prompting.

Even at night, even though the forest was dark enough, William still saw many darker creatures.

They hang in groups on trees;

Shrunk into round black balls and scattered on the ground;

And the black shadows covering the entire hillside further ahead...

This is the territory of the Acromantula!

"If Klein comes here and uses a fire spell, it will be fragrant."

"These are charcoal-grilled spiders...ah, no, are these Acromantulas?"

Hagrid pointed forward proudly: "Look, these are the children of Aragog."

William nodded.

I almost thought Hagrid was going to say, "Look, this is the empire I have built for you."

The conversation between the two was not concealed, which immediately alerted the spiders.

The big spiders slowly surrounded him.

"Let's go, don't worry about them, let's go find Aragog."

"Little cuties, don't be nervous, it's me."

Hagrid walked in front. When the big spiders saw it was him, they were disappointed and prepared to go back to sleep. Their ancestors were not allowed to hurt Hagrid.

William followed behind him, always ready to summon his patronus.

These are Acromantulas, notorious fifth-level magical creatures.

If just saying that the five

Basilisk: XXXXX

Fire Dragon (Australian Opaleye, Common Welsh Green Dragon, Norwegian Spinosaurus, etc.): XXXXX

Werewolf: XXXXX

The above-mentioned creatures that scare wizards are all five X.

As the distance got closer, William could see clearly what these spiders looked like.

The smallest spiders are as big as a pug. According to his observations, these should be juvenile spiders that have not yet reached adulthood.

"Hagrid was right... furry."

If the cilia on the spider could be softer, William would almost like to get started.

Before the two of them had gone far.

The situation suddenly changed.

The big spider that left suddenly returned, forming a circle from front to back, left and right, and surrounded the two people.

At a glance, except for the area covered by the light of the portable lamp, the mountains and fields are full of giant spiders.

Seeing this scene, Hagrid shouted several times: "Everyone, get out of the way and get out of the way."

The spider in front gave way slightly, and the space was immediately filled by other spiders.

A spider has eight eyes.

Two spiders with sixteen eyes.

William couldn't count how many eyes were looking at him.

"Hagrid, have you brought anyone else here before?"

"No." Hagrid frowned: "William, you are the only one who knows Aragog."

The implication is that I didn’t tell anyone.

You are my most trusted friend.

Hmm...William was a little moved, really moved, not "dare to move".

"I guess these big spiders only give you face." William licked his lips: "I am the one they want to surround."

"It's okay, wait until I call Aragog out."

Hagrid stood in front of William and shouted "Aragog!"

The loud voice cut through the dark night.

When the big spiders heard Hagrid shouting so loudly, they became a little timid and expanded the encirclement circle by one meter.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

William hugged Yaya and comforted him softly.

Although this dog looks fierce, it is really gentle.

As early as when he approached the Acromantula's territory, Yaya was already about to turn into a soft ball.

While comforting Yaya, William himself was not anxious at all.

Not to mention that Hagrid is here, even if Hagrid is not here, with his current strength, he is not afraid at all.