Hogwarts Asylum

By the black lake, the evening breeze blew, but it could not dissipate Eurolin's melancholy.

My mood swings have been a bit severe recently. Although it helps me maintain my humanity, this feeling is really uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Oluolin's self-regulation ability has always been very strong, and he quickly returned to his usual calm.

The Acromantula named Atrak was staring at Eurolin quietly. Its eight big black eyes were shining with strange light, and the thick black hair covering its whole body was fully visible. The giant chelicerae collided with each other, making a clicking sound.

The little leprechaun sitting above Catherine's head began to translate after hearing the clicking sound.

"I... cough, cough, cough," Youbudan choked on his homemade smoke. His voice was a little decadent and tired. Coupled with his thumb-sized face with many wrinkles, he looked very much like a A middle-aged man who was transported into society just after giving birth to his third child said, "Whatever I say next is what it asked me to say, so if it scolds you, don't blame me."

The leprechaun is a kind of magical creature that likes to play pranks but never hurts people. It is green in color and has a human shape. It can only grow up to 6 inches in height and is not as long as a paper written by little wizards. This kind of magical creature is in magic. The status of the world is somewhat special because of their two unique abilities.

One of them is their innate magic that can produce a fake gold coin out of thin air. This fake gold coin looks very similar to Galleons and feels almost like real gold. But after it is produced, the fake gold coin It will disappear within a few hours and is often used as a prank by them.

Because before the fake gold coins disappear, almost only the goblins of Gringotts can correctly identify the real ones from the fake ones, but that is also because every real Galleons has a unique anti-counterfeiting mark that only the goblins recognize, and this mark is a small The leprechauns can't do it.

Because of this, the vast majority of fraud cases in the magical world are committed by wizards who raise leprechauns.

One can imagine how much the Ministry of Magic dislikes creatures like leprechauns.

Another ability that makes them unique is that they can learn human languages, whether English, French, German, Spanish, or other languages. As long as they are taught, they can learn them. However, since leprechauns are generally from Ireland , so most of them are English-speaking.

Although they can speak English, they are not defined as "people" by the Ministry of Magic. The explanation given by the Ministry of Magic is that it is because they are not very intelligent.

However, O'Loughlin prefers that they are not defined as "people" because in that case, the leprechauns will have the right to act at will in the magical world, and this will directly increase the workload of the Ministry of Magic. After all, all leprechauns are born masters of counterfeiting coins.

The little leprechaun in front of him had a logical way of speaking and the ability to predict risks, which made Oluolin feel that he was smarter than a first-year wizard. He had no idea how it ended up in the Forbidden Forest and became an Acromantula. Translator's.

"Hey, that Shaggy one!" Youbudan shouted, "You should give me a response. Atrak has already said a lot of things.

Hey, damn, it’s really troublesome. If I didn’t know the way, I wouldn’t have to suffer here!Damn, you damn stinky shit, you said you would come to pick me up after everything was done, and you don’t know where you died..."

Youbudan cursed and complained, his mouth smeared with honey.

"Didn't Mundungus tell you not to use bad words in Hogwarts?" Eurolin said quietly.

"Huh? Do you also know Smelly Dung?" Youbudan said in surprise, "That's right, that guy's business scope has always been broad."

"Click-"

"Okay, okay, Atrak, I'll start translating right now."

It seemed that Atrak was blaming Youbdan for talking too much, "Okay, Changmao, I'm going to start."

"I know you, Shaggy... cough, black-haired devil. Although I don't know why you turned into a silver-haired devil, you are indeed the devil who is bold enough to treat our fellow giant spiders as food."

Olorin looked at Atrak with interest. He was curious about how he recognized the giant spider. Whether it was at the beginning or recently, he had never exposed his identity in front of the giant spider.

"I have no intention of fighting with you. Those fools will die as soon as they die. The giant spider family never lacks waste that only consumes food.

But I have a deal to discuss with you.

I am the next giant spider lord..." Yubdan paused, and it looked at Atrak and shouted, "Wait, weren't you expelled?Why is he the next lord? "

"Click, click, click!" Atrak's two chelicerae collided rapidly, looking a little excited.

"Tsk, there's no one like you who puts gold in your face. If your sister hears it, you'll be dead. It's the next lord."

"Click!"

"Okay, okay, why are you so excited? I won't mention it." Youbudan muttered, "Well, then I will continue.

I want to make a deal with you. As long as you help me confirm my identity as the next lord, then I will no longer care about the crimes you have committed..."

"Wait a minute, do you know how to negotiate?" Youbudan looked at Atrak again, "You said before that those idiots will die if they die, and now you are talking about those idiots... Forget it, I'll do it. Anyway, I know where your bottom line is."

"Ahem, this, um, Mr. Silver-haired Demon," Youbudan cleared his throat and said seriously, "Are you interested in having an inexhaustible treasure trove? This treasure trove can be used every week Bringing you at least several thousand galleons and no risk."

Olorin looked at the Acromantula and the leprechaun with great interest. This pairing is really interesting. The fallen prince and the dog-headed strategist?

Although Youbudan didn't say much just now, he had a lot of information.

From its words, Eurolin had guessed the identity of this Acromantula. It was one of the many children of Aragog, the Acromantula raised by Hagrid. Then it was because of its relationship with another giant spider. The spider lost when it competed for the position of being the giant spider lord, and was expelled from the group by the superior, so it was unwilling to accept it and wanted to take back everything with the help of the wizard.

As for this little leprechaun, it probably teamed up with that guy Mundungus, who had no credibility, to swindle money, and it should have made a lot of money, so Mundungus deceived it into Hogwarts in order to keep the profits. , As for which professor will buy the leprechaun, it’s hard to say, because many wizards in the magic world are very interested in the leprechaun’s ability to produce fake gold coins.

As for the treasure trove Youbudan mentioned, there is no need to guess. After all, the most expensive thing in the Acromantula's body is their venom. That kind of venom is very versatile and can be used in many magic studies, but due to its source It is extremely rare, so the market price of a pint of Acromantula venom is as high as 100 galleons.

Based on the number of Acromantulas deep in the Forbidden Forest, it would be modest to say that spider venom worth several thousand galleons is produced every week, and it is truly inexhaustible. After all, obtaining venom is indeed It is not necessary to kill the Acromantula.

However, the little leprechaun did not take into account the fact that the large amount of giant spider venom flowing into the market would cause the price of giant spider venom to drop.

Olorin glanced at the little leprechaun. Sure enough, the little leprechaun was deliberately pretending not to know. It actually knew how to conceal its own shortcomings during negotiations. Its wisdom was really comparable to that of an adult wizard.

"So as long as I help Atrak successfully become a candidate for lord, it can contribute venom to me every week?" Olorin decided not to expose the little leprechaun's plan to see what other tricks it had.

"You are very keen, respected wizard, as you said, as long as Atrak becomes the lord, it can contribute dozens of pints of venom to you every week. As far as I know, this venom is on the black market, a pint It’s only 150 galleons, and it may not be available yet.”

Olorin smiled. The little leprechaun quietly erased the word "candidate", which meant that it was not enough for Atrak to be a lord candidate. It had to wait until it became a lord before it could fulfill its promise, and it also had to wait for it to become a lord candidate. The price of giant spider venom on the black market replaces the market price, which inflates one's own efforts out of thin air. This pie-painting technique is really comparable to the boss randomly handing out a few scraps of paper and saying that when the company goes public, the employees will directly become shareholders.

However, Olorin is indeed quite interested in this deal. After all, if he wants to keep the price of giant spider venom stable, he just needs to find someone to sell the excess venom to the magic world in other countries.

But there is one more problem.

Olorin looked into Atrak's eyes and asked, "I want to know how you recognized me."

Before Atrak could answer, and Yubdan translated it, Orolin had already got the answer.

The answer is simple. Acromantulas' eyesight is amazingly good. They have observed Eurolin's back from a distance outside of Eurolin's detection range. In the eyes of Acromantula, no matter what Eurolin becomes, The appearance and subtle movement habits will not change.

This is how Atlach recognized Orolin.

Olorin touched his chin. It seemed that he had become a little blindly confident before. Although there were few creatures in the magic world with better insight than the Acromantula, this kind of subtle movement habits was indeed something he had not noticed. .

He began to reflect and should be more careful in the future to avoid being exposed when he does trouble again.

"Hey! Wizard, how do you think about it? What a good deal. Having a group of powerful Acromantulas as allies will bring more benefits than galleons in the future." Youbudan took back his earth smoke again.

Olorin came back to his senses. He looked at Atlak and said, "I can agree to this deal, but not now. If you agree, we can find a time to talk in detail later."

Atrak moved his head up and down very intelligently, and shook White down who had just climbed on top of it.

Olorin nodded, then looked at Catherine who had started counting the hairs of the giant spider out of boredom, and said: "As for you, Catherine, I don't recommend that you ride it into the castle. The little wizard at Hogwarts may I can’t accept this kind of stimulation.”

"Ah? Why? Atlak is very good." Catherine accidentally pulled out a few spider hairs, but Atlak didn't care, and she didn't know how the man and the spider knew each other and could get along so quickly. Get along.

"The source of the Acromantula in the Forbidden Forest comes from a former Hogwarts student, and that student has been expelled for raising Acromantula." Olorin said expressionlessly, "You know what I mean. ?"

"I don't understand!" Catherine said with her hands on her hips.

O'Loughlin knew that Catherine had understood and was just telling lies, so he made his words more serious: "If you are willing to be ordered to leave Hogwarts tonight, then I have no problem with it."

"Okay, you win." Catherine said gloomily. She felt that she was particularly powerful when riding on Atrak, and she wanted to let more people see it.

Catherine skillfully jumped off Atlac, then turned around and patted Atlac, and said, "I'm sorry, Atlac, I can't take you to the castle. I'll come see you tomorrow."

"Click-"

"It said remember to bring some food." Youbudan translated as he prepared to jump off Catherine's head, but was caught in mid-air by Catherine and held in her hand.

"What are you doing! What are you doing! Are you going to kidnap the innocent little leprechaun?!" Youbudan struggled, trying to escape from Catherine's grasp, "Atrak, don't look at it, help me."

However, Atrak not only did not respond, he turned around and walked back to the Forbidden Forest.

"Atrak can't go, but you can. You have to help me as a greeting gift, just use your ability to turn gold." Catherine held Ubudan in front of her and said.

……

In the auditorium, as there were more and more little wizards, the place gradually became noisy, but the professors did not stop it.

"Stop them!"

A group of little wizards shouted and whizzed past a group of fleeing mice.

Ever since a handy little wizard discovered that little mice were turned into candy, almost all Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs have joined the ranks of mouse hunting, but as more and more candy animals are unearthed, Roland En's face became increasingly pale.

"Ron, what's wrong with you?" Harry asked, having just grabbed a mouse from under the table and watching the mouse turn back into candy.

"I...I..." Ron crossed his arms, trembling all over, his face was frighteningly white, and he couldn't even speak completely.

"Are you hungry?" Neville grabbed a little spider. He raised the little spider above his head and wanted to see how the spider turned back into candy.

"You..." Ron pointed at the spider Neville was holding.

Neville put his hand down, and Ron jumped back as if he had seen a ghost, almost knocking over the chair.

"Ron, are you afraid of spiders?" Neville shook the candy in his hand.

At this time, Simo ran over holding a white cat that looked very clean.

"Look! I caught a cat that looks very much like Mrs. Norris." Seamus shouted as he ran. "It will definitely be able to conjure a bunch of candies. I'll make a fortune."

"Uh-" Harry looked at Filch limping over from a distance and scratched his head, "Seamus, I suggest you let it go."

"Why?" Seamus wondered, "So many candies!"

"You damn little beast! Put down my Loris!!!"