Chapter 76: Opportunity

"That horse person, what do they mean?"

On the way back, Ron asked.

He felt he could understand every word the horse people said, but when they were combined, he didn't grasp the meaning.

Harry shook his head; in fact, he also couldn't fully understand what Fei Lunzhe said.

"Don't overthink it; horse people are good at astrology, but their predictions aren't always accurate. There's not much pattern to follow in such matters," Dali said.

"But he said my fate has changed. Why would it change? I didn't do anything in July,"

Harry frowned and said.

"There are too many factors that can affect divination, so there's no need to worry too much about these things,"

Dali replied casually.

In fact, he had probably already guessed why Harry's fate changed and why the future was unpredictable.

Because of his return.

Given his status, it's almost impossible for horse people to pry into Harry, who is close to him; the horse person who was severely wounded during the divination likely saw something they shouldn't have.

"So, what do you think about the unicorn blood matter?"

Harry asked.

"Is Voldemort back?"

Ron shivered and turned pale.

"It could be him; it's hard to say now. But if he truly hasn't died, then he's definitely looking for a chance to resurrect," Dali said.

"Unicorn blood can only briefly extend his life; he must find something that can fully restore him,"

At that point, Harry's eyes suddenly lit up.

"That thing in Vault 713!"

Harry's breathing became rapid.

"Exactly."

Dali nodded.

"It's just that we still don't know exactly what that thing hidden on Hogwarts' Fourth Floor is,"

Harry said regretfully.

"Should we tell Professor Dengbulido about this?" Ron asked.

"Actually, whether we tell him or not doesn't make much difference. Do you think Professor Dengbulido wouldn't know someone is after that thing? The fact that he thought of sending Hagrid to Gulingge's vault to retrieve it and store it at Hogwarts shows he had anticipated this,"

"And now he's definitely also searching for the man in black and Voldemort's followers,"

Ron's complexion grew even paler, "Don't mention that name again."

He seemed afraid that uttering the name would let Voldemort hear it.

"Fine."

Dali and Harry nodded helplessly.

It seemed only the two of them could call Voldemort's name without restraint; Ron, Hagrid, and the others from the Magic World naturally harbor a certain fear of that name.

Perhaps that's the "young calf not fearing the tiger" effect; after all, they haven't lived through Voldemort's dark era.

"Thank heavens, I thought you were lost in the Forbidden Forest,"

Outside the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid was standing there with Yaya.

"We just cleaned up the last bit of dung,"

Harry said.

"Alright, as long as you're okay, you can go back... Oh..."

Hagrid hadn't finished speaking when a wave of stench hit him, making him wrinkle his nose.

"I suggest you take a shower first, then have a meal; otherwise your classmates probably won't be able to tolerate your current smell,"

"Okay, we'll go right away,"

After retrieving their wands from Hagrid, they rushed into the castle, heading straight for the bathroom.

An hour later.

When they appeared in Gryffindor's common room, many classmates wrinkled their noses and looked at Dali and the others with puzzlement.

Hermione had been passing by them, but her complexion changed instantly; she fanned her nose with her hand and said, "What did you go do? Dig up big dung?"

"You could tell that, how clever,"

Ron said with a forced smile.

Hermione gave Ron a withering look and turned back to the girls' dormitory.

The other students in the common room, most of them unable to stand the smell on those few, left quickly.

"Is our smell really that strong?"

Ron raised his hand and sniffed his own arm.

"I can't smell it,"

"We've already gotten used to this smell,"

Harry didn't want to say more and collapsed onto the soft sofa.

After a while.

Harry lowered his voice and said to Dali, "We need to find out exactly what that thing is; Fei Lunzhe was about to tell us, but those horse people interrupted him."

"Hmm, I also think it's necessary to clarify exactly what that thing is,"

Dali nodded.

"How do we find out—go into the Forbidden Forest to look for that horse person?"

Luoen said.

Dali said, "The Forbidden Forest is very dangerous; you'd better not go there again. Moreover, figuring out what that thing is isn't very hard, and there's also someone who knows about it."

He gave Harry a glance.

Harry immediately understood and said, "Hagrid!"

"Exactly."

Since Dengbulido had sent Hagrid to the vault to fetch that item, Hagrid must definitely know about it.

"But how do we get Hagrid to speak up?" Harry asked, frowning.

It's top secret; if they ask him directly, Hagrid certainly wouldn't say anything.

"Leave it to me. The next time we go to the hunting grounds for work, I'll find a chance to try."

Dali said directly.

School days always pass quickly.

A week flew by in an instant; this week finally Lack Appearance of the spectacular events of the previous two weeks, and it passed peacefully. It was evident that Professor McGonagall was relatively pleased with the three's performance this week.

Everyone attended classes as usual and ate meals as usual, while only Dali occasionally strolled around the castle.

However, the upperclass Slytherin student that Dali had been eagerly anticipating did not appear, leaving him somewhat disappointed.

And this also caused Dali's barbarian Extraordinary Trait digestion speed to slow down again.

But that's unavoidable; after all, he can't think about using Magic to hit classmates every day. Instead, he'd rather go find the dog on the Fourth Floor to spar with.

This week's punishment was simpler than the last; they only needed to chop some firewood. These tasks, which could clearly be completed with Magic, were now all left for them as punishment.

During that time, Dali kept looking for a chance to say a few words to Hagrid, but there was Lack any good opportunity, so he gave up.

As Halloween approached, Harry received Hagrid's invitation to visit his little cottage.

"This is an opportunity."

Harry said to Dali.

"I understand. When the time comes, don't speak recklessly; just leave it to me, okay?"

Dali reminded.

"Understood, D Ge!"

Harry and Luoen said in unison.

That day, after class, the three of them headed straight to Hagrid's little cottage.