Chapter 336: Forbidden Forest Assistant

"Come on, follow me quickly, after eating, they will leave in a while—"

Hagrid walked into the Forbidden Forest with big strides, and Jia Siting followed him along the footprints.

Soon, they arrived at the place that was dense with trees and dark as dusk last time.

"Wait for me."

Hagrid placed Fang beside Jia Siting and plunged into the yew forest himself.

Before long, a long eagle whistle sounded not far away.

An animal trotted toward Jia Siting.

This was a strange animal.

It had the body, hind legs, and tail of a horse, but its front legs, wings, and head were like an eagle. Its cold, sharp beak was the color of steel, and its bright, large eyes were orange.

The eagle claws on the front legs were a full half-foot long, and just as Hagrid said, they looked daunting.

What was reassuring was that a thick leather collar was wrapped around its neck, tied by a long chain. The chain was held in Hagrid's big hands, and he walked slowly toward Jia Siting with this monster.

"I spent a lot of effort, Jia Siting, come quickly, Merlin's beard—I know you must be extremely excited!"

Hagrid was rubbing his hands excitedly himself,

"Remember, Jia Siting, I know you will listen carefully, which is the best.

What I want to tell you is, about the Hippogriff, the first thing you need to know is that it is very proud. You walk toward it, bow, and if it also bows to you, you can touch it.

If it doesn't bow, you should leave it quickly; those claws will hurt people. Come and try, Jia Siting."

Jia Siting had been waiting for a long time. He looked at this animal with its head held high, and without hesitation, took a step forward.

"Well done!"

Hagrid said in a loud voice. He seemed much more nervous than Jia Siting,

"Alright—look it in the eye, don't blink—if you blink too frequently, the Hippogriff won't trust you..."

Jia Siting stared at the Hippogriff, and Hagrid reminded him from the side with worry:

"Bow, Jia Siting..."

Jia Siting knew that he was now at the most important part of taming the Hippogriff.

Just as he bowed slowly.

To Hagrid's great surprise, the Hippogriff suddenly bent its scaly front knees and made an unmistakable bowing posture.

"Well done, Jia Siting! You tamed it! My God! Even I spent a whole week!"

Hagrid said ecstatically,

"Alright—you can touch it! Pat its beak, go ahead!"

【You harvested the magical creature Hippogriff (Buckbeak) with an expert standard, proficiency +50】

【Hippogriff Buckbeak: Slightly close (20/300)】

【Advanced: Having three magical creature partners who are relatively close (entry level) can unlock the entry-level title in the magical creature field】

It seemed to be a success. Jia Siting reached out and patted Buckbeak's beak.

Jia Siting was very familiar with this name.

Buckbeak symbolizes freedom and breaking through difficulties. It repelled werewolves, drove away Professor Snape, and also served as a ride for Sirius Black who escaped from prison.

It is a loyal magical creature.

In the Forbidden Forest.

Buckbeak closed its eyes lazily, seeming to like someone patting its beak.

The dim forest had the damp smell of soil, and Jia Siting followed Hagrid through a whole dense forest without stopping.

They fed insects such as beetles around the trees to Bowtruckles, and then fed raw meat to the Thestrals. After a while, they would return to Hagrid's hut to cook for Fang.

All the way, Jia Siting heard the panel ringing happily:

【You harvested the magical creature Bowtruckle (Tela) with an entry-level standard, proficiency +3】

【You harvested the magical creature Thestral (Wu Wu) with an entry-level standard, proficiency +3】

The closeness of magical creatures improved rapidly because Jia Siting took on the vast majority of the feeding tasks.

Hagrid, while holding Fang, felt a bit touched:

"I knew it, he must love magical creatures to death... just like me..."

Gaining the closeness of magical creatures is not an easy thing, especially for some smarter magical creatures, it is very common for their closeness to be stuck in one place.

Jia Siting had long made long-term plans.

Due to the ability of 【Title: Primary Magical Creature Affinitor】, Jia Siting could slightly understand some of the thoughts of magical creatures.

For example, Gugu, it is a relatively large Bowtruckle.

It has always liked a small tree, but the clansmen think that as a big Bowtruckle in the clan, it should go to a bigger tree, so it has been very distressed.

After Jia Siting helped make an exchange, its closeness improved by leaps and bounds, and it reached relatively close (entry level) in one fell swoop.

Days in the Forbidden Forest were very interesting. Jia Siting followed Hagrid, who was like a lion, to patrol the territory while planning the alchemy ritual for new magical creature cookies.

They processed raw meat, collected beetles, and guarded the Forbidden Forest, once making Hagrid think that Professor McGonagall had equipped him with a little assistant.

And an excellent assistant who was good at using magic to improve efficiency (for example, using Transfiguration to make five stone knives to process raw meat), had a mature mentality, and loved magical creatures.

This day, Harry, Luo En, and Hermione came to the edge of the Forbidden Forest to find Hagrid, but what they saw at a glance was not Hagrid, but Jia Siting riding a strange animal.

Hagrid was following behind excitedly.

"Merlin! Buckbeak is willing to stay! Jia Siting, I'm so excited!"

Jia Siting smiled lightly. Buckbeak was willing to stay, and his magical creature cookies were completely settled.

"I remember, Hagrid is the gamekeeper, right? Now Hagrid is just the Keeper of Keys?"

Luo En muttered in a low voice,

"I know Jia Siting has been in the Forbidden Forest recently, but when did he take office?"

As they spoke, they subconsciously followed Hagrid into the Forbidden Forest.

"What are you doing, hmm?"

Hagrid saw the dangerous actions of the few, and suddenly roared, scaring them into jumping.

"This is the Forbidden Forest! First-year freshmen can't run around, Harry! And you two! How dare you do this!"

The three were scared and retreated quickly, then looked at Hagrid and Jia Siting, who was flying away on Buckbeak, with strange eyes.

"Ah—! You all saw it?"

Hagrid realized later, and after being stunned for two seconds, he said with wide eyes.

"Yeah, first-year freshmen are running around..."

Harry added silently.

"Oh oh oh—"

Hagrid's big face turned red.

"Hagrid, aren't you with Jia Siting?"

Hermione asked with some worry.

"Ah, that... My God! What am I doing! Jia Siting, danger! Wait for me—"

So Hagrid also ran far away.

Leaving only Harry and the other two in the Forbidden Forest looking at each other.

The last chapter is at eleven o'clock