Some young wizards came out of their hiding places with the idea of watching a play.
What they didn't expect was that Buckbeak and the other hippogriffs actually stopped in their tracks.
Hagrid was equally surprised. No one knew better than him just how difficult these big, feathered creatures could be when angry.
Seeing Lucas still approaching, only then did Hagrid remember his duties as a professor.
"Thank you for your help, but you can't get any closer, leave it to me."
He held out his hand as he spoke, intending to hold Buckbeak's chains in his hand.
But the hippogriff didn't wait for him to approach and used its beak to peck at the back of Hagrid's hand.
"Hiss, Buckbeak? You bit me?"
Fortunately, Hagrid has really tough skin, so it just made him feel pain.
Buckbeak ignored Hagrid's complaints and, keeping away from the half-giant, it went to its own group.
Once all the hippogriffs were together, there was a jaw-dropping scene. All of them bent their front hooves at the same time and lowered their heads deeply.
"WOW~ This is incredible."
Hagrid was also surprised.
He looked at the blond boy walking towards him. He really wanted to ask how he managed to make the entire hippogriff group surrender.
You have to know that even Hagrid himself has only gained Buckbeak's trust and respect.
"Professor Hagrid, what happened to these hippogriffs?"
Facing the students' questions, Hagrid explained to them right away.
"This represents that the Hippogriff acknowledges a person, and will obey his orders in the future."
Some students gave envious praise at Lucas upon hearing this.
At this moment, Lucas had walked up to the Hippogriffs.
Watching them still bowing down, he patted the big head of Buckbeak.
"Okay, you all go back to the Forbidden Forest."
As soon as the words fell, several hippogriffs stood up and flew towards the Forbidden Forest without looking back.
Seeing the Hippogriffs really does listen to Lucas, the students voiced their envy again.
"If Grindelwald ordered the hippogriffs to let us ride them, would they obey?"
I don't know who came up with this very thoughtful suggestion, but a group of people immediately looked at Lucas with hope, especially the Slytherins who had a bigger chance of convincing him to try.
Lucas turned around and came to Hagrid. Seeing Harry's pale face, he kindly reminded him: "Professor Hagrid, you should send Harry to the infirmary now."
"If this continues, he may die from blood loss."
"Oh I had forgotten, thank you Lucas."
Hagrid patted his head, picked up Harry and walked towards the castle.
At the same time, he also announced the end of the class to everyone.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a new achievement: Animal Conqueror; reward: 200 achievement points.]
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In a bed in the infirmary, Harry stared at the scenery outside the window with a dull expression.
The glorious moment that belonged to him was snatched by Lucas again.
Although this time no one could say he was a coward. But no one praised him for his bravery in the face of the hippogriff.
All because of:
"I heard that Mr. Grindelwald can order hippogriffs."
"Really? Those arrogant beasts will actually obey someone's orders?"
"I asked the third years, and they all said the whole hippogriff herd bowed to Lucas, showing submission."
Yes, it's all because of Lucas.
Even though Harry was laying in the infirmary, he could still hear the discussions of the teachers outside the door.
"Harry, are you feeling better?"
Ron, Seamus, Neville and others pushed the door open.
Several people also brought some candy and food.
As a friend, Ron could tell right away that Harry was in a bad mood.
"Harry, you should think better, at least you proved your courage this time, you see no one is talking about you anymore."
The other two also nodded.
The comforted Harry felt a little relieved, but he won't give up so easily. He already had a new plan in his mind.
…
The next day, Lucas left the castle during his lunch break and went out to find Hermione's lost pet, Crookshanks.
The two girls are in charge of the area inside the castle, while he was in charge of the outside of the castle.
As soon as he stepped out of the gate, Lucas saw the Weasley twins coming from a distance.
"Fred, George, how was your summer vacation?"
"Oh~ it's the Chief, we want to thank you."
"I think we should call him boss, Fred!"
Reminded by his less handsome brother, Fred changed his words with a smile: "Boss, thank you for giving us such a good opportunity."
"We not only made money during the summer vacation."
"We also learned a lot of useful knowledge, and even came up with a lot of prank ideas."
"This summer vacation was really fulfilling!"
Watching the twins open their arms as they answered in unison, Lucas smiled and said: "That's good, remember our agreement, the prank items you create will be sold to my store first."
The three of them chatted about the future.
The twins are already in their fifth year, and they will be graduating in the blink of an eye.
Lucas really wanted to take the two of them under his command. Their ingenuity will definitely create amazing wealth for Lucas.
Once the conversation was over, Fred and George went into the castle.
But before parting, Fred also told Lucas that a big, fat ginger cat ran towards the Forbidden Forest.
Thanking them, Lucas strode toward the Forbidden Forest.
When he came to the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest, he met an unexpected person.
Looking at Luna who was looking up at a big tree, Lucas slowed down and approached slowly.
"Lucas Grindelwald?"
"You didn't look back, how did you know it was me?"
Luna turned her head and smiled, but did not answer the question.
"Lucas Grindelwald, you can see thestrals, do you believe in the Crumple Horned Snorkack?"
"Crumple Horned Snorkack?"
That is a creature not recognized by the wizarding world, most people don't believe they exist.
Well, there are indeed some people who believe that this magical creature exists in the world.
For example, Luna Lovegood in front of him along with her father, Xenophilius Lovegood. Along with some loyal readers of The Quibbler, the newspaper of the Lovegood family.
"You mean those magical creatures that live in Sweden?"
When Lucas said this sentence he saw a light flash in the eyes of the little girl across from him.
"You also believe in the existence of the Crumple Horned Snorkack, don't you?"
"Well, of course..."
Lucas blushed and kept telling lies, but seeing Luna smile, he also laughed unconsciously.
Thanks to their talks about thestrals and the Crumple Horned Snorkack, the two got closer.
Looking at the bread in Luna's hand, Lucas asked curiously: "What are you doing here? The Forbidden Forest is very dangerous."
"But I heard that you were able to set foot in the Forbidden Forest in your first grade."
"Who did you hear it from?"
"Hermione Granger, she likes to talk about you, and the girls in Ravenclaw also like to listen."
Listening to the girl describe how Hermione usually talks about him in Ravenclaw, Lucas never stopped smiling.
They talked for a long time again before going back to the original topic.
Luna held up the bread and said: "Recently I found a stray dog in the Forbidden Forest, it's very pitiful, so I feed it with some food every day."
"Stray dog?"
"Well, do you want to go together?"
Seeing Luna's big silvery eyes looking at him expectantly, Lucas nodded and said, "Of course, I am honored to be invited by the lovely Miss Lovegood."
"Actually, you can just call me Luna."
The two walked side by side, wandering in the forbidden forest.
After a while, the sound of dog barking came from a distance and when the huge black dog appeared in Lucas' sight, there's no need to mention how happy he was.
'Sirius Black, I finally found you.'
At this time, Sirius was squatting on the ground and was making weird noises at Crookshanks.
Crookshanks, on the other hand, was listening very carefully.
This dog and cat seemed to be in a meeting.
"That's Hermione's Crookshanks."
Luna's voice woke up both animals.
Seeing that Lucas was there, Crookshanks immediately ran towards him.
"Finally found you, you seem to like running around"
Picking up the big fat cat, Lucas said something indifferently.
In fact, he knows very well that Crookshanks is chasing Peter Pettigrew.
Sirius wagged his tail when he got close to Luna
The dog was pretty well behaved, but when he saw Lucas beside her, he immediately bared his fangs ferociously.
"Don't be like this, Lucas Grindelwald is a good person."
Looking at the big black dog still baring its teeth at him, Lucas drew out his wand and said, "Luna, let me check its body for you."
It doesn't matter whether the other party agrees or not, since a spell had already left the wand.
Sirius who was hit was stunned for a moment, and shivered from head to tail.
"Huh?" Sirius tilted his head and seemed to be wondering what Lucas did.
But from the smirk on the corner of Lucas' mouth, one can guess that the spell just now must have no good effect.
"It seems that there is nothing wrong with it. If you like it, why don't you take it back to the castle?"
Lucas said this to better monitor this guy. After all, the Marauder's Map cannot monitor beyond the borders of the Forbidden Forest.
Unfortunately, Luna didn't want this.
"It belongs to nature, just let it stay here."
Lucas gave Sirius a sympathetic look.
Obviously this was a perfect chance for him to enter the castle as a pet.
It's a pity that Merlin didn't take care of him!
Just when the two were feeding Sirius with bread, another person appeared not far away.
Ginny learned of Lucas' whereabouts from her brothers, the Weasley twins.
It took a lot of courage to find him.
"Ginny, come on, you can do it!"
Cheering herself on again, Ginny Weasley strode towards Lucas.
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