It didn't take long for Kyle and Connor to return to the castle.

After they left, Hagrid sat in the cabin and thought until the evening. Finally, he decided to follow Kyle's advice and send Fluffy to the Forbidden Forest tonight.

Although I feel reluctant, there is nothing I can do about it. First of all, doing this can make Lou Williams feel better.

If Lu Wei is happy, he will be happy too.

Besides, he had thought about it and realized that what Kyle said was right. The situation outside was indeed very tense.

Earlier, Professor Oren of Defense Against the Dark Arts had complained to him when he came to the Forbidden Forest to look for teaching materials. After today's Daily Prophet came out, the Ministry of Magic sent almost all of its strikers to search for those magical creatures whose origins could not be found in order to show their seriousness about the matter.

As a result, he couldn't even buy teaching materials for class, so he had to catch them in the Forbidden Forest himself.

Hagrid remembered that when Professor Oren said this, he was so angry that he cursed Fudge as a fool in the Forbidden Forest.

At the time, Hagrid just thought it was funny, but thinking about it now, he regretted not cursing along.

Because he bought Lu Wei in the bar, and there were quite a few people around at that time.

Although those people did not know what they bought, if one of them was unlucky enough to be caught by the striker, they would definitely insist that they bought magical creatures in order to escape punishment.

Anyway, for those people, if they guess right, they can make up for their crime with merit, and if they guess wrong, there is no loss, so why not do it?

So for Fluffy's safety and to avoid causing trouble for Dumbledore, he had no choice but to send Fluffy away.

Those strikers aren't going to search the Forbidden Forest.

Of course, if they wanted to, Hagrid would definitely not stop them.

There's no need for that.

There are even werewolves and man-headed sphinxes in the depths of the Forbidden Forest, so what's so strange about having an extra three-headed dog?

On the other side, Kyle, who had returned to the castle, was sitting in the corner of the common room, picking and choosing among the pile of guardian branches.

"I wanted to ask you that just now." Kanna looked at Kyle's actions and asked curiously, "Why are you picking up these dead branches? There are obviously a lot of them in the kitchen. You can take them anytime you want."

"It's different. This is the branch of the guardian tree." Kyle explained: "The guardian tree is a magical mountain pear tree that can protect those who touch its trunk from attacks by dark creatures."

Connor blinked. Of course she knew that, but what did it have to do with Kyle picking up branches?

Branches, trunks...these are two completely different things.

"I... Never mind. You'll know later."

Kyle picked out a straight wooden stick and put it aside, then asked casually, "By the way, how did you know there were branches in the kitchen? Have you ever eaten there?"

The kitchen was so close, so Kyle must have been there before. However, every time he got near the door, he was surrounded by the group of house-elves.

The stove is located further inside, and if you want to see the whole picture, you can only sit at the long tables.

Given the enthusiasm of those house-elves, it is basically impossible to get there without eating there.

Because halfway through, they can hang a whole cow on you.

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense..."

Somehow, Kanna's face suddenly turned red, and she stammered, "I, I was just curious, so I went to the kitchen to take a look!"

“I see.”

Kyle didn't care and continued to pick those guardian branches. When he finally finished sorting them out, he found that Kanna had returned to the dormitory without knowing when.

He wasn't going to stay up all night.

Tomorrow is a big weekend day for Hufflepuffs because the Quidditch matches start and the first game is against Slytherin.

the next day.

In order to cheer for their college team, the little badgers got up before eight o'clock. After breakfast, they put on neat school uniforms, brought the cheering flags they had made in advance, and went to the Quidditch field on time.

Kyle was originally one of them, but after finishing breakfast, a fat ghost suddenly floated in front of him.

"Hi Kyle, I hope I didn't disturb your breakfast."

"Hello, Friar," Kyle responded politely, "Would you like to go watch Quidditch together? There's a very good chance that Hufflepuff will win this year."

"No, in fact, I prefer Gobstone." The fat monk said with some regret: "It's a pity that Hogwarts cancelled this competition decades ago."

"I'm sorry, Brother." Kyle said quickly, "I hope I didn't ruin your mood today."

"Of course not, kid." The fat monk said with a smile: "The best thing about being a ghost is that nothing can be worse than this, you don't have to care at all.

But you may have to wait a little longer to watch the game. Dumbledore wants to see you. He is in the headmaster's office on the eighth floor. The password is peanut butter."

Dumbledore is looking for him? This surprised Kyle. He asked curiously, "Sir, do you know why the headmaster wants to see me?"

"I'm not sure about that." The fat monk shook his head and said, "I'm just helping to pass on the message."

"Okay, I'll go now. Goodbye, monk."

After saying goodbye to the fat monk, Kyle went straight to the eighth floor.

He would definitely go if the headmaster wanted to see him, he just hoped that he wouldn't miss the Quidditch match.

Although he had never been to the principal's office before, Kyle quickly found the ugly stone beast thanks to his familiarity with the map.

"Buttery peanut butter," Kyle said.

The stone beast then jumped to the side, and the wall behind it split in two, revealing a spiral staircase at the back.

The stairs move up slowly, like an escalator.

Kyle stepped up and followed the stairs to an oak door with a griffin-shaped knocker.

Kyle knocked on a door nervously, and the door knocker seemed to come alive, flapping its wings and slowly opening the door.

I can only say that it is worthy of being the principal's office. This way of opening the door is much better than knocking on a wooden barrel.

Kyle walked into the principal's office and looked around curiously.

The large circular room was full of funny little noises, and on the table were many curious silver objects which spun and emitted little puffs of smoke.

Kyle had no idea what these things did, but they certainly weren't humidifiers.

There is a stone basin with strange symbols on it placed near the wall, and next to it is a huge mirror.

The mirror was very majestic, reaching up to the ceiling, with a shiny gold frame and supported by two claw-shaped feet.

(End of this chapter)