Chương 45: Forbidden Forest

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Harry's eyes are tired from reading. He was also very tired. Beside him was a large pile of books

"Ugh. Right. This isn't going to work' He then turned to the pile of books.

'This isn't efficient. I wanted to 'memorize' the pages in my mindscape so that I can read them whenever I want. But just copying the books now would be exactly the same thing. And I wouldn't have such a big headache. I did like 50 books in a few hours. I can do that many in a few minutes.

Hell I could I could make a golem to scan it and then make it automatically conjure the pages.'

Harry stood up and stretched. His joints popping as his did.

' Golems huh. There is an idea. The next time I'm seriously researching something, I will make a few Golem Snakes and link my sight with them. Then use parallel thoughts to do multiple books at once. This might increase the strain on my mind and brain. But I will finish a lot faster, leaving me with more time for my experiments. Nice. That's a solid idea"

Harry looked at the library one more time ' I really should get my greed for knowledge under control. It blinds me and I make stupid decisions like this. Trying to memorize the books I am missing from the Restricted Section. Fucking idiot.

I'll just use the Geminio Charm to make a conjured copy from the book and then use wizarding Alchemy to make it permeant. Equivalent exchange. I will just get some blank papers and ink, along with some magic as a 'sacrifice' and it will turn the book into a 'real' copy.'

Harry exited the Restricted Section and saw the Librarian reorganizing a few books. The woman quickly averted her eyes. Not daring to even look at him.

'Meh, don't care. Frankly this way is better. She won't annoy me anymore'

Harry started to make his way back to his room. ' What do I do now? I'm feeling exhausted so I don't want to do any experiments now. I have an 40% chance of messing up and with the kind of experiments I do that means I might get blown up'

'Hmm, For now its time to rest and do something else. Something relaxing... I know. I'll take a walk through the forbidden forest.'

"You are going to take a walk. Through the forbidden forest" Hope deadpanned at Harry who just nodded

"Yep~. So take care of things here"

"Denied!" Hope grabbed his shoulders "Harry this is reckless even for you. There are many dangerous things in the Forest. I refuse to let you go alone. I'm coming with you, I am your bodyguard after all"

Harry sighed "Fine.. I don't understand what the big deal is. I'm just going for a walk. Not like anything there can kill me"

"That's not the point and you know it. It's a matter of principal. You can't be wandering around all alone. You might be strong, but its best to play it safe"

Harry looked at Hope's serious expression before letting out a sigh "Yeah, you are probably right about that. But its not like I'm underestimating this place. I have already sent out a few Golems in the Forbidden forest to gather information. I have a good grasp on the dangers in the Outer Forest. So its not like I'm rushing in"

"Ah" Hope blushed in embarrassment and looked away "Sorry for rushing to a conclusion"

Harry laughed and pated her on the head a few times "Its fine. You were just worried. But for now lets go. I want to see what I can pick up there"

After Harry left Daphne and Astoria were left alone in the Lord's Quarters.

Little Tory was writing something in her notebook. She was taking her studies very seriously. Well as serious as little girl can be.

Daphne was watching her baby sister from the side. She also had her books out.

Daphne slept on the matter and realized that Ravenclaw might be the better choice for her if she want's to cure Astoria. Being in Slytherin would have been exhausting and mingling with the other Snakes would have taken up a lot of her time. That place is a den of tiny politicians and backstabbers.

Harry already said that he will cure her. And he gave some possible means for a cure. But she doesn't want to put too much faith in him. Countless experts have failed before. And Harry does other experiments as well.

So he won't focus fully on Astoria. If he cures her than that's great. But in the meantime she will do everything she can to do it herself.

And one of the cures is Tori learning to be a Animagus. If that doesn't work she will need to learn to do some ritual to keep her in human form. Then she can work on a way to cure her. But she really Hoped Harry would do it before her. The sooner the better.

Meanwhile in the Forbidden Forest.

Harry was acting like a kid in a candy store, one with a free pass for the day.

"Ohh~ a Blue Moon Flower. That's a rare one"

"Nice~ Some Unicorn hairs stuck in a branch"

" A magical Mario mushroom? Whatever I'll take it and experiment on it later"

"Bingo~ Fatal Ivy! This is going to make an interesting poison"

Hope just watched as Harry practically popped from one place to another and picked up ingredients, stored them in tiny jars before throwing them in the air only for them to hit the magic circle above him and disappear into his 'pocket space'.

"Man that's some old ass Elder Wood. I'm taking a few branches"

Hope did her best not to facepalm. At the moment Harry was moving faster than he ever has. He was zooming all over the place.

Anything that could be of Value was thrown into his pocket space. It was obvious why Harry's Animagus form was a crow. He was a serious hoarder.

Clank. Clank. Clank

Harry stopped and frowned when he heard those sounds. Hope tried to get in front of Harry to protect him, but he raised his hand stopping her.

Harry and Hope were slowly getting surrounded by Acromantula.

"I will not allow anyone to ruin the immense joy that I am feeling right now. This is my treasure hunt and you will pay for interfering with it" Harry says in a serious voice making Hope facepalm.

'Why is he so petty for the tiniest things'

$Terebrare$ (literally pierce in latin)

Puchi

An invisible bullet went right through the eyes of one of the giant spiders.

"$Terebrare$, $Terebrare$, $Terebrare$...."

A few seconds later the area was filled with Acromantula 'carcass'. Harry already has Acromantula parts at Home, but these are fresh so he took them as well.

"Now where was I. Oh right" Harry put on some music this time and continued his scavenging while he sung along.

"The King and his men stole the queen from her bed.

And bound her in her bones"

Hope shook her head "Men, use any excuse to sing sea shanties"

"Damn right!" Harry happily smiled

"The seas be ours and by the powers

Where we will, we'll roam..."

"You are foraging wild plants. Why are you singing pirate songs" Hope asks Harry with a confused expression

"Because I am a captain of a ship and am 'pillaging' this forest for everything that it's got"

Hope sighed and re-focused and silently following Harry along. Hope's senses were spread to their maximum. Earlier she didn't even hear the spiders until they made their presence known by clicking their fangs. This was unacceptable and it would not happen again. She would make sure of it. This time she was even using the mana taxing Radar spell Harry thought her.

'Let me see you sneak up on me now' Hope thought as she followed Harry with her wand in her hands.

~ An hour later

"Harry incoming" Hope called out as she raised her wand and staff

*cluck-cluck* *cluck-cluck*

Harry sighed as he heard the sound of hooves coming from the distance.

'Why can't they just leave me to pillage this place in peace'

A centaur quickly comes out of the large bushes. He had an angry expression on his face.

"Wizard! Leave this forest! I have seen it in the stars! You will ruin this forest with your greed!" the centaur raised his bow and pulled an arrow.

'An extremely aggressive centaur. This might be Bane' Harry thought to himself

"Are you Bane"

Harry's question made Bane's eyes widened "How do you know my name child"

Seeing Bane get angrier Harry smirked "I saw it in the stars" he says in a dramatic way

Bane said nothing else. He fired the arrow at Harry who just flicked his finger and a small burst of magic knocked it out of the air. The arrow wasn't even enchanted it was a regular wooden arrow with a bone arrowhead.

"Well that was a mistake"

$Terebrare$

Whoosh

An invisible bullet pierced Bane through the forehead.

Hope shook her head when she saw this ' Poor centaur. He came all this way just to die. Guess his divination wasn't that powerful if he couldn't see this coming'

"Hope lets move on. I want to grab a few more plan-"

AWOOOOO AWOOOO!!!x???

Hope's eyes widened as she heard the howls. She has never met another werewolf before other than her mother. So this would be a first for her.

Harry on the other hand..

"OH COME ON!" he yelled out and threw his hands in the air from frustration.

"A little Peace and Quiet! Is that too much to ASK!!" Harry yelled out to no one in particular.

"If they don't have a good excuse I'm going to butcher the whole lot of them"