For Hegzi, the Investigator from the Ministry of Magic is very terrifying because the Investigator has the power to send him back to Azkaban.
And the Investor from the School Board is very troublesome because Amostar can represent the School Board and expel him from Hogwarts, although Hegzi knows that Headmaster Dumbledore will certainly speak for him, but it's still a very troublesome thing.
Amostar and Hagrid trudged through the depths of the Forbidden Forest, even though it was daytime, the dense foliage blocked out most of the light from the sky, making the forest dark and shadowy. Amostar had to pull out his wand to cast a spell and illuminate their path for themselves.
The surrounding area was completely silent. Even if you listened closely, you couldn't hear any other sounds apart from the snapping of branches and the crackling of leaves from the rain.
Hagrid seemed to know his way around here well, he jumped down from a crooked tree trunk, took a quick glance around, puffed and waved at Amostar.
"This way, Professor Brian..."
After another ten minutes of difficult walking, the place had been deserted for a long time. The ground was covered with a thick carpet of rotten leaves, up to several feet deep. Every step they took felt like sinking into a mudhole.
"I believe you're wasting your time, Professor," said Hagrid, who sank even deeper with each heavy step he took. To avoid being completely swallowed by the sludge-like decayed leaves, he had to hold onto the horizontal branches overhead and inch forward.
"I've asked it many times, Professor Brian, but it's never willing to speak. It only says that the creature in the castle is a very terrifying ancient being, the natural enemy of spiders, and it won't tell me anything else. In my opinion, it's also unlikely that it would tell anyone else--"
"Try it, Hagrid."
Unlike Hagrid's misfortune, Amostar moved with much grace. He cast a spell on himself to reduce his weight significantly, which allowed Amostar to glide forward almost effortlessly,
"I can't afford to miss any leads."
"You'd better be prepared, Professor Brian. Due to his advancing age and the limitations of his mobility, Aragog has become increasingly temperamental in recent years. I can't guarantee that I'll be able to calm its anger."
"Don't worry about that, Hagrid, sometimes..."
Amostar leaped over a small puddle easily and, as he passed by Hagrid, gave him a helping hand as well.
"I also can become quite irritable."
"Continue..."
When the woodlands gradually thinned out, and the ground began to slope downward, behind the thickets of thorny shrubs, he knew that they were nearing their destination.
Amostar stood at the edge of a hollow that looked like a meteor crater, lifting his glowing wand to look down. In the large pit filled with sparsely growing trees, hundreds or even thousands of spiders inhabited it. These spiders were not fluffy little creatures; each one was as large as the eight-eyed spider he had caught before.
The moment Amostar appeared, a loud chorus of snapping sounds erupted from the otherwise silent and peaceful hollow, echoing through the quiet and still forest.
"Who is it?"
In the center of the hollow, amidst a hazy, hemispherical web, a spider as large as an African elephant slowly emerged. Its body color was different from the other spiders, a dark shade marbled with gray. The ugly head with its large mandibles had each eye veiled by a white film, suggesting it could no longer see clearly.
"Who disturbed my slumber, is it Hagrid?"
The giant spider asked in a scratchy voice that sounded like someone scraping a chalkboard with fingernails.
Snap, snap, snap!
A large group of spiders answered this question in their unique language.
"Oh, really, an unfamiliar visitor has arrived here, oh, I apologize..." Aragog moved his large mandibles quickly to express his opinion.
"Children, what are you waiting for?"
Looking at the restless spiders, Amostar narrowed his eyes and secretly calculated, "If it really does come to a fight, how much venom can I get?"
"Oh, wait, Aragog, wait!"
At this moment, Hagrid, who had just washed himself like a pig in the mud, hurried over breathlessly, "It's me, it's Hagrid! Aragog!"
The old spider in the center of the web heard this familiar voice and hesitated for a moment before the scratchy sound became a bit friendlier.
"Oh, I apologize, Hagrid. It's you. I thought there was an unfamiliar visitor intruding into my family territory..."
So, regarding the matter I mentioned to you last time about the centaurs hunting my children, have you dealt with them? If they don't stop their actions, Hagrid, I will have no choice but to retaliate."
"Actually, Aragog, I heard from centaurs that were very different from yours. They believe... well, I will go ask them again for you. Aragog, I have some other things to ask you today."
Hagrid was like the guardian of the Forbidden Forest, maintaining order. Every intelligent magical creature, regardless of their attitude towards wizards, showed Hagrid the basic respect.
The smaller spiders in the surrounding area moved around the pit using their slender legs, making a rustling sound that was very restless. They continued to convey messages to the blind Aragog.
"Hagrid!"
The Aragog that had just calmed down now sounded furious again. With its eight eyes covered by white film, it directed its gaze at Amostar, angrily inquiring.
"Did you bring others here, Hagrid? You promised me you wouldn't do that!"
It seems that this old spider is indeed not easy to communicate with, Amostar thought in his heart, standing aside and silently observing Hagrid and the spider's interaction.
"Professor Brian... is also an Investigator sent by the Hogwarts Board of Governors to investigate the secret chamber within the school. He insists on talking to you face-to-face, Aragog. I hope you can..."
"Secret Chamber!"
Before Hagrid finished speaking, Aragog's emotions were instantly agitated. With a loud snap from its angry chirps, many spiders emerged from all directions surrounding Amostar and Hagrid. They stayed at a distance of about twenty feet from him and produced a more intense rustling sound. With just one order, they would pounce!
"I've said many times, Hagrid, we fear that creature, and we will never mention the ancient being's name to outsiders! If too many wizards find out about it, they will be greedy for its power and use it to destroy us!"
"Hmm, that's quite an interesting logic!"
Amostar couldn't help but smile, and then he saw Hagrid shrugging his shoulders helplessly at him.
"See, that's the result, Professor Brian. You know everything now. If it had confessed that creature back then, maybe I wouldn't have been expelled from Hogwarts."
"Don't give up so easily, Hagrid--"
Amostar, with a light tone, advanced two steps forward.
"Let me try to communicate with it."
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