Chapter 110: Real

Arthur and Luna arrived where Celestia lived. As they got closer, the heavy rain in the sky slowly stopped.

A few rays of sunlight broke through the clouds and lit up the dust particles floating in the air.

This made the Forbidden Forest look mysterious and hazy.

Celestia lived near the centaur tribe in the middle of the Forbidden Forest.

When Arthur asked Hagrid to take care of the young unicorn, Hagrid got permission from the centaurs for her to stay there.

The centaurs also had a lot of respect for unicorns, which they considered sacred and noble creatures.

"Neigh~!"

Arthur heard the sound of feet, and the young unicorn ran up to him, rubbing her cheek against his face.

"Alright, alright, you've grown so much already, stop being so clingy,"

Arthur said, patting the taller Celestia with a smile.

Arthur had planned to put Celestia in his suitcase at first, but he changed his mind because the inside of the suitcase was too boring, and he couldn't be with Celestia all the time.

So he decided to let the young unicorn stay in the Forbidden Forest and take her with him when he left for summer break.

Arthur would go to the Forbidden Forest to see her almost every week.

Luna was curious to see how Arthur and the unicorn got along, and she kept her eyes on the unicorn's horn.

Celestia sensed Luna's gaze and turned her big eyes towards Luna. The two sets of eyes locked and didn't blink. Arthur found it funny.

"Hello, I'm Luna,"

Luna introduced herself to Celestia.

The young unicorn made a few sounds in response as if to say, "I hear you."

"This creature is more friendly compared to the other two girls brought here," Celestia said.

"I'm not a creature, I'm a human," Luna retorted to Celestia.

"Do you understand what Celestia is saying?"

Now it was Arthur's turn to be surprised.

Hermione and Cho couldn't understand what the young unicorn usually said and had to rely on Arthur for translation.

Luna shook her head, denying the question.

"I didn't understand, it's just intuition."

Well, Arthur had forgotten that Luna was someone with a sixth sense, and there was no logical explanation for that.

The unicorn and Luna began to communicate, each with their own words.

Arthur noticed that although Luna didn't fully understand Celestia's meaning, she was close enough.

...

"Now, do you think unicorns really exist and weren't just made up by wizards?"

After chatting with Celestia for a while, Arthur fed her a potion.

Celestia needed to return and rest to digest the energy from the potion. Arthur and Luna walked back to the castle.

"Well, since unicorns exist, the Crumple-Horned Snorkack must exist too,"

Luna's voice sounded dreamy, but it had a hint of hope.

"Why do you want to find the Crumple-Horned Snorkack so badly?"

Arthur couldn't figure out why Luna was so interested in this creature.

"Because... my father once said that if I find the Crumple-Horned Snorkack, it can bring me together with my mother's soul in my dreams."

"My dad said that the Crumple-Horned Snorkack can pull people's souls from the afterlife into dreams, so that people from the real world can meet them in dreams."

After listening to Luna's words, Arthur fell silent.

He knew about Luna's mother's story. When Luna was nine years old, her mother tragically passed away due to a curse gone wrong.

What he didn't expect was that Luna's obsession with Snorkack originated from her mother.

It was a beautiful lie fabricated by Luna's father, giving her a sense of hope and excitement in life.

With this in mind, Arthur firmly said to Luna,

"Alright, if I find any information about Snorkack, I will definitely let you know."

Luna looked at Arthur with a steady gaze and said, "Okay, I trust you."

Arthur was stunned by her beauty when she smiled at him.

"Luna!"

A woman's voice in the distance called out Luna's name.

Arthur turned around and saw Ginny Weasley, who was from the Weasley family and had lovely red hair.

Ginny ran up to Luna and spoke to her slightly scoldingly.

"What were you doing just now? I looked for you for quite a while in the rain."

"I was with Arthur, looking at the unicorn," Luna replied.

Only then did Ginny notice Arthur standing nearby and awkwardly greeted him?

Ginny and Arthur got along pretty well since they were in the same year.

But Ginny was too worried about Luna and didn't immediately notice Arthur.

Arthur nodded at Ginny and said, "Since your friend is here, Luna, you should go with her."

Luna nodded and left with Ginny.

As Ginny walked away, she sometimes looked back at Luna and then glanced at Arthur.

"Now that everyone's gone, what are you looking at?"

A soft voice came from behind.

Arthur sighed helplessly and replied,

"Cho, I'm just trying to decide whether I should go back to the dormitory or go to the library."

The person speaking behind him was Cho.

When Arthur turned around, he also saw Hermione standing there, glaring at him with a big, puffy face.

Arthur thought it was funny and reached out to poke Hermione in the cheek.

But Hermione, who was not in the mood to play with Arthur, asked angrily,

"When did you start getting involved with this first-year Ravenclaw again?"

Arthur raised his hands in surrender and had no choice but to explain everything that had happened today to Cho and Hermione.

Finally, he turned to Cho and said,

"Keep an eye on Luna in the future, and don't let her roommates bully her."

Cho nodded to show that she got it.

Cho had a high status among the Ravenclaw girls, not only because she was a Seeker who helped Ravenclaw win many games, but also because she was Arthur's girlfriend.

After hearing the whole story, Hermione's anger disappeared and she didn't say anything else.

Arthur let out a sigh of relief.

It was hard to deal with women who were not reasonable.

...

Time moved quickly toward December, and Christmas started to get closer.

Arthur had been waiting for Voldemort to go into the Chamber of Secrets for a while, hoping to catch him off guard.

However, since he didn't receive any messages from Salazar, he had no choice but to wait patiently.

Arthur had figured out the basic function of the token that Salazar gave him.

By holding the token, Arthur could use apparitions inside Hogwarts castle without relying on a phoenix.

Also, once he showed the token, all the portraits and armor guards in the castle would obey his commands.

Now, Arthur's authority in Hogwarts was no less than Headmaster Dumbledore.

And today, after Arthur finished the second Quidditch match of the semester, defeating Slytherin, he suddenly felt the token in his pocket becoming warm.

When he took it out, he saw the snake design on the top move and change it into a few small words.

"The Chamber of Secrets has been opened."

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