To prevent any accidents, Fang walked at the very front of the group to lead the way, while Hagrid followed behind the students, escorting them out of the Forbidden Forest.
With Fang leading them, once the group of students had gradually gone farther away, Hagrid bent down and lowered his voice to Vizet. "Vizet, stay here for a bit. I'll come back for you in a moment!"
"All right." Vizet nodded, then took Cornelia for a stroll through the Forbidden Forest.
He and Cornelia circled the clearing. Before long, a rustling sound came from the bushes not far away.
The Baby Thunderbird flapped its wings and flew over, landing steadily on Vizet's shoulder.
It rubbed its head affectionately against Vizet's cheek, then turned to Cornelia and let out a string of clear "chirp chirp" sounds.
Cornelia immediately responded, stretching her head toward the Baby Thunderbird.
While the two of them were playing together, Hagrid also returned to the Forbidden Forest.
He came to Vizet's side and asked expectantly, "Vizet, how did you feel about that lesson?"
"It was very interesting!" Vizet said with a smile. "That joke about the little trick—I thought it was brilliant!"
"Haha! It wasn't much, really!" Hagrid burst out laughing, and a wave of movement instantly sounded around the forest, as if some birds had been startled by his laughter.
"I just saw Hermione and the others looking all gloomy from revision before, so I thought class ought to be a bit more relaxed. I wanted to tell a joke to liven things up."
"It's just, do you think..." His tone shifted, a hint of uncertainty entering his voice. "Do you think the atmosphere got a bit too lively?"
"Too lively?" Vizet recalled the mood of the class just now and gently shook his head. "I