Reliable

"Harry, Ron..." Hermione urged in a low voice. "We need to get out of here quickly."

Hermione regretted it. She regretted not insisting on stopping the two of them from sneaking over.

At that moment, Harry still had not recovered from the shock. His face was a complete blank, and he had not even figured out what had happened over there.

Buckbeak had seemingly vanished into thin air? Yes.

The Hippogriff had disappeared right in front of the three of them without leaving behind the slightest trace, as though someone had used the Vanishing Spell on it.

Was it really the Vanishing Spell? Hermione doubted even Professor McGonagall could make such a massive Hippogriff disappear into thin air.

Yet there was no doubt that this had been Albert Anderson's doing, but none of them could tell how Albert had made the Hippogriff vanish before their eyes.

After discovering that the Hippogriff was gone, the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures descended into brief chaos.

Before Harry could even feel smug about it, he heard Lucius Malfoy roar furiously, "Harry Potter hid that beast!"

To be honest, Harry was completely baffled by Lucius Malfoy's accusation.

Albert had clearly done it. What did it have to do with him?

Could the Malfoy family all be idiots? "Harry, we need to leave now. After Buckbeak's disappearance, they'll definitely ask the Dementors to help search for him."

Hermione grabbed Harry's arm and urged him to leave.

If Malfoy discovered the three of them here, then even if they had not freed Buckbeak, the blame would still be pinned on them.

Hermione had already thought of the excuse they would use.

If you didn't do it, why were you sneaking around here at this time? They might even drag Hagrid and Albert into it.