And for Dumbledore, who had always firmly believed that Voldemort would return, this was precisely what he wanted to see.
At that moment, he was reclining on a sofa at the battle base, drinking Butterbeer and giving a soft sigh.
"This Wizarding World is bound to fall apart sooner or later without me!"
Chapter 149: A tickling charm? That was pretty nasty.
Unable to learn the Patronus Charm for now and making no progress with Ancient Magic either, Gerald had no choice but to find something else to do.
He planned to go to the Forbidden Forest to gather the remaining Spirit Herbs needed to refine the Five-Spirit Clear-Source Pill, and let the Basilisk, Nagini, and the Thunderbird out for some exercise along the way.
Ever since he had taken Hermes in, the thousand-year-old Basilisk had stayed inside the Beast-Taming Ring.
Although he could communicate with him through their soul contract, keeping him cooped up in that tiny space all the time was no solution.
The Scottish Highlands enjoyed a rare sunny day in late November. It was a little cold, but at least it was not raining.
Through his conversations with the Basilisk over the past few days, Gerald had learned something that brought him relief.
The Basilisk's death gaze was an active skill, not a passive one.
In other words, the Basilisk could control whether his gaze carried a lethal effect.
Otherwise, Gerald would not even have dared let Hermes and Nagini appear at the same time.
He really was afraid the two snakes might exchange a loving gaze, only for Nagini, whom he had gone to such lengths to obtain, to turn straight into a stone statue.
This time, Gerald entered the Forbidden Forest from the Hogsmeade side. He had just left the wizard battle base, where