While Hermione was still wondering where this giant wolf had come from and whether its injuries were serious, it had already pushed her down toward the ground.
Just as Hermione was about to hit the ground, the giant wolf stretched out its front legs to cushion her fall.
Wolves generally did not have very thick legs. As the saying went, a copper head, firewood legs, an iron tail, and a tofu waist. But on a giant wolf this size, even its relatively slender legs were enough to serve as a cushion for Hermione.
When Hermione got up and steadied herself, the giant wolf took two steps back, then actually rose onto its hind legs. Its fur rapidly vanished, its body swiftly shrank, and before Hermione's eyes, it turned into a tall, handsome young man with healthy, wheat-colored skin: Jacob Covenas.
Jacob wore only a pair of gray trousers. His upper body was bare, displaying lean, strong muscles that were just right without being overly exaggerated.
Even though this was not her first time seeing them-do not misunderstand; she had seen them during the Underwater Event in her fourth year, and not at any other time-Hermione's eyes still could not help lighting up.
Compared with Hermione, Jacob seemed extraordinarily ill at ease.
"Um... well, Hermione... I... I..." Jacob's actually rather large eyes were now looking at Hermione cautiously and pitifully, as though he were awaiting the judgment of fate.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" With tremendous willpower, Hermione shifted her gaze away from Jacob's eight-pack abs, then looked at him with interest and a smile.
"You saw me... um, transform, and you aren't... aren't..." Jacob struggled to say something, but though he opened his mouth, the latter half remained stuck in his throat.
"What?" Even at such a