A Wizard's Path in Hogwarts
Chapter 106

Bell the Peace-Lover

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If all of the above are simply Bell's dark thoughts and his petty judgments, then...

The fact that the Acromantula, which appeared in Bell's Perception Domain and were slowly advancing in the darkness not far away, intending to surround him, fully proved just how cunning this old spider was.

So even though it was raised by Hagrid, why didn't it learn any of Hagrid's simple honesty?

Or is it that beneath Hagrid's seemingly simple-minded exterior lies a cunning and treacherous heart?

I almost fell for his trick!

Feeling he could no longer trust anyone, Bell patted his chest. Thankfully, he'd discovered this huge secret in time. He'd definitely tell Hermione when he got back, warning her to be careful and not be taken advantage of.

Now that Hermione has heard this news, I hope she won't turn around and lecture me.

Hmm, that's a problem. It seems he needs to think about it carefully before deciding what to do.

"Wizard? What's wrong?"

After Bell said a sentence, he inexplicably fell into a daze. Aragog greeted Bell with some curiosity.

"Oh, it's nothing, I'm fine. By the way, is there anything I can help you with?"

Bell, snapping out of her daze, realized she had inadvertently strayed from the topic again and quickly brought her thoughts back to the present.

"... Shouldn't it be you who has something to say? Wizard, why are you slaughtering my descendants like this?"

If he weren't truly outmatched, Aragog would have smashed Bell's skull, sucked out every last drop of his brain matter, and seen if there was anything else strange in his head besides brain matter.

Its people lived peacefully on their own little patch of land, doing nothing to bother anyone. Then, Bell inexplicably came and killed a large number of its offspring, and now the other party is asking it what it wants?

How dare he ask such a question!

"Um... oh, right, I have something to do."

I was having so much fun playing that I almost forgot my main purpose for coming out tonight.

"Actually, it's like this. Well, it all started on the first day of Hogwarts. On September 1st, my family and I arrived at Platform 9 3/4. I was planning to take the Hogwarts Express to school, but then my sister... and I mean... and then after my sister got home... and then my mom... and then I was... and then... so..."

20 minutes later.

"So that's how it turned out. Do you understand?"

Bell looked at the motionless old spider in front of him and wondered if it had fallen asleep. He had heard that as people get older, their energy levels decline significantly, and they tend to fall asleep more often.

"..."

"Who am I? Where am I? Where did this idiot in front of me come from?!"

Aragog couldn't help but ask three questions about the life of a spider.

It had already figured out that the other party was an imposter from Hogwarts, yet the other party kept rambling on about their background and such. Was that really necessary?!

But to be honest, it was actually quite convincingly made up. At least Aragog couldn't find any flaws in it.

Sure enough, those who have the guts and ability to sneak under Dumbledore's nose and remain undetected must be quite capable.

But now is not the time to admire them.

"So you came to our territory tonight, killed so many of my descendants, just to eat our flesh!?"

Aragog felt that the other party was trying to fool him. Although it knew that many wizards had rather strange and unusual tastes, it had never heard of anyone wanting to eat the flesh of Acromantula.

Aren't you afraid of being poisoned to death?!

"That's right, exactly!"

Bell looked at the old spider with admiration, never expecting that the other man would actually listen to the whole thing from beginning to end.

You know, if it were Bell, he probably would have pulled out his Wand and started fighting before the other person even finished speaking.

Who has the time to listen to the enemy's incessant chatter? Don't they know that villains die from talking too much?

"So, how about we discuss this? You could provide me with a few dozen kilograms of meat each month? Look at how big you are, a few dozen kilograms of meat is just a matter of one or two spiders, it's not a big deal, is it?"

If the other party is willing to provide meat, Bell will be a little unhappy because the rare opportunity to fight will be lost. However, as a peace-loving outstanding young man of the 20th century, Bell will not block the other party's door and unreasonably insist that the other party play with him.

"Are you kidding me?!"

Aragog would swear on his life that he had never heard anything more outrageous in his life!

This is absolutely outrageous!

As the saying goes, a scholar can be killed but not humiliated! If they agree to such an outrageous demand today, how will their entire family ever have the face to show their faces in public again!

"I see you're just here to cause trouble, you have no intention of letting this go! Since you're so shameless, I'll show you today that we Acromantula aren't pushovers. Today, you'll pay a heavy price! All of you, attack!"

Although its words were delivered with great force, Aragog's behavior was completely unworthy of its pronouncements.

After giving the order to attack, the old spider, with a speed completely different from its slow, aged gait when it first appeared, disappeared into the dark forest in the blink of an eye.

Perhaps this is the difference between "Follow me" and "Go for it"?

At the old spider's command, the Acromantula, who had been lying in ambush, immediately launched a fierce attack.

From all sides of Bell, layer upon layer of spider webs covered everything.

Bell was genuinely pleased with the Acromantula ' attack.

"Another fight is about to break out!"

Although Bell claims to be a peace-loving person, as a polite gentleman, there's absolutely no reason to refuse a request that comes his way!

Looking at the spider webs covering him from all sides, Bell curled his lip in disdain and prepared to Side-Along Apparition away from where he was (the depths of the Forbidden Forest were already outside the range of Hogwarts ' Anti-Apparition Jinx).

However, Bell was surprised to discover that the Acromantula web, once it formed an encirclement, actually had the effect of sealing off space!

No book has ever recorded that the web of the Acromantula has such an incredible effect. People's general understanding of the Acromantula is that it is ferocious, highly venomous, and its venom is very valuable.

If the effects of the spider web were made public, I'm sure many money-grubbing wizards would secretly raise Acromantula.

However, Bell wouldn't be so kind as to reveal his discovery so publicly; keeping quiet and making a fortune is the best strategy!

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