Chapter 69

"... deal?" aragok said irritably. "Whatever deal, you put it away first!"

Maka nodded, refilled the bottle in her hand with a cork, and then put it back into the pocket on the inside of her robe.

"Aragok. In fact, you don't have to be so nervous -"

"How can I not be nervous! How can I not be nervous! That's the ancient creature that our spiders fear most! How can I not be nervous!" aragok said angrily, clicking.

"Obviously, it's not here," said Marca calmly. "What's in that little bottle is its scale - I got it myself."

"So what!" aragok said, "even if you can handle... That thing -"

"Basilisk," Maka added.

"Oh, damn it! We can't say it! We can't say its name!"

Hearing the word "snake monster", the eight eyed giant spiders were restless. Obviously, it was like Voldemort among wizards, which represented terror and death.

"I just want you to adapt," Maka said. "This deal is obviously good for you and all your people."

"What deal?"

"I've checked carefully. Whether it's a snake monster -" continued Maka, dragging her tone and regardless of another riot among the big spiders, "whether it's a snake monster or your eight eyed giant spider are magical creatures cultivated by wizards."

"Maybe you're right, and then?"

"In other words, you shouldn't have natural enemies at all." Maka naturally said, "the reason why the Basilisk will become the natural enemy of your eight eyed giant spider family is only because you have been separated from the cultivation of wizards."

"You mean -" alagok hesitated, "we still have a chance to be stronger?"

"That's why I said that the wisdom of your eight eyed giant spider was only covered up by its ferocity." Maka looked straight at aragock with bright eyes. "What if I said that I could further strengthen your eight eyed giant spider with the blood of a basilisk?"

"Do you like being manipulated by others?" aragok shouted angrily.

But Maka suddenly changed the subject.

"Aragok, why do you think I chose to make a deal with you?"

"What?"

Aragok didn't react for a moment. After a pause, he took over Maka's new topic.

"Well... Because we are all Hagrid's friends?"

"To be exact, it's' wisdom '," Marca said. "If I remember correctly, your favorite food of eight eyed giant spiders is human flesh, right?"

"Yes, this is the most delicious food!"

"But you've never eaten it," Maka said.

"No," aragock clicked. "I have this instinct, but out of respect for Hagrid, I have never hurt anyone."

"Have you ever wondered why?"

"Didn't I? Because Hagrid! At that time, Hagrid was just a child, but he took care of me, hid me in a cupboard in the castle and fed me bread crumbs taken away from the table - Hagrid was my good friend and he was a good man! When people found me and asked me to take responsibility for the death of a girl, he protected me."

Aragockton paused and then said, "since then, I have lived in this forest, and Hagrid often comes to see me. He even found me a wife, mossag. You see how prosperous our family is, thanks to Hagrid..."

"Listen, aragok." Maka raised her head slightly. "Everything you said is right. And it's just because of wisdom!"

"You have enough brains, reason and feelings. If you want, you can suppress your instincts and control your behavior." Maka hit the railway while it was hot. "This is something that snake monsters can never have. They only know how to obey orders and kill."

"So..."

"So, I choose to make this deal with you instead of trying to control the snake monster." Maka said faintly, "... Believe me, there are always ways, but I don't want to do that."

"What I want is a friend," he said softly. "This is a deal between friends. If you feel anything inappropriate, you can give up the deal at any time."

"The deal between friends..." alagok chewed this sentence and continued after a while. "I can understand the meaning, but my children won't understand."

"Of course I understand," said Marca calmly. "So, can I talk to you about the deal between this friend?"

"Of course," aragok said, "but I just want to live quietly in the deep forest, which is an absolutely unchanged premise."

The implication of aragok's words is very clear. It does not want to participate in any form of dispute.

"Yes, that's right. My request is very simple - can I adopt some of your first children after your blood transformation is successful?"

"Mossag won't agree!" aragok said decisively. "Although I don't care too much, my wife regards every child as her baby! It's the nature of spiders!"

"It's also the nature of every creature, which I understand... I'll take good care of your children, just like Hagrid." Maka squeezed a sincere expression, but aragok obviously couldn't understand it.

For a spider, human beings are the same. Even Hagrid, at best, is stronger than ordinary people. In this regard, he is just wasting his efforts.

"I can only ask for you."

Aragok ended the "man and spider" trade talks with this sentence.

Unlike when she came back, Maka enjoyed the eight eyed giant spider mount, which was a luxury etiquette Hagrid had never experienced.

The benefits of eight legs are reflected here. The shock absorption effect is great!

Aragok's children sent Maka to the edge of the forbidden forest. After Maka slipped off his back, he spread his eight legs and hurried away.

On the way back to the castle, Maka thought carefully about what to do next as she walked.

To put it bluntly, he would have wanted to do so had it not been for the difficulty of this test.

When a series of changes in last semester became a foregone conclusion, Maka had decided not to act passively. Although he only wants to be a research wizard quietly, many things can't be done just by thinking. It's certainly not a bad thing to plan ahead.

The eight eyed giant spider grows very fast, and its reproductive ability is quite strong. If properly cultivated, it can be higher than the snake monster in terms of cost performance.

It's just a matter of blood transformation, but it's simple to say but complex to do. Fortunately, there is Merlin's book of juez in the library for reference, in which the research on blood lineage has been quite in-depth; Maka herself had extracted a lot of experimental data from royna's secret room.

"Still that sentence, time is really not enough..." Maka shook her head and walked quickly to the dormitory.

……

In the following days, trivial things came one after another.

First, the date of the exam is coming. In the students' sigh, what should come is still as promised.

Then Mandela grass, which is about to mature. This means that the petrified students can be saved.

Then, it's between Marca and Ron.

Occasionally, Marca will go to the hospital to see Hermione, but if she meets Ron, it will always turn into Ron staring at him angrily.

Even if Marca doesn't care about it at all, Harry will become very embarrassed.

One day, Harry and Ron ran into Marca in the ward again.

When Ron glared at Marca, Harry found something in Hermione's hand. He leaned forward, looked carefully, and then took out what Hermione had in her hand while Mrs. Pomfrey was standing between Marca and Ron with a headache.

Marca naturally noticed, because he came so often just to witness the event.

Now that Harry has taken out the note, he can leave.

Marca looked at Ron without expression, then resolutely turned and walked outside the door, and soon disappeared into Ron's angry eyes.

After a while, Harry dragged Ron out of the ward.

"Look at this!" whispered Harry. "I found it in Hermione's hand."

This is a page torn from an old library book.

Harry couldn't wait to unfold it, and Ron came up and read it together:

In our country, there are many terrible beasts and monsters wandering, among which the most bizarre and lethal is the snake monster, also known as the snake king.

This kind of snake can become very huge and usually live for hundreds of years. It is hatched from a male egg and a toad.

The way it kills people is amazing. In addition to its deadly fangs, the snake monster's stare can also cause death. Anyone who is stared at by its eyes will die immediately.

The spider will run away when it sees the basilisk, because the Basilisk is the deadly enemy of the spider, and the Basilisk will run for his life only when it hears the cock's cry, because the cock's cry is also fatal to it.

At the bottom of this paragraph, there are two words: pipe.

"It's Hermione's handwriting," Harry said excitedly. "I think I understand!"

The crumpled page became a light in Harry's mind, guiding all the lost ships to find the right route.

Obviously, Maka's remedial action is undoubtedly successful, and such an outcome is exactly what he wants.

"Ron," he was so excited that he could hardly breathe, "that's it. That's the answer. The monster in the secret room is the snake monster - a giant snake! No wonder I can hear that voice everywhere, but others can't hear it. Because I can understand the snake voice..."

"Oh, yes." Ron looked back at Hermione, who was stiff in the doctor's room. "She left us the most important information..."

"... not the Marca she always trusted," Ron added secretly.

Somehow, Ron's heart showed a trace of happiness.