"Do you think my voice is funny? Hmm?"
The words from Professor Kettleburn made the expression on that Gryffindor student's face instantly be replaced with panic.
He looked at Professor Kettleburn's face, which was covered in scars and ferocious-looking, and said with slightly trembling lips, "N-no, sir!"
"Call me professor!" Professor Kettleburn suddenly leaned forward and was right in front of that Gryffindor student as he said, "Do you know why my voice became like this?"
"S-sorry, I d-don't… don't know…"
Seeing the boy's trembling appearance, Professor Kettleburn suddenly smiled. He slightly raised his head, pointed at a terrifying scar on his neck and said, "It's because of this wound! This was caused by a Peruvian Vipertooth! At the time, its claw tore open my throat!
Even though I survived, my voice became like this!
So… do you still have any questions now?"
"N-no more."
"That's just perfect then." Professor Kettleburn swung his intact arm's sleeve forcefully, stepped back a few steps and said to everyone, "If any of you still have questions, now's the time to ask! Otherwise, don't blame me for not giving you the chance!"
Facing Professor Kettleburn's words, the entire crowd fell silent.
Professor Kettleburn's appearance was just too intimidating. No one was foolish; no one would jump out to anger him at this moment.
Seeing this, a trace of a smile also flashed across Professor Kettleburn's face. He snapped his fingers and said to the crowd, "Then now, let's officially begin class. Today, I plan to let you meet one of my old friends. Oh! And by the way! I just noticed that you all seem quite interested in unicorns. That's a good thing, because my friend also has a horn."
Professor Kettleburn spoke slowly, but the students were no longer seriously listening.
Because at this very moment, a series of heavy footsteps like war drums were coming from the Forbidden Forest. And as the footsteps grew closer, a gigantic creature charged out of the forest like a tank.
This huge creature looked like a rhinoceros overall, but the giant horn extending from its forehead was far bigger than that of a normal rhino.
But that wasn't the most terrifying part. What truly frightened people was that on its forehead, there seemed to be a squishy-looking fluid sac, which connected directly to its horn. Inside were many swirling orange-red lights, making people involuntarily think of the energy cannons from sci-fi works.
Boom!
With a muffled sound, this huge monster suddenly rammed into a tree that would need four people to hug it. Its horn pierced into the trunk effortlessly, and as a flash of orange-red light pulsed, the giant tree actually exploded on the spot.
Looking at the collapsed tree and the orange-red fluid left at the broken trunk, the crowd gathered before Professor Kettleburn first froze, then, screams and wails erupted among them.
The scene began to spiral out of control.
"Silence!"
Professor Kettleburn roared repeatedly, but no one listened to him. Everyone was madly running toward the castle.
"ROAR!"
A deafening beastly roar came from the monster's mouth.
Only then did the people, who had already run far away, stop out of fear.
"Well done, old friend!"
Professor Kettleburn gave the beast a thumbs-up while smiling. Seeing this, the beast nodded toward Kettleburn and even showed a rather human-like smile.
Link felt that something might be wrong with his sense of aesthetics, because he actually found that smile… kinda cute.
"Now, let me introduce you. This is my old friend, Jack the Venomhorn!"
Professor Kettleburn laughed and said, "As you just saw, as a Venomhorn, Jack not only has a massive, strong body and magic-resistant skin that can block most spells, but his horn is one of the sharpest things in the world! Even obsidian-silver alloy is like parchment in front of it, easily pierced!"
"Of course, the most important thing is the venom in his poison sac. Anything touched by this venom will go boom, and explode into pieces."
Just as Professor Kettleburn finished speaking, the Venomhorn, still smiling a moment ago, cooperatively let out another roar at the students.
This made everyone's faces fill with fear. The only one who didn't react much was Link. Not only was he not scared of the Venomhorn, he even waved at it and made a 'pspsps' kind of sound.
At that moment, if there had been someone from his country present, they would surely suspect Link's ancestry. Because that was exactly how his country's people call little dogs.
Professor Kettleburn clearly hadn't noticed Link's movements yet. Right now, he was proudly looking at the distant, frozen students and said, "Now that you've met my friend Jack, from now on, don't mess around during class. Or else, I'll lock you up with Jack to let you 'get to know each other better'."
"You should know, Jack is a ferocious beast that kills without blinking. He's cruel, wait, Jack! What are you doing!? Don't touch that kid!"
Suddenly, Professor Kettleburn's voice turned anxious. Because he just realized that Jack the Venomhorn was quickly walking toward a student named Link.
What made him most nervous was that the kid seemed like a fool, even when facing a massive beast like Jack, he showed no intention of running. On the contrary, the boy even smiled and reached out his hand toward Jack.
This was an extremely dangerous act. Because while Venomhorns aren't actually as violent as he described, they're even quite gentle and like playing with humans, their body size is a problem. Even what they consider light play can be fatal to humans.
"Damn it!" Professor Kettleburn cursed and immediately drew his wand, pointing it at the child. It was an emergency, and he was ready to take drastic action to save the kid.
But before he could act, Link's hand had already touched Jack's cheek.
Next, something happened that made everyone's jaws drop.
Jack the Venomhorn let out two soft "yip yip" sounds, then squinted his eyes, rolled over, and laid belly-up with all four legs in the air, enjoying Link's petting. Perhaps it felt too good, his four thick legs even started kicking the air uncontrollably.
Professor Kettleburn's expression instantly went stiff.
He stared blankly at Link for a long while before muttering to himself, "Merlin's beard…"
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