Just like Professor Kettleburn, all the students present were also shocked by Link. But unlike Professor Kettleburn, they instantly cheered the moment they reacted.
"Link! The Troll Slayer Link has tamed the terrifying Horned Beast!"
"Troll Slayer!"
"Long live Link!"
This series of cheers made Link feel awkward, and also startled the Jack the Venomhorn.
It immediately leapt up, stood again, and glared with its small eyes, staring at the crowd with a vigilant expression.
This caused the cheering crowd to abruptly fall silent, and everyone returned to their previously terrified appearance.
And it was only then that Professor Kettleburn finally stepped out. He first coughed twice to ease the awkwardness, then said to the crowd, "Ahem! There was an accident just now, you can move freely for now."
After that, he turned his gaze toward Link and the Jack the Venomhorn and said, "As for you two... come with me."
After speaking, Professor Kettleburn turned around angrily and walked toward the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and Link and the Jack the Venomhorn exchanged a glance, and in the end could only quickly follow.
As Professor Kettleburn and Link gradually walked away, the scene finally became lively again. Everyone gathered in small groups, all excitedly discussing what they had just seen.
At this moment, Link followed Professor Kettleburn to a rather large wooden hut.
"Hagrid! Hagrid, are you there?"
Accompanied by Professor Kettleburn's shout, Hagrid's huge figure emerged from inside the hut.
"Professor Kettleburn! I'm here! Uh... Link, why are you here?"
"Cut the nonsense!" Professor Kettleburn used a steam-punk prosthetic limb to fiercely kick Hagrid's foot. "Hurry and get me some Firewhisky!"
"Oh! Oh! Got it! Professor Kettleburn!" Hagrid obediently went back inside the hut.
Taking advantage of this moment, Professor Kettleburn leaned close to Link and observed him carefully for a long time, then finally asked, "How did you do it?"
"It's very simple." Link reached his hand toward the Jack the Venomhorn again, "Ppspspps..."
Boom!
The Jack the Venomhorn once again fell to the ground with its legs in the air.
Professor Kettleburn's expression became strange, but the next moment, he noticed the carapace egg at Link's neck that appeared and disappeared with Link's movements.
"What is this!?"
Professor Kettleburn suddenly darted in front of Link and grabbed the carapace egg of the Coilwing Demon.
This startled Link.
At same time, the Coilwing Demon that was suddenly grabbed let out a screech and made a move to unfold its body.
But just as it began to move, Professor Kettleburn pressed it back again.
"This is a Coilwing Demon? You actually brought a Coilwing Demon on you!?"
Professor Kettleburn's voice was already starting to tremble.
Link was also getting nervous, because Hogwarts regulations state that students are not allowed to bring dangerous magical creatures into the school. If Professor Kettleburn insisted on following the school rules, then the Yoyo would most likely be sent back to the Black Gold Magical Beasts.
So Link hurriedly explained everything related to the Coilwing Demon.
After understanding everything, Professor Kettleburn's gaze toward Link completely changed, as if he were looking at a monster.
"Good heavens, you actually dare to carry a dangerous magical creature like a Coilwing Demon with you. This is the first time I've seen someone braver than me."
Professor Kettleburn said with shining eyes, "But young man, your talent in taming magical creatures is truly rare in my life. How about it, are you interested in studying magical creatures with me?"
Professor Kettleburn spoke sincerely, and Link understood his meaning, but Link didn't plan to agree.
Because he already had enough to study this school year, and he only wanted to learn some basic knowledge from Professor Kettleburn. He didn't want to dive too deeply. That would be too time-consuming.
So Link played dumb and said, "Aren't I already studying with you, Professor Kettleburn?"
"I'm retiring after this year's classes, and I don't want to let go of such an outstanding student like you."
Professor Kettleburn continued to persuade, "If you're willing, even after I retire you can still follow me during holidays to continue learning, and visit magical creature reserves all over the world to observe those interesting creatures up close. Take last summer for example, I went to Ireland and observed dragons up close! Dragons, don't you like them?"
Hearing this, Link's expression didn't change much. He wasn't Draco, he truly wasn't that interested in dragons.
Professor Kettleburn clearly noticed this too. His eyes rolled, then suddenly he took out a strangely shaped bone whistle and blew it.
Accompanied by a deep and strange sound from the whistle, a parrot with bright red feathers and a phoenix-like shape flew out from the wooden hut and landed on Professor Kettleburn's shoulder.
That parrot tilted its head and looked at Link for a while, then rubbed its head against Professor Kettleburn's cheek and repeatedly shouted, "Good child! Good child!"
"This is the Pirate Parrot Redbeard!" Professor Kettleburn introduced proudly, "It has mind-reading abilities, and can sense whether someone has malicious intent to a certain extent. Because of this special ability, it was always the Muggle pirates' favorite pet."
"And this!" Professor Kettleburn snapped his fingers, and a small wet creature appeared above his head, "This is a Phantom Lizard, it has invisibility powers! Although this ability is not as perfect as the Demiguise, when combined with its astonishing speed, it becomes very formidable!"
As he spoke, Professor Kettleburn gently stroked the Phantom Lizard.
The Phantom Lizard clearly enjoyed it, which could be seen from its squinted eyes. At the same time, under Professor Kettleburn's touch, the Phantom Lizard's body gradually became transparent, eventually turning semi-invisible, leaving behind only a barely noticeable outline.
But that wasn't the end. After introducing the first two, Professor Kettleburn gave another whistle.
Next, a huge creature with the head of an eagle, the body of a horse, and wings on its back swooped down from the sky, shook its head, and nudged Professor Kettleburn.
"Haha! This is today's main character! The Hippogriff, Buckbeak! How about it, Link! Isn't he cool? As long as you agree to be my official student, I'll let Buckbeak take you for a flight." Professor Kettleburn spoke with great excitement.
In his mind, a boy Link's age should be most interested in handsome creatures like Hippogriffs.
Now that he had pulled out such a trump card, Link would surely 'surrender'.
But what he didn't expect was that at this moment, Link's gaze wasn't focused on Buckbeak at all, but instead locked on the Phantom Lizard above his head.
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