Good or bad, does it matter?

Over the next two days, Snape managed to get around almost the entire "Forbidden Forest" thanks to the kitten, whose presence scared away all the monsters and even stupid trolls and wild goblins did not dare to approach them while the baby was sitting on the boar's head.

As for the goblins, these were the same small, ugly, green creatures from his world, which Severus accidentally noticed when they intended to attack them and because of the thorn on the back of the boar, the monsters did not see the thunderstorm of the entire "Forbidden Forest" and of course they paid for this, because as soon as they got out into the light, one wave of the kitten's paw was enough and their heads flew off their shoulders.

And having recognized these creatures, Severus was no longer very surprised, because after "sorting" the memories, he discovered where that feeling came from and it belonged to him.

In his past life, he had a chance to fight with one battle mage from the small guild "Grumel", when he was still a simple "Master" at the initial rank and wanted to try his hand, and the fact that Severus did not particularly remember that moment was not surprising , because the enemy didn't last even ten seconds, and he didn't particularly remember his movements.

As now, they seemed too raw to him, but still, this moment was imprinted in his head, but was stuffed into the farthest part of his memory, so he could not remember. And his movements were very similar to those depicted on the walls, not even so, they were identical, but at a lower level, the way the magic circulated through the body at the moment of impact was also very different.

Only after the second inspection of the drawings did Snape realise that the grey colour in which the human figures were painted in places was magic, and only after that he finally realised how much he was mistaken in considering those movements on the walls mediocre, everything was quite the opposite and if only they were used by the "Archmag.e" with a water element, then he would definitely become invincible at this rank, because the correct use of these techniques allowed the use of terrifying spells and this also became another confirmation that this and the world from which he came are somehow connected.

In addition, Severus remembered another legend that the "Grumel" guild was founded by the "Creator" Farrello Grumel or, as he was called in history books, the "Water Deity" and he was also one of those wizards who fought against the Devils and this caused a real explosion in Snape's head, and this also contributed to the emergence of one terrible guess, which was indicated by many evidence: "could it be that the very surviving "Creator" in the battle against the Lord of Devils moved to this world and sealed here that same monster with servants...?"

But still, the Slytherin abandoned the last thought, because if he had been sealed here, he would have gotten out long ago; that barrier was unable to contain a creature capable of fighting on equal terms with the five "Creators".

And then, having thought about everything with a fresh mind, he decided to temporarily close this topic until he reaches the rank of "Archmage" and returns back to the "Magic Jungle".

But still, the thoughts that somewhere on earth the real "Creator" could hide or rest did not give him peace, because who in their right mind would refuse the artifact of such a powerful person, but what Severus most wanted to get was a rank core "Creator", because using it, reaching the level of "Great Archmage" was no longer such an impossible task.

Although over thousands of years, it could have used up most of its magic and was the opposite of its element, but even so, the core could greatly help it.

As for those movements, it is unlikely that he will use them,after all, they were effective only for wizards with a clearly expressed water element, and this could only harm him, but just in case, Snape remembered them, and then completely erased any mention of them from the cave.

Of course, this was not the only "strange" place that the kitten showed him.

In addition to the "Monster Paradise", there were several more: a small, completely destroyed village, which was definitely a couple of thousand years old and in which goblins currently lived; a building resembling a palace, deep underground and only the roof was visible from above, through which they got inside, but there was nothing valuable there, for the reason that most likely it had already been plundered, and some floors were completely filled with earth; There were also several other destroyed buildings in which monsters lived, one of which were centaurs, with whom Snape didn't particularly want to talk.

In addition to them, the kitten also showed him the lairs of a variety of monsters, from acromantulas and bees, to trolls and pixies. And one of the good news was the discovery of the "White Lotus", which grew near a small pond in the western part of the magical forest, as well as some other rare ingredients that Severus was not averse to taking with him...

***

Already late at night, when the clock was two o'clock, Severus appeared on the threshold of his house, accompanied by eight boars, six of which were only slightly larger than a kitten, who, also after these two days of joint "travel," began to trust Severus more and decided to go with him, but of course the fish played an important role, because after it, the animal could no longer look at raw food at all.

As for the boars, one of them was a boar, which was carrying the wizard all this time, as well as his female and cubs, because he could not simply leave them in the forest alone, and Snape had nothing against it.

And a few seconds later a nervous house-elf, who had previously served the Lestranges, appeared in front of the Severus.

"Take care of them for now and tell all the animals not to try to eat them," Snape ordered, looking at him, and then turned to the magical creatures. "And until tomorrow, you will live here and when I return from school, I'll show you where."

"You can settle in without going into the gazebo," he added sternly.

"~Oink! Oink-oink!" the boar quickly nodded, and then, turning to his family, he began to explain everything to them.

The wizard himself yawned tiredly and looked at the kitten, who, like the piglets, was exploring the surroundings with curiosity.

"And prepare him some fish," hearing this magic word, the animal's ears twitched and he immediately fixed his gaze on the house elf, who was a little embarrassed at the sight of the baby's burning eyes.

" M-Mr... M? Unknown people tried to enter the territory of the Mr.'s house and demanded that I let them in, they looked very bad and w-when I said that the Mr. was not there, they began to threaten and demand to be let in, I-I said "No" to them and they start..started fighting…I had to stop them."

"Retraining them is still a task..." Severus sighed. "Are any of them left?"

"Y-yes," he nodded excitedly, "Forty out of sixty-three are dead, they swallowed poison, the rest were caught and-and placed in separate cells and the poison was removed from the mouth, five wolves were dead."

"That's how... it's clear, you did the right thing, well done," the Prince said, smiling, but inside he felt rising irritation, because even though the wizard knew that someone had entered his territory, but that they used poison and They were even able to take away five wolves, which immediately made it clear that they were professionals, which meant that again someone was targeting him and was not allowing him to calmly go about his business.

"Tch! Okay, I'll sleep tomorrow." He moved to his room and carefully removed Nagini from his neck, he put her on the bed, and then, gently stroking the snoring snake of the head, the wizard returned back to the others.

"Nellie."

"What can I do for Master?" The house-elf materialised next to him, frightening the house-elf, who had not noticed that all this time she had been here, but at the same time, he experienced wild excitement, because someday he might become as strong and confident as his older colleagues.

"There's a fish on you, and also warn the animals so that they don't touch the wild boars."

"~Oink!"

"~ Mrrr…" the kitten purred contentedly, fixing his gaze on the other house-elf. "And you will come with me and tell me in more detail about what happened," Snape gently patted the shuddering elf on the head, and entered the house, and the magical creature looked after him with slight surprise, stroking the top of his head, after all, he was still not used to this drastic change, since during the entire time he served in the Lestrange house, he was never even praised, but was only constantly beaten and humiliated, and in this place, he was really treated like a normal servant and was not even insulted, this place became a real paradise and more than anything in his life, he did not want to go back to his past owners.

"Go, don't keep the Master waiting," the other house-elf said sternly, pushing him forward, tearing her colleague out of his thoughts.

" Y-yes! I beg your pardon!" the house-elf quickly stammered, nodding to her and in a moment, moving to Snape, he followed him, while looking with admiration at the broad back of his master and vowing to himself inside to become the best servant and not to disappoint the good Master...