Hogwarts Advanced Guide

Chapter 285 Unexpected Hagrid!
"I think all this may just show that the Dark Lord is accumulating strength." Hera said firmly.

Dumbledore turned back to look at Hera, raised his eyebrows, "Oh? What do you think?"

"As you said before, the content of the prophecy cannot be changed, and with Voldemort's current state, Harry obviously has no chance to destroy him at all. Will the prophecy mean to make him stronger again, so that Harry can have a chance to completely destroy him. Otherwise, he will always be half-dead." Hera paused, looking for the right words to continue, "After all, all he has left is a steamy shadow, and we can't hurt him anymore."

Dumbledore nodded, and the two fell silent.Hera thought it was time for him to go, but Dumbledore kept silent.

"Professor?" he called again.

"What's the matter, Hera?" said Dumbledore.

"Well, look, it's not too early. Can I?"

"Okay," Dumbledore said with a smile, his brows stretched, "Miss Clearwater must have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Thank you, I hope what I know can help you." Hera bowed slightly, turned and left the office.

Dumbledore also stood up, and his light blue eyes kept staring at Hera's back.

"Hera," said Dumbledore when Hera came to the door, "please don't tell anyone else about Neville's parents. He should tell everyone when he wants to."

"Of course, professor, I'm not a talkative person." Hera said, turning to leave.

"And—" Hera turned his head, and Dumbledore was standing behind the table. His face was illuminated by the candles in the room, and he looked older than before. He stared at Hera for a moment, and then said, "Have a good time with Miss Clearwater."

"Thank you, Professor."

On the second day of Christmas, everyone got up very late. Hogwarts was much quieter than the previous days. People were chatting with each other, interrupted by yawns from time to time.Hermione's hair was matted again, which made her look troubled.She confessed to Hera that she asked Penello to spray her hair with the speed smoothing lotion in order to go to the ball.

"But it's too much trouble to do it every day, isn't it?" Hera smiled slightly, and he reached out to mess up Hermione's hair even more.

"Yes, if that's the case - I'm afraid I won't have the chance to read a book every day." Hermione said practically, while scratching the base of Gallon's ear, the cat hummed in comfort.

"By the way, Harry and Ron heard a secret." Hermione moved closer, her voice lowered.

Hera immediately became interested. He is still very interested in secrets. God knows when it will become his wealth code. You must know that Professor Luke is still sending him 60 gold Galleons every month!

"Hagrid's a half-giant!" said Hermione, shrugging. "Of course, I've always thought he must be a giant. I know he can't be a pure-blooded giant, because they're both twenty feet tall. But honestly, he doesn't have to hide that at all. Hagrid isn't scary at all, is he?"

"Of course Hagrid isn't scary. Seriously, there's no reason to be so nervous about giants. They're not all that scary. It's a prejudice, just a preconceived idea." Hera was a little uninterested. Hagrid never concealed his bloodline. As long as Harry and the others asked him, he would tell them these things.

After all, with his reminder like this, it is not realistic to insist that he is an ordinary human wizard.

Of course, no one really dared to ask Hagrid these years.

Hermione nodded, she agreed with Hera's words very much, she couldn't understand why Harry and Ron were so surprised, as if this was something unacceptable.In Ron's mouth, it seemed that Hagrid was about to tear off his head.

After Christmas, February 2th seemed much closer. Hera was not worried about Harry's safety. He believed that Barty Jr. would think of a good way. After all, it was only an hour under the Black Lake. As for whether they could find their treasure, it depended on their luck.

It's just that Harry became very distressed, he didn't think about what the clues hidden in the golden egg were at all.Because as soon as he returned to the dormitory, he took out the golden egg from the box, opened it, and listened carefully, hoping to figure out the mystery.

In fact, it was Little Barty who was even more annoyed. He was going crazy. That guy Cedric had already told Harry the answer, but Harry—he was so arrogant that he didn't try.Cedric had clearly said it so clearly, and even told him the password of the prefect's bathroom.

It seemed to Harry that if Cedric really wanted to help Harry, he should have been more specific.He had told Cedric exactly what the first item was - and Cedric had asked Harry to take a bath in fair exchange?

Hera was not aware of Harry's recent movements. He was worried that his excessive concern would attract the attention of others again. After all, he had already aroused Dumbledore's suspicion.Recently, Furong's practice of the bubble head spell was not going well. She was always distracted and unable to maintain the spell, so that she choked on water for several days.

But compared to these, what happened to Hagrid seemed insignificant, and his "secret" was made public.

There was a story on the front page of the Daily Prophet with a picture of Hagrid with a sneaky look on his face.

"Dumbledore's Big Mistake"

The eccentric Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has always dared to hire controversial teachers, our special correspondent Rita Skeeter reports.In September of this year, he hired Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody as his Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. The decision came as a surprise to many in the Ministry of Magic. You know, Moody is a notoriously vicious, former Auror, who is known to attack frantically whenever someone moves suddenly in front of him.
Hagrid, a large, vicious-looking man who abuses his newfound power. His mother is the giantess Friedwafa, whose whereabouts are unknown. Brutal and bloodthirsty, giants were brought to the brink of extinction by cannibalism in the last century.The remaining dozen or so joined You-Know-Who's ranks, and during the White Terror era of You-Know-Who's reign, they committed some of the most brutal Muggle massacres.
"This is obviously groundless!" Hermione slapped the newspaper on the table angrily, which made everyone in the auditorium turn their eyes to her.

Hera also saw the report, and he planned to visit Hagrid. I don't know if this matter will affect his mood, but I hope he can persevere from the criticism. If he can't persist, Hera doesn't mind introducing him to Norway to do some gray business. Hagrid's bloodline is definitely a strong guarantee for the transaction-no one will try to anger a giant, because they will screw your head off.

The causeway was covered with thick snow, and when Hera came to Hagrid's cabin, she saw an elderly witch standing at the door, her gray hair cut short and her chin protruding.

"Mr. Lestrange, we are getting ready for class." She said to Hera seriously, "Hurry up, hurry up, the class bell has rung for 5 minutes!" She turned her head and said sharply to the little wizards beside her.

"Hello, I don't know who you are?" Hera asked with some doubts, "Where's Hagrid?"

"I'm Professor Graplan," she said bluntly. "I'm a temporary substitute teacher for the Protection of Magical Creatures class. Hagrid is a little uncomfortable."

"Is Hagrid inside?" Hera looked at Hagrid's cabin, all the curtains were drawn, and he didn't know if Hagrid was inside.

"I don't know, Mr. Lestrange." Professor Graplan said, walking around the temporary stables, where the steeds of Beauxbatons were shivering, snuggling up against the severe cold.She led the students towards a big tree on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, under which was tied a beautiful big unicorn.

Hera knocked on the wooden door a few more times, making a thumping sound, but there was no meaningful response from the house, even if he shouted Potian, there was no movement at all.

"Well, it looks like you're not in there."

In fact, the damage caused by Rita Skeeter's report to Hagrid was beyond everyone's imagination, and Hera didn't see Hagrid's shadow for a whole week.He was not seen at the staff table at meals, nor was he seen performing his gamekeeper duties on the grounds.Professor Graplan continues to act as a substitute teacher in the conservation of magical creatures.

It wasn't that Hera hadn't tried crossing the snow-covered field to Hagrid's cabin, knocking frantically on the door, and he could hear Fang's muffled barking.

It's a pity that even though Hera was banging on the door vigorously, Hagrid didn't answer. He could even hear Fang scratching at the door and whining in a low voice, but the door didn't open.Hera even went over and knocked on the window, but still no response.

"Hagrid, you don't think anyone minds that you're a half-giant, do you?"

However, it appears that Hagrid does care.

Until mid-January, there was no news in Hogwarts bigger than Hagrid. The only thing that could cause people to discuss was probably Krum's figure. On Saturday, he took off all his clothes and only wore a pair of swimming trunks.

Many people thought that Krum was crazy, but it was January, and there was still ice on the Black Lake!

Even if he's from colder Germany, it's definitely not a good swimming experience, no matter who thinks so.But this made Fu Rong vigilant.

"He must have started to prepare, he has already entered the Black Lake, and I have to prepare!"

Madam Maxim was very surprised by this, "Fleur, I will not allow you to strip naked and jump into the icy lake like Krum."

"Obviously that's not the case. I think I'll find a suitable practice venue for Fleur." Hera said softly. He naturally understood what Madam Maxim meant. She didn't want her favorite student to be talked about by others.

The location Hera thought of was naturally the Response Room. In his opinion, there was simply no more suitable place than that. Could there be a more suitable place than the Response Room that could change freely according to the user?

You must know that the horror in the lake is not only its terrible temperature, but also the existence of giant squids, mermaids and their little pet Grindylow.No matter what Heihu said, it was not the best place to practice the head-bubbling spell.

Hera kept looking for Hagrid once every three days. He always wanted Hagrid to do smuggling business. With Hera's introduction, Hagrid would definitely live happily in Greece—even without Hera's recommendation, but Hera would have to miss a large amount of agency fees.Many people have offered an olive branch to Hagrid through Hera, and Hera believes that he will definitely use Hagrid to make a lot of money.

This is no different from Hera's previous business, nothing more than this time the transaction item has become a half-blood giant.

Hera walked across the field as usual today and came to Hagrid's hut.The curtains were still drawn, and Fang could still be heard screaming as he approached.

"Hagrid!" Hera yelled, banging on his door. "Hagrid, can't you face reality? Nobody cares who your mother is, Rita Skeeter is a nasty reporter, she always likes to write random articles to catch people's attention—"

The door opened, and Hera just beamed, said "You should have—" and then stopped suddenly, because he found that it was not Hagrid who was facing him, but Albus Dumbledore.

"Good afternoon, Hera." Dumbledore said happily, looking down at Hera with a smile.

"I——I just wanted to persuade Hagrid, you know—" Hera's voice was very soft, and he was taken aback by Dumbledore. Fortunately, he didn't say anything to make Hagrid go away—otherwise Dumbledore would be furious if he heard it—he dared to poach his corner!
"Ah! I guessed it already," said Dumbledore, with a humorous twinkle in his eye. "Why don't you come in?"

"Oh, well, I was so surprised that I forgot, I really didn't expect you to be here." Hera said.

As soon as he walked in the door, Fang suddenly rushed towards him, barking and trying to lick Hera's ear, he avoided Fang and looked around.

Hagrid sat at the table with two large teacups in front of him.He looked very distressed, with spots on his face, red and swollen eyes, and he went to another extreme when it came to his hair.
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