Hogwarts Advanced Guide

Chapter 353 Hagrid's Dangerous Magical Creatures Lesson
"Honeymoon?" Umbridge asked puzzled.
"That's right," said Hera, laughing, which caused Hagrid's head to be buried deep in his beard - he was too shy to show his face at all, and even his ears were terribly burned.

"There's nothing more exciting than a honeymoon after falling in love, isn't it?" Hera blinked.

Hagrid also muttered under his breath, "Yes, I think it's too embarrassing to say, and I don't want everyone to know that I'm with Olim."

Umbridge's chest rose and fell with an even more exaggerated frequency. After a long silence, she said, "I'm sorry, but do you think Mrs. Maxime, as the principal of Beauxbatons, would take a fancy to you as a gamekeeper?"

"I'm the Care of Magical Creatures professor," said Hagrid loudly. "I won't allow you to say that about Olim!" His voice was so loud that the cabin was shaking.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to." Oh my god, Umbridge actually apologized, and Hera thought for a moment that his ear was broken, but he soon realized that he was very wrong. "So, where did you go?"

"Alpine scenery?" said Umbridge quickly.

She knew, she must have guessed something, Hera thought pessimistically, fortunately he made up an excuse for Hagrid for a long time, but the wound on Hagrid's face could not be concealed, she definitely guessed it.

"Mountain?" Hagrid repeated, clearly racking his brains.

Hera had no choice but to answer for him again, "No, it's the south of France, the sun and the sea."

"Is it?" said Umbridge, "but he doesn't seem to be very tanned."

"He would have been much whiter than that," said Hera, whether Umbridge believed it or not.

Hagrid tried to put on a flattering grin, but his teeth had leaked - he'd lost at least two teeth, definitely knocked out while fighting the giants.

Umbridge looked at Hagrid coldly, and his smile couldn't hold back.Then she pulled the purse up her arm and said, "Of course I will report to the Minister that you are so late."

"Please." Hera pulled Hagrid to stop smiling like that, at least not to Umbridge.

"You should also know that, as Senior Inquisitor, I have the unfortunate but necessary task of investigating the teaching of other teachers. So I dare say we will meet again soon."

She turned abruptly and walked towards the door.

"She's still investigating us?" Hagrid asked blankly, looking at her back.

"I'm afraid so." Hera sighed, Hagrid would definitely not be able to pass the review, but he believed that Dumbledore would have a way.

He was Dumbledore after all!
"Yes," said Umbridge softly, looking back at him, his hand on the doorknob, "the Minister is determined to weed out unqualified teachers, Hagrid. Good night."

She went out, slamming the door behind her.

Hera walked carefully to the window and opened the curtain a crack. He didn't think Umbridge would just go away, after all, there were still footprints of the three little wizards on the snow.

Fortunately, Umbridge made it back to the castle.

"She's gone back to the castle," he whispered. "Harry, you can come out now."

"It's so evil, she still wants to investigate other people?" Hagrid asked suspiciously. He only left Hogwarts for two or three months. How did such a big change happen—when will the Ministry of Magic be able to manage Hogwarts?This was never possible before.

"It probably happened after school started." Hera sighed, closed the curtains, returned to her seat and sat down. "During the time you were away, many things happened."

"Hera also had a fight with the Ministry of Magic." Harry said as he pulled off the Invisibility Cloak. "Of course, Hera was fine."

"Oh, is that so?" Hagrid looked at Hera in confusion, "Why have I never heard you mention it?"

"Don't listen to Harry, I just had a misunderstanding with the Ministry of Magic," Hera said, but Hagrid was still a little worried. "But don't I just sit here right now? There's nothing more important than that."

"Well, I have to admit this, but Hera, no matter what happens, I will firmly stand by your side, not only because we are best friends." Hagrid said firmly, which reassured Hera a lot. After all, Hagrid's combat power is quite exaggerated-for wizards.

"By the way, Professor Trelawney has kept it for inspection." Harry said, putting the Invisibility Cloak on the back of the chair.

"Huh?" Hera frowned, "When did this happen?"

"When you were planning to hold the Defense Society in Hogsmeade, we didn't notice her at that time."

"Well, it seems that Professor Trelawney should have listened to me before." Hera raised her eyebrows, Trelawney was very 'cooperative' with Umbridge before.

"Well, Hagrid, what are you going to have us do in class?" asked Hermione.

"Oh, don't worry, I've prepared a bunch of content," said Hagrid enthusiastically, and took the dragon meat from the table and applied it to his eyes. "I've reserved some creatures for your O.W.Ls year. Just wait, they're very special."

"Hmm...what's so special?" Hermione asked tentatively.

Hera laughed, "Maybe it's very 'cute'!"

The faces of Harry and Ron turned pale, and they couldn't understand what the cuteness in Hagrid's mouth was. He used to think that the dragon was a cute and harmless animal, but it was by no means safe.

"Can't say," Hagrid replied cheerfully, "I wanted to surprise you guys."

"Oh, Hagrid," Hermione said anxiously, without bothering to hide it, "Professor Umbridge will find fault, if you use too dangerous ones in your class—"

"Dangerous?" Hagrid seemed amused, "Stop being silly, I won't give you dangerous things! I mean, they can take care of themselves—"

"Looking at it this way, it's even more worrying." Hera said with a smile, but he wasn't too worried. Even if Hagrid left Hogwarts, he could help Dumbledore. Maybe it would be more convenient to do that - which meant that he didn't have to show up at Hogwarts every week.

Although Hagrid loves teaching life.

"Hera, you can still laugh!" Hermione said eagerly, it seemed that she was really worried about Hagrid, and she didn't understand what Hera was thinking.

"Why not?" Hera said with a shrug. "I trust Hagrid."

"Thank you for your trust, friend." Hagrid reached out and fisted Hera.

"Hagrid, you've got to pass Umbridge's check, so it would really be much better if she saw you teaching us how to find Ponlock, how to tell a hedgehog from a hedgehog, and so on!" said Hermione eagerly, trying to ignore Hera's words.

"But that's not very interesting, is it?" Hera said.

"Of course," said Hagrid. "I've prepared far more amazing things. I've kept them for years. I think I've only domesticated them in the whole of England—"

"Hagrid, please." Hermione's voice was a little desperate. "Umbridge is looking for an excuse to get rid of the teacher she thinks is too close to Dumbledore. Please, teach something ordinary, something that will definitely be in the OWLs exam."

But Hagrid just let out a big yawn, and cast a longing glance with one eye at the big bed in the corner of the room.

Hera quickly understood what he meant, "Okay, kids," he stood up, and patted the back of Harry's chair, "I'm tired enough today, and it's getting late, it's time for Hagrid to take a good rest, but he just came back."

Hagrid patted Hermione on the shoulder lightly, and her knees gave way, and she fell to her knees with a plop. "Oh—sorry—" he tugged at the collar of his robe and pulled her up. "Don't worry about me, I promise I've got good stuff for your Care of Magical Creatures class...now you'd better go back to the castle and don't forget to wipe off your footprints!"

"I'll come back to you again, Hagrid, we have to have a good chat about this." Hermione said firmly, "If necessary, I will help you prepare lessons. I don't care about firing Trelawney, but she can't drive Hagrid away!"

The three young wizards left, wearing Harry's Invisibility Cloak.

Hera was also ready to say goodbye.

"Have a good rest, if you have anything to do, you can find me in the castle."

"Of course." Hagrid climbed into bed, and before Hera closed the door, there was already a snoring sound.

"It must have been exhausting during this time." Hera shook her head, left Hagrid's cabin with a smile, and walked towards the castle. Anyway, seeing Hagrid come back is something to be happy about. After all, Hera once thought it would be difficult for him to see Hagrid again.

But all in all, he saw Hagrid come back safe and sound.

The next day, Hera didn't come to Hagrid's cabin until the afternoon, because he and Umbridge had a big fight in the morning, just because she suspected that Hagrid might have done something extremely dangerous-in fact, she guessed right.

But Hera would not admit it. At noon, Hera didn't see Hagrid in the auditorium, so he planned to go to Hagrid in the afternoon to talk about the content of the class.Don't look at Hera's joking and uninhibited appearance before, but he is very concerned about Hagrid's affairs, not only because he cheated a lot of gold Galleons in 1991-it was cheated from Leni.

Norbert's blood was spilled all over Nurmengard Castle. I hope Hagrid won't cry when he finds out in the future. He thought Norbert was doing well in the dragon farm!

But Hera wouldn't let Hagrid know.

Walking through two feet of snow to Hagrid's hut, Hera was surprised to find a new set of footprints on it.

"Hermione!?"

"Yes, it's me." Hermione nodded.

Hera turned back and closed the door, shook her head and pulled the chair to sit down, "I thought it would be Harry or someone else."

"I can't let Hagrid go to class like this, he will be expelled by Umbridge." Hermione said firmly, "Harry and Ron also planned to come with me, but they didn't finish their homework."

"It's the fifth grade, and the OWLs exam is coming soon. It's normal to have a lot of homework." Hagrid said solemnly. If Hera didn't know that he didn't go to the fifth grade at all, she might have believed it.

"Didn't you choose more subjects than them?"

"But I have finished my homework and previewed the next two semesters." Hermione said confidently.

Hagrid and Hera looked at each other, and Qi Qi smiled wryly. The teaching progress of Hogwarts is still a bit too slow for Hermione, she is worthy of being a top student!

"Hagrid, I must stress again, you can't let Umbridge catch you, she'll write you a bad one," said Hermione, "None of us want you fired."

"Ha, I didn't have a good reputation at the Ministry of Magic, did I?" Hagrid asked back, which left Hermione speechless.Hera patted the back of Hermione's chair and said softly to Hagrid, "Hagrid, I'm not trying to convince you like Hermione, but you have to consider one thing, the current situation."

"Oh?" Hagrid suddenly became serious, and the swollen eyes were looking directly at Hera, but he quickly covered his eyes from the pain.

"The Dark Lord is running amok outside, and the Ministry of Magic does not recognize the fact that he has made a comeback. All we can do is to improve the self-protection ability of the students as much as possible in our spare time." Hera sighed at this point, and Hermione's face was not very good. She noticed that Hera called Voldemort, not as they usually called You-Know-Who, but-Dark Lord.And that's usually what his faithful believers do.

"I have to say, you can't let your students get hurt in class, of course, it shouldn't have happened."

"Of course not," Hagrid insisted.

"So, what magical animals are you going to show the students in class?" Hera asked, and Hermione put aside her distracting thoughts and stared closely at Hagrid.

"Thestrals, my original plan was for thestrals." Hagrid said quickly, and looked at Hermione with some embarrassment. "I originally wanted to give you a surprise."

"Thestrals!?" Hera's facial features twisted slightly, and then became more subtle, "Hagrid, how many students do you think can see them?"

"Ah." Hagrid rubbed his hands, a little embarrassed, "At least one third?"

Hera shook her head and raised a finger—of course, not the middle finger. "one."

"Harry?" Hermione asked.

"I'm afraid it is. If you want to see thestrals, you need to witness death with your own eyes and understand it." Hera paused, and continued, "That is to understand death."

"Ah!" Hermione couldn't help but whisper, "It's not easy, is it? I mean most people have never seen death, let alone understood it."

"Of course." Hera nodded and pursed her lips. "Most adult wizards can't even see thestrals. This is a very bad decision, Hagrid, we have to say that."

"But they're interesting, aren't they? Their bodies, their habits." The little patch of Hagrid's face that wasn't bluish turned red.

"I don't deny it, but they're dangerous too!!!"

(End of this chapter)