Hogwarts: Harley from the Witch Path

Chapter 313 Look at this pot, it’s big and round (continue asking for monthly votes every day)

"I think we need to wake up Hagrid first."

Harry frowned as he looked at Hagrid, who couldn't help but start crying again.

She pulled out her wand and pointed it lightly, and a flash of light flashed.

Hagrid, who was about to pour firewhiskey into his mouth as he was accustomed to, suddenly paused and stopped for a moment.

The wine glass in his hand slipped from his palm, but was caught by Harley's spell and landed firmly on the table.

Hagrid suddenly shuddered, feeling as if his brain was soaked in ice, and all the strong alcoholism was dispelled.

He shook his head vigorously and wrapped his moleskin coat tightly around him, trying to dispel the chill.

Seeing that Hagrid was gradually waking up, Harry canceled the magic and slowly lowered his wand.

"Oh, it's you." After Hagrid regained a lot of consciousness, he looked in front of him and muttered.

It seemed that when he spoke previously, he did not fully realize who he was chatting with.

But soon, Hagrid could no longer be so calm.

When the memory of this period slowly came back to his mind, Hagrid's face became more and more grim.

"Harry, Hermione, and... and..." Hagrid stammered after recalling everything.

"Fleur Delacour, just call me Fleur." Fleur smiled, but there was no smile in her eyes.

"Okay, Fleur. Can you please not reveal this matter?" Hagrid's eyes were pleading.
"I don't want Professor Dumbledore to worry about me, it's no big deal..."

"I just offended Ms. Maxim for unknown reasons, I don't want me to affect the relationship between Hogwarts and Beauxbatons..."

"Oh, by the way, if possible, could you please not tell anyone that I am a hybrid giant?"

"I don't care personally, but this may cause a lot of trouble for Professor Dumbledore."

"He has already done enough for me, and I really don't want to cause him any more trouble."

Harry sighed and walked to Hagrid's side, supporting the table with both hands.

"Hagrid," Harley's voice became cold and serious, and her eyes were like a pointer, causing Hagrid to subconsciously avoid her gaze.

"I think you probably don't understand the point of this matter, and you don't know why Ms. Maxim is angry."

"Uh... um... indeed... I really don't know."

Hagrid scratched the messy hair on his head like abandoned wires with his big hands, and there was confusion in his voice.
"Is it because I said she is a hybrid giant? I feel that although it does not sound good to say this, I am just telling the truth."

Hermione on the side had already covered her face, and Fleur also turned her head.

Now Fleur doesn't hate Hagrid as much as before, because she has confirmed one fact——

Hagrid didn't mean to point out that Ms. Maxim was a hybrid giant. He just simply couldn't speak, or... didn't like to think.

You can hate a bad guy very much, but you can't hate a stupid guy.

"That's the problem!"

With a tone that said she hated iron, she slapped the table hard, causing the wine bottle to shake and the table legs to creak.
"Hagrid, don't you know the reputation of giants in the wizarding world? I think you know it better than anyone else."

"Or don't you know the status of mixed-race races? You should know it very well!"

"What kind of mixed-race race can the magic world accept? Only half-blood Veela or half-blood goblins."

"Where do the other bloodlines in their bodies other than the wizarding bloodline come from?"

"It comes from those magical creatures that have extremely good looks, powerful magical abilities, or hold certain positions of power."

"Even so, these mixed-race wizards are vaguely discriminated against in front of ordinary wizards."

"Just like Professor Flitwick is a half-breed goblin, and he has achieved a very high status through hard work and is respected, but there will be people who insult him behind his back."

"Not to mention hybrid giants like you and Ms. Maxim. Considering the crimes the giants have committed, the word hybrid giant itself is taboo."

"Ms. Maxim is the principal of Beauxbatons. Although I don't know the specific life experience of Ms. Maxim, she must have worked a hundred times harder than ordinary wizards."

"Have you ever thought about what would happen to Ms. Maxime if others knew she was a hybrid giant? All her efforts would be in vain!"

"Now have you ever wondered why Ms. Maxim refused to admit that she was a hybrid giant and broke up with you directly?"

In order to allow Hagrid to fully understand what he said, Harry could speak very slowly and pause from time to time.

Under Harry's explanation, Hagrid slowly came to his senses, and at the same time the expression on his face became stiff.

But he still said subconsciously: "But this is Hogwarts, the safest place in the world!"

"And there was no one around at the time. Who could have overheard my conversation with Olim?"

Before Harry could say anything, Hermione was the first to laugh in anger.

"Hagrid!" Hermione put her hands on her hips, looking like a little Professor Hagrid.

"I have bad news for you. Last night, when Hallie and I went for a walk, we happened to pass by the fountain and saw you and Ms. Maxim."

"And you have a very loud voice, and you didn't hide anything at all. So both Harry and I heard your last sentence, which is the sentence you admit that you are a half-blood giant."

"Is this also called no one being able to hear? Fortunately, we were the only ones present last night. What if there were other students?"

"Who says there's no one else?" Harley retorted immediately,

"There is bad news. At that time, I also discovered the reporter of the Daily Prophet who likes to fabricate fake news to slander celebrities, Rita Skeeter."

"It seems that she probably heard your conversation. I don't think you don't understand what this means, right?"

Hagrid's face turned from stiff to pale in an instant.

His lips trembled a few times, but nothing came out.

If, as Harley said, the conversation between the two was overheard by the infamous Rita Skeeter, it would be a big deal.

Even if Ms. Maxim did not admit it, she and herself would definitely be arranged by Rita.

And how much pressure this will put on Professor Dumbledore!
At this time, Hagrid's face looked like he was about to cry.

"Harry, then... what should we do?" Hagrid asked stammering,

"By the way, I have to inform Professor Dumbledore. The professor cannot be implicated."

"Sit down!" Harry raised his hands above his head and held Hagrid's shoulders.

Just as Hagrid was about to stand up, he was instantly pushed back to the chair by this terrifying force.

"Fortunately, Hagrid." Harry said angrily,
"I settled the matter for you. Rita won't report it."

"I just hope that through this incident, you can take some time to remember the importance of keeping secrets."

"Also, I hope you will think more before you speak or do something."

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In the following chatting time, Harley relied on her rich life experience to guide Hagrid in various aspects, and occasionally enlighten and encourage Hagrid.

Finally, hope rekindled in Hagrid's eyes, and he decided to go to Ms. Maxim to apologize after a while.

The four of them chatted all afternoon, and it was only when Hagrid was about to keep them for dinner that the girls' expressions suddenly changed and they hurriedly made excuses to leave.

At first Fleur didn't quite understand why Harry and Hermione were so panicked.

But when Hermione introduced Hagrid's signature slug jerky beef stew, Fleur no longer wanted to look back at the cabin, as if there was some scourge hidden there.

The three of them parted at the intersection. Fleur had to go back to pick up Gabrielle, so she could go to the auditorium for dinner later.

"Harry, it's a good idea that you chose to use Rita to scare Hagrid." Hermione sighed on the way to the Great Hall.

"I think Hagrid will be more awake now and think more before speaking."

Harry gave Hermione a strange look: "You think I made it up?" "Isn't it true?" Hermione asked.

"Of course I'm not making it up." Harley nodded, her tone full of certainty.

"Rita was at the scene that night and probably listened to a lot of the conversation between the two."

The surprised expression on Hermione's face suddenly turned as pale as Hagrid's before: "But...but...there was no one around at the time."

"Wait, this is not the point. The point is what should be done now? If she really puts this matter in the newspaper..."

"What are you thinking!" Harry rubbed Hermione's head vigorously, "I told you, I've already stopped Rita."

"You probably don't know, but Rita is an illegal Animagus, and her Animagus form is a beetle."

"I have known about this for a long time, and in exchange for keeping this secret for her, I forbid her from publishing me, you, Fleur or anyone else who is close to me in the newspaper."

"Otherwise you would think that she is slandering famous wizards in newspapers every day, and has ridiculed almost every living recipient of the Order of Merlin."

"But there has never been any news about me as Yin Yang in the newspapers, and she often writes articles praising me."

Hermione's face was full of shock. She didn't even know that such a situation existed.

But Hermione was also slightly happy in her heart. After all, illegal Animagus was very important information.

It felt good that Harley was willing to share this with her instead of just passing it off.

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The following Christmas holidays were extremely peaceful, as if everyone had exhausted their excess energy at the Yule Ball.

Only Fred and George are still thinking about researching and selling their various magic items, while the warriors spend their time deciphering the secret of the golden egg.

Harry wanted to go to the principal's office to see Professor Dumbledore to discuss the note in the Christmas gift.

But Professor Dumbledore was not in the Headmaster's office.

When Harley walked into the empty principal's office, Principal Delis, who never liked joking, told Harley that Professor Dumbledore had gone to Austria.

I don't know what kept him so busy. After the Christmas ball that night, Fox took him away in the early morning.

Harry didn't dare to think or ask.

After all, Professor Dumbledore has so many peculiar quirks, so just let him be.

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Although the students were very unhappy, the Christmas vacation passed just like that.

The little wizards felt very painful about this and had to return to the boring study life.

But soon, everyone no longer felt bored.

Because on the first day of vacation, a depth charge was dropped into the calm lake of Hogwarts.

It wasn't that another student had come up with some new prank that made Professor McGonagall furious.

Instead, the first "Daily Prophet" after the Christmas break published an article written by Rita.

With more than a month of preparation ahead, Rita yin-yanged Karkaroff from every angle, believing that he was targeting the warriors from other schools, especially Hogwarts.

Rita also used a probing tone to carefully analyze why this was the case.

At the beginning of the Christmas holiday, Rita exposed in the newspaper the three slips of paper with Harley's name spit out from the Goblet of Fire during the Six Wizards Tournament selection ceremony.

Today, Rita Tuqiu saw the two and directly connected the two, accusing Karkaroff of doing all this.

As for why?

Rita said she dug deeply and discovered a big secret——

Karkaroff was a Death Eater!

"After many searches, the author tried every means to find a large number of parties involved, and obtained shocking news."

"Igor Karkarlov, the current principal of the Nordic magic school Durmstrang, was a Death Eater who followed a mysterious man."

"And he was captured by the former Auror, the current Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Mad-Eye Professor Alastor Moody."

"After being captured, Karkaroff gave an extensive list of Death Eaters to the Inquisition."

"Of course, he did not disclose these lists out of conscience, nor did he want to express remorse for the evil things he had done and the people he had killed."

"He just hopes to get a chance to avoid being imprisoned in Azkaban by betraying his group of equally notorious friends."

"Obviously, he got what he wanted. Karkaroff managed to escape trial and went straight abroad."

"And he was once one of the core figures among the Death Eaters, that's why there are so many Death Eater lists."

"As one of the Death Eaters who was closest to the mysterious man, he easily learned a lot of vicious black magic and became prosperous in Durmstrang."

"The author believes that this is a phenomenon that makes people feel disgusted from the bottom of their hearts—"

"The Ministry of Magic can actually make a deal with the evil party and allow the evil party to leave the UK and continue to enjoy a luxurious life in a foreign country."

"This is a betrayal of the British magical community. The author believes that the British Ministry of Magic should reflect on..."

Rita's words were extremely sharp and her descriptions were very detailed, as if she had witnessed it all.

Moreover, in the early stage, wizards in the British wizarding world already believed from the bottom of their hearts that Karkaroff was not a good person and was a despicable person who deliberately targeted the Hogwarts warriors.

Now that a lot of black information has been thrown out, it seems to be reasonable, and the wizards naturally believe this statement.

The hat that Rita put on Karkaroff and the two extremely vicious parchments maliciously thrown into the Goblet of Fire in the Six Wizards Tournament were also accepted by the wizards.

You see, Karkaroff is a former Death Eater who was forced to flee abroad because Harley defeated their master.

He must have a grudge against Harley, and wants to use these methods to slander the reputation of Harley and Hogwarts, and even assassinate Harley through the Six Wizards Tournament.

This all seems very reasonable and logical, without any loopholes.

As a result, Karkaroff was in bad luck.

After discovering that Rita had programmed him for a long time, but there was nothing he could do about it, Karkaroff simply turned a blind eye and stopped reading the Daily Prophet.

And Karkaroff's temper, and the behavior of using black magic to physically punish Durmstrang students from time to time, made no one willing to tell him this morning.

The only one who might have told him was Krum, who was still secretly upset about the Yule Ball and had no interest in reading the newspaper.

This led to Karkaroff being bombarded by shouting letters when he was going to have dinner in the Hogwarts auditorium, one of which contained a broken branch of a poisonous tentacles.

If Karkaroff hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been lying in the school hospital at Hogwarts or St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries.

The other professors also looked on with cold eyes. After all, no one had a good attitude towards Death Eaters.

In fact, the professors at Hogwarts have received many letters, and the writers unanimously demanded that Karkaroff be expelled from Hogwarts, and even expelled from the UK.

There was a pile of letters piled up in Dumbledore's principal's office, and he kept shouting at him all morning.

After all, this is Britain, the place where Voldemort once raged.

No one in Britain would welcome a Death Eater.

It's a pity that the other professors are not Principal Dumbledore or Minister Fudge, so they do not have this right.

Professor Flitwick was kind-hearted, and finally gave Karkaroff a "Daily Prophet" to let him know his death.

This is more or less compassionate.

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(Thanks to the "Nine-tailed Flaming Fox" boss for the reward!)
(End of this chapter)