Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 48 The Dragon Egg and John Can Read Minds
After the afternoon classes were over, the three of Harry couldn't wait to rush to Hagrid's cabin.

It's just that they felt a strong heat wave before they got close, and the doors and windows of the hut were closed, and the curtains were drawn tightly.

At the same time, they could also see black smoke coming out of the chimney of the hut, which proved that a fire was burning in the hut

But now that the weather has begun to have a hint of summer, such an abnormal behavior is obviously abnormal.

In just such a short while, Harry and the others' hair was wet with sweat, but in order to find out the arrangement behind them, Harry and the others still knocked on the door of Hagrid's cabin.

"Who is it!" Hagrid yelled from inside the house.

With the sound of tables and chairs moving, the door of the hut was opened a gap, and Hagrid seemed to breathe a sigh of relief after seeing Harry and the others.

The door of the hut was opened, and a strong heat wave gushed out from inside, and the clothes on Harry and the others were immediately soaked with sweat.

"Come in quickly."

The three of Harry looked at each other, and finally plucked up the courage to go in.

Only when you enter the house can you understand how high the temperature is. The whole hut is now airtight, and there is still a raging fire burning in the fireplace. At this moment, the hut is like a huge boiler, which is unbearable.

Then they noticed John inside the house.

In their eyes, John didn't seem to be affected by the heat in the house at all, drinking tea calmly.

After greeting John, Harry and the others sat down on chairs while guessing the purpose of the other party's coming here.

Because of the heat, Harry and the others didn't notice that after Hagrid made them tea and served ferret sandwiches, he quietly used his body to block the front of the fireplace, blocking the contents of the fireplace tightly.

After Harry and the others politely declined their request to try the sandwich, Hagrid looked at Harry and sighed helplessly:
"If you have anything to ask, just ask."

Hearing what Hagrid said, Harry glanced at John secretly first. He was very curious about why John was here, but seeing that the other party was drinking tea quietly, Harry didn't ask his doubts.

After hesitating for a long time, curiosity in his heart surpassed worry, so Harry asked bluntly: "Hagrid, can you tell us, besides Lu Wei, what mechanism is there to protect the Philosopher's Stone?"

Hearing Harry's question, Hagrid frowned naturally, while John put down his teacup and looked at Harry.

How could John not see Harry's abnormal behavior recently?

John could probably guess why the other party had such a change, presumably it was the few times he and Professor Snape were discussing issues while going to Professor Snape's office and Harry saw him.

Coupled with the recent achievements in the practice of Legilimency, coupled with the assistance of the sympathetic effect of Howl's world, John can naturally feel this silly boy's thoughts.

It seems that because he had too much contact with Professor Snape, and because of his prejudice and suspicion of Professor Snape, he also had misunderstandings and concerns about him.

But John can also understand that this is human nature. After all, Professor Snape's attitude towards Harry is really easy to make the other party prejudice.

Of course, John's appearance here was purely accidental. Ever since Hagrid's attack, Hagrid regarded him as a good friend who talked about everything. Time told John.

In fact, during this time, John was here to help Hagrid hatch the dragon eggs.

As for why he did this, one is that he wanted to see what the dragons in the main world look like up close, and get some materials by the way;
Second, I don’t know if it’s because of his blood. John feels comfortable in such a hot environment, so he insists on coming here every day to relax.

Just as John was drinking tea and quietly paying attention to the dragon eggs in the fireplace, Hagrid spoke
"Of course I can't tell! First, I don't know it myself. Second, you already know too much, so I wouldn't tell you even if I knew it. There is a good reason for that stone to be here."

"It was almost stolen at Gringotts! I guess you guys figured that out too? I don't understand how you guys even know about Fluffy."

Seeing that Hagrid was so serious, Hermione, who knew Hagrid very well, seemed to have thought of a good way.

Then I heard Hermione say in a sweet, flattering tone: "Oh, Hagrid, you probably don't want to tell us, you must know. Is there anything that happened here that can escape you?" eyes!"

Hearing Hermione's words, Hagrid's beard trembled, and Harry naturally saw that Hagrid was smiling.

"Actually, we just want to know who designed which mechanism." Hermione continued, "We want to know, besides you, who else Dumbledore believes can help him."

After hearing the last words, Hagrid puffed up his chest, and Harry and Ron smiled at Hermione with satisfaction, knowing that Hagrid would speak.

Sure enough, Hagrid suppressed his smile, looked at Harry and the others seriously and said, "Okay, it's okay to tell you, let me think about it, he borrowed Lu Wei from me... and then invited a few others A teacher bewitched... Professor Sprout, Professor Flitwick, Professor McGonagall."

Hagrid counted with his fingers.

"Professor Quirrell... Of course, Dumbledore himself cast the spell. Wait a minute, I forgot one more person. Oh, yes, Professor Snape."

"Snape?"

Hearing this, Harry glanced at John quickly, only to meet a pair of dragon eyes looking at him.

For a moment, Harry felt a little embarrassed, and just when he didn't know what to say, John spoke.

"Don't worry, I won't inform Professor Snape, and you don't have to worry about what kind of brainwashing spell he will cast on me."

"After all, although Professor Snape has various problems, he is considered an authority in the entire wizarding world in terms of potions. It would be good to learn more about potions, wouldn't it?"

Harry stared blankly at John, he didn't expect John to know what he was thinking.

"John, can you read minds?" Harry asked, swallowing.

John just smiled, took a sip of tea and didn't answer Harry's question.

Just when Harry was about to ask, Hagrid seemed a little annoyed by what John said just now.

"Harry, I said that Professor Snape would not steal the Philosopher's Stone, so stop doubting him."

Hearing Hagrid's words, Harry temporarily let go of his doubts about whether John could read minds.

At this moment, Harry knew that Ron and Hermione were thinking the same as him. They had long believed that Snape was trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone, and that Hagrid had been deceived by him.

At the same time, they also realized that since Snape also participated in the work of protecting the Philosopher's Stone, it must be easy for him to find out what traps the other teachers had set up.

He probably knew everything, except for Quirrell's magic and how to pass Lu Wei, so he would force his way into the room and threaten Quirrell.

"You're the only one who knows how to get past Fluffy, don't you, Hagrid?" Harry asked eagerly. "You won't tell anyone, will you? Not even the teacher, will you?"

"Nobody wants to know but me and Dumbledore," said Hagrid proudly.

"That's good, that's good," Harry murmured to the others.

Feeling slightly relaxed, Harry realized that he was drenched in sweat.

Wiping the sweat off his face, Harry said beggingly, "Hagrid, can we open a window? I'm so hot."

"No, Harry, I'm sorry." Hagrid tried hard not to meet Harry's eyes, and said ruthlessly.

Harry noticed that Hagrid glanced toward the fireplace every now and then as he spoke.

Immediately, Harry also turned his head to look at the fire, and just at this moment, Harry saw that in the middle of the raging fire in the fireplace, under the kettle, lay a black mug.

It was a big mess.

"What's that, Hagrid?"

Hagrid twirled his beard uneasily and said hesitantly, "That's... oh..."

"Where did you get the dragon's egg, Hagrid?" said Ron, crouching down by the fire to study the large egg more closely.

"My brother told me that a dragon egg is worth a lot. It must have cost you a lot of money!"

Hearing Ron's words, Hagrid touched his nose in embarrassment.There is a little pride in the tone.

"Actually, I won it. I won it from him when I was drinking at Hogsmeade last night and playing cards with a stranger."

"But to tell the truth, the man was probably just dying to get rid of it."

"What kind of dragon's egg is this?" Harry also moved to the fireplace, carefully studying the black dragon's egg.

Before Hagrid could open his mouth, John took a sip of tea and said, "That's the Norwegian Ridgeback egg."

"According to the records of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", the Norwegian Ridgeback belongs to the quadruped bipterosaur, which is very aggressive. The pointed long teeth are poisonous. It looks somewhat similar to the Hungarian Horntail, but there is no spike on the tail. , and a black ridge on the back."

Ron nodded and said: "John is right, it is also described in Charlie's book. It is said that because of its aggressiveness, the Norwegian Ridgebacks in the dragon farm will be slaughtered as soon as they grow up. Its scales and skin make things."

"Oh, that's too cruel, how can you kill these lovely creatures?" Hagrid covered his heart sadly when he heard Ron's words.

cute?

Harry, Ron, and Hermione didn't know what to say. They had naturally seen pictures of Norwegian Ridgebacks, and they couldn't relate to the word cute no matter what.

"But what are you going to do with it when it hatches?" Hermione asked.

"Oh, I've been reading," said Hagrid, pulling out a large tome from under his pillow "Keeping Dragons for Fun and Profit from the library, a little dated, of course. , but the content is complete."

Hagrid opened the book and began to recite the content: "Put the eggs in the fire, because their mother breathes on them, and when it hatches, feed it a bucket of chicken blood brandy every half hour .”

He looked smug, but Hermione frowned, and she began to worry about what was to come.

"Hagrid, have you ever considered that this hut won't fit in the Norwegian Ridgeback when it grows up, and don't forget that you live in a wooden house, it's too fragile here, and the Norwegian Ridgeback will set your house on fire! Give up raising It's thinking! Hagrid," Hermione persuaded.

But Hagrid didn't listen at all, and it seemed that because he was discovered, Hagrid fiddled with the fire to take care of the dragon eggs, and hummed a little song happily.

　These days, I will finish my first year as soon as possible, and I won’t write too much about Harry after that. I can’t do anything about being considered a babysitter in the early stage, but I still thank you for your opinions, and I will actively write about it. of the plot.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)