Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 357 December

—I'm afraid Hagrid will be overjoyed.

McGuffin thought of that at once.

Then, another deafening and sharp roar came from the sky... It shook the joint between the windows and the walls of the classroom.

The little wizards almost stretched half of their bodies out of the window, and everyone scrambled to look out, looking at the few black spots flying deep into the Forbidden Forest.

They opened their mouths in surprise.

"Did you see that? I bet that guy was fifty feet long!"

Even Ron, who was bitten by a young dragon, was excitedly discussing the scene he had just seen.

"...Fire dragons are difficult to control. They do have some kind of intelligence, but they are the intelligence of beasts. They are good at killing and hunting... They are not suitable as guards of Hogwarts at all!" Hermione said worriedly.

"But it's rumored that the bottom vault of Gringotts is guarded by dragons." Harry interjected.

"Bill said it was... the goblins kept using their magic to hurt the fire dragon, so it stayed in the ground to guard the vault." Ron said.

Hermione frowned hard after hearing this.

After leaving the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, the little wizards began to argue about this topic.

Not only that, but since the shadow of the dragon passed over Hogwarts, the school's gossip has changed.

Everyone started to talk about fire dragons, and everyone became an expert in the study of fire dragons. Everyone talked clearly, and there were endless topics for a few days.

Dean Thomas claims to have seen the world's smallest dragon while traveling in Australia.

Seamus Figani was discussing the existing fire dragon gathering places in the UK with others. He claimed that there was one in front of his house, and he used to ride fire dragons to play every day when he was a child.

Ginny and Luna were also discussing which carrot spell to use to avoid the gaze and attack of the fire dragon.

As for Lavender, he brought back Professor Trelawney's opinion about a certain flame divination, saying "the shadow under the flame"...

Suddenly, many dragon killers appeared among Hogwarts students.

As long as they are born into magical families, most of them boast that one of their ancestors was a fire dragon killer of the [Fire Dragon Restriction Bureau] of the Ministry of Magic, who personally slaughtered hundreds of various fire dragons.

It seems that the heads of dragons all over England have been chopped off and stuffed into the basements of their own homes.

Hermione sneered at this very much, and she taunted the other little wizards to McGuffin privately, "——Charmander Slayer, I'm afraid it's not the Charmander Slayer? '

Even if DeLS Malfoy became a dragon expert, I don't know if it was bragging. She kept showing off her childhood experience to others.

"When I was six years old, my father took our family to visit the dragon breeding area in Romania. I once held a dragon egg with my own hands and rode a Welsh green dragon...it was about 20 feet in size."

De LS would show off so much with such a little experience, let alone Ron and the others.

The Weasley brothers stole the limelight in this turmoil.

Ron kept showing off that his second brother Charlie was studying dragons to everyone who asked him.

Percy talked to everyone and tried to link the topic from being Charlie Weasley 'Dragon Trainer' to himself, and then the guy connected himself to being the male student representative of the Student Union, and the fact that Percy Weasley would be an important task for the Ministry of Magic in the future, and a legal article about the protection of dragons was introduced.

As for the two guys, the twins, they kept secretly trying to go around the forbidden forest to see where the fire dragon's temporary habitat was.

This caused Hagrid a lot of trouble.

——He has to take that giant bow and arrow every night, leading Scabbers and Sirius on a constant patrol, in order to find out the two little wizards.

Naturally, during class, he reminded the little wizards with a bad temper due to lack of sleep.

Hagrid looked tired and growled loudly.

"If your little brains are not smart, just try it. The fire dragon is different from any magical animal you have come into contact with before. They are usually the most dangerous hunters in XXXXX. It is possible that you will be torn apart as small snacks as soon as you get close to it. ... Missing arms and legs, burnt and disfigured all over your body, you are lucky! If you are unlucky, when I and the guard wizard rush to subdue the fire dragon, you will only find fragments of your limbs in the dragon dung."

He does everything he can to scare the little wizard away from the Forbidden Forest habitat where the dragons reside.

Even so, Hagrid's class began to be particularly popular with the young wizards.

Or the course has never been treated this way.

The hobbies of the little wizards quickly approached the big man's special hobbies, and almost everyone was rushing to ask Hagrid for information about the fire dragon.

Even this guy DeLS Malfoy has the cheek to do so.

Of course, most of the young wizards, including Seamus and Dean in the same dormitory, were a little jealous of Ron's popularity these two days.

Ron kept showing off his second brother Charlie Weasley's work in Romania, and from time to time he showed him the teeth and scales that Charlie had shed from dragons, as well as photos with various dragons. (it's kind of annoying)
So the little wizard confirmed to Hagrid whether what Ron and the Weasley brothers said was true.

Hagrid smiled at Ron (he rarely smiled now, probably because Norbert (the first-year dragon) was in Charlie's care).

"Well, Charlie is indeed a dragon tamer, that is, a dragon expert."

"Okay, let me make it clear! Hogwarts does have three fire dragons stationed guarding the gate, and the roads...they usually inhabit the deepest part of the Forbidden Forest!"

"However, because of this, you must be more careful than usual, and don't step into the Forbidden Forest. Because now the terrifying monsters in the depths of the Forbidden Forest can't stand the breath of the fire dragon, and start moving to the edge, which is not far from here."

"If you want to sneak in secretly, you are lucky to be deducted points after being caught by me... I wouldn't be surprised if you were eaten by a big spider, bitten by a werewolf, or even shot through a hole in your body by a centaur..."

"Even if your parents knew that you were injured trying to break into the Forbidden Forest, they wouldn't blame me. This is suicide!"

"Okay, let's start today's lesson. Today's little monsters are always associated with fire dragons... I guess you will be very interested."

Saying that, Hagrid led the little wizard around to a large stone wall. The stone wall was full of potholes and small holes that could not be seen from the bottom.

Below the stone wall is a tunnel, from which there are bursts of smoke.

— Cough cough cough!

Everyone was choked and coughed again and again.

"You should all know Charmander!"

"Some people think that this magical creature is a subspecies of the fire dragon, but most wizards believe that it has a blood relationship with the salamander, a magical flying lizard!"

"careful!"

"Although they can't breathe fire, their tails can emit sparks. The temperature is extremely high, and they can easily burn you into a coke!"

Hagrid yelled angrily at DeLS Malfoy who wanted to get on his stomach.

He still remembered the unlucky things this guy did last time, so he kept paying attention to this guy.

"Little Charmander is a frequent visitor to many magical circuses. I still remember the first time my father took me to see the mysterious circus, and saw the incredible behavior of these little guys... At that time, I thought this was a fire dragon, and decided to raise one myself in the future... cough cough!"

Hagrid realized that he had talked too much, so he quickly grabbed a large handful of frogs from a burlap bag, and threw them into the tunnel full of black and gray smoke.

"Professor! What's that?"

Neville screamed.

"Uh, Charmander's food. These magic lizards are omnivorous animals. They feed on frogs and the fruit of a plant called the 'Kuris' magic tree. Of course, if they don't have these two kinds of food, they will also catch mice, insects, or freshwater fish as food."

Hagrid grabbed another handful and threw it into the tunnel. There were piercing screams of frogs.

This made Ron and Neville's faces turn pale instantly.

Even if Charmander later jumped out after eating and drinking, gliding in mid-air and sweeping out sparks with his tail, they couldn't cheer them up.

……

The days passed like this.

Apparently Fudge's move 'Fire Dragons Garrison Hogwarts' worked very well.

Although even Professor McGonagall didn't know how he persuaded Dumbledore and various members of the Hogwarts board of directors to agree to such an outrageous request.

But at least the little wizard's parents are quite relieved that there are three dragon handles near the Hogwarts gate.

This is especially the case with rumors that dozens of dragon trainers have used new methods to suppress dragons on the way to Hogwarts, far from the castle.

The owl mail system has undoubtedly started to work a lot better, and the professors and Mr. Goodman, who has been stationed again at Hogwarts, can no longer receive the roaring letters of 'greeting' the whole family.

The attention of the entire wizarding world has also been diverted from the dementor uprising.

By the end of November, Team Ravenclaw had defeated Team Hufflepuff.

However, for some reason, it was suddenly rumored that Cedric Diggory and Qiu Zhang, the Seeker of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, were boyfriend and girlfriend, so he deliberately let him catch the Golden Snitch at the most critical moment.

The little wizards were discussing about the fire dragon, and they were also very interested in this shocking melon.

Everyone has an opinion.

Harry, on the other hand, felt a little resentful for this gracious opponent, and he was very angry that Seamus and Dean were chewing their tongues behind their backs.

But even his justification couldn't stop the little witch's hostility towards Qiu Zhang.

The wizards, on the other hand, hated Cedric Diggory.

Adding the two together, unless McGuffin does something else, no one can stop this wave of gossip.

On the other hand, the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff was not over - apparently the professors couldn't come to a clear conclusion on who would win and who lost, so they canceled the result of that match and planned to play it again later.

But at the same time, Wood gained something in that game.

That match made a big splash in the newspapers because of the dementor riot, and the performance test of the new flying broomstick spread out in front of the entire wizarding interface.

The superior performance of the new broom beyond ordinary broomsticks caught the attention of almost all Quidditch clubs.

Coupled with Jordan Bagman's advocacy in the World Quidditch Council, it seems that the next Quidditch World Cup will soon allow this new type of broom to participate in the competition.

So some Quidditch clubs with a keen sense of smell have already stepped into action.

And all the members of the two college Quidditch teams who were the number one eating crabs were immediately noticed by everyone, especially Oliver Wood, who was about to graduate.

It is said that the reserve team of Puddlemere United intends to recruit him.

But at the same time Ludo Bagman also made an offer he couldn't refuse.

The director of the sports department said that it would give him a chance to play in the next World Cup Quidditch match...if Wood joins the British Hornets.

Puddlemere United is England's oldest Quidditch team.

Although the Hornets have been unlucky since Ludo Bagman left the team, their current results are not as good as they have won the Quidditch League Champions Cup [-] times and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup twice.But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse after all. The Hornets are still well-known among the Quidditch teams in the whole world, and they are very attractive to every Quidditch player in England.

Not to mention the extra assurance of adding Ludo Bagman.

This made it difficult for Wood to decide.

But it doesn't prevent these two pieces of news from giving him steroids.

——it makes this guy so energetic every day, it's like drinking a bucket of Madam Pomfrey's special refreshing potion every morning.

If the previous training was hell, it is even more indescribable now.

However, Wood promised everyone on the Gryffindor team: ——If he is really selected for a certain Quidditch team, he can go to the World Cup.

Tickets to the next Quidditch World Cup will be included for everyone. (or exchange for some equivalent value Quidditch supplies)
Under this bribe, even the twins are very eager.

So this kind of training continued until the bitterly cold and windy December, before it stopped slightly. (Wood is about to start preparing for his Quidditch club interview)

During this period, McGuffin did not see any specific traces of dementors or flame-breathing dragons at the school or at the gate of the castle. He could only see a black shadow passing by in the sky every morning or evening, as well as terrifying roars from the depths of the Forbidden Forest from time to time.

——It seems that the Ministry of Magic has indeed found a way to keep the dragon relatively stable away from the little wizard.

McGuffin pulled Harry, Ron Hermione and the others visited Hagrid from time to time, ostensibly pretending to be like other little wizards, looking for traces of fire dragons.

But in fact, his main purpose is to want Sirius Black to be able to look at Harry and settle down, not to try to sneak into Hogwarts again... and get caught, which leads to the complete collapse of the plot (although it is already outrageous now)

Ron liked this big black dog that Hagrid 'picked up' very much.

In the process of getting along with Hagrid, McGuffin and the others did not find out any information about the fire dragon, but unexpectedly learned that Ron's second brother, the dragon trainer Charlie Weasley, and other fire dragon experts were being hired by the Ministry of Magic to appease the fire dragon in the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

Therefore, after Ron wrote to his parents to inquire, he learned that their family would stay at Hogwarts to spend this Christmas.

This also made Hermione decide to stay and spend Christmas with Harry and the others.

It looks like she wants to ask Charlie about dragons.

(End of this chapter)