Hogwarts Homecoming

Thanks to the magical invisibility cloak left to him by Harry's father, Hermione slipped out of the castle without any hindrance.

But when passing by the Great Hall, Hermione glanced at the staff dining table at the front of the hall, and Ms. Pomfrey, who was having a hot chat with the Hogwarts librarian, Mrs. Pince, urged in a low voice ,

"Hurry up, Harry, Ron, Madam Pomfrey will be back at the school hospital before ten o'clock, I don't want her to find out that I am not lying quietly on the hospital bed!"

"Actually, you don't have to go there yourself, Hermione, we'll tell you everything we hear from Hagrid."

Ron picked up his pace, looking at the air in front of him, pretending to be nonchalant, and Harry nodded in approval.

"Stop being silly, you two,"

The moment she stepped out of the gate of the castle, the sudden bright light and the breeze on her face made Hermione feel much better. Her orange cat eyes shone with excitement.

"Before we leave Hagrid's cabin, I'm afraid you'll forget all about what Hagrid said!"

It’s been a while since Halloween, because the large patch of pumpkin vines behind the house has been cleared up and covered with snow, Hagrid’s cabin looks much neater than usual. When Harry and the others arrived, Hagrid The Christmas tree used to decorate the auditorium for Christmas is being chopped into firewood.

This may be physical work for others, but for Hagrid, who is about ten feet tall and has a waist five times the size of an ordinary person, it is the easiest thing to do. He only needs to lift the ax and then gently put it down. , the Christmas trees that are as thick as the mouth of a bowl will be broken into several pieces.

The black hound, which was having fun on the snow, spotted the visiting Harry first. It stood on a raised snow slope and howled happily at them.

"Don't bark, Yaya, you just ate a whole chicken."

And when he looked in the direction where Yaya was yelling, a smile appeared on his face covered by his furry beard,

"Hey, Harry, Ron, it's you two!"

Hagrid happily waved his arms to greet Harry who was struggling in the two feet of snow, "This is really wrong, Harry, you always like to come to me in the middle of the night wearing the Invisibility Cloak!"

"That's because I need lessons during the day, Hagrid!"

Whoops!

Harry, who was supporting Hermione under the Invisibility Cloak, accidentally stepped on the air, and fell to the ground. Hermione, who was accidentally involved, screamed and rolled into a ball with him.

"Don't watch the excitement, Hagrid, come and help us!"

"Oh my God!"

Hermione, who suddenly appeared next to Harry and Ron, made Hagrid's steps froze,

"You brought me a cat man?!"

After a while, Hagrid in front of the house made a surprise call.

Hagrid's room was still as messy as ever. In the narrow wooden room, hams and pheasants were hung from the ceiling, and a copper kettle was used to boil boiling water in the brazier. The rag patchwork bedding on the big bed in the corner was darker in color. No other changes.

"Please, Hagrid, don't ask me why I am the way I am,"

Hermione, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, looked up and noticed the strong curiosity in Hagrid's eyes, and immediately said angrily, "That was a nightmare, I don't want to bring it up again!"

Ron laughed heartlessly, even the corners of Harry's mouth were raised in concern.

"Alright alright."

Hagrid shrugged regretfully,

"I just want to know if it is possible to breed a species of 'cat people' through experiments. Since you don't want to share it, don't show your teeth, Yaya, that's Hermione, not a cat, you should You can smell Hermione."

He took out a few cups, threw some black tea powder into them, and prepared to make a cup of hot tea for the three of them, but the water on the stove still needed a while to boil, and while waiting, Hagrid was very enthusiastic to prepare for him. Homemade Dim Sum

"You don't look very happy, Harry, would you like some taffy?"

"Thanks, Hagrid, I don't have much appetite."

Harry, who had experienced the power of Hagrid's culinary skills many times, politely declined. He exchanged glances with Ron and Hermione, and after a silent exchange, Harry asked,

"Actually, Hagrid, we're here today to ask you about someone we think you've heard of."

Hagrid, who was fiddling with the coals with his fingers, let out a chuckle. He looked at Harry through the handle of the copper pot, and said in a teasing tone

"Who do you three want to know, Harry? Let me remind you first, there is no Sorcerer's Stone hidden in this year's castle!"

Yes, it is true that there is no Philosopher's Stone, but there are more secret rooms!

Harry cursed in his heart, and his mood was not much better because of Hagrid's joke.

"Amosta Braine, Hagrid, have you heard of this man?"

Because Hermione's time was limited, Harry asked straight to the point.

"Amosta Blaine?"

Hagrid blinked his eyes in surprise, "Why do you mention him?"

"So you do know him?" Hermione asked immediately. "Tell us, Hagrid, what do you know?"

Hagrid didn't answer the question immediately, but instead looked at Ron suspiciously,

"You don't have any image of Amosta Blaine either, Ron?"

"I must have heard the name somewhere, but it doesn't seem like I heard it from Dad, Hagrid, why do you think I know him?"

Ron raised his eyebrows in confusion, desperately remembering.

"You must have heard, Ron"

Hagrid laughed. He took the hot kettle off the stove and made a cup of tea for all three of them, "He is a Slytherin student, in the same class as your brother Bill, and he has graduated for more than three years. Well, anyway, I haven't heard much about him in the past few years, but it's not surprising, he was very introverted when he was in school, and he doesn't like to let himself be in the limelight."

"So perhaps Bill mentioned it to me?"

Ron still hasn't picked up that lost memory.

"Introverted?"

Hermione's tone was also confused. She tried her best to recall the details of the short meeting last night. If she were to comment, that Mr. Blaine was a little too friendly, and he didn't seem like a person from Slytherin at all, but If you say introverted, you can't really see it.

"Well, you can't say that you are introverted. In short, you just don't like to deal with people, at least that's how it was at the time."

Because there were three more people in the room, Hagrid could only stand and talk,

"I have hardly dealt with him, and the news I know is just hearsay.

It is said that Amosta Bryan was an orphan and spent his childhood in an orphanage. You know, in Slytherin House, children born from orphans are unlikely to be welcomed, so, when he first stepped into Hogwarts In those few years, he received a lot of stares. If it weren't for Professor Snape's protection, perhaps his situation would have been even more difficult at that time. "

Hagrid really didn't have many memories about Amosta Bryan in his mind, so he spoke slowly, but no one in the room urged him, and even Ron gave up his memories and stared at Hagrid intently.

"I've heard from the professors that Bryan is a very studious little wizard, and he's very polite when he asks questions. His grades are excellent, of course. They can't compare with Bill, Percy or you at that time."

Hagrid looked at Hermione and said,

"--but you just can't get close to him, like he's trying to keep his distance from anyone, though, considering he's a Muggle-born orphan, it's easy for the professors to understand how withdrawn he appears."

"It sounds like this is a very ordinary person?"

Ron frowned,

"And he belongs to Slytherin, so why did I hear his name from Bill maybe Charlie?"

"This brings us to the fight that happened in the Forbidden Forest when Bryan was in fifth grade!"

Hagrid drank from his washbasin-sized water tank in one gulp, his copper-bell-like eyes shone with shock,

"Although it has been several years since that duel, when I think about it now, I still can't believe it!"

ps: The second chapter is before five o'clock