Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Entering the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid immediately took out a crossbow from his robe and became more careful, always paying attention to the movements around him.

"Hagrid, why are you armed?" Harry asked.

"Just in case," Hagrid said, "I'm not welcome here right now..."

"Why? It was fine the last time I went to see Ye Qi."

"We didn't have to go too far that day..." Hagrid replied, "Besides, that was before Firenze left the Forbidden Forest..."

"Other centaurs were very angry about this. They thought Firenze was a traitor. If I hadn't arrived in time, Firenze would have been kicked to death by them." Hagrid sighed, "Anyway, it happened. Some very unpleasant things..."

"So, for the centaurs?" Hermione asked softly.

"No, it's not a centaur, it's something else... you'll know when you see it."

Hagrid fell silent and walked ahead with his crossbow in hand. He also walked much faster. It took a lot of effort for Harry and Hermione to keep up.

As they walked deeper and deeper, there were more weeds, the trees became denser, and even the light became darker.Gradually, there were more and more bushes. These thorny guys had little impact on Hagrid, but Hermione and Harry would have to work hard.

Suddenly, Hagrid stopped, and the two of them, who were trying their best to deal with those hateful bushes, didn't notice and bumped into Hagrid's back.

"What's wrong?" Hermione asked.

Hagrid turned around, with some hesitation in his words: "I think... I should tell you about the situation before going there..."

"Okay." Hermione agreed and looked around. It was already too dark to see clearly. "Can we use the lighting spell?"

"Lighting spell? Okay...it should be fine."

Hearing this, Hermione took out her wand, and a soft ball of light appeared on the tip of the wand.Perhaps because of the gloomy atmosphere, or perhaps for some other reason, neither Hagrid nor Harry noticed that Hermione's lighting spell was not a spell.

Hagrid was filled with worries. He sat down directly on the ground and sighed: "I may be fired at any time. As you know, she has been looking for opportunities to drive me away since I came back."

"Of course, I don't want to leave, but because of some things, I need to leave now..."

"What happened?" Harry asked, "Is it... about the Order of the Phoenix?"

"Yes." Hagrid nodded, "But that's not why I brought you here. I need your help. Will you help me?"

"Of course we will help you." Harry didn't hesitate at all.

Hagrid was so moved that he slapped Harry on the shoulder, causing Harry to stagger.He stood up again and waved his hands to the two of them, gesturing to follow them.

After walking in silence for a long time, Hagrid stopped again.This time, he didn't need to explain. The two of them stopped and looked at the huge thing not far ahead with shock on their faces.

"Hagrid, who is this?" Hermione asked softly, holding her wand tightly in her hand. The soft ball of light on it had disappeared at some point.

"Who?" Harry was still a little confused, and he even thought Hermione had made a mistake.But after carefully identifying it in the direction Hermione was pointing, she immediately took a breath of cold air.

"Didn't you say they won't come?" Hermione asked, her voice trembling a little.

"Yes, they won't come, but he is different... He doesn't want to come either, but I have to bring him." Hagrid replied.

"Why? He..." Before Hermione could finish her words, she was interrupted by Hagrid's sudden cry.

"I have no choice, I can't leave him there, he will die!" Hagrid sobbed, "He is too weak, those guys will kill him..."

"Weak!" Harry said in shock, pointing to the head that was almost as tall as Hagrid, "Is this called weak?"

"Yes, weak, he is only sixteen feet tall, I can't leave him behind..." Hagrid's face was full of tears, "Hermione, do you understand, he is my brother...half-brother!"

"younger brother!"

Harry and Hermione exclaimed in unison, looking at Hagrid in disbelief.

"Yes, brother, I only found out later." Hagrid said, "After leaving my father, my mother followed another giant, and then Grawp..."

"It should be this name. When he said his name, the pronunciation was very similar to this." Hagrid spoke quickly, "He doesn't talk much, is a bit withdrawn, and has a bad temper... I have been trying to teach him Him, teach him some benefits, teach him good manners, and take good care of him..."

"So the injuries on your body... were caused by him?" Hermione asked.

"Yes... but I swear Graup is a good boy. He just likes to play... He doesn't know how strong he is. I know that he is just careless. He just wants to play with me..."

Hermione took a deep breath, tried to calm down, pointed at the huge figure who was still sleeping soundly, and asked: "If I understand correctly, do you want us to take care of him after you leave?"

"Yes..." Hagrid looked forward to it, fearing that Hermione and Harry would regret it at this time, "It's very simple. There is no need to provide food. He will get food by himself. He just needs someone to accompany him and someone to continue teaching him." he……"

"Actually, even just talking is good..."

"Let's give it a try." Harry also felt embarrassed, but who knew that he had already agreed to Hagrid's request before.

"I knew... I knew you would agree." Hagrid wiped away the tears on his face and finally smiled, "That's great, it doesn't have to be too much trouble, just come and stay with him once a week. good……"

After saying that, he stood up and walked towards Graup: "I'm going to wake him up and introduce him to you..."

"Don't!" Hermione quickly stopped her, but Hagrid had already walked to Grawp's side.He picked up a long branch from the ground and stabbed Grawp in the back hard.

"Roar!"

With a roar, Grawp stood up from the ground. His huge figure was almost as tall as the surrounding trees that covered the sky. The ground even trembled when he stood up.

"Are you awake, Grawp?" Hagrid said cheerfully, "It's okay, it's okay, let me introduce two new friends to you..."

"Remember? I told you to bring a few friends for you to meet and let them take care of you after I leave."

"Do you remember? Graup..."

Grawp let out a low growl, lowered his head, and moved his huge head in front of Hagrid.Hagrid smiled and patted his big face, then turned and pointed at Hermione and Harry who were hiding aside.

"Yes, it's them, this is Harry, this is Hermione, they'll take care of you... No! Stop! Stop it, Grawp!"

As Hagrid was talking, Grawp suddenly stretched out his big hand to grab Hermione.Hermione was caught unawares and was thrown into the air.

This frightened Hagrid, and he shouted, but Grawp seemed not to hear him and instead put his head in front of Hermione's eyes.

It looked like it was going to eat Hermione!