The Magical Principles of Natural Philosophy at Hogwarts

Erwin knocked on the window.

Hagrid's huge body shook violently, as if he was frightened, he raised his head in a panic, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and he looked extremely hot.

Hagrid looked towards the window, relieved to find it was Erwin.

Erwin pointed to the door.

Hagrid opened the door, but barricaded it with his massive body, preventing Erwin from entering. "Morning, boy," he said, forcing a smile.

"What's that?" Erwin asked very directly.

"It's just an ordinary egg." Hagrid said nonchalantly. He wanted to appear calm, but his acting skills were really bad.

"Eggs that can be put in the fire are ordinary?" Erwin narrowed his eyes. "What animal's eggs?"

"Well... a fire-breathing turkey."

I'm afraid that only turkeys would believe Hagrid's words, "I've seen the egg clearly just now," Erwin chuckled, "I'm going to the library now, it only takes half a day at most to find out exactly what it looks like." species."

Hagrid's face turned pale, "Okay." He surrendered, leaned down and whispered in Erwin's ear, "Please keep it secret for me...it's a dragon egg."

He looked pleading.

It really is a "fire-breathing turkey", Erwin looked at Hagrid's anxious look, "Dragon eggs that can hatch?"

"Yes."

"You wanted to hatch it?"

"Yes."

"Hogwarts doesn't allow dragons, so why are you so nervous?"

"It's not just Hogwarts," Hagrid swallowed, "Since 1970, the Ministry of Magic has banned individuals from keeping dragons..."

"You really are lawless, Mr. Rubeus Hagrid," Erwin deliberately elongated his tone, with a very nasty expression, and then changed the topic, "But I like it."

A government that can't even control its own economic power, its governing ability, deterrence and credibility are bound to be not very good. Erwin has already disregarded the Ministry of Magic, and the salaries of those officials may be paid by goblins. of.

This actually meant picking up the bowl to eat and putting down the bowl to scold his mother. After all, if it weren't for the loose management system of the Ministry of Magic, he would not have had the opportunity to come to Hogwarts, but Erwin was not grateful at all.

Facing Hagrid's surprised gaze, he spread his hands, and now "can you let me in?"

Hagrid moved away.

The hut was as hot as an oven. Erwin stood close to the fireplace and observed the dragon egg. This egg was a bit larger than an ostrich egg, but considering that fire dragons were generally tens of meters long, it was considered very small.Female dragons must have had an easy time giving birth.

He also touched it with tongs. The hardness of the eggshell is not very high, but it has a certain degree of toughness.

"Where did such a fertilized dragon egg come from?"

"Well, I went drinking in Hogsmeade yesterday and won it at cards," said Hagrid.

Of course Erwin knew about the wizarding village not far from Hogwarts, "Someone is carrying contraband items like hatching dragon eggs with him? And he's still in the mood to go to the tavern to play cards?"

"Maybe he wanted to sell it to someone else, but the deal fell through, so he wanted to find a way to get rid of it." Hagrid was a little uneasy, "I drank a little too much yesterday, I can't remember that person's face..."

Erwin sighed, Hagrid really didn't care much. "I'll help you hatch this little dragon," he said.

Erwin was excited to be up close to a live dragon, even if it was just a dragon egg.Dragons are very powerful magical creatures. There are legends about dragons in most civilizations. More importantly, the fountain of power extracted from Gallon is essentially a purified product of dragon blood, which can directly supplement Erwin's blood. The magic power, which made him realize that there must be something magical about the dragon species.

"Oh, thanks," said Hagrid, without any particular emotion, since Erwin was, after all, just a first year in his mind.

There was a stack of books on the chair next to it, "Guide to Breeding Dragons", "Keeping Dragons for Profit and Recreation", "Illustrated Book of European Dragons"... Hagrid seemed to have found all the books about raising dragons.

In other words, the Hogwarts library even has books of this type.

It was too hot in the room, so Erwin took a few books to the yard to read. He read for the whole morning and didn't even go back to school for lunch.

"Your dragon is a Norwegian spinyback," said Erwin, closing his book.

"I already know that," said Hagrid.Shrugging, he handed Erwin a cup of tea that was so strong and bitter.

"Since you have decided to keep it, how long are you going to keep it?"

"This..." Hagrid hesitated, obviously he hadn't thought it through yet.

"Since you want to raise it, you must be responsible for its life." Erwin clattered through the book, "It takes seven or eight years for the Norwegian Spinosaurus to grow into a sub-adult state, and then it will have the ability to survive alone. Just use this as the deadline.”

Hagrid nodded subconsciously, he had no idea himself.

"First of all, you must make sure that you can't keep it in your house. There is definitely not enough space. The wooden structure has a huge safety hazard, and it is easy to be discovered by others. You must find another breeding area. My The suggestion is...well, the Forbidden Forest, and not on the periphery."

"This...isn't very good." Hagrid hesitated, "In fact, there are many dangerous guys in the Forbidden Forest, and they can't hide it from the centaurs."

"I'll take care of the concealment, wait a minute," Erwin said.

He hurried back to Gryffindor Tower, and back again with his suitcase, and pulled out the locker, from which he took out a bundle of glyph sticks.

These are not the batch that Dipper sent over, but made by Erwin himself. Apart from consuming more mana, the technical content of this inscription stick is not much higher than that of the dragon skin thermal vest.

I don't know how Dipper will feel after knowing that the skills he has learned so hard to survive can only be evaluated by Erwin.

Erwin made some improvements, so that these inscription sticks were engraved with two magic text codes, which can respectively stabilize the effects of the illusion spell and the anti-detection spell, and any more would be beyond Erwin's ability.

Considering that it is required to remain hidden in the Forbidden Forest, mainly targeting centaurs or other animals, it is not difficult to eliminate the anti-detection spell code and replace it with the concealment spell.

As for the other two of the missing four stealth curses, Irwin can only make up for them manually.

He showed Hagrid how these glyph sticks could create a hidden area that couldn't be found, which almost made the gamekeeper's jaw drop.

"That should do the trick," Erwin said.

Hagrid nodded repeatedly.

"First of all, we need to build a hatching pit there. Dragon eggs need sufficient temperature, which means that we need to bring enough fuel, and the food needed by young dragons must also be prepared in advance. Some catching devices are also necessary to prevent young dragons Dragons can run wild. Everything should be made of non-flammable materials, and we may need to build some simple defenses against beasts..."

"It's a lot of work, and the two of us may not be enough," said Hagrid, who had fully agreed with the plan.

Erwin turned his head and gestured to the trio who just came over.

Isn't this labor delivered to your door?

Harry, Ron and Hermione actually came here with the purpose of persuading Hagrid to give up raising dragons. They discovered Hagrid's secret when he went to the library to find a book on raising dragons.But it never occurred to him that in just half a day, Erwin helped Hagrid make a careful plan, and he also wanted to raise the dragon until they graduated.

Hermione thinks that Erwin is simply crazy, just to go deep into the dangerous Forbidden Forest without being discovered, and it is completely a joke with his life.Harry sympathetically sided with Hagrid, willing to help him.Ron, on the other hand, didn't think it was a big deal at all, and even wanted to see the hatchling hatch a little bit.

"Anyway, we have a secret..." He wanted to say something to Harry, but immediately covered his mouth.

In the end, it was four to one, and Hermione was furious and had to join their plan again.

What's interesting is that in this debate, even Hermione didn't mention the school rules, because she had violated them many times, and she was almost numb.

The next day, Ron was entrusted with the important task of staying in the hut to look after the fire, preventing it from going out and catching the dragon's eggs, while Hagrid took the others to the place he chose.

"Pay attention to the path," Hagrid whispered as he walked, "I'll leave a sign, so don't make a mistake next time you come, and of course my advice is never to come again. Well, stop, That's it."

The open space was full of dead branches and vines, and it took a while to clean it up. Hagrid made wooden fences to enclose a simple camp, and at the same time built a stove with broken stones, so that the dragon eggs could be placed in go in.

"I said hello to the centaur, and they allowed me to occupy this area without disturbing me." Hagrid told the children uneasy, "Don't go to the south, it's the territory of giant spiders ,very dangerous."

Erwin arranged the inscription poles and activated them one by one. Harry and Hermione helped him.

"How much does it cost you to buy so many magic items? What will you do in the next six years?" Hermione was still worried about Erwin, and she took it for granted that Erwin bought these inscription sticks.

Erwin just smiled and said nothing.

On the third day, Hagrid carefully put the baby dragon egg into a large cauldron full of burning coals, and brought it to the established hatching place. Erwin used the flame spell to maintain the temperature in the crucible throughout the process.

Now one last question, "Are you sure you want to help me take care of it?" Hagrid asked Erwin.

As the gamekeeper at Hogwarts, he had a lot of work to do, and he couldn't stay here looking after the eggs all the time.

Erwin nodded in the affirmative.

"And what about your lessons?" Hermione asked.

"I have the privilege." Erwin shrugged.

He looked at the dragon egg in the flames, and there was a special light in his eyes,