Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

Dean glanced at Harry and motioned for him to speak.

"Hagrid, that's it." Harry immediately responded, "Our dormitory was visited by a Niffler last night. It stole several Galleons and Neville's memory balls - and one of Dean's. Silver alarm clock…”

"Aha~ Cute little things, they are interested in shiny things~" Hagrid immediately said with great interest.

"What? Why didn't you tell me these things?" Hermione expressed her dissatisfaction in a low voice.

"Isn't it too late~"

It could be seen from Hermione's expression that she was not satisfied with Ron's answer.

"Mr. Hagrid, do you know how to catch a Niffler?" Dean tried to get the conversation back on track again.

"Capture? I don't like this word." Hagrid frowned in disapproval, "How could you kill such a cute little thing?"

"Hagrid, we just want to get back what the Niffler stole," Harry said.

"Don't worry, those things are safe with Xiu Xiu. They will never damage anything." Hagrid was completely immersed in his own world.

"What if the Niffler was caught by someone else? Wouldn't those things become someone else's trophies?" Ron asked.

Hagrid's smile froze on his face, and after a moment he slammed the table hard: "Not allowed! I will never allow this to happen."

"Hagrid, don't get excited. Ron is just guessing." Hermione tried to calm down Hagrid.

"Did you know? Because of the special 'treasure hunting' ability of the Niffler, it was maliciously hunted by the wizards with evil intentions. Now it is difficult to see the wild Niffler." Hagrid took out a rough piece of He wiped his eyes with a calico handkerchief.

"Hagrid, we're not trying to do anything bad to that Niffler - the Memory Ball is important to Neville," Harry said.

"Mr. Hagrid, I think you wouldn't mind raising a Niffler yourself?" Dean said suddenly.

"Raise it yourself? Well, that's a good idea, but where can I get it?" Hagrid was obviously very interested in Dean's suggestion.

"If you can help us catch that sniffer, we can let you raise it after we get the lost property back - maybe you can also find a companion for it. In that way, it won't take long before you can raise a large nest of sniffers. Smell, we can use them to teach students about the care of magical creatures in the future." Dean described the bright future to Hagrid.

"How desirable... It's a pity that this is impossible. I am just the keykeeper and gamekeeper of Hogwarts, not a professor!" Hagrid said frustratedly.

"Everything is possible - if you don't prepare in advance, how can you seize the opportunity when it suddenly comes?" Dean winked at Hagrid.

Only then did he notice that Iron Triangle was looking at him with a strange look.

"Dean, that's another prophecy, right? You predicted that Hagrid would become the professor of Care of Magical Creatures and teach us using sniffers!" Ron asked excitedly.

Hermione looked at Dean with disapproval, as if saying "prophecies are unreliable" or something like that.

"Uh...this is just a good blessing from me, not a real prophecy." Dean hesitated and did not admit that it was a prophecy.

Hagrid looked a little disappointed: "It's not a prophecy... Then I also want to thank you for your blessing."

Seeing Dean's denial, Hermione showed a satisfied expression and decided to give him a small assist, so she lost no time in asking: "Hagrid, now you understand that we have no ill intentions, can you please tell us how to catch that guy?" Just sniff.”

Hagrid took a serious look at them before saying: "Okay, in that case...it's actually very simple. Xiu Xiu likes shiny things. You just need to start from its characteristics and use such things to lure it to a Just stay in the trap.”

Ron showed a disappointed expression: "That's true. The problem is that we don't have that many Galleons to use as bait."

Dean had actually thought of this method a long time ago, and also believed that using money as bait was vulgar and impractical; and he had not yet mastered the spell to make objects sparkle, so he wanted to ask Hagrid for help.

"No, no, no, that would be too luxurious." Hagrid shook his head and said, "I suggest you try the leprechaun's gold coins."

"I know, that's a kind of shiny gold coin produced by the leprechaun, but it doesn't last long before disappearing, so it's not very valuable." Hermione rushed to say, reappearing the true nature of the know-it-all.

"The question is where are we going to find this gold coin?" Ron asked.

"Leprechauns mostly live in love..." Hermione glanced at Dean before saying this, and then said a little embarrassedly, "Dean, you must also know, why don't you tell him?"

There is progress~ Dean praised it in his heart and said: "Leprechauns live in Ireland - the leprechaun gold coins are not durable, so I am afraid they are not suitable for this plan."

"That's right. Even if we could find the leprechaun and get this kind of gold coin, the gold coin might have disappeared before we could lure the Sniff out." Harry agreed.

"You can start from the black... Forget it, how about I help you get some leprechaun gold coins? I guarantee that it will last for at least three hours after you get it. I think it is enough to use as bait." Hagrid said enthusiastically.

Several people looked at each other and nodded silently. At present, this is the best choice.

"Then please." Dean stood up and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you. I don't want to disturb Master Newt for this little thing."

"What? N-Newt?" Hagrid choked and his eyes widened in disbelief, "Newt Scamander? You know him."

"I actually spent most of my Christmas break in his magical creature suitcase," Dean said fittingly.

"Oh, oh, oh, how enviable. I have always dreamed of seeing the magical creatures in Master Newt's suitcase." Hagrid said enviously.

"Mr. Hagrid, you haven't been there before?" Dean expressed doubts. Hagrid also has considerable knowledge in magical creatures. It stands to reason that he should have a lot of interactions with Newt.

"I don't have that honor." Hagrid said angrily.

"Then I can introduce you to each other if I have the chance." Dean said generously.

Of course, he would seek Newt's opinion before doing this, but he felt that Newt would not refuse to get to know Hagrid. After all, Hagrid's enthusiasm for magical creatures would probably put Newt to shame.

"Really? Thank you so much!" Hagrid rubbed his hands excitedly, "Don't worry, I can help you get the leprechaun's gold coins by tomorrow at the latest!"

"Mr. Hagrid, please don't link these two things. Even if you don't get the leprechaun's gold coins, I will still help you introduce him." Dean saw with satisfaction that Hagrid's favorability increased by 20 points. We are one step closer to knowing the beneficial effects of Hagrid's bond.