The man behind Hogwarts

In the dense and deep dark forest, the sunlight can only reach the top branches of the ancient trees, and the boundless branches and leaves form a large dark green umbrella, blocking out the daylight;

Only some cunning sunlight penetrated through the gaps in the leaves while the wind was blowing.

At the edge of the dark forest, there is an endless dividing line. On one side is the dark green forbidden forest and on the other side is the light green lawn. On the dividing line, a wooden house stands alone.

Hagrid's cabin.

William heard Yaya's cry from a distance, and then it turned into a black shadow and rushed in front of William, waving its tail wildly.

"Ya Ya, is Hagrid at home?" William took out a piece of dried meat and fed it to it.

"Wang Wang."

Teeth grabbed the meat in one bite and rubbed at William's feet. His tail slapped his calves, and he pushed William forward with his dog's head.

"Looks like Hagrid is home."

Unable to resist Yaya's enthusiasm, William quickened his pace.

Along the lawn path, passing by a vegetable field, William noticed that the vegetable field was full of large pumpkins, with vines covering the ground, roots connected, and pumpkins adorned like gems.

"These pumpkins are really big." Looking around, each pumpkin is as big as a washbasin, and the whole body is bulging, like a large flat lantern; there are even bigger pumpkins, which are like Big Macs. .

"Crench."

Hagrid opened the door and came out. His beard covered his entire chin and was as dense as the Forbidden Forest: "William, you are here. Come and see if what I found is what you want."

Seeing Hagrid, Fang abandoned William and instead stalked his master.

"The unfaithful puppy." William threw another piece of dried meat to it, which received a few barks in return.

In the messy wooden house, William immediately saw a pile of books on the table and a glass ball the size of a basketball next to the books.

"Thank you, Hagrid." William was not polite, casually sat on the stool and looked at the titles of the books one by one. "Did this trip go well? I guessed it would take at least a week or two. I didn't expect you to come back so soon."

"It's also luck."

Hagrid happily gnawed on the rock biscuit: "On the first day I went to Yorkshire, I happened to come across an exhibition festival. There were several exhibition areas with the theme of wood carving and stone carving, and I got these books there. "

He pointed to the glass ball on the table with his thick finger: "Look what that is."

William put down the book and picked up the glass ball out of curiosity; this glass ball was familiar to William as there were such things in many places in the school, such as for divination and decoration.

I looked over and over several times, but couldn't see anything mysterious. "What is this, a divination ball?"

"I heard that Professor Trelawney, the professor of divination, likes these kinds of props very much. Could this be hers?"

Seeing that William didn't see the mystery, Hagrid felt even happier, so that he could appear more surprised. He bit into the rock biscuit one bite at a time without deciphering it immediately.

William was still thinking, and when he saw the engraved book next to him, his heart moved.

He looked up at Hagrid, lowered his head and recited a crude spell: "The image appears!"

After reciting the incantation, the basketball-sized glass ball immediately changed. The transparent glass seemed to be rendered with various colors, and then various pictures appeared:

A very industrial-style building, but the decoration inside is extremely literary.

There are several lights of different styles hanging from the white suspended ceiling; the interior of the building is like an empty square, with several pillars and walls dividing the interior into many areas.

Wood carving area, stone carving area, sculpture area...

The picture presented in the glass ball is exactly what Hagrid mentioned as the exhibition festival.

"This is actually a photo ball!" William held the glass ball and looked at Hagrid in surprise: "Is this a photo ball? Why is it so big?"

It's not that he doesn't know photo balls, but the photo balls he knows are only as big as a palm, but this one is... surprisingly big!

"You discovered it." Hagrid chuckled, his black beetle-like eyes blinking proudly.

"I got this photo ball from a wandering wizard. When I heard you said you wanted to see someone carve it, I thought of this method and took it with me to Yorkshire.

There are several people's carving processes in it. I don't know what their skills are, so I recorded a few at random.

But since they can display it for people to see, I guess the technology is not too bad. I hope you like it. "

like! love it!

He didn't expect Hagrid to give him such a big surprise, and he solved both of William's goals at once. All he needed to do next was practice more frequently, and completing a satisfactory carving would be almost within reach.

"I like it very much! Hagrid." William showed a big smile: "I have been troubled by this problem before, but I didn't expect you to help me solve it. Thank you so much."

Hagrid smiled even wider.

This scene was exactly what he expected.

His social life is very narrow. He likes to deal with animals the most and is impatient to interact with people. But William is an exception.

First of all, William's thoughts are mature and he doesn't have the capriciousness of a child; secondly, he is really considerate and always makes Hagrid feel like a spring breeze in his daily conversations; finally, William has also helped him a lot, and this time he was reciprocal.

"As long as you like it." Hagrid said with satisfaction: "Go and read these books and see if there is anything you need in them."

"Uh-huh."

There are more than a dozen books, some thick and some thin; some are personal biographies, and some are technical demonstrations. Very good, most of them are useful, at least it is more than enough for self-learning sculpting.

Expressing his gratitude to Hagrid once again, William enthusiastically said that when he learned how to carve, he would carve a puppet for Hagrid and give it to him.

"Then I'll go now and come back to play next time." William stood up with the books in his arms and declined Hagrid's offer to help him get the books. He was going to find a deserted place and put his things directly into the Remote View Hotel.

"Come play again next time!"

Hagrid stood guard at the door, watching William leave with books and photo balls in his arms.

Turning back to the house, he suddenly slapped himself on the forehead.

"I forgot about it again. I was thinking of sending some rock biscuits to William. He must have never eaten such good things. Forget it, wait until next time."

......

William turned around and entered a corner of the wall. When he came out, his hands were empty.

"There are still two or three weeks until Halloween, so try to complete this task before Halloween."

He was thinking about the two favors he owed, one was Evelin's white sand snake scales, and the other was Hagrid's photo ball. Although the photo ball is not a disposable item and can be returned to Hagrid after he learns how to carve it, this kindness is owed.

Two to three weeks, time was a bit tight, and William was not completely sure.

"Life is going to be even busier ahead."

William sighed softly, but there was no trace of complaint or dissatisfaction on his face, but instead he was somewhat high-spirited.

"In the movies of the previous life, something happened almost every Halloween in Hogwarts. I wonder if there will be any surprises this year..."