Harry Potter: The Atypical Alchemist

An hour later, the Gryffindor trio knocked on the cabin door.

"Who is it?"

Amidst the rough questioning, Hagrid opened the door. He looked around and said:

"Congratulations, but today is inconvenient, so you should go back to the common room to celebrate."

"Bang!" The door was closed.

"We know about the Philosopher's Stone!" the three little ones shouted.

"Squeak--" The door was opened again.

"Oh -" Hagrid moved his hands weakly, "Okay, come in quickly."

The heat in the cabin was suffocating. It's spring now and it's warm, but there's still a roaring fire in the fireplace.

Hagrid brought hot tea and ferret sandwiches and said:

"Tell me what you want to ask - I know you are definitely not here to celebrate."

"Yes." Harry said without mincing words, "We want to know, besides Lu Wei, are there any other mechanisms that protect the Sorcerer's Stone?"

"Of course I can't tell you." Hagrid frowned, "First, I don't know. Second, you already know too much, so even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you."

"Oh - Hagrid, you probably don't want to tell us. You must know it. Is there anything that happens in school that can escape your eyes?" Hermione smiled sweetly and used flattery. "Actually, we just want to know who designed those institutions, or who does Dumbledore trust? Of course, we know that the one he trusts most is you!"

After hearing these words, Hagrid's beard started to tremble, and he held back the raised corners of his mouth and puffed up his chest:

"Well, if that's the case, it doesn't hurt to tell you." Hagrid recalled for a moment and said: "He borrowed Lu Wei from me, and then asked several other teachers to set up the mechanism. Sprout Professor, Professor Flitwick, Professor McGonagall, Professor Quirrell, and of course, himself. Oh yes, I almost forgot one person, Professor Snape also cast a spell."

"Snape?"

"Yeah, are you still doubting him? Look, Snape also helped protect it, he won't steal it."

"What about Quirrell?" Hermione asked. She firmly remembered Stone's words.

"Quirrell?" Hagrid laughed, "A nervous, timid person? To be honest, I even doubt whether he can really help Dumbledore."

"Then, all the mechanisms are only known to the professor who set them up?" Harry asked.

"What do you mean?" Hagrid frowned, "I don't understand what you said."

"For example - how do you get through Louie on your own?" Hermione explained.

"And Dumbledore, apart from the two of us, no one else knows." Hagrid said proudly.

"Huh -" the trio breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

Regardless of whether it was Snape or Quirrell, as long as Hagrid didn't reveal the method of getting through Lu Wei, they would not be able to pass through the trap door smoothly.

At this time, a "dang-dang-dang" sound suddenly sounded from the iron barrel next to the fire.

"Hagrid, what's that?"

"Oh, that's..."

Hagrid said no more, but moved the iron bucket over and took out a big black egg from it.

"It's a dragon egg!" Ron shouted, "And it's a Norwegian Ridgeback! It's about to be born!"

"Oh - yes." Hagrid carefully placed the egg on the table.

The next moment, a gap opened on the top of the eggshell, and the Charmander began to move inside, making a fun "click-click" sound.

The four of them, one large and three young, moved their chairs closer to the table, held their breaths, and watched closely.

Suddenly, with a harsh scratching sound, the egg cracked, and the Charmander started swinging on the table.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Hagrid stretched out his hand and scratched Charmander's chin.

Charmander bit his finger.

"Look! It knows its mother!" Hagrid said in surprise.

Suddenly, Harry saw a figure at the window and shouted:

"Who? Who's there?"

In an instant, Hagrid's face turned pale. He jumped up and ran towards the window.

Harry also rushed over, and through the curtains, he recognized the owner of the figure behind him, "It's Malfoy."

"It's over." Hagrid's face turned ashen.

"We have to send the dragon away," Hermione said.

... ...

hall.

After the Quidditch match, Stone sat here, firstly to eat. The second is to wait for the letter, the letter from Ms. Karina.

The letter just arrived, and with it came a large bag of snacks.

Stone put the snack aside and opened the letter.

There were two pages of letter paper. The first page was full of expressions of love for the gift. The plate Stone brought from Cairo was very suitable for her.

There are only two sentences on the second page.

--Send Nyx back!

--reply!

"Of course." Stone picked up the pen.

In fact, without this sentence, he would have written a letter - asking his parents to help purchase materials.

During the competition in Cairo, he bought a lot of materials, but they were all high-end goods and did not include base metals such as copper and iron. Of course, these are sold in the wizarding world, but... if you buy them with gold coins or paper money, normal people will choose the latter.

After describing his current situation in two paragraphs, Stone wrote down the items he needed at the bottom of the letter.

"Whoosh!" Nyx, who had just eaten, flapped his wings again and flew out of the auditorium.

Just as he was about to return to the alchemy room, the three little Gryffindors walked in, and Hermione sat directly opposite Stone, looking worried.

"What's wrong?" Stone asked curiously.

"Hagrid kept a fire dragon."

"Fire dragon?" Stone asked in shock: "Is it the kind...a fire dragon lying on the ground with four legs?"

"It's a Norwegian Ridgeback, with two feet, two claws, at the end of the wings...but that's not important." Hermione waved her hand irritably, "What's important is that Malfoy saw it."

"Oh - looking at your expression, is this illegal?"

"Correct."

"Then have you thought of a solution?"

"Ron's brother is working as a dragon trainer in Romania and we wrote to him but haven't heard back yet."

"Don't worry, nothing will happen."

"really?"

"Of course, it's been a long time since he was discovered, right?"

"Hmm." Hermione nodded.

"Under normal circumstances, reporting to the professor is quick. Since we haven't received any news yet, it means we haven't been accused yet."

"why?"

"Who knows? Maybe Malfoy also likes dragons? But in any case, this matter is a hidden danger, and it is best to deal with it as soon as possible."