Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 552 A group of devils

   "I hate the rain!"

   "You've said that more than once."

   "Why do we have to go outdoors to take care of magical animals when it's raining?"

   "Who knows?"

  Although he often encountered similar situations last year, Albert felt particularly irritable every time he encountered rainy days. Going out to class on heavy rainy days was purely suffering.

  The students were miserable, and every time they came back, they would be covered in mud. Many would rather go to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class than take the Protection of Magical Animals class outdoors in such a ghostly weather.

  The heavy rain has been falling for nearly half a month, the lake has risen sharply, and the ground outside the castle is muddy. On the way to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, it is easy to fall if one is not careful.

  Passing by the hunting lodge, Albert saw Hagrid draining the pumpkin fields in his cape.

   "These pumpkins are really big, Hagrid must have used the Expansion Charm." Fred muttered softly.

  Ordinary pumpkins simply can't grow so huge. The pumpkins grown by Hagrid swelled to the size of a flower shed. Can it not be doubted?

   "Your little sister said the same thing." Hagrid put down the farming tools, glanced at the four people coming towards this side and asked, "What are you doing here now?"

   "We will take the protection of magical animals class on the edge of the Forbidden Forest later." Albert replied.

"By the way, Professor Kettleber seems to be retiring?" Hagrid suddenly said, "At the end of this year, when I passed by just now, I heard him complaining about his backache and leg pain. There are a lot of hidden injuries, which are easy to occur on rainy days."

   "Who will substitute?" Lee Jordan asked.

   "Probably Professor Wilmina Graplan." Albert said without thinking.

   "How do you know?" The four of them turned to Albert and asked curiously.

   "We've seen her before, remember?" Albert reminded rather helplessly, "It's in Professor Kettlebo's forest hut."

   "Will Viemina be our new Professor of Protection of Magical Creatures?" George continued.

"It's Wilmina." Albert corrected, "I don't know. However, if she doesn't have time to come to Hogwarts to be the professor of protection of magical creatures, Hagrid, you can give it a try. Maybe Dumbledore will It is agreed that you will fill the vacant seat of Professor Ketelber."

  At this moment, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan turned their heads sideways, all looking at Albert with strange eyes. They always felt that Hagrid was unreliable as a professor of protection of magical creatures.

  But hearing what Albert said, it gave them the feeling that Hagrid was very likely to become a professor of protection of magical creatures.

"That... I'm thinking about it." Hagrid said, "I heard that Professor Kettleberg recommended Professor Graplan to Professor Dumbledore, but Professor Graplan is still considering it. It seems that she can't serve as a protector at Hogwarts for a long time. Professor of Fantastic Creatures."

"If Professor Ketelber retires, and Professor Graplan is unwilling to stay in Hogwarts for a long time, I will submit an application to Professor Dumbledore." Hagrid said with a smile, "You know that I am also good at protecting magical creatures." Very good at it."

   "To be honest, I don't really want Hagrid to be a professor of protection of magical creatures."

After the four of them walked away, Fred whispered: "You should know what I mean, Hagrid may know something about protecting magical creatures, but he has no experience in teaching students at all, and Hagrid always gives me a very Unreliable feeling."

   "If he becomes the professor of protection of magical creatures, maybe the troll will appear in class that day." George agreed with Fred's words.

  However, what Albert said just now always gave them a bad feeling, maybe Hagrid would really become the professor of the Protection of Magical Creatures class.

"It's useless even if you look at me that way, I'm just telling the truth." Albert shrugged indifferently and said, "Professor Wilmina Graplan is really suitable to fill the vacancy, but if she doesn't apply , Hagrid has a high probability of success."

  The class was held near Professor Ketelber's cabin. As soon as they approached, they heard Lockhart's screams. The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor ran out of Professor Ketelber's cabin, looking extremely embarrassed.

  He also tripped over George's foot and fell heavily on the ground, getting muddy and drank a few mouthfuls of muddy water.

   "Are you okay, Professor Lockhart." Albert reached out and pulled Lockhart up from the ground.

   "It's okay, it's okay, I just came to discuss the bird snake egg yolk shampoo with Professor Kettlebo, but I was attacked by the bird snake."

After finishing speaking, Lockhart took out a handkerchief to wipe off the muddy water on his face, and when he was about to return to the castle, he stuffed a clinker bottle into Albert's hand and said in a low voice, "This is the bird snake egg yolk shampoo I developed. , you can take it back and try it, the effect is really good.”

"What's this?"

  Looking at the back of Lockhart leaving, George turned his gaze back to the bottle that Lockhart gave him, picked it up and looked it up and down.

   "Bird snake egg yolk shampoo, maybe?" Albert said casually.

"You'd better throw that thing away. It's dangerous. I've never seen anyone so extravagant as to use the eggs of a bird snake to make shampoo. Professor Lockhart must be crazy." Professor Kettlebur Walking out on crutches, babbling non-stop, looking very dissatisfied with Lockhart.

   It can’t be blamed on him, who made Professor Ketelber cherish his nest of bird snakes, and Lockhart actually planned to use the precious eggs to make some bird snake egg yolk shampoo, which almost drove him crazy. In the end, he quietly released the bird and snake to drive away the annoying Lockhart.

  Professor Ketelber used magic to levitate an iron barrel burning charcoal, and led Albert and the others to the woods on the side of the hut. There were several lush evergreen trees, and there was a large dry area below, where a bonfire was piled up.

   After the damp bonfire was lit, a lot of white smoke came out.

"What you are going to learn in this lesson is how to draw blood from a salamander. Last year, I introduced you to this magical creature called a salamander. At present, there is a cold epidemic in the school, and Madam Pomfrey needs to use a lot of fire. Lizard blood to make a refreshment.” Ketelber poured a tin bucket of salamanders into the campfire and handed out glass test tubes to the students, then showed them how to draw blood from the salamanders.

   "This is a good opportunity for you." Professor Kettlebo said with a smile, "Whoever can get the most salamander blood before get out of class ends will get a special reward."

   "What special reward?" Some students asked curiously.

"This is it."

   As he spoke, Professor Kettleber took out a silver statue from his pocket, and said with a smile, "This is a bird snake statue I made from bird snake eggshells."

   "That thing should be made of sterling silver." Albert discovered that Professor Ketelber really liked birds and snakes.

   While everyone was being attracted by the so-called special rewards, the Weasley twins focused on the salamander in the bonfire. They seemed to want to "save" the salamander from the protection of magical animals class.

   "What do you want this thing for?" Albert asked puzzled.

   "We want to study the effect of giving fireworks to salamanders." Fred and George explained in a low voice.

   "Are you devils?" Li Qiaodan muttered, although he himself said so, but his face was eager to try.

  (end of this chapter)