Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 636 Bad Guest

  In the evening, when Hagrid was preparing dinner in the kitchen, an owl flew in from the window and threw a note on the table.

   "Who sent it?"

   Hagrid looked at the flying owl suspiciously, wiped his hands on the apron, picked up the note, opened it and glanced at it, only to be stunned by the content inside the note.

  Another attack occurred in Hogwarts Castle!

  Hagrid raised his head, looking at the castle through the window, with anxiety and fear in his eyes.

   This was definitely the worst news Hagrid had received in recent months, and the Muggle wizard attacked by the heir of Slytherin was Hermione Granger he knew.

   To be honest, Hagrid really likes this smart and kind girl. He has stayed in Hogwarts for so many years, and Hermione is one of the few students who has a good relationship with Hagrid.

  Hagrid threw the note into the fireplace after reading it, and said to himself, "The mandrake will be harvested for medicine soon, she'll be fine, she'll be fine."

   After half a year of silence, the heir of Slytherin is now starting to move again. This is undoubtedly bad news for Hagrid, and even worse according to Albert. If the attacks continue, it will be his turn to suffer.

  Even Hagrid had to admit that Albert's prediction was really accurate. Just a few hours after Hermione was attacked, an owl from the Ministry of Magic sent him a letter.

   Even without looking, you can guess what is written inside.

  Any letter from the Ministry of Magic must have nothing good in it.

  Honestly speaking, Hagrid didn't like the Ministry of Magic at all.

  After reading the letter, Hagrid knew that he was going to enter Azkaban.

  Hagrid stayed there for a while back then, and it was a pretty bad experience.

  He didn't want to go to Azkaban.

   After a flurry of panic, Hagrid decided to write to Albert, seeking his advice, as well as Professor Dumbledore, who must have known he was innocent.

As Hagrid considered asking Dumbledore for help, Albert's words re-emerged in his head: "You think they don't know you're innocent? No, of course they do, just because you're the one to blame, After all, someone needs to take responsibility for this matter.”

  Hagrid slumped down on the chair, and Fang the Hound seemed to sense his master's depression, so he whined uncomfortably, and kept rubbing his head against Hagrid, trying to provide some comfort to his master.

yes!

   Albert had predicted this day would come, so he said those words to himself at that time.

  Hagrid took a deep breath, touched Fang Ya's head with trembling hands, took parchment and quill from the cabinet, and began to write a letter to Albert.

  Actually, Hagrid's mind is in a mess right now, and he doesn't know what to write to Albert at all.

  If you are thrown into Azkaban Prison by the Ministry of Magic, someone will always need to take care of Fangya and entrust Fangya to Albert?

   This was a good idea, but Hagrid soon realized that Albert was also a Muggle wizard, and he was also at risk of being targeted by the heir of Slytherin.

  He can't let Albert take the risk, if even Albert is petrified!

   No, Albert cannot be risked!

   Can't let Albert have an accident.

cannot!

  Hagrid crumpled up the messy parchment and threw it into the fireplace next to it. The ball of paper burned in the flames and quickly turned into a pile of ashes.

   Before Hagrid could write a letter to Albert, a paper airplane whizzed into the room from the window, and landed smoothly on the wooden table in front of Hagrid.

  Hagrid hastily dropped the quill, picked up the paper airplane like a treasure, carefully disassembled it, and concentrated on reading the contents inside.

   It was Albert's letter, he guessed it.

  Hagrid looked at the contents of the letter over and over again, as if he wanted to keep every word in the letter firmly in his mind. Albert's letter and exhortations gave Hagrid great encouragement.

   "Yes, I'm innocent," murmured Hagrid.

  The Ministry of Magic even wanted to arrest innocent people and throw them into Azkaban when they knew they were innocent.

  The purpose is to let him take the blame.

  Damn it!

  Hagrid was so strong that he almost crushed the letter paper.

  However, Albert thought he would be released from Azkaban before the end of this semester, which gave Hagrid a lot of confidence.

  Hagrid is willing to believe Albert's words, even though he doesn't want to go to Azkaban again, this matter is inevitable.

  Even though Albert's letter strengthened Hagrid's confidence, the period from dinner to late at night was still a painful torment for Hagrid.

   In the middle of the night, Hagrid's hunting lodge was still lit, and he was waiting for the Ministry of Magic to come. In fact, Hagrid had been sitting there waiting for hours.

  There were slight footsteps outside, which made Hagrid tense up.

   A few seconds later, someone knocked on the wooden door.

   Hagrid flung open the door, only to find that it was empty.

  The next moment, Harry and Ron appeared without warning, and they sneaked out of the castle wearing an invisibility cloak.

   "What are you two doing here?" Hagrid didn't understand why Harry and Ron would risk leaving the castle at this moment.

   "Have you heard about Hermione?" Harry put away the invisibility cloak and walked into the room.

   Hagrid probably understood what the two were thinking. Albert had told him about it, and Harry and Ron probably came to ask about the Chamber of Secrets.

   "I heard." Hagrid's voice was choked with sobs, "Sit down first, I'll make you tea."

   "Hagrid, what's wrong with you?"

  Harry noticed that Hagrid was absent-minded, always looking nervously at the window, and even knocked over the teapot. When making tea for them, he forgot to put the tea bags, and just poured them each a large cup of boiling water.

   "You shouldn't have come." Hagrid looked away from the window, and quickly said to Harry and Ron, "I know what you want to ask, but I'm afraid it's too late now."

   "What's too late?"

Harry and Ron didn't understand what Hagrid was talking about, so they heard Hagrid laughing at himself: "The matter of the Chamber of Secrets has nothing to do with me. Albert even said that with my IQ, I couldn't find the location of the Chamber of Secrets at all. Let alone heir to Slytherin."

  Harry and Ron looked at each other, with a bit of embarrassment on their faces. Hagrid obviously knew what they were looking for him in the middle of the night.

   "If you want to know more, go to Albert." Hagrid was looking out the window again, "By the way, remember to feed Fang Fang when I'm not around."

"What?"

  Harry and Ron didn't understand the meaning of Hagrid's last words at all, but at this moment there was a knock on the door.

  Harry and Ron exchanged glances uneasily, and could only quickly hide under the invisibility cloak and retreat into a corner.

  Hagrid opened the door when he saw that the two were hiding.

   It was Dumbledore who knocked on the door.

  Harry felt that Professor Dumbledore's gaze was particularly severe tonight, and behind him was a short, fat wizard.

  As long as you often read the Daily Prophet, it is not difficult to recognize that this person is the current Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge.

  What happened next was within Albert's expectations. Because Hagrid had a so-called criminal record, the Ministry of Magic planned to continue to let him take the blame.

  Professor Dumbledore was unhappy with such a decision. He tried to persuade Fudge, but he still couldn't change anything. Just like back then, he couldn't convince anyone at all.

  Hagrid can only hope that Albert's prediction will be on point, then he will be released from the prison in Azkaban before the end of the semester.

  As for the so-called preventive measures in Cornelius Fudge's mouth, it sounded outrageous to Hagrid.

   If another person is caught, will you be released with a full apology?

  This is the style of the Ministry of Magic, and in Albert's words, it is very political.

   "Will the Ministry of Magic issue an apology in the newspaper? I mean if I'm proven innocent." Hagrid took a deep breath, staring straight at Fudge, and said this sentence out of his mouth coldly.

   Not only Fudge was stunned, but even Harry, Ron, and Dumbledore were stunned. They didn't expect Hagrid to make such a request.

   This is the method Albert proposed to Hector.

"What did you say, I didn't hear you clearly?" Fudge stuttered a bit, he didn't even look Hagrid in the eyes, no one thought that Hagrid was so determined, his tone was not like a threat, but a threatening to everyone People say: I am innocent, I am not afraid!

   "If it turns out I'm innocent, will the Ministry of Magic publish an apology?" Hagrid took another deep breath, loud enough for everyone present to hear clearly.

  This time, there was no vibrato in his voice, only firmness and confidence. He was willing to believe in Albert, willing to believe that the other party had a way to prove his innocence, and even more willing to believe in his prophecy!

   Yes, prophecy!

  At this moment, even Dumbledore couldn't help frowning. He didn't expect Hagrid to be so tough suddenly. When his eyes met Hagrid, Dumbledore knew the reason.

Yes, Hagrid doesn't need to be afraid of the Ministry of Magic at all, because he is innocent in the first place, and someone told him this clearly, which undoubtedly gave Hagrid courage and confidence. Moreover, even if he slowed down his tone, he couldn't change the fact that he was about to Go to Azkaban facts.

   "Oh, that's... of course." Fudge stuttered.

   Thinking that he would be imprisoned in Azkaban Prison for several months, Hagrid looked at Fudge even more unhappy. Especially the little bit of respect for the Minister of Magic in the past is not left at all now.

yes!

  Fudge like that doesn't deserve his respect.

  Now, Hagrid is more willing to believe in Albert, and believes that he will clear up his grievances.

Harry and Ron, who were hiding in the corner, watched all this dumbfounded. They didn't understand where Hagrid's confidence came from, but looking at Fudge who was hesitating, Harry suddenly became happier, and he also felt Hagrid was innocent, but the Minister of Magic actually wanted to lock Hagrid up because of Hagrid's so-called criminal record instead of evidence, which is simply unreasonable.

   At this moment, someone knocked on the door of the room again.

  Dumbledore went to open the door, and this time it was Lucius Malfoy who appeared at the door.

   A guy that Hagrid loathes.

  Intuition told Hagrid that Lucius Malfoy's appearance here must be nothing good.

  Facts have proved that Hagrid's intuition is correct, and Lucius Malfoy's appearance at his door is really not a good thing.

  The guy directly took out a piece of parchment from his pocket, and announced directly in front of everyone that Dumbledore had been dismissed by the school board because: "Dumbledore failed to prevent these attacks."

   This announcement undoubtedly terrified Fudge. Even Fudge's poor brain knew that if Dumbledore couldn't stop the attack, who could?

   However, Fudge was powerless to prevent this from happening, just like Dumbledore was unable to prevent Hagrid from being thrown into Azkaban prison by the Ministry of Magic.

   "You did this, right?" Hagrid stared at Malfoy unkindly. Albert once said that if anyone wanted to drive Dumbledore away at this time, it would most likely have something to do with him.

   "I'll give you a piece of advice." Lucius Malfoy smiled smugly, "The guards in Azkaban don't like people yelling at them like this."

"How many people did you threaten and blackmail before forcing them to agree to depose Dumbledore?" Hagrid said through gritted teeth, "You're the one who woke up the monster in the Chamber of Secrets, right? You deliberately let it attack Muggle wizards, and now you have taken Dumbledore away, just not leaving a way for Muggle wizards to survive..."

   "You really look like a mad dog biting people now." Malfoy didn't care about Hagrid's threat.

   "Calm down, Hagrid." Dumbledore severely stopped Hagrid's accusation. He turned to look at Malfoy and said, "If the board wants me to go, of course I will give up my seat."

   "But..." Fudge couldn't imagine how corrupt the situation would be once Dumbledore left the school, and how much he would be blamed.

"Now, you are happy." Hagrid stared at Fudge and said, "I think you also know that as long as Dumbledore leaves the school, murders will happen soon, and you will find that even if I throw me into Azka There's no point in banning prisons either."

   "I'm sure your successor will be able to completely prevent... the murder." Malfoy strode towards the door of the hut, opened it himself, and bowed to send Dumbledore out.

  Lucius Malfoy's actions made Harry want to rush up and kick his ass, and let the other party throw a shit.

  After Hagrid followed Fudge away, the hunting lodge door was slammed shut.

   "This is troublesome." Ron pulled off the invisibility cloak and said anxiously: "Dumbledore is gone, who can stop the attack?"

   "Albert!" said Harry suddenly.

   "Don't forget, he is a Muggle wizard and is on Slytherin's attack list." Ron reminded.

   "No, I mean we should talk to Albert, I think he knows a lot of things we don't know, maybe, only he knows what happened in the school now."

   "Then we better hurry up before he is attacked." Ron muttered, and followed Harry out of Hagrid's hunting lodge, leaving behind scratching his front teeth.

  (end of this chapter)