"My mother, she's dead. Hagrid muttered, his voice gradually getting low, "I died years ago, and I only learned about it from a few giants this time last year. ”

Choking up, he wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, big tears dripping down his pants...... Although it was just in his mouth, he said that he didn't care about his mother.

"I'm sorry!" Jon had guessed that...... If it weren't for his mother's death, Hagrid wouldn't have brought his "short" brother Glopp, who was often abused by his people, to Hogwarts a year ago.

"It's fine. Hagrid pulled a dirty handkerchief out of his pocket and blew his nose violently, the sound almost thunderclapping to startle Jon.

"So, Professor Hagrid...... Do you know the whereabouts of the other giants?" After Hagrid had calmed down, Jon, who was not giving up, continued to ask, "If I'm not mistaken, you ever crossed paths with them?"

Hagrid pondered for a moment, then replied, "What about the other giants...... Almost a year ago, in September last year, I met them near Dijon, the city of east-central France, the capital of Burgundy and the capital of the province of Códor......

"And what about after that......" According to the original book, Jon knew very well - Hagrid and Madame Maxime went to find the giants with Dumbledore's gifts, hoping that the giants would be on their side in the Second Wizarding War...... The giants eventually fell to Voldemort's side completely.

Patiently listening to Hagrid's brief completion of the story, Jon asked impatiently, "What about the giants...... They're still near Dijon, aren't they?"

"I don't think it'......" Hagrid shook his head, "At the end of June this year, when Professor Dumbledore reached a settlement with the Ministry of Magic, Rufus Scrimgeur, the head of the Law Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Magic, went there with a group of Aurors...... However, they didn't find their target in the end, and the giants left their former habitat months ago, except for a ruin, presumably because the mysterious people had prepared a new home for them!"

Jon's heart couldn't help but feel cold.

"Well, thank you......" he smiled weakly, and finally asked, "Is there any more information about the giants?"

"Yes, I haven't heard of it anymore. Hagrid nodded.

Jon couldn't help but sigh - Europe was so big that the giants could hide anywhere, in the far and south: in Madrid, in Minsk, maybe even in Greenland......

To find them is to look for a needle in a haystack, unless they expose themselves on their own initiative.

But Voldemort, now at a disadvantage, couldn't foolishly send his giant allies out to die...... Even in the original books, it wasn't until a year later, after Voldemort took complete control of the Ministry of Magic, that the giants reappeared in everyone's field of vision, causing several horrific Muggle massacres.

"By the way, Patrick, why are you so desperate to find the giant?" Hagrid asked, curious.

The more he spoke, the more strange his face became, and his voice trembled a little: "Could it be ...... You're ...... too."

One of his hands was already on Jon's shoulder—

Jon reacted and quickly broke free from Hagrid's "claws": "Professor Hagrid, you think too much...... I'm so thin, how can I be a half-blood giant...... Think about it with your brain......"

Shouting, Jon fled Hagrid's hut in panic.

On the other side of the hut, Hagrid was still shouting, "Really, don't care what others think, be brave enough to admit your identity......"

......

Thankfully, Rubeus-Hagrid didn't keep catching up.

Jon walked down the path at the edge of the Forbidden Forest with a look of loss...... The line of giants, after finally seeing some hope, was immediately broken, which is a bit cruel.

A large, bright red bird flew up to Jon's side.

Although she didn't sing, the warm aura emanating from her body made people very comfortable.

"Thanks, Fawkes!" Jon smiled a little reluctantly.

Fawkes brought himself back to Hogwarts from Beauxbatons, where he sent himself...... When she went to look for Hagrid in the hut, she seemed to be looking for food to eat at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

"Is Professor Dumbledore at school?" Jon asked quietly.

It's been a long time since I've seen Headmaster Albus-Dumbledore, and Jon feels compelled to pay him a warm greeting...... And maybe he knows more about the giants than Hagrid.

Phoenix shook her head, signaling that the gray-haired elder was not in the school at this time.

It's no wonder that Dumbledore is indeed busy after the entire wizarding world is in a state of emergency to fight against Voldemort and the Death Eaters...... It was impossible to stay in his office all the time like before.

As Jon pondered whether to go to the Headmaster's office and meet his old friends on the walls—

Fawkes suddenly became like an angry rooster, and the hair on his whole body became erect......

......

Jon's face immediately turned grim, apparently he understood that Fawkes was warning him.

"Disillusionment!"

Without hesitation, he used the illusion spell, and one person and one phoenix completely disappeared.

In the shadows, Jon carefully shifted his position and looked around, while his hand rested lightly on Fawkes's tail feathers, allowing Fawkes to take him out of the place if something went wrong...... Aside from the Phoenix, there aren't many creatures that can transmute at Hogwarts.

There was a sneaky footstep from the greenhouse.

He was a bald old man as fat as a walrus, with bulging eyes and a silver beard as thick as a walrus...... He was also wearing a nightgown and holding a few twig-like things in his hands.

As he looked around, he walked past where Jon had been and crept into the Forbidden Forest.

He didn't notice the man and bird hiding here.

It turned out to be Professor Horace Slughorn!

Jon couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after the other party completely disappeared from sight...... For a moment, he thought it was a Death Eater invasion of the campus.

"Let's go, let's go to the castle!" Jon whispered to Fawkes.

The phoenix snorted at him, pointing into the air.

An owl was hovering in mid-air above Jon's head, seemingly trying to search for something but finding nothing.