Chapter 286: Hunting Down the Half-Blood Giant (Part 1)
"I'm just a little uncomfortable...... Nothing else......" Astoria replied hesitantly.
Jon shook his head calmly and asked again, "I heard Daphne say that you used to have to go to St. Mungo every summer to be hospitalized?"
Astoria looked up, nodded slightly, and said softly, "yes, it's just an old problem...... Not...... Nothing ......."
Then she hurriedly changed the subject: "Sister...... Sister, does she know who you really are?"
"I don't think she knows. Since Astoria was reluctant to answer the question head-on, Jon had no choice but to nod: "You're okay......"
"Yes, I'm fine......" Astoria said in a small, mosquito-like voice.
They continued to talk in the Forbidden Forest, and Astoria had been a little distracted, and many of her words were a little incoherent...... There was a tree guard pot that climbed up her shoulder, and she didn't even notice.
Jon briefly told her to take care of her body, and the two of them returned to Hogwarts Castle.
......
No sooner had he returned to the castle than Jon met Bress Shabini.
"Christophe, Headmaster Umbridge told you to come over!" Shabini leaned over and whispered.
Jon couldn't help but be stunned, "I haven't eaten dinner yet." ”
"Principal Umbridge told you to come over as soon as possible, there is an urgent ......"
"Okay. Since the headmaster had orders, Jon had to postpone his dinner time and hurried to the "new headmaster's office" in the hallway on the first floor.
"I wonder what the hell this pink toad is up to?" Jon thought to himself.
But when he stepped into Dolores Umbridge's office, he almost knew it all.
In addition to the headmaster, who was not recognized by Hogwarts, there were five wizards dressed as Aurors in the office...... One of them Jon was familiar with the Auror Lux who had been crushed by the stone monster.
Five heavily armed Aurors, they also carried a few thick bundles of rope, the kind that Jon felt were reliable for binding dragons.
Could this battle be preparing to deal with Hagrid?
A few minutes later, members of the Special Operations Group arrived from Malfoy, Monty, and Avery.
"Christopher!" Umbridge instructed as she wiped her wand, "Prepare yourself for everything we do...... This time, we can't go wrong like Trelawney or Moody!"
"What are we going to do?" asked Draco Malfoy, who had just entered, curiously.
"Let's go grab that damn half-blood giant. To Jon's surprise, Umbridge said without thinking, "We'll go as soon as it's dark, don't alarm anyone." ”
"Wow, that's great!" exclaimed Malfoy, with an excited look on his face.
Jon also tried to make a happy appearance, and at the same time learned from Umbridge, and began to wipe the plum wand that was supposed to belong to Barty Crouch Jr.
But there are many thoughts in my heart...... What should I do, should I warn Hagrid?
I remember that in the original book, Hagrid was also attacked, but with his strong resistant skin, he stood out from the siege...... This time, however, Umbridge seemed to be a little more prepared and outnumbered.
What if Hagrid doesn't resist this time and is summarily executed?
But it would be too difficult to warn Hagrid without drawing Umbridge's attention, and if he found an excuse to leave now, and Hagrid fled Hogwarts before them, Umbridge would be suspicious of himself.
You can only take one step at a time.
Jon pondered as he followed the example of several Aurors, and finally put on a dragonskin coat.
......
As soon as it got dark, the group secretly set out from the castle, six adult wizards, plus five students, a total of one person.
Until then, Jon had been in Umbridge's office along with several other Slytherin students, and had not been able to find any chance to contact Hagrid.
Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the group crept out of the castle, through the meadows, and finally approached Hagrid's hut.
When they were still more than a hundred yards away from the hut in front of them, there was a sudden commotion on the side of Hagrid's hut, and Umbridge hurriedly made a gesture as they hid behind a bush next to them.
Rubeus-Hagrid walked out of his hut in a moleskin coat, carrying a bag of things, and hurried to the Forbidden Forest.
"Let's follow him, strike when we get closer!" Umbridge commanded in a low voice.
Jon suddenly had an idea, he didn't look at Umbridge, but turned to Sean Avery and asked, "Sean, do you remember the afternoon Conservation Artifact Animal class?"
"Remember......" Avery nodded hurriedly: "He was in a hurry to the Forbidden Forest after class." ”
"If I'm not mistaken, I've seen him sneaking to the Forbidden Forest many times before. Bress Sabini on one side also added: "You should remember, I mentioned it before. ”
"That's right. Malfoy nodded preemptively and looked at Bress Shabini: "I remember this......"
Jon saw that he had succeeded in bringing the rhythm up, and quickly shut his mouth in amusement.
But Umbridge had already heard their conversation, and she turned to look at Avery and Shabini, "You mean...... This damn half-blood giant often sneaks to the Forbidden Forest alone?"
"In my mind's mind...... Rubeus Hagrid seemed to be Dumbledore's most trusted subordinate. Jon added fuel to his feet.
"Looks ......" Umbridge frowned, realizing that it wasn't easy, "Maybe Dumbledore left something in the Forbidden Forest for this half-blood giant to take care of it?"
"I think it's possible, Secretary Umbridge. The Auror Lux on the side came to this conclusion after a calm analysis.
"Do we want to ...... then," the other curly-haired Auror asked, a little confused.
"Wait a minute!" Umbridge decisively ordered, "Don't attack yet, we'll follow this damn half-blood giant...... He certainly won't find us, and there's a good chance he'll take us to find what Dumbledore left at Hogwarts. ”
The members of the team slowed down in agreement, and then followed Rubeus Hagrid far away, and two of the Aurors used the Stealth Spell.
The last of them went into the Forbidden Forest......
Jon pretended that his shoelaces had fallen off, and stopped to tie them.
Then it was logical to shrink to the back of the line.