Chapter 34: The Secret of the Golden Egg
Phoenix takes Hermione to the Room of Requirement, which is decorated like the last time she arrived. There were a few more fine crystal-rimmed goblets on the table, and Hermione didn't notice the difference between the temperature inside the room and the outside, and glanced at the roaring fireplace in confusion.
"Freshly made gift, I want you to see with your own eyes how this precious gift was born. "Phoenix and Hermione sat in a large pile of soft cushions.
He pointed his finger, and a small glass of Ogden aged whiskey was poured into the crystal glass, and he snapped his fingers, and the glass tilted steadily, and a small blue flame appeared below, and the glass was slowly turned by the invisible force.
"Do you know where this coffee originated?" Hermione shook her head, waiting earnestly.
"A Dublin bartender meets a long-haired, elegant witch whose unique charm is as strong as a flame whiskey that haunts him for a long time. The bartender, who had admired her for a long time, was eager to make her a glass of wine herself, but unfortunately she loved only coffee and not wine. However, after countless trials and failures, he finally combined whisky and coffee to create a special coffee with a strong aroma. He held the cup foot roll, and his slender fingers made this shaking motion elegant.
In order to be the first to taste the witch, he secretly prepared a special menu with his creations on it, which she only brought out when she came. And then she didn't notice this little detail. It wasn't until a year later that the bartender finally waited for an opportunity, and the girl he missed ordered that cup of coffee. When he concocted it for her, he could no longer suppress the passion of longing, and he was so happy that he shed tears. He drew a circle around the rim of his coffee cup with his tears. It's a pity that the witch never understood the bartender's mind. ”
The fragrant coffee flows into the cup, steaming hot, and topped with a thick layer of whipped cream.
"Would you like to add a tear?" said Phoenix, bringing her coffee. He understood early on that if he wanted to roll the sheets, he didn't care about the discipline, in fact, this coffee was a Muggle drink.
On the second day of Christmas, everyone wakes up late. The Slytherin common room was fairly quiet, with people talking in a hitch, punctuated by yawns. Phoenix took the opportunity to sneak back.
Phoenix begins to focus on unlocking the secret of the golden egg. He held the golden egg in his hand, first of all, it must be an alchemical product, considering the level of the students, there should be no particularly advanced magic. They put secrets or clues into the golden eggs and protected them with magic spells, so that the warriors could not get them directly.
It cannot be exposed to air, nor can it be obtained using particularly complex magic. What could it be?
This question must not be said or said, it is very tricky, you think that it may be very simple, but it is useless to think that knowledge is profound. He suddenly realized that there was still a lesson today.
The field is still covered with a thick layer of snow, and in such weather, no one wants to take a lesson in protecting magical creatures.
When he reached Hagrid's hut, he saw an elderly witch standing in the doorway. Her gray hair is cut short and her chin is very prominent.
"Hurry up, hurry up, it's been five minutes since the bell rang. She snapped at Phoenix. He walked through the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and walked towards her.
"I thought you weren't coming?" Melinda asked, glaring at him.
"It's useless to think about it," Phoenix took a few deep breaths, the cold air clearing his mind. "Who is she?"
"I'm Professor Graplan. She said crisply, "It's your temporary substitute teacher for the Magical Creatures class." ”
"Where's Hagrid?" asked Harry aloud.
"He's not feeling well. Professor Grapeland was reluctant to say more.
"Please go this way. Professor Graplane said, skirting the makeshift stables into the distance, where the Buspbatons horses were shivering in the morning.
"What's going on?" Phoenix asked the people around him. Melinda secretly stuffed him with a Daily Prophet. It was an article with a picture of Hagrid on it, and the look on his face was sneaky.
Dumbledore's major mistake
Our special correspondent Rita Skeeter reports that the eccentric Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has always dared to hire controversial teachers. In September, he hired Moody, the "Mad-Eyed Man", as a teacher of Defence Against the Dark Arts class, a decision that came as a surprise to many in the Ministry. Moody is a notorious evil god who has been an Auror in the past, and is known to attack anyone who suddenly moves in front of him. However, compared to the half-human, half-demon hired by Dumbledore to teach the protection of magical creatures, Mad Eye Moody was conscientious and kind.
Rubeus Hagrid admits that he was expelled from Hogwarts in his third year and has been a gamekeeper at the school ever since, a job that Dumbledore had given him. Last year, Hagrid unexpectedly used his mystical influence over the headmaster, winning from a number of more qualified candidates, and securing himself the position of protecting the teacher of the magical creatures class.
Hagrid, a large, fierce-looking man, abuses his newfound power to scare the students he cares for with a horrible array of animals. In a series of lessons that many have called "very horrifying", Hagrid has caused several students to be injured and disabled, and Dumbledore has turned a blind eye to them.
"I was attacked by a Hippogriff, and my friend Vincent Crabbe was bitten hard by a Flober caterpillar. A fourth-year student named Draco Malfoy said, "We all hate Hagrid, but we dare not speak out. ”
However, Hagrid had no intention of stopping his intimidating behavior. In a conversation with a reporter for the Daily Prophet last month, he admitted that he was cultivating a creature he named the "Fried Snail," which is a dangerous creature that is somewhere between a human-headed sphin-tailed dragon tail and a fire crab. The cultivation of new types of magical creatures is usually closely monitored by the Department of Magical Beasts Management and Control of the Ministry of Magic. But Hagrid thought he could go beyond such cumbersome rules. "I just thought it was weird and funny. He said, and then hastily changed the subject. As if that weren't enough, the Daily Prophet recently uncovered evidence that Hagrid was not a pure-blooded wizard as he himself used to pretend. In fact, he wasn't even a man of pure blood. We can exclusively reveal that his mother is none other than the giantess Friedvafa, whose whereabouts are currently unknown.
Brutal and bloodthirsty by nature, giants were on the verge of extinction in the last century due to cannibalism. The dozen or so remaining joined the Mysteries, who were responsible for some of the most brutal Muggle massacres during the White Terror of Mystery's reign. Many of the giants who worked for the Mystic were killed at the hands of the Aurors who fought against the dark forces, but Friedwa was not one of them. It is likely that she fled to some giant village that still exists in the mountains of a foreign country. However, if we analyze the odd behavior in the Conservation of Magical Creatures class, Friedvafa's son seems to have inherited his mother's cruel nature.
Surprisingly, Hagrid is said to have developed a close friendship with a boy who caused the Mystic to lose power - thus causing Hagrid's biological mother to go into hiding incognito like the rest of the Mystery's followers. Harry Potter may not have known the unpleasant things about his large friend - but Albus Dumbledore undoubtedly had a responsibility to make sure that Harry Potter and his classmates were aware of the dangers of associating with half-blood giants.
This explains why he likes 'cute' magical creatures. "Phoenix gave her the newspaper back. Draco walked over in gusto.
"This stupid big man's teaching career can finally come to an end. I thought he drank a bottle of oxytocin or something like that when he was a kid - a half-blood giant, and the parents wouldn't let the kids get near him, would they?"
"yes, that's good. "Phoenix's mind wasn't here, he looked at the unicorns.
The huge Beauxbatons horses stood there, snuggling up to each other against the cold. They walked towards a large tree at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, under which a beautiful unicorn was tethered. Many girls are amazed when they see unicorns.
The unicorn was dazzlingly white, and the snow around it was a little gray in comparison. It uneasily scraped the dirt with its golden hooves and raised its horned head. Professor Grapeland was enumerating many of the magical properties of the unicorn, and she made her voice loud so that the boys could hear it.
"Golden Egg still doesn't have any ideas?" asked Nott with concern.
"No," he said, turning to face the Black Lake, which showed no signs of freezing, and the occasional gust of cold wind blew faint ripples. "I'm close to the answer, only—just a little bit—what would it be, what would reveal his secret. ”
"Maybe you'll - I mean you can ask Professor Snape for help?" Nott lowered his voice and said to him in a voice slightly above a whisper.
A giant squid surfaces and floats towards Durmstrang's large ship. Someone may have thrown a few loaves of bread at the lake.
"What do you say is under the Black Lake?" Knott saw that Phoenix did not react, worried that Phoenix would feel that he was questioning his ability to say this, and hurriedly changed the subject.
"Giant squid, Grindellow, merfolk—" Phoenix's eyes widened slightly, but the merfolk's singing had magical powers that could be recorded in alchemical products. Early people exchanged some magical items for their songs, which were stored in music boxes, and were early engagement items for Mediterranean wizards. However, some merfolk cannot leave the water, they can only sing in the water.
"Thanks—" Phoenix ran toward the castle, and Noether stood in disbelief, stunned.