Chapter 120: The Book of Monsters
In the midst of his busyness, the days passed, and seeing that the holidays were halfway through, Darren began to think about strengthening things other than himself, after all, as an orphan, he could not always be at Hogwarts, and he had to get more resources to live in this world, and he didn't want to be like Professor Lupin.
Although he has not been bitten by werewolves, but on the whole, the wizarding world is really not very friendly to a wizard who has no power. Slytherin's locket was sold, and while it had a lot to do with her family environment, it showed that wizards weren't all as capable of meeting the needs of everyday life as the Weasleys.
Not only that, the last time Voldemort was active, Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix lived a life of hanging by a thread every day, dead to death, crazy and crazy, but after Voldemort fell, no one cared about it at all, Moody, the top Auror, was called "Crazy Eye", even Mrs. Weasley said so, so that after being attacked, he thought he was crazy; Both of them are insane and have spent many years in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, but everyone except Neville's grandmother treats them as talking points, and brings only shame to their son Neville; Sirius Black, needless to say, is in the end; Hagrid, before and after the war, was just a forest watchman at the school, and even if it weren't for Dumbledore, he wouldn't even have this job, and he was investigated by the Ministry of Magic several times, and even captured......
As for Lupin, it has already been mentioned, of course, not all members of the Order of the Phoenix are like this, but in general, defeating Voldemort did not bring them much respect and recognition, and even some people barely survived, on the contrary, some Death Eaters relied on their family power and financial resources, and they were quite good, and in a sense became Dumbledore's boss.
Darren, life is not easy, do it and work hard!
Just as he was considering whether to go to the Burrow or 12 Grimmauld Place first, Darren received a letter from a large grey owl named Errol, who was raised by Weasley.
The letter was written by Ron, who told Darren that Mr. Weasley had received the Galleon Award, the Daily Prophet's annual award, and that the family had traveled to Egypt to spend a month in Egypt and return when Hogwarts had started.
Oh, the Weasleys must love their eldest son, Bill, because they had just been there last Christmas, so let's wait until next year......
Ron also sent a newspaper clipping from the Daily Prophet, in which nine of the Weasleys stood in front of the pyramid, waving vigorously, and only two of them had not been seen by Darren, who, according to Ron's letter, were supposed to be the two oldest Weasleys, Bill and Charlie, but Darren could not tell them apart, and they were all at the back of the Weasleys' house, only their faces could be seen, and one of them was wearing a Turkish hat like Mr. Weasley.
Just as Darren was reading the letter, he heard Hagrid's voice talking outside, "Darren, are you there?" ”
"Wait a minute," Darren immediately put down the letter and got out of the tent, although the inside of this tent was very spacious, it was still not big for Hagrid, especially the entrance to the tent, so every time Hagrid looked for him, he called Darren out to Hagrid's cabin next to him.
When Darren looked up at Hagrid, he must have been very happy to see that Hagrid was smiling all over his face, and even his thick beard could not cover the crooked corners of his mouth.
"Hi Hagrid, what's going on to make you so happy."
"Oh, you wouldn't have guessed, I shouldn't have told you now, but you're the only one in the school anyway besides Filch, and I don't think you would tell anyone else," Hagrid glared at him and said to Darren with some smugness, "Professor Kettleburn, the teacher at the school who teaches the protection of magical creatures, has retired so that he can spend more time with his surviving limbs, as he only has an arm and half a leg left, and then, Professor Dumbledore told me that he could let me teach this course this year, I've also become a professor at Hogwarts. Hagrid's eyes widened and he nodded at the Professor.
"Oh my God," hearing the news, Darren paused for a moment before he let out such an exclamation, which was also the best reaction he could think of, although he was very happy for Hagrid, after all, compared to his original job as a hunting ground caretaker, this was a promotion, and he had long known that this would be the case, but considering Hagrid's unusual hobby of magical creatures, it is difficult to say whether Dumbledore's personnel arrangement is good or bad for Hogwarts students, especially Darren, who is about to start a class on protecting magical creatures, The thought of battling all sorts of inexplicable creatures in Hagrid's class still scares me from the bottom of my heart.
Just when Darren was feeling tangled, Hagrid continued to smile and say to Darren, "Don't worry, I've prepared a lot of cute creatures for this year's class, and the class is sure to be very interesting." ”
Oh, Hagrid, the more you say that, the more bottomless Darren's heart becomes, and he remembers that Hagrid's first class at school was that the Hippogriff had winged beasts. Malfoy's arm was scratched......
"By the way, here's the material I prepared for this year's lesson, it's yours, and Harry's, and I've sent it to him with an owl as a birthday present, but I didn't tell him why, just that it would be useful for him next year."
Hagrid said as he took out a beautiful book with a green cover from behind him, with a golden title printed on it: "The Book of Monsters of the Monsters", but this was not the most attractive to Darren, because it was shaking rapidly, and even let out a "ho-ho" roar, and the cover opened and closed rapidly, like a big mouth, I really don't know how the book was made.
Looking at the book in Hagrid's hand, Darren didn't know how to take it, as it seemed to want to tear his hand off.
"Oh, don't be afraid, this book is safe, you just have to pick it up, look!" Hagrid held up the book in his hand and showed it to Darren, and he slid his index finger down the spine from top to bottom, and the book opened with a shudder, and lay quietly in Hagrid's hand.
"Thank you so much," Darren carefully took the book from Hagrid's hand, although Hagrid was very relaxed just now, but seeing that he held the book firmly with his bare hands, Darren thought that he would never be able to do it, if it were him, I am afraid that it was more likely to be bitten by the book first, so let's take a rope and tie it up first.