Chapter Twenty-Three: News from the Phoenix

"Good wizards know in advance what they're going to learn in five years, while some idiots don't even know what they're going to learn soon. I guess that's the difference between a genius and a fool. ”

Snape paced back and forth in the aisle, paused as he passed Harry, and then said through gritted teeth, "If you're an idiot, why don't you write it down?"

The classroom instantly resounded with the sound of 'rustling' writing.

"Aha!" Snape touched his chin as if he had just remembered something, "Given Potter's poor performance and Miss Granger's rudeness, Gryffindor deducted five points." On the contrary, Zhang Hao's excellent performance won three points for Slytherin. ”

This time Slytherin got extra points, but no one cheered anymore because they were trying to copy their notes.

Despite some innocuous surprises, Snape's revenge was a success, and he seemed to be in a much better mood as a result.

At least that poker had a slight smile on its face, and it didn't seem so difficult to get close to.

However, this situation did not last long.

While working on the pharmacy in groups, Gryffindor's Neville made a mistake and burned Seamus's crucible into a crooked piece.

The potion in the cauldron spilled on the stone floor, burning holes in the students' shoes.

Within seconds, all the students were standing on the stools.

Neville, the initiator, was even more uncomfortable, as he was splashed with potion as the cauldron overturned, and his arms and legs were covered in red and swollen boils, making him scream in pain.

Zhang Hao looked at it in pain, and Snape roared, "Idiot, I think you probably put the porcupine thorn in without removing the cauldron from the fire, didn't you?"

Neville cried even more sadly, and even boils appeared on his nose.

"Get him to the hospital up there!" snape snapped to Seamus.

He probably felt sorry for Neville too, and gave up teaching the poor child a lesson.

He then circled around Harry and Ron, the two unlucky ones right next to Neville.

Zhang Hao thought to himself, maybe they would be implicated by Neville.

Sure enough, the next second Snape said, "Potter, why didn't you tell him not to add porcupine spines? ”

Harry was about to defend himself when Ron stopped him by kicking him from behind the cauldron.

An hour later, the Potions class was finally over.

A group of freshmen were finally able to relax their breathing, and only a few of them were still sullen.

......

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Hao met with the trio in the restaurant.

Today is the day to meet Hagrid, and according to Harry, Hagrid seems to have found clues about the Unowned Phoenix.

"Hey, good afternoon!" Harry seemed to have stepped out of the shadow of the morning, and he greeted Zhang Hao happily.

"Good afternoon!

Ron didn't seem to have a good impression of Zhang Hao, the Slytherin, and answered dryly and stopped talking.

On the contrary, Hermione and Zhang Hao got along very happily, and she asked suspiciously, "Hao, in which book did you read about the smell of thyme? Why am I not impressed at all?"

Zhang Hao smiled: "I forgot the title of the book, maybe I can help you find it another day." ”

"Really?" Hermione said happily, "Thank you so much!"

The group chatted as they left the castle and walked towards Hagrid's quarters.

Hagrid lived in a log cabin on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, with a crossbow and a pair of rubber gloves in front of the gate.

Harry knocked on the door, and then they heard the sound of nervous struggles and a few muffled barks coming from inside the house.

Then, Hagrid said, "Back off, tooth, back off." ”

Hagrid opened the door open a crack, revealing his large, bearded face.

While comforting the big dog called Yaya, he let Zhang Hao and the others into the house.

The cabin had only one room, with ham and pheasant hanging from the ceiling, boiling water in a brazier and a large bed in the corner, and a futon made of rags.

Zhang Hao shook his head secretly, this kind of living environment is too simple.

Hagrid was Dumbledore's most loyal buddy, but Dumbledore had forgotten Hagrid and had never thought of making his life better.

"Oh, Hao, I know you're very picky about your life, don't dislike it since you're here. Hagrid said apologetically.

"No, Hagrid. Zhang Hao shook his head and said with a sigh: "I have experienced a hard life, and you are okay here." ”

Hagrid laughed, "If only you could get used to it!"

He looked at Ron and Hermione again and smiled and asked, "Who are you?"

Harry hurriedly said, "This is Ron, this is Hermione, they are all good friends of mine. ”

Hagrid welcomed him, then asked Harry how he was doing that week.

Harry struggled to nibble on the crust cake as he recounted the past few days of class.

The trajectory of history has not changed in the slightest, and he and Ron are still on the same page as Filch. The two of them spat out, and their dissatisfaction with Filch was almost unspeakable.

This resonated with Hagrid, who said unhappily, "Every time I enter the castle, I am stared at by that old creature like a thief, and this feeling is terrible!"

He also said that he was going to introduce Filch's Lady Loris to Toothtooth, and it looked like he was going to have Toothtooth clean up Lady Loris.

But Zhang Hao remembered that Yaya was a coward at all, and it was a question of whether it could win against Lady Loris.

Then the conversation turned to Snape.

Harry said bitterly, "Oh, Hagrid, you don't know how much Snape hates me! I feel like he'll kill me if I have the chance." ”

"Nonsense!" Hagrid shook his head, "It can't be! Why should he hate you?"

He seemed to deliberately change the topic, turned his head to Zhang Hao and said, "I heard a news in Tumbledown Alley, it is said that a wizard has found a phoenix that is about to become nirvana in the Lomite Mountains of Italy. ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's attention was attracted.

Zhang Hao frowned and asked, "Nirvana is about to begin?"

"Yes!" Hagrid's face was a little unpleasant, but he nodded anyway, "It may be an opportunity, but it is very difficult to grasp. ”

"What do you mean?" Harry asked curiously, "Since it's an opportunity, you should seize it, I think if you miss it, it's hard to find the next ownerless phoenix." ”

"Phoenix, are you going to catch a phoenix to raise?" Hermione didn't know Zhang Hao's plan yet, but at this moment, she deduced the matter from a few words.

Harry spread his hands and said, "It's not us, it's Hao." He had plans to raise a phoenix before the start of school, and after waiting for so long, he finally had some eyebrows. ”

Ron was surprised and said, "Phoenix, will it be more difficult to raise than a dragon?"