Chapter Ninety-Eight: Hagrid's Dragon Egg
Intelligence is undoubtedly a very important thing.
Without intelligence, no matter how strong the strength is, it is just a blind eye.
Many times, when two sides with equal strength, one side suddenly loses miserably, which is caused by poor information.
Dumbledore had a group of excellent informants, and even the headmasters of Hogwarts were his little birds.
These headmasters are in high positions and have frames on many important occasions, they can move freely, listen to a lot of important information, and then quietly feed it back to Dumbledore.
Dumbledore then sifted through the useful information and sorted it into categories.
Scrimthour, the head of the Auror Office, wanted to get information about Dumbledore and find out who was behind Quirrell, but no one paid attention to him.
Does William need intelligence?
Of course it does.
In the simplest example, Umbridge certainly holds a grudge against him.
There are too many ways to deal with himself, and William can think of a lot of them casually.
For example, a young wizard can't perform magic outside of school, which can be big or small.
If she was smart enough, she could make a fuss about this kind of thing, forcing William to cast magic outside of school and plot to expel him.
With Dumbledore in his presence, he certainly wouldn't be expelled, but definitely disgusting enough.
If William had intelligence, he would have been able to see Umbridge's every move in advance, and even be able to seize her and push her back.
For example, Fudge and Umbridge may have a power relationship.
As long as there is evidence for this kind of scandal, it will be easy to bring down Fudge, the Minister of Magic.
At the moment, William only has one eye for Bertha in the Ministry of Magic, which is undoubtedly not enough.
William set his sights on Tonks.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing William staring at him, Tonks looked puzzled.
William knew Dumbledore, and a recent graduate witch like Tonks couldn't be his gold medal agent.
Tonks said that she was working for Dumbledore, and she was definitely putting gold on her face, and she was at most the kind of person who passed the microphone and spontaneously became a trolls the rest of the time.
But William knew that Tonks could be trusted, and that she would be an Auror as well.
William rubbed his hands and said sweetly: "Sister Tonks, when you work for Dumbledore in the future, can you tell me the information you get in advance?" ”
Tonks squinted his eyes and said disdainfully, "What, you want me to be a spy for you?" ”
"Why are the words so ugly, I also want to graduate and become an Auror, first understand the market of this profession, isn't it, sister!"
After the emotional card was played, William hurriedly threw out the killer move.
"I'll give you a Galleon a month!"
"It's not about money."
Tonks actually wanted to say, "What did you send Hanako?" ”
"Five Galleons."
"I'm an Auror!" Tonks was furious: "William, please don't insult my profession, or I'll send you to Azkaban!" ”
"Fifteen Galleons, free to use the latest products from the Akali Mystery Shop."
William hurriedly added.
"If you don't do it, forget it, anyway, some people do it. I remember that Prefect Robert also entered the Ministry of Magic, and with my relationship with him, the price should be low. ”
"!" Tonks changed his face at the speed of light, put his arm around William's shoulder, and said with a smile: "What are you doing, anyway, I'm just an intern Auror, not a regular employee yet."
Let's talk about it first, when I turn positive, the price will have to be increased......"
William sighed.
It's still Dumbledore who is comfortable, and if he doesn't give money, everyone is crying and shouting that he will be a spy for free.
William worked hard for so long to barely develop two dark lines.
When will you be able to inherit Dumbledore's power?
After Tonks snatched fifteen Galleons from William, he said happily: "By the way, on the first day of work, my sister gave you a piece of information." ”
"What information?"
"Rita Keyster, that woman has her eye on you, and she's asked to interview you as a team reporter several times, but Scrimgeour has refused."
"Rita?" William frowned, "Isn't she arguing with Uncle Newt in the newspaper?" ”
"Mr. Scamander has long since passed away!" Tonks smiled: "No one cares if he has an affair with the former president of the United States Congress, many people think he is rubbing Rita's heat." ”
“……”
Tonks gloated: "That woman found out that she didn't make money and became interested in you, and she let out a message to talk to you about life in depth!" ”
William raised his eyebrows, but he thought about something else: it would be nice if he could develop Rita into his own gold medal agent.
But this kind of thing is not easy!
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With the conclusion of the Ministry of Magic's investigation, the Daily Prophet was not long in revealing the entire incident.
This incident caused a great sensation.
That's when the impact comes in.
The major newspapers reported: "Dumbledore captures the dark wizard who attacked Gringotts"
If the title becomes: "Shocked! Hogwarts Professors Caught Again", it would be completely different.
It is clear that everything is described in one thing, but the effect of public opinion is very different.
The former would praise Dumbledore; The latter thinks...... Is Hogwarts safe at all?
However, this kind of small thing is only icing on the cake for Dumbledore's prestige.
But William's popularity skyrocketed.
William was an eyewitness in the Gringotts case and was the one who identified Quirrell.
According to the Aurors' Office, the kid resisted the Dark Wizards and saved Gringotts from being sacked.
Overnight, Quirrell went from a model worker who died suddenly to a robber.
That's how fast the wind turns.
But Quirrell is a ghost, floating around all day long, not talking, and everyone can't touch him, just spit when they meet.
Over time, no one paid attention to him.
The most unfortunate are the young wizards at Hogwarts, who are without a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor for another semester.
It is said that Snape offered to let him take him for a semester, but Dumbledore refused.
As time passed, the effects of the Quirrell incident subsided, but the fact that Hagrid had hidden the dragon egg finally came to light.
It may not be accurate to use the word East Window Incident, but it was he who took the initiative to find William and them, crying that he had been deceived!
In Hagrid's cabin, the fireplace was blazing.
"I was talking to Shae about unicorns...... She was intrigued.
I said I'd give her a unicorn wool underwear...... She was very happy and said she could show me......"
"Wait, Hagrid." William interrupted, "Who is Shay?" ”
"You've seen girls who often drink sherry at the Leaky Cauldron Bar."
William recalls slightly, and in his memory, it was a few old ladies who often drank at the Leaky Cauldron Bar......
Hagrid called them girls?
"I was going to leave with Shae...... Well, we're going to have a little bit of fun at Christmas.
But I ran into Shae's friend...... A guy with a hood who wants to invite us to drink and play cards by the way.
You know that...... I've never won a game, but I had a lot of luck that day, and I won ten in a row. ”
"Shae's friend ran out of money in the end, so he gave me the dragon egg."
Hagrid pointed to a dragon egg on the bed.
"But how do you know that this dragon egg was given to you by Quirrell?" Qiu, who was sitting on the side of the fire, wondered.
Hagrid said uneasily, "Who would carry a dragon egg with them?"
It's against the law!
I was very strange at the time, lying to myself that he just wanted to get rid of the dragon egg......"
Hagrid lowered his head.
"But he doesn't have to be Quirrell."
"I remember when I was drunk, he asked me about the three-headed dog, and I told him that Louwe would only sleep if I sang...... Finally he invited me to sing......"
Hagrid had a horrified look on his face.
"Ever since Quirrell's death, the more I think about it, the more wrong I feel! I divulged the secret that Dumbledore had confessed to me......"
William was tempted to say that Dumbledore hadn't expected Hagrid to keep it a secret in the first place.
He comforted, "Hagrid, it's okay, Quirrell is a dark wizard and he's dead. ”
"And what about this dragon egg?" Hagrid worried, "If I find out, I might be taken for Quirrell's companion and taken to Azkaban." ”
If there was anything Hagrid was afraid of, it was probably Azkaban.
"We can give the dragon eggs away." Cho proposed.
"That's right, Charlie." Cedric nodded, "Isn't he raising dragons in Romania?" ”
"Give it to Newt," said William, "and judging by the egg pattern, it's a Norwegian spinback that must be sent to Norway."
Charlie is in Romania, where this fire dragon is not suitable for survival. ”
Hagrid was a little reluctant, but finally nodded.
Fortunately, he hadn't hatched the dragon with fire yet, otherwise things would have been in a lot of trouble.
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