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Dumbledore's big mistake!

Rita Skeeter, a special correspondent for this newspaper, reports that the eccentric Arbus 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 for 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.

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The Daily Prophet's news was very time-sensitive, and the news of Hagrid's giant blood had already made the headlines by Rita Skeeter just after the Christmas holidays.

She recounts a lot of things about the dangers of giants in sharp words, and passes them on to Hagrid. To make it more persuasive, she even asked a student for a small interview.

"I was attacked by a hippogriff, and my friend Vincent Crabbe was bitten hard by a Flober caterpillar." In an interview, a fourth-grader named Draco Malfoy said, "We all hate Hagrid, but we dare not speak out. ”

Apparently, halfway through last night's ball, it wasn't just those who had taken the initiative to overhear Hagrid's conversation with Madame Maxim.

On the day of the newspaper's release, Hagrid took a leave of absence, and the substitute professor was a witch named "Wilmina Graplan".

Truth be told, regardless of her approach to magical creatures, at least her teaching skills are much better than Hagrid's. She gave a hands-on lesson on beautiful unicorns, and the students were very impressed by the beautiful and pure creatures.

But Harry, they looked very anxious, they were fine the other day! Where did Hagrid go?

As Professor Grapeland led the girls closer to the unicorns, Harry turned to Ron and said, "What do you think happened to him?" It's not going to be a whelch—"

"Oh, Potter, if you're worried about that, I can tell you that he's not being attacked," Malfoy whispered, "no, he's just too ashamed to show his big ugly face." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Harry snapped.

Malfoy reached into the pocket of his robe and pulled out a folded newspaper.

"See for yourself." He smirked and said, "I really don't want to tell you about it, Potter......"

It was the headline article with a picture of Hagrid on it, and the look on his face was sneaky.

"How did she find out?" Ron asked quietly.

But that's not what Harry had in mind.

'What do you mean?' We all hate Hagrid'? Harry snapped at Malfoy, "What kind of bastard is that," he said, pointing to Crabb, "he was bitten hard by a Flober caterpillar?" They don't even have teeth! ”

Crabbe smirked, visibly smug.

"Alright, I think it's time to end this idiot's teaching career." Malfoy said, a pair of eyes sparkling, "Half-blood giant...... I thought he had just drunk a bottle of oxytocin when he was a kid...... Parents of students will not agree...... They were afraid that he would eat their children, haha......"

"You-"

Soon it was time for the end of class again, and the girls returned with Professor Graplan.

"It was a really good class." As they walked into the auditorium, Hermione said, "I don't know half of what Professor Grapeland told us about unicorns—"

"Look at this!" Harry roared angrily, shoving the Daily Prophet article under Hermione's nose.

Hermione's mouth opened wide in surprise as she read the article. Her reaction was exactly the same as Ron's.

"How did that nasty woman, Skeeter, find out? It couldn't be Hagrid telling her, right? ”

Lately, Ron and Hermione seem to have reached a tacit understanding, and they both keep quiet about their quarrel. Now they are friendly to each other, but polite and a little unnatural.

Just a few days ago, they discussed the height of giants together. Hermione remembered that the book said twenty feet, but Harry remembered that Maca had mentioned that it was thirty feet.

But today, they don't have the leisure to discuss those issues.

"We have to go see him." Harry said, "It's this evening, after the divination class. Tell him we want him back...... Do you want him back? He asked Hermione coldly.

"I- well, I don't want to tell lies, it's not bad to take a decent lesson in protecting magical creatures once in a while, for a change of taste—but I do want Hagrid to come back, of course I do!" Hermione, frightened by Harry's angry gaze, hurriedly added.

So, after supper that day, the three of them left the castle again, walked through the ice-covered field, and headed for Hagrid's hut—they had wanted to go with Maca, but who knows, and Maca didn't know where she had gone.

When they reached the door of Hagrid's hut, Harry knocked on the door, and the muffled barking of Fangya immediately sounded behind the door.

"Hagrid, it's us!" Harry shouted, pounding the door, "Open the door!" ”

Hagrid didn't answer. They could hear teeth scratching at the door, whining and whispering, but the door didn't open. They pounded heavily for more than ten minutes. Ron even went over and knocked on a window, but there was no response.

This time, Hagrid seemed to have made up his mind.

"I always thought that Maca would be ......in there by this time," Harry couldn't help but look back, "he always did, and every time he popped up in the most critical places and startled us. ”

But alas, Maca wasn't here this time.

He knew in the Daily Prophet that he had seen Rita Skeeter in the form of Animagus even that night, but he had no intention of stopping the episode from happening.

Hogwarts needs a little bit of chaos right now—if the water is too clear, no hand will want to reach in and catch fish.

Provided, of course, that Skeeter doesn't draw the flame to him......

For now, at least, Maca's warning to Rita Skeeter is useful, as evidenced by the fact that Maca's name doesn't even appear in the news.

While Harry and the others were worried about Hagrid's affairs, Maca was walking alone in an alley in Hogsmeade.

"Coming?"

Just ahead, in a dark corner, a figure whose face could not be seen suddenly spoke.

"Tarino, how's it going?" Maca asked calmly.

"This is not a good target," the man whispered, "and several targets have been lost by now—but to be sure, they are still cautious, and it is clear that there will be a while before the big move!" ”

"Very well, keep watching...... "Maca said, suddenly handing over the box she was carrying, "these are things that you take with you—keep an eye on the target's movements, and try not to miss a single clue." ”

The figure took the suitcase, opened it slightly, glanced at it, and then closed it securely.

"Seriously, you're going to spoil us with all these potions......," he said slickly, "The old fellows in charge of the key targets have said that with these supplies, tracking is easier than walking." ”

"During the mission, these expenses will not ask you for a copper nat, don't save it," Maca waved his hand, "as long as the mission is completed well, I can give you more." ”

"Just rush to you, there is a task next time, we will give you a discount!"

The two men finished their conversation quickly, and then went their separate ways, as if nothing had happened here.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's already mid-January.

The students were going to Hogsmeade, and Harry wanted to go too, thinking that maybe he would run into Hagrid there, so he could have a chance to persuade him to come back.

But Hermione disagreed, because the first event of the Triwizard Tournament left them with questions that were still waiting for them! The box was depressing, and Hermione had been working on it, but she hadn't thought of any good idea to get it open.

"I'm going to take this opportunity to think about it, and I think you should do the same!" She earnestly persuaded Harry, "Remember? We've got to get the job done! ”

In fact, when it came to how to open the box, Dumbledore didn't set it up complicated. To open them, all you have to do is find the right place - it's just a test of the warriors' ability to move and their knowledge of the ancient runes.

The places where the four boxes can be opened are different, but all of them are within the confines of the school.

For example, Maca's snow-white ice box, he only needed to go around the Hogwarts ice cellar to easily find the Runevin altar that was used to open the box.

This kind of magic mechanism makes use of the combination and substitution properties of Runiwen - none of them exist independently, and each can be replaced by another rune to obtain a completely different effect.

But how can Maca have time to find an altar?

He drew a few simple rune formations by himself, and easily completed the rune replacement.

When the ice box in front of Maca's eyes suddenly burst into blue flames, the lid of the box opened automatically......

There is an irreplaceable clue in each box, and it will be the real goal of every warrior in the upcoming second event of the Triwizard Tournament.

"Dumbledore really doesn't think it's a big deal......," Maca muttered as she looked at the contents of the box.