Compared to the dazzling array of dishes in the castle, the food in Hagrid's cottage was a little monotonous and inferior.

But it's unexpectedly much more interesting.

For example, the broth in Brandy's hand: it was a masterpiece that he completed with Hagrid in the afternoon, and Hagrid, who knew in advance that Brandy was coming, specially brought back a wild deer from the Forbidden Forest (he seemed to know exactly where these agile and timid creatures were hiding in the Forbidden Forest, considering that Brandy had been in the Forbidden Forest more or less, but had never encountered anything that could be eaten in the real sense...... In addition to unicorns, there are also spiders. ）。

When Brandi appeared in front of Hagrid's door with a box in his head, he was wearing a greasy apron, tearing the poor creature's hands into pieces. With a deer leg in his hand, he happily greeted Brandy, which scared him out of the air for a while.

However, it was only when he was really involved and began to help him cut the venison into pieces with great interest that he felt the joy of killing, ah, no, cooking. Rubbing salt and black pepper on top of the pieces of meat with a large Muggle-painted brush (Brandy's obsession), then threading them on pinky-sized skewers, and watching nervously and expectantly as the venison on the grill sizzles over the charcoal-grilled fire, all of this was incredibly fresh to him.

Even if the portion he did was unsurprisingly half blackened and half raw......

"Okay, at least the pieces of meat you wear are much finer than mine~" Hagrid looked at his masterpiece for a moment, and spread his hands helplessly at him.

In the past, Brandi and the others came here almost only to talk for a while and then leave, at most they helped Hagrid bake dragon eggs for an hour in the first grade. Usually, Hagrid's meals are in the auditorium: the teacher's seat has a higher perspective, and everyone doesn't pay much attention to how Hagrid eats.

As a result, Brandi has never had a concept of the lifestyle of a 'giant' who is twice as tall as normal.

Now he knew, and it was an eye-opener: who could imagine how a giant twice as tall as an average man could eat barbecue?

When he stretched out his hands and took the skewers that Hagrid had carefully grilled for him, he felt his hands tremble—even though Hagrid had found a skewer as thin as a needle for him, it still seemed to Brandi that could knock people to death...... Seven or eight fist-sized pieces of roast meat were worn on it, and they were roasted to a golden color, and the fat from the roast fell on the floor of the hut dripping down to the ground of the hut, causing the teeth to crouch at Brandy's feet, drooling incessantly.

It looks like a disaster.

"You'd better bake it hot, it won't taste right once it cools."

Hagrid gritted his teeth and waved a handful of meat skewers in his hand, which were much larger than this one...... Under Brandi's blank gaze, he bit the pieces of meat into his mouth one by one, chewed them casually twice, and swallowed them with a clatter. "Huh! Brandi, black pepper is amazing! ”

He praised in amazement, but Brandy wasn't happy at all.

…… How can there be a piece of this?

Not to mention how to put such a big piece into his mouth, he is now worried about whether he will become the first unlucky child in history to be killed by a string of meat skewers.

In fact, his idea is indeed very reasonable, even if he fights hard, he only eats three pieces, and in the end, the rest of the barbecue meat goes into Yaya's stomach. This was a great disappointment for Chef Hagrid, who had carefully prepared the welcome ceremony. (You're growing your body now, Brandy, how can you just eat that.) So a pot of steaming broth was placed in front of him, and through the floating oil star, Brandi could see the large bones full of meat.

It's over, this month has passed, and I'm afraid I'm not going to be fat like Yale......

Brandy, who carefully sipped the broth one bite at a time, thought desperately that with such a poor, helpless and obese master, Yale was probably even more reluctant to lose weight - he would have been away for a month, and Salph would definitely raise him for nothing.

Eh, said Salph......

"Hagrid, has anyone come to you to look for me during my time away from Hogwarts?" Brandi looked up and asked Hagrid.

"Of course, I think about it." Hagrid sat on the bed, slowly cleaning the flesh between his teeth with a thin wooden stick. He slurred and said, "There's Malfoy... And Longbottom, who doesn't look like a Gryffindor when he's timid. He seems to have just come out of the school hospital and wants to thank you in person - of course, I did Dumbledore's request anyway to say that you were helping me watch the cat's cubs in the Forbidden Forest. There are many snakes there, and adult cats need someone to help them look after them when they go out foraging. ”

Brandi answered, then let out a puzzled cry. "Hagrid? Malfoy? What did he come to me for? ”

Hagrid wiped his hands with his scarf, then scratched his head. "I don't know, maybe it's just to make sure you're really here—the kid just wanted to peek in through the window, and I caught him."

He suddenly slapped his head heavily, and the force was afraid that it could slap a normal person to death.

"Oh yes, there's a crazy girl... Oh, sorry, I just said she looked crazy. Hagrid said.

"It's Luna!" Brandi was immediately overjoyed, and in his memory Salph and Luna had almost never been separated. "Hagrid, she's... Is there a little girl next to her, the kind that looks particularly cute? ”

Hagrid, however, shook his head. "No, she's here by herself."

"That's ......"

"She doesn't seem to have come to you for you, though, Brandi." Before Brandi could be downcast, Hagrid said again. "She just looked like she wanted to verify something - when I told her you went to the Forbidden Forest, her expression was like she knew I was going to say that, and she was still muttering something 'incredible' or something......

"Incredible?"

"Yes, and then she wanted me to take her to the Forbidden Forest, saying that she wanted to see the tanuki and Thestrals up close, and that she was looking for a weasel. Hehe, that little girl's guts are the biggest I've ever seen, and others would be very taboo about Thestrals. But in fact they are very friendly......"

Brandi didn't listen carefully to the rest of the story, after all, he just cared if Salve had him in mind. Now I knew that my sister didn't have him in her heart at all, but she choked him enough, he just lay on the table and drank the broth silently, not even caring about the fact that he was about to be swelled to death.

Until there was a knock on the door, Hagrid went over and opened it, and three heads poked in through it.

"Brandy, you're back!" *3

Harry and Ron ran over excitedly and hugged Brandy. Hermione, on the other hand, stood there silent, and of course, anyone could see the concern in her eyes.

"Light, tap...... I was about to throw up. Brandi's panicked screams echoed through the cabin.

Hurriedly throwing the cutlery aside, Brandi and the four of them sat next to each other and chatted warmly with Hagrid. Brandi told them about Voldemort's bats, of course, he didn't reveal the awkward situation that had happened to him and the Hogwarts girls, because he felt a chill down his spine from the moment Hermione entered the room.

Although the latter does not seem to be abnormal at all, for Brandi, the biggest anomaly is that there is no anomaly.

For most of the battle, because he was too involved with Oriana, Brandi brushed it over with the Spring and Autumn brushstrokes, but the three of them were still able to go from the gap between his description of the others and the intensity of the battle at that time. Especially when they heard that Brandy, who was about to flee to the arch of the dead tree, was almost eaten by the giant Voldemort - a palm grabbed Brandy's arm and held it tightly, Brandi looked back in surprise and found that Hermione's expression was like she would disappear from her eyes at any moment.

"Don't be nervous, Hermione. Haven't I been here properly~" His heart warmed, and he patted Hermione's hand gently. This caused a great deal of trouble, and the palm of the hand quickly retracted, and its owner's face showed an unusual flush. She snorted and got to her feet, moved next to Harry, and 'unconsciously' stepped on Brandy.

And when they learned that Brandi had not succeeded in bringing the Second Seal back from Beauxbatons, Brandi noticed that the fellows exchanged a suspicious and strange look.

"I have a question, Brandi." Harry said, "Didn't you come back this time to continue guarding the Forbidden Forest as Dumbledore had requested, so what are you going to do with the Cloak of Invisibility?" Now the security inside the castle has risen by several levels, and even if you are wearing an invisibility cloak, you may be caught by someone or a magic machine. ”

"Well, the hallways are now full of magic traps that detect invisible creatures. You'll be discovered! ”

"And then he was hung up and beaten by Filch, didn't you see all that mess in his office!"

"What a whip, a candle, a heel......"

"Wait a minute, you two stop, I've seen this picture!" Brandi sweated profusely to stop Harry and Ron's déjà vu husband and wife talk. He felt that they weren't behaving properly - Harry wouldn't have cared about what he was going to do with the Cloak of Invisibility if he had done it before.

Strange, so weird.

"Let's just say what you want to do here?" So he straightened his face and said expressionlessly. "I'll have to make it clear beforehand, I just want to take advantage of the evening to find a book in the library! It's not something you know you're curious about! ”

His lame lie didn't stop the audience even for a second, as Hermione opened her mouth. Her voice was soft, like a breeze hitting the Siberian wilderness. 'Shh~' Brandi couldn't help but chill.

"Then dear Brandi~" When she said this, Hermione, whose face was like frost, seemed to be inexplicably shy, but immediately turned into the kind of dangerous appearance that would burst out and hurt people at any time. "What book do you want to read? Miss Ben could consider borrowing it out of the library for you – with Lockhart here, even in the forbidden area, it's no problem! ”

The strong desire to survive caused Brandi to immediately extinguish the fire......

Hagrid next to him seemed to be kind enough to help him round the field, but Hermione just smiled at him, and the honest Hagrid had no choice but to sit back honestly and start to bite the rock skin cake and grind his teeth.

"Well... Who can withstand this? Brandi smiled wryly and raised his hands in surrender. In fact, Brandi was telling the truth, going to the library to read books was really part of his plan - only he couldn't reveal the contents of the books he was going to read, and with Hermione's keen insight, he would suddenly realize what Brandy's rush to master the powerful spell meant.

He couldn't have told them that he was going to India......

"Actually, it was Professor Dumbledore who asked me for something."

The three exchanged an excited look of 'sure enough'. "So what's it this time?" Harry asked excitedly, "There's a secret room?" Monsters in the Forbidden Forest? Or - did Dumbledore find the spy hiding in the castle? ”

"Sorry, I can't say ...... this time"

"What?"

Facing the somewhat surprised eyes of the three people, Brandi said helplessly, "This time the matter is very important, and it must be absolutely secret, in fact, there are only me and Dumbledore-"

His words were interrupted by Harry's annoyed voice.

"Hey! We're friends! Harry said loudly, feeling as if he had been suppressing the anger in his heart, and then erupted in a heartfelt eruption. This sudden outburst startled both Ron and Hermione.

"This time too, so did Beauxbatons. You will always be at the forefront alone, and we will eat, drink, and have fun like no one else?! And then wait until you come back bruised and tell us it's over? That's it? ”

"I'm not covered in bruises!"

"I just asked Katie Britney about it!" Harry said, excitedly rising from his bed. "You've been in Beauxbatons Hospital for days, and even the medical team of the French Ministry of Magic can't do anything about your injuries, and if it weren't for Thomson's special potion, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to speak until now! You know, when Katie said that, she was buried in the crook of her arm and cried. ”

Finished... The idea that came up at the time was now binding Brandi himself.

"She's going to feel bad about your situation, let alone us?! No kidding, man! We've faced Quirrell together, we've dealt with basilisk together! You can't always carry the danger on your own, if it's just because you don't think we're strong enough, we've been—"

"It's not like that!" Brandi scrambled in defense, his hand waving weakly in the air.

"Then tell me what happened again this time!" Harry's voice echoed through the cabin.

There was a long silence, even Hagrid was silent, and everyone stared at Brandy's pale face.

For a long time, he struggled to spit out a few words from between his lips. "I'm sorry, but this time, I really had to go alone. I'm not going to let you get involved anyway! ”

Harry was almost on the verge of having a seizure, and to his surprise, Hermione actually stood up to speak for Brandi at this time. "Forget it, Harry. Maybe Brandi and Professor Dumbledore made some magical oath that I can't say. ”

As she spoke, she gave Harry and Ron a meaningful look. "It's something that can't be helped, isn't it? Rather than count on this idiot (she glared at Brandi with concern and annoyance), we should just ask Dumbledore what he might reveal. ”

"Professor Dumbledore?" Harry was about to say something, only to find Ron tugging at his sleeve. He shook his head at Harry, who seemed to come to an instant halt and ended the topic just in time.

Brandi breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Hermione gratefully, and almost rushed over to hug her and cheered a few times. To his surprise, as they looked at each other, he seemed to read a look of guilt in Hermione's eyes.

The atmosphere has cooled down, and naturally it is no longer suitable for everyone to chat together. After a few more casual words of concern for Hagrid, Harry and the others were about to leave—Brandi learned that Katie was so upset, so she immediately rummaged through the parchment and quill in her suitcase, and hurriedly wrote a note, begging Harry to bring it to Akihari (a glorious and difficult task that seemed to ease the still disgruntled look on Harry's face at once). He agreed almost instantly, and patted his chest to promise that it would be delivered to Qiu Zhang's hand.

Then they got up and walked to the door. Just as Ron opened the door, Brandi suddenly stopped him.

"By the way, Ron...... "I always felt like something was missing when I went back to my dorm today to clean up, and now that I think about it, I realized that it was a spotty." Has it been so excited lately? Escaped from the cage? ”

Ron stood still, and Brandi noticed that the atmosphere had become a little strange. Harry and Hermione hung their heads in unison for a split second, looking down at the floor as if they had a patch of mud on the tip of their shoe. He had a sense of foreboding.

"Huh? Ron...... This is? What's wrong with Spotted? Brandi asked.

"Ah, I forgot to say it." It took Ron a long time to turn around in a relaxed manner, his voice trembling. Brandi noticed that his eye sockets were flushed. "It's in the wasteland near the edge of the Forbidden Forest... I buried it with my own hands... Spotted is dead. ”

With that, he walked out quickly, and Harry hurriedly chased after him. Hermione was left standing alone, staring at Brandi's face for a long time with a complicated expression, and whispering something in her mouth.

And if Brandy's hearing was good enough, he would probably be able to find out. Hermione was apologizing to him.

"Forgive me, Brandi."