A large bucket of colored ballfish was bouncing and bent, their webbed legs entwined, stepping on each other to arch the lid of the bucket that had been spelled firmly, and the tin lid on top of it "clanged".

"I'd better do it,"

Zancas smiled and tried to take the bucket from Hermione's hand, and the old Sami chief, though lean as an old witch, had an unusually strong dry wrist, and it didn't take much effort to snatch the iron from Hermione's hand.

After living for so many years, Zankas has already become a human spirit, and over the years, for the sake of the Sami people, he has dealt with those officials of the Ministry of Magic, and his ability to read words and colors, and his ability to distinguish people has also been perfected again and again.

This girl who followed Ning An, how could it be as simple as an ordinary friend, it may be more useful to please her than to please Ning An herself, Zancas's abacus is very clear.

Not surprisingly, Ning An was really embarrassed not to introduce, he carried another bucket in his hand, refused Jason's request to take it for him, and pointed to Zancas and said:

"Zancas? Mr. Boiman, the patriarch of the Sami people—"

Hermione paused for a moment, as if to reflect what the Sami were, and they were slowly walking through the vast and cold meadows in front of the castle, and after a moment she remembered what the "Sami people" were portrayed in the book, and her face looked surprised.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Boiman—" She excitedly reached out and shook Zancas, Hermione was very interested in the tribe that the Norse wizards hated and disapproved.

"Hermione? Granger...... A student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She pointed to herself, a little shy to introduce herself, no matter how the person opposite said it was the head of the clan, and she didn't know if she was representing Hogwarts and the British wizards, such a meeting actually started with a bucket of fish, which made Hermione feel awkward all over, as if she was not prepared, what a serious fault.

"Jason? Ludwig. Ning An pointed to Jason on the side again, Jason hurriedly gave Hermione a friendly salute, he was not stupid, this girl might not know what her relationship with Ning An was.

"Jason previously worked at the German Ministry of Magic, and he will next be a professor in Durmstrang as a professor of magical biology studies."

"Nice to meet you." Hermione repeated, shook Jason's hand again, she felt that she was really frightened every day by Ning'an's side, there were wizards from all countries and nationalities, even the Sámi, yes she should think of the deer cart, the book mentions the Sami people's talent in reindeer and dragon training.

It's like a small international federation of wizards, and it's hard to believe what kind of people will show up next.

The four of Ning An stepped across the gently floating sea of grass, crossed the gloomy portico of Durmstran, and the heavy oak door, and on the wall of the doorway corridor, the talisman carved by Grindelwald could still be faintly seen, but no one would be idle to discuss these now.

"You're back!" A shrill cry rang out, it was Samantha, who hurried up to meet her, as if she had been busy with something in the auditorium before.

"Let's go to the kitchen, leave it to the elves, and maybe we can try the French-style fish soup tonight."

Handing the two buckets to Samantha, Ning An did not shy away from Hermione, and led her all the way upstairs, turning through the dark but very wide corridor, pushing open the hardwood door of the principal's office at the end of the fourth floor, and walking in.

"Well, then, let me hear your good news—" Ning An said as he returned to his desk, on which was a bottle of Aquavit, I don't know if it was Karkaroff's treasure, or if he asked the kitchen elf for it, in short, Ning An recently liked the feeling of taking a sip at the office, this kind of wine not only did not make him drowsy, but refreshed his mind.

Hermione walked over to Ning An suspiciously, she was still used to standing in this position, Ning An's attitude towards her without concealing made her happy and uneasy at the same time, if it was news about Hogwarts or the Dark Lord, should she tell Harry about it?

Hermione fell into a little entanglement, Zancas and Jason looked at each other, the old patriarch cleared his throat, took a step forward with his waist bent, and said happily:

"Sir—we found them in the South."

"Good, when did you find out?" Ning An clapped his hands, smiled and took a sip of pure brew in the cup, he seemed to be in a very good mood, although Hermione was puzzled by what they were talking about, but still politely did not bother, just listened quietly.

"Two days ago, they were in the mountains to the south, which are sparsely populated and there are caves/xue suitable for them to live in." Jason explained in a deep voice that he looked very calm, and he was also the oldest and most trusted wizard of Linus and Nils's generation.

"How long will they stay there?" Ning An gently put down his wine glass and came to the window, his eyes becoming hesitant, as if he had crossed the mountains outside Durmstran, jumped over the mountains, and rode the white clouds to reach the south that Jason and Zancas were talking about.

"I think I'm going to stay there for a while, you know, it's hard to get dark further north, and there are a lot of Muggles to the south, and the Norwegian Ministry of Magic is very attentive to their movements, there are seventy or eighty of them, and it's not easy to hide, so for the time being, that mountain range is a good place to stay."

Jason reported in detail as if he were making a report, but never mentioned what it was, and Hermione listened with curiosity, and when she heard that even the Norwegian Ministry of Magic was watching "them", there was some speculation in her heart.

"Very well, let's go now and talk to these giants."

Sure enough, it's giants, Hermione thought to herself, wizards hate giants, there used to be at least a hundred giant tribes in the world, but because of cannibalism, the number of these giants has also been greatly reduced, of course, wizards also killed some giants and drove them to distant places, such as the sparsely populated country of Northern Europe.

"Okay, everything we need is in the car, we will start from here, or we will be there in half a day." Zancas said and turned to walk out the door, Jason and Ning An glanced at each other, nodded, bowed and followed Zancas out the door.

The heavy hardwood door was closed again, and Ning An looked back at Hermione, "You heard, I might have to go on a long trip-"

"Is it for the giants?" Hermione bit her lip and asked, "I think Dumbledore must have been trying to woo them as well." ”

Remembering that Harry had said that Dumbledore had suggested to Fudge that the restrictions on giants be lifted, and that those non-evil werewolves and vampires should try their best to pull them over here so that they would not be incorporated into Voldemort's army, Hermione did not expect that Ning An would also target the giants.

"Yes, you know that it would be a big hazard to Durmstrang if these giants were to be co-opted by others, even if they weren't that good at magic—"

Ning An shrugged his shoulders and said half-jokingly: "But they are really thick enough and have a lot of strength, with such a group of neighbors, it is difficult for anyone to rest assured." ”

"Who are you going to take with you?" Hermione's eyebrows curled into two, and a worried look appeared on her face, "Just now...... Mr. Jason said...... There were seventy or eighty of them. ”

"Ah, I'll take Jason and Zancas," Ning An saw Hermione's concern, and he stepped forward and gently touched the girl's head with his forehead, and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, we're not here to provoke a war, we're here to give gifts to Gugo, the dragon eggs of the Sami people will definitely please the giants."

"Gugo ——?" Even Miss Perfect had something she didn't know, and she looked at Ning An suspiciously, who immediately explained:

"Gugo is the leader of the giants, often the biggest, laziest, ugliest of the tribe."

Hermione nodded, she and Ning An looked at each other for a long time, opened their mouths, hesitated, and finally said aloud, "I'll go with you......"

She always felt some bad premonition in her heart, even if she never believed in divination, maybe it was because of Sybil? Trelawney's annoyance, but she's a witch after all, sometimes, it's hard to say if she has a hunch that will have some effect, but Hermione doesn't like it, she wants to go with Ning'an.

Besides, if Ning An is not there, it seems that there is no point in her staying alone in Durmstrang.

"Of course, this can be considered a tour, you probably haven't been to the south yet, it's a little warmer than here......"

Ning An readily agreed, of course it was good that Hermione wanted to be by her side, he would persuade Hermione to transfer to school in Durmstrang from time to time recently, despite the refusal, Ning An still persevered, he thought it was a good sign that Hermione took the initiative to come with her.

There was no need to do much preparation, according to Ning'an's plan, it would be a short trip, and if there was a very small probability that the giants unusually left the temporary settlement, then he and Hermione would return and let Zancas and Jason continue to search.

After a brief tidying up, Ning An and Hermione walked out of the castle, and on the lawn was a huge deer cart, and four flying reindeer snorted obediently in front of the cart.

Chetty and Papache were in the car, Zancas and Jason were already waiting outside the car, the old patriarch was holding a huge bag in his arms, covered with cloth, from the raised shape, it looked like three basketballs, but Ning An knew that it was two Norwegian spinback dragons, and a dragon egg of a Swedish short-nosed dragon.

They are all carefully selected, and the best, most beautiful, and strongest dragon eggs in a litter are sure to hatch healthy baby dragons.

"Let's go—" It was just a short trip, and Ning An didn't want to alarm the others, he gave a command to Zancas and Jason, and then took the lead in getting into the car with Hermione, and a gust of wind broke off in the meadow, and the Sami Chetty had a lot of experience in driving.

He lifted the whip slightly, threw out a whip flower, and with a crisp sound, the reindeer began to run wildly, and his feet seemed to be filled with the power of the wind, and after running for a distance, he suddenly stepped forward, as if stepping on an invisible transparent staircase, climbed step by step in mid-air, flew into the sky, and in the blink of an eye, disappeared into the sky, and disappeared without a trace.

****

On the other side, south of Durmstrang, in the direction they were driving, three figures were walking in the uninhabited mountains.

"Fleur, can you go a little faster......" Hagrid tried to make his tone as gentle as he could, but his restless expression betrayed what he really thought.

"I'd like to hurry, too, but how long has it been since we've walked, Madame Maxim, why don't we come out on the rune horse?"

"Oh, dear, you know that's not going to work, they're keeping an eye on us, or we wouldn't need your help to shake our tails."

Madame Maxim was still wrapped in a gorgeous black satin garment, her neck and fingers were shining with precious opals, her hair was combed back and tied in a shiny bun at the base of her neck, and she had a very handsome olive-colored face, and a pair of large, dark, watery eyes, which were no different from ordinary noblewomen except for their surprisingly large size.

"Orim, maybe we should leave Fleur ......behind," Hagrid raised his voice, asserting his presence, but after being glared at by Madame Maxim, the voice of the latter words became quieter

"Giants don't like wizards, and Dumbledore warned us that the Death Eaters must be looking for giants as well, and may have sent messengers, we must be very careful not to expose ourselves, otherwise ......"

"You've been babbling all the way, Mr. Hagrid—" Fleur tugged at the corner of her light blue robe and jumped up to Hagrid, who had been mingling with the scary-looking, but actually gracious man these days.

"Just because of the Death Eaters...... Maybe it's there, I'm even more here - don't forget, I'm also ...... See ...... for yourself The ...... of the man's return If Harry Potter had been here, he would have asked to come along. ”

Hagrid looked at Madame Maxim pleadingly, he rarely looked at people like this, and when he did, he usually felt that he couldn't solve it, and he didn't want to bring Fleur, because this matter was very important to Dumbledore, and Hagrid didn't want to mess it up, so he always thought that it would be a good choice to let Fleur live in the tavern in Minsk temporarily, instead of the current situation, and the three of them walked through the mountains together.

Giants hate wizards, and if he and Olim, two wizards with slightly larger "skeletons", can not be boring, Fleur may not.

However, Madame Maxime could not speak for Hagrid anymore.

"It was Fleur who helped us get rid of the Ministry of Magic's watchman—"

She left Hagrid speechless, which is why Madame Maxim could not be persuaded by Madame Maxime, when they were in France, they could not use magic, because they were watched by the Ministry of Magic, and Fleur helped them create some chaos to get rid of the stalkers, and the three of them have been together since then.

"All right......," Hagrid shook his head helplessly, and cautiously admonished:

"But we have to be very careful not to expose ourselves ......"

Fleur rubbed her unconscious foot in pain, gritted her teeth, and without complaining, tried to catch up with Hagrid and Madame Maxime.