Ning An was woken up by the noise outside the cave/xue, when he came out of the warm blanket, he was greeted by the cold wind blowing in, as if he was poured a basin of cold water in his face, from the top of his head to the toes, the whole person suddenly came to his senses, Zancas stood at the entrance of the cave, looked outside, heard the sound and turned his head, and greeted respectfully:

"Mr. Headmaster—you're awake—"

"Morning, what's going on out there." Ning An watched as Jason filled a copper basin with water with magic, reached in and wiped a few handfuls on his face, and smoked his wand in the same way

"Clear water is like a spring," he whispered, a stream of water erupted from the wand head, as if it was a portable faucet, Ning An stretched his head forward, put his wand to his face, and hastily washed his face.

"The giants seem to have a new guest." Jason put away all the toiletries, looked from the hole to the valley below, Ning An leaned forward, facing the cold north wind outside, looking down, the giants in the valley depression gathered again, and the giant Gugo of Kakus was lying on his side by the lake, still looking lazy.

The three little black shadows were surrounded in the middle like Ning An and them yesterday, and they seemed to be slowly walking towards Gu Ge, Ning An was about to take a closer look, but he heard Hermione's exclamation behind his ears

Hagrid ——?! Hermione looked like she had just woken up, her hair was unkempt and curly, and she was wrapped in a blanket, and she seemed to have woken up when she heard Ning An and them talking here, and she was so shocked that she even forgot to wash her face.

"Hagrid?" After listening to Hermione's words, Ning An narrowed his eyes, and only then did he see clearly, the two of the three black shadows walking in front were quite tall, and the one in front was wearing a leather jacket was Hagrid, he was holding a blazing torch in his hand, and Ning An felt the powerful magic aura on it.

Gublai Immortal Fire, this is their gift to the giants? Almost as tall as Hagrid in the back was the headmaster of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Madame Maxim, and the relatively short figure at the end, Ning An tried his best to catch a clue from his silver hair, is the contestant of the last Triwizard Tournament, the Beauxbatons student who should have graduated this year, Fleur? Delacour.

"Looks like someone Dumbledore sent." Ning An whispered, which caused a reaction from Zancas, who took a breath and said in surprise:

"Oh, the mighty wizard who defeated Grindelwald! I've heard of him, and that's a remarkable achievement. ”

"Dumbledore certainly wouldn't want the giants to be co-opted by Voldemort, who used to be one of Voldemort's most intimidating henchmen." Jason said calmly, about Voldemort's deeds. He didn't know much about it, because he was only a half-grown child at the time, but even if he wasn't a wizard born in England, he still heard a lot about the Dark Lord from Fabian.

Hermione covered her mouth, looking incredulous, she should have thought that Dumbledore would send Hagrid, and who better to do such a thing than Hagrid? I just didn't expect them to come here on the front and back feet, and I'm afraid they will meet soon, how do you face Hagrid? Would Hagrid consider himself a betrayal of them if he was here in Ning'an?

Hermione was deeply conflicted, emotionally wishing that Ning An would be Dumbledore's supporter so that she would not have to face such a difficult choice, but reason told her that Ning An had his own ideas, and that he might be against the mystery man, but that didn't mean he would be Dumbledore's ally.

"Let's go, let's go down and have a look-" Ning An beckoned the three of them to walk out of the cave and walk into the valley, the morning light illuminated the downhill mountain road, and the white fine snow reflected the faint light, except for the cold wind, today is a good weather, Ning An and the four walked down the mountain, and the giants who were close to saw them, obviously recognized the wizard who gave Gu Ge a gift yesterday, and they all got out of the way.

Ning An heard Hagrid's hoarse voice from a distance, "Tomorrow we will also present a gift to the giant Gugo as a token of respect." ”

He stood behind him, and saw Hagrid and the three of them bow and retreat, Kakus looked fond of the shining and burning flames, Ning An took out the purple vial containing the elixir from his bosom and handed it to Zancas, asking him and Jason to step forward, he stood still and didn't move, he was too lazy to always bend down in front of a stupid big-headed giant.

Hagrid, Madame Maxime, and Fleur turned around and saw Zancas and Jason holding the vials, and realized that there were other wizards coming for Kakus, and the wind blew Hagrid's beard to Luan, and he looked at Zancas and Jason vigilantly, neither of whom he knew, but who would come to this bitter cold place except Dumbledore to contact the giants.

Glancing at Madame Maxim, the two stopped, as if intending to take a look before speaking, for the giants had just finished giving the gifts, and the giants were not in a hurry to urge them to leave, and their attention turned to Zancas and Jason again.

Kakus opened his mouth wide and smirked, today was probably his happiest day, and the giant Gugo was satisfied with the fact that people were constantly giving him gifts.

Hagrid and Madame Maxime's attention was on Zancas, but Fleur looked around and saw a familiar figure between the gaps of several giants, the girl with brown hair, who seemed to be a Hogwarts student? She remembered Harry? Potter's best friend is here.

"Hagrid—" She tugged at Hagrid's oversized mole skin coat, they'd been acquainted for the past two days, so Fleur called him by his first name, "Look who that is——? ”

Hagrid turned his head impatiently, just as he was about to listen to Zancas's introduction, casually following the direction Fleur's finger pointed

"Where's who?" He said in a gruff voice, "Now is not the time to joke, Fleur, I need to figure out for Dumbledore who sent these two guys—"

He was about to turn his head away from the ugly giants, but Fleur continued to pull him in a hurry

"No—it's not them—you look back, behind, it looks like it's your partner——!"

"My partner?" Hagrid turned his head again in confusion, and Madame Maxim was also attracted to the two of them, and where Fleur's finger pointed, a giant rolled over, scratching his back with his hand, and he raised his hand to reveal the two tiny humans standing behind him.

"Hermione!?" Hagrid screamed, startling several giants next to him, they all looked at him with dissatisfaction, but Hagrid didn't care at all, he jumped up and ran towards Hermione, how could he see Hermione here? Who is she coming with? Why is it here?

Standing on the cold snow, watching Hagrid running towards her, Hermione pursed her lips with a complicated expression, she had not seen her for more than ten days, and she had too many secrets in her heart that could not be said.

"It's alright—" Hermione turned her head slightly, and Ning An was smiling at him, a smile that melted her heart as always.

Hermione nodded, calming down a bit, and raised her hand to greet Hagrid slowly

"Hey, Hagrid—", reluctantly smiled, "Listen to me—"

"How did you end up here? Hermione!? Hagrid's three-meter-tall figure cast a large /pian shadow, and Madame Maxim and Fleur took a step or so behind him, and it seemed as if the vigilance had been lifted? This gang is a friend of Hagrid, not a Death Eater?

"It's you!?"

The next second, when Hagrid saw Hermione's hand tightly clasped with another person, he found Ning An standing next to him smiling, and as expected, he immediately recognized it.

"Ning'an!? Slytherin's—"

"Long time no see, Hagrid." Ning An smiled and stretched out his hand, "I heard that you are now a professor in the protection of magical creatures class?" Dumbledore probably should have asked you to do it a long time ago, I remember when you took us to the Forbidden Forest, you knew all about those magical creatures, didn't you? ”

Hagrid looked at Hermione and Ning An's hand in disbelief, and for Ning An's outstretched hand, he couldn't hold it, he couldn't hold it, he could only freeze there, and looked at Hermione with a strange expression and said:

Hermione...... You and him...... When are you ......?"

"Listen to me, Hagrid—"

"Oh my God, Hermione, you've let me down so much, did you also believe those reports in the Daily Prophet and believe that this guy - the guy who stole the Gryffindor sword, is innocent?"

Hagrid waved his big hand, stared at Ning An again, and shouted to him in an unkind tone:

"Listen—you, whatever method you used to coax Hermione! You're not going to be allowed to hurt her—don't think that what you did at Hogwarts no one remembers—Dumbledore is still there——! ”

Fleur looked at Ning An and was not annoyed, she withdrew her hand unhurriedly, and let Hagrid roar at her, with a strange look on her face, of course she had read the newspaper, there were not many wizards called Ning An, and the only one who was born in Slytherin House at Hogwarts at this age was probably the new Headmaster Durmstrang.

It's hard to imagine what kind of genius a wizard younger than her must have to be to become the headmaster of an ancient school of magic and magic, so this time it's Durmstrang contacting the giants?

It's just that why does he feel a little familiar, the indifferent movements, the chuckling expression, especially the slightly raised corners of the mouth, all overlap with a vague figure in her mind, making Fleur a little trance for a moment.

"No, Hagrid—he didn't lie to me—"

"Hermione, you don't know these people—they—"

"All right, Rubeus—" Madame Maxim pressed Hagrid's shoulder from behind, stepped forward, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

"He's the headmaster of Durmstrang after all."

Hagrid's body shook, and when he came back to his senses, he looked at Ning An in a complicated way, who was still smiling, and his expression was fearless, reminiscent of when he was punished in the first grade to go to the Forbidden Forest.

Hagrid still remembered that both Harry and Malfoy were trembling with fear from the Forbidden Forest, and only this boy, from that time on, had been this indifferent look, as if he didn't care about anything.

He took a step back and glanced at Hermione sadly, Olim was right, Ning An was the headmaster of Durmstrang after all, not a student of Slytherin House, and he could hate him, but if he was too rude, he might only cause trouble for Dumbledore.

"Ah, we should have met for the first time—Madame Maxim." Ning An smiled again and greeted the half-blood giantess, "The last time I met you, I'm afraid it was Mr. Karkaroff, he is a gloomy guy, he must have left a bad impression on you, hahaha-"

Joked lightly, one doesn't feel like a dark wizard at all, who would have imagined that this man was rumored to be proficient in unforgivable spells and all kinds of dark magic?

Maxim shook his head and lightly touched Ning An, as the principal of Beauxbatons, it was her obligation to maintain a good communication and cooperation relationship with other magic schools, and it was also her philosophy all along, otherwise she would not agree to reopen the Triwizard Tournament.

What's more, Madame Maxim doesn't know Ning'an, she is more willing to believe her eyes than listening to rumors, so she has to rely on herself to observe Ning'an, of course, Hagrid's attitude will also occupy a great influence, so for the time being, Madame Maxim is just polite to Ning'an, not friendly.

"Mr. Headmaster—"

Just when a few people were greeting each other, Zancas and Jason had already returned, and the two of them stood behind Ning An and saluted, and then looked at Hagrid, who was not good-looking, and the two of them vaguely heard the shouting of this guy just now.

"So you're here to give gifts to the giant Gugo?" Hagrid's voice was thick, and the expression on his face showed how agitated he was, and Dumbledore's account seemed to be in serious trouble.

"Of course, these giants have always lived on the continent from Durmstran, so we naturally have to keep an eye on their actions, and of course, we are willing to maintain friendly relations with them - that's what Dumbledore had in mind, isn't it?"

Ning An replied decently, so that no one could find the slightest flaw, Hagrid thought about it sullenly, and only snorted heavily, at this time, the giants were noisy again, they had not stopped making noise this morning, this was probably the liveliest morning in this valley.

"Oh, look who's coming-"

Ning An could see clearly that under the height of the giants of more than six meters, the gap between people was still quite large, through the gap, Ning An saw several wizards in black robes, slowly step by step from the other side of the giant's way to get out of the way, step by step towards Gugokakus, the person who walked in front of the head was holding a box in his hand, without a hood.

His skin was as pale as paper, his face was freckled, and his light yellow hair was unkempt and furry at the back of his head.

Hagrid tilted his head sideways to try to see the situation on the other side, and Madame Maxim had a puzzled look on her face, obviously not recognizing the man.

"Who's that?" Hermione muttered, then looked up at Ning An beside her, as if she thought of him as a know-it-all gentleman.

"It's an acquaintance," Ning An chuckled and exhaled, "Little Barty? Crouch, that's Hagrid's supposed headache. ”