“……”

"Excuse me, who's over there?"

‘……’

(ー`?? ー)

'Me! ’

o(?? ^｀)o

"Ahh Finally found it!! ”

At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, beside the beating willows, where no one dared to come here to 'find a fight' and risk their lives to try what it was like to 'find death', Hermione Granger finally found their Professor Anne of the Open Magic Class.

“！！”

"Great!"

Hermione knew that a certain little girl often hid here after catching the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest, and then hid here for the kind of barbecue parties or potions cooking that she didn't know was any good one..... so after not finding each other in Hogwarts Castle and asking for no results, she first walked along the shore of the lake, and after bypassing Professor Pomona Sprout's herb cultivation greenhouse, she finally found the little figure in this place.

Hermione was already thinking just now, if she couldn't find it here, I'm afraid she would have to go into the Forbidden Forest to find it......

However, she didn't dare to run into the dangerous Forbidden Forest alone, because she was not confident enough to think that she could deal with all the unknown dangers lurking in the depths of the dense forest! Besides, Hagrid, the caretaker of the Forbidden Forest, would definitely not let her in, she didn't want to break into it and cause Gryffindor to lose points!

"Annie, I've been looking for you in the castle for a long time, but I didn't expect you to hide here......"

Hermione went straight up, knowing that the horrible beating willow wouldn't come at her with the horrible branches that could shatter a car window or a rock with a single blow.

"People aren't hiding!!"

. (???? ˇ?? ˇ????).

Seeing the arrival of the young Hermione sister she knew, little Annie didn't say anything more, she just answered indiscriminately twice, and then continued to stare at her crucible that was roasting on the fire.

“？？”

Sniff ......

At this time, Hermione, who was approaching the other party step by step, was stunned when she just wanted to ask the other party for some things...... Then, unconsciously, her little head was lifted slightly, and her nose was still twitching, sniffing vigorously at some strange smell wafting in the air.

"What is this, it smells so weird......"

"But it really smells good!"

Now that Hermione had suddenly changed her mind, she thought maybe she could 'have a picnic' with the other person and enjoy it, and then ask the questions she had just wanted to ask after she had eaten and drunk.

“？？”

"Annie, what are you...... Are you boiling that ostrich egg?! ”

Looking carefully at the cauldron on the other side, and the boiling spring water inside, and the cinnamon, lily petals, fig shells, ginger roots, and the messy potions that she didn't recognize, plus the huge conspicuous egg in the middle of the crucible, Hermione couldn't help but ask with some anticipation and curiosity.

Because, as far as she knows, except for some magical animals in this world, I am afraid that the only ones who can lay such a big egg are those African ostriches.

"Ostrich eggs?"

Σ(⊙ω⊙`)？

Hearing that Miss Hermione said it was an ostrich, Anne couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

However, she had no intention of leaving the cauldron or talking to the other party at all, but after glancing at the other party, she continued to turn her head, her blue eyes wide open, staring expectantly at the situation in the crucible, and always paying attention to the size of the magic flame at the bottom of the cauldron and the boiling of the soup in the cauldron.

"It's not an ostrich egg!"

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As for what kind of egg it was, little Annie didn't want to tell Hermione now, because she decided to wait until she ate it in her stomach before deciding whether to say it or not?

"Are you learning to cook that kind of 'tea egg'?"

Hermione had some small anticipation......

"It's not an ostrich egg, so what?"

So she came to each other's side, crouched beside the boiling cauldron that was scorched by the flames, and looked at the tumbling soup and the egg in the soup that fluttered slightly in the enchanting fragrance.

"People don't want to tell you yet!!"

(???? ω????)

You know, this egg Annie only got it while others weren't paying attention, and if Hermione knew about it and said it, it would be a nuisance! And she's the most afraid of trouble, and now it's better to have more than one thing less, so don't talk about it?

At most, when it is cooked, she will divide the other party a little bit, just a little bit, and pull the other party into the water to become an 'accomplice'.

（…… ）

(●￣(??) ￣●)

“……”

"I can't tell what it is......"

For Hermione was sure she had never seen an egg of this type, and it seemed to have some sort of pattern on it...... But, I don't know why, she also has a faint sense of déjà vu?

It's just that she is now attracted by the taste of the soup, and she doesn't want to think about things that are too complicated for the time being.

Click~!

At this moment, a small voice suddenly sounded.

Then, a small crack opened in the shell of the egg......

Although its sound was small and the crack was not too big, the sharp-eyed Hermione could hear and see it clearly, and she believed that Annie beside her must have found it, or she would not have followed her, and carefully leaned forward to the other side of the crucible.

"Is it cooked?"

After looking at it for a while, and realizing that there was indeed a crack in the eggshell, Hermione asked with some uncertainty.

Because according to her understanding, just like when she or her mother boiled the eggs, if the eggshell cracked, in addition to the possibility that it was caused by uneven heating, it was also possible that the egg was thoroughly cooked, so the coagulated egg white burst open?

“……”

(ー`?? ー)

"That...... I don't think so......"

(lll￢ω￢)

With just one glance, little Anne had already roughly realized what was going on, so she was now thinking about whether she might take the opportunity to mend the knife, and then quickly change the cooking method and change the original after-dinner dessert 'Potion Egg' this afternoon to something more meaty and nutritious?

Like what......

A pot of chowder stewed from some kind of tall and tall baby of that magical legendary animal?

(?????? ﹃?? `??)

（…… ）

ε=(???? '●))) Alas

"Isn't it cooked?"

"However, the egg has cracked, doesn't that mean that it is completely ripe?"

Hermione glanced at Professor Anne, who seemed to be a little embarrassed next to her, with some confusion, and she didn't know why the other person would say that.

Click......

At this moment, the egg in the boiling soup in the crucible had cracked with another new crack, and it was shaking slightly, as if something was struggling inside it, so that Hermione, who was about to move forward and get a good look, could not help but be startled.

"Ahh

"That's not right! I remember!! ”

Finally, three years ago, a scene that Hermione had seen with Harry and Ron when she was in her first year crept back into Hermione's mind, and she suddenly came back to her senses and knew what the other person was cooking......

"Annie!!"

"You...... You, you! You actually stole the dragon eggs from the Triwizard Tournament and boiled them?!! ”

An exclamation came out of Hermione's mouth, and the voice was a little louder, and even the beating willow, which was originally very honest and dutiful, couldn't help but shake it twice, as if it wanted to lift its huge vine-like branches to give a fatal blow to some human who had disturbed it?

But, for some unknown reason, after struggling and 'hesitating' twice, it had to be honestly quiet under the threatening gaze of a little girl.

"Shhhhh

|???? ω?? `)！

Little Anne jumped up directly, reached out and covered Hermione's unobstructed mouth, and looked a little nervously to the left and right.

"Miss Hermione, you whisper to me, but don't be heard!!"

(???????? -)??

When he said this, he was actually not admitting himself......

However, there was not the slightest hint of shyness or mind on Anne's face, she only looked around a little, and found that this place was very hidden, and there were no other outsiders here for the time being, and then she was careful to breathe a sigh of relief after their words had not been passed on just now.

"Annie! You're a professor, how can you still do such a thing, what the hell are you thinking? ”

"Oh no, you wait......"

After laughing and laughing and breaking free of the other's hands, Hermione lowered her voice and questioned the little girl professor who was still in the mood to smile and didn't think it was a big deal at all.

Then, suddenly, she remembered something more important in front of her, and she quickly drew her wand and aimed it at the egg in the crucible.

"Yugadim Leviosa!!"

With Hermione's skillful spell casting and the wave of her wand, the dragon egg, which was constantly heated in the tumbling potion soup, was directly carried out by the levitation charm, and was quickly placed on the grass beside it.

Ka~Kaka......

Immediately afterward, the unknown dragon egg, which had a strange pattern and was one size larger than an ostrich's egg, was placed on top of it, and it began to tremble violently again, and the cracks on it were still trembling and getting more and more.

"Anne ......"

"Dragon eggs are certainly not cooked with water, and, as you might not expect, when I was in first grade, I saw Hagrid hatch a dragon egg...... At that time, when he was hatching his Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon, he roasted it directly on the fire, which was much warmer than what you put in the soup!! ”

Looking at the egg of a dragon that had survived the soup pot and was about to hatch soon, Hermione glared angrily at a little girl professor who was said to have a lot of 'antecedents' and had recently been obsessed with cooking.

Actually, she felt a little strange just now, and she didn't know how the other party would hide in such a place when she boiled an egg...... It turned out that she was going to cook a live dragon egg?!

“……”

(ˉ▽ ̄~) cut ~~

Anne said: She herself has never boiled a dragon egg from this world before, how does she know if it can be cooked in water? Besides, how would you know if you didn't try it yourself, right?

Of course, looking at the cracked egg in front of her, which had just been pulled out of the cauldron, she didn't have to think twice about what was going to happen next.

"Looks like it's going to hatch in a little while......"

(lll￢ω￢)

What a shame......

If she had known that this would be the case, when she dared to get her hands on it, she should have smashed it open, and then found a larger frying pan, sprinkled a few drops of soy sauce, and made it directly into poached eggs...... In that case, the thing won't hatch with any promises.

However, there must be no play now, because the egg is about to turn into a little dragon, and it will definitely not be able to eat it, and besides, the spicy one is small, and there are not a few pieces of meat, so she might as well fight the idea of the four-headed female dragon who has just been transported to school!

"Wait ......"

∑(?? △｀)？！

"You just said, how do you know that the first event of the Triwizard Tournament is against the Fire Dragon? Hermione, it seems like this is still a secret, right? ”

(，?? ▽??，)？

You must know that the competition program of the Triwizard Tournament is in principle kept secret from all the players, because once it is known by the warriors in advance, it will lose part of the meaning of the game.

Therefore, Anne was a little curious, I don't know how the Hermione in front of her knew that the event of the competition was a fire dragon, because even if she was one of the judges, she only learned this morning that those guys got four big guys who were holding nests and hatching eggs last night, and then at noon, she took the opportunity of those people to go to lunch, and quietly took a spare egg here to conduct her research?

That's right, research!

In short, for Professor Anne, who has recently focused on studying the various edible and medicinal properties of magical beasts, the act of taking a dragon egg is not too serious! Anyway, there are so many eggs, there are four whole nests, and it won't be a big deal to take one or two, right?

"Huh?"

"This ...... Harry actually told me secretly that he had seen them being transported to Hogwarts yesterday while following Hagrid in the Invisibility Cloak, and had heard their conversation......"

Hermione suddenly became a little embarrassed and cramped.

Because, this thing is really not so glorious...... Even, in a sense, she and Harry did cheat? Otherwise, she wouldn't have thought about it for a morning, and then ran to this little Professor Anne in front of her to find a way to deal with the fire dragon.

Of course, there's no rush to ask for advice on how to fight the fire dragon, and there are still many days before the first event.

"It's really cheating......"

(lll￢ω￢)

Sure enough, Anne knew that none of the so-called competitions, sweepstakes, or public events were reliable or fair, and they were full of the kind of behind-the-scenes manipulation and cheating routines, even here at Hogwarts!

Otherwise, the cunning old man Dumbledore and the crazy fake Professor Moody wouldn't have treated that Harry Potter in a different way and turned him into a warrior in the Triwizard Tournament.

"Huh?!"

Σ(⊙ω⊙`)？

Suddenly, Anne, who was just about to think about how to deal with the gadget that was about to hatch, heard a rustling sound from outside before she could think of a way or make a move......

Sounds like someone is squeezing through the tall weeds and looking for the man-beating willows?

“！！”

!？ (??''????)??

"Miss Hermione! Let's get out of here first!! ”

(* ̄▽ ̄)o ─═≡※:☆Clean up!

In an emergency, with a wave of Anne's hand, a standard Hogwarts wandless spell was cast, and then soon, the crucible and the flame that had just been placed on the ground to heat up disappeared, and even the flattened and charred turf was instantly restored to its original state.

At the same time, with a flash of blue arcane light, she and Hermione beside her disappeared in an instant, leaving only the failed cooking 'potion egg' still 'clicking' and shaking on the grass.

'Hagrid! ’

'Did you find anything over there?' ’

'Sorry! Charlie, haven't ...... yet'

‘……’

"If you can't do it, don't look for it yet, it's estimated that you won't be able to find such a small thing......

As the two teleported away, after a while, a voice came from afar...... Listening to the kind of conversation in the form of a call between the two sides, it is clear that they are looking for something?

'No! ’

'Let me look for it again...... I've lost a Pegasus, I can't lose another ......

'Wait! ’

'Oh! Merlin's beard, ah......'

Soon, as the sound approached, a startled sound of urn gas sounded, followed by a coarse exclamation.

'Hey! Charlie! ’

"Come over here and have a look, I said, it's true that Yaya heard movement here, come and take a look!" ’

'Hagrid, what did you find......

'Don't ask, come and see!' ’

Soon, the voice of Hagrid, who was clearly the key keeper of Hogwarts and the caretaker of the Forbidden Forest, rang out not far from the beating willow, and was shouting and talking to some people further away.

‘！！ ’

'That's ......'

'Not true! How could it be here, ready to hatch?! ’

'But it doesn't look like anyone has been here......

'So how did it get here?' ’

'Sorry, Charlie, don't ask me, I don't know!' ’

‘……’

With Hagrid's exclamation, several wizards soon arrived, and found the missing Hungarian tree bee's egg, which was about to hatch, but it finally made them all breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, according to the relevant regulations on fire dragons, it is forbidden to keep dragons privately! Therefore, those eggs must not be left outside, even if they are trampled by the fire dragon itself or smashed by them, they will definitely not let any of them disappear for no reason, that is quite a serious matter, otherwise, they would not have been so nervous just now, and they have been searching around here aimlessly for so long.

'Hey! ’

'Charlie, you'd better not go over now......

Suddenly, when the cracks on the egg were getting more and more, and the eggs of the Hungarian tree wasp were about to hatch, the wizard named Charlie was about to step forward to take it away, but was quickly grabbed by Hagrid on the side.

'What's wrong, Hagrid? ’

'We have to hurry, it's coming out soon, I've got to go check it out now!' ’

Charlie began to struggle, and in one fell swoop knocked out Hagrid's large hand that had been holding his shoulder, and was ready to walk forward with his leg raised.

'Don't! Charlie! ’

'Listen to me, you can't go over now, look at that willow tree, it's a precious beating willow......

'I bet if you dare to lean in, you'll be broken in the head!' ’

‘！？ ’

So what are we going to do now, just watching? ’

‘……’

'I can't deal with it, but I think Dumbledore or Professor Pomona Sprout will have a way......

'Oh! You see, it's coming out......'

Soon, the Hungarian tree bee finally broke through the eggshell and burrowed its head.

Although it was small, but its little head was covered with hideous spikes, it couldn't help but look curiously at Hagrid, Charlie and the others who were watching it from a dozen steps away, but they didn't dare to approach it.

'Shhh~! ’

Then, after a small growl, the little Hungarian wasp spewed a small flame at the branches of the willows that hung down from its head, and then crawled excitedly towards Hagrid......

'It's fascinating!' ’

It looks like it's healthy, too...... Wait, not good!! ’

At this time, Hagrid, Charlie and the others just wanted to do something, however, they were completely too late in time, so they could only watch in vain as a thick branch of the beating willow was thrown off violently!

Syllable~!!

With a crisp slapping sound, the thick willow that slammed down directly slapped the little fire dragon that had just come out of its shell and dared to die and set fire to it far away......

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