Chapter Seventy-Five: Empathetic Elena

Strictly speaking, there is no summer in Scotland.

Except between June and August, there is a small amount of rain almost every day.

Hogwarts in the Scottish Highlands apparently didn't avoid this natural pattern, and when Elena woke up in the morning, there was a light rain in the sky.

The giant's long unkempt hair, which stood at the door of the auditorium, was now covered with a thin layer of white sand, and it looked as if someone had sprinkled a handful of salt on top of his head, adding a bit of old age to him.

"Oh, Hagrid, come in. ”

Dumbledore beckoned happily and said earnestly to the disappointed freshmen in their seats, "Mr. Hagrid will be in charge of guiding you in the rest of the matter, and I hope you will follow Mr. Hagrid's arrangements as carefully as you do with other professors." ”

The little wizards are no strangers to the giant who just led everyone across the lake last night. To be more precise, among the entire school staff, Hagrid is indeed the one who has the most contact with the first-year wizards so far.

Therefore, with the exception of Draco Malfoy, who complained a little, most of the young wizards, after a brief period of frustration, quickly obeyed Dumbledore's arrangement and eagerly followed Hagrid out of Hogwarts Castle.

The rain had stopped, which made Elena happy.

The sky is a crisp pale gray, and the grass under your feet is wet and elastic to step on.

The little wizards looked back and saw for the first time the castle in full view during the day: the blue-gray brick walls of the castle were clinging to the edge of the castle, and the diamond-shaped or round windows were still covered with crystal water.

"Looking back, you still have seven full years to take a closer look. ”

Hagrid, who walked at the front, shouted, startling the young wizards who stood there in a daze with their heads up.

"Come on, go this way. Be careful with your step, the grass may be a little slippery. The giant muffled.

After stepping out of the castle and getting some fresh air, Hagrid became less nervous than before. The group descended the grassy slope, through the field, and walked in the direction of a black dense forest at the edge of the field.

"Wait, there's the Forbidden Forest over there. Professor Dumbledore had said that students were not allowed to enter there. ”

Hermione frowned and whispered to Elena.

Not long after leaving the auditorium, the first-year freshmen, who had been separated by the colleges, were once again grouped together according to the groups on the train, and everyone whispered to each other as they walked and exchanged gossip and observations in their respective house lounges.

Walking at the forefront of the team is naturally the "Moonlight Eight" with a certain white-haired ball as the core. Oh no, now there's one more little tail, Hannah Abbot, and the number has expanded to nine.

"I'm not going to go in there. ”

Hearing Hermione's words, Draco Malfoy, who had been driven to the front by Elena, suddenly stopped, his voice filled with a hint of fear, "If my father knew that this [basic life skills training] at school was here, he would beβ€”"

If you're scared, you can hide behind the girls right now and wait until your dad comes to pick you up. ”

Ron Weasley, who was walking beside Draco, shrugged his shoulders and said quickly with a pretended nonchalant expression, "George and Fred have been in there several times, and they haven't seen any danger. ”

"Another little Weasley brother, right?"

Hagrid, who was walking at the front, felt the commotion behind him, stopped, glanced at Ron's fiery red hair and freckles on his face, his thick black eyebrows wrinkled, and said with a bit of a headache.

"Breaking school rules is not something to be proud of, there are too many dangers in the Forbidden Forest. In order to get the twins out of the Forbidden Forest, I had to patrol back and forth several times almost every night. ”

There are so many secrets hidden in the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts that even Hagrid can only say that he can roughly understand less than a third of them.

As the Warden of the Hunting Grounds, one of Hagrid's main responsibilities is to prevent students from entering the Forbidden Forest, while the other is to detect any changes in the Forbidden Forest in time and report back to Professor Dumbledore to assess whether the school needs to intervene.

Harry Potter also gradually stopped, and looked at Hagrid with some hesitation, "So, Hagrid, we don't really want to go in, do we?"

"No, of course we won't go into the Forbidden Forest. In fact, we are already there. ”

Hagrid turned his head, a friendly smile on his bearded gruffy face, and raised his arm to wave it in front of his right, sending a cheerful bark in the distance.

At the edge of the forest farm stands a lonely log cabin, surrounded by a simple wooden fence with a reclaimed mud field, which looks like it is going to be used to grow vegetables.

A large black hound was wagging its tail and running towards Hagrid from the direction of the cabin.

"Oh no, Toothtooth, now is not the time to mess around. Professor Dumbledore has given us a very important job. ”

Hagrid smiled and shook his head, crouched down and stroked the dog's head, motioning for him to sit down on the ground first.

Turning to look at the young wizards around him, Hagrid took a piece of parchment from his bosom, glanced at it quickly, carefully folded it into his arms, and clenched his fists nervously.

"Alright then, let's get started. This is our regular meeting place for the coming week. From the edge of the tree farm to the castle area, it is all part of the activities of first-year students. ”

Hagrid stomped his foot, stretched out his arms and drew an irregular circle in the air, took a deep breath and continued.

"Then, taking into account the particularity of first-year students, in order to be more in line with everyone's physical conditions. Professor Dumbledore has assigned an assistant among them to assist me with the rest of my training projectβ€”Elena Kaslana, please come with me. ”

Before Hagrid could finish speaking, almost all the young wizards subconsciously set their eyes on the silver-haired little witches who were gathered in the center of the crowd.

There is no doubt that if there is any peer who can convince everyone unanimously, it must be Elena who is far superior in strength and knowledge to students of the same level, and can get along with everyone.

The corners of Elena's mouth curled, her eyes narrowed triumphantly, and she slowly stepped forward under the envious gaze of the little wizards, her long silver hair dangling happily behind her.

As the proposer of the entire military training plan, she naturally thought about how to escape from this big pit.

She is not interested in accompanying these little children to relive the military training life, and one of the important purposes why she must let Hagrid serve as the "instructor" of the first grade is to make herself a reasonable "teaching assistant".

In such a precious experience, if there is no onlookers holding cold drinks and fruits, there will be some regrets, and a good girl like her who is empathetic can't watch such things happen.

"Next, let me explain to you the importance of [basic life skills training] and the items involved. ”

The silver-haired little Lori's eyes flashed with excitement, revealing a pure smile like an angel, and said softly.

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Try to write more today.

The first watchman beast is not completely evolved - two days and three watchmen.