Sending away Hagrid, who had come over to drink butterbeer, Chu Xiaobai suddenly remembered something. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the original story, Hagrid's acquisition of the dragon egg and hatching the baby dragon was the first episode near the end, and before that, there were events such as 'Midnight Duel' and 'Halloween Troll Attack'.

It's not Halloween yet, so why is it already related to dragon eggs?

Feeling that there was something wrong with the order here, Chu Xiaobai couldn't help but think about it, and after pondering for about half an hour, he finally thought of a possibility - could it be that as early as one day before Halloween, Hagrid had been contacting a friend to find dragon eggs for him?

Among the various magical creatures, there are some that are harmless to humans, and some that are quite dangerous and forbidden for humans to touch at will.

Whether it is the fierce and fierce Hungarian tree peak dragon or the Welsh green dragon with a milder personality, any fire dragon is a dangerous species among dangerous species.

Just like ordinary people in the real world want to raise fierce beasts such as tigers and lions, in the Harry Potter plane, wizards want to raise fire dragons privately, which is also a very complicated matter.

Either they go to the dragons' habitat to be a researcher or breeder, or they have a monstrous background, in short, except for a very few people, ordinary wizards are not allowed at all.

Like a living dragon that has hatched, dragon eggs are also contraband.

The circulation of any kind of contraband is not something that can be done in a sentence or two. Even if Voldemort had many vassals and followers, it was impossible for the Death Eaters, who were under surveillance and restrictions, to get their hands on the dragon eggs casually.

It will take some time to get the eggs, and it will take some work to get into contact with Hagrid.

Hagrid wasn't brainless, just a little more innocent.

Knowing that it was a violation of discipline to ask someone to get dragon eggs, Hagrid would definitely take all kinds of precautions in advance to avoid leaking the news - it is the same as bypassing customs smuggling, and Hagrid will not rush to place an order until he confirms the identity of the other party and makes sure that the other party can really be trusted.

In other words, it will take a while from the time Professor Quirrell gets in touch with Hagrid in the guise of a mysterious merchant and until Hagrid begins to trust him and entrusts him with getting a dragon egg for himself.

After sorting it out, the final conclusion was that Hagrid had already asked someone to find the dragon egg before Halloween, and in the middle of a while, there was a 'Halloween attack' time, and then, Professor Quirrell got the dragon egg, and took advantage of the time to hand the dragon egg to Hagrid, who was drunk because of the excitement, to get a trick to deal with Lowe.

A few days go by in a flash. In the blink of an eye, it's another weekend.

Harry Potter is going to a Quidditch training camp, Ron is being captured as guinea pig by his twin brothers, Neville, who thinks he has become smarter, and Hermione, who is born to learn, all go to the library, intending to learn more about it.

The little ones won't come over to their side, and Chu Xiaobai is also a lot more relaxed. After all, today is the day to make an appointment with Hagrid to meet 'friends' together, and if the little ones still plan to come over for dinner, Chu Xiaobai will have to think of an excuse to send them away first.

After breakfast with Hagrid, the two set off for their part.

I thought I was going to the Leaky Cauldron in Diagon Alley, but to Chu Xiaobai's surprise, Hagrid actually led him to Hogsmeade Village, which was near Hogwarts.

"Hagrid, why is this here? I mean, it's so close to Hogwarts, aren't you afraid of being discovered? ”

Hogsmeade is the only village in the whole of Britain where there are no Muggles for wizards, and it's a very unique little village full of cottages and shops with thatched roofs - and not just because of the beautiful scenery of the village itself, and the enchanted candles hanging from the trees on holidays.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is located right next to the Great Lake, which originates from this village; The Hogwarts Express also terminates in the village, where the students' new school year begins. There is a path along the shore of the lake that leads from the station to Hogwarts Castle.

The school, including Headmaster Dumbledore and Hagrid, the school and teachers loved to come to Hogsmeade. As for students, the school has a policy that only students in grades 3 and above are allowed to go there on certain Saturdays and must have a signed permission from a guardian.

Chu Xiaobai was not an underage student, and he had been with Hagrid several times in the past few months. Occasionally, he would come here on his own and buy some candy from Duke Honey's candy store to deal with the little ones who came to the door from time to time to eat and drink.

It was precisely because he was very familiar with this place and knew that he would often meet other teachers in the school here, that Chu Xiaobai questioned Hagrid's appointment to meet here.

"It's okay, it's so noisy in the pig's head bar, no one will notice us."

"Well, you have the final say." Since Hagrid patted his chest and slapped the package ticket, what else could Chu Xiaobai say?

While chatting and continuing to walk forward, the two of them soon came to the pig's head bar located on the corner of Hogsmeade Village Road.

Several of the windows here were covered with a thick layer of dirt that barely let in the light, and some candles were lit on the rough wooden tables. The bottles of butterbeer were covered with a thick layer of ash, and the air was filled with a strong smell of what could be lamb. Almost everything here is dirty, from the floor to the roof, and even the air.

There are two pubs in Hogsmeade, the other of which is called Three Broomsticks. In contrast, the pig's head bar is not only a cut down on class and taste, but perhaps it is because of the low consumption that comes with this messy and filthy environment that the pig's head bar attracts some interesting and eccentric customers - the customers in the bar are all hooded or veiled, and it seems fashionable to hide their faces here.

Do you think that by covering your head and face, you can avoid the eyes of others? While pondering Hagrid's psychology, Chu Xiaobai couldn't help but secretly complain - don't you look at your physique? If you wear a cloak, you can use it for hair. To put it mildly, even if it is burned to ashes, your ashes will be half a box more than others.

What's more, the owner of the Pig's Head Bar is not an ordinary person, but Alforth Dumbledore's own brother, Aberforth Dumbledore.

Don't look at Aberforth's sloppy appearance and rough temper, in fact, it is all his disguise. Aberforth, who has the same bloodline as Dumbledore, will not be much lower than him even if his magic strength is not as good as Dumbledore. In fact, in the sixth part of the original book, Dumbledore personally confirmed Aberforth's identity - he was not just the owner of a dirty little pub, but secretly he was also the eye for Dumbledore to gather intelligence.

With enough strength and the task of 'monitoring anomalous movements', how could Aberforth not be able to spot Hagrid's small movements?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the place chosen by Hagrid was unreliable, and Chu Xiaobai couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

In a trance, the pig's head bar has arrived. Hagrid took the lead in pushing the door and walked in, following behind him, Chu Xiaobai also felt a burst of oncoming noise.

"Give me a butterbeer." Walking to the bar, Hagrid took out the big cup he was carrying, and turned his head to explain to Chu Xiaobai: "When you come here to drink, everyone will bring their own cups." As for the reason, you know~. ”

"It's not hard to guess, is it?" Just by looking at the environment in the bar, you can see how unclean the glasses are. Chu Xiaobai shrugged his shoulders, and took out a glass for drinking draft beer from the space: "Bring me a glass of butterbeer too." ”

Aberforth was quick and immediately made a beer for the two of them. Perhaps thinking that the edge of the bar was too conspicuous, Hagrid chose an empty table in the corner and pulled Chu Xiaobai over with him - he wanted to go directly to the 'friend' connection, but because the guests in the hotel were wearing hoods, he couldn't tell who was who, so he could only choose a stupid way - find a place to sit first, and wait for the other party to take the initiative to come to the door.

Before I knew it, a while had passed, and two large glasses of butterbeer had been drunk.

"Hagrid, why hasn't that friend of yours come yet? Are you sure you remember the time and place correctly? After waiting for so long, no one came to the door to say hello, and felt a little strange in his heart, Chu Xiaobai couldn't help but ask Hagrid.

In fact, Professor Quirrell had already arrived at the hotel early, and had also seen the arrival of Hagrid and Chu Xiaobai early. The reason why he didn't come over to meet the two of them was because Chu Xiaobai was not included in his plan, and in order to avoid the failure of the plan, Professor Quirrell decided to take a look at the situation first.

"No, I remember it very well. Saturday, ten a.m., Hogsmeade Village's Hogsmeade's Pig's Head Bar. Yes, no problem. ”

"Then why hasn't anyone come here until now? It's almost eleven o'clock. You're someone else's house, but you haven't found us, and with your physique, I don't think anyone would be so stupid as to recognize you. ”

"Maybe there's something delayed on the way? Don't worry, let's wait a little longer. So, by twelve o'clock, if no one has come at twelve o'clock, then we won't wait. ”

"Okay."

As he spoke, there was finally movement. A man in a black cloak and hood sitting in another corner suddenly stood up and walked through the narrow gap to the table where Hagrid and Chu Xiaobai were: "Can I sit here?" ”

"Kemer, my friend, you're finally here~." Hearing the voice of the visitor, Hagrid happily stood up and gave him a hug.

Chu Xiaobai also stood up, he was looking at the person hiding in the cloak. Although it was only for a moment, Chu Xiaobai still noticed that something was wrong - whether it was height or size, the person in front of him didn't seem to look like the Professor Quirrell he knew.