Chapter Ninety-Six: It's Small, It's Small
There are only six days left until the final exam!
Harry didn't know how he was spending his days these days, but he hadn't heard back to Professor Slughorn in a while.
What kind of dragon farm, what kind of magic stone, these things he doesn't care about now, Harry can't sleep all night now, and his mind is all about exam revision, so he really envy Clark.
So where is Clark now?
"I'm pretty good, right?"
Clark was standing by the window of the library with Hermione at the moment, looking out the window at the little wizards who were wandering on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and said with a slight smugness.
"Yes, the rumors have spread successfully, and it seems that Nobeta is ready to make an official appearance."
Clark was not stingy with praise either, and praised sincerely.
The two walked back to the long table and sat down, it was still full of books and notes, it was obvious that the two of them should have been reading and reviewing just now, and then they were attracted by the movement outside the window.
"Are you sure it's today?" After sitting down, Hermione asked curiously while absentmindedly flipping through the "Modern History of Magic" in front of her.
As soon as Clark heard this, he guessed her thoughts, nothing more than wanting to go to the Forbidden Forest with him to see, as a Gryffindor, the Academy's soul deflection ritual made her more "brave", and I don't know if this is a bad thing or a good thing.
However, this time he went to the Forbidden Forest, not for a vacation.
"Of course not, I have to do a good job of calculating the date to make sure everything happens naturally on that day."
"And your task is just as important," he looked Hermione into the eye, "you need to do your job as a wise man, and guide our savior at the right time to find out what the problem is." ”
Hermione was silent, and Clark saw worry and a hint of guilt in her face, and after a long moment she said tentatively:
"Does it have to be Harry? I mean, why do we have to take Harry with us? You and I are enough, he is useless at all, there are not many spells, and maybe it will hold us back. ”
Clark smiled, "Hermione, don't underestimate anyone, know that the wealth of knowledge can invite arrogance, we have to be wary of this, Harry can naturally use him, at least in the beginning, we need him." ”
Hermione opened her mouth and slurped before she spoke, "You know I didn't mean that." ”
Seeing that she was a little sullen, Clark quickly diverted the topic again. Of course, he understood that Hermione was not looking down on Harry, but simply didn't want to involve Harry in this dangerous matter.
"How are you reading the few books I asked you to read? Did you find anything or wonder? ”
As he spoke, he clicked on a large stack of thick books placed between the two of them.
The cover of the book depicts a wizard riding on the back of a fiery dragon, and the flames that erupt from the dragon's mouth are flashing in large golden letters: "Species of Dragons of Great Britain and Ireland."
"I'm done," she said, turning the page of the book, and a green dragon of light and shadow emerged from the page, tilting its head up to the sky and letting out a silent roar.
"Oh, it's the Welsh Green Dragon." Hermione reached out to block the image of the green dragon's breath spewing at him, "Actually, it's okay, at least I know a little bit about most of the fire dragons." ”
"But I do have a problem, Clark, and the book says that there are fire dragons in the UK, such as this Welsh green dragon and the Hirsidire black dragon.
There are others like the Swedish short-nosed dragon, the Norwegian spinysaurus, etc., but why is it that only those dragon families in Eastern Europe have a monopoly on the dragon breeding in the wizarding world? ”
"Are you worried that my plan will draw the displeasure of Professor Dumbledore? Or do you think my plan isn't working? ”
As soon as Clark heard Hermione's question, he immediately understood the meaning behind her words.
Since there are wild dragons in Britain and some other countries, his argument to break the monopoly of dragon materials in Eastern European wizarding families is not valid.
"Yes," Hermione was exceptionally calm at this moment, although her eyes were still full of trust when she looked at Clark, but she was also an excellent witch with her own thoughts.
"The plans you mentioned are really very inspiring and exciting. If it was just Harry or Ron, they would have been carried away by the dragon raising thing.
But when I came back and looked at what you said, the whole thing wasn't as bad as you said. Although it is true that the dragon breeding industry in the United Kingdom is not very developed, it is not enough to say that it has been controlled by foreigners.
After all, there are only so many wizards in the British wizarding world, and the demand for these fire dragon raw materials is also very small. I don't think Professor Dumbledore will have to put that much effort into pushing this forward.
What you said to Hagrid like that was more like using them. ”
Hermione saw through the words?!
No! Clark dared to guarantee his life, but he was telling the truth.
There was not a trace of shame on his face, "So what? What do you think is the truth behind this? ”
Hermione pondered for a moment before guessing, "Based on what I've seen, I can only deduce that you are trying to use this incident to transfer Headmaster Dumbledore away." But I don't understand, I can see that something is wrong with this, and Headmaster Dumbledore is so wise that it is impossible not to see it. How can you be sure that he will go according to your arrangement? ”
Clark glanced around.
If Hogwarts is the crown of knowledge, then this library on the fifth floor of the castle, with thousands of books, thousands of shelves, and hundreds of narrow corridors, can be regarded as the most dazzling jewel in the crown.
Even the principal's office is a little inferior to it.
In this place, the fragments of the godhead of the god of knowledge are extremely active, and even if he can't extract and use the surrounding concept of "knowledge", Clark is not at all worried that someone can use the illusion charm to touch his side and eavesdrop on the conversation between the two under his active perception.
As for the Cloak of Invisibility?
It was still in his box, and Clark had borrowed it from Harry under the pretext of going to the Forbidden Forest to take care of Nobeta.
Because of this, the mission conditions of his [Stealth] and [Hide] skills have been brushed up.
"It's small, it's small!"
After making sure that none of the young wizards around him noticed them, Clark shook his head and began to point out.
"I don't deny your speculation just now, pushing Hogwarts to establish a dragon farm was indeed a move by me to dismiss Professor Dumbledore.
With Headmaster Dumbledore's wisdom, he must have thought of this, and besides, do you think Hagrid can really keep a secret in front of Headmaster Dumbledore? I'm afraid that as soon as he sees Headmaster Dumbledore, he will recruit everything. ”
A half-blood giant who was in the headmaster's office at this moment sneezed hard.
"But so what, my trick is Yangmou, and the principal has to take it."
Clark was smiling happily.