Chapter 197

On the first day of school, something big happened at Hogwarts.

That afternoon, during the third grade wizards' lesson on protecting magical beasts, and the first lesson Hagrid taught to the young wizards as a professor, an accident occurred......

The rain had long since stopped last night, and by one o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was clear.

The grass beneath their feet was soft and damp, and the young wizards chattered on the grass as they headed northeast of the castle to prepare for their first lesson in protecting magical creatures.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were all looking forward to the lesson, as they were all friends with Hagrid and were genuinely happy that Hagrid would be a professor at Hogwarts.

However, as they walked along the road, they soon saw three very familiar backs walking in front of them, thin in the middle, strong on both sides, officially Malfoy and his two henchmen.

Only then did the three of them realize that this magical beast protection class was taken by Gryffindor and Slytherin students together, and their psychology couldn't help but add a bit of gloom.

At this time, Malfoy was talking to Crabbe and Goyle with a teasing smile on his face, and the two were giggling and looking silly.

Harry didn't have to think about it to know what they were laughing at.

Ever since learning about Harry's "record" of being scared out by the Dementors last night, Malfoy has caught the matter and told Crabbe and Goyle every few minutes, and from time to time he looks ridiculous as if he was about to pass out.

As for the way he himself shivered with fear when he saw the Dementors yesterday, he instinctively forgot about it......

Not far from the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid was standing by the door of his hut waiting for his students.

He was dressed in a moleskin coat, and every now and then he stomped his feet twice, with a textbook in his hand, and the hound tooth wagging its tail at his feet.

"Come on, little ones, hurry up!" As the students approached, he shouted in a loud voice, "There's something good to treat you today!" It's about to be a great lesson! Has everyone arrived? Okay, follow me!"

This was Hagrid's first class as a professor, and he was eager to show himself and prove his abilities in front of his students, as well as to validate Dumbledore's vision and reduce the complaints of individual parents.

In fact, Hagrid's qualifications were not enough to teach the Conservation of Magical Beasts class.

He was expelled from Hogwarts as early as his third year for a crime that did not belong to him, and has since dropped out of school. This is exactly what the young Voldemort and Tom Riddle framed for Hagrid.

Suspects on charges are not allowed to be professors at Hogwarts.

More than fifty years ago, Riddle was leading the basilisk in Hogwarts when he misunderstood Salazar Slytherin's wishes and wanted to teach the hemp wizards a lesson.

He himself didn't expect that the basilisk actually accidentally killed a little witch named Myrtle.

In order to avoid the castle closing due to the inability to catch the real culprit, Riddle, who did not want to return to life in the orphanage, blamed Hagrid, who secretly raised an eight-eyed giant spider.

Headmaster Dippett expelled Hagrid, and if it weren't for the strong protection of Dumbledore, who was still the Headmaster at the time, Hagrid would probably have spent the rest of his life in Azkaban. ….

Since then, Hagrid has been a loyal supporter of Dumbledore.

In fact, even if there was no fatal incident, the fact that Hagrid was raising himself in Hogwarts Castle was enough to get him expelled, as Newt did back then.

However, after the basilisk was captured by Dracula, the mystery of the secret room of the year has been solved.

Dumbledore teamed up with Newt, the world's best magezoologist, to bribe the ghostly victim Myrtle with a handsome portrait of Dracula that he secretly made, and the three of them came forward to vouch for Hagrid, so that Hagrid was completely exonerated of the crime of the year.

After being cleared, Dumbledore officially hired Hagrid as the professor of the Conservation of Magical Beasts class at Hogwarts on the grounds that he had been dealing with Fantastic Beasts for many years and had enough knowledge of Fantastic Beasts.

Since then, Hagrid has completely turned over, as long as there are no big problems in his next teaching, it will not be a big problem to keep the identity of this professor!

……

Hagrid led the third-year wizards along the edge of the woods, and five minutes later, they were outside a paddock where the young wizards watched curiously.

"Everybody come to this fence!" He suddenly shouted, "yes, just stand like that...... Stand where you can see. Now, the first thing you have to do is open the book......

"How do you open it?" Thorny Draco Malfoy said in his cold, long voice.

"Huh?" Hagrid froze.

"How are we going to open the books?" Malfoy repeated it coldly.

He pulls out his Magical Beasts Protection textbook, The Monster Book of Monsters.

By this time, the book had been tied with a rope. Others brought out their books, some like Malfoy tied their books with ropes, others in sturdy bags or with large clips.

Since the professor of this year's Magical Beasts Conservation class has been changed to Hagrid, he also wants to change the textbook of this course to give the students some special experiences.

As a result, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", which had been written by Newt for many years, was honorably retired, and "The Monster Book of Monsters" became a textbook for a new generation.

In some ways, this book can be said to be the most important textbook in the history of textbooks - the most worry-free textbook for students.

It's a beautiful book with a green cover and a golden title on it. But its ferocity is completely different from its appearance.

[In view of the general environment, this kind of book can run back and forth on its own, and likes to bite people with its own fangs, and may even tear up another book together.]

The owner of the Blotted Bookstore, who had worked with Hogwarts for many years, couldn't stand it anymore and vowed that if it was still the book in the next school year, he would not buy it directly, otherwise he would have to bear the risk of being bitten and the loss of tearing up one of the two books......

This is really not something that the average bookstore can afford!

"No...... Will no one be able to open this book?" Hagrid said as he looked at the tightly bundled book in front of him, looking a little dejected. ….

Whatever it was, the Gryffindor and Slytherin students shook their heads.

"Actually, it's good to pick up these books." Hagrid said as a matter of course, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, "Look at ......."

He took Hermione's book and tore off the tape that bound it. The book was meant to bite, but Hagrid's index finger slid from top to bottom on the crest, and the book immediately turned from fierce to shivering, and then silently opened himself.

"Oh, how stupid we are!" Malfoy was still sneering, "We should go through these books!" Why didn't we think of it?"

"I...... I think these books are very interesting." Hagrid said hesitantly.

"Oh, that's so interesting!" Malfoy said, "How clever it is to give us the book that wants to tear off our hands!"

"Shut up, Malfoy." Harry said quietly.

He hoped that Hagrid's first lesson would be a success, or at least that it would go smoothly and not be disrupted by Malfoy.

"So...... So you all have books...... Oh...... Now all you need are magical creatures." Hagrid said. He seemed to be confused and stumbled in his speech. "yes, I'm going to find the magical beasts to show you, wait."

He walked straight away from the students and into the Forbidden Forest, where he was lost sight for a while.

"Merlin, this place is going to end." Malfoy said loudly, trying to attract attention in a pompous way, "This kind of stupid teaching, if I tell my father, he won't be angry—"

"Shut up, Malfoy." Harry interrupted again.

"Be careful, Potter, there's a Dementor behind you!" Not to be outdone, Malfoy shot back.

……

It wasn't long before Hagrid returned with twelve strange-looking magical animals.

These magical beasts have the body, hind legs, and tail of a horse, but their front legs, wings, and head appear to be those of an eagle, as well as a sharp beak the color of steel and large bright orange eyes.

The claws on their front legs are half a foot long and are so sharp that they look lethal. Each beast had a thick layer of feathers around its neck and a long chain tied to it, the ends of which were held in Hagrid's large hand.

Hagrid followed the animals and walked slowly to the paddock.

"Go over there!" He shook the chain and yelled at the animals to come to the fence where the class was standing, and tied the creatures to the fence.

"Hippogriff!" Hagrid excitedly waved a hand and introduced to the young wizards, "They're pretty, aren't they?"

Indeed, the sight of this half-horse, half-bird animal is shocking, but after the shock has passed, it is easy to admire its shiny fur, which smoothly transitions from feather to fur, and is of different colors: dark gray, bronze, pink sand, shiny chestnut, and finally jet black.

Hagrid then began teaching the students how to show respect for the Hippogriff and gain their trust.

Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle weren't there in the first place, and they were unhappy that Dumbledore had made Hagrid, a big man with a close relationship with Harry's trio, professor, and was always trying to sabotage the class. ….

But when Harry managed to gain his trust, rode a Hippogriff, and flew around Hogwarts Castle for a week, Malfoy's mood finally couldn't hold back.

In fact, he was not the only one who couldn't contain his excitement, the other young wizards also got inspiration from Harry, and one by one cautiously walked into the paddock.

Hagrid unfastened the chains one by one, and soon there were people bowing nervously all over the paddock.

Neville fled several times from his chosen Hippogriff, which seemed unwilling to bend its knees; Ron and Hermione each bowed to a chestnut Hippogriff, and Harry, who had already experienced it, watched.

Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle chose Buckbeak, which Harry had ridden, as their object of practice.

Buckbeak was a winged beast with a pretty good personality, and he bowed to Malfoy first, trying to gain his respect.

However, Malfoy only saw the result of Harry riding Buckbeak, but not the process of him gaining respect.

The three little wizards, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, did not listen at all, and Malfoy patted Buckbeak's beak very arrogantly, looking disgusted, completely guilty of the taboo of the Hippogriff.

"It's easy," Malfoy said, unaware of the danger, in a long voice, loud enough for Harry to hear, "If Potter could do it, I know it would be easy...... I bet you're not dangerous at all. Isn't it?"

He sneered at Buckbeak and said, "You're not dangerous, are you, you big ugly brute?"

A dangerous glint flashed in Buckbeak's eyes, and steel-gray claws swung out.

Malfoy let out a terrible scream, and Hagrid, seeing that the situation was not good, immediately tried to put Buckbeak, who was still struggling to pounce on Malfoy, back into its collar.

Malfoy, who narrowly escaped the disaster, curled up in a ball on the grass, his robes stained with blood.

"I'm going to die!" Malfoy screamed in a panic, which made all the little wizards panic. "I'm going to die, look...... It's killing me!"

His words were actually quite funny, but combined with the blood on the ground, they looked quite scary.

"You're not going to die!" Hagrid said, his face extremely pale. "Who's going to help me...... He must be carried from here to the school infirmary!"

Hermione ran to open the door, and Hagrid lifted Malfoy's lanky body with ease.

They walked by, Harry

A deep, long gash was seen on Malfoy's arm, and blood was pouring down to the grass.

Hagrid held him in one hand and ran briskly up the slope toward the castle.

The students in the Conservation of Magical Creatures class were shocked and followed. The Slytherin students shouted bad things about Hagrid together.

"They should fire him right away!" Pansy Parkinson said loudly, tears streaming down his face.

She had always considered herself Draco Malfoy's pure-blood little girlfriend, and she began to feel distressed when she saw Malfoy being hurt.

"But it's clearly Malfoy's fault!" Gryffindor's Dean Thomas retorted sharply.

The two big men, Crabbe and Goyle, flexed their muscles menacingly and confronted the Gryffindor wizards.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione didn't have time to ignore the nonsense of the Slytherin students, and got rid of them and returned to the tower of Gryffindor. They were extremely worried about Hagrid, but didn't know what to do to help him.

"You say he's going to be okay, right?" Hermione asked nervously.

"Of course it's going to be fine, Madam Pomfrey will be able to sew up the wound in about a second." Harry said.

As a regular visitor to the school infirmary, Harry had seen firsthand how the head nurse had miraculously healed him of a much more serious wound than this.

"But it's terrible that something like this happened to Hagrid's first lesson, right?" Ron said, looking worried, "Malfoy is sure to make a mess......

……

As they expected, Malfoy was unwilling to accept his own injury, and wrote a letter back home the same day as the school infirmary.

At the school board meeting over the weekend, Lucius Malfoy stormed the Hogwarts Board room......

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