Ravenclaw students are often hailed as the brightest of the four Branches, but they are still students and have a long way to go in their quest to discover the mysteries of magic. If it was a professor standing here, he would have noticed how wrong it was that a broomstick was receiving guests, but in the eyes of the fledgling students, Matt, who could use the bristles on the broomstick's head to dial the abacus, was just an ordinary part of the "magic magic".

If everyone knew that it could "speak", could write, and had its own unique set of materialistic desires and aesthetics, many people might change their minds, but Matt is a thoughtful and cautious broomstick, and it has been lying in the broom shed of Hogwarts for so many years, not to be torn to pieces by some wizard who claims to be an expert in the name of research.

If given a choice, it wouldn't really want to be a waiter here. However, 5 to 10 percent of the turnover will be converted into a higher grade of wood wax oil, and for the sake of this part, it is not impossible to agree...... Of course, the taste of unearned is always the sweetest.

Matt impatiently pushed the bowl full of copper nuts forward, motioning to the Hufflepuff students who had just bought a whole bottle of the Qi Pill to make their own change, while thinking irresponsibly in the mind that physics couldn't explain exactly where it grew.

……

Hagrid cheerfully brought a large plate of rock crust cakes of his own making, placed them in the middle of the table, arranged the wooden cups the size of a rugby ball according to the head, and then crouched down in front of the stove, humming an unobtrusive tune and waiting for the water to boil—he showed his kind and hospitable nature every time someone came to the cottage. While the tea served at the end was usually as black as ebony and the biscuits were hard enough to blow someone's head, Harry would symbolically pick up a piece and pretend to put it in his mouth so that he wouldn't upset Hagrid...... Then secretly put it back when he wasn't looking.

You can't blame them for cheating on the subject, even the British, and the magic-savvy English, can't beat such horrible food (if that's really food). Neil once stole a piece out of boredom and sharpened it with a file and a grinding wheel before getting a table knife with the aroma of baked wheat flour. He used it as his own cutlery for half a month with a playful mentality, and then it sloppy because he inhaled too much water in the process of repeated cleaning.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" Hagrid asked with a smile as he glanced at Harry and Ron, who were each holding a piece of rock skin cake.

"Nothing special." Harry said, "Sorry to borrow your home, Hagrid, but we can't think of anything else to keep secrets. ”

Hagrid waved his fan-sized hand nonchalantly, "Hey, don't take it personally, I'm always welcome here—but...... What do you want to talk about? Neil too? ”

Neil, who was stroking a tree guard pot with an inexplicable greedy expression, turned his head when he heard this: "I seem to have heard some...... If you don't feel like it. Mr. Professor, do you think I'm not trustworthy or useless? ”

"Nope! I mean...... I, I didn't mean that. Hagrid was a little embarrassed, "I just don't think it's rare to see you and Harry act together with the three of them - where did Hermione go when that said?" ”

"Oh, she said she was going to the library first—" "She's already at the door. ”

Ron was slightly stunned, as if he couldn't figure out why Neil suddenly said that, but as soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside. He stood up on his tiptoes and looked out the window, just in time to see Hermione's fluffy brown hair.

"This is truly a god! How do you do it? As Hagrid went to open the door, he leaned in to Neil and whispered, "Ah, I see, you can smell it, can you?" I remember Neville saying you can find Riff by smell. ”

Neil shook his head with a smile: "God, how can a person with a mother and sister in the family be so inconsiderate...... Listen, Mr. Weasley, don't say that to Miss Granger's face. Besides, I don't have that much at it - I just hear the sound of someone stepping all the way across the lawn. ”

Harry's expression seemed to say that this "ability" was no less than the previous one, but by this time Hagrid had already opened the door and let Hermione in. She was holding several heavy books in her arms, and she looked slightly panting, obviously trotting all the way here.

"Miss Granger, we're talking about you." Neil stood up and moved a chair for her, and Ron, who was stabbed by the phrase "lack of thoughtfulness", hurriedly stepped forward to take the stack of books that looked rather heavy, "Welcome back, it seems that you have gained a lot in the library." To tell you the truth, I've always dreamed that when I was flipping through old books in the library, I could find the treasure map that my predecessors had sandwiched inside, but unfortunately it never came true. It doesn't have to be twelve million francs, of course it's the best......"

Hermione, who had been running all the way from the library, didn't care about dealing with his stupid words, picked up her cup and poured two sips of the tea she had just poured, only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and fall into the chair behind her: "I went to the library and read all the books related to evil spells again—listen, Harry, I'm not mistaken!" Snape was definitely casting a curse on your broomstick, and his actions at the time were exactly as described in the book, and ......"

"Wait!" Hagrid interrupted with a frown, "Are you still suspicious of that?" I've already told you that there's no way Professor Snape could do that to a student! What's in it for him? ”

"Yes, I said that, too, but they just don't want to hear it......" Neil added in a thoughtful whisper.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione exchanged glances, not knowing what to tell him. Harry decided to tell the truth.

"I found out something about him." "On Halloween Eve, he tried to pass the big dog with three heads in the restricted area and was bitten," he said. I happened to bump into him when he was hiding in Filch's office and bandaging him, and I saw blood on his legs, and we thought he was trying to steal something from the big dog's guards......"

This had an effect Harry had an unexpected effect.

Neil froze suddenly, his expression full of shock, as if he had suddenly heard something that someone else should have told him a long time ago. He desperately wanted to confirm the truth of the news, but Hagrid's mouth was faster than his.

"Wait a minute, you know Luwe?"

The four men in the hut looked up at him at the same time, three of them surprised that Hagrid knew about it, and the fourth simply couldn't believe that he had slipped his mouth. Seeing the latter's expression, Hagrid, who realized that he was in trouble, slowly covered his mouth, his eyes dodging and not daring to make eye contact.

"Love? Who is Lowe? ”

"It's the big dog with three heads in your mouth. I bought it from a Greek, and Dumbledore told me to take it into the castle to guard it - oh hell! He slapped himself on the head hard, "Listen, I didn't say anything, don't ask about anything that has nothing to do with you......"

Unfortunately, although he tried to remedy it at the first time, the previous gaffe clearly reached the ears of the three people.

"Caretaker......" Harry repeated slowly, a flash of inspiration in his mind, "I see! It's the one you took out of Gringotts' vault 713, right? On the day you took me to Diagon Alley! ”

Harry became more and more affirmative, and the clues he provided in turn inspired others to think further.

"Aha!" Ron slapped his face, "That makes sense!" Snape tried to steal what was kept behind the big dog, and he tried it before Halloween, but failed. Now he's going to kill Harry again to buy himself more time - oh my God, we have to stop him! ”

"Nope! No! Hagrid shouted as he waved his arms in vain. The expression on Neil's face looked like he wanted to rush up and strangle him to death, lest the broken mouth reveal more secrets, and Hagrid almost thought for a moment that this was not bad, "It's not what you think it is!" Snape...... Anyway, he's never going to steal it! He's a teacher! ”

"I don't think that's a compelling reason." Hermione pointedly pointed out, "If you put your hopes in Snape's work ethic......"

"Nope! No, no, no! Hagrid closed his eyes in agony, shaking his head frantically like a dog flicking water from his ears, "You don't understand! Teacher...... A lot of people were involved in it, and it was a pact between Dumbledore and Nicol Lemay—"

"Nicol Lemay?" Harry said, "Who is he?" Why do you want to keep things at Hogwarts? ”

"Ah!!!!h

Hagrid roared in despair. His fellow giants are not expected to make such a miserable noise when they are defeated in a battle for the position of "Gugo" (meaning "leader"), and when their rivals have their hands and feet cut off and thrown to death in the ice and snow.

"Enough! Get out! You all get out! ”

Violence has proven to be shameful but useful. With just one hand, Hagrid pushed the trio outside, who looked like they had something to ask, closed the door, plugged in the latch, and pressed it with all his body weight...... After this series of ostrich behaviors, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he suddenly found Neil still in the house, sitting in a chair looking at him with empty eyes.

"Let's get out of the way, Mr. Professor."

He said expressionlessly.

"This is the first time since I set foot on English soil that I have had such a strong intent to kill a person – tell me, did you do it on purpose? Headmaster Dumbledore instructed you to leak this information at the 'right time'? Well, better so, or I'll be unable to resist the urge to grab your collar and shake it back and forth. ”