Chapter 43: The Fire Dragon (2)
"Dragon!" Harry's scalp tingled, he didn't expect his friend to get into such a big problem, "Hagrid has always wanted a dragon, and he told me that the first time I met him. β
"But it's against the law," Hermione solemnly closed the book, "and at the Wizards' Congress in 1709, a bill prohibiting dragon breeding was officially passed, and everyone knew it. β
Harry, who didn't know about this, looked at his good brother Ron, but he didn't expect Ron to nod: "If we have dragons in the back garden, it's hard not to let Muggles notice us."
Moreover, it is very difficult for you to tame them, which is very dangerous. You should really look at the burns on Charlie's body, which were left to him by the Romanian dragon. β
An hour later, they knocked on the door of the hunting ground guard's hut. They were surprised to find that all the curtains were drawn tightly. Hagrid first shouted, "Who?" He let them in, and then quickly turned around and closed the door.
It was suffocatingly hot in the cabin. Even though it was already a cold November, the roaring fire still burning in the fireplace was hotter than usual. Hagrid brought them tea and a ferret sandwich, which they politely declined.
"Hagrid, can we open a window? I'm hot to death. Harry wiped the sweat from his head.
"No, Harry, I'm sorry." Hagrid said. Harry noticed him glancing towards the fireplace. Harry turned his head to look at the fire.
In the middle of the fire, under the kettle, lay a large black egg. Ron said, crouching down to the fire and looking at the big egg with interest.
"Hagridβwhat's that?" Hermione's breathing began to rapid, and her lips pursed into a straight line.
"Dragon Egg!" Hagrid said with a slight ostentation, "The cards I won at Hogsmeade a few weeks ago have been in the fire for days. β
"Hagrid!" Hermione screamed, "I can't believe you're really going to raise a dragon." β
"Shhhhhh Be quiet! Hagrid quickly put a thick index finger to his lips and motioned for Hermione not to make a noise. Then he opened a slit in the curtain and looked out.
"Don't worry, little Hermione. No one knows how to raise dragons better than I do. β
"You see," Hagrid said from under the unicorn's fur cushion, pulling out a thick tome of books, "Raising Dragons for Pleasure and Profit," borrowed from the library, and when they hatched, they put their eggs in the fire, imitating their mother and exhaling at them. After birth, feed it a barrel of brandy with chicken blood every half hour......"
"Hagrid," Harry had to interrupt the spirited half-giant, "I must remind you that you live in a wooden house. β
Hagrid was about to reply, when suddenly his face changed to his faceβhe jumped to his feet and ran to the window. "What's going on?"
"Somebody peeked through the curtain just now β it's a boy β running into school."
Harry jumped to the door and looked out. Even from a distance, he would never admit his mistake.
Malfoy learns about the dragon egg.
"Good," complained Harry as he walked out of the cabin, "and now we have to worry about Hagrid besides Nicol Lemay. What would Hagrid do if someone found out that he was illegally raising dragons in his cabin? β
"We should tell Headmaster Dumbledore about this." Hermione huffed.
Without even thinking about it, Harry shook his head and said, "Headmaster Dumbledore might kick Hagrid out of school." β
"Are you going to wait for someone from the Ministry of Magic to come and capture Hagrid in Azkaban?" Hermione raised her voice.
"Hey, Harry," Ron interjected, "I think Hermione makes sense, even if we don't tell Headmaster Dumbledore, we should at least tell Professor Capet that he's a professor in the Magical Beasts Conservation class, isn't it?" β
Harry and Hermione looked at each other, agreeing that it was a good idea.
Soon, the three little ones came to Calvin's office.
After a chaotic noise, Calvin opened the door.
"Harry, and Hermione and Ron" Calvin greeted the three with his hair dishevelled and his face not very good, yawning as he greeted the trio, "Come in, what's the matter with me?" β
Calvin asked the three of them to sit on the couch, waved his wand, tidied up his meter, picked up a candy from the table and ate it, and his complexion instantly improved.
"Do you want a piece of candy? I see your face is a little pale, is it too windy outside? Calvin looked at the three who were a little nervous.
"No, no need, thank you." Harry stammered, "Actually, we have some questions for you. β
"First of all, I'll answer all the questions about Nicol Lemay." Calvin took a sip of the coffee brought by the civet cat and regained his composure.
"No, Professor, we want to ask some about the fire dragon, we want to know more about the fire dragon." Hermione said with some trepidation.
"Fire dragon?"
"Yes, you know, we didn't find as much detail about fire dragons in your book as other magical beasts, so we wanted to ask."
"Yes," Ron chimed in, "what if Harry had to face a fiery dragon alone one day?" β
"Well," Calvin pinched his eyebrows, "you're two years away from taking my class." Even in the Magical Beast Protection class, I would only give a cursory introduction to the Fire Dragon, a Tier 5X dangerous animal, in my fifth grade. β
"Well, Professor Capet, I've heard that when the dragon is born, it is fed a barrel of brandy with chicken blood every half hour. Is this true? Hermione asked cautiously.
Calvin pursed his lips contemptuously: "Hmph, "Raising Dragons for Fun and Profit." If you're not afraid of burning down the house, do as it says. β
Harry and Ron shuddered as they listened.
"How can you read a book like this?" Calvin looked at Hermione suspiciously.
Hermione grew her mouth and couldn't speak for a long time.
"You don't want to raise dragons, do you?" Calvin looked at the three of them whose faces were getting paler.
"No," Harry replied with a shudder, hesitating for a moment before deciding to tell Calvin the truth. This is certainly not a betrayal of a friend, on the contrary, for his good.
"It's Hagrid, he's got a dragon egg, and it's been incubating in the fire for days."
"Hagrid?" Calvin put down his coffee cup with a solemn expression, "Yes, this is what he will do." β
"And, Malfoy knows." Ron added, "He's going to tell Hagrid, the Ministry of Magic forbids dragons." β
Calvin seemed to think of something: "No, the Ministry of Magic is just a minor issue?" β
"Minor questions?" Hermione didn't understand why Calvin was so calm.
"Yes, minor problems. The biggest problem now is: how did Hagrid get this dragon egg? Calvin picked up his trench coat from the hanger and hurried to Hagrid's cabin.