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"How did she find out?" Harry wondered.

"What? You know Hagrid is—" Ron's mouth opened wide in surprise.

"It was Hagrid himself," Harry said, whispering to Ron about Hagrid's previous night's love that he was a half-blood giant in front of Lady Maxim.

The expression on Ron's face suddenly became very serious, seeing the expression on Harry's face as if he didn't know what the giant's identity was conscious, he wanted to open his mouth to explain it to Harry, but he felt that it was a bit inappropriate to tell Harry about the cruelty of the giant at this time.

After telling Ron about what had happened last night, Harry turned to Malfoy and yelled, "What do you mean? 'We all hate Hagrid'? What kind of bastard is this! ”

Then he pointed to Crabbe, "He was bitten hard by a Flober caterpillar?" They don't even have teeth! ”

Crabbe giggled, visibly smug.

"Alright, I think it's time to end this idiot's teaching career." Malfoy said, eyes sparkling, "Half-blood giant, I thought he just drank a bottle of oxytocin when he was a kid." Parents of students won't say yes, they're worried that he's going to eat their kids, hahaha! ”

"You-"

"Are you listening intently?"

Professor Graplan's voice reached the boys. At this time, the girls all gathered around the unicorn and stroked it. Harry was furious, and as he stared at the unicorn with a distracted gaze, the Daily Prophet article trembled in his hand. Professor Grapeland was enumerating many of the magical properties of the unicorn, and she made her voice loud so that the boys could hear it.

"I wish she stayed, this female teacher!" Parvatipetil said, at this time the class was over, and everyone was returning to the castle for lunch, "This is what I think of as a class on the protection of magical creatures, a decent animal like a unicorn, not a monster... ”

"What about Hagrid?" As they ascended the stone steps, Harry said angrily.

"What is he going to do?" Parvati said coldly, "He can still be his hunting ground."

Guards, aren't they? ”

Parvati had been cold to Harry since the ball. It was indeed Harry who had missed first, throwing his dance partner aside and peeking at Akihari. But after all, they were just dance partners and not lovers, and it was a bit mean for her to deliberately announce that the man from Beauxbatons, who had been dating at the ball, was dating in Hogsmeade.

"It was a really good class." As they walked into the auditorium, Hermione said, "I don't know half of what Professor Grapeland told us about unicorns—"

"Look at this!" Harry roared angrily, shoving the Daily Prophet article under Hermione's nose.

Hermione's mouth opened wide in surprise as she read the article.

"How did she find out? Wait," Hermione asked, as if thinking of something, "Harry, did you spot a beetle near Hagrid last night?" ”

"I think about it, it seems to be one, and I remember, it was lying on a stone reindeer." Harry said.

"That's right, and it did." Hermione's expression seemed to understand everything.

"What do you know, tell us?" Ron asked hurriedly.

Hermione was about to speak, but she saw Maple pass by them, and her face pulled down suddenly, and then she walked past Maple quickly with a stiff face, as if she was striding forward angrily.

Seeing that Harry and Ron also walked past him with calm faces, Maple smiled bitterly in his heart, a scumbag is a little difficult to be!

Harry did treat Hagrid as a family member, and after the divination lesson in the afternoon, Harry pulled Ron and Hermione out of the castle and walked through the ice-covered grounds towards Hagrid's cabin. They knocked on the door and heard the muffled barking of their teeth.

"Hagrid, it's us!" Harry shouted, pounding the door, "Open the door!" ”

Hagrid didn't answer. They could hear teeth scratching at the door, whining and whispering, but the door didn't open. They pounded heavily for more than ten minutes. Ron even went over and knocked on a window, but there was no response.

"Why is he avoiding us?" Hermione said that at this point they finally gave up and walked towards the school, "He doesn't think we mind if he's a half-blood giant, does he?" ”

However, it seems that Hagrid does care. They didn't see him for a whole week. He was not seen at the faculty table during mealtime, nor did they see him on the grounds performing his duties as a ranger. Professor Grapeland continues to serve as a substitute teacher for the Conservation of Magical Creatures class. Malfoy gloated at every opportunity.

"Missed that half-human, half-demon buddy of yours?" Whenever the teacher was around, he was sure that Harry would not dare to retaliate, and always whispered to Harry, "Missed that elephant-like guy?" ”

In mid-January, there was another opportunity to go to Hogsmeade. Harry Ron and Hermione left the castle together and walked through the cold, damp grounds towards the school gates.

It's just that Hermione was carrying a school bag with a few books she had just borrowed from the library. She hadn't thought about how to solve the problem of breathing underwater, so she didn't forget to bring a few books with her to read during the rare leisure time of Hogsmeade.

As they passed the large ship of Durmstrang moored on the lake, they saw Victor Krum walking from the cabin to the deck, wearing only a pair of swimming trunks. He was very thin, but he looked quite strong, and I saw him climb to the side of the ship with agility, stretch out his arms, and plunge into the water.

"He's crazy!" Harry looked at Krum's black head floating in the middle of the lake and said, "It's January, and it's going to be cold!" ”

"It's much colder where he's coming from than here." Hermione said, "I think it's pretty warm for him." ”

"But there's a giant squid in the lake!" Ron was a little worried, he still wanted Krum's autograph, but he didn't want anything to happen to him.

"He's really good, you know." Hermione said, "He's Durmstrong, but not at all what you think. He told me he preferred us here. ”

Not long after they left—

"Ahh

"Wickdore!" After Durmstrang students rushed to get Krum up, they asked, "What happened?" ”

"Big squid! Entangle me, I can't swim up! Krum pointed to the Black Lake and said with a sigh of relief.

After Krum was helped back to the cabin by the others, a figure gradually appeared a few dozen meters away...

As he wandered the streets, Harry kept an eye out for Hagrid. When he was convinced that Hagrid was not in the store, he offered to sit down at the tavern with three brooms.

The tavern was as crowded as usual, and Harry's eyes quickly scanned all the tables and found no Hagrid. With a heavy heart, he walked to the bar with Ron and Hermione and bought three glasses of Butterbeer from Mrs. Rosmerta.

"Doesn't he ever go to the office?" Hermione suddenly whispered, "Look! ”

She pointed to the mirror behind the bar, and Harry saw Ludo Bagman, sitting in a dimly lit corner with a group of elves. Bagman lowered his voice and said something to the elves quickly, who all crossed their arms in a menacing look.

Maple didn't want to expose his relationship with Bagman in front of the goblins, so he just gave Bagman some money to pay back to the goblins first, and canceled the bet with the goblins.

But these goblins also kicked their noses in the face, and forced the cowards to pay a lot of liquidated damages after Ludo Bagman wanted to cancel the gambling contract.

But now in winter, when it's cold, the eight-eyed giant spiders are all gathered in caves to hibernate, which is not suitable for catching, and Maple naturally won't help Ludo Bagman pay off his debts for free.

Maple only gave Ludo a small amount of money to deal with every time he encountered a goblin. But the money given by Maple was less than a tenth of what Ludo owed, which naturally did not satisfy the elves.

This time, Ludo Bagman was blocked by the goblins again, and a fierce argument ensued between the two sides, just in time for the three Harry.

This immediately made Harry suspicious, today is the weekend, there is no Triwizard Tournament event, there is no need for referees, how can Bagman be in the Three Broomsticks Tavern?

Ludo Bagman glanced over the bar and saw Hermione, just about to stand up. Suddenly, it occurred to me that it was rumored among the students that his benefactor seemed to have broken up with this girl, and then sat down again.

After seeing Harry and them, Ludo Bagman seemed to be a little smarter, and he immediately had an idea.

"You don't want the Hogwarts students to find out about my debts, and then poke them out. If it's the same as now, I can continue to get some money to pay you back, but if you want to break it up, you'll never be able to recover the rest of the debt. ”

The elves paused for a moment, then threatened Ludo Bagman before they got up and walked away in a huff.

Seeing that the goblins were finally gone, Bagman secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and he could drag it out for a while.

Then he stood up and put the finishing touches on it, he didn't want the three Harrys, who were suspicious of seeing this, to spread the bad news of what had happened to him and the elves.

"Harry, Miss Granger is there, and I want to congratulate you again on a job well done against that tree bee." "It's amazing! ”

"Thank you." Harry and Hermione spoke briefly, but there was little enthusiasm on their faces, and it seemed that they were really suspicious of what had just happened.

"It's an absolute nightmare, goblins!" "They don't speak English well, it's like going back to the Quidditch World Cup, tangling with the Bulgarians, but at least the Bulgarians can make the comparisons and make people understand."

These guys are grunting and talking about their turkey talk, and I only know one word about turkey talk. Bradwa, which means 'knife, sword'. I was reluctant to use the word for fear that they would think I was threatening them. ”

He let out a low, short laugh.

"What do they want?" Harry asked.

"Well, well, that's right," Bagman thought, and then suddenly came up with a brilliant excuse, "They, well, they're looking for Barty Crouch." Yes, that's it! ”

"Why did you come here to him?" Harry said, "He's in the Ministry of Magic in Lundun, isn't he?" ”

"Well, to be honest, I don't know where he is." "He, he's suddenly not coming to work." It's been two weeks now. His assistant, young Percy, said he was sick. It seems that he is constantly sending owls to instruct. But don't tell anyone about it, okay, Harry? Because Rita Skeeter was so pervasive that I dare say she would have added fuel to Barty's illness and described it as a catastrophic event. She would probably say that he also disappeared like Bertha Jorkins. ”

"Is there any news from Bertha Joggins?" Harry asked.

"Nope." "Of course, I've sent someone to look for it, but it's very strange. She must have arrived in Albania because she met her second cousin there. Then she left her second cousin's house to visit an aunt in the south, and disappeared without a trace.

I just don't know where she's gone, she doesn't look like the kind of person who eloped and absconded, but who knows...

Ahem, we're just talking about what the leprechauns and Bertha Perkins are doing here? By the way, how did you study the golden egg? ”

"Well, we've got a clue." Harry said.

"Oh, that's hello. Well, I hope you guys get a good result in your next project! Well, goodbye! Bagman felt the same, and after encouraging Harry and Hermione, he hurriedly said goodbye to them, and soon left the tavern.

Hermione opened her bag and took out a few books and handed them one to Harry and Ron, one of her own, and they began to rummage through the books to find ways to breathe underwater.

It's just that Harry and Ron have only turned dozens of pages before a nasty guy walks into their sight—

Rita Skeeter walked in. She wore a banana yellow robe today, her long nails painted a dazzling pink, and she was followed by her big-bellied photographer. She bought a drink and walked with the photographer through the crowd to a nearby table. Harry, Ron, and Hermione all glared at her when they saw her.

Rita Skeeter smiled when she saw them, and she was worried that she couldn't find any news material, when she saw Harry, her eyes widened behind her jeweled eyes.

"Harry!" She said, smiling, "Great! Why don't you come together—"

"Even if I ride a ten-foot broomstick, I don't want to come near you!" Harry said angrily, "Why did you do that to Hagrid? ”

Rita Skeeter raised her eyebrows, which were drawn thickly.

"Our readers have the right to know the truth, Harry! I'm just fulfilling my—"

"Who cares if he's a half-blood giant or not?" Harry shouted, "There's nothing out of the ordinary about him! ”

The whole tavern fell silent at once. Mrs. Rosmerta looked out from behind the bar, and she was pouring mead into the jug, which was overflowing, and she didn't notice it.

Rita Skeeter's smile flickered slightly, but she immediately re-anchored it. She opened her crocodile leather handbag, pulled out her shorthand pen, and said, "Would you like to tell me what you know about Hagrid, Harry?" The humanity behind a body of tendon flesh? Your puzzling friendship, and the reason behind it. Do you see him as a father? ”

Hermione jerked to her feet, clutching the butterbeer as if it were a grenade.

"You nasty woman," she said through gritted teeth, "you don't care about anything, as long as you can get a story, you don't let anyone go, do you?" ”

"Sit down, you stupid little girl, don't talk nonsense about things you don't understand." Rita Skeeter said coldly, her gaze becoming cold and fierce as it fell on Hermione.

"Let's go," Hermione said, putting the books in their hands back into their bags, "Hurry up, Harry, Ron—"

They left, and many people looked at them. As he walked to the door, Harry glanced back. Rita Skeeter's shorthand pen was pulled out, swishing back and forth across a piece of parchment on the table.

"She's going to deal with you next, Hermione." As they hurried down the street, Ron lowered his voice and said worriedly.

"Let her try!" Hermione said nonchalantly, but trembling with anger, "I'll give her something awesome!" Am I a silly little girl? Hmph, I'll make her pay. First for Harry, then for Hagrid... ”

"Don't mess with Rita Skeeter," Ron said nervously, "I'm serious, Hermione, she'll dig up some of your circumstances—"

"My mom and dad don't read the Daily Prophet. She's not going to scare me into hiding! Hermione said, "And Hagrid won't be hiding anymore!" He shouldn't be upset by this talk! Come on! "She's striding and walking fast, and it's been hard for Harry and Ron to catch up with her.

She ran and led them through the gates guarded by winged boars on either side, and across the field to Hagrid's hut.

The curtains were still tightly drawn, and they could hear the cries of teeth as they approached.

"Hagrid!" Hermione shouted, banging on his door, "Hagrid, that's enough!" We know you're inside! Nobody cares that your mom is a giant, Hagrid! Skeeter's nasty woman, you can't let her get her way! Hagrid, come out quickly, you're not in-"

The door opened, and Hermione slammed her mouth as she realized that it wasn't Hagrid who was facing her, but Albus Dumbledore.

"Good afternoon." He said happily, looking down at them with a smile.

"We-um-we want to see Hagrid." Hermione said softly.

"Ah, I've guessed," said Dumbledore, his eyes shining with a witty light, "why don't you come in?" ”

"Oh, well, okay." Hermione said with some annoyance.

She, Ron, and Harry walked into the cabin, but they didn't see Dumbledore suddenly blink behind them, with a very funny look on his face.

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