The monster at the door of the principal's office was open, and Nicks went straight upstairs, and heard an argument at the door, and he knocked lightly.

"Come in."

The Knicks pushed the door in. There wasn't much in the headmaster's room, and Hagrid sat on the couch, which was miserable. The Knicks felt like he was no different from sitting on the floor, and even when he sat down, he was still taller than the Knicks.

Snape and Fake Moody parted ways, their faces flushed and they looked at each other angrily. I guess there was just a quarrel.

Dumbledore rested his hands on the meditation basin with a puzzled expression.

Nick noticed that the image in the meditation basin was from yesterday's office in Professor McGonagall's office.

When Hagrid saw Knicks coming in, he hurriedly said, "Dumbledore, it can't be that Nix stole it, he wants to tell me directly, there's no need to steal."

"I know, Hagrid." Dumbledore calmed Hagrid and turned to Nyx and said, "Nix, is there anything you want to say to me?"

Nix was stunned, you called me here Okay, ask me if I have anything to say, is this really clueless? Although he had a suspicion in his heart, but now that the other party was present, he still didn't say anything, and after thinking about it, he asked.

"Headmaster, the warriors of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang have come to me, they want a potion, do you want to give them to them?"

"I think you can sell them the potion." Dumbledore winked at the Knicks and said, "I'm sure you have a way to make them less dangerous, right?"

Nix was a little confused, drinking the potion would definitely enhance his strength, how could it not be dangerous.

Then I thought about what the problem was.

Dumbledore was saying "less dangerous", not to make them less powerful. There are many ways to do this.

Harry and the others participated completely out of Dumbledore's expectations, and Dumbledore didn't care at all about whether Harry could win or not, he wanted to make sure that Harry's life was not in danger.

In a normal battle, when the strength of the two sides is about the same, it is not so easy to keep your hand, and you will be killed if you are not careful, but if one of them is strong enough to crush the other side, then it is much easier to keep your hand, and Fleur and Krum should not want to kill Harry.

To be on the safe side, potions can be used to change their personalities, the most typical is to give the Malfoy family a potion recipe, the Sun Pathway, to make them friendly. br>

The fake Moody's objected, "No, it's too dangerous. What if I miss?"

Dumbledore: "Trust me, Moody, he can do it, Lupin is the best proof of that, he doesn't have to worry about transformation anymore."

The Knicks understand why the fake Moody is against it, he needs Harry to win the championship, and giving Fleur Delacour and Victor Krum would be tantamount to increasing the difficulty of the mission.

To his surprise, Moody was really trusted by Dumbledore, and after he reminded Dumbledore that Moody was infected by madness, he still didn't notice Moody's problem.

Even if Barty Crouch Jr.'s brain occlusion is very advanced, and his mind is infected by madness, and the Dementor cannot be used, Dumbledore still has the ability to audience potions, and can observe Barty Crouch Jr.'s emotions inadvertently.

This is not revealing, it only shows that Dumbledore trusts Moody very, very much.

"Headmaster Dumbledore, Knicks......" Hagrid was interrupted by Dumbledore as soon as he spoke.

"Hagrid, Snape, and Moody didn't find any traces, it can't be a student, the student can't do it without leaving a trace, there were a lot of wizards who came yesterday, anyone can possibly."

The Knicks looked at the fake Moody. Anything that happens at school, his first thought is Barty Crouch Jr. doing something. It was prejudice, but at least this time he guessed correctly, the fried tail snail was indeed stolen by Barty Crouch Jr., and the reason was simple.

Anti-magic.

Anti-magic is rare in the wizarding world, with the most recent anti-magic incident being when Voldemort went to Harry's parents.

Barty Crouch Jr. believed that Voldemort must have been interested in anti-magic.

He went to Hagrid's hut overnight to get some whelch shells, and took a few adult snails. I was going to use the post office to mail things away today, but I haven't fried the snails yet

Before he could send it out, he was called by Dumbledore and went to Hagrid's hut with Snape to check the scene.

The result, of course, was nothing. Even if there are traces, they will be disposed of secretly.

There was silence in the office for a moment.

Dumbledore spoke, "Severus, take Nyx away and let him pick some herbs from your collection."

"Okay." Snape turned to the Knicks, "Let's go, Mr. Lestrange. You'd better make the potion in front of me, and don't think about taking the materials with you."

Dumbledore explained, "Moody, I'm sure you'll find something, go to Hagrid's hut again, of course there's no hurry this time, you can have breakfast and then go."

"Okay." Fake Moody greeted Hagrid, pulling out a flask and taking a sip as he walked.

The Knicks followed behind Snape, and when he heard Dumbledore's words, he thought that it would be strange if he could find it, and he was afraid that if he found a clue, he would be eliminated on the spot.

Leaving the principal's office, the Knicks whispered, "Hagrid, are there any more conch shells?"

"Not much, do you still want it?"

"Well, help me collect them all, I've got a great idea. By the way, the fried snails were stolen, can you find more? I'm afraid we don't have enough for each of us in class."

Nicks deliberately steers the conversation towards the breeding of the snails, reminding him not to tell anyone how the snails came about.

Hagrid was saddened by the loss of the snails, and said in a low voice, "It's definitely not enough, you can only share one among a few people, they are difficult to cultivate."

Snape, who was walking in front of the Knicks, suddenly stopped, and Knicks' words reminded him. The number of fried tail snails is not large, and the few lost ones are not useful for research, but they can reproduce more.

"Hagrid, how is this thing going to breed?"

"Well, I don't know. At least one male and one female, right? It's a whole new magical creature, and I'm still observing." Hagrid said embarrassedly.

"How did you breed so much?" Snape's brow furrowed.

"This, that." Hagrid's heart was empty. "Probably not very legal."

Snape's eyes narrowed, "Illegal cultivation?"

"Uh, yes. I got a ...... during the summer vacation."

Snape interrupted, "If someone asks you how you raised it, chances are he stole it." After saying that, he turned around and left.

Nicks lagged behind and said to Hagrid, "I'll go to Professor Snape and get some materials and I'll find you."

"Well, I'll wait for you, did you eat breakfast? Wait a minute, I can bring your share."

Thinking of Hagrid's craftsmanship, Knicks shuddered, "No, I just ate it."

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