Chapter 16: The title is eaten
The dragon eggs brought back by Hagrid are still in the growth stage, so now the four little ones have the job of taking care of the eggs in addition to studying, and Kritz is on the front line to ensure that the materials on the dragon's body can be obtained, and the others? Probably just curiosity.
However, when he comes to Hagrid's hut to take care of the dragon eggs, he always runs into an annoying figure - Quirrell.
I don't know why he has been in the Forbidden Forest so often lately, even Hagrid doesn't know that he has entered, if it weren't for the invisibility cloak that can't hide from Krizz's eyes, he really won't find anything, but Kritz doesn't plan to meddle with things, since the professor doesn't trouble him anymore, why do you have to trouble the professor, or get the materials on the dragon's body first, of course, because Dumbledore has explained, don't care about Quirrell's strange actions.
However, not going to cause trouble doesn't mean trouble won't come to him, and after a grueling Defence Against the Dark Arts class, Kritz is left behind.
"Professor, do you have something to do with me? The next lesson was Potions, and Professor Snape wouldn't like me being late. ”
"Actually... Also... Nothing.. Why.. Heavy.. Something, I... Wondering... Dao, you few. God, why.. Often.. Heading for the Forbidden Forest? ”
Just as Krietz had found him, Professor Quirrell had spotted Creez in the wooden room, and Quirrell, no, Voldemort was a little suspicious of it.
He even felt like he had been exposed, yes, he was the one who controlled Draco with the Imperius Curse, and it was he who implied that Kritz was the one who used the Require Charm.
In his mind, Kritz must have passed his name as the son of a Death Eater, and now Voldemort is in need of help, and he thinks very simply, suggesting that Kritz use the Death Curse and then save him, so that this kindness is enough for Kritz to follow him willingly.
If Voldemort's strength hadn't been weakened to the point that even being alive would have been a problem, he wouldn't have used this method of his youth, just using his strength to bring Kritz to his knees.
But apparently, Voldemort miscalculated, and Kritz found the clue.
"Ah, yes, Hagrid has something I'm interested in, so I want something from him."
"Gu.. Body.. Yes, what? ”
Quirrell hesitated when he heard this, he didn't think of the fire dragon for the first time, the dragon egg was given to Hagrid by Quirrell in disguise.
"I can't tell you that I promised Hagrid to keep it a secret for him."
"Yes, that's right... Is it? Okay, you go first. ”
Although it was inexplicable, Kritz didn't care, after all, whether Quirrell was Dumbledore or not, there was no possibility that he would attack someone in this castle.
It's also true that Voldemort can't want to expose himself again, but Quirrell won't, Kritz didn't find out until he went out that Professor Quirrell had put his wand in his sleeve and could kill him at any time, and Kritz himself didn't know that Voldemort even saved his life.
On an uneventful morning, Headway brought an exciting note that the dragon was about to break its shell.
Ron even wanted to skip today's lesson, this was Kritz's most approved suggestion in a long time, after all, what if the eggshell was eaten by the dragon itself? Dragon's blood is indeed more precious, but why is it not eggshell? An eggshell that is enough to withstand the flames of an adult female fire dragon is not a simple thing no matter how you look at it.
But it was clear that this matter was vetoed, and Hermione, a good student, would not allow them to skip class, especially Ron, who was mediocre in his studies, gave up the idea under threat.
In fact, the reason given by Hermione is also very clear, so many people skipping class for a while will inevitably attract the attention of the professors, especially Krize, who often answers questions in class, once he is not in the classroom, it is easy to attract the attention of the professors, so even if he wants to go, he can only go after class.
At night, there was no one in the castle, because it was curfew, Hagrid miscalculated the time, and after the curfew, the egg still showed no signs of breaking, but it was there and a sign that it was about to break, so even Hermione didn't rush to go back.
Fortunately, it didn't make them wait too long, and with the click sound, a crack appeared on the pitch-black egg, and one extended back to the starting point, and after a few seconds of silence, the whole egg shattered, and out of it crawled out a black and green lizard, spreading a pair of wings like bat wings, not to mention how ugly it was.
Kriz didn't care how ugly this guy was, but cared, this guy was so thin, would he die directly after taking a tube of blood?
"Is there anything to eat?" Kritz turned his head and asked Hagrid if he had to stock up on food in advance since he was going to raise a dragon.
"Of course, I prepared a good chicken blood for him, and the book said that I would feed this to the young fire dragon, you see how cute he is."
Obviously, no one here will experience this kind of feeling, to be precise, it should be a big disappointment, the fire dragon is often the embodiment of horror and handsomeness in fairy tales or various records, but obviously this lizard in front of him? Clearly not meeting their expectations. Of course, except for Kritz, he doesn't care if the fire dragon looks good or not, he only cares about whether it looks good or not.
"Noble, come to Mommy." Hagrid reached out and extended his arms to the dragon.
"Noble?"
"I gave him a name, and you see how lively he is." The dragon didn't seem to like the name Hagrid had given him, and a mouthful of old phlegm spat on Hagrid's thick beard and instantly caught fire.
"I don't think it's a question of liveliness." Hermione looked at Hagrid with some concern.
"Of course, children get naughty sometimes... Who's there! ”
In the dim window, a flash of gold flashed by Harry to guess who it was just by looking at the gold and green.
"It's Malfoy, it's over, he's going to sue, it's curfew now."
"Let's go after it!" Ron reacted and rushed out the door, Harry followed, Hermione glanced at Kritz, who was sitting there calmly, but finally did not catch up with him, but came back and sat down.
"Why don't you run?" Seeing that Kritz was still fiddling with the disobedient lizard, Hermione asked puzzled.
Kritz, the lizard, who had dodged biting his fingers, looked at Hermione and Hagrid and said in a nonchalant tone.
"What do you think is there here that can be hidden from Dumbledore's eyes? He's actually noticed your abnormality a long time ago, so look, it won't be long before he's over. ”
As if in response to Kritz's words, there was a knock on the door, accompanied by Dumbledore's voice.
"Good evening Hagrid, can you please let me in for a cup of pine nut tea?"
In fact, Dumbledore knew about the fire dragon from Creez, but he really didn't expect Hagrid to get a fire dragon, at the beginning he just thought that Hagrid had brought in some magical beast cubs, in fact, he also turned a blind eye to this, after all, there was a three-headed dog raised by Hagrid on the fourth floor to watch the door.
There were four people sitting around a small table, only two of them were calmly drinking tea, the other two were sitting upright, and a lizard was lying on the table licking the red liquid in the eater's bowl.
"Ah, to be honest, it's the first time I've seen a cub of a fire dragon, and it's quite unusual." Dumbledore looked at the dragon with a smile.
Just listen to this, has Dumbledore ever seen a dragon cub?
"Can you tell me where this egg came from?" Dumbledore didn't blame Hagrid, but instead showed and interested.
"This is what I earned, from a merchant." Although Hagrid was still a little restrained, he was even a little proud when it came to the origin of the fire dragon, after all, this was a fire dragon!
"Then your luck is not bad, but have you considered where the fire dragon should be raised?"
Sure enough, the question that can never be escaped is where this fire dragon should be raised.
"Looks like you haven't paid attention yet, so I'll arrange a place for him to have a place to go, and you will raise it before that, how about it?"
Dumbledore's words made Hagrid instantly excited
"Really? Thank you so much, Professor Dumbledore! You also know how cruel it is for him to live alone at such a young age. ”
"Hehe, I'll take care of this, but now I think you two should go back to sleep, after all, you still need to go to class." Looking at Kritz and Hermione Dumbledore, there was a slight hint of displeasure.
"But the Professor!" Hermione, who had kept her head down, shouted, "We broke the school rules and went out during curfew." ”
"That's it." Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "After all, it's a fire dragon, even I will be curious, so I won't deduct your points this time, go back quickly." ”
"Someone is in the Forbidden Forest, something is wrong." After drinking his tea, before leaving, Kritz turned back to Dumbledore and said
"I'll pay attention, but study it these days, your Patronus Charm..."
Before Dumbledore could finish speaking, Kritz slammed the door directly, which pot was not opened, and he began to dislike this old man now.