Chapter 14: A Visit to the Kind Hagrid (But the Rock Skin Cake Soaked in Milk Is Really Delicious)
Glitter kept hinting to himself in his heart that he should not care about the changes in the microcosm, nor should he consider the transition of electronic energy levels, follow the guidance of magic, and let the magic infiltrate the match in front of him.
Follow instinct and let the match change according to your own ideas, just like a person who lives to breathe, sleeps when sleepy, and lets everything happen naturally, this is the world where magic exists, and Transfiguration is the truth of objective existence.
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Maybe he really convinced himself, or maybe he hypnotized himself, and as the wand fell, the magic infiltrated and the match in front of him glowed with a metallic sheen.
With a sharp needle, a smooth body, and a needle tail with holes, in just a few seconds, the match becomes a sewing needle extremely smoothly.
Without paying attention to the hint of Transfiguration Experience +1 on the panel, Glitter tore a hair from his head, carefully sipped it, and went straight through.
Professor McGonagall smiled and crossed her arms as she looked at the excited Gretel in front of her, she could feel and understand the joy of the little wizard in front of her, the same mood as when she first came into contact with Transfiguration.
"Bang bang," Professor McGonagall clapped her hands, "come over and take a look at Mr. Mike Gretel's Transfiguration, he's really good. ”
Hearing Professor McGonagall's words, the young wizards who had not been able to enter the door gathered around her.
Professor McGonagall leaned over to Gretel, "So, Mr. Gretel, would you mind showing your classmates how you turned a match into a sewing needle?" ”
"Of course not, Professor, I'd love to." With a flick of the wand, the sewing needle turned into a match again.
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"What is this?" Gray looked fixedly at an envelope that Hermione had handed over with a red face.
On the other side, the roommates led by Terry leaned against each other and quietly watched the two talking.
"As I said a long time ago, this little Gryffindor bucktooth absolutely likes Gretel, you see, it's come true, I can see it on the day school starts." Terry had a look on his face that I was a prophet, come and praise me.
"Gretel, this is my challenge letter, please face my challenge, until graduation, let's compare who is the best student at Hogwarts, I will definitely not lose to you." Hermione said nervously.
Perhaps thinking of the Transfiguration class that had just ended, Hermione's face couldn't help but turn even redder.
Until the end of class, she was the only one among the remaining dozens of students, and she successfully transformed the match, although only a needle tip.
But this has made her the only student other than Gretel to be praised in Transfiguration class.
"I know that I can't beat you now, but I'm sure I'll be the best graduate of Hogwarts, and I hope you'll officially accept my challenge." Hermione shouted, not caring about the surprised stares of the other students around her.
Looking at Hermione in front of hermione, Gretel really didn't know what to say.
She looked at Hermione from head to toe, and snatched the letter of challenge from Hermione just before she was about to explode.
"Yes, I'm sure you'll be the best graduate of Hogwarts."
After speaking, without waiting for an answer, he turned around smoothly, greeted his roommates who were watching the excitement, and rushed to the cafeteria.
He didn't have time to play any lifelong rivals and life bonds with the little girl here, and he had to go to Professor Flitwick's office to ask for advice after dinner.
It's half-past three, and Professor Flitwick has just finished his Badger and Snake Charms lesson.
From now until eight o'clock in the evening, Professor Flitwick's time will be a rare time to spare.
Glitter wants to take this time to ask how many basic configurations are included in the magic of Floo.com.
After the research is clear, the modification of the magic configuration involved in the Floo Network is naturally indispensable to the help of the professor.
Glitter walked away neatly, leaving no thought behind, only a stunned little bucktooth messy in the wind.
Harry looked regretful and withdrew his arm as Ron stood by with a snickering smile on his face.
"Harry, let's go, by the way, have you finished your herbal medicine homework yesterday that Professor Sprout assigned? Let's finish our homework before we go to the restaurant for dinner. ”
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Friday.
As the night wore on, Gretel huddled by the fireplace in the common room, concentrating on the basic configuration that Professor Flitwick had disassembled.
Gretel wants to thoroughly study the relevant configurations before Christmas, and start the research on miniaturization by the way.
An owl messenger hurried out of Hagrid's Forbidden Woods and flew straight to the Ravenclaw Tower.
"Dear Gretel,
I don't know if you'll have time to visit my cottage tomorrow, I haven't seen you in a long time, I wanted to talk to you about the first week, just this morning I had invited Harry, he had already visited this afternoon, oh yes, we talked about you.
If you can, ask the owl to bring back your reply.
Hagrid. ”
There are many scratches on the surface of the letter, and it can be seen that Hagrid must have thought about it for a long time, revised the wording several times, and carefully transcribed it before sending it.
By the light of the fireplace, Gretel quickly replied with a letter of willingness to go, in which she thanked Hagrid for taking care of St. Mary's Welfare Home this week.
Sebas traveled to the orphanage and Hogwarts several times during the week, and Lady Swann also asked Gretel to take time to visit the kind half-blood giants.
In addition, she vaguely mentioned that it was best not to touch the rock skin cake when visiting, after all, in order to cut the cake, the knife in the welfare home was broken.
As for this, Gretel wants to help Hagrid with his grievances, he can't stand the broken knife in the welfare home for a long time, it is not so much a kitchen knife as a saw, which is more appropriate.
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Following.
Getting up early in the morning, Glitter changed into a light outfit and left the castle in a new way.
Soon after passing through the fields, you could see the small cabin on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, which was small compared to Hagrid.
At least Glitter stood in front of the door, and without the Levitation Charm, he couldn't touch the upper edge of the wooden door.
When Glitter arrived, Hagrid was heating up his 'small' dessert, Rock Cake, by the fire, which sat a silver kettle comparable to a beer keg.
The spout of the pot spewed steam wantonly, and Glitter asked about the sweetness of milk and honey.
"Gretel, sit down, you shouldn't have breakfast yet, I specially boiled milk for you, and added some honey I picked from the Forbidden Forest, the little wizard still needs to drink more milk to grow his body."
"By the way, would you like some rock crust cakes, Mrs. Swann wrote back to me that the children in the welfare house liked the rock crust cakes I sent." Hagrid looked back.
Well, Glitter silently swallowed the complaint in his heart, and said in the expectant eyes of the half-blood giant: "Then just give me half a piece, I don't always eat a lot in the morning." ”
Hagrid, whose suggestion was adopted, apparently became happier.
Glitter looked at the bowl in front of him that was bigger than his face, and a whole rock skin cake that seemed to exude the breath of no one else, and silently added one item to his life plan: learn to refuse.
"Gretel, you can try soaking the rock crust cake in milk, it tastes really good." Hagrid suggested again, two brass bells with recommendations written in their big eyes.
With almost all his strength, Gretel didn't tear a piece from what Hagrid described as a fluffy and delicious crust cake.
He really didn't know how good the savior duo's teeth were, and they could gnaw on such a hard lump.
He simply gave up, dipped the rock skin cake in the milk, and stuffed it into his mouth as if he were dead.
Surprisingly, the crust cake is not as unpalatable as expected, and you can even suck the mellow milk from the soaked area.
Gretel gave a thumbs up, fully agreeing with Hagrid's proposal.
At the end of the meal, Gretel took out from his pocket the thank you gift that Mrs. Swann had prepared for Hagrid, a comb made of walnut wood, which was the wish of many of the children in the orphanage.
Every child in the orphanage, male or female, has his own little comb, because Mrs. Swann said that people do not have to be rich and noble in life, but they must ensure their own dignity.
The last time Hagrid played with the children at the orphanage, they noticed that Hagrid's hair and beard had been dreadlocked in many places.
So as soon as Mrs. Swann proposed, the children said in unison that they wanted to give a comb.
Glitter also specially asked the seniors to inscribe curing, cleaning and other spells on it to make it easier for Hagrid to use.
It could be seen that Hagrid was very moved, and his eyes were red.
"Thank you, Gretel, thank you, and thank you to Mrs. Swann and the children, besides Professor Dumbledore, this is the first time someone has given me a gift, I will definitely treasure it."
In the eyes of the half-blood giant, the two exchanged the first week of life at Hogwarts, mainly Hagrid speaking and Gretel listening.
After all, his daily life is to learn to eat and sleep, and there is really nothing to talk about.
When he heard that he was being punished by Snape and locked up, Hagrid comforted Gretel, "Gretel, Professor Snape is not a bad person, he just doesn't speak well." ”
Hagrid's life didn't change much, he went to the Forbidden Forest every day to patrol the Forbidden Forest and do odd jobs, and when he talked about Harry, Hagrid immediately opened up the conversation.
He said that Harry had been talking about his frustrations since he sat down yesterday, what was making him nervous about everyone's attention, how difficult the lessons were, and of course most importantly, that he had been targeted by Snape.
Because of Gretel's excellent performance on Monday, the savior Harry Jr. was hit far more brutally in Potions class than he had read in his previous life.
Even because of his hatred, Snape took the opportunity to find fault, and after a big lesson, Gryffindor was deducted a full twenty points.
Every Friday night Harry had to go to Snape's office for confinement (crossed out and a small stove), but Harry didn't think so.
He felt that he might not be able to leave that office alive.
Also, Harry never found a chance to contact Gretel, and he didn't realize that it was Gretel hiding from him.
So after hearing that Gretel and Hagrid were very familiar, he asked Hagrid to create an opportunity for him to make friends.
Gretel couldn't hide yet, how could he possibly befriend him, and tell Hagrid that he and Professor Flitwick were doing some very important research.
A large list of configurations and theoretical jargon instantly smashed this half-blood giant who had dropped out of school early to pieces.
Hagrid's eyes straightened, "Okay, you get busy first, anyway, you have to be classmates for seven years, you have time, there is no hurry to make friends, you are busy, you are busy first." ”