Thanks to the magical cloak of invisibility that Harry's father had left him, Hermione slipped out of the castle without any hindrance.

Just as she was passing by the Great Hall, Hermione glanced at the faculty table at the front of the Great Hall, and was chatting with the Hogwarts Librarian, Lady Pins, and Lady Pomfrey, and whispered,

"Hurry up, Harry, Ron, Madam Pomfrey will be back at the hospital by ten o'clock, I don't want her to find out that I'm not lying quietly in my hospital bed!"

"You don't have to make the trip yourself, Hermione, we'll tell you everything we heard from Hagrid."

Ron quickened his pace, looking at the air in front of him, pretending to be nonchalant, and Harry nodded approvingly.

"Don't talk stupid, you two,"

The moment she stepped out of the castle gate, the sudden bright light and the breeze on her face made Hermione's mood much better, and her orange cat eyes flashed with excitement,

"Before you leave Hagrid's hut, I'm afraid you'll forget what Hagrid said!"

Halloween had been around for a while, and Hagrid's cabin looked much cleaner than usual due to the large patch of pumpkin vines behind the house and the heavy snow, and when Harry arrived, Hagrid was chopping the Christmas tree used to decorate the auditorium for Christmas into firewood.

It may have been a physical task for others, but it was the easiest thing for Hagrid, who was about ten feet tall and waist-scarred five times the size of the average person, and all he had to do was lift the axe and gently lower it, and the bowl-sized Christmas tree would break into several pieces.

The black hound, who was playing in the snow, was the first to spot the visiting Harry, standing on a hilly slope and hissing at them merrily.

"Don't bark, Yaya, you just ate a whole chicken."

And when he looked in the direction of the tooth roar, the face that was half covered by the shaggy beard smiled,

"Ho, Harry, Ron, it's you two!"

Hagrid happily waved his arms to greet Harry, who was struggling through the two-foot snow, "That's not right, Harry, you've always liked to come to me in the middle of the night in the Cloak of Invisibility!" ”

"That's because I need classes during the day, Hagrid!"

Oops!

Harry, who was holding Hermione under the invisibility cloak, accidentally stepped on the air, and the whole person threw himself on the ground, and Hermione, who was accidentally involved, screamed and rolled with him.

"Stop the hustle, Hagrid, come and help us!"

"Oh my!"

Hermione, who suddenly appeared next to Harry and Ron, froze Hagrid's footsteps.

"You brought me a cat man?!"

In the middle of the night, Hagrid in front of the house called out in surprise.

Hagrid's room was as cluttered as ever, with ham and pheasants hanging from the ceiling, boiling water in a brazier and a rag bedding on the large bed in the corner, no change except for a darker color.

"Please, Hagrid, don't ask me why I'm like this,"

Hermione, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, looked up and noticed the intellectual curiosity in Hagrid's eyes, and immediately said angrily, "It was a nightmare, and I don't want to talk about it again!" ”

Ron laughed heartlessly, and even the corners of Harry's mouth lifted in worry.

"Okay, okay."

Hagrid shrugged regretfully,

"I'm just trying to see if it's possible to breed the 'cat people' through experiments, and since you don't want to share... Oh, don't grin stupidly, Toothtooth, that's Hermione, not a cat, you should smell Hermione. ”

He took out a few cups and threw some black tea leaves into them, ready to make hot tea for the three of them, but the water on the stove would not boil for a while, and while he waited, Hagrid was very enthusiastic about preparing the snacks he had made himself

"You don't look very happy, Harry, do you want some toffee?"

"Thanks, Hagrid, I don't have much of an appetite..."

Harry, who had already learned the power of Hagrid's cooking many times, politely declined, and after he and Ron and Hermione looked at each other and exchanged words silently, Harry asked,

"Actually, Hagrid, we're here today to ask you about a person, and we think you've heard of him."

Hagrid, who was fiddling with the charcoal fire with his fingers, sneered, and said in a teasing tone as he looked at Harry through the handle of the copper kettle

"Who do you three want to inquire about, Harry... Let me warn you, there isn't a Philosopher's Stone hidden in the castle this year! ”

Yes, there are no Philosopher's Stones, but there are more secret rooms!

Harry was in a state of reproach, not much better because of Hagrid's joke.

"Amosta Blaine, Hagrid, have you heard of this man?"

Because Hermione's time was limited, Harry asked bluntly.

"Amosta Blaine?"

Hagrid blinked, surprised, "Why did you mention him?" ”

"So, you do know him?" Hermione immediately asked, "Tell us, Hagrid, what do you know?" ”

Hagrid didn't answer the question immediately, but looked at Ron suspiciously,

"Don't you have any image of Amosta Bryne, Ron?"

"I must have heard the name somewhere, but it doesn't quite sound like it came from my father's mouth, Hagrid, why do you think I know him?"

Ron furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, desperately reminiscing.

"I'm sure you've heard of it, Ron"

Hagrid laughed, he took the boiling kettle from the stove and made a cup of tea for all three, "He's a Slytherin student, and you're in the same class as your brother Bill, probably... It's been more than three years since he graduated, and I haven't heard much about him in the past few years, but it's not surprising that he was very introverted when he was in school and didn't like to show himself off. ”

"So, maybe Bill once mentioned it to me?"

Ron still hadn't picked up the lost memory.

"Introverted?"

Hermione's tone was equally confused, she struggled to recall the moments of the brief meeting last night, and if she were to judge it, the Mr. Bryan was a little too friendly, not at all like a Slytherin man, but it was really introverted.

"Hmm... I can't say I'm introverted, in short, I just don't like to deal with people, at least at the time. ”

Because there were three more people in the room, Hagrid could only stand and talk.

"I've had very little contact with him, and all I know is hearsay...

It is said that Amosta Blaine was an orphan who spent his childhood in an orphanage, and you know, in Slytherin House, children born as orphans were not very welcome, so in the first few years of Hogwarts, he suffered a lot of eyebrows, and if it weren't for Professor Snape's maintenance, he might have been in a much more difficult situation. ”

Hagrid didn't have many memories of Amosta Blaine in his mind, so he spoke slowly, but no one in the room urged him, and even Ron gave up his memories and stared at Hagrid intently.

"I've heard professors say that Brian is a very studious little wizard, and he is very polite when asking questions, and his grades are excellent... Of course, you can't compare to Bill at the time, or Percy to you. ”

Hagrid looked at Hermione and said,

"--But you just can't get close to him, like he's deliberately distancing himself from anyone, but considering he's a Muggle-born orphan, it's not hard for the professors to understand his withdrawnness."

"Sounds like a pretty ordinary person?"

Ron frowned,

"And he belongs to Slytherin, so why would I take it from Bill... Maybe Charlie had heard his name? ”

"This brings me to the fight that Brian caused in the Forbidden Forest when he was in his fifth grade!"

Hagrid drank his basin-sized water tank, his brass bell-like eyes twinkling with shock,

"It's been a few years since that duel, but looking back on it now, I still can't believe it!"

PS: Chapter 2 is before five o'clock