Chapter 18: A Frightened Hagrid

Tick-tock, tick-tock---

The sun has been hanging high in the sky for some time, and the constant light and heat make the white earth shine brightly.

The sunlight reflected in the house brightened the dark cabin, and the melted droplets of thick ice picks under the eaves gathered in small clear puddles on the ground.

“.... When I got back to the castle the next day, heard about it, and saw the Forbidden Forest with my own eyes, you three should be able to imagine how shocked I was! ”

As the stove drained the kettle, Hagrid got up and pushed the door out with his hot handle, and there was a clattering sound outside the house, and after a while he came in with a jug full of crushed ice, and when he found that the three people in the room were still with the same stiff expressions and slightly open mouths, Hagrid couldn't help laughing.

"Looks like you guys like this story?"

"Like?"

Ron spun to his feet, his ears red, and he yelled at Harry excitedly, "Why hasn't anyone ever told me at home... Oh, well, maybe Bill and Charlie said it, but I forgot, don't look at me like that, Hermione, I was only six years old at the time, and you can't remember... In short,"

Ron looked at Harry again, gasping and shouting,

"Can you believe it, Harry, he was only in his fifth year at the time, about the same time as Percy today, and if anyone told me Percy could have a relationship with Headmaster Dumbledore, I would probably laugh at him until he graduated!"

Harry grinned, he understood what Ron meant,

"Has anyone ever done that, Hagrid?"

Harry's voice was a little too high-pitched, and he felt like his blood was boiling, as if he had fought with Dumbledore, though he knew he would never be on the opposite side of the venerable headmaster,

"Don't even think about it, Harry!"

Hagrid burst out laughing,

"No young wizard in the fifth grade can... Oh, maybe there were, but he didn't, anyway, not to mention the school's underage wizards, you can't find a few people in the entire wizarding world of England who can compete with the greatest headmaster Hogwarts has ever seen! ”

Hagrid's voice was full of pride, but you have to admit that he was telling the truth.

"Be quiet!"

Hermione, who was also excited, loudly stopped Harry and Ron, who were a little overexcited, of course, she had to admit that she was also excited, she didn't expect that the handsome and well-mannered young wizard she met in the school hospital last night would have such a brilliant 'record'!

"And then, Hagrid, your story isn't over yet!"

Hermione clutched Harry's invisibility cloak tightly and glared at Hagrid's clear yellow cat eyes, "What did they do with him... I mean, Mr. Amosta Blaine? ”

Harry and Ron immediately fell silent, waiting for Hagrid to answer their questions.

"Later... Let me think,"

Hagrid played with his thick beard with his sausage-like fingers,

"They seem to have locked him up for an entire semester and then deducted two hundred points from Slytherin..., but it didn't take long for Headmaster Dumbledore to add another four hundred points to him, which almost made Slytherin lock up the House Cup early that year."

"Four hundred points added!"

Harry exclaimed, they had kept the Philosopher's Stone in the hands of Quirrell and Voldemort last year, which was almost the most important honor he had ever received since he entered the school, but Dumbledore had only added one hundred and seventy points to them, of which only sixty points were counted on his head!

"What does Headmaster Dumbledore think!"

There wasn't much to compare, but Harry was a little unbalanced.

"Needless to say, Harry!"

Hermione raised her eyebrows, a confident smile on the corner of her mouth, as if she had seen everything,

"They locked him up for a semester and deducted points because Mr. Bryan broke the school rules by breaking into the Forbidden Forest in the middle of the night and attacking his classmates with very powerful magic... Oh, although there was a reason for this, and the 400 points were added to him because he saved the little wizards and Bill of the entire Gryffindor team. ”

"Save?"

Ron's face was puzzled, "Didn't they get down by Brian?" ”

"Don't be stupid, Ron,"

Ron's sluggishness was not unexpected, and Hermione explained angrily, "Think about it, Ron, if Mr. Bryan hadn't been to the Forbidden Forest that night, who would have met that mysterious dark wizard?" ”

Hiss!

Ron suddenly gasped, his eyes widened and he understood,

"It's Charlie, and everyone on the Gryffindor team at the time!"

Hermione nodded, and said in a satisfied tone, "I'm glad you finally understood, Ron, plus Bill, he saved the lives of eight people, hmm... A fifty points! ”

"So that means, Hagrid, Dumbledore confirmed that there really was a dark wizard who broke into Hogwarts, did he catch that man?"

Harry was more alert than Ron and Hermione, and it occurred to him that he had thought of it.

"yes, he confirmed."

At the mention of this, Hagrid withdrew his smile and looked solemn,

That night, Bill woke up and quickly explained the misunderstanding, telling Dumbledore that it was not Amosta who unleashed the Killing Curse, but a dark wizard lurking in the shadows..., and Dumbledore personally examined every magic cast by Bryan's wand that night, confirming this.

Later, Headmaster Dumbledore took a closer look at the battlefield, you know, Harry, at Headmaster Dumbledore's level, he could almost restore the beginning and end of that battle, but unfortunately, he searched for a long time, and he couldn't find the daring dark wizard..., for this reason, I didn't sleep in bed for almost two months, patrolling the Forbidden Forest in the middle of the night every day. ”

Hagrid blinked and said to the three men who realized the seriousness,

"This incident caused a stir at the time, and the Ministry of Magic also sent elite Aurors into the Forbidden Forest to search, but it was also unsuccessful, and in order to stop the spread of panic, Dumbledore and Fudge both decided to suppress the spread of the attack as much as possible, which is why most people have not heard much about it later."

The atmosphere became solemn, and Harry and Ron looked at each other, both wondering if the dark wizard would be Voldemort's minions again, like Quirrell...

"So I said, Ron, you've definitely heard of him--"

Hagrid said with a smile,

"Professor Snape released Amosta Blaine in the Quidditch final the following year, and before that he had to go to Snape's office every night and every weekend to be confined ...

Charlie's Gryffindor team was so strong that they could have won the championship for the next consecutive year, but when Snape brought Amosta Bryan to the pitch, oh, hehe, you can imagine what Prian and Filoa would have been, and seriously, he didn't just get on a broomstick and run away, which is worthy of Gryffindor's name. ”

"It seems that Slytherin occasionally produces a great guy---"

Ron muttered quietly.

"There are so many famous Slytherin wizards, Ron,"

Hagrid laughed as he looked at the sun outside the house and realized that it was not too early, it was time to prepare lunch.

"The story is over, three little ones, do you want to eat something at my place at noon?"

"Oh!"

Hermione suddenly came back to her senses and cried out in horror,

"Damn, Madam Pomfrey, I lost track of time!"

She draped the cloak over herself, revealing only her head outside,

"Next time, Hagrid, I've had to stay in the school hospital lately!"

With that, she hurried out, and Harry and Ron apparently preferred the food at school, and they quickly got up to follow Hermione.

"Oh, that's right."

A little disappointed, Hagrid suddenly remembered something, and he shouted at Harry's back who was quickly moving away,

"You three haven't told me why the hell you're asking about Brian!"

"Mr. Bryan has gone back to school!"

Harry didn't look back, just waved his hand above his head, "He's the investigator of the secret room attack now!" ”

Bang, bang!

Frightened, Hagrid leaned against the door of the hut, and the room shook violently, and the snow that had melted on the roof fell in a torrent, burying his teeth in it.

"The Secret Room Investigator... Ministry of Magic? ”

Hagrid's face turned pale and he leaned against the doorframe and whispered,

"It can't be... Dumbledore, oh, no, I've got to figure this out! ”

In the middle of the night, Hagrid slammed the door shut, and strode towards the castle without looking back, barking like a tooth.