Chapter 963 Missed Question
For Hagrid, this evening's tutoring in the cabin was not a pleasant experience.
He originally thought it would only be a small-scale gathering, just like when Elena and others visited his cabin a few days ago. A few vague words could delay it for some time, but Hagrid obviously underestimated Elena. , Hermione and others’ actions and determination this time.
When Hagrid opened the door for the third time and saw Professor McGonagall appearing at the door, the light in the hybrid giant's eyes finally disappeared.
Different from the slightly messy and crowded small space before, the hunting lodge at this time has already more than doubled in size.
With the joint assistance of Professors Flitwick, Apocalypse, and Sprout, Hagrid's cabin had an additional area for him to study - a custom-made giant desk, a large There are three-meter-high birch wood bookshelves, magic lights that look like daylight...
Unfortunately, in Hagrid's eyes tonight, these caring and warm environments were no less terrifying than the Information Room of the Ministry of Magic.
"Hey, Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprout, Professor Apocalypse...are you here too?"
Professor McGonagall walked into the room, took off her tweed cloak and hung it on the coat rack. She curiously looked at the brand new room and the other guests who had arrived at Hagrid's cabin first. "Oh, Miss Kaslana, No need to be so polite, I can just do it myself——"
Although her relationship with Elena has eased a lot recently, Mag still maintains some basic vigilance.
Moreover, even in the presence of so many professors, Elena did not have the courage to add anything, but it was still a bit embarrassing to show her kindness for nothing.
Compared with the warm and hospitable white-haired dumpling, who was like the owner of the cabin, the original owner of the cabin was obviously a little lost. Hagrid closed the door in a daze, walked to his bed with heavy steps and sat down, trying his best not to Let a sad look of frustration appear on your face.
Counting Professor McGonagall who just entered the room, there are a total of seven uninvited guests tonight, and they have only one purpose here -
"Okay, Mr. Hagrid, let's continue talking about what we just didn't finish..."
Grindelwald coughed lightly, took a sip of the black tea that Elena had brewed, and continued in a pleasant tone.
"... How to coordinate time inside and outside class, and arrange for unannounced make-up classes? In fact, you can tell us these problems earlier. After all, compared to the wizards outside the school, I believe everyone is more willing to see you competing for future professors. achieve success.”
"That's right, Hagrid. If Professor Apokalis hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known about it."
Sprout nodded and glared reproachfully at the big man sitting beside the bed.
As the professor of Herbology at Hogwarts, she can be said to be one of the formal professors who has the most frequent contact with Hagrid.
After briefly asking Dumbledore and Professor Byrne, and learning that it was indeed true, Sprout agreed to Elena's invitation without hesitation and took the initiative to come to Hagrid's cabin to help Hagrid prepare for the assault. Make-up lessons - and after hearing about the idea of expanding the cabin, she also quickly attracted Professor Flitwick, and the two came to Hagrid's side to help everyone help Hagrid complete the interior renovation.
"Well, actually I just found out--"
Hagrid said in a low voice, waiting helplessly for the final arrangement of make-up lessons.
The course schedule at Hogwarts is not too tight, and the privileged Hagrid has even more free time in this regard than the lower years.
But this also means that Hagrid has more room for maneuver than ordinary students in terms of time arrangement.
Of course, as the principal of Hogwarts, Dumbledore cannot show partiality, especially when there is a senior investigator like Umbridge in Hogwarts, he is even more unsuitable. He took the initiative to intervene, but the other professors were different.
Compared with the daily boring and step-by-step teaching time, tutoring Hagrid to complete the basic qualification assessment for staying in school is obviously much more interesting.
Not to mention, they can also learn some about the subsequent development plans of "Magical Zoology" in the process.
Newt Scamander obviously sees further than everyone else in the school. The "civil institutions" he established outside the school and the disciplinary ideas he constructed within the school are all blank areas that the professors are interested in - This was another factor that prompted the three deans to come over.
Not to mention Professor McGonagall, who is facing the troubles of the "Legislative Sect", Professor Flitwick and Sprout also have somewhat similar thoughts in their minds.
Different from the field of magical animals, which has a "maximum level" responsible for opening up the new world, whether it is magic, herbalism, or even the transfiguration that is slightly changing now, these disciplines have stagnated for too long in the past hundred years. They are too Eager to find new development directions.
The transition from the Care of Magical Creatures class to Magical Zoology gave these professors a glimmer of hope.
"Re-dividing according to the categories of living things, this seems to be linked to the knowledge of herbal medicine..."
"Modern transfiguration is not difficult. You can understand it by doing a few sets of math questions..."
"Let's do this, Hagrid, I'll help you find more curse papers..."
"Set up some alarm magic around the Forbidden Forest. This way, Hagrid, you can save a lot of time on patrol every day..."
"Elena, can you help supervise Hagrid?"
"It is obligatory."
"Charms, Herbal Medicine, Transfiguration, plus Care of Magical Creatures, that's four subjects. With one additional subject, Hagrid, you can meet the minimum requirement for a retention certificate at Hogwarts today - 5 subjects above A level." Subjects. Divination and Muggle Studies, I suggest you consider them carefully."
After a brief understanding of the situation, Professor McGonagall quickly took control of the conversation in the hut and glanced at Hagrid, who was hesitant to speak.
"Of course, I am not doubting the character of Sybil or Professor Quirrell, but the uncertainty of these two courses is a bit large, and they have too many subjective factors. Therefore, from my perspective, I feel You should focus on Dark Magic Defense. Moreover, the teaching process of Magical Zoology will inevitably involve some knowledge of dark creatures. You should not give up on these course contents directly——"
"What I don't understand is..."
Hagrid glanced at the professors sitting around the table with a complicated expression, and his voice was a little weak.
"A few hours ago, I just learned that Professor Dumbledore planned to let me take over Professor Byrne's job in the future, and it is still more than half a year before Professor Byrne officially leaves. Why do you all think this matter is urgent? , so that now I have to start making up lessons..."
This serious scene, which was like a home visit and a private conversation after class, was something I had never encountered before in my dreams.
Hagrid never thought that after returning to Hogwarts to continue studying, he would be lucky enough to make up for this childhood regret. Perhaps, this is why Newt Scamander did not choose to continue his studies. One of the reasons for keeping a record of dropping out of school, right?
It’s so scary when your colleagues become your teachers again!
"The problem is, Hagrid, you should know that Hogwarts is in a very delicate stage right now."
Professor McGonagall said with a stern look, "The Ministry of Magic may not be able to solve the problem, nor can it prevent the emergence of new knowledge, but they have many ways to solve the people who may have problems. The incident against Quirinas was not an accident - —You could very well be another target."
She put down the tea cup in her hand and looked at Hagrid so sharply that Hagrid subconsciously straightened his back.
"What do you mean, I'm probably...another target of the Ministry of Magic?"
Hagrid scratched his hair in confusion and looked at Professor McGonagall in confusion.
"Oh, it seems that Mr. Hagrid doesn't realize how special you are now."
At this moment, Grindelwald, who was sitting next to him, grinned and said softly.
"In centuries, you are the first wizard to go back decades to revoke a verdict and force the Ministry of Magic to make compensation... The symbolic significance of this is far greater than the truth of the case itself, if it were not for Peter Pettigrew After disrupting their position, how could the Ministry of Magic admit that you were wronged so easily...and now you may have to set a second precedent, but there is no second Peter for the time being."
"I was wronged before!" Hagrid said loudly.
"We all know the truth, Hagrid. But you should also know that the world does not run on the truth, right?"
Grindelwald said impatiently, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.
"Besides, in fact, you should know best that the reason why the Ministry of Magic asked Hogwarts to expel you was not to 'open the secret room' or 'cause the death of students', but to illegally raise high-risk magical creatures. If they seize this place Unless you can pin the blame on Tom Riddle, the Ministry of Magic has every right to uphold the previous sentence - they changed the sentence because of Dumbledore, that's the fact!"
"but……"
Grindelwald paused briefly, turned his head, and exchanged uneasy glances with the other deans around him.
"With the advancement of the new curriculum, Dumbledore began to threaten the status of the Ministry of Magic. The purpose of the Ministry of Magic's secret arrest of Quirinus Quirrell was not to maintain the law of secrecy from being broken, but to weaken Dumbledore credibility, do you understand?”
"Undermining Professor Dumbledore's credibility? What good will this do to them?!" Hagrid frowned.
However, this time, before Grindelwald and others could speak, he shrugged helplessly and sighed.
"No need to explain so much to me...I've never been good at these twists and turns."
Hagrid's eyes swept over the professors sitting in the room, as well as the little witches eating melon on the small round stools in the corner.
If there were only Elena and a few people, he might still be a little hesitant, but since the three deans and Professor Apokalis also appeared in his cabin, there is no doubt about the authenticity of these things. , he just needs to wait for the conclusion with peace of mind.
"So, professors, what should I do now -"
"Study hard and try to improve and make up for the shortcomings in your knowledge reserves as much as possible."
Grindelwald spread his hands, "We don't know the specific ideas of the Ministry of Magic, but we can roughly guess some of the ways that Umbridge, or the Ministry of Magic, may try after learning that Professor Bourne is about to retire - —Competition for employment. This is obviously the most logical. What we have to do now is to find ways to help you prepare some knowledge that you may use when the time comes, to ensure that you can stay in school smoothly..."
"Okay, but there is one thing I don't understand. Why didn't Professor Dumbledore tell me this?"
"There may be many reasons, but the simplest and most intuitive one..."
Grindelwald couldn't help curling his lips and said in a rather disgusted and helpless tone.
"Because this is a matter involving himself. With Albus's character, do you expect him to put unnecessary pressure on you in order to maintain these false reputations? In fact, today's conversation and subsequent make-up lessons It's all hidden from Dumbledore. This is also the result of discussions between me, Professor McGonagall, Professor Sprout, Professor Flitwick... everyone. If you think there is anything wrong -"
"There is nothing wrong with it. Thank you very much, and everyone! Let's continue to discuss the future tutoring plan!"
Hagrid said without thinking, his voice subconsciously raised and returned to its usual tone.
The field of magical animals was originally Hagrid's biggest interest, and he was already quite eager to become a professor of magical animals.
Not to mention, it was Dumbledore who had been taking care of and helping him for so many years.
But on the contrary, Hagrid rarely finds that he can help Professor Dumbledore, and now that he knows that he may become a target used by the Ministry of Magic to attack and weaken Professor Dumbledore, he certainly cannot be prepared to do so. Stand back and watch the Ministry run amok at Hogwarts.
"Well, but Hagrid, you don't have to be too anxious. In fact, memorizing the text is not as difficult as you think -"
Professor Sprout smiled and shook his head. There were three deans and several talented students present.
As long as these things about learning are carried out step by step, she is very confident about the teaching plans of Minerva, Filius and others, and now there are good children like Elena and Hermione who can supervise and tutor Hagrid. I even took out several insurance policies.
The reason why she came here in person today was actually to give Hagrid a hint, or an attempt at additional cooperation...
"As for magical zoology, I actually have some additional information here. I don't know if you have heard of Hagrid. There is a systematic classification method for living things in the non-magical world. The world is divided into classes, orders, families, genera, species... This may be the future. One of the important aspects of magical zoology. But in the current magical world, obviously no one has filled the gap in this part, so I think..."
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