Chapter 1042: Decision and Hagrid's Request

"As a werewolf?" Lupin hesitated, "Professor..."

"Any problem, Remus?" Dumbledore asked.

Lupin paused for a moment, then immediately shook his head, "No problem, professor, but how can I remove them, as a werewolf? Will this..."

"I believe that these Cappadocian family members have a certain understanding of each of us. This is not difficult for vampires. As long as you appear there, they will naturally come to you."

"Wait a moment, Remus!" Sirius suddenly said, "You must know what you will encounter there."

"Greyback?" Lupin smiled, and Fanlin tried hard to see Professor Lupin's expression, but on Lupin's face, Fanlin did not receive more feedback.

In fact, regarding Professor Lupin, when he was four years old, his father offended the werewolf Fenrir Greyback. In revenge, the werewolf broke into the bedroom through the window and bit little Lupin. Lupin has since become a werewolf. His parents tried various ways to save him, but to no avail. He and his parents thought that he could not go to Hogwarts because other parents would not want their children to be close to a werewolf, but after Albus Dumbledore became the headmaster, he came up with some ways to allow Remus to go to Hogwarts.

But Lupin never forgot his hatred for Greyback.

"It's not contradictory, Black." Lupin said calmly, "I think I can handle these problems, not to mention that this is what I have always wanted, I have to use my identity to do something."

"Of course I believe you, Remus, but..."

"Okay, Sirius, we have to obey Lupin's wishes, and you also have a mission, Sirius, we will take action soon, and it seems that Tom is a little impatient."

"Professor, you mean Harry..."

"Severus has made some arrangements, I think it won't take us long..."

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"What's wrong, Hagrid?"

As they walked quickly across the grass to the edge of the forest, Harry looked up and looked at him with concern. Although it was unclear why Hagrid pulled him and Ron out of the Quidditch field, it didn't affect anything. Anyway, since the Ministry of Magic intervened in Hogwarts, Quidditch was just a luxury for Harry. What's more, today was not a Gryffindor game. He and Ron appeared only because Qiu was in Ravenclaw.

"Yeah - you'll know soon enough," Hagrid said, looking over his shoulder - there was a chaotic cheer from the stands behind them.

"Hey - who scored?"

"Ravenclaw, for sure," Harry said lightly. "I think Cho will have no problem against Hufflepuff."

"Oh, of course, you've got your training." Ron bumped Harry's shoulder, winking.

"That's good, very good," Hagrid said with a casual air, which would have been perfect if there had been no scars on his face.

They had to trot to keep up with Hagrid - he strode across the lawn, looking around with every step. When they reached his cottage, Harry automatically turned left and walked towards the front door. But Hagrid walked straight past the house and into the shade of the trees at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

This made Harry feel very strange, didn't Hagrid invite them both to come over for tea?

Harry missed the days when Hermione and Valin were there,

Hagrid picked up a crossbow leaning against a tree. When he realized they were gone, he turned around. "We're going here," he said, shaking his shaggy head.

"Into the Forbidden Forest?" said Ron, somewhat confused. "Yes," said Hagrid. "Now come on, quick, before we're spotted!"

Harry and Ron looked at each other, then quickly ducked under the tree behind Hagrid - he was already striding away from them into the shadows of the woods, his crossbow resting on his arm.

Harry and Ron ran after him.

"Hagrid, why are you carrying a weapon?" said Harry.

"Just in case," said Hagrid, shrugging his strong shoulders.

"You didn't even have a crossbow when you showed us the skrewt," said Ron, a little timidly.

"Yes, well, we didn't go far," said Hagrid. "That was before Frasier left the forest, anyway, wasn't it?"

"Why was it different after Frasier left?" Harry asked curiously, remembering the centaur, with his silvery skin...

"Because the other centaurs were really mad at me, that's why," said Hagrid calmly. He looked around briefly. "They used to be - well, you couldn't say they were friendly - but we got along OK. They never socialized, but I could always go to them when I needed to ask a question. Not anymore." Hagrid sighed deeply.

"Frazier said they were really mad at him for working for Dumbledore," said Harry.

He had been staring at Hagrid's side so much that he tripped over a protruding root.

"Yes," said Hagrid heavily. "They couldn't hide their anger, and if I hadn't stopped them in time, I think they would have kicked Frasier to death -"

"They attacked him?" Ron sounded shocked. That mark on his chest?

"Yes," Hagrid said gruffly, "blocking his way with several branches hanging from the bottom. Half of them are attacking him."

"You stopped them?" Harry said in surprise. "You were the only one?"

"Of course, I couldn't just stand and watch them kill him, could I?" said Hagrid. "Luckily I did, really. I think Fraser should have thought before giving me that stupid warning. this matter."

He said in a somewhat unexpected tone. Harry and Ron looked at each other and were shocked. It was definitely not an easy task to rescue the target of a centaur attack from a group of furious centaurs. For many Aurors, it was simply an unbelievable move. But Hagrid, still scowling, did not describe it in more detail.

"Anyway," Hagrid said flatly, breathing a little heavier than usual, "Since then, other centaurs have begun to hate me, but the problem is that they sense a lot of things in the forest. They are the smartest here. Creatures.”

"Is that why we're here, Hagrid?" Harry asked. "Because of the centaurs?"

"Oh, no," Hagrid said, shaking his head contemptuously, "No, not because of them. They can only make things more complicated, yes. But you'll see what I mean in a moment."

After leaving this incomprehensible explanation, he fell into silence and steadily led the way - he could take three steps ahead of them, so it was difficult for them to catch up with him.

The path became more and more overgrown, and the trees on either side grew closer together as they walked further in, and became as dark as dusk. They were soon far away from the clearing where Hagrid had shown them the Blast-Ended Skrewts, and Harry felt pointlessly uneasy until Hagrid unexpectedly stepped off the path and headed into the dark heart of the forest.

"Hagrid!" said Harry, struggling to claw his way through the thick, prickly brambles - Hagrid's walk was effortless. He clearly remembered what had happened to him here before - he had been on this forest path before.

"Where are we going?"

"Go a little further," Hagrid said over his shoulder, "Come here, Harry, we have to follow now."

They had a hard time keeping up with Hagrid. Thorny branches and bushes blocked the path, and Hagrid walked through them easily—as if they were spider webs.

But these caught Harry and Ron's robes, and kept clinging to them so violently that they had to stop for a few minutes to free themselves. Harry's arms and legs were soon covered with tiny cuts and scrapes. They were so deep into the forest that sometimes Harry saw Hagrid in the gloom as just a thick black shadow in front of him.

In the oppressive silence, any sound sounded like hidden danger. The reverberation of the branches breaking sounded loud, and the slight rustle of movement - although it seemed to be made by an innocent sparrow - made Harry nervously peer into the shadows around him, as if he wanted to find someone. Criminals or something.

Because he had never been so deep into the forest without seeing an animal. Their disappearance didn't seem to be a good sign to Harry.

"Hagrid, is it okay if we light up the wand?" Ron said uneasily. This darkness was too depressing.

"Uh, no problem," Hagrid turned and whispered. "Actually—" He stopped abruptly and turned around.

Ron bumped right into him and was bounced back. Harry caught him before he fell.

"Perhaps we should stop here for a while so you can get some strength up again," said Hagrid, "before we get there."

"Great!" Ron said as Harry helped him up. They simultaneously whispered "Lumos!"

Then a beam of light shone on the tip of the wand. Hagrid's face wavered in the two flickering beams of light, and Harry noticed that he looked nervous and sad once again.

"Well," said Hagrid, "well, you see, the thing is," he looked breathless, "well, I could be fired any minute now," he said.

Harry and Ron looked at each other, then at Hagrid.

"But you've been doing this for so long—" Harry asked tentatively, "What makes you think—"

"Those people at the Ministry think I put those awful things in their offices."

"Then have you?" Harry said before he could control his mouth.

"No, of course not me!" Hagrid said angrily, "This one has something to do with magical beasts, but they think it's my problem. You know, since I came back, Umbridge has been looking for opportunities to I fired, and now that Dumbledore has left, the Ministry of Magic... I don't want to leave, of course, but if not, well, the particular case I'm going to tell you is that I'm about to leave now, at the Ministry of Magic. before someone fired me in front of the whole school - just like Umbridge did to Professor Troney."

Harry and Ron protested loudly at the same time, but Hagrid waved his huge palm and refused to listen to them.

"It's not the end of the world yet. When I leave here, I can still serve Dumbledore, and I will be of help to the Phoenix Order. And you are about to take the Wizarding Level Examination, and you will - you will pass it with flying colors. "Yes." His voice stopped tremblingly.

"Don't worry about me," he said quickly when Ron tried to comfort him with a pat on the arm.

He took a huge dirty handkerchief from his vest pocket and wiped his eyes. "You see, I wouldn't tell you unless I had to. If I left now, I couldn't—I couldn't just leave without saying a word. Because—because I would need both of your help. And there's more. People, if they please."

"Of course, of course we will help you," Harry said immediately, "What do you need from us?"

Hagrid took a deep breath and silently patted Harry on the shoulder - causing him to slump against a tree. "I knew you were going to say that," Hagrid said, burying his face in his handkerchief, "but I wouldn't, never. Forget. Well, come on, we just have to walk a little further. Watch out for you Myself, now, there are nettles here."

They walked in silence for another quarter of an hour. When Harry started to ask how long they would have to go, Hagrid raised his right hand to signal him to be silent.

"It's simple," he said softly. "Be very quiet, now." They crept on, and Harry found that they were heading towards a large, flat mound - as tall as Hagrid, he thought - Go. Harry was vaguely afraid. It must be the nest of some kind of huge animal. The mound is surrounded by uprooted trees, forming a

It surrounds a clearing fenced with tree trunks and thick branches. The clearing was behind Harry, Hermione and Hagrid.

"Stop," Hagrid said silently. What was certain was that Harry heard a distant, rhythmic rumble - it sounded like a pair of giant lungs at work. He glanced at Ron beside him - Ron was looking at the mound with bulging eyes, looking completely frightened.

But this made Harry feel familiar, he was in the previous position...

"Hagrid," Ron said in a voice so small that it was almost inaudible to the sleeping animal, "is this a mountain monster?"

"Grawp?" Harry yelled strangely, "But Grawp isn't over there..."

"Oh, yes, it was like this before, but it was the territory that Fan Lin fought for. With magic..." Hagrid said with a headache, "But now that Fan Lin has left, I can use the magic he left there again." I don’t understand it very well and can’t keep it up. Moreover, Fraser joined Hogwarts and was expelled from the Centaur tribe, so no one can speak in the Centaur tribe.”

"so……"

"We were evicted." Hagrid said, "This is the only place I can find, where Nobo used to play, but Nobo now has a better living environment, so I discussed it with Nobo, Give this place to Graup."

"Discuss and leave it to Grawp..." Harry felt that he must have opened Hagrid in the wrong way.

Dragons and giants, he heard Fan Lin say that in the past, giants captured small dragons for food, because giants were too big and needed too much food, and a dragon could satisfy the giant's survival requirements for several days.

It can be said that the relationship between the two is completely natural enemies. There are still many giant skulls in the dragon's lair. If these two guys are together, something will happen sooner or later, but Hagrid said to discuss it with Nobo?

This is simply unbelievable. It would have been nice if Nobo hadn't come over to kill Graup. Would he still allow Graup to survive? (To be continued)