Chapter 736: Moonlit Night Pedestrian

Speaking of which, Hagrid has been a professor of protection of magical creatures at Hogwarts for several years, but he is still more accustomed to living in a somewhat dark and dingy hunting lodge than the clean and tidy office in the castle. .

If you want to ask the reason, he may be more in order to be able to take care of his precious magical creatures at any time, but it is not all because he misses Dumbledore.

The favor that Dumbledore gave him was enough for him to keep it in his heart for the rest of his life.

"Professor Hagrid, I'm really sorry to bother you to stay with me so late today. Tomorrow is Monday. If you need to prepare for tomorrow's lecture, you don't need to worry about my existence. I will sit here by myself Just read a book by the light."

In the old days, hardly anyone would come to Hagrid's hut, especially after nightfall, even Harry and the others who often came to visit the house would come only when they had something to do.

But today, there is one more person than usual in the hunting lodge right now.

"I'm all right, Monsieur Flamel."

Hagrid gave the other party the only sofa chair in the hut, and he sat down on several wooden barrels that were put together, which matched his figure without any sense of disobedience.

"I don't usually prepare lessons very much. I only need to seriously think about it for a few days when choosing a new animal..." Hagrid took a sip of hot tea before continuing, "'On the premise of ensuring practicality, you should choose The students will be interested, not you.’—that’s what Maca told me back then.”

As he spoke, he waved his palm the size of a trash can lid again, and said helplessly: "It seems that everyone thinks that the little guys I like are...well, more irritable? Oh, I can't describe it well, because I think they are all so cute……"

"Really?" The old housekeeper asked curiously, "Then what 'little guy' do you really like?"

"That's more than—"

When talking about these topics, Hagrid seemed particularly enthusiastic.

"...For example, the Chimaera beast! During the Triwizard Tournament, I helped the trainer of the Greek Precious Animal Sanctuary take care of a female. Seriously, that little girl...is really exciting Damn!"

"Oh, the Trifinals?"

Regarding Hagrid's "bold and unrestrained" remarks, the old butler's expression seemed a little subtle.

"That sounds really good..."

"Of course, it's actually really good," Hagrid said excitedly. As for the other party's feelings, he had already thrown them out of the sky. "It's a pity, if you can see it with your own eyes. ——In this day and age, Chimera beasts are hard to find!"

"Well, I heard that only a few regions in the world can find their whereabouts, and only the Greek rare animal sanctuary, which is the original place, has independently raised two of them." The old housekeeper reluctantly agreed.

"That's right, I didn't expect you to know a lot! It seems that you must like them too—" Hagrid happily nodded and said, "But you must not know the feeling of really contacting them. Oh... That waist, that leg, that twisting force, really is..."

When one of the two people in the room was chatting passionately, while the other was obviously at a loss, a figure suddenly came to the window on one side of the cabin.

The figure came so quietly that the two people in the room didn't notice it at all.

...

At the same time, outside the window of the hunting lodge.

"Waist and legs? What are you talking about?" The old witch standing by the window listened intently, and couldn't help frowning slightly, "Well, no matter what it is talking about, at least the target is found... I didn't expect him Hiding here."

It seemed that she had tried to find it in the castle before coming here, but she couldn't find it.

"However, it's more convenient for me to take it away... At least it's much easier than in the castle." The old witch thought to herself, "It's just that Professor Rubeus Hagrid seems to have the blood of a giant. , I need to pay more attention when I move my hands in a while."

After a little deliberation, she looked around again to make sure that no one else was around.

However, at the beginning, Maca just told him that the vestibule had already been emptied by Professor McGonagall. At this moment, it seems that she happened to give her enough room to display.

After careful confirmation again, the old witch left here first, and hurried straight to the gate of the school.

It is a must for a qualified planner to plan a retreat before launching an action. And compared to the strange warning magic that covered the school, the gate became a more suitable breakthrough.

The warning magic was originally the effect of the rune array set by Maca himself, and it can only be turned on and off actively in the principal's office.

This was something he fiddled with after repeated attacks at Hogwarts. It was originally used to deal with Voldemort and Grinwald, and it was not something that could be dealt with casually.

And this old witch in the African magic world not only has a lot of confidence in magic, but also believes that she has enough shrewdness in these details.

This rather keen insight is also one of the various experiences that have supported her in her life to this day.

However, Professor Flitwick's handwriting has always been the defensive spell set on the school gate, so naturally it is not so easy to break.

Therefore, the old hag had to spend a lot of time at the school gate, hoping to clear her retreat as quietly as possible.

But just as she was staying near the school gate, another figure had already arrived at the place she had left before—that is, near Hagrid's hut.

In that room, Hagrid and the old butler seemed to be continuing to chat, and Hagrid was as enthusiastic as before.

"One is Professor Hagrid, and who is the other?"

The one who came here at this moment was Ensi who was still on the top of the Astronomy Tower before. That's right, he came here alone, while Alexander stayed on top, keeping a close eye on the situation here.

The two had discussed it. If Alexander found that there was indeed something abnormal down there, or if Ens was gesturing to him, he would go straight to report the situation to the professors.

"Hmm... No matter who it is, they should just be guests on Hagrid's side," Ens pondered while listening, "So, is it really just me who is too suspicious?"

While thinking this way, he glanced back at the top of the Astronomy Tower, only to find that Alexander above him was waving at him. After finding him looking up, he stretched his arms straight towards the school gate.

"What's the meaning?"

Ensi didn't understand it for a while, he looked at the dark school gate under the night, and then at the small figure of Alexander against the background of the starry sky, wondering if the other party wanted him to go to the school gate to check.

"Could it be that there are other suspicious figures over there?"

He subconsciously walked a few steps to the side, trying to find an angle to make himself see more clearly, but he accidentally kicked a broken broom placed in the corner of the wall.

In the midst of this sudden accident, Ensi still maintained a certain degree of vigilance. He moved very quickly, he just stretched out his hand hastily to grab it, and he accurately grasped the broom handle in his hand.

It's a pity that the other end of the broom clicked against the wall, and the sound was especially clear in this quiet night.

The next moment, the hunting dog Yaya who was sleeping in the room barked violently—this timid guy was startled awake by such a small movement!

"boom!"

Hagrid had been a gamekeeper at Hogwarts for fifty years, and even now he had consciously juggled that job.

If the old witch had sneaked nearby without a sound like before, he might not have been able to notice it, but once any sound fell into his ears, his movements would be more agile than a frightened unicorn.

Here Ens was still secretly distressed by his little mistake, the door of the hunting lodge had already been opened from the inside. And Hagrid leaned out of the room all at once.

"You're Hufflepuff's...Ence Taon? Why are you here so late!"

"Uh, I just saw a suspicious guy on the Astronomy Tower."

For Hagrid's questioning, Erns had to answer honestly - he didn't want to add bad records to his head anymore!

"That should be the one from the African delegation... er, that old witch with the skeleton crutch."

"Oh?"

After hearing this, Hagrid lowered his voice immediately, then hurried out and grabbed Erns' arm and walked back into the hut.

"Let's not mention the fact that you still come out and run around at night. Anyway, you come in first and don't make a sound."

After finishing speaking, Erns was forcibly dragged into the hunting lodge by Hagrid, and then the wooden door was closed again. On the top of the Astronomical Tower, Alexander who saw this scene was completely at a loss, so he could only watch from above.

...

In fact, the series of movements were finally discovered by the old witch at the school gate.

Although Hagrid's hut was a little far from the school gate, as I said before, the Hogwarts vestibule at night was really too quiet.

Any unnatural sounds would be transmitted far away, even near the school gate, they could be faintly heard.

Originally, the old witch was still trying to break the spell with some means of alchemy, but when she realized that the situation had changed, she decisively chose to return to investigate the specific situation.

In order to ensure her own safety, she immediately raised the skeleton stick in her hand and waved it lightly in the direction of the Forbidden Forest.

It was she who swung like this, but heard a rustling sound somewhere on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. It was the sound of something rubbing against the bushes.

The moon was hiding behind the clouds again, and the vestibule of Hogwarts Castle seemed to be getting more and more hazy.

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