Chapter 737 The Consequences of Waking Up Others
"Professor Hagrid, what's the matter, why..."
"Shh-"
Ensi, who was dragged into the hunting lodge, was naturally puzzled, because he didn't know what happened. Why was the other party talking happily with the old man before, but now he put on a nervous look.
However, Hagrid obviously didn't intend to give an explanation right away.
"Hide inside, don't come out no matter what noise you hear, and don't make any noise yourself."
After a quick exhortation in a low voice, Hagrid pushed Ernes into the cabin like a puppet, and then pulled the dilapidated curtain hanging beside him.
To be honest, Hagrid's series of actions were so fast that Erns couldn't react from the beginning to the end. When he came back to his senses, there was only the striped curtain that was still swaying slightly in front of him.
After a while, he heard the same chatter outside as before, but the topic was changed to "a few owls flew by outside just now", which was obviously used to cover up.
Since he was thrown here by Hagrid, Ens had no choice but to stay here and see the situation first. At least judging from Hagrid's decisive action just now, the other party should be more aware of the current situation than he is.
With this in mind, Ensi had the strength to look around.
This room looked like a warehouse, with all kinds of sundries piled up all around, which made it look quite narrow and crowded. But in fact, this is the only place in the hunting lodge with enough usable space.
Because, in the corner of this room, a long strip of open space was specially vacated. And there, there is a "specially extended and enlarged version" of the simple bed.
Needless to say,
This was where Hagrid slept every night.
Ensi subconsciously walked over to touch it, and found that the bed was actually made of stones. In addition to adding some dry straw, there is only a sheet made of pieces of cloth, and there are no pillows.
Although he was very skeptical that this kind of bed would be comfortable to sleep on, but now is not the time to try lying on it. As his eyes flicked across Hagrid's bed, he discovered another window diagonally opposite the bed.
This window is different from the one in the outer room, it is higher. Erns walked over and slightly raised the corner of the curtain, and just looked outside, and found that the direction facing here seemed to be the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
The night is a little dark tonight. From here, there are only shadows in the woods, and nothing can be seen clearly.
But just as Ensi withdrew his fingers that lifted the curtains, the faint rustling sound from outside made him stop his movements all of a sudden.
"Shusha—wow——"
It was the sound of something walking through the trees and grass, and it sounded very fast, approaching the hunting lodge from a certain direction.
Ernes looked outside, and then glanced back at the curtain leading to the outside room - he was secretly struggling with whether he should notify Hagrid.
However, when he thought of Hagrid's sharp look before, he decided to follow the other party's instructions and stay here honestly and wait for a while.
"The current situation... Especially about the Forbidden Forest, Professor Hagrid must be clearer than me..."
Ensi, who knew little about everything and acted out of a sense of uneasiness, did not make any wrong judgments.
"Well, I heard that there are many magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest, so it shouldn't be surprising that there are some noises."
However, there are few things in this world that can be fulfilled according to one's wishes, otherwise Muggles would not pray to God and worship Buddha everywhere when things go wrong.
When Erns put down the somewhat dirty curtains again, planning to sit on Hagrid's bed for a while, another movement suddenly broke the quiet night. The sound this time was much louder than the scraping of branches and leaves just now!
"Bang! Bang—"
After two heavy muffled sounds suddenly came from the Forbidden Forest, Ensi hurriedly turned around and opened the curtains, only to see a vague black shadow disappearing for a moment at the edge of the forest.
Vaguely, he seemed to see something being dragged into the woods at once, leaving only a bush that was completely overwhelmed.
This time the commotion was so loud that Hagrid and the others in the outside room naturally couldn't hear it. Yaya, who just fell asleep again, was woken up again from the dream of "Dragon Meat Dinner" by the voice, and barked vigorously again with her short tail between her legs.
At the moment when Erns leaned against the window and peeked out, and Hagrid stood at the door carefully looking out the situation, a strange low growl mixed with a sense of rage surprised everyone.
At the door, Hagrid's face obviously changed when he heard the roar. He looked at the Forbidden Forest for a while, and then at the room behind him, falling into some kind of hesitation.
"...I'll go with you!"
The old butler, who was always watching Hagrid, saw his constantly changing expression, and quickly understood that Hagrid seemed to be hesitant. But half of the reason for his hesitation was obviously on himself.
"Oh, no—" Hagrid touched the handle of the old umbrella that had always been stuck in his waist, and suddenly shook his head, "Mr. It's an errand, and I just have to get it done."
Having said that, he simply turned around and walked to the side of the old housekeeper, and then leaned against the wall without even closing the door.
But at this moment, Ensi, who was leaning against the window in the middle, suddenly saw a black shadow flying out of the Forbidden Forest, and landed heavily on the ground.
In an instant, clods of soil and turf flew in all directions, and a few small stones even hit the window frame in front of him, making a crashing sound.
"What... what?"
Ensi hadn't seen clearly what it was that fell on the ground, and suddenly another even bigger figure came out of the forbidden forest in the night, and grabbed the thing on the ground as if it was nothing. .
"boom!"
However, the frighteningly tall figure raised the limp thing with one hand, and then vigorously swung it to the ground, making an even more terrifying muffled sound.
"Roar--"
Until the figure roared again, the moon in mid-air seemed to finally come out from behind the clouds. With the help of the gradually brightening moonlight, Ensi had a clear view of the true face of that huge figure.
"Could it be...a giant!"
As soon as he thought of the giant, Erns immediately recalled the giant throne he saw in the ice cave palace.
But compared to the five giant thrones in memory, the "giant" by the Forbidden Forest is obviously more than twice as small, let alone compared with the real giants sitting on those thrones. .
"Is this really a giant? Or something else..."
Leaving aside the confusion on Ens' side, Hagrid outside, of course, heard the successive impacts and growls again.
This time, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and after hurriedly telling the old housekeeper to follow him closely, he took out the broken umbrella in his waist and ran quickly to the back of the house. And the old housekeeper who was right behind him was not much slower than him, he really stayed behind not far behind as he said.
"...Little Gramp."
Hagrid knew that the one who growled must be his half-brother—he was so familiar with Gropp's voice that it was impossible to mishear it no matter how he heard it.
In fact, he also understands that there are definitely a small number of people who can easily hurt Glop, and he doesn't need to worry too much. However, that was his own brother after all, and also the only "real" family member he had left in this world.
If he wasn't going to take care of Glop, who should he take care of?
"Glop—"
As soon as he got around the backyard fence of the hunting lodge, Hagrid saw the familiar figure, and he rushed there immediately.
As he got closer, Hagrid could see that it was indeed Grapp. But what Gropp was holding in his hand right now surprised him for a while.
Hagrid also went to watch today's final, so he remembered clearly that it was definitely the alchemy product made by today's champion.
The fire dragon's wings, strong body and distorted face are no different from that alchemy synthetic beast.
However, the monster that looked majestic and frightening at first turned into a limp burlap sack in Gropp's hands, and it was obvious that it had experienced a storm-like devastation.
"Hagar?"
Gropp turned around immediately at Hagrid's voice.
Seeing that he threw the composite beast aside in disgust, he walked towards Hagrid excitedly, and finally bent down and hugged Hagrid's back.
"Hagar," he said gruffly, "Gwop's broken sleep...waking up...the bad guy..."
Obviously, Grapp can finally speak a few English words.
Although he still speaks in bits and pieces, it can be said that it is not easy for an ordinary...or even a flawed giant.
It's a pity that he probably couldn't pronounce other people's names correctly in his life - except Maca's.
"Oh, yes, is it?"
Hagrid felt that his bones were creaking in Gropp's embrace, and he even struggled to speak. Of course, he has already gotten used to such a trivial matter.
"Glop, are you alright? Did you get hurt somewhere?" Hagrid said with concern, "Let go of brother, let him check it out..."
When the strange brothers Hagrid and Gropp were chatting together, the old butler looked at them curiously.
And behind a big tree to the right of the old butler, another figure was hiding in the shadows. The skeleton crutch in his hand was raised and lowered soundlessly, as if he was constantly hesitating.
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