Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Two, Hagrid cried.

The few little wizards didn't hesitate, and didn't even bother to eat dinner. They thanked Fred and George and then flew towards Hagrid's hut together.

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As soon as they arrived at the place where Hagrid's hut could be seen outside the castle, Moon and the others saw the lights on in the hut. Through the projection on the window, they could vaguely see Hagrid sitting inside, holding a big cup and drinking. What are you wearing?And when they got closer, sure enough, a strong smell of alcohol drifted over, and they could smell it clearly even though they were several meters away from Hagrid's hut.

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[Note 1] Marauders, the literal translation is usually plunderers, plunderers. In the traditional version of the Harry Potter series of novels, "Marauder's Map" is translated as "Robbery Map", so the name of this small group is also Often translated as "robber".The small group itself consists of Harry's father James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew.

[Note 2] This refers to the story that Severus Snape was deceived into the Shrieking Shack and almost died at the mouth of Remus Lupine, who turned into a werewolf.

Chapter 1 Hagrid’s Thoughts

"Dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong!"

Hagrid, who drank another large glass of high-altitude tequila, raised his head in confusion, opened his eyes that were about to turn into peaches due to crying for too long, put down the bottle in a daze, and stood up. , stepped up his left foot and crossed his right foot, staggered to the door of the small house, and opened the door.

"Burp——" Before he could say hello, Hagrid let out a big wine burp, and the smell of alcohol almost hit Munn and the others.

"Uh... ha, Moon, and Gal, Arlin, Cedric, Violet..." It was rare that Hagrid could call out the names of several people. He looked like he could barely stand. Stabilized, "Hiccup~ Why did you come to see me?"

He moved out of the way, but he moved too much and bumped into the shelf next to the door. A dirty clay pot fell from the top and shattered to pieces on the ground.Yaya, who was lying on the floor in the room, reluctantly turned his head to take a look, then continued to sleep soundly on his stomach again, probably drinking less.

Several little wizards filed in, and as soon as they entered, Moon waved his wand to open all the windows, and then caused a gust of wind to ventilate the cabin.Several other little wizards also hurriedly helped Hagrid put things in the house away - knives and forks were scattered all over the table, but there was not even a dinner plate on the table, and there were no food residues. Instead, there were wine bottles. There was a floor and a table. It was obvious without even thinking that Hagrid had probably not eaten anything at all in the past few days and was drinking heavily every day.

While Munn was busy, he complained about himself.He should have discovered something abnormal a long time ago. He should have discovered something was wrong with Hagrid since the Quidditch match a few days ago, because he often went to Gryffindor games and rarely missed them, but the last game He was never present the entire time.

Hagrid watched several little wizards busy in the room, and he naively wanted to help, but when he raised his hand, he almost overturned the table again.

"It's okay Hagrid, please sit down for a while. Gal, please see if there is anything else that can make soup. Make some soup for Hagrid." Moon asked Gal, and then sat down opposite Hagrid, looking at some The giant, who was at a loss what to do, asked softly: "What happened, Hagrid?"

Just when Moon asked such a question, Hagrid suddenly burst into tears again, and a cry like a wolf howled out of his throat, which shocked all the little wizards. "I'm sorry." Professor Dumbledore!"

These words immediately confused Moon. If there were any people in Hogwarts who would never betray Professor Dumbledore, Hagrid would definitely be among them - but soon, Moon realized The meaning behind Hagrid's words.

Hagrid's drinking during this period was probably because that guy Jacob Thor broke into Hogwarts, so that he felt that he did not guard the Forbidden Forest for Professor Dumbledore, which led to everything that happened later. What happened: A young wizard was bitten and turned into a werewolf. The attack caused Professor Dumbledore and Hogwarts to encounter a lot of criticism (jie); then in order to bring Elinor back to Hogwarts, Dumbledore Professor Lido has been criticized by many people.

There is no doubt that all this stems from Jacob Saul's intrusion.

Moon wanted to comfort Hagrid with something, but he was not very good at comforting others, and secondly, he really couldn't think of any way to comfort him.

How can you comfort Hagrid?It did happen, and the reason was indeed Jacob Thor. Jacob Thor did break in from the Forbidden Forest, and Hagrid was guarding the Forbidden Forest.

After thinking about it, Moon could only think of "Don't be sad, you have done a good job".

But this was not even a drop in the bucket for Hagrid's self-blame. It should be said that it had no effect.

This matter really stumped Munn, and he couldn't solve it even if he tried to tell the truth.

But there was someone who could handle it, and all he needed to do was calm Hagrid for a while, let him calm down for a while, and drink some of Gar's hot soup.

So Moon found a clean handkerchief and handed it to Hagrid, then patted his big friend on the shoulder and stopped talking.

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When they left Hagrid's hut, the five little wizards were obviously hungry, but now it was obviously too late to go to the auditorium to eat, so they could only go straight to the tower of the astronomy class to go to class.And compared to their hunger, Hagrid's condition obviously made them more worried.

"These dark wizards... are so abominable." Violet clenched her fists angrily and started to defend Hagrid. "It was obviously the fault of that annoying Jacob Thor, and Hagrid was harmed as a result. So sad."

Moon said helplessly: "There is no way. In the final analysis, everything is Jacob Thor's fault. But the problem is that if you look at it from Hagrid's perspective, no matter what, Jacob Thor broke into After entering the school, he was the primary responsible person. In his heart, if he had guarded the Forbidden Forest and prevented Jacob Saul from getting through, nothing in the future would have happened. This is a deadlock, because It seems that this is indeed what happened. I will go find Professor Dumbledore later and ask him to comfort Hagrid. I am afraid that only Professor Dumbledore's comfort can give Hagrid some comfort at this time. ”

That being said, Moon still felt that something was a little strange.

How powerful is Lu Wei?People like Professor Snape and Quirrell can't get benefits from Lu Wei before they know Lu Wei's "vital point". Jacob Thor is indeed powerful, but he is nothing more than Professor Snape and the others. This level, so how he passed through Lu Wei's guard is itself a matter worth putting a question mark on.

Not to mention that just before Halloween, on October 10, Lu Wei suddenly disappeared mysteriously.

At that time, Professor Dumbledore said that he was here to help Hagrid solve the problem, so Moon was not involved. He only knew that Lu Wei was found later and no one mentioned it again, so he thought that the matter should have been solved satisfactorily. .

But now that I think about it, this incident was most likely related to Jacob Saul breaking into the school, and it was probably because of something wrong with this incident that Jacob Saul was finally able to enter the school. Gwarts Castle.

He tapped his forehead. If he could have asked a few more questions at that time, he might have been able to avoid the following things from happening.But then again, who would have thought that Professor Dumbledore had personally taken care of this matter, but there were still mistakes?

Originally, everything had already happened and ended, so he had no intention of delving into the matter - because he was afraid that if there was nothing wrong with Lu Wei's disappearance, Jacob Saul would break in cleanly. It would be unacceptable for Hagrid to come in, but at the moment, it seems that without him having to delve into Lu Wei's matter, Hagrid is obviously about to drown himself in a wine vat because of this matter.

I'm going to talk to Professor Dumbledore about Hagrid, so why not tell him about it as well and ask Professor Dumbledore about the situation at that time. Maybe I can really find out something and put Hagrid's mind at ease. Woolen cloth?

Chapter 141 Rabbit Dung Eggs

Only halfway through the astronomy class, Moon excused himself to Professor Sinistra for having a stomachache and left the classroom, all the way to the principal's office.

"Uh...rabbit poop eggs."

The gargoyle guarding the door did not jump away immediately, but after hesitating for half a second, he opened his eyes and looked at Munn. The eyes carved from the stone flashed with a permeating green light [Note 1], Moon was startled.

Just when Moon was wondering if this big guy was going to punch him in retaliation, the gargoyle muttered in an extremely old and heavy voice: "Please tell Professor Dumbledore and ask him to try his best." Change your password—the passwords are getting…weird lately.”

Moon didn't know how to explain to a stone sculpture that "rabbit droppings" didn't actually refer to rabbit poop, but to a dark brown jelly bean that really looked like rabbit droppings.Strictly speaking, the strangeness of this password probably cannot be attributed to Professor Dumbledore, but to those candy merchants who are full of whimsical ideas and always want to have some fun.

All explanations will seem very feeble when you are facing a gargoyle stone beast, so Munn had no choice but to nod his head and promised: "Okay, I will tell you."

The gargoyle stone beast nodded contentedly, jumped aside with a "scratch", and made way for him to go up.

Moon breathed a sigh of relief, walked up the steps, and knocked on the wooden door of the office.

"Come in." Professor Dumbledore's voice sounded a little tired, as if he hadn't had a good rest for a while.

Moon pushed the door open and saw Professor Dumbledore, who had rarely changed into light and simple clothes. He was sitting on a large box and drinking juice.Although his expression was very calm, there was still a trace of tiredness in his eyes.

"Uh, Professor Dumbledore?"

"Huh? Moon?"

The old man and the young man made doubtful sounds at the same time, and then looked at each other and laughed.

"Ha, a nasty box, it took me a little effort to pack it up - if I remember correctly, the second grade students should have an astronomy class tonight, right?" Professor Dumbledore said as he spoke. He stood up and put down the juice.

"Yes, Professor, I have already asked for leave from Professor Sinister." Moon did not intend to gossip too much, and said bluntly to the old man: "I'm sorry for bothering you, but I think you may have to go and see Just look at Mr. Hagrid."

"Hagrid? What's wrong with him?" Professor Dumbledore asked subconsciously. Then he realized it, raised his brows in understanding, and said softly: "Judging from your worried expression, I think he Are you blaming yourself?"

Moon nodded helplessly, "Yes, I'm afraid he has drank enough spirits in the past two days for an ordinary person to suffer from alcohol poisoning. When we went to see him today, his small room was full of things. He had an empty wine bottle, and his eyes were swollen into two peaches from crying."

"Well...I know." Professor Dumbledore took another sip of juice, "I'll go over there later."

"In addition -" Moon hesitated, but decided to start with the old man first "-Professor, I thought about it carefully, maybe there was something hidden in the incident when Jacob Saul broke in. , it may not be Hagrid’s fault. So…”

"So you want to investigate that matter again? Do you think that even if I go to comfort Hagrid, it will only treat the symptoms and not the root cause?" The old man guessed Moon's thoughts. "You want to go to the Forbidden Forest and have a look? Where is Wei?"

"That's right." Moon admitted frankly. After all, as long as he saw the appearance of that scene and the appearance of Lu Wei, he could use these to activate the Motlan glass illusion and see everything that happened at that time.

This time Professor Dumbledore did not reply immediately, but fell into hesitation. Moon did not rush him and waited quietly beside him.

A few minutes later, the old man raised his head again and said slowly: "If it's just this matter, there is no problem, but have you ever considered..."

"Think about it. Previously, I thought that if the investigation results were unsatisfactory, it might make Hagrid sad, so I haven't mentioned it since Jacob Saul was arrested. But now, Hagrid is very I'm sad, I might as well give it a try, maybe I'll gain something." Moon also guessed what the old man was thinking, and simply stated the reason why he wanted to investigate.

"Yes." The professor chuckled and agreed to Moon's request, "But you have to wait a few days. I will ask Hagrid to take you into the Forbidden Forest in a few days."

"I understand, we have to let Hagrid calm down for two days." Moon bowed, "Then I'll leave first, Professor - by the way, the gargoyle at the door of your office asked me to tell you that I hope you change it. The password, rabbit dung egg, is a bit too strange."

As soon as Moon said the second half of his sentence, Professor Dumbledore couldn't help laughing. "Okay, I understand, so, do you want a rabbit dung egg? I think it tastes pretty good."

Before Moon could nod, Professor Dumbledore flicked his fingers, causing a rabbit dung egg candy to jump out of the crystal plate and fall into Moon's hand.

Although he knew it was candy, Moon still couldn't help but feel a little ache when he looked at the incomparable appearance.

"Thank you, Professor." Moon, who was afraid that Professor Dumbledore would get angry and share more strange candies with him, thanked him, then turned around and slipped out of the principal's office.

Of course, when passing by the Gargoyle, he didn't forget to tell the big guy that he had completed his commission.Unfortunately, no reward was suddenly stuffed into his backpack, not even a reminder to complete the task - the gargoyle didn't even reply.

However, Moon seemed to see some green light in the slits of its eyelids again, and he didn't know if it was his imagination.

Maybe this is his response.

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After returning to the common room, the other students hadn't even finished class yet, and most of the other grades were not in the common room. Gabriel could only be seen holding Lai Ruien in the corner of the common room, talking quietly (the two of them had already Less and less people are carrying people on their backs), Tonks ran off to nowhere, and the rest were all a group of first graders. Moon even heard a few of them writing homework around the fireplace, While muttering, he complained that Professor Snape had left a huge amount of homework.

There was no room next to the fireplace, so Moon simply found a corner and continued to flip through his book.As a result, not long after we sat down, a large number of first-year Hufflepuff badgers came over with snacks to ask for help on their homework.

This is not the first time this has happened. The first-grade kids all know that the second-grade senior Fox has excellent grades and is willing to give advice on homework problems whenever he is free, so everyone likes to come to him to ask about homework. problems encountered.

But when Gal and the others returned to the common room and saw this scene, they still had the illusion that "the professor was actually in our common room."

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[Note 1] The original setting of the "Harry Potter" series of novels does not include the description of the gargoyle's eyes glowing green. Here is the original setting, which can be regarded as adding some drama to this hard-working door god. By the way, it is also dignified. A few small holes.

Chapter 142 Brooch

The time was getting later and later, and there were fewer and fewer people in the common room. Later, even Gabriel and Lerien went back to their dormitories, leaving only Moon in the corner. Turn the pages.

Oh yes, Violet is still in the common room, drawing a few strokes and looking at Moon.

Violet has always liked this kind of time the most - it not only satisfies her little desire to see Moon when she has nothing to do, but also has free models to use.

The only problem is that she still blushes from time to time, especially when Moon occasionally raises his head and makes eye contact with her.

The circular wooden door leading from the lounge to the dormitory area suddenly opened, and Gal poked his head out and said rather inappropriately: "Moon, uh, and Violet, why don't you two go to bed? There will be herbs tomorrow morning. Studying."

Moon was startled for a moment, then took out his pocket watch and took a look, only to realize that it was almost midnight.He responded, closed the book, turned to look at Violet, and found that the little girl was already clearing away the drawing board.

"By the way, Violet." As he put his hands into his pockets, Moon's fingers suddenly touched the rabbit dung egg candy he had wrapped in glutinous rice paper - Torgal's blessing. After this guy went to the kitchen to eat secretly many times, he asked his parents to send him a lot of sticky rice paper so that he could pack some food that needed to be simply wrapped and not suitable for putting directly into containers.After Moon discovered his sticky rice paper, he also prepared some in his velvet bag so that he would have something to use when he went to the kitchen to eat secretly in the future.

"Huh?" Violet, who had just collected her things, turned to look at Moon. The gradually dimming firelight in the fireplace seemed to make her eyes twinkle a little.

Moon put his other hand into his pocket, and then clasped both hands together (otherwise the glutinous rice paper might be damaged or melted), "One of my two hands is holding a rabbit dung egg. Sugar, the other hand holds the same prank product, one for each of us, which one do you want?"

Gal was a little confused when he heard it. When did Moon start eating abstract things like rabbit dung egg candies?

Violet stood up and looked at Munn's hands curiously. After pondering for a while, she pointed to Munn's right hand and said, "I want this."

The rabbit dung egg candy was in his left hand. Of course, Moon couldn't spread his right hand to her, so he used a long-lost magic trick - cheating: "You chose the right hand, right? That left hand The things are yours."

As Moon spoke, he spread out his left hand, and the rabbit dung egg candy wrapped in glutinous rice paper was lying quietly in the palm of his hand.

He originally thought that Violet would say that he was cheating and come to ask for the thing in his right hand. Unexpectedly, Violet actually picked up the candy in Moon's left hand, opened the glutinous rice paper and threw it into his mouth - even There was no hesitation.

Moon stood there confused, and after a while he asked in confusion: "How can you be sure that the candy in my left hand is not a prank product?"

The little girl picked up her bag, pretended to think for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Because I don't think you will really give me any prank products, so whichever hand you give me, I will It must be sugar.”

"Boom-"

The sudden muffled sound shook Munn's confusion away. The two of them looked towards the direction of the sound, only to find that Gal was covering his head, enduring the pain and waving at the two of them, "Don't worry. I, I’m fine, you continue, you continue.”

As he said that, Gal closed the door, and at the same time he smiled like a weird aunt, and at the same time he grinned with a headache as he hugged the door accidentally.

After laughing for a while, he finally realized what was going on - something was wrong. It wasn't like he was being secretly loved by someone and was his childhood sweetheart. Why was he enjoying himself here?

If Munn was next to him and heard his inner voice, he would definitely tell him that this was the legendary pleasure of "eating CP".

Unfortunately, Moon was still outside the door at this moment. He and Violet looked at each other. For a moment, no one knew what to say.

The outsider was so high on CP, but the two insiders were still a little at a loss from time to time when they faced each other.

"Ahem - that." Moon adjusted his thoughts, cleared his throat, looked directly into Violet's eyes, and stretched out his right hand. "Actually, the good thing is indeed in this hand. I thought you would do it because of that." I came here to ask for the thing in my hand."

"Huh? But what I have in my mouth is indeed sweet candy." Violet looked at Munn's right hand that was slowly spreading out, her big eyes didn't even blink, as if Munn would put it in the palm of her hand. It’s like you’ll miss the last fireworks in the blink of an eye.

After the palm was fully opened, a small wooden violet brooch was lying in Moon's palm [Note 1].

"Here, it's for you." Moon smiled, but he laughed so much that he felt a little flustered, and all the words in his stomach came out at once - he originally wanted to wait until Violet asked him why he wanted to give this to him. Besides, it’s okay now, I didn’t hold back a single word. “When I gave you paper flowers in the summer, I thought of giving you something more exquisite. Two days ago, I left school and went to London. Before I went home after the incident, I passed by a store selling handmade products, so I went in and bought a lot of semi-finished raw materials. When I came back, I made this myself and gave it to you. It was a bit ugly... Just make do with it."

It’s not that he didn’t hold back a single word. The young man still hid some things. For example, his skills were too poor and he lacked talent. For more than twenty days, he followed the template given by others and worked day and night. He also broke three of them, and he finally managed to make such an ugly one on the fourth one. He couldn't even carve a pumpkin, so he had a burst of luck and performed at a super level.

Violet listened to Moon's muttering, but her head kept looking down at the brooch. It wasn't that she didn't want to look up, but her nose was really a little sore.

The edges are not smooth and rounded at all, and there are a few places where the edges are colored and borderline. It looks pretty good at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that the entire brooch is full of flaws.

Violet rubbed her eyes, and deliberately took advantage of the action of standing up to move slightly, so that her back was facing the fireplace to prevent the fire from exposing the tiny lights in the corners of her eyes.

She picked up the brooch from Moon's palm and whispered, "Oh, it's not ugly at all, thank you."

Moon felt that he should say something, but his mouth that had been pouring out all the words just now suddenly felt like a cassette stuck, and he couldn't say even a single word.

When the girl smiled and put the brooch on, he also smiled.

It seemed that suddenly there was nothing more to say.