Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 285 Lessons

As Christmas approaches, there are many more decorations in the castle. Hagrid has begun to move his large fir trees again, placing them in the entrance hall, the auditorium, and some in the common room.

"I don't need your help." He huffed and placed a particularly large fir tree at the door of the auditorium, and Harry felt the ground beneath his feet shaking.

"This year's decoration seems to be a little different." Hermione said with interest: "It is more gorgeous than before."

"Of course." Hagrid wiped the hot sweat from his forehead and said cheerfully: "Celebration, everyone is looking forward to the celebration. I can't wait for a long time. This is the first time I have

I attended the Christmas dinner as a professor, and so many people came all of a sudden. To be honest, I was almost unbearably nervous."

"Don't worry." Harry comforted: "You are a very good professor, and everyone will like you by then."

What Harry said was true. Since the beginning of the Niffler, Hagrid has never caused an incident like the Hippogriff, and no student has been injured in class.

This is really lucky - Ron often said with emotion.

Hagrid was so moved that his beetle-like eyes suddenly became bright.

"When you have time, you should also go to Hogsmeade Village to take a look." He said: "The layout there is more interesting than the school - it is said that the circus has also arrived, and they plan to arrange performances on the weekends in advance to make more money.

Some travel expenses and so on.”

"What performances are there?" Ron asked with eyes shining.

"You'll know when you get there." Hagrid said with a smile: "If you reveal it in advance, there will be no surprises - well, I have to go back first, lest Yaya takes Luna to a place she shouldn't go again.

.”

Yes, as a formal professor at Hogwarts, Hagrid also chose a student specifically to teach him.

His first choice was originally Harry. Even aside from his previous experience, Harry was the first student to successfully communicate with Buckbeak, which was considered very talented. It was a pity that Hagrid did not

Thinking that Harry was chosen by Principal Dumbledore, there was nothing he could do.

Hermione is actually very good, but Hagrid is still one step behind and was taken away by Dean McGonagall.

As for the remaining Ron - this is not because Hagrid doesn't like Ron, but because Fred and George have indeed caused him a lot of trouble.

According to what he said - there is no need for more Weasleys in the Forbidden Forest.

Therefore, Luna, who performed well in class, came into Hagrid's sight. Hagrid found that this little girl seemed to be able to get along with all animals, especially during a contact with the Thestral, which simply scared him.

What a surprise - the young Thestrals were actually very affectionate to Luna, and Luna could still see them, but she wasn't afraid at all.

There was only one thing that often bothered Hagrid - that was, whenever he was busy with other things, and when he came back and found that Fang and Luna were gone, they would always be found in the Forbidden Forest.

Fortunately, no injuries occurred, otherwise Hagrid would really not know how to explain to Principal Dumbledore.

For this reason, he also educated Yaya for a long time.

What else could it be because of?

It must have been the restless Yaya who led Luna astray.

"Children, children!"

From across the cabin, Hagrid shouted loudly: "Are you still there?"

The room was quiet, there was no sound at all.

"Oops." Hagrid couldn't believe that in such a short time, Yaya and Luna disappeared again——

Um?

He glanced at the fence next to the cabin and saw fresh footprints in the snow.

Finally, after getting much closer, he heard two voices.

"Hagrid is back?"

"It should be that he went to move the Christmas tree and said he would be back soon."

"Woof woof woof."

Fang rushed over happily. Hagrid peeked inside and found that besides Luna, Ginny was also there.

"So you are here." He felt relieved and asked curiously: "But what are you doing? Are there any new papers to be written?"

"No." Ginny said. She was originally squatting and hiding near the fence. Now she stood up, patted the snow marks on her clothes, and said with a headache: "We are here to look for clues."

"What clue?" Hagrid became even more curious, feeling a little strange that he would look for clues near his house instead of the Forbidden Forest.

Isn't that the place where students are most willing to cause trouble?

But this time, Ginny hesitated and refused to tell the reason.

She was not Fred and George, and if it weren't for Luna's pull, she wouldn't have had the experience of secretly going to the Forbidden Forest before.

Ginny was just curious about her lost memories.

She originally planned to give up because Professor Heimer said in class that the course she was taking now was related to the soul, but that experience was harmful to her, so it was eliminated.

However, what Ginny never expected was that she almost got the answer from Luna just by asking casually.

Although Ginny forgot, Luna still remembered - especially Pandora, she remembered it better than anyone else.

"You encountered a bad person." Pandora wrote in her notebook at the time: "But if it hadn't been for that experience, Luna and I would have never had the chance to know you."

This is related to an accidental packet swap in the second grade. Luna mistook Tom Riddle in the notebook for Pandora.

Ginny mistook Pandora for Tom, so she even thought about sneaking into the Ravenclaw dormitory, stealing Tom's diary, and returning Pandora.

In fact, Ginny really did this.

She never thought that she would have such a bold day!

However, this also made her more curious about the lost memory.

For this reason, she returned to the chicken coop next to the cabin - Pandora told her that Ginny once revealed that she had been here, and her clothes were still stained with chicken feathers, as if she had attacked them.

Seeing that Ginny refused to speak, Hagrid's eyes suddenly became suspicious. He asked: "Are you planning to do bad things secretly, children?"

"Let me think about it," Luna said in astonishment, "It seems to be pretty much the same - um."

Ginny quickly covered her mouth and said, "No, how could it be, Hagrid."

Hagrid stared at them carefully for a while. He suddenly walked up to the two of them. He was as huge as a hill. Ginny was frightened by the sight. She had never thought that Hagrid would become so scary one day.

"You guys tell me."

Hagrid bent down and said seriously: "Is Fang taking the lead?"

"He's finally as smart as Al?"

Ginny stood blankly for a while, looking down at Fang who was having fun on the spot, and then turned to glance at Luna.

How did Luna teach Hagrid?——

""Ancient Magic and Funny Animals", um, have you read this article?"

At dinner, while biting his ribs, Ron pointed to a report on Hogwarts in The Quibbler and said: "It was written by Hagrid, but why can't I understand it? Look at it.

This sentence - [Is it possible that the hippogriff brought back a moon toad? If there is a skilled rider, it may actually fly to the moon.] What nonsense is Hagrid talking about?

ah?"

"I have read it a long time ago." Hermione said calmly: "The person who taught him was Luna, so I am not surprised at all that Hagrid would write such an article. Only a few people should be able to read it."

"I can't read it." Harry said at the side: "But if I have the chance, I really want to hear how Luna taught Hagrid. He didn't mention the fire dragon! This is really incredible."

Ron immediately became silly and happy. He put down the clean ribs, wiped his hands with a tissue, and said in a matter-of-fact tone: "By the way, do you still have pocket money?"

"I can lend you some gold." Harry said nonchalantly, "I don't have much chance to spend it anyway."

"My parents gave me another five galleons when they heard that I was going to stay in school." Hermione also continued: "What are you going to do? Are you going to do business like Fred and George? Say it in advance, I won't

Ready to join."

"You are really rich." Ron said enviously: "But I haven't thought about starting a business yet. Who knows whether Fred and George will lose everything - it's Hogsmeade. We'll see then.

Circus performances should cost money, right? Since you still have pocket money, that's good. I saved some before and will go to Honeydukes to buy some ice mice. What's wrong with you? Why don't you say anything?

?”

Ron looked at the two of them in confusion.

Hermione's expression became awkward little by little, and she said apologetically: "Sorry, Ron, I might not be able to go. Professor Hemmer wrote a list of books for me, which must be read before the celebration begins.

——Otherwise, it will be too disruptive to my interest and I won’t be able to properly talk to those high-profile guests. I’m still thinking of getting an autograph from Mr. Scamander.”

"Why do you want his autograph?" Ron couldn't understand Hermione's thoughts: "Is that valuable?"

"Extraordinary intelligence is the greatest wealth of mankind." Hermione said as if singing: "Luna taught me this. You should also get to know the founder of the school well."

"They won't notice an ordinary student like me." Ron snorted, putting his arm around Harry's shoulders: "It seems we are the only ones left -"

But Harry quietly pushed Ron's arm down.

"I can't go either."

Ron's expression was as if he had seen an Acromantula with his own eyes - he was extremely frightened.

"Don't tell me that you are also planning to go to the library!" He said in horror: "Is this some kind of curse? I know that people like Hermione who love to learn are not normal."

"Hey!" Hermione said dissatisfied: "What does it mean to be mentally ill?"

"Because you know a lot of magic." Ron lowered his voice and said, "Compared with idiots, are you more likely to be ambitious? This is what I understand from a series of reports before -

-You know who I'm talking about, Grindelwald, and - you know."

He winked and pretended to be mysterious.

Harry and Hermione exchanged a look, and Ron now looked like the idiot he said he was.

"It's not the library." Harry said the excuse he had made up a long time ago: "It's Hedwig. She made a lot of mistakes in the play. She has to rehearse with Mr. Al at that time, and I have to be there too.

.”

"Oh." Ron said distressedly: "Why is it at this time? And what does the trouble caused by Hedwig have to do with you? You are not the one to act."

Hermione stared at Harry strangely, already suspecting that Harry was going to see Cedric again.

"Listen." She said suddenly, feeling that she should make her words clear at this time: "What I want to tell you is that nothing can affect the relationship between the few of us."

Harry looked at her in confusion, and Ron pretended to have goosebumps: "Look, I'm going to say she's out of her mind."

"Shut up!" Hermione said angrily: "Eat your chicken legs, you deserve Ginny not to like you."

"What's wrong with the chicken legs?" Ron also got angry: "Besides, it's not my problem that Ginny doesn't like me. It's obvious that she has a lot of brothers and she can't like her at all."

"Well," Harry said hesitantly, "Isn't it because you are too ordinary? Don't look at me like that. This is what you said just now."

Ron glared at Harry hard, and said through gritted teeth: "When I learn how to be a devil, you will know what it means to have no peace. You can't use it as an excuse forever."

Harry and Hermione exchanged another look, and they were now very sure that Ron was the idiot he said he was.

——

At night, Harry left the common room alone.

He felt a little sorry for Ron and Hermione because he had to hide it from these two people and couldn't tell them that he was going to Professor Haimer's new course.

But there is nothing that can be done about it. After all, Professor Heimer has said that even Principal Dumbledore must be concealed, otherwise, otherwise

Eh?

Harry suddenly remembered that Professor Heimer seemed to have never said what would happen otherwise.

This seems to be the first time that Professor Heimer has not mentioned a specific punishment, not even confinement.

What exactly does Professor Heimer plan to teach him?

Harry came to the door of the Ancient Magic Office uneasily. He hesitated for a while, trying to think of a way to calm down as soon as possible.

After half a minute, he knocked on the door.

Silently, the door slowly opened in front of him.

Professor Heimer was standing in front of the window. He looked up at the nearly full moon in the sky and asked without looking back: "Are you ready, Harry?"

Harry was a little frightened by this scene, but he quickly thought of Luna's miraculously resurrected mother, and then thought of his own parents.

This is more effective than any other method.

"I'm ready, Professor." Harry said firmly, ready to accept it no matter what, even if it meant becoming evil.

"Very good." Toby turned around, stared at Harry with serious eyes and said, "Then let's get started."

The door closed behind Harry, and he heard Professor Hemmer continue to say to himself: "First lesson, summon your devil -"

"Then eat it."