Archaeologists at Hogwarts

The news that Quirrell no longer stuttered quickly spread throughout the school, and everyone knew that this was accomplished with the help of Professor Hemmer.

What many people didn't expect was that it was actually a curse, but they didn't know it was just a prank, so Professor Heimer became even more mysterious in their eyes.

Especially Harry, Hermione, and Ron.

Now many days have passed since they were deducted points, and no one wants to pay attention to them. Fortunately, according to Hermione, the exam is coming soon - although she resents the use of "immediate" to describe ten weeks,

But Harry and Ron still carried out Hermione's review plan honestly, and they had nothing else to do.

On this day, they stayed in the library, and Ron was quietly analyzing the reasons why Professor Hemmer helped Quirrell——

"Hermione first overheard Professor Highmore threatening Quirrell with a magic circle, but now we have all seen it with our own eyes. Quirrell has solved his stuttering problem, so it is not a threat at all, but Professor Highmore wants to help Quirrell.

That’s all.”

"He has not been affected by ancient magic, and he has no intention of stealing the Philosopher's Stone. It's just that his idea of ​​helping others is... well, different, which is why Quirrell reacted so badly.

Mistaken it as a threat.”

"And later on, when Quirrell was admitted to the campus hospital on the day of the competition, his begging for mercy was only to Professor Heimer. Just like us, he also misunderstood Professor Heimer's intentions. Didn't you see that he is everywhere now?

Can you say something nice about Professor Heimer?"

"As for the mysterious patient who was later admitted to the school hospital - if you think about it boldly, he might be the person who really wanted to steal the magic stone, or he might just be an unlucky guy who fainted in front of the school gate and was too late to go to the Holy Light.

He was in trouble, so he was placed in the school hospital."

"all in all--"

Ron concluded: "We did a bunch of stupid things for a non-existent guess, which resulted in the college being deducted points. This is really stupid."

Originally they thought Professor Heimer was threatening Quirrell, but they no longer thought so after it happened that Quirrell stopped stuttering.

The whole incident had nothing to do with the Philosopher's Stone. The threat Hermione thought was just Professor Highmore's help that she couldn't refuse. This was not surprising, after all, Professor Highmore's style had always been like this.

There is nothing suspicious about the Mason Gate. It may just be Professor Heimer preparing for future courses, or it may be some weird research or something.

In the end, the only ones who were really stupid were the three of them. They fantasized about a lot of things, but found that it was of no use at all, and turned Gryffindor into the bottom house.

Harry and Hermione blushed fiercely. They lowered their heads deeply and hurriedly passed the book "A Thousand Magic Herbs and Mushrooms". Ron looked at them from side to side, and he was silent for a long time.

No one wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone, they all wrongly blamed Professor Hemmer.

Since the beginning of school, they have made many mistakes, but in the end they got such an empty result... Especially this kind of drama of mistaking good people for bad people has been performed many times.

Ron threw the quill away. He couldn't stand it anymore and looked helplessly out of the library window.

The weather today was simply wonderful, the sky was clear and blue, like the color of forget-me-not flowers, but on the contrary, their mood was very bad.

Suddenly, Harry heard Ron say: "Hagrid! What are you doing in the library?"

Hagrid stomped over, hiding something behind his back. He was wearing a moleskin coat, which looked very out of place.

"Anyone can take a look," Hagrid said, his voice evasive, which immediately aroused their interest.

"What are you doing here?" He suddenly looked suspicious: "You are still looking for Nico Flamel, right?"

"Oh, we knew who he was hundreds of years ago." Ron's mood finally improved a little bit. This was one of their few real gains: "We also know what is hidden in that room.

It’s the magic stone——”

"Shh-" Hagrid quickly looked around to see if anyone heard him, "Don't shout so loudly, what on earth do you want to do?"

"We-" For a moment, Harry's curiosity that had just surged was extinguished, and he thought of Professor Heimer, who looked like a horned water snake.

"We don't think about anything anymore." Harry said discouragedly: "We just hope that we can pass Professor Heimer's exam well so that Gryffindor will not be deducted zero points."

Ron sighed, and Hermione nodded in frustration.

"It's really strange that you finally stopped thinking nonsense."

Hagrid said in surprise, and at the same time he sympathized with the sad three people: "Well, you come to me after a while, maybe I can have something to make you happy."

"What is it?" Harry asked curiously.

Hagrid refused to say anything and walked away in a hurry.

"What is he hiding behind his back?" Hermione said thoughtfully.

"I don't know." Harry shook his head: "I just know that we shouldn't cause any more trouble. Think about it, what would Professor Highmore do if he knew about us learning about the Philosopher's Stone?"

Ron, who was originally going to look for it on the bookshelf, also became silent. Harry suddenly gave him a reminder - fortunately Professor Hemmer didn't know the whole story, nor did he know that they had suspected each other, otherwise

Punishment doesn't stop there.

An hour later they left the library and knocked on the door of the gamekeeper's cabin.

All the curtains in the room were drawn tightly. Hagrid first shouted "Who is it?" before letting them in, and then quickly turned around and closed the door.

The heat in the hut was almost suffocating, and the three of them immediately noticed the big egg in the center of the fire, which looked dark.

"Don't say this is the surprise you gave us." Harry said in horror.

He couldn't help but be afraid. The egg looked unusual. Who knew what kind of terrifying life or monster was conceived inside.

"Well," Hagrid said uneasily, "I thought you would also like fire dragons. This is not common -"

"Fire dragon?!" Hermione exclaimed: "You mean that's a fire dragon egg? This is a Class A prohibited trade item. You are breaking the law, Hagrid."

"It's not that serious." Hagrid waved his hand and said, "I just won this from drinking in the village. I guess that person is just eager to get rid of it."

"Oh, of course the other party will do this." Ron said: "Because this can prevent that person from going to jail."

"I said," Hagrid looked at them in confusion: "Why are you reacting so bigly? I will take good care of it. This is a Norwegian Ridgeback. It is very rare."

"Hagrid." Harry stared at Hagrid seriously and said, "We can't let you do this. Can you imagine what Professor Hemmer would do if he knew about this? You can't hide this fire dragon.

, you live in a wooden house."

"You mean Toby?" Hagrid blinked: "What's wrong with Toby?"

Hermione wailed and said: "Once he knows that we helped you hide the dragon egg, he will definitely turn Gryffindor House into a zero egg. You should be from Gryffindor House too, Hagrid, you

You don’t want to see this kind of result, do you?”

"Of course not, but -"

"Nothing to worry about," Ron immediately interrupted: "Not only will the points be deducted, Professor Heimer may also put you in solitary confinement. The solitary confinement of the three of us has not started yet, and you will want to accompany us.

?"

"How is that possible? I'm not a student." Hagrid shook his huge head: "Toby wouldn't do this to me."

"Are you sure, Hagrid?" Harry asked softly: "Professor Highmore has already had a fight with Snape, do you really think he will turn a blind eye? Even Principal Dumbledore will have no excuse by then.

protect you."

Hagrid finally hesitated.

"Probably...not right?"