Harry Potter and the Old Ones

After being comforted by Harry, Ron and Hermione, Hagrid seemed to be in a much better mood, but he was still sobbing again and again.

"Don't be sad, Hagrid." Hermione comforted at a loss, "So. So, how is Aragog's current situation?"

"Tiela Tiela gave me a bottle of potion." Hagrid said frustratedly, "After I fed it to Aragog, Aragog obviously improved a lot."

"Isn't this great? Hagrid, why are you still sad?" Harry encouraged.

"But. But, Tiera said, said, this potion is the elixir of life. He doesn't have much in his hands. If Professor Slughorn fails to successfully refine another magic stone, the elixir of life will be very difficult. It will be finished soon, and Aragog will still be dead by then. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Hagrid seemed sad and worried. He took his dirty potato-peeling scarf and wiped it on his face. .

"The Philosopher's Stone?" Hermione asked in surprise, "Horace Slughorn is refining the Philosopher's Stone?"

"Well, Tiera said that he lost Nicoreme's magic stone during the ceremony to become a god, so he had to compensate Nicoreme. But he said that with his own knowledge, he had to take care of the Ministry of Magic's mess while also paying back the debt. The burden of refining the Philosopher's Stone was too great, so he cooperated with Horace Slughorn to refine one together, and asked me not to tell." Halfway through, Hagrid suddenly covered his mouth, his face The sad expression on his face had been replaced by panic and regret, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at Harry, Ron, and Hermione in a panic and at a loss.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione also looked at Hagrid with some confusion, as if they didn't understand why Hagrid would tell them such a secret so easily.

"I shouldn't have said it. I shouldn't have said it. I shouldn't have said it. I shouldn't have said it." Hagrid looked extremely flustered and muttered to himself in a somewhat bewildered manner.

"Um, Hagrid, then, let's go back to the castle first." Hermione said, retracting the hand that patted Hagrid's shoulder——

Obviously, Hagrid is in deep self-blame now, and Hermione doesn't want to wait for Hagrid to wake up and then face Hagrid's nagging.

Obviously, Harry and Ron had the same idea as Hermione. Harry, who acted quickly, had already picked up his school bag.

"You little brats, you're trying to trick me again!" Hagrid growled angrily and angrily, "Don't tell anyone what I just said!"

"I know, I know!" Hermione opened the door to Hagrid's hut and jumped out, followed closely by Harry and Ron.

"You are not allowed to talk to anyone, do you hear me!" Hagrid waved his thick arms and said, this time he seemed really angry and regretful, "Especially Tierra! You are not allowed to talk to Tierra Are you aware of this matter?"

"I know, I know!" Harry followed closely behind Hermione and ran towards the castle.

"You are not allowed to tell anyone whether you heard it or not!"

Hagrid's voice grew quieter behind them as they moved away from him.

"Visiting Hagrid wasn't as bad as we thought, was it?" Hermione said, "At least our visit to Hagrid wasn't completely fruitless."

Hagrid's hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest was now out of sight of Harry, Ron, and Hermione. They slowed down again and talked about the information that Hagrid had just "inadvertently" revealed to them. .

"Yes." Harry nodded in agreement, "We know that Tiera and Horace Slughorn are refining the Philosopher's Stone."

"But what's the use of that?" Ron said, "What I mean is that indeed, after joining Tiera and Horace to successfully refine the magic stone, they can brew the elixir of life and extend Hagrid's life. The lives of those terrifying pets, oh, yes, can also turn stones into gold. But obviously Tiera does not need this skill. Don't forget, there are mountains and deep seas piled up in the Treasury of the Magical Federation. There are so many gold galleons.”

"Ron! Didn't you listen to what Hagrid just said?" Hermione said with hatred.

"No." Ron shrugged helplessly, "My attention is completely focused on Hagrid's dying baby Acromantula, and I am not in any other mood to pay attention to other things."

"Tiera said that he lost Nicoreme's magic stone during the ceremony to become a god, so he had to compensate Nicoreme." Hermione repeated what Hagrid said, "Didn't you hear it? ?Obviously the ritual of becoming a god is related to the magic stone!"

"So what?" Ron said nonchalantly, "Even you are still at least a step away from learning the content related to the ceremony of becoming a god."

Ron counted on his fingers and then said: "There are at least three major exams left, one N.E.W.t, one Magic University General Entrance Examination, and one Magic Graduate Examination that has not even been completed yet."

"Why don't you understand what I mean?" Hermione seemed to be a little irritated by Ron's stupidity. She raised her schoolbag and patted Ron on the shoulder, jumping out every time she patted her. a word.

"What, what?" Ron seemed frightened and didn't understand why Hermione suddenly became angry.

"Don't you still understand what I mean?" Hermione said angrily, "The Philosopher's Stone is helpful for the ceremony of becoming a god, and Nicoreme is asking Tiera to return the Philosopher's Stone at this time. What does this mean? Don’t you understand yet?”

"Are you almost out of Nico Flamel's elixir?" Ron asked.

"No!" Hermione denied, "Nicholas Flamel is also preparing for the ceremony to become a god!"

"Wait a minute, Nicoléme also wants to become a god?" Harry asked in confusion, "Why is he preparing for the ceremony to become a god? He already has the elixir of life, can't he be immortal as Ron said? Have you finished drinking the elixir?"

"Impossible." Hermione insisted on her judgment and said, "When I was chatting with Tiera during the summer vacation of fourth grade, I remember Tiera said that Nicoreme's elixir was enough to be used to make acid. It is absolutely impossible to drink a lemon-flavored drink and Nico Flamel’s elixir so quickly.”

"Okay, okay." Harry was not going to argue with Hermione on this matter, "Even if Nico Flamel wants to hold a godhood ceremony, what does that have to do with us?"

"It's not directly related," Hermione said, "But now that Hogwarts is in such a mess, with so many disorganized personnel, it would be a serious matter if anything goes wrong!"

When Hermione, Ron, and Harry chattered about "Tiera and Horace Slughorn refining the Philosopher's Stone for Nicoléme," they didn't notice that they were getting more and more. The more excited he became, the louder his voice drifted on the wind to the Owlery not far away, where Draco Malfoy was punished for making racially charged remarks and had to clean the Owlery instead of being confined. .

As the voices of Harry, Ron and Hermione came, he temporarily put down his work and listened to the source of the sound——

"Magic stone"

"Tiera"

"God Becoming Ceremony."

"In case something goes wrong."

Draco Malfoy darkly touched the Mark of the Dark Lord on his left arm.