harry potter book of crimes

"Dumble-Lido!"

When Hagrid put down Gubrai's Fairy Fire and expressed his intention, the lazy and arrogant giant Gugo's eyes lit up and he repeated the name.

Gugo didn't understand English, but the name impressed him deeply. Because the territory they were in now was what Dumbledore had won for them back then.

For the remaining giants, Dumbledore is an unforgettable person.

Giant Gugo looked at Hagrid and Mrs. Maxim, and he almost didn't notice Maka, who was also standing beside him. Then, he shouted something in that crude-sounding giant language.

Not long after, two big guys who looked a little old came out of the giant crowd behind Maka. They passed by Maka and his group with heavy steps, and stood next to the giant Gugo.

"Dumbledore, a gift for Cacus Gogo?" one of the older giants asked in less than proficient English.

Hagrid responded hurriedly, and then introduced to them the torch burning the ancient fire of Gubrai. When the two old giants almost understood it, they turned around and chatted with their Gugo.

Explained.

At this time, the giants behind Maka had actually gathered behind him. When they heard the two old giants explain the "eternal fire" clearly, almost the entire tribe became excited.

Even the giant Gogokakus seemed very happy. He sat up, grabbed the torch that Hagrid had planted on the ground, and flicked it with his fingers.

The blue-white flame was lifted up by his fingers like a ribbon, but in the next moment, it gathered back to the top of the torch.

As a result, Kacus let out a burst of joyful laughter, and the thunderous sound immediately exploded in the ears of Maka and the other three, and even their feet felt a slight vibration.

Because the volume of the laughter was so loud, Maka couldn't help but grin.

Fire has always been the favorite thing of the giants. Although they learned how to make fire as early as the Middle Ages from the wizards who hired them to participate in the war, before that, their flames were given by nature.

The importance of fire in their hearts is almost as important as that of their ancestors.

And when they learned to make fire, the flame gradually evolved into a kind of belief and obsession for them. The eternal fire sent by Hagrid was undoubtedly the most sacred gift.

An unquenchable flame, what a beautiful thing! Although this flame has no warmth at all.

Taking advantage of the laughter of the giant Gogocacus, Hagrid lost no time in speaking. Of course, he mainly spoke to the two older giants...

"Albus Dumbledore said that tomorrow, the messenger will bring another gift, and he asked Gugo to talk to the messenger."

After saying that, Hagrid, Mrs. Maxim and Maka bowed and planned to retreat according to the original plan.

There is no way, this is how you have to deal with the giant family. Giants are creatures with very poor patience. If you talk too much, they will find it difficult to listen to you, and they will simply kill you.

This is their nature, and even if Dumbledore comes in person, it won't change much.

However, what the three of them thought was a smooth gift-giving show of goodwill, turned out to be an unexpected betrayal.

"etc!"

Before they could even take a few steps back, the old giant behind him stopped them with a single word from Kakusgugo.

When the three of them heard this, they stopped and stood still.

At this moment, Kakusgugo reluctantly looked at the torch in his hand again, and then, under the confused eyes of Maka and others, he inserted it back into the ground in front of them.

"Kakusgogo said we must say no."

The old giant who said these words also stared at the torch with a look of reluctance.

"Why?" Hagrid asked in surprise.

This time, there was no need for Cacus to speak first. The old giant immediately replied: "Other wizards gave Gugo more and better gifts...reject Dumbledore!"

As he spoke, he drew a circle on his chest to indicate that they had received "so many" gifts. But after that, he reluctantly stared at the torch on the ground again.

Although it did look a little funny, Hagrid and Madame Maxime couldn't laugh at all.

"Is it Voldemort again?"

Maka immediately thought of the almost inevitable answer.

It is absolutely true to say that giants are all one-sided and brainless. Maka can be sure that they did not refuse the readily available gift because of their loyalty to the agreement.

The reason why Karkus refused was probably because the messenger sent by Voldemort clearly mentioned, "Accepting the gift is tantamount to rejecting Dumbledore's gift."

From the perspective of wizards and even Muggles, this is difficult to explain, but in the giant's completely inflexible mind, this is the only result.

And now, if Karkus does not accept Dumbledore's gift, he cannot make any negotiations. Because in the giant's concept, a gift is equivalent to employment.

This extremely simple and crude equation was actually taught to wizards in the Middle Ages, and it took a lot of trouble to teach them.

"what to do?"

Hagrid's understanding of giants is relatively deep, especially after Dumbledore's reminder, he understood that the difficulty of communicating with giants is actually far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

When he turned back and looked at Mrs. Maxim and Maca, the giants around him already seemed a little impatient.

"I don't know what to do...Does this count as a breakdown in negotiations? No, this hasn't even started yet!" Mrs. Maxim frowned and said, "How about we leave with the fairy fire first?"

Almost at the moment Maxim was speaking, Hagrid suddenly felt a tightening in his legs, and then he realized that the whole world had turned upside down.

He reluctantly turned his head and took a look, and finally discovered the reason - it was the giant who had been standing next to Karkus from the beginning, and angrily lifted him up by his legs.

Even a man as big as Hagrid is as weak as a child next to a real giant.

"Oh ho——"

The giant roared wildly at Hagrid, and then wanted to throw him out. Madam Maxime beside her had even drawn out her newly bought wand.

At this extremely urgent moment, Maca slapped Madam Maxim's hand, then took a decisive step and raised the torch stuck on the ground again.

"Maka McClain!"

His shout had been amplified by amplifying spells, and the loud voice immediately exploded in the ears of every giant.

Of course, the reason why he only reported his name was that he actually didn't want to say anything specific at all.

After all, Hagrid was being held in someone's hand and was about to be thrown out. At that moment, he had no time to say anything, and even if he did, the giant probably wouldn't understand, right?

Maka did this just to attract the giant's attention first.

In fact, he did succeed. When his name rang in the giant's ears, the giant stopped subconsciously and lowered his head to look in his direction.

Seeing that her restraining action was effective, Maka said loudly: "Maka McLean, give a gift to Kakusugugo to express your respect."

This sentence is almost exactly the same as what Hagrid said before, the only difference is that he replaced Dumbledore's name with his own, that's all.

In terms of secretly changing concepts, this is undoubtedly a stupid way. But when it comes to dealing with these "silly guys" in front of us, this stupid sentence is enough to have a miraculous effect.

"oh--"

When the two old giants next to Kakus heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up, as if they had heard some wise words, and they happily told Kakus Gugo.

There was no need to wait for Kakus to speak, or even to look at Kakus's expression. When Maka saw the eyes of the two old giants shining, he knew that his "stupid method" was completely successful.

If we say that the young giants are all "stupid", then these two old giants can be said to be relatively less "stupid".

Even races with low IQs like giants will actually become a little smarter once they get older and gain more experience.

This was what Maka thought of when she recalled how the two old giants showed reluctance more than once when they refused according to Karkus's decision.

Among the giants, Gu Ge's decision must be obeyed. Unless another giant challenges, you still have to listen to what you should.

Although the two old giants obeyed, they seemed not to be completely sure of Karkus's decision, which was enough to prove Maka's conjecture.

"Maga-Lane, okay!"

When the giant Gogokakus personally changed Maca's name, he immediately pulled out the torch on the ground again and started playing with it endlessly.

"Maka McLean, tomorrow, bring gifts and talk to Kakusgogo."

Although we went through a lot of twists and turns that made people roll their eyes, today's goal was finally achieved.

When the giant carrying Hagrid threw him away and looked at the torch with envy, Maka immediately said what needed to be said to the old giant, and then pulled Hagrid, who had not yet regained consciousness.

Ge and Madame Maxime retreated out of the valley.

…

"Maka, I really have you! I just fooled those giants!"

The three of them returned to the back of the ridge. Hagrid, while rubbing his old waist that was almost broken, praised the witty Maka with great excitement.

Even Madame Maxime, who always paid attention to maintaining elegance, couldn't help but praise her a few words at this time.

"Don't be too happy too soon, tomorrow will be the real trouble!"

When the two of them took turns talking happily, Maka poured a bucket of cold water on them.