harry potter book of crimes

"Professor Hagrid, what's wrong, why..."

"Shh-"

Enns, who was dragged into the hunting lodge, was naturally confused because he didn't know what happened. Why was the other party still chatting happily with the old man before, but now he acted like

Nervous look.

However, Hagrid obviously did not intend to give an explanation immediately.

"Hide inside, don't come out no matter what sound you hear, and don't make any noise yourself."

After a hurried instruction in a lowered voice, Enns was pushed into the back room of the hut like a puppet by Hagrid, and then he closed the shabby curtain hanging next to him.

To be honest, Hagrid's series of movements were so fast that Enns didn't react much from the beginning to the end. When he came back to his senses, all that was left in front of him was the striped curtain that was still swinging slightly.

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After a while, he heard the same chatter outside as before, but the topic was changed to "There seemed to be a few owls flying outside just now", which was obviously used to cover up.

Since Hagrid had thrown him here, Enns had no choice but to stay here and see the situation first. At least judging from Hagrid's decisive action just now, the other party knew the current situation better than he did.

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With this thought, Enns had the energy to look around.

This room looks like a warehouse, with all kinds of debris piled up around it, making it seem quite narrow and crowded. But in fact, this is the only room in the hunting lodge with enough space.

Where space is available.

Because, in the corner of this room, a long strip of open space was specially made. And there, there was a "specially extended and extra large" simple bed.

Needless to say, this is where Hagrid sleeps every night.

Enns subconsciously walked over and touched it, and found that the bed was actually made of stones. In addition to some dry straw padding, there was only a bed sheet made of pieces of cloth, and even the pillows were

does not exist.

Although he highly doubted whether this kind of bed would be comfortable to sleep on, after all, now was not the time to lie down on it and try it. As his eyes passed over Hagrid's bed, he discovered another bed diagonally opposite the bed.

a window.

This window was different from the one outside. The window was higher. Enns walked over and lifted up a corner of the curtain, and when he looked out, he realized that the direction facing here seemed to be the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

The night is a little dark tonight. Looking from here, there are only shadows in the woods, and nothing can be seen clearly.

But just as Enns took back his fingers that lifted the curtains, the faint rustling sound outside made him stop for a moment.

"Swiss-swish-"

It was the sound of something moving through the trees and grass, and it sounded very fast, approaching the hunting lodge from a certain direction.

Enns looked outside, then looked back at the curtain leading to the outside - he was secretly wrestling with whether he should inform Hagrid.

However, when he thought of Hagrid's neat behavior before, he decided to follow the other party's instructions and stay here honestly and wait a while.

"Professor Hagrid must know better than me about the current situation...especially about the Forbidden Forest..."

Enns, who knew very little about everything and acted based on a sense of uneasiness, did not make any wrong judgments.

"Well, I heard that there are many magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest, so it shouldn't be surprising to hear some noises."

However, few things in this world can come true, otherwise Muggles would not go around praying to gods and Buddhas whenever something goes wrong.

When Enns lowered the somewhat dirty curtains again and planned to sit on Hagrid's bed for a while, another burst of movement suddenly broke the quiet night. This time, the sound was much louder than the clinking of branches and leaves just now.

The scraping sound is much louder!

"Bang! Bang——"

When two heavy muffled sounds suddenly came from the forest, Enns quickly turned around and opened the curtains, only to see a blurry black shadow fleeting at the edge of the forest.

Vaguely, he seemed to see something being dragged into the woods, leaving only a completely overwhelmed bush.

The noise this time was so loud that it was difficult for Hagrid and the others outside to hear it. And Yaya, who had just fallen asleep, was once again awakened from the dream of "dragon meat feast" by the sound, and started again

He held his short tail between his legs and barked hard.

At the moment when Enns was leaning against the window and peering out, and Hagrid was standing at the door cautiously checking out the situation, a strange low growl mixed with a sense of rage startled everyone.

At the door, Hagrid's expression changed obviously when he heard the roar. He looked at the Forbidden Forest for a while, then looked at the house behind him, and fell into some kind of hesitation.

"...I'll go with you!"

The old butler, who was always paying attention to Hagrid, quickly understood that Hagrid seemed to be hesitant when he looked at his ever-changing expression. And half of the reasons for his hesitation were obviously his own.

"Oh, no -" Hagrid touched the handle of the old umbrella that had been inserted into his waist, suddenly shook his head and said, "Mr. Flamel, you have to stay here, and of course I do too...since I have accepted this

It’s an errand, and I have to do it well.”

With that said, he simply turned around and walked to the old housekeeper's side, then leaned against the wall without even closing the door.

At this moment, Enns, who was leaning against the window, suddenly saw a black shadow flying out of the forbidden forest and hitting the ground heavily.

In an instant, clods of soil and turf flew everywhere, and a few pebbles even hit the window frame in front of him, making a "clacking" collision sound.

"What...what?"

Before Enns could see clearly what was lying on the ground, suddenly an even bigger figure rushed out of the forbidden forest in the darkness of night, and picked up the thing on the ground as if it was nothing.

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"boom!"

But I saw the scary tall figure lifting the soft thing with one hand, and then vigorously swung it to the ground, making an even more terrifying muffled sound.

"Roar--"

It wasn't until the figure roared again that the moon in the sky seemed to finally come out from behind the clouds. Through the gradually brightening moonlight, Enns could clearly see the true face of the huge figure.

Chu.

"Could it be... a giant!"

When he thought of giants, Enns immediately recalled the giant throne he saw in the ice cave palace.

But compared with the five giant thrones in my memory, the "giant" at the edge of the Forbidden Forest is obviously more than twice the size, let alone comparable to the real giants who originally sat on those thrones.

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"Is this really a giant? Or something else..."

Not to mention the confusion on Enns' side, Hagrid outside, of course, also heard the successive collisions and low roars again.

This time, he finally couldn't bear it anymore. After hurriedly telling the old housekeeper to follow him, he took out the broken umbrella from his waist and ran quickly to the back of the house. But right behind him, the old housekeeper also

It wasn't much slower than him, and it really stopped not far behind as he said.

"...Little Grawp."

Hagrid knew that the one who growled must be his half-brother - he was very familiar with Grawp's voice, and there was no way he could hear it wrong.

In fact, he also understands that there are definitely only a few people who can easily hurt Grawp, so he doesn't need to worry too much. However, after all, that is his biological brother, and he is also the only "real brother" he has left in this world.

"Family.

If he doesn't take care of Graup, then who should he take care of?

"Group——"

As soon as he walked around the backyard fence of the hunting lodge, Hagrid saw that familiar figure, and he immediately rushed over there.

As he got closer, Hagrid could see clearly that it was indeed Grawp. But what Grawp was holding in his hand now made him suddenly surprised.

Hagrid also went to watch today's final, so he remembered it very clearly. It was definitely the alchemy product made by today's champion.

The fire dragon's wings, strong body and twisted face are no different from that of the alchemy beast.

However, the monster that originally looked majestic and scary now turned into a limp and broken sack in Graup's hands, obviously having experienced a lot of torment like a torrent of wind and rain.

"Hagel?"

Upon hearing Hagrid's voice, Grawp immediately turned around.

He seemed to be disgusted and threw the synthetic beast in his hand to the side. Then he walked quickly towards Hagrid happily, and finally bent down and hugged Hagrid's waist.

"Hagar," he said in a rough voice, "Gwop woke up... the bad guy..."

It's obvious that Graup finally knows how to speak a few English words.

Although he still spoke in fragments, it could be said that it was extremely difficult for an ordinary...or even flawed giant.

It's a pity that he probably can't pronounce other people's names correctly in his life - except for Maka's.

"Oh, yes, really?"

Hagrid felt that the bones in his body were creaking under Grawp's embrace, and it was a little difficult to even speak. Of course, he had long been used to such a trivial matter.

"Little Grawp, are you okay? Are you injured anywhere?" Hagrid asked with concern on his face, "Let go of my brother and let him take a good check..."

When Hagrid and Grawp, the strange brothers, chatted together, the old butler looked at them curiously.

Behind a big tree to the right of the old housekeeper, another figure was hiding in the shadows. The skeleton crutch in his hand was raised and lowered silently, as if he was constantly hesitating.