harry potter book of crimes

"Bang bang bang."

It was around after dinner that Hermione and the other three arrived in front of Hagrid's hut. But no matter how hard they knocked on the broken wooden door, no one came to open it.

Yes, even the hound Yaya, who usually barks when he hears any noise, seems not to be inside.

"Oh, it seems that Hagrid is still looking for that invisible beast..." Seeing that no one opened the door for them, Harry couldn't help but shook his head and said, "I think Hagrid would be better off finding another biology teacher!"

"It's not Hagrid's fault. Invisible beasts are a very good subject," Hermione said with a slight frown. "It's all Slytherin's fault. He actually thought he could make invisible beasts listen to him.

——That invisible beast has obviously been scared away by him once!"

"Hey, that guy's arrogance is nothing new," Ron said indifferently, "Do you remember? In the past, he even dared to slander Voldemort, and he also mocked Malfoy's father for being a softie..."

"Okay," Harry waved his hand and said, "Since Hagrid is not in the room, should we go find him? To be honest, Hagrid did look a little depressed before get out of class ended."

Hearing this, Hermione immediately agreed: "It should be in the Forbidden Forest... We can also help him look for it."

"How to find it?" Ron said with a grimace, "How about we go find Maka first? He just happened to pass by during class, but he was able to catch the little guy at once... We don't have this ability.

"

"Ron!" Hermione suddenly said dissatisfied, "Why do you want to trouble Maka whenever something happens?"

They were standing at the door, talking to each other, when suddenly they heard a gentle barking sound, which seemed to be the sound of teeth.

When they realized this and hurriedly turned their heads to look in the direction of the Forbidden Forest, they discovered that there was nothing wrong with their ears.

That tall figure with a hound at his feet, isn't it Hagrid?

"Why are you here?"

Hagrid held Fang Ya in one hand and held the key ring in the other, waving it this way from a distance. On the key ring in his hand, several copper keys collided back and forth, making a crisp metallic sound like a bell.

"You shouldn't be here! At this point, you should go back to the common room and do your homework!"

Hagrid was also educated back then, but unfortunately he was expelled from Hogwarts for some reasons. He always felt a little regretful that he could not finish school, so he hoped that Harry and the others would

A "good boy" can study more seriously.

Because his "academic qualifications" are far from enough, Hagrid always lacks confidence when he is a "professor". It can be seen that he is careful in almost every class, and even now he has not fully adapted to it.

Role reversal.

Because of this, the invisible beast disappeared again, which made him a little anxious this afternoon.

"Hagrid, don't be like this!" Ron waved his hands repeatedly, "We have just eaten, and it's time to take a walk to digest!"

"Then don't always eat so much!" Hermione glared at him out of habit, and then turned to Hagrid and said, "Where is your invisible beast? Have you found it?"

Since it was normal for the invisible beast to be invisible, Hermione was not sure whether it was lying on Hagrid's body again.

However, when hearing Hermione's inquiry, Hagrid could not help but feel a touch of disappointment on his face.

"Oh, not really..." He sighed slightly and said with disappointment, "I think Demi really hates me this time... really..."

"It's not you that it hates, Hagrid." Harry walked up to Hagrid and patted his arm to express comfort. "This is all Shabini's fault. He can't do anything, but he still can

Always bragging."

"No, you can't say that." Hagrid walked to the hut next to Harry, "It can only be said that I didn't explain it clearly... Moreover, it was me who asked you to try to contact little Demi, and I failed to protect it properly.

It’s also me who owns Xiao Demi…”

Hagrid's pace has always been much longer than ordinary people. Harry followed him and had to jog to keep up. Fortunately, there were only a few steps left. Before he could finish speaking, Hagrid

Already standing in front of the hunting lodge.

"...Ya, don't hold the door open, I'm going to open it."

He stretched out his foot and pushed aside the teeth that were clinging to the wooden door. Then he took out a copper key from the key ring, inserted it into the lock and turned the bolt.

"Do you want to come in?" Hagrid opened the door first and let Yaya in, then turned around and looked at them hesitantly, "Although I think you'd better go back and do your homework..."

They've come, and even now the door has been opened. Why would Hermione and the others not go in?

"It's okay, I don't have much homework today." Harry shrugged, and then squeezed through the gap formed by Hagrid's belly and the door frame.

"Hagrid, can you get us some tea? I feel a little bloated in my stomach." Ron said unceremoniously and got into the room from there.

Now, naturally, Hermione was the only one left outside.

"You go ahead, Hagrid." She pursed her lips and said, "I'll close the door... Also, there's no need to make tea. Drinking water immediately after a meal is actually not conducive to digestion."

"Yeah?"

Hagrid looked back and forth several times inside and outside the room, and finally nodded helplessly.

"Okay, okay... I can only sit down for a short while, you know? You are all sixth grade students now, and you will be graduating in another school year! You should all be more serious-"

As he spoke, he lowered his head and walked into this wooden house, which although small to him, was full of traces of life.

Not long after, Hermione and the three sat down around the small round table, watching Hagrid busy feeding Fangya.

During this period, few people said anything, as if they really just came here to "sit and sit".

"We should say something." Harry winked at Ron and Hermione and whispered.

"I don't know what to say!" Ron immediately spread his hands, "That's why I said I wanted to drink tea. Holding the teacup can at least alleviate the embarrassment."

When the two of them got together to debate something like this, Hermione usually had little chance of getting involved, and that was certainly the case this time.

She casually looked around the hut, and soon she saw a basket of still fresh fruit under the window.

At about the same time, Hagrid also peeked in that direction.

"Is that the food he prepared for the invisible beast?" Hermione thought.

She remembered clearly that although the invisible beasts looked like some kind of orangutan with extremely long hair, they were not omnivorous creatures, but pure "vegetarians".

Hagrid obviously understood this very well, so he had already prepared food for Demi before he picked it up.

However, right now, these fruits may not be used as they should be.

After all, invisible beasts that are deliberately hidden are not that easy to find!

Seeing that Hagrid couldn't help but glance at the basket of fruits while feeding Fangya, Hermione finally said: "Hagrid, you must be looking for the little guy later, right? Let us help too.

!”

…

At the same time, deep in the Forbidden Forest.

In front of the construction site contracted by the "elf construction team", there was a thick stone pillar with a bundle of strong ropes tied to it.

Although this sounds strange - why should ropes be tied to a bare stone pillar? But if you look carefully, you can find that there is still a certain gap between the ropes and the stone pillars.

If an uninformed person saw this scene, they would probably think that the bundle of ropes had been cast with a levitating spell, right?

"This guy always keeps us from seeing it, it's really weird..."

Around the stone pillar, there was a large group of elves.

In fact, they are all members of the "construction team", but they are still taking a break.

"What's so strange about this," another slightly older elf said, "McLean can also become invisible, and I heard that many wizards can do it!"

"Hey, but this 'hairy monster' is not a wizard!" A short elf next to him retorted in a high-pitched voice, "Wizards generally only have hair on the top of their heads, and the rest of the place is bare!

The same goes for MacLean."

"Have you seen McClain's body again?" The previous elf obviously disagreed. "The wizards are all wearing clothes. If they don't take them off, who knows if there is hair on them? And how much hair there is?"

While some elves were noisy among themselves, other elves came to the stone pillar. After a while, one of the elves grabbed a dead branch and tentatively poked it near the rope, which immediately elicited a low sound.

snort.

Immediately afterwards, a layer of weak ripples rippled, and a primate-like creature covered with long gray hair appeared.

Upon seeing this, the elves subconsciously took a few steps back to make some room for the invisible beast.

"Why don't we let it go?" An elf suddenly shrank his head and said, "It is also a member of nature, isn't it..."

Until now, Lao Luck, who had been standing on the outside edge, finally coughed lightly.

"It is indeed a member of nature," the elf elder said solemnly, "but since it is trying to get close to the stone door, we must keep it... This is determined by the will of Lord Fei Rui.

,do you understand?"

As soon as they heard the word "Lord Ferry", the elves immediately lowered their heads, without exception.

"Yes." "I understand." "Okay."

Although the response seemed a bit messy, none of the elves questioned it.

At this moment, only the invisible beast, which was firmly trapped on the stone pillar, was still looking around with wide eyes. No one noticed that there was a strange and profound look in its eyes from time to time. (To be continued)