Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

"Oh my God...Charlie, you should have sold the snow lemons earlier. I absolutely love the taste."

After a long while, the candy slowly disappeared from Hagrid's mouth, from being there to nothing. He finally smacked his lips, sat up again, and asked Charlie to say sincerely.

"If you like it, I'll get you some more when you go back later."

And as the voice suddenly came, Charlie had to stop his thoughts, raised his head, gave the other party a peaceful smile, and answered casually.

"Are you reading that letter from Draco?"

Hagrid scratched his head in embarrassment and was about to say something. However, the next second, he finally noticed the letter in Charlie's hand, his eyes fixed, and then he subconsciously asked.

"right."

Charlie nodded and put the letter back on the table.

Taking a deep breath, he raised the wrists of his two arms a little, and then slowly pressed them on the letter paper. His two palms were raised relative to each other, forming a tower shape.

"Hagrid, did Principal Dumbledore ask you to bring this letter from Draco, or did he ask you to help deliver it?"

Hearing Charlie's question, Hagrid couldn't help but raise his thick eyebrows. His eyes were glazed over, as if he was thinking.

After a while, although he didn't understand why Charlie asked this question, he still answered honestly.

"Uh... it's not Principal Dumbledore. In fact, when I was chatting with those little guys, I suddenly mentioned that I would be sending you something for the principal soon."

As Hagrid spoke, he shrugged his shoulders and spread his thick palms to express his helplessness.

"...You know, I have never been a good keeper of secrets... I always thought it was a problem with alcohol. But I didn't expect that even after I quit drinking, I still couldn't get rid of this bad habit."

At this point, even Hagrid couldn't help but feel a little bit resentful. He seemed to be remembering a scandal he had done in the past, and his face couldn't help but turn red.

"Everyone has some flaws, no one is perfect." Charlie simply comforted him, but his posture remained unchanged.

The slender fingers on his two hands were tapping each other quietly to a certain rhythm intentionally or unintentionally, and he also followed Hagrid's words and continued his unfinished thinking.

"That's right." Hagrid nodded, and then the look of aftertaste appeared in his eyes again, and he continued to talk about what he had just said.

"When he heard that I was going to find you, Draco's eyes suddenly lit up. Then he took out a letter from the notebook he had been carrying and begged me to give it to you.

Take it with you! It looks like you have been carrying it for a long time."

"That's it."

Charlie understood and nodded.

After picking up the piece of letter paper again and scanning it up and down, Charlie didn't ask Hagrid any other questions. He folded it neatly again and put it in the drawer.

With a "pop" sound, he snapped his fingers again.

A ray of light suddenly flashed next to him, and Russell, who had been summoned, appeared next to him.

"Good afternoon, Master! Do you need Russell to help you with anything?"

Russell bowed slightly and greeted Charlie respectfully as before.

After he straightened up again, he noticed Hagrid sitting on the sofa next to him. His eyes lit up and he waved cheerfully.

"Hi, Hagrid!"

"Hi, Russell."

Hagrid also raised his hand and shook it in response to Russell's greeting.

"Russell, give me some candies... violets or snow lemons, etc., get more of them."

Charlie turned his eyes to Russell and gave his request without much thought.

"No problem, Master Charlie!"

After receiving the order, Russell nodded cheerfully, then looked at Hagrid and showed a bright smile. Then he disappeared from the office with a sudden flash of light.

Russell was very fast and did not keep the two of them waiting for too long before he returned to the office dragging a huge package that was as tall as one person.

"Is this enough, Master Charlie?"

With a "pop" sound, the backpack fell heavily to the ground. Russell raised his head, looked at his master relaxedly, and asked carefully.

Charlie did not answer Russell, but asked Hagrid

"Hagrid, are these enough?"

"Um?!"

Hearing Charlie's words, Hagrid, who was still a little confused about the situation, suddenly widened his eyes. However, looking at the huge package in front of him, he was so surprised that he stood up from the sofa.

"No no no! This is too much..."

I thought that the "get more" that Charlie said was just a box as big as the gift Harry received when he first went to Hogwarts.

After all, both snow lemons and violet candies are products that have not yet been officially put into the market by the famous candy factory. Even the violet candies that are put into trial operation at Hogwarts actually have the smallest share every time they are replenished.

As a result, after students enjoyed its effects, demand exceeded supply for a while.

The two Weasley brothers even set up a spin-off business specializing in reselling violet candy...

Originally, Hagrid thought that if he wanted to truly realize the freedom of snow lemons and violet candies one day, he could only suppress his heart and wait for the arrival of Christmas.

Unexpectedly, Charlie was so generous. He just helped him run an errand and brought back some Muggles, so he gave him such a big bag... According to his estimation, if he really took all these back, even if

If it really lasts until Christmas, I’m afraid I won’t be able to finish it all.

Despite this, Hagrid still could not accept Charlie's gift openly.

Because in his opinion, he was just doing a little work, and he was not worthy of being so grateful.

As a result, Hagrid quickly waved his hand and continued to refuse.

"I really don't need so much, I just..."

But this time, before he finished speaking, Charlie raised his hand to stop him from continuing.

"Actually, I have something else... I need Hagrid to help me with it."

Charlie said, standing up, with a bit of sternness in his eyes.

He was still smiling, but for some reason, Hagrid always felt that his smile at this moment contained some meaning that was not there just now.

There was silence in the office for a while. Russell looked at Charlie, then at Hagrid, raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

After a long while, Hagrid finally nodded.

"Okay...Charlie, what do you need me to do?"