Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

"Right"

Charlie suddenly remembered something again, interrupted the somewhat serious atmosphere, turned to Russell and asked

"I almost forgot to ask you, who did you send to the United States to negotiate with those people?"

"It's Dabu, master!"

Russell also regained control of his excitement and answered quickly.

"Dabu...Dabu" Charlie said the name twice before finally remembering something.

"I remember that Anke and Chafucha's children are named Dabu, right?"

"Yes, that's that boy." When Russell mentioned Dabu, a happy smile appeared on Russell's face.

"This kid is very smart, just like his father. But he is more courageous than his father. He is a good young man. I think I might be able to train him more in the future."

"Didn't he complete the mission very well this time?"

Charlie also chuckled, thought for a while, and said

"When he comes back, tell him to have a good rest, and then I'll go help you and help you handle some simple documents, so you can relax a bit."

"Well, I think Dabu will like this job very much..." Russell agreed readily and nodded heartily.

"When will he come back?"

"He said he wanted to take this opportunity to take a good look at the world outside the factory... After all, you also know that the child has never left the factory since he was a child."

After saying this, the two of them couldn't help but fell into silence at the same time.

………………………………

Due to the sudden change, Hagrid did not stay with Harry for too long. After everything was packed and ready for Harry, he hurried back to Hogwarts alone.

At this moment, he was standing in the principal's office, with a faint frosty color on his body. He did not take off his goggles, but just stuck them on his forehead casually.

It can be seen that as soon as he came back, he came to Dumbledore.

"Principal Dumbledore..."

Hagrid first held his waist and took a steady breath. Then, while speaking, he took out an object tightly wrapped in parchment and carefully handed it to Dumbledore in front of him.

"What you want."

Dumbledore's face remained as kind as usual. Looking at Hagrid, who was full of anger, he smiled and nodded to express his gratitude to the other person, and then took the thing from Hagrid's hand.

"Thanks, Hagrid. I thought you would want to spend more time with Harry... I didn't expect you to take it back so quickly."

As he spoke, he gently held up the thing with one hand and peeled off the parchment layer by layer with the other hand.

"Yes... Principal."

Hagrid took off the goggles from his forehead, spread his hands helplessly, and said.

"You don't know, that child is so cute. If possible, I really hope to have a good chat with him..."

"What a pity..." Hagrid said, hesitating for a while before continuing.

"It's a pity that something unexpected happened... It can even be said that the entire trip was an accident."

Hagrid scratched the knotted beard on his face and his voice gradually lowered.

"I will explain it to you later. You won't be able to guess how outrageous it is."

"Okay, I'm happy to hear the story." Dumbledore continued to respond to Hagrid's words, but the things in his hands did not stop at all.

Soon, the layers of parchment peeled off.

Dumbledore's eyes narrowed unconsciously, his hand movements paused, and after a moment, he slowly opened the last layer of parchment.

Hagrid couldn't help but open his eyes curiously, and subconsciously moved forward, as if he wanted to take a good look at what exactly the thing that Principal Dumbledore had entrusted him with and asked him to fetch was.

Dumbledore did not shy away from Hagrid. As all the parchments disappeared, from the center of them, a dim red stone appeared in front of their eyes without reservation.

"This is……"

"The Philosopher's Stone," Dumbledore replied.

"It belongs to my good friend Nico Flamel. He has left it to me for safekeeping for the time being." Dumbledore said softly.

"Nicholas Flamel!?" Hagrid raised his eyebrows in surprise, "The famous alchemy master!? Legend has it that he relied on the magic stone to make the elixir of life... and lived for five centuries!"

His huge fingers pointed at the ordinary red stone in Dumbledore's hand in disbelief.

"So he made the elixir of life based on this thing!?"

"That's not a legend..." Dumbledore lowered his eyes, carefully observed the huge and sophisticated magic formula hidden under the dim appearance of the Sorcerer's Stone, and continued.

"To be precise, Nicoléme has lived for six centuries."

After saying that, after checking to confirm that everything was correct, Dumbledore raised his eyes again and looked at Hagrid.

"I have a hunch that something bad is coming towards it... This is why I asked you to help me take it out. We need to be prepared as much as possible and hide it in a place where it will be absolutely safe.

place."

After listening to Dumbledore's words, Hagrid's expression suddenly froze. He nodded seriously and replied.

"I think I can lend you Lu Wei. You know, the three-headed hellhounds are always the most competent guards. Their territorial awareness is second only to the Norwegian Spinosaurus that guards the treasure cave!"

"Well...I will find a few other professors later and discuss specific matters together."

Dumbledore also nodded, he reassembled the parchment that originally wrapped the Sorcerer's Stone, and then returned to his seat.

He opened the drawer where he usually kept his candy and stuffed it in.

Seeing Dumbledore's actions, Hagrid suddenly grinned.

It suddenly occurred to him that perhaps there was no need for any overly deliberate protection at all. The drawer of Principal Dumbledore's desk was a perfect place! It was definitely safer than Gringotts!

Hagrid didn't believe that anyone in this world could really steal the Philosopher's Stone under the nose of Albus Dumbledore, the greatest White Wizard.

"alright……"

As the drawer was slowly pushed open by Dumbledore, his expression became relaxed.

Looking at Hagrid, he asked with a smile

"Now maybe you can tell me a story about what happened along the way..."

Hearing Dumbledore's words, Hagrid suddenly slapped his head and remembered the purpose of coming back so early.

So, he hurriedly described the attitude of the Dursleys, Harry's meeting, and the most important part - Charlie Black's intrusion.