Hogwarts: Where the Pokémon Are

"Raised... a dragon?"

Xia Lin looked at the four figures coming in from the door and was a little speechless.

Hagrid sat down on the sofa in Xia Lin's office slightly awkwardly, his broad body squeezing the three Harrys aside.

"What's going on?" Xia Lin looked at Hagrid with doubts and scrutiny.

"That's it, Professor -" Hermione took a deep breath and said everything before Harry could.

"Snape wanted to threaten Quirrell, and when he learned about the level of guarding the Philosopher's Stone, we were worried that he wouldn't be able to hold on for long. Later, we wanted to ask Hagrid if he had revealed the way to pass Dewey.

"Phew - it turns out, he met a dark wizard at the Pig's Head Bar before. After the wizard got Hagrid drunk, he exchanged a dragon egg for the secret of how to put Dewey to sleep!"

"Then you accepted the dragon egg?" Xia Lin raised an eyebrow.

"I, I just saw that he was a little eager to get rid of me. I, I didn't think much of it!"

Hagrid looked like he was about to cry, no, he was crying, blowing his nose with his little silk scarf. It seems a bit eye-catching.

"I, I'm sorry Dumbledore! He trusts me so much! I'm almost the person he trusts the most!" He shouted sadly, his eyes were red, and his face was full of self-blame.

But even so, he did not forget to add:

"Of course, I mean, besides you, I am the person he trusts the most!"

"He asked me to pick up Harry! Let me go, not someone else! Let me set up the first level to protect the Philosopher's Stone! But I -"

Then there was a loud blowing of the nose, which sounded like a mute trumpet player playing hard.

"He trusts me so much!"

Xia Lin:......

To put it bluntly, Dumbledore does trust you, but he believes that you will definitely reveal this secret.

Facing Hagrid, Xia Lin didn't know how to criticize him. He is a nice person, but I don't know if his giant bloodline has affected his IQ. He has always been like a child who cannot grow up.

In fact, he had said it many times, but it didn't work for Hagrid at all.

As time passed, he became too lazy to talk anymore.

Only this time.

"I remember giving you a Charmander egg. Just last Christmas."

At Christmas, Xia Lin gave him a Charmander egg as a Christmas gift. He thought that with this egg, Hagrid would no longer be deceived by Quirrell.

The result is still the same.

"The professor gave you a Pokémon egg!" Hermione screamed, looking at him in disbelief.

"Yes, yes..."

"We never heard you talk about it." Harry looked at him in agreement.

Although they have Pokémon, they have never seen a Pokémon egg until now.

"I, I, I didn't, I couldn't hatch it." Hagrid said embarrassedly, but at least now he was not obsessed with the fire dragon.

"I went to the library to find a way to hatch a fire dragon, but it didn't seem to work very well. I don't know if I broke it."

Xia Lin:......

"You mean you haven't hatched it yet?"

"To hatch a Charmander's egg, you just need to heat it. It's not much different from a Charmander. How did you do it?"

"I covered it with a quilt, and then tried to grill it with charcoal from the fireplace. But there was still no reaction." Hagrid said sadly.

"I'm not sure if I broke it. I baked it for a week but it didn't work. Then I got the fire dragon's egg and accidentally forgot it..."

"I'm sorry Hagrid, it seems I have to take back the Charmander's egg. I doubt whether you can take good care of it." Xia Lin held his forehead and sighed.

He was speechless at Hagrid's carelessness.

Fortunately, Pokémon eggs are designed to be difficult to destroy, and some eggs will not go bad even after thousands of years. Otherwise, Charmander's egg will really be destroyed by Hagrid.

"So, how can we make Charmander's egg hatch?" Harry asked curiously.

"The best way is to walk around with the egg a lot. Although the Pokémon is inside the egg, it can already feel the consciousness of the outside world. Walking with people can promote its hatching faster. The second thing is temperature.

"High temperature can accelerate the hatching of Pokémon, even if you put it directly into the fire. And the hatching cycle of Pokémon is uncertain. Even if it is the same type of Pokémon, some eggs may hatch The time is also very different." Xia Lin explained.

The silly Riolu had been waiting for him in the egg for many years, while the bat hatched in just a few minutes with the help of flames.

"So that's it." Hermione nodded and wrote this down.

But she quickly shook her head: "No! Now is not the time to discuss this!"

"The important thing is the fire dragon!"

"His name is Norbert," Hagrid corrected.

"No matter what it is called, it is illegal to keep a fire dragon privately, and you will be sent to Hagrid in Azkaban!" Hermione roared at the top of her lungs.

This really scared Hagrid.

"What can I do? I don't want to go to Azkaban!" Hagrid cried again. And this time it was even sadder.

He had been living in Azkaban because he was wrongly accused by Riddle. He really didn't want to face those terrifying monsters and the terrifying Soul Eater again!

Especially the feeling of losing happiness is more uncomfortable than death.

At least death won't be painful.

"Please help Hagrid?" Harry also begged, "Professor, there is no place in Hogwarts more suitable to take in Norbert than the Sanctuary."

"I have to remind you that this is a Pokémon sanctuary, not a fire dragon sanctuary. Fire dragons have their own sanctuary." Xia Lin rejected Harry's request.

"But professor..."

Harry didn't seem to expect that Xia Lin would refuse, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

How could the professor be so heartless?

Fortunately, Xia Lin immediately gave an explanation.

"Pokémon and magical animals are completely different creatures, not to mention there are so many different species. Putting a dragon in a Pokémon Sanctuary is like putting a leopard in a tiger. Territory. Do you really think this is an appropriate thing to do?"

"You're right." Hermione nodded helplessly.

Ron agreed with her persuasion this time.

"I said, speaking of the Fire Dragon Sanctuary, maybe I could contact my brother. I have a brother, Charlie, who works at the Fire Dragon Sanctuary in Romania, remember? I could write him a letter and send Norbert past."

Everyone thought this was a good idea, except Hagrid.

"No!"

"Absolutely not!"

"Norbert is still a child! He can't leave me!"