Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

Rock biscuits have always been Hagrid's specialty.

This kind of biscuit is hard enough to break the teeth of ordinary people. Harry and the others are not able to accept it in most cases.

But today they did not refuse politely, but stared at Hagrid's face while holding the rock biscuits in their mouths.

"What's wrong with you? It's like you're fighting a dragon!"

Hagrid's situation certainly looked dire, even though he was in good spirits.

His hair was messy and covered with blood clots. His left eye was swollen into a slit, blue and purple, and his face and hands were scarred, some of which were still bleeding. His movements were very careful, and Harry suspected that his ribs might be broken. .

Yesterday, when he was in the Great Hall, Harry only saw Hagrid's back hurriedly leaving before dinner started, and did not notice his serious injury.

"What happened to you?" Harry asked, dancing around them and licking their faces.

"I'm fine." Hagrid said, pretending to be relaxed, "Would you like a cup of tea?"

"Forget it," said Ron, "look at you!"

"Tell you I'm fine." Hagrid straightened up as he spoke, turned around and smiled at them, but the smile tugged at the wounds on his face, causing him to frown in pain, "Ah, I'm so happy to see you - summer vacation is over. Not bad, isn’t it?”

Although Christmas has been almost a month now, it is not strange for Hagrid to ask this, because they have indeed not seen him since the end of last semester.

"Hagrid, have you been attacked?" Ron asked.

"I say it for the last time, it's okay!" Hagrid insisted.

"If one of our faces turned into a ball of meat, would you say it was okay?"

"You should go and show Madam Pomfrey, Hagrid." Hermione said worriedly, "Some of the wounds look dangerous."

Hagrid acted as if nothing was wrong and took a piece of raw meat from the table next to him, with green blood oozing out of it.

"Don't worry about me, I'm really fine."

As he spoke, he grabbed the piece of meat and brought it to his face. This move made Harry take a breath.

"You don't want to eat raw meat directly, do you?"

Ron also leaned over to take a look: "The color seems to be poisonous."

Hagrid placed the piece of flesh directly on the wound on his face without any care.

"That's what it looks like. It's dragon meat. It can relieve pain when applied to wounds, so I can take care of myself without you kids having to worry about it."

The three Harrys looked at each other. They exchanged ideas and decided to put aside the matter of Hagrid's injury for the time being and ask other questions first.

"Can you tell us what happened to you?" Harry asked.

"No, Harry, this is absolutely confidential. I can't tell you. Even my job can't offset this responsibility."

Hagrid's answer was so decisive, but Hermione's next words made him panic.

"Are you looking for the giant? Hagrid." Hermione suddenly asked from the side.

Hagrid's hand loosened and the dragon meat slid to his chest.

"Giant?" Hagrid grabbed the dragon meat before it slipped onto his belt and reapplied it to his face. He didn't seem to have thought that Hermione was deceiving him, so he yelled in that rough voice, " Who said anything about giants? Who did you talk to?"

Hermione's eyes showed an excited look, and she said in an apologetic voice

"We guessed it. It's quite obvious, isn't it? Besides, during the summer vacation, at No. 12 Grimmauld Place, we also overheard Kingsley and the others talking about trying to win over giants and werewolves."

Hagrid's face showed annoyance. He was angry with himself for letting Hermione deceive him about his whereabouts after he had been away for several months.

He has always been trusted by Dumbledore, but sometimes it's not that he doesn't want to keep secrets, it's just that some people are too cunning.

"Okay, I am indeed looking for a giant." Hagrid simply broke the pot. Anyway, this kind of thing didn't happen once or twice, and Harry and the others were not outsiders.

Ron and Harry were both very interested in the topic of giants.

"Honestly, they're not that hard to find," Hagrid said. "They're big."

"Where are they?" Ron asked.

"In the mountains." Hagrid answered vaguely.

Harry and the others then asked a lot of questions about giants, and Hagrid answered them one by one.

Of course, Hagrid did not go on this trip alone for nearly half a year. He and Madame Maxime, the principal of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, eventually hooked up.

The two of them embarked on a journey to find the giant under the guise of traveling to France for vacation. The purpose of such covert actions was not to attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic.

"Moody and the others reminded us that the Death Eaters have a lot of internal agents in the Ministry of Magic. They can use this to supervise the Floo network and monitor the traces of Apparition. So in most cases, we can only use it on foot. Way."

According to Hagrid's story, they finally found a community of giants in the mountains of central France.

They sent them gifts according to the etiquette of giants.

At the beginning, things went relatively smoothly. Gugo (the name of the leader) in the giant community had heard of Dumbledore's name and knew that his long-standing advocacy was to fight for the rights of the giants to survive. .

So in the first two days, Hagrid and the others still gained a lot.

But on the third day after they arrived at the giant colony, a rebellion broke out among the giants. The Gugo who was friendly to Dumbledore was directly screwed off by the new Gugo.

The newly appointed Gu Ge obviously had no interest in them at all. Even when Hagrid forced himself to give him a gift using the same method he used to make friends with old Gu Ge before, he was caught on the spot. Fortunately, Maxim The lady reacted in time and saved Hagrid.

After that, they didn't give up and continued to stay nearby to wait for an opportunity. Then they saw the Death Eaters and the others.

"Before he decided to go find the giant, Sherlock actually had no hope for this operation. He believed that the mysterious man was also taking action, gathering his allies, and those ghosts on Azkaban Island had been completely defeated. According to the information Lupine received, a large number of werewolves have joined the Death Eaters because the mysterious man can give them better benefits."

"But we didn't promise too much, and we couldn't even make some vague promises. Compared with violent elements who don't necessarily intend to keep their promises from beginning to end, we really don't have much advantage."

Hagrid said sadly.

"At first, I had doubts about Sherlock's words. I felt that as long as I contacted the giants with my heart, they would definitely be willing to communicate with us. I know that Death Eaters are not trustworthy. But in fact, they are really willing to listen to what we have to say. The giant is an exception, and the conditions given to them by the mysterious man are even more attractive."

Harry was silent, he could already guess what kind of conditions Voldemort would use to lure these giants into an alliance with them.

There are now less than a hundred giants in the world. They have become like this entirely because wizards are constantly expelling them, making their living space smaller and smaller.

Muggles are also exploring the wild more than ever before, which will undoubtedly make the situation even more difficult for giants.

As long as Voldemort promises them that after he completely rules the magical world, they will not have to hide in the mountains and can gain more territory, then even if Harry himself is the leader of the giants, he will be happy to agree.

However, Hagrid did not return in vain. Later, while avoiding the joint pursuit of Death Eaters and giants, they contacted some giants who were unwilling to surrender to Xingu Ge. However, the number was not large, only about seven or eight. But it’s better than nothing.

Hermione asked cautiously at the end of the conversation.

"So, Hagrid, did you ask for news about your mother there?"

Hagrid's face didn't look sad or sad at all.

"Oh, I found out that she died a long time ago."

The hut suddenly became quiet, and Hermione said apologetically.

"Sorry, Hagrid, I didn't know..."

Hagrid interrupted.

"It's okay, Hermione. She's not a good mother, and I don't have much affection for her."

"But you haven't explained how you became like this, Hagrid." Ron pointed at Hagrid's bloody face.

"And why did you come back so late?" Harry said. "Sirius said Madam Maxime had gone back long ago -"

"Who attacked you?" Ron asked.

Hagrid obviously didn't want to say anything more on this topic. This time, his tone was much stricter, not giving Harry and the others a chance to talk.

"It's very late now, kids. There's going to be a curfew in the castle soon. You guys don't want to be caught and imprisoned by Filch for violating school rules, right?"

He pushed and pushed Harry and the others out of their hut.

"Remember not to tell anyone else what we said today."

Harry and the others had no choice but to walk towards the castle together in the night.

"Hagrid must be hiding something," Ron said.

Of course this is a fact that everyone can see.

"Forget it, knowing more is actually not good for us."

Ron and Hermione both looked at Harry in surprise. This was obviously not something Harry could say before.

"You won't have your soul taken away by someone, right? Harry!"

Hermione slapped Ron on the back.

"Don't talk nonsense, Harry is much more sensible than before."

Harry was speechless at Ron's shock and Hermione's praise.

He was thinking now that if it was true in the past, he might have to figure out the secret Hagrid had hidden no matter what, and he might be wearing an invisibility cloak tonight to secretly see what Hagrid was doing.

But now with the guidance of Sherlock and Lily, Harry has changed a lot than before, especially his impulsive character.

After Harry and the others left, Hagrid sat in his hut and waited uneasily.

He sat on the single sofa for a while, then felt unwell and stood up, wandering back and forth in the middle of the cabin.

About an hour after Harry and the others left, at around nine o'clock in the evening, it was already the castle curfew time, and there was a knock on the door of the hut.

Hagrid suddenly felt refreshed. He hurriedly walked over, opened the door, and welcomed Sherlock in.

"You're finally here, Sherlock. I thought you forgot."

Sherlock looked helplessly at Hagrid's impatience.

"How could I forget? You won't just be waiting for me here, right?"

Hearing his question, the smile on Hagrid's face became awkward, but he had no intention of hiding it.

"Some time before you came, Harry and the other three came to sit with me for a while..."

Even if Hagrid didn't have to explain everything next, Sherlock could guess what happened.

he asked with empty eyes.

"Did you tell them about your search for the giant?"

"They guessed it first!" Hagrid was still explaining.

Sherlock sighed and waved his hand.

"It's okay, just say it. It's not a big deal anyway. So you haven't said anything about what we are going to do tonight, have you?"

Faced with Sherlock's skeptical attitude, Hagrid dared to pat his chest as a guarantee this time.

"I didn't say a word about this, I can swear!"

"Have they guessed anything?"

"I'm sure Harry and Ron didn't guess anything, but I can't guarantee Hermione. She asked about my mother."

Sherlock shook his head.

"It doesn't matter if Hermione guesses it. She has to know a lot. In the third grade, she guessed Lupin's identity early on, but she never said it, nor did she tell Harry and Ron."

Hagrid also nodded in agreement.

"Hermione is indeed more sensible than Harry and Ron."

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Have you already taken him to the Forbidden Forest?"

"It's not far from the centaur territory."

"Then let's go there now and find a suitable place for him first."

The two left Hagrid's hut together. Hagrid, still holding Fang in his hand, walked side by side into the Forbidden Forest with Sherlock.

For Hagrid, who has been guarding this forest for most of his life, the routes and environment are naturally familiar to him.

Together they walked towards the deepest part of the Forbidden Forest.

"Do the centaurs have anything to say about their new neighbor?" Sherlock asked.

Hagrid laughed sarcastically.

"They all seemed unhappy. I kept trying to convince them that Graup was easy to get along with, but they didn't seem to think so."

"After all, he is not like you. He is a pure-blooded giant. It is already good to be able to communicate with normal people. We really can't expect more from him."

"I can teach him Sherlock, I can teach him well, he just doesn't know it yet..."

"Don't get excited Hagrid, I have no other intentions, nor do I want to disbelieve your ideas, nor will I force you to abandon him. Dumbledore asked me to come, just to help you make his life here better. "

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