The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Hagrid took a small grinder, poured some coffee beans into it, and turned the pusher on the lid of the pot. Fine black coffee powder was ground out bit by bit. After pouring the freshly ground coffee powder into the cup, Hagrid poured in the boiling water. In an instant, a strong aroma of coffee filled the room.

"The beans I roasted myself may be a little underheated, but they are very refreshing." Hagrid pushed two cups of coffee towards Tom and Hermione, sat across the table, and made himself a cup of coffee.

Tom took a sip of the coffee in the cup and found that it tasted good and not as sour as he expected.

"Why did you think of coming to my place?" Hagrid blew the foam on the cup and then took a big sip of coffee.

"Saw Buckbeak laying around in the pumpkin patch, so came over to check it out."

"Ha!" Hagrid became interested when he mentioned Buckbeak. "It's a beautiful creature, isn't it? It's just...a pity..."

Hermione's eyes fell on the pile of books behind him, "How are you preparing? Buckbeak's case?"

Hagrid showed a tired look, "Fortunately, I just saw a case in which the Hippogriff who injured someone was acquitted, so there is still a chance of winning."

Looking at the thick stack of books, Tom knew why Hagrid prepared so much coffee. With Dumbledore's guarantee, Hagrid would not bear any responsibility, but Buckbeak would most likely be executed. This was unacceptable to Hagrid.

What's very subtle is that Hagrid could quietly let Buckbeak go, but he didn't dare. Because this will bring greater trouble - the people in the Ministry of Magic are not fools. Buckbeak escaped at a critical juncture, and Hagrid would not be able to escape his involvement. It might even implicate Dumbledore, which Hagrid could not accept.

He could only immerse himself in reading, trying to find a glimmer of hope for Buckbeak from the vast amounts of files. But it’s so difficult! The wizarding world's attitude toward magical animals is already very subtle. To use a term commonly used in the Muggle world, it is "wizard supremacy." When wizards and magical animals conflict, the Ministry of Magic is more likely to punish the magical animals.

The three people present knew this, so they all knew that Hagrid's winning rate in the lawsuit was extremely low.

The three people present stopped talking and just drank the coffee in their hands silently.

"Hagrid, we won't disturb you, the coffee is very good." After drinking the coffee in her cup, Hermione put the coffee cup back on the table.

"Can we go see Buckbeak again?" she asked.

"Of course, the animals hanging on the fence are his food, you can feed him whatever you want." Hagrid was naturally happy that someone could spend more time with Buckbeak.

After thanking Hagrid, Hermione took Tom out of Hagrid's hut and returned to Buckbeak. Hagrid also picked up a book from the bed and started reading it seriously. Thick tomes are as good as miniature comic books in his hands.

Hermione pulled Tom back to the pumpkin patch. Tom stood in front of the nearby fence and untied several small animals from it, including rabbits and ferrets, most of which were products of the Forbidden Forest.

After bowing to each other again, the two sat down next to Buckbeak. Buckbeak stretched his neck to reach the food in Tom's hand, and Tom tossed them one by one into Buckbeak's mouth.

Looking at Buckbeak who was eating extremely sweetly, Hermione took a deep breath and looked at Tom: "Is there any way to help it, Tom, I don't want to see it die."

After Hermione spent some time with Hagrid, a soft place in her heart was touched, and she now hoped to save Buckbeak.

Tom fell into a brief silence.

In this moment of silence, he was thinking: What kind of person is he?

He seems to be very gentle and polite to everyone, but when it comes to things around him, he seems to be surprisingly indifferent. He paid little attention to things that had nothing to do with Hermione. Just like Peggy before, he vaguely noticed something was wrong with the girl, but he didn't take any measures to deal with it - to put it bluntly, he still felt it didn't matter.

indifferent. It seems to be the best adjective for him. It seems that nothing can make him interested. Voldemort, Horcruxes, mentally unhealthy little girls... As long as it had nothing to do with Hermione, he wouldn't take it to heart.

To be honest, he even thought that if he and Hermione were not the targets of Voldemort's elimination, then maybe he would not go against him!

Including Buckbeak this time, it seems that he has no intention of taking the initiative to solve the problem.

If you think about it carefully, isn’t this the same as “not taking the initiative, refusing, and being irresponsible”? If you don't take the initiative to find things, you won't refuse them in the end, and you won't be responsible for how things turn out.

hiss! Tom took a breath of air when he thought of this. He began to recall whether he had done anything on his own initiative? I wonder if taking a year's worth of lessons in Lockhart's place counts?

"Tom?" Maybe it was because Tom was dazed for too long, so Hermione tentatively called his name again, "I always thought you might have some ideas..."

Tom smiled self-deprecatingly, "It's nothing, I was just feeling like I was like a top. I push and move, but it won't move if I don't push."

"Then I push you?" Hermione laughed.

"I'm really convinced by you - how did you know I would be able to do something?"

"You always have a way, don't you?"

Tom put a gray rabbit to Buckbeak's mouth, "What do you think we should do?"

"I can only use stupid methods to help Hagrid read documents and write manuscripts - but I always feel that you have a simpler and more direct way to deal with it." Hermione's eyes had a hint of expectation.

"I do have an idea." Tom blinked.

"Just let it go."

Hermione:? !

She looked in disbelief. It was hard for her to believe that Tom had come up with this terrible idea.

"You should know what this will bring to Professor Hagrid and Professor Dumbledore!"

Tom waved his hand. What did releasing a hippogriff mean to him? The goodwill between Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic will collapse sooner or later, so it is better to overdraw now. Of course, there are still good solutions.

"You mean to let it go under the witness of the Ministry of Magic?" Hermione was shocked by this pioneering idea. "The risk is too high! Is there a safer way?"

The easiest way to save Buckbeak is to release him after the Ministry of Magic inspects the goods. But there are also strong uncertainties - for example, the executioner glanced out the window when they were transporting Buckbeak, or Dumbledore's delaying measure failed, etc.

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