The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

Chapter 83 The first day of the new year

January 1, 1992, a hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

A warm and moist touch on his face woke Rubeus Hagrid from his sleep. When he opened his eyes, a large black dog looked at him expectantly.

"Well, now that your teeth are healed, I'll go make you something to eat."

Putting his hunting dog on the ground, he took the moleskin coat from the bedside and put it on.

He looked out the window. The snow reflected the sun's light through the window onto the wooden roof, making it bright.

The giant stretched out every bone in his body, feeling the soreness and swelling in his muscles.

"Ah~" Rubeus Hagrid exclaimed comfortably.

His body was so big that his waist almost took up the entire space of the wooden house.

When he opened the door, the cold wind that rushed in made him shake his neck.

I picked up a big bundle from the pile of firewood. There was no need to rekindle the fire. There was still unburned fuel in the stove last night. The flames gradually licked and wrapped around the firewood, and the wooden house became hot again.

Throw a pile of chopped frozen meat into the pot, add some salt randomly, and soon the aroma of the broth will spread.

Yaya's saliva was dripping on the ground and he was running around happily.

The pot of broth was divided into two portions, and one portion was poured into Yaya's food bowl. Hagrid laughed loudly as he watched Yaya hurriedly bite out a piece of meat bone and screamed when it was burned.

Rubeus Hagrid drank the broth and bit into the rock cake that was heated by the stove. The giant's teeth easily broke through the dry and hard cake, making a crisp sound.

After breakfast, I walked around the forest with Yaya.

The inspection process was nothing more than walking repeatedly, following the snowy path he had made before, deepening the footprints on the road.

In winter, most animals in the forest stay in their homes, waiting for the arrival of spring. He didn't meet any friends to say hello to.

Rubeus Hagrid returned to sit in front of the wooden house, looking at the clouds in the sky, his eyes slightly raised.

The giant's mind was wandering aimlessly. The clouds in the sky lost their magic power and fell like snow. He almost lost his magic power, but luckily Dumbledore was there.

Harry should be having a great time, that flying motorcycle is great to ride.

Rubeus Hagrid actually has a lot of things to do, such as going to the forest to pick some fruits that are only available in winter, or preparing firewood for next winter, because this year's firewood is enough.

Go to the castle and chat with the professors. Even if he doesn't understand what the professors are saying most of the time, he can still tease the professors with interesting stories about animals in the forest.

The professors at Hogwarts are very patient, but interesting things become less interesting after they have been told too many times.

As he watched the dazzling sun climb from the second branch of the pine tree next to the cabin to the top of the pine tree, Rubeus Hagrid decided to do something.

"Come on, Yaya, let's go outside the forest. Those two Weasley boys might want to break into the Forbidden Forest, so we have to be careful." The giant's rough and powerful voice echoed in the forest.

"Woof woof woof!" Yaya circled back and forth around Rubeus Hagrid's trouser legs.

His dogs, like him, are always full of energy.

Yaya suddenly stopped spinning and screamed outside.

"Hagrid! Hagrid!" came the voice of the Weasley boy.

Hagrid looked over and saw that two of Harry's friends, the Weasley twins, and a little Hufflepuff wizard were wading through the snow towards the hut.

His mouth split unconsciously, and he thought to himself, I knew they really wanted to break in. These are two bastards.

Hagrid did not greet them, but walked briskly back to the wooden house, lit up the fire again, and baked a few rock cakes.

When he went out again, the giant's voice was full of joy: "Why are you here?"

"Happy New Year Hagrid, we come to play with you!"

"I'd like to introduce you to a new friend. This is Rolf Scamander."

"The grandson of the famous Newt."

The tone of each twin's words and their cheerful mood can always be conveyed to others, and the empty and cold woods in winter become lively.

Hagrid brought the little wizards into the house, and the wooden house that could accommodate giants was suddenly full and crowded.

In the misty steam rising from the pot, the little wizards' teeth bit on the rock cake, making a tooth-piercing sound.

Hagrid looked at this scene with a smile on his face. His heart suddenly felt as if it was filled with something, and he felt very full.

Rolf tried several times, but under the protest of the pain in his gums, he finally decided to give up the rock pie. He turned his eyes to the tall, unshaven man in front of him and said, "Hagrid, my grandfather mentioned you."

"Mr. Scamander, oh, he actually remembers me! He traveled here and gave me an Acromantula egg."

"My grandfather heard that you were expelled because of this, and he blamed himself for a long time."

"Hahahaha, it's nothing. Mr. Scamander was also expelled from Hogwarts because of magical animals..."

Only then did Loren and the others know that Newt was running around the world. When he returned to Hogwarts to reminisce, he met Hagrid, who was still a student, and gave Hagrid an Acromantula egg.

Hagrid hatched Aragog in a cupboard at Hogwarts. Later, because of his involvement in the Chamber of Secrets incident, Hagrid had his wand broken and was expelled from Hogwarts.

Ron's eyes were dull, "Hell, Hogwarts will actually expel students."

The last few times he followed Loren and the others on night outings, it was purely because the twins set an example, and none of them were expelled. Ron also felt that Hogwarts would not expel students.

The twins had completely different reactions, "I had an Acromantula when I was a student!"

"XXXXX level dangerous creature!"

George and Fred looked at each other and said in unison, "This is so cool."

"What happened to that Acromantula? Was it executed?" Rolf was concerned about this.

"No, Aragog made his home in the Forbidden Forest and gave birth to many children." Hagrid sounded very proud of the Acromantula, like an old father.

Hagrid told how the Acromantulas multiplied and became a powerful community in the Forbidden Forest, and the centaurs were afraid of them.

When Ron heard this familiar name, he recalled the Acromantula he met before, muttering that there was such a deep background story in it.

"Practice your magic hard. These are walking gold Galleons. The venom of the Acromantula is very valuable." Loren said seductively in Ron's ear, his voice low.

Ron's expression became one of struggle, desire for Galleons, and fear of spiders. He was so distracted that he didn't notice Loren's expression of wanting to watch a show.

Rolf and Hagrid exchanged knowledge about magical animals, and the two seemed to have a great time talking.

Talking about things at school, the twins teased Hagrid about kissing Professor McGonagall at the Christmas party. The laughter of several people made Hagrid blush with embarrassment.

When complaining about his parents not taking the twins to see the dragon, Hagrid sighed: "To be honest, I really want to see the dragon with my own eyes."

Time passed like this while talking and laughing. They didn't stay here for lunch. They said goodbye to Hagrid and prepared to return to the castle.

Before leaving, Loren asked Hagrid for some unicorn tail hairs. These couldn't be used to make wands, and they were barely even used to make potions. Loren has other roles.

On the way back through the snow, Rolf sighed, "Hagrid is a pure and lovely person."

Ron muttered, "It's not very cute to have an Acromantula as a pet."

He seemed to have come out of the chessboard a lot more alive.

Of course Loren wanted the unicorn tail hair not to sell it for money, he planned to conduct his first alchemical experiment.

On the way to Albania, Dumbledore's hat and cuffs looked like Doraemon's pockets, which made Loren drool, who had to carry a bag everywhere.

As soon as he comes back, he plans to try to make a space storage device.

Storage in the wizarding world mostly relies on the classic magic spell - the Traceless Stretch Spell.

It is a spell that enlarges the internal dimensions of an object, enhancing its capacity and making its contents lighter without affecting its external dimensions.

As a high-level magic spell, the Invisible Stretch Charm is strictly controlled due to its potential for abuse. The Ministry of Magic has strict regulations on this spell: the Invisible Stretch Charm cannot be used for private purposes, but can only be used for the production of individual items approved by the relevant Ministry of Magic department (such as school luggage and family tents).

In fact, in the book "A Thousand Cases of Violations of the Statute of Secrecy", the Invisible Stretch Spell accounts for the largest proportion.

Wizards always naturally take out some inexplicable things from their coat pockets or knitted hats. Noct Isaac, a wizard who returned from a study tour in Africa, poured out 86 elephants from his wallet in front of an entire Muggle customs team, and was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment.

There are also people who use invisible stretch spells to steal things. An unknown wizard once attempted to steal the Statue of Liberty using an invisible stretching spell, which nearly succeeded, causing a sensation around the world.

In the end, the United States Ministry of Magic cooperated with the Muggle government to promote this event as a grand magic show, and the stupid Muggles actually believed this story.

There are some bad guys who use the Invisible Stretching Charm to compete in the Big Eater Contest. In a French baguette eating competition, a 45-kilogram woman stuffed nearly three tons of baguette into her mouth. The local Auror couldn't get it back, even if it was magic, she finally put it in her mouth. The venom of the crocodile mixed with the rainwater neutralizes the effects of this incident.

There are many more cases like this. The International Federation of Wizards finally expanded the prohibition on the Invisible Stretch Spell in the Statute of Secrecy. Only approved production departments can legally use this spell, including domestic tent production and Hogwarts luggage. Production, production of official vehicles for the cabinet.

As for how many wizards are using it privately, the Ministry of Magic has no way of checking it.

As an advanced magic spell, the Traceless Stretching Spell has very different effects.

Applying the Seamless Stretch Charm to Hogwarts' suitcase actually doesn't have much effect. It just makes the interior space of the suitcase slightly larger and makes the suitcase lighter so that an eleven-year-old wizard can drag it around.

In the field of alchemy, the difference in effect achieved by combining the Traceless Stretching Spell with alchemical means is even greater. The capacity limit is different, and there is a big difference between packing live animals and packing dead animals. Some people can fit a zoo in a box, while others can only expand the box several times.

In Flamel's introduction, the alchemical magic circle can make the traceless stretch spell more diverse. It will be smoother if the alchemy circle is engraved on the carrier first, and then the traceless stretching spell is applied.

Loren spent a night to understand the basic spatial magic circle of memory, and the rest was the engraving process.

At present, he cannot directly use magic power to engrave the alchemical array on the carrier. He can only use some magic materials, and unicorn tail hair is one of them.

As night fell, Loren nestled in his quilt and pointed his finger at the scale icon that symbolized the alchemy laboratory for the first time.

Silver light lit up from Flamel's eyes on the cover, absorbing Loren's consciousness into the book.

A ball with a blazing red light was placed into a boiler carved from black stone. Magma-like flowing lines emerged from the surface of the black boiler, connecting them into symbols that were familiar to Loren but could not understand.

Various hexagrams, scales, suns, and astrological images circulated on the surface of the boiler. Finally, countless red bricks and stones were piled up to form a hemisphere.

Loren's perspective suddenly zoomed in, and there was also a hemispheric space inside, with the boiler emitting a dim light in the center of the room.

Flamel's figure appeared in the air, "Welcome to Flamel's alchemy laboratory."

Loren was dissatisfied, "Why not call it Loren Morgan's Alchemy Laboratory?"

Flamel glanced at Loren, and he understood the meaning himself, "The alchemy laboratory that any alchemist has dreamed of throughout the ages. Here you can conceive any material that you and Nico have seen, no limit to the quantity, endless .”

Loren understands that this means there is no cost of trial and error. He must first develop his proficiency and then enter his soul in the real world.

Compared to the library and dueling room, Flamel seemed to enjoy the environment of the alchemy laboratory more, flying freely in the air. "What are you going to use as the carrier of the magic circle?"

"What's the easiest way to get started?" Loren is very self-aware. It's obviously unrealistic for you to ask him to engrave alchemy circles on things like pendants, rings, and bracelets from the beginning.

"A suitcase, a bigger size means more flexibility." Flamel waved his hand, and small black suitcases appeared out of thin air and were piled into a pile.

"Also, unicorn tail hair."

As the words fell, bunches of tied unicorn tail hairs appeared in the air and got into the boxes.

Loren mentally slandered this guy. Was this a hint that he would be angry many times?

"Use the wand to pull the unicorn's tail hair to stimulate the magic contained in it and outline the alchemy circle."

Flamel began teaching, pointing at a box.

The box took two steps back, jumped into the air during a running start, and opened in the air like a dancer.

The unicorn tail hairs tied up in the box spread out and floated in the air, emitting a glowing white light.

The tip of the wand is pointed toward the thinner end of the unicorn's tail hair. The tail hair is drawn on the box with the wand, as if attracted by magnetism.

The wand is like a pen, and the unicorn tail hair is the ink.

A six-pointed star array wrapped in a double circle is printed on the inner bottom of the suitcase. Three pairs of runes with six corners symmetrically echoing each other and emitting glowing light. The middle is still dim, waiting for a traceless stretching spell to awaken the circle.

After Flamel finished his demonstration, his body emitted four colors of red, yellow, blue and green light, which shone on the red brick wall, and alchemy symbols appeared on the wall.

"Loren Morgan, you are now a true alchemy apprentice."

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