The Magical Principles of Natural Philosophy at Hogwarts

Erwin knocked on the window.

Hagrid's huge body shook violently, as if he was frightened. He raised his head in a panic, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and he looked very hot.

Hagrid looked towards the window and was relieved to find it was Erwin.

Erwin pointed to the door.

Hagrid opened the door, but blocked the doorway with his strong body, preventing Erwin from entering. "Good morning, kid." He said, forcing a smile.

"What is that?" Erwin asked very directly.

"It's just an ordinary egg." Hagrid said nonchalantly. He wanted to appear calm, but his acting skills were really bad.

"You call an egg that can be put into the fire ordinary?" Erwin narrowed his eyes, "What kind of animal's egg is it?"

"Hmm...a kind of turkey that can breathe fire."

I am afraid that only turkeys will believe Hagrid's words. "I have completely seen what the egg looks like just now," Erwin chuckled. "I will go to the library now. It only takes half a day at most to find out the exact shape."

species."

Hagrid's face turned the color of pig liver, "Okay." He surrendered, leaned down and whispered in Erwin's ear: "Please keep it a secret for me... that's a dragon egg."

He had a pleading look on his face.

It's really a "fire-breathing turkey". Erwin looked at Hagrid's anxious look and asked, "A hatchable dragon egg?"

"Yes."

"You wanted to hatch it?"

"That's right."

"Hogwarts doesn't allow raising dragons, so why are you so nervous?"

"It's not just Hogwarts," Hagrid swallowed. "The Ministry of Magic has banned individuals from raising fire dragons since 170..."

"You are really lawless, Mr. Rubeus Hagrid," Erwin deliberately lengthened his voice with a very bad expression, and then changed the subject, "But I like it."

A government that cannot even control its own economic power must have poor governance, deterrence, and credibility. Erwin already doesn't take the Ministry of Magic seriously anymore. The salaries of those officials may be paid by goblins.

of.

This is actually a bit like picking up the bowl to eat and putting down the bowl to curse. After all, if it were not for the loose management system of the Ministry of Magic, he would not have the opportunity to come to Hogwarts, but Erwin is not grateful at all.

Facing Hagrid's surprised gaze, he spread his hands and asked, "Can you let me in?"

Hagrid stepped aside.

The hut was as hot as an oven. Erwin was close to the fireplace and observed the dragon egg. This egg was larger than an ostrich egg, but considering that fire dragons are generally tens of meters long, it was considered very small. Female dragons give birth.

It must have been very relaxing.

He also touched it with a pair of fire tongs and found that the hardness of the eggshell was not very high and had a certain degree of toughness.

"Where did such a fertilized dragon egg come from?"

"Well, I went to Hogsmeade yesterday to drink and win from playing cards." Hagrid said.

Of course Erwin knew about the wizarding village not far from Hogwarts. "There are people who carry contraband like dragon eggs that can be hatched with them? And they are still in the mood to play cards in a tavern?"

"Maybe he wanted to sell it to someone else, but the deal fell through, so he wanted to find a way to get rid of it." Hagrid was a little uneasy, "I drank too much yesterday, and I can't remember that person's face..."

Erwin sighed, Hagrid was really careless. "I will help you hatch this little dragon," he said.

Erwin was very excited to be able to get up close to a living dragon, even if it was just a dragon egg. Dragons are very powerful magical creatures. Most civilizations have legends about dragons. More importantly, from Canada

The Fountain of Power extracted by Long Zhong is essentially a purified dragon blood, which can directly supplement Erwin's magic power, which made him realize that there must be something magical about the dragon species.

"Oh, thank you." Hagrid said without any special emotion. In his opinion, Erwin was just a first-year student after all.

There was a pile of books piled on the chair next to him, including "Guide to Raising Fire Dragons", "Raising Dragons for Profit and Recreation", "European Dragon Illustration"... Hagrid seemed to have found all the books on raising dragons.

By the way, the Hogwarts library even has books of this type.

It was too hot in the room, so Erwin took a few books to the yard to read. He read all morning and didn't even go back to school for lunch.

"Your dragon is a Norwegian Spinosaurus." Erwin said, closing the book.

"I already know this," Hagrid said. He shrugged and handed Erwin a cup of tea that was so strong that it was almost bitter.

"Now that you have decided to keep it, how long are you going to keep it?"

"This..." Hagrid hesitated, obviously he hadn't thought about it yet.

"Since you want to raise it, you must be responsible for its life." Erwin flipped through the book, "It will take seven or eight years for the Norwegian Spinosaurus to grow into a sub-adult state, and then it will have the ability to survive on its own. So for the time being,

Just take this as the deadline.”

Hagrid nodded subconsciously, he himself had no idea.

"First of all, you must be sure that you cannot keep it in your house. The space is definitely not enough. The wooden structure poses huge safety hazards and is easy to be discovered by others. You must find another breeding area. Mine

The suggestion is...well, the Forbidden Forest, and not outside the perimeter."

"This... is not good." Hagrid hesitated, "There are actually many dangerous people in the Forbidden Forest, and we can't hide them from the centaurs."

"I'll take care of the concealment, just a moment." Erwin said.

He hurried back to Gryffindor Tower, rushed back with his suitcase, pulled out the locker, and took out a bundle of inscribed sticks.

These are not the batch that Dipper sent over originally, but were made by Erwin himself. Apart from consuming more magic power, the technical content of this inscription stick is not much higher than that of a dragon skin thermal vest.

I don't know how Dipper would feel after knowing that the skills he had worked so hard to learn in order to survive could only be evaluated like this by Erwin.

Erwin made some improvements and engraved two magic script codes on these inscription rods, which can respectively stabilize the effects of the Disembodiment Curse and the Anti-Detection Curse. Any more would be beyond Erwin's ability.

Considering that it is required to remain hidden in the Forbidden Forest, mainly targeting centaurs or other animals, it is not difficult to eliminate the anti-detection spell code and replace it with a concealment spell.

As for the other two missing four stealth spells, Erwin could only rely on Erwin to fill them in manually.

He showed Hagrid the function of these inscribed rods, which could create a secret area that could not be discovered, which almost made the gamekeeper's jaw drop.

"That should be enough." Erwin said.

Hagrid nodded repeatedly.

"First of all, we need to build an incubation pit there. The dragon eggs need to be warm enough, which means bringing enough fuel, and the food needed by the young dragons must also be prepared in advance. Some catching devices are also necessary to prevent the young dragons from

Dragons may run around. Everything should be made of non-flammable materials, and we may also need to build some simple defenses against wild beasts..."

"The workload is huge, and the two of us may not be enough." Hagrid said that he had fully agreed to this plan.

Erwin turned his head and motioned to the trio who happened to be walking over.

Isn’t this labor delivered to your door?

Harry, Ron and Hermione actually came with the purpose of persuading Hagrid to give up raising dragons. They discovered Hagrid's secret when he went to the library to look for books on raising dragons. But they never expected that,

In just half a day, Erwin helped Hagrid make a careful plan, and even thought about raising the dragon until they graduated.

Hermione thought that Erwin was completely crazy, and that he would go deep into the dangerous Forbidden Forest just to avoid being discovered, which was a complete joke with his life. Harry emotionally sided with Hagrid and was willing to help him. Ron

But he didn't think it was a big deal at all, and even wanted to see the baby dragon emerge from its shell.

"Anyway, we have a secret..." He thought about what Harry would say, but immediately covered his mouth.

In the end, it was four to one, and Hermione was furious and had to join their plan.

What's interesting is that in this argument, even Hermione didn't mention the school rules, because she had violated them so many times that she was almost numb.

The next day, Ron was entrusted with the important task of staying in the hut to look after the fire to prevent it from going out and letting the dragon eggs catch cold, while Hagrid took the others to the location he chose.

"Pay attention to the path," Hagrid whispered as he walked: "I will leave a sign so that you don't go wrong the next time you come here. Of course, my advice is to never come here again. Okay, stop.

That’s it.”

The open space was full of dead branches and vines, and it took a while to clear it. Hagrid made a wooden fence to surround it and formed a simple camp. At the same time, he used gravel to build a stove so that he could place the dragon eggs.

Go in.

"I said hello to the centaurs. They allowed me to occupy this area and would not disturb me." Hagrid told several children uneasily, "Don't ever go to the south. That's the territory of giant spiders.

, very dangerous.”

Erwin arranged the inscription poles and activated them one by one. Harry and Hermione helped him.

"How much did it cost you to buy so many magic items? What will you do in the next six years?" Hermione was still worried about Erwin. She took it for granted that Erwin bought these inscription rods.

Erwin just smiled and said nothing.

On the third day, Hagrid carefully put the precious dragon egg into a large crucible full of charcoal and brought it to the established hatchery. Erwin used a fire spell to maintain the temperature in the crucible throughout the process.

Now there is one last question, "Are you sure you want to help me take care of it?" Hagrid asked Erwin.

As the gamekeeper of Hogwarts, he has a lot of work to do, and he can't always look after the dragon eggs here.

Erwin nodded in affirmation.

"What about your classes?" Hermione asked.

"I have privilege." Erwin shrugged.

He looked at the dragon egg in the flames, and there was a special light in his eyes.