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"Hagrid, your face?" Harry looked at him worriedly.
"It's okay, I accidentally bumped into it, and Grapp can't control his own strength." Hagrid said, "Do you want tea?"
"Did the giant attack you?"
"Tell you, I'm fine, don't talk about me!" Hagrid straightened up, turned and smiled at them again, but frowned in pain, "Honestly, it's nice to see you guys, Had a great summer, didn't you?"
"Isn't that giant scary? Why did he hit you?"
"I'll say it one last time, I'm fine!" Hagrid insisted, "Glop is a good boy, he just needs to get used to it."
"Would you say it's okay if one of our faces turned into a puddle of bolognese?"
"You should show Madam Pomfrey, Hagrid!" said Hermione anxiously. "Some of the wounds look dangerous."
"I'll take care of it!" said Hagrid sternly.
He went to the huge wooden table in the middle of the cabin and removed a tea towel from it.
Underneath is a strip of raw, bloody green meat, slightly larger than an ordinary car tire.
"You're not going to eat this, are you, Hagrid?" Ron leaned over to have a look, "It seems to be poisonous!"
"It's not poisonous, that's what it is, dragon meat," said Hagrid. "I'm not going to eat it."
He picked up the dragon meat and spread it on his left cheek, the green blood dripped onto his beard.
He snorted in satisfaction, the pain seemed to be relieved, "It's better, it has an analgesic effect."
Dragon blood and dragon meat do have the effect of speeding up cell growth and relieving pain, but few people would do it like Hagrid. It is really primitive enough to stick the meat directly on the wound. Madam Pomfrey will definitely do it Much better than this piece of dragon meat.
But then he would have to explain why he was hurt, which Hagrid didn't want.
He didn't want others to know that he brought back a giant, and now only Ivan, Dumbledore, and Sirius knew about it.
"Where did you get this piece of dragon meat?" Ivan asked, "It looks very fresh?"
"Fresh? It seems to have spoiled?"
"No, dragon meat is this color."
"Orim got it for me, and I told her I needed a piece of dragon meat for the pain," said Hagrid, moving the meat over the worst of the wound. "Thanks to her, I and Glop can cross the English Channel. We used the most primitive method to make a big boat and floated back along the ocean current. The Ministry of Magic monitors Apparition and Portkey. He's just too big for Glop to show up."
How big is a ship that can hold giants? !
"Well, why did it take you so long to come back? We thought you were in some danger."
"It's not easy to hide a giant, ah, the water is ready!" Hagrid put the teacup in front of everyone, sat down, and picked up the dragon meat and spread it on his face, "We're on the way It came through the wilderness, and I could have come back a few months earlier, but Gropp has always wanted to go back. In order to convince him, I wasted a little time. I told Dumbledore about the situation and waited until the end of the journey. , Orim also came back to help me, and our speed became a little faster."
"Hagrid, you really shouldn't have brought that giant back!" Hermione said again.
"But I've already brought him back. He's my younger brother. I can't leave him alone. Ivan should have told you about the chaos in the giant's territory. It's quite dangerous there." Hagrid said, "Listen, I I don’t want others to know about it, so you guys just pretend it doesn’t exist, there have never been any giants, and don’t talk about it with others. Now, tell me how your summer vacation was going?”
"Not good, Harry was attacked by a dementor!"
Hagrid choked, and the dragon meat dropped.
He coughed again and again, a lot of saliva, tea and dragon blood splashed on the table, and the dragon meat slid to the ground with a thud.
"What did you say, attacked by dementors?" Hagrid said loudly. "It's not true, is it?"
"It's true, they appeared in Little Whinging, attacked me and my cousin, and then the Ministry of Magic wanted to expel me." Harry dragged his voice, "I had to go to trial, and Ivan followed because he told the truth for me in the newspaper."
"They're crazy to fire you!" Hagrid kicked everyone with the one eye he could open.
"Yeah, fortunately they lost in the end, and we won the case!"
"Fudge is crazy. I heard some news on the way, but I didn't expect that there would be a dementor!" He bent down and pulled the dragon meat out of Fang Ya's mouth, "I didn't expect the Ministry of Magic to judge You guys want to fire Harry."
"No, Hagrid, that's unhygienic..." said Hermione, but Hagrid had already applied dragon meat to his eyes again.
"I heard Orim say that the Ministry of Magic is investigating Dumbledore and his friends and dismissing him. It's crazy!" said Hagrid, taking a sip of tea, "Someone is even monitoring them, even the French Magic The Ministry also cooperates with them in doing so..."
Suddenly, his words were drowned out by a sudden knock on the door.
Hermione gasped, and the glass in her hand fell to the floor and shattered.
Yaya screamed, the five of them stared at the window next to the door, a short and fat figure swayed on the thin curtain.
Chapter 988 Little Black and Little White
"is her!"
"Hurry up and get inside the cloak before she sees us here."
"Who is outside? What's the matter with you four?" Hagrid asked in surprise.
"Come in!" Harry hurriedly grabbed the Invisibility Cloak and put it on himself and Ron, curling up in a corner of the house.
Ivan and Hermione also retreated to another corner, put on the invisibility cloak, and hid among a pile of glove boxes.
Fang barked at the door, and Hagrid seemed completely bewildered!
"By the way, hide our cups, Hagrid!"
Hagrid grabbed Ivan, Harry, and Hermione's teacups and stuffed them under Fang's basket mat.
Fang was hopping and scratching at the door, Hagrid pushed it aside with his foot and pulled the door open.
Umbridge stood in the doorway, wearing her green tweed cloak and a hat of the same color with flaps.
She pursed her lips and leaned back so she could see Hagrid's face, not even reaching his belly button.
"So!" she said slowly and loudly, as if addressing a deaf man. "You're Hagrid, aren't you?"
Before Hagrid could answer, she walked into the room, her toad-like eyes rolling wildly.
"Go away!" she yelled at Fang, waving her purse, as it jumped up to her and tried to lick her face.
"Well, I don't mean to be rude," said Hagrid, glaring at her, "but who the hell are you?"
"My name is Dolores Umbridge. I heard from the headmaster that you are coming back today."
She scanned the hut, staring twice at the corner where Ivan and the others were hiding.
Because the space was very small, Ivan and Hermione were close together, and Harry and Ron huddled in another corner.
"Dolores Umbridge?" Hagrid seemed completely confused. "I've heard of your name, but I thought you were from the Ministry of Magic. Aren't you with Fudge? How did you get to Hogg?" Watts here?"
"Yes, I'm a Senior Undersecretary responsible only to Ministers," said Umbridge, and she began to pace the room, noticing every detail, from the rucksack against the wall to the black traveling cloak draped there. "I'm a teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts now."
"Oh, you're so brave!" said Hagrid. "Not many people would teach that anymore!"
"Also, I am also the Hogwarts High Inquisitor." Umbridge seemed not to have heard his words.
"What's that?" Hagrid asked, frowning.
"Exactly the question I wanted to ask." Umbridge pointed to the broken china on the floor, which was Hermione's broken teacup.
"Oh!" Hagrid glanced desperately at the hiding place of Ivan and Hermione, his expression became unnatural, "Well, that's Fang, it was so naughty, it broke a teacup, so I Just use this one."
Hagrid pointed to his teacup, one hand still pressing the dragon meat that had been applied over his eyes.
Umbridge stood before him, squinting, noting every detail of his face.
"I heard voices just now," she whispered.
"I'm talking to Fang," Hagrid answered bravely.
"Does it talk to you too?"
"Somehow!" said Hagrid, looking uncomfortable. "I say Fang is human sometimes, and we often do."
"What an unusual habit!" said Umbridge tactfully.
She obviously didn't believe what Hagrid said, and suddenly turned around from one end of the room to the other, inspecting carefully, she bent down to look under the bed, opened Hagrid's cupboard impolitely, and then went straight to the place where Ivan and Hermione were hiding. Heap up debris and go.
She stretched out her hand suddenly, but she didn't touch anything, but bumped the box into a mess.
"What are you looking for?" said Hagrid nervously, waving a big hand at the backpack. "You see, I just got back."
Under the invisibility cloak, Ivan and Hermione transformed at the same time, and two kittens, one black and one white, were curling up together.
The two exchanged glances. If they hadn't been able to transform, they would have been touched just now!
"Nothing!" said Umbridge, pushing the clutter aside.
At this moment, a box was knocked down roughly by her, and the invisibility cloaks on Ivan and Hermione slipped off.
They appeared in front of Umbridge, their eyes met...
The sudden change made everyone stunned, the atmosphere in the room was extremely tense, everyone looked at Ivan and Hermione!
What to do, was discovered?
Aiwen was still thinking about this just now. If he is discovered, should he use the Forgetting Curse?
Or did they join forces to subdue Umbridge and keep her from leaving the house? !
The next second, Hermione moved at a loss, and Ivan hurriedly held her down, and rushed towards her like a real cat.
He's already experienced, they're just cats now, they won't be found.
"What is this?" Umbridge said, looking at Ivan and Hermione suspiciously, "Why didn't I see them just now."
"These are my cats, Black and White!" said Hagrid in a panic. "They like to run around."
Fangya ran over and sniffed Alvin and Hermione vigorously, as if wanting to lick them both.
"Okay, Xiao Hei, Xiao Bai, you two little naughty, don't run around, stay here honestly."
Hagrid drove Fang away in a panic, grabbed Ivan and Hermione with one hand, and put them on the large cooking pot on the table.
The two of them were sitting there, and Ivan felt the need to be more natural, and Umbridge was watching.
Sitting there like Hermione, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a cat, and anyone who looks at it will find it problematic.
Thinking of this, he leaned over and licked Hermione's face...
He licked very hard, and Hermione didn't react until his face was covered with Ivan's saliva.
She scratched Aiwen with her little paw, trying to push him away, and Aiwen went straight to force him, just like a real cat.
Just like that, the two moved rhythmically one after the other, one black and one white, and Umbridge finally shifted his gaze to Hagrid.
"What's the matter with you? What's the matter with these injuries?"
Alvin and Hermione moved while noticing that Hagrid quickly took the dragon meat off his face.
The bruises around his eyes were showing, not to mention all the blood and clots on his face.
"Oh, I, um, I had an accident." He said weakly, still looking at Ivan and Hermione.
"What kind of accident?"
"I, I accidentally fell."
"Did you fall?" she repeated coldly.
"Yes, tripped over my friend's broom. I can't fly myself. Look at my size. I don't think any broom can carry me. My friend has a rune horse. I don't know if you have seen it. Big animal, Winged ones, I've ridden them once, it's great..."
"Where have you been lately?" Umbridge cut Hagrid's nonsense coldly.
"Where am I going?"
"Yes, according to the information I got, you left Hogwarts in late February this year, along with Irving Mason, Sirius Black and Beauxbaton's headmaster Mrs. Maxime who disappeared at the same time." Wu Mlich said, "After school started, Mason and Mrs. Maxime showed up one after another, but you and Black never disappeared. It's been so long since school started, and your class has been taken by other teachers, and your colleagues don't know where you are. , You didn’t leave your address, where did you go?”
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There was a moment of silence, and Hagrid stared at Umbridge with his new eyes, as if trying to figure out how to answer the question.
Ivan and Sirius had told Hagrid about this before, and he hoped that Hagrid would remember it.
They went to Beauxbatons for communication. Don't make any difference with the information they provided to the Ministry of Magic, let alone mention giants.
Because he paid too much attention to Hagrid's answer, Ivan's strength in his hands was weak, and Hermione turned her body over at once.
She threw Ivan down hard, sat on him, and began to lick his face hard in reverse.
The iron pot Hagrid was cooking in shook and made a loud crashing sound.
Hagrid woke up abruptly at the sound, as if he knew how to answer Umbridge!
"We went to Beauxbatons at the time, and we were invited by Nicole Flamel. You know, Ivan is his student, and his alchemy is the best in the world. Dumbledore hoped that Ivan would learn from him. Something." Hagrid said without panting, as if he had recited the whole passage, "The International Alchemy Conference held every ten years is about to start, the one held in Cairo, maybe Ivan will Participate, Dumbledore once won the gold medal for pioneering contributions, he was a student at the time, this incident caused a big sensation, they only awarded the best alchemist, since then, we have not received any awards ..."
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