Chapter 1031 Rejection
“What are you discussing?”
As soon as Hagrid came out of the woods, he saw Harry, Hermione and Ron standing in front of the hunting lodge, whispering, not knowing what they were talking about.
Hermione turned to look in the direction of the Forbidden Forest, noticed the injuries on Hagrid's face, and asked worriedly: "Hagrid, why are you injured again?"
"Hagrid, you're not going to fight the troll, are you?" Harry asked in a joking tone.
"How is that possible?" Hagrid waved his hand impatiently.
“The injuries on your body look very much like you were injured by someone.” Ron doubted that besides trolls, there was anything else in the Forbidden Forest that could hurt Hagrid.
“What do you want from me?”
Hagrid changed the subject, took out the key from his pocket, opened the wooden door of the hunting lodge, and invited Harry and the three of them to come in for tea.
The room was very cold, the fire had been extinguished long ago, and the things inside were placed in a mess. As soon as Hagrid entered the room, he immediately lit the firewood in the fireplace, hung the kettle to boil water, and then took it out of the bag on the fireplace. What looked like a bone was thrown to Yaya.
“Hagrid, what is this?” Ron asked curiously, looking at Fang who was eating.
"Albert asked the house elf to deliver it last night, saying it was food for Fang." Hagrid threw the towel into the bucket, took it out, wrung it out, and applied it to the wound on his face. "Hermione, help me. Get the bottle of medicine in the cabinet behind you."
“What kind of medicine is this, Hagrid?” Hermione asked.
"Those are painkillers. Albert asked me to throw away those dragon meats, but I think the analgesic effect of fire dragon meats is more effective." Hagrid looked at a large jar of medicine in front of him, feeling a little scared, "Why don't you take a few pills?" Didn’t you write it clearly?”
"You can't take medicine randomly?" Hermione frowned and said, "With Albert's character, he will definitely leave you a note or something."
“There does seem to be a letter. I remember the letter seemed to be...”
Hagrid looked around and finally found the letter next to the stone mortar. He opened it and took out two pieces of parchment. After reading the contents of the letter, he looked at the medicine bottle in his hand and muttered, "Once Want to take five pills for sex? I hope this stuff works."
As he spoke, Hagrid dropped the letter, poured five pills into his mouth, chewed them and swallowed them with difficulty, his face wrinkled up from the bitterness of the painkillers.
"Hagrid, you have to swallow the pills." Hermione was speechless. It was the first time she saw someone chewing pills like jelly beans.
“Swallow it?”
Hagrid was a little confused. He had never tasted this before. No wonder it was so bitter.
Hermione picked up the letter, read the contents carefully, and looked at Hagrid with a helpless smile, because Albert had clearly mentioned that painkillers are best swallowed, and the parchment not only had instructions for using painkillers, There are also wound treatment and treatment methods using white blood.
Hermione's eyes fell on the stone mortar. Sure enough, there was a large amount of fresh food next to it. It must have been sent by Albert to the house elves to treat Hagrid's wounds.
"You should take a closer look at the advice Albert gave you, and how you were injured, Hagrid." Hermione suspected that Albert knew the reason for Hagrid's injury, otherwise he would not have prepared a large bottle of painkillers. I don’t know how long I can eat this thing.
"Well...don't worry, I'm fine, I'm just slightly injured." Hagrid comforted him casually, as if he was reluctant to mention his injuries. He then threw the towel into ice water to wet it, wrung it out and applied it to the wound. Then he picked some fresh vegetables and threw them into a stone mortar to pound them and prepare to apply them to the wound later.
"You don't look like you're okay now." Harry was a little worried that Hagrid had raised something dangerous in the Forbidden Forest?
If Toad finds out by then, the other party will definitely be happy to fire Hagrid or even put Hagrid in Azkaban Prison.
Ron and Hermione had obviously thought about this. After the two exchanged glances, Hermione said, "By the way, Hagrid, how are you preparing for your Care of Magical Creatures lesson?"
“Toad really wants to fire you, and you are her first target.” Ron suspected that Hagrid did not realize the seriousness of the problem at all.
“Toad?” Hagrid asked confused.
"Toad is Umbridge's nickname. She was once turned into a pink toad." Harry explained to Hagrid. "Later, everyone called her Toad privately."
"Oh, I know, it's the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, right? Albert told me about the review." Hagrid comforted him.
The three of them looked at each other, and finally Harry reminded Hagrid, "Toad has always wanted to fire teachers who are close to Dumbledore."
“We don’t want you to be fired when you come back,” Ron continued.
"So please, Hagrid, please teach me something normal." Hermione's voice was full of pleading. "Teach something that will definitely be in the 0.w.Ls exam, such as thorns, unicorns or fire." Crab."
"I'm ready, I can definitely give you a surprise." Hagrid almost patted his chest to assure the three of them.
"Toad doesn't care about surprises." Ron warned. "Trelawney gave Toad a big surprise, and now she is under probation."
"None of us thought you had such luck," Harry reminded. "Toad hates your half-giant heritage and even mentioned it in the newspaper. Don't take any chances, Hagrid."
"Don't worry, I am very confident in my preparation." Hagrid still did not intend to change his plan, "Besides, even if I am fired, I can still do things for the Order of the Phoenix."
The three of them looked at each other, feeling that what they had just said was in vain.
“He seems to have asked me to prepare for the review.” Hagrid rubbed the back of his head in confusion.
"This is impossible, Harry, look at that letter." Hermione didn't believe that Albert would not give Hagrid some reminders. The most likely reason was that Hagrid ignored it.
“Hagrid, what is the Thestral?” Harry suddenly asked.
“What’s the matter, Harry?” Hagrid asked in surprise.
"Anderson asked you to introduce the Thestral to everyone." Harry raised the parchment in his hand and continued: "By the way, there is another letter here."
“What was written in the letter?”
Harry was about to hand the parchment to Hagrid, but Hagrid didn't take it. Instead, he asked Harry what was on the parchment.
“Is it really possible?” Harry asked suspiciously.
"Of course." Hagrid was busy applying whitening fluid to the wound and couldn't take his hand away at all.
“He said he recognized your efforts...”
Harry frowned, and Hermione and Ron also leaned over to read the contents of the parchment. He continued, "I understand your feelings, but your efforts have little effect. He advises you to give up. And he said he couldn't help you in that matter."
“Hagrid, what did Albert say?” Hermione felt that what Albert mentioned in the letter was the reason why Hagrid was injured.
“Do you really have any dangerous magical animals in the Forbidden Forest?” Harry asked uneasily.
“No.” Hagrid shook his head.
"Umbridge has always wanted to scare the monkeys, and the person she wants to fire the most is you." Harry warned again, "If the toad finds out that you have raised any terrible magical animals in the Forbidden Forest, he will definitely not mind firing you. Damn your pet, I dare say a toad can do such a thing."
"Albert told me about this." After hearing what Harry said, Hagrid couldn't help clenching his fists. He would never allow this situation to happen.
"Did he mention anything else in the letter?" Hagrid was not surprised that Albert knew about Grawp. In Hagrid's heart, Albert was a man with great powers and could hide almost nothing. he.
Seeing that Hagrid seemed unwilling to mention the matter, everyone stopped asking. They suspected that Hagrid had raised some dangerous magical animals in the Forbidden Forest.
Harry's eyes fell on the parchment again and continued: "He said in the letter that he hopes you will pick up Firenze at that time to prevent him from being killed by the centaurs... He felt that Dumbledore might, might ignore something. Something, or..."
Firenze? Centaur?
Harry, Ron and Hermione were all a little confused and obviously did not understand the meaning of the parchment.
Why was Firenze killed by the Centaur?
“I think I’ve heard that name somewhere,” Harry whispered.
“The centaur who saved you in the Forbidden Forest in your first year,” Hermione reminded.
“Oh, it’s him, but isn’t Firenze a centaur?” Harry was even more confused.
The three of them looked at Hagrid, but Hagrid obviously didn't understand the meaning of the letter either.
"I dare say Albert knows that you won't read this letter carefully." Hermione took the letter, read it carefully, and said firmly, "This letter is for us."
"That guy is always mysterious. It's best to ask him directly." Harry said to Hagrid. "There must be some reason why he reminded you of this specially."
After the three of them had a cup of tea at Hagrid's place, they returned to the castle. Harry and Ron had accumulated a lot of homework recently, and they had to hurry up and complete it.
"What do you think Hagrid kept in the Forbidden Forest?" Harry suddenly asked on the way back to the castle.
“Troll?” Ron guessed.
"Definitely not, his injuries look like he had a fight with someone." Hermione had not forgotten Hagrid's appearance when he first came back.
"I dare say Albert must know." Harry had not forgotten the letter, Albert's rejection of Hagrid's things hidden in the Forbidden Forest.
"Could it be...a giant?" Hermione said tremblingly, "Hagrid said it took him more than a month to find the giant camp, but it took him two months to come back, and his injuries were definitely caused by someone beating him. .”
Harry and Ron looked at each other, and they felt that Hermione's words really made sense.
"But how did he do it? I mean he definitely couldn't get the giant to follow him." Harry was trying his best to deny Hermione's guess.
After a long silence, Hermione said tremblingly, "Maybe it's a young giant. Don't forget, Hagrid raised a fire dragon, but... I don't understand why Hagrid did this, why he had to ruin his life. It’s so difficult.”
Hermione has almost confirmed her guess. She has not forgotten what Albert wrote in the letter: I agree with your efforts and understand your mood, but your efforts have little effect. I advise you that it is best to Give up, I can't help you with this.
"Hiding the giant in the woods, I dare say he must be crazy. No wonder Anderson refused to help him." Ron simply couldn't understand what was going on in Hagrid's mind.
“Albert definitely knows something, I have to go talk to him.” Hermione muttered, “I really don’t understand why Hagrid would do this.”
(End of this chapter)