Chapter 697 Old Friends
Harry was very concerned about Albert's words, but he didn't expect that Professor Lupine was actually a good friend of his father, and Hagrid also knew about it.
Why haven’t they mentioned this to themselves?
Harry hesitated for a few days, and finally decided to ask Hagrid about Professor Lupin.
“Hagrid, is Professor Lupin really a good friend of my father’s?”
Hagrid stopped pouring tea, raised his head and asked, "Who told you?"
"Albert." Hermione answered Hagrid's question for Harry. She noticed that Hagrid didn't seem to want to talk about the topic.
"Lupin and James were indeed very close friends when they were at school." Hagrid spoke very slowly, "But..."
“Their relationship is on the rocks?” Harry asked tentatively.
“No, not at all.” Hagrid put the three cups of strong tea in front of the three of them and recalled, “They have always been very close friends, inseparable, very similar to you.”
"But why hasn't Professor Lupine visited me since I was a child?" Harry was very confused. He felt that if Professor Lupine was really a good friend of his father, it would be impossible for him to ignore their only son after his friend's death. Do not ask.
At least, Harry didn't think he would do that in his place.
"Professor Lupin has been having a hard time these past few years. I don't know about other things. If you have any questions, I suggest you ask him directly?" Hagrid directly threw Harry's question to Lupin and asked him why. Be happy with your own wit.
There are some things that Hagrid really couldn't tell Harry, and telling him now would do no good and would only make things worse.
"All right!"
Knowing that he couldn't get anything out of Hagrid, Harry gave up. He thought he could go to Albert to inquire about the news, or go directly to Professor Lupin.
“Hagrid, why did Albert come to see you?” Hermione changed the subject.
When they first came over, they happened to meet Albert.
“He came to ask me about magical creatures.” Speaking of this, Hagrid was a little proud, and Albert also recognized his ability in the field of magical creatures.
It’s just that I have just joined the job and my teaching standards still need to be improved.
"Ask me about magical creatures." Ron's voice couldn't help but rise a little higher, and there was a weirdness in his tone. Even Harry and Hermione's expressions were a little unnatural. There was no way, Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class It's just too bad.
"Ahem." Hagrid also noticed the expressions on the three people's faces, cleared his throat and said, "Albert is going to participate in... it seems to be called a magic school or something, oh, by the way, the magic school potion championship. So, He came to me to learn about the habits of some magical creatures, what to be wary of in the forest, and where to find them."
“But these are like potions…”
“The Wizarding School Potions Championship,” Hermione corrected.
“I heard that the contestants need to go into the magic garden to collect raw materials within the specified time.”
“How come I haven’t heard of this?”
“Hagrid, tell us about the Magic School Potions Championship.” Hermione was very interested in this matter.
"It is said that the eleven wizarding schools in the wizarding world will send people to participate in the Potions Competition. Hogwarts has not won the championship for a long time." Hagrid was also very happy that the topic was directed to Albert, "However, this year, Hogwarts has a good chance of winning the championship, and you know Albert has always been great."
“After all, he is a genius!” Ron said sourly. “Almost nothing can stop him.”
"He is indeed a genius, no matter what, he is very good." Hermione whispered.
“You don’t know how much Fred and George admired Albert and always believed what he said.”
“That’s because Albert can do divination!” Hermione reminded.
"Albert is indeed very powerful!" Harry also admitted this.
At least, Albert mastered the profound Patronus Charm very early, and he had been practicing hard for a week, but the Patronus was still extremely weak.
"No, you don't know. I once overheard Fred and George saying that Albert was eyeing Sirius Black's high bounty, and predicted that Black would appear at Hogwarts, ready to look for opportunities. Capture Black, take him to the Ministry of Magic in exchange for the bounty, and use the money to open their joke shop." Ron recalled overhearing the twins' conversation just after they returned from Egypt.
"Then I should thank him. If he needs bait, I can help. Then he will remember to pay me some galleons." Harry said half-jokingly.
"Harry, this is not the point. The point is that Albert thinks Black will appear at Hogwarts School." Hermione frowned. Although she was reluctant to admit it, Albert's judgment was always accurate. Since he If Sirius Black will appear at Hogwarts, then Harry needs to be careful.
“Perhaps, we can ask Albert to help divine when Sirius Black will appear, and then we can ambush Black together!” Ron suggested excitedly. Black's bounty of ten thousand Galleons was really tempting. If possible, he would like to get some money from that bounty, even if it was only a few Galleons.
"Don't be delusional. Black is not caught so easily, otherwise the Ministry of Magic wouldn't be looking for him all the time." Hagrid was startled by their boldness and said quickly: "I asked Albert, He said the chances of that were low... and the time hadn't come yet."
“Timing?”
“Don’t ask me, I don’t know, anyway, fortune tellers are very mysterious.” Hagrid recalled the way Albert said this and couldn’t help but shook his head and said, “I remember that you all seem to have taken elective divination classes.”
"Stop it, that Professor Trelawney is a liar." Hermione began to tell Hagrid about Professor Trelawney's prediction that Harry would die in the first class of the semester.
“I’m not very familiar with Professor Trelawney, but I heard many students privately call her an old liar.” Hagrid turned to look out the window, stood up and said to the three of them: “Okay, I’ll take you back to the castle!”
“No need Hagrid, we can do it ourselves…”
"I insist Harry, you should pay attention to your own safety now." Hagrid stood up and prepared to send Harry and the three back to the castle.
“Hogwarts is safe, and there are a bunch of dementors around the school.”
"Albert thinks that dementors are unreliable. I think he is right. Since Black can escape from Azkaban, there must be a way to hide the dementors." Now Hagrid is more willing to trust Albert's judgment. , especially after the accident in the first class, I regretted that I didn’t listen to Albert’s advice at that time.
“Harry, promise me you won’t run around after dark, okay?”
(End of this chapter)