Chapter 258 Hagrid's Return
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Yun Yin Shen
Chapter 258 Hagrid's Return
The Gryffindor students silently listened to Professor McGonagall's speech in the dining room, and started a heated discussion.
"Looks like this is going to be over! So many Aurors and Professors looking for... the Basilisk should be caught in a few days!"
"Am I right? Harry, MacGuffin!"
Lee Jordan, a friend of the Weasley twins, came over and patted them on the shoulder, and said optimistically.
"However, this is really strange. You say that even if such a big basilisk has a hidden pipe, someone should see it!"
He shouted, and the audience nodded.
"What's more, has anyone noticed that there is a legend in Slytherin about a hidden secret room and monsters... and isn't their representative a snake?"
"I guess they must have played it off! Let out such a monster, the professors will definitely find out if they go to check..."
Lee Jordan speaks out loudly.
This statement won the approval of a small group of Gryffindor students, who even applauded sparsely.
After a while of commotion, everyone discussed and prepared to leave here.
McGuffin and Harry didn't leave together, because they met Hagrid at the door just after they left the auditorium.
He was hunched over talking to a tall wizard.
"Hagrid, where have you been these days?"
"You... what's wrong with you?"
Harry asked loudly.
Hagrid Ruburt was originally tall and burly, or in other words, his thick figure was now a little weak and haggard, and he seemed to have shrunk a little.
The whole person was dressed in rags, and the original dusty coat was as dirty as if it hadn't been washed for a few days.
The tall wizard, seeing someone coming, looked very displeased, raised his voice, and reprimanded Hagrid loudly.
"I'll keep an eye on your Ruburt!"
"To be honest, I don't believe you are innocent."
"The fuss of some Ministry of Magic officials... It is said that this kind of news was delivered by a mudblood who has not yet obtained a wizard's certificate... Now the Ministry of Magic is really occupied by some fools and idiots!"
"Anyway! Hagrid Ruburt . . . it seems to me . . . "
"You are a criminal, a half-breed that is worse than a mudblood... a dirty half-giant! Something with dirty blood, the blood on your body means that you are a criminal..."
McGuffin suspected that this guy had deliberately insulted Hagrid by saying this when he saw someone coming.
Hagrid clenched his fists, breathing heavily.
McGuffin doesn't know this guy, isn't he afraid that Hagrid will smash his own head into a 'butcher's shop' with one punch?
"What did you say!"
Harry was very angry when he heard it, and stepped over to Hagrid's side in two steps, staring at the tall wizard.
Unexpectedly, Hagrid stopped Harry in a low voice, he shook his head hastily, his dark eyes were full of fatigue and fear.
"No, Harry!"
The voice was very weak.
(McGuffin knows what's going on, Hagrid obviously doesn't want to be troublesome, he doesn't want to go back to that horrible place of Azikaban again!)
The tall wizard had a stern face, with his nostrils turned upwards, and he spoke with a strong tone of a pure-blood wizard.
"A few more Muggle seeds, and now Hogwarts... hey!..."
After finishing speaking, he squinted at the angry Ron with contempt, Hermione and the others, especially McGuffin... This guy seemed to recognize him as the little wizard who raised the basilisk conjecture.
He also gave a light pooh in front of him.
After that, shaking his head and shaking his head, he was ready to leave triumphantly.
It's like winning something.
McGuffin has never seen such a wizard. Compared with it... Voldemort, Malfoy and his like are much better. At least they still have a little IQ, and they can do a good job of superficial skills and maintain some false wizard demeanor.
And no matter from the voice, expression, or even the smell revealed by this guy, he is undoubtedly not an idiot.
——Very underwhelming!
Shir!
A passer-by, ABC, who did not appear in the original book, dared to show off his might in front of him.
Ancipie!
Voldemort and the basilisk have been taught a lesson, what kind of bastard... Let yourself be so angry.
I really can't swallow this breath.
MD!
Teach this idiot a lesson...it should be fine!
"Te!"
The MacGuffin spat hard at the wizard.
"Hagrid, who's that tall idiot?" he yelled deliberately, almost yelling.
Apparently the wizard heard it too, and he turned viciously.
"Harry, look at the situation later and show the scar on your forehead!" McGuffin whispered hastily.
"what!?"
"What do you want? McGuffin!" Hermione asked anxiously.
"Nothing, teach some idiot a lesson! Take it easy for Hagrid..."
"What did you say?" The tall wizard turned and rushed over.
Gan!
—Scare me!
Originally, McGuffin prepared two types of civil and military, and four types of ABCD to deal with this guy.
Unexpectedly, it was only slightly provocative and exciting.
Good guy!
That sorcerer had a 'blood bursting' expression on his face.
It was the first time McGuffin saw someone who could burst the blood vessels on his face, and the muscles on his face twitched... the expression formed...
simply……
how to say! ?
The whole face is like the emoticon pack of 'Jingerui'!
Exaggerated to the extreme, crazy to indescribable.
So much so that McGuffin didn't even have the heart to destroy 'this scenery'!
This guy is also considered a talent!
"You mud..."
The guy was cursing, and took out his wand to scare a few little wizards.
Unexpectedly, when he glanced to the side, he saw the scar on Harry's forehead.
This guy immediately swallowed the second half of the sentence he wanted to spray.
"Ugh!"
He raised his head in shock and took a deep breath.
"You are Harry Potter!"
The sound was like a broken car horn, piercing and completely distorted.
Immediately...
That 'variety expression package' began to transform again.
From anger...then staring eyes...opening his mouth in disbelief, and finally he looked like he wanted to force a smile out immediately...but due to the 'inertia' of his facial muscles, he could only make a tearful smile that was about to cry.
Among them, the several changes in the expressions on the faces made the few people in front of them unable to believe their eyes.
At one point, the MacGuffin thought it was some kind of silent spell of shapeshifting, or some sort of Disguise Magus (the ability to easily change one's appearance without the aid of Polyjuice Potion, such as instantly changing hair color, nose shape, etc.).
After half a day, he was sure that this was indeed just this wizard's unique 'deformation skill'.
"Kim Jim, what are you doing?"
(This guy is really called Jin!)
At this time, several wizards came down from the second floor, and one of them roared in despair.
The tall wizard was frightened immediately, and his face turned pale instantly.
The whole face is constantly vibrating, so that people feel that the skin of that face is glued on.
McGuffin and the others turned to look.
It was Barty Crutch.
"Mr. Crouch..., I... I just want to warn Hagrid Ruburt...after all..."
The guy is terrified.
"From what I've seen so far...you're scaring a little Hogwarts wizard..."
Mr. Cratch strode up in front of several people almost instantly, staring coldly at the wand in Kim Jim's hand.
"And it's Harry Potter!"
The guy was pointing his wand straight at Harry and the others.
"I, I . . . not . . . " muttered Kim Jim, looking terrified.
He looked at the direction he was pointing at, and his entire face was almost flying off his bones in fright. He hurriedly wanted to put his wand back into his pocket, but it fell to the ground unexpectedly.
This made him stand on the spot in a daze, raised his head tremblingly, and looked at Kraqi's face.
"Hurry up and get out..." Kratch roared angrily.
"Yes, Mr. Kratch!"
This gave Kim Jim a sigh of relief, he hurriedly picked up his wand, staggered and fled in a hurry.
Then, after glancing at McGuffin with disgust, Kratch yelled at Hagrid, "Ruburus, don't cause trouble in the end... You also know the current atmosphere in the wizarding world... At this juncture, any small trouble will become a big trouble!"
"Finally, you should know the conditions agreed upon by the Ministry of Magic to allow you to return to Hogwarts!"
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Hagrid to answer, he led a few wizards and hurriedly left here, seemingly heading for the Forbidden Forest.
However, McGuffin seemed to see a certain helpless expression on Barty Crutch's face when he talked about this topic, although it was only for a moment.
After several people left, McGuffin was still facing Harry indignantly, and Ron and the others were talking.
"Who is it! This is..."
"I can see it... If the Ministry of Magic is full of people like this... No wonder Voldemort 11 years ago can..."
"Shh!"
Hagrid shuddered, terrified.
"You don't want that name! What's more, there are all officials from the Ministry of Magic..."
"McGuffin, you're still young, you don't understand, it's okay now, but one day after you graduate, you and Hermione will be different from...Harry and Ron, so you must be careful!"
Hagrid quickly covered the outspoken MacGuffin with his giant hands.
The MacGuffin caught Hagrid's implication.
He didn't expect Hagrid to be in such a society.
Or maybe Hagrid really had a deep understanding of Azikaban's trip.
However, McGuffin doesn't care about these things, he knows that there are only two paths in front of him now, either save talent points to break the [Blood Curse], defeat Voldemort, or...er...travel again!
In short, there was no other choice, and as for the thoughts and feelings of the Ministry of Magic, it would not be in his consideration at all.
Although I despise the face of the snake spirit who can only eat big melons with Avada, there is a saying that McGuffin still understands and agrees with
- Magic is power.
He just needs to accumulate talent points and improve his magic power.
And now this wizarding world is still the old feudal aristocratic, just covered with a layer of skin, a layer of modern Muggle political system.
Because magicians themselves are the basic productive forces that make up this society.
I am afraid that this system will be difficult to change.
Powerful wizards can easily have privileges in this political entity.
Even further, they will occupy the upper class of power anyway, especially when one's strength exceeds that of a huge number of people.
They carry a certain aura.
Whether it is feared by people or worshiped by people... equality is always just political correctness.
Just like Dumbledore, or Voldemort, or Grindelwald, and then there are the Big Four, as well as the despicable Helbo, and all kinds of powerful wizards who have left their reputations...
They are all like this, without exception.
The Ministry of Magic can't control it, and on the contrary... it even checks and balances with powerful wizards like them.
Or, to take it a step further, this Ministry of Magic institution is simply an institution for balancing factions of wizards with ideas espoused by powerful wizards.
Once a powerful wizard appears, it will soon...be able to turn this institution into a puppet, or a display.
For example, Grindelwald and Voldemort have done this before... Even Dumbledore may have just changed the way of influence.
While the MacGuffin was silently thinking,
Hagrid actually spoke to that Kim Jim, to comfort McGuffin, Harry, and Ron who were still angry.
"That's a poor wretch too...Harry, don't be angry!"
"The family is full of followers and hardcore supporters of the Dark Lord... But he graduated from Hufflepuff. This caused everyone in the family to deny this poor guy, and even kicked him out of the family at one point... When the Dark Lord fell, he was the only one left in the whole family, and everyone else was hunted down and wanted... Affected by this, he could only find a job as a gatekeeper on the island through his relationship with Barty Cratch at the Ministry of Magic..."
Speaking of this, Hagrid's face trembled twice, he pulled his beard vigorously, and continued, "The salary is pitifully low, and that place is not taken by anyone. Taking it there alone can drive people crazy..."
"No one thinks highly of him, normal wizards despise his family... the pure-blood wizards even regard him as a shame of a pure-blood wizard... don't even mention it..."
"He can only put on airs in resentment... despise those who are inferior to him, trying to find some self-confidence and a sense of superiority in his blood..."
Hagrid was rambling, even a bit of a cock...
Maybe it's because it's related to my own situation, or maybe it's because Azikaban finally saw Harry and the others after living in captivity for many days, and wanted to talk about it and vent the negative emotions in his heart.
After a while, Hagrid finally calmed down.
Harry asked cautiously.
"Hagrid, long time no see, how have you been?"
He didn't understand what was going on, but also felt that something was wrong.
McGuffin and the three of them looked at each other behind Harry. After Harry passed out, they hadn't told Hagrid what had happened recently.
Hagrid looked a little embarrassed, he stuttered and couldn't explain.
It was McGuffin who sensed Hagrid's situation, hurriedly tried to persuade Harry, and changed the topic so that he didn't ask him any further.
"Hagrid, what Ministry of Magic terms did you agree to..." he asked.
Speaking of this, a smile finally appeared on Hagrid's face, a very weird smile.
He whispered mysteriously, "You will know in two days... Anyway, I dare say that nothing like this has happened in Hogwarts for hundreds of years."
"It's going to be fun!"
……
Then, within a few days, what Hagrid had said happened at Hogwarts.
- indeed 'very interesting'!
McGuffin and the others looked at the scene in front of them, the corners of their mouths twitching.
Didn't expect it to be this 'interesting'.
(End of this chapter)
The Gryffindor students silently listened to Professor McGonagall's speech in the dining room, and started a heated discussion.
"Looks like this is going to be over! So many Aurors and Professors looking for... the Basilisk should be caught in a few days!"
"Am I right? Harry, MacGuffin!"
Lee Jordan, a friend of the Weasley twins, came over and patted them on the shoulder, and said optimistically.
"However, this is really strange. You say that even if such a big basilisk has a hidden pipe, someone should see it!"
He shouted, and the audience nodded.
"What's more, has anyone noticed that there is a legend in Slytherin about a hidden secret room and monsters... and isn't their representative a snake?"
"I guess they must have played it off! Let out such a monster, the professors will definitely find out if they go to check..."
Lee Jordan speaks out loudly.
This statement won the approval of a small group of Gryffindor students, who even applauded sparsely.
After a while of commotion, everyone discussed and prepared to leave here.
McGuffin and Harry didn't leave together, because they met Hagrid at the door just after they left the auditorium.
He was hunched over talking to a tall wizard.
"Hagrid, where have you been these days?"
"You... what's wrong with you?"
Harry asked loudly.
Hagrid Ruburt was originally tall and burly, or in other words, his thick figure was now a little weak and haggard, and he seemed to have shrunk a little.
The whole person was dressed in rags, and the original dusty coat was as dirty as if it hadn't been washed for a few days.
The tall wizard, seeing someone coming, looked very displeased, raised his voice, and reprimanded Hagrid loudly.
"I'll keep an eye on your Ruburt!"
"To be honest, I don't believe you are innocent."
"The fuss of some Ministry of Magic officials... It is said that this kind of news was delivered by a mudblood who has not yet obtained a wizard's certificate... Now the Ministry of Magic is really occupied by some fools and idiots!"
"Anyway! Hagrid Ruburt . . . it seems to me . . . "
"You are a criminal, a half-breed that is worse than a mudblood... a dirty half-giant! Something with dirty blood, the blood on your body means that you are a criminal..."
McGuffin suspected that this guy had deliberately insulted Hagrid by saying this when he saw someone coming.
Hagrid clenched his fists, breathing heavily.
McGuffin doesn't know this guy, isn't he afraid that Hagrid will smash his own head into a 'butcher's shop' with one punch?
"What did you say!"
Harry was very angry when he heard it, and stepped over to Hagrid's side in two steps, staring at the tall wizard.
Unexpectedly, Hagrid stopped Harry in a low voice, he shook his head hastily, his dark eyes were full of fatigue and fear.
"No, Harry!"
The voice was very weak.
(McGuffin knows what's going on, Hagrid obviously doesn't want to be troublesome, he doesn't want to go back to that horrible place of Azikaban again!)
The tall wizard had a stern face, with his nostrils turned upwards, and he spoke with a strong tone of a pure-blood wizard.
"A few more Muggle seeds, and now Hogwarts... hey!..."
After finishing speaking, he squinted at the angry Ron with contempt, Hermione and the others, especially McGuffin... This guy seemed to recognize him as the little wizard who raised the basilisk conjecture.
He also gave a light pooh in front of him.
After that, shaking his head and shaking his head, he was ready to leave triumphantly.
It's like winning something.
McGuffin has never seen such a wizard. Compared with it... Voldemort, Malfoy and his like are much better. At least they still have a little IQ, and they can do a good job of superficial skills and maintain some false wizard demeanor.
And no matter from the voice, expression, or even the smell revealed by this guy, he is undoubtedly not an idiot.
——Very underwhelming!
Shir!
A passer-by, ABC, who did not appear in the original book, dared to show off his might in front of him.
Ancipie!
Voldemort and the basilisk have been taught a lesson, what kind of bastard... Let yourself be so angry.
I really can't swallow this breath.
MD!
Teach this idiot a lesson...it should be fine!
"Te!"
The MacGuffin spat hard at the wizard.
"Hagrid, who's that tall idiot?" he yelled deliberately, almost yelling.
Apparently the wizard heard it too, and he turned viciously.
"Harry, look at the situation later and show the scar on your forehead!" McGuffin whispered hastily.
"what!?"
"What do you want? McGuffin!" Hermione asked anxiously.
"Nothing, teach some idiot a lesson! Take it easy for Hagrid..."
"What did you say?" The tall wizard turned and rushed over.
Gan!
—Scare me!
Originally, McGuffin prepared two types of civil and military, and four types of ABCD to deal with this guy.
Unexpectedly, it was only slightly provocative and exciting.
Good guy!
That sorcerer had a 'blood bursting' expression on his face.
It was the first time McGuffin saw someone who could burst the blood vessels on his face, and the muscles on his face twitched... the expression formed...
simply……
how to say! ?
The whole face is like the emoticon pack of 'Jingerui'!
Exaggerated to the extreme, crazy to indescribable.
So much so that McGuffin didn't even have the heart to destroy 'this scenery'!
This guy is also considered a talent!
"You mud..."
The guy was cursing, and took out his wand to scare a few little wizards.
Unexpectedly, when he glanced to the side, he saw the scar on Harry's forehead.
This guy immediately swallowed the second half of the sentence he wanted to spray.
"Ugh!"
He raised his head in shock and took a deep breath.
"You are Harry Potter!"
The sound was like a broken car horn, piercing and completely distorted.
Immediately...
That 'variety expression package' began to transform again.
From anger...then staring eyes...opening his mouth in disbelief, and finally he looked like he wanted to force a smile out immediately...but due to the 'inertia' of his facial muscles, he could only make a tearful smile that was about to cry.
Among them, the several changes in the expressions on the faces made the few people in front of them unable to believe their eyes.
At one point, the MacGuffin thought it was some kind of silent spell of shapeshifting, or some sort of Disguise Magus (the ability to easily change one's appearance without the aid of Polyjuice Potion, such as instantly changing hair color, nose shape, etc.).
After half a day, he was sure that this was indeed just this wizard's unique 'deformation skill'.
"Kim Jim, what are you doing?"
(This guy is really called Jin!)
At this time, several wizards came down from the second floor, and one of them roared in despair.
The tall wizard was frightened immediately, and his face turned pale instantly.
The whole face is constantly vibrating, so that people feel that the skin of that face is glued on.
McGuffin and the others turned to look.
It was Barty Crutch.
"Mr. Crouch..., I... I just want to warn Hagrid Ruburt...after all..."
The guy is terrified.
"From what I've seen so far...you're scaring a little Hogwarts wizard..."
Mr. Cratch strode up in front of several people almost instantly, staring coldly at the wand in Kim Jim's hand.
"And it's Harry Potter!"
The guy was pointing his wand straight at Harry and the others.
"I, I . . . not . . . " muttered Kim Jim, looking terrified.
He looked at the direction he was pointing at, and his entire face was almost flying off his bones in fright. He hurriedly wanted to put his wand back into his pocket, but it fell to the ground unexpectedly.
This made him stand on the spot in a daze, raised his head tremblingly, and looked at Kraqi's face.
"Hurry up and get out..." Kratch roared angrily.
"Yes, Mr. Kratch!"
This gave Kim Jim a sigh of relief, he hurriedly picked up his wand, staggered and fled in a hurry.
Then, after glancing at McGuffin with disgust, Kratch yelled at Hagrid, "Ruburus, don't cause trouble in the end... You also know the current atmosphere in the wizarding world... At this juncture, any small trouble will become a big trouble!"
"Finally, you should know the conditions agreed upon by the Ministry of Magic to allow you to return to Hogwarts!"
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Hagrid to answer, he led a few wizards and hurriedly left here, seemingly heading for the Forbidden Forest.
However, McGuffin seemed to see a certain helpless expression on Barty Crutch's face when he talked about this topic, although it was only for a moment.
After several people left, McGuffin was still facing Harry indignantly, and Ron and the others were talking.
"Who is it! This is..."
"I can see it... If the Ministry of Magic is full of people like this... No wonder Voldemort 11 years ago can..."
"Shh!"
Hagrid shuddered, terrified.
"You don't want that name! What's more, there are all officials from the Ministry of Magic..."
"McGuffin, you're still young, you don't understand, it's okay now, but one day after you graduate, you and Hermione will be different from...Harry and Ron, so you must be careful!"
Hagrid quickly covered the outspoken MacGuffin with his giant hands.
The MacGuffin caught Hagrid's implication.
He didn't expect Hagrid to be in such a society.
Or maybe Hagrid really had a deep understanding of Azikaban's trip.
However, McGuffin doesn't care about these things, he knows that there are only two paths in front of him now, either save talent points to break the [Blood Curse], defeat Voldemort, or...er...travel again!
In short, there was no other choice, and as for the thoughts and feelings of the Ministry of Magic, it would not be in his consideration at all.
Although I despise the face of the snake spirit who can only eat big melons with Avada, there is a saying that McGuffin still understands and agrees with
- Magic is power.
He just needs to accumulate talent points and improve his magic power.
And now this wizarding world is still the old feudal aristocratic, just covered with a layer of skin, a layer of modern Muggle political system.
Because magicians themselves are the basic productive forces that make up this society.
I am afraid that this system will be difficult to change.
Powerful wizards can easily have privileges in this political entity.
Even further, they will occupy the upper class of power anyway, especially when one's strength exceeds that of a huge number of people.
They carry a certain aura.
Whether it is feared by people or worshiped by people... equality is always just political correctness.
Just like Dumbledore, or Voldemort, or Grindelwald, and then there are the Big Four, as well as the despicable Helbo, and all kinds of powerful wizards who have left their reputations...
They are all like this, without exception.
The Ministry of Magic can't control it, and on the contrary... it even checks and balances with powerful wizards like them.
Or, to take it a step further, this Ministry of Magic institution is simply an institution for balancing factions of wizards with ideas espoused by powerful wizards.
Once a powerful wizard appears, it will soon...be able to turn this institution into a puppet, or a display.
For example, Grindelwald and Voldemort have done this before... Even Dumbledore may have just changed the way of influence.
While the MacGuffin was silently thinking,
Hagrid actually spoke to that Kim Jim, to comfort McGuffin, Harry, and Ron who were still angry.
"That's a poor wretch too...Harry, don't be angry!"
"The family is full of followers and hardcore supporters of the Dark Lord... But he graduated from Hufflepuff. This caused everyone in the family to deny this poor guy, and even kicked him out of the family at one point... When the Dark Lord fell, he was the only one left in the whole family, and everyone else was hunted down and wanted... Affected by this, he could only find a job as a gatekeeper on the island through his relationship with Barty Cratch at the Ministry of Magic..."
Speaking of this, Hagrid's face trembled twice, he pulled his beard vigorously, and continued, "The salary is pitifully low, and that place is not taken by anyone. Taking it there alone can drive people crazy..."
"No one thinks highly of him, normal wizards despise his family... the pure-blood wizards even regard him as a shame of a pure-blood wizard... don't even mention it..."
"He can only put on airs in resentment... despise those who are inferior to him, trying to find some self-confidence and a sense of superiority in his blood..."
Hagrid was rambling, even a bit of a cock...
Maybe it's because it's related to my own situation, or maybe it's because Azikaban finally saw Harry and the others after living in captivity for many days, and wanted to talk about it and vent the negative emotions in his heart.
After a while, Hagrid finally calmed down.
Harry asked cautiously.
"Hagrid, long time no see, how have you been?"
He didn't understand what was going on, but also felt that something was wrong.
McGuffin and the three of them looked at each other behind Harry. After Harry passed out, they hadn't told Hagrid what had happened recently.
Hagrid looked a little embarrassed, he stuttered and couldn't explain.
It was McGuffin who sensed Hagrid's situation, hurriedly tried to persuade Harry, and changed the topic so that he didn't ask him any further.
"Hagrid, what Ministry of Magic terms did you agree to..." he asked.
Speaking of this, a smile finally appeared on Hagrid's face, a very weird smile.
He whispered mysteriously, "You will know in two days... Anyway, I dare say that nothing like this has happened in Hogwarts for hundreds of years."
"It's going to be fun!"
……
Then, within a few days, what Hagrid had said happened at Hogwarts.
- indeed 'very interesting'!
McGuffin and the others looked at the scene in front of them, the corners of their mouths twitching.
Didn't expect it to be this 'interesting'.
(End of this chapter)
