Chapter 469

"Honestly, they're not that hard to find," Hagrid said, "they're big." "

"Where are they?" asked Ron.

"In the mountains. Hagrid replied vaguely. "Then why don't Muggles have-"

"It's not that no," Hagrid said in a low voice, "it's just that the cause of their death is always said to be a mountaineering accident, isn't it?"

He shifted the dragon flesh to cover the worst of the wounds.

"Hagrid, tell us what you and Sirius did!" Ron said, "Tell me about being attacked by giants, Harry about being attacked by Dementors—"

Hagrid choked, and the dragon meat fell off, and he coughed repeatedly, and a large amount of saliva, tea, and dragon blood splashed on the table, and the dragon meat slipped to the ground with a clatter.

"What did you say, being attacked by Dementors?" Hagrid exclaimed.

"Don't you know?" asked Hermione, wide-eyed.

"I don't even know what happened after I left. I have a secret mission, and I don't want owls to follow me everywhere - nasty Dementors! Not really, right?"

"It's true, they showed up in Little Wheating, attacked me and my cousin, and then the Ministry of Magic wanted to expel me-" Harry said casually, as if he were talking about someone else's business.

"—I'm going to be put on trial, and there's a lot going on, but tell us about the giants first. "

"You're going to be expelled?"

"Tell me about you first, and then I'll talk about mine. Hagrid glared at Harry with the eyes he could open. Harry looked at him with a blunt, resolute expression on his face.

"The more detailed you say, the more detailed I will be later. "It looks like Hagrid has gotten smarter after being beaten.

Harry had no choice but to talk about his own business first.

“...... Just as I was about to get out of there, Solim came. "

"Solim, the Selwyn boy?" Hagrid looked at Harry with eyes that weren't obscured by dragon flesh.

"That's right. He stopped me from getting out of there, and Sirius they came and picked me up. Harry said in an envious tone, "He said at the time that he was the fastest person to get to me besides Dumbledore, and now that I think about it, it should be his phoenix." "

"He has a phoenix?!" the dragon meat from Hagrid's face slipped off his face once more.

"That's right, that's why he was able to get to Dursley's house so quickly, didn't he?"

"Ahh Hagrid said in a drunken tone, "That's the magical creature that many people have been longing to see for a long time, but I didn't expect a student to get one." "

"Are phoenixes rare?" Ron was a little unconvinced, "Doesn't Dumbledore have one?"

"Rare?" Before Hermione could taunt Ron, Hagrid seemed to be stimulated, "That's not just a rarity! Aside from Dumbledore, have you heard of anyone else who has a phoenix?"

As soon as he talked about magical creatures, Hagrid started to get excited.

"The benefits of owning a phoenix as a pet are endless. Hagrid once again applied dragon meat to his face, "Tears can be used to detoxify and concoct potions. The tears of the phoenix are also a treasure that cannot be found in the black market. Last time, I heard that someone was willing to pay 8,000 Galleons for the purchase of 1 dozen Lan Phoenix Tears. "

"Okay! stop talking about Phoenix. Hermione said, "Hagrid, tell me about you, what the hell have you been through?"

"Harry wasn't done yet. Hagrid snorted, "What's going on with the hearing?"

"There's not much to say about the hearings. Harry pulled his school robe out of his mouth, "They finally declared me innocent, or I wouldn't be here to talk to you." "

"Okay. Hagrid looked at the three people in front of him and nodded, "I don't really have anything here. Dumbledore has given us a mission to find the giants and, if we can, make an alliance with them. "

"Alliance?, and giants?" said Hermione, who had read a lot of books, all of which said that giants were moody, and that they were extremely violent, greeting each other with fists. Hermione couldn't understand why she had to make an alliance with a giant, or if such a thing could be done?

"That's right, Dumbledore told us where the giants were. The three of us set off. "

"Three?" Harry asked, "who else but you and Sirius?" Lupin?"

"No," Hagrid shook his head, green juice splashing everywhere on the dragon's flesh, "it's Olim. "

"Olim?" The three of them were a question mark in their heads, they had never heard the name, "Who's that?"

"It's Madame Maxime—"

The three of them looked at Hagrid with strange eyes, and the matter between Hagrid and Madame Maxim had been rumored last semester.

Hagrid's face showed a gentle expression in the little part of his face that was not covered by the beard and dragon flesh, and he said, "I tell you, Olim is not afraid of hardship. You know, she was an elegant, well-dressed lady. I knew where we were going, and I was afraid that she wouldn't be able to stand climbing rocks and sleeping in caves or something, but she never complained. "

Last semester, Hagrid also said that Maxim was a coward who did not dare to face his bloodline and a liar who tried to hide his true identity. Apparently what happened between Hagrid and Madame Maxim during this time.

"Are the giants hidden?" Ron asked, "is it a secret where they are?"

"Not exactly," said Hagrid, shaking his toggled head, "except that many wizards don't care where they are, as long as they're far away. But the places where giants live are hard to get into, at least for humans. So we need Dumbledore's guidance. It took us a month to find the place—"

"A month?" said Ron, as if he had never heard of such a long journey, "but—why don't you take the portkey?"

"Phantom shifting is fine. Hermione said, "Walking on your feet takes too long, and you certainly don't have a good rest." "

Hagrid looked at Ron and Hermione, and there was a strange expression bordering pity in those exposed eyes.

"We are being watched. He said hoarsely, "The Ministry of Magic is watching Dumbledore and the people they think are with him—"

"I know that. Harry said, "There's a guy in the school right now, watching Dumbledore's every move. "

"What?" Hagrid, apparently unclear about Umbridge, "Who?"

"Harry, don't interrupt!" Hermione glared at Harry, then said to Hagrid, "Hagrid, you go on, and then?"

"You know, we're big......" Hagrid was a little embarrassed at this, "I mean Olim and I, Sirius aren't very conspicuous. It's easy to track someone of our size, so Olim and I are in the light, and Sirius is in the dark. We pretended to go to Olim's school - Sirius said someone was following us, and we had to pretend to go to Beauxbatons-"

"Then we took a chance to use a little magic, and we flicked off our tails - the trip wasn't bad, two crazy trolls on the Polish border, and I had a little fuss with a vampire in a bar in Minsk, but it didn't go well. "