After walking around outside the castle, the two returned to the safe house in Hogsmeade. This kind of weather was not suitable for dating and walking outside at all. It was more comfortable to sit at home, drink tea and chat.
Isobel always likes to talk about the progress of her potion research. Sometimes she will also talk about things at home, chatting with friends about the harvested news using a double-sided mirror, and occasionally helping Albert sort out the intelligence collected from gray areas.
This happened thanks to Dobby. On the way to find a job, house elves met many wizards living in gray areas. As long as they were willing to spend a few galleons on maintenance, many wizards actually didn't mind helping to collect information and make some extra money.
After all, who among the wizards living in the gray area is not short of money?
"Master, there is a message here that may interest you."
The house elf Bit walked into the hall holding the parchment and handed it to Albert respectfully.
"Thank you Bit, I want to eat the paella you made tonight." Albert took the parchment and said to the house elf.
"It's my pleasure!" the house elf walked away happily.
"What's the matter?" Isobel raised her head and asked.
"Hagrid is back. He was seriously injured and bought a lot of fresh dragon meat on the black market." Albert threw the note into the fireplace and watched it burn to ashes.
"Remember to come back early." Isobel gave Albert a hug, kissed his cheek and asked, "Would you like me to ask Dobby to bring you some more oysters?"
“Garlic grilled oysters.”
Although Albert instinctively rejects raw food, the oysters born in the cold waters of the north are indeed delicious.
With the help of the house elf, Albert easily appeared outside Hogwarts Castle. The originally lively Quidditch pitch had fallen into silence again, and the students of the two houses who had been punished returned to their respective public rest rooms.
room.
Albert took out his pocket watch and checked the time, then walked quickly towards Hagrid's hunting cabin.
"You are really well-informed. You came right after I came back."
Hagrid pushed aside the teeth that scratched the door, opened the door and looked at the person standing outside, smiling as if seeing an old friend, but the smile seemed to pull the injury on his face, causing his face to twitch slightly.
"It seems like you haven't been doing well recently. Do you need me to help you with some treatment?" Albert looked up and down at Hagrid's face that was about to turn into meat. He bent down and scratched Yaya's head to prevent it from jumping on him.
On oneself.
"Don't worry, it's just a minor injury." Hagrid almost patted his chest to show that he could handle the injury on his face. "I prepared some dragon meat, which has analgesic effect."
"That's for you. If ordinary people dare to act like this, I dare say they will have to stay in the school hospital for ten days and a half." Albert suppressed the Yaya who were jumping around him and continued.
Say, "You look like you just got beat up hard."
"Ahem, it was caused by a fall." Hagrid put the dragon meat on his face, and the pain from the wound seemed to subside a little.
"Do you think I look like a fool?" Albert asked with raised eyebrows.
"Ahem, we failed." Hagrid changed the topic and seemed reluctant to talk about his injuries. When he recalled his mission, he looked a little disappointed, "I failed Dumbledore's expectations."
"Just like I told you before the summer vacation, Professor Dumbledore never expected you to succeed." Albert comforted.
"That's impossible." Hagrid argued loudly, "If it's like what you said, what's the point of us spending more than a month looking for the giant?"
"Even if the chance of success is low, there is still value in trying." Albert did not look at Hagrid, but rubbed his teeth and said calmly, "I will do it, although it may not succeed.
But if you don’t do it, you will never succeed, and even if you fail, the situation will not get worse.”
This is Dumbledore.
"Tell me briefly about your experience, I want to hear your story." Albert led the conversation.
"You know?" Hagrid raised his eyebrows, but he was relieved soon. After all, it was Albert, so it didn't seem strange to know.
"Yeah, I guessed it."
"I went with Orim to find the giant camp, and it took a lot of time to get rid of the tail of the Ministry of Magic." Hagrid recalled the initially pleasant experience, and he and Orim got along very well.
He continued to talk about some things after finding the giants. Dumbledore's good reputation was obviously of some use to the giants, but...
"You encountered Death Eaters, and the Death Eaters easily convinced the giants to side with them?"
"Yes." Hagrid said regretfully: "We finally convinced the giant leaders, but the original giant leader was killed by other giants on the second night, so all our efforts were in vain."
"You don't have to blame yourself. In my opinion, failure is inevitable. Even if you succeed in convincing the giant leader, he will still die."
Albert's words made Hagrid's eyes widen, and he couldn't help but ask, "Why?"
"The giants themselves are very aggressive and violent, and they like to fight. It is normal for them to hate the wizard who drove them there when they were driven to that kind of ghost place, just like... people hate those who take refuge in the mysterious man.
The wizards wanted to kill them all or imprison them in Azkaban. The proposal of the mysterious man and the Death Eaters was more in line with the giants' needs. As long as they took refuge in the mysterious man, they could leave that ghost place, and Professor Dumbledore
It doesn't help them get out of that damn prison, do you understand?"
"The Death Eaters easily persuade werewolves and other dark creatures to join their team, because no one wants to live in a dark, smelly ditch." Albert looked at Hagrid with his mouth wide open, and brought the topic back to the topic: "
I came here to tell you about the situation at school."
"What's going on at school?" Hagrid was a little confused. He didn't understand why Albert came to remind him. Could it be that something happened at school?
"The Ministry of Magic sent a deputy minister to Hogwarts to serve as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." Albert explained: "Her name is Dolores Umbridge. You can think that she was sent by Fudge to find Dumbledore."
Professor Lido and Potter's troublesome nuisance."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Trouble with Dumbledore?" Hagrid asked with a frown.
"You should also know what happened at the end of last semester. Fudge and Professor Dumbledore had a falling out, so Fudge tried his best to smear Professor Dumbledore and Potter in the Daily Prophet. Their current relationship is not good." Ai
Bert briefly introduced the current situation to Hagrid, "Potter was attacked by dementors during the summer vacation, but he used magic to drive away the dementors and was formally tried by the Ministry of Magic. I participated in that trial at that time.
.”
"Wait until I finish, you are asking." Albert stopped Hagrid's question and continued, "In order to get rid of Professor Dumbledore, expel Potter, and completely control Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic passed
The so-called education order allowed Umbridge, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic, to serve as Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, and she is now the Senior Investigator."
"Fudge gave Umbridge a lot of power through the Education Order. You can think of her as almost half a headmaster, except that she doesn't have the title of headmaster."
"Not long ago, Umbridge investigated the professors in the school, and Professor Trelawney has been retained for probation. By the way, the first professor Umbridge wants to expel is you."
"Just now, the game between Gryffindor and Slytherin just ended. An unpleasant conflict broke out between the two sides after the game. I estimate that Harry will be permanently banned by Umbridge. This is probably the situation.
.”
"Harry has been banned permanently?" Hagrid felt incredible. In just a few months, Hogwarts had changed drastically.
"Yes." Albert nodded and said: "After the game, Gryffindor and Slytherin got into a fight due to a verbal conflict, but Umbridge favored the Slytherin students and it was normal to take the opportunity to cause trouble for Harry.
I even suspect that this conflict has something to do with her."
Hagrid opened his mouth, obviously unable to understand what was going on, and asked again: "That person still wants to fire me?"
"Because you are a hybrid giant and someone close to Professor Dumbledore, she plans to operate on you and give Professor Dumbledore a warning." Albert reminded: "I think it won't be long before she comes to find you.
, notify your course to be reviewed, and if your Care of Magical Creatures course is terrible, she will find an excuse to expel you directly."
"It's so evil that she wants to investigate others?" Hagrid said in disbelief, "How could Dumbledore allow such a person to roam around in Hogwarts?"
"Our headmaster seemed to think there was no need to conflict with Fudge, so he chose to give in." Albert continued, "But our minister went one step further and spoke ill of Professor Dumbledore in the Daily Prophet.
As a result, he lost most of his titles and status. Now most wizards in the wizarding world believe that Professor Dumbledore suffers from Alzheimer's disease and he will soon lose his position as headmaster."
"What did you say?" Hagrid was very angry and stood up from his chair.
"Umbridge will drive away Professor Dumbledore." Albert reminded: "She has made a mess of the school now. I suggest you ask Potter about the specific situation. I think Potter and the others will also be very happy.
I'll find you back soon, and I'll come find you."
"Then what should I do?" Hagrid asked.
"Prepare your examination well and survive this round first." Albert took out his pocket watch and looked at the time and said, "I'm going to leave first, Hagrid. Do you really not need my help with treatment?"
"No! Thank you for coming here to tell me this."
"I'll ask the house elf to bring some fresh food. After your face is less swollen, I can crush it and apply it on your face. The wound will heal quickly." Albert stopped at the door, turned around and added, "Um
Richie will cause trouble for you sooner or later, don't let your guard down and don't underestimate her cruelty."
Albert does have white pepper essence. Those things are also very effective, but they can't stand up to Hagrid's use. The effect of using fresh white pepper may not be as good, but it is better than the quantity. And Hagrid will probably be injured often, so he always has it.