"Wait, I remember, he seems to have re-enrolled in school?!"
Following Percy Weasley's voice, discussions in the surrounding stands instantly exploded.
Decades ago, Tom Riddle, who had not yet become Voldemort, opened the secret room in the school, killed Myrtle, and framed everything on Hagrid.
However, with the information "confessed" in Peter Pettigrew's public trial and the subsequent "basilisk encirclement and suppression" operation at Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic withdrew all prosecutions and punishments against Hagrid. According to Dumbledore
He requested that all his rights as a wizard be returned, and that he be allowed to return to Hogwarts to complete his unfinished studies.
In fact, in the understanding of most wizards, this is more like a symbolic "compensation" measure from the Ministry of Magic and the school.
After all, Rubeus Hagrid still has the job of being the gamekeeper and keykeeper of Hogwarts.
Although he resumed his student status and studies, most of his courses were exempted by exception, and in many cases due to work reasons, professors directly gave small make-up classes.
If we use an analogy that is more common in the non-magical world, then Rubeus Hagrid is not so much a re-entry, but a special "adult self-study student" who is allowed to audit in a full-time middle school and can take the exam as a fresh graduate.
Even young Gryffindor wizards rarely regard Hagrid as being in the same grade - he is even older than their parents.
Of course, in a strict sense, Percy's substitution is also reasonable.
Because after Hagrid was "disconnected and reconnected", his graded position was indeed fifth grade.
"...Mr. Hagrid? Okay, I understand."
Elena was stunned for half a second and nodded slightly, with a trace of uncontrollable excitement flashing in her eyes.
So that's it, high magic resistance plus high poison resistance, but also giant strength and simple spell casting ability.
Maybe ordinary little wizards can't resist the potion hell of Professor Snape and others, but if it were Rubeus Hagrid, it would be hard to say.
"Then, another contestant..."
"It's just me."
Not far away, Mr. Hagrid's iconic loud voice and the sound of his heavy footsteps could be heard.
He was still wearing the oversized Gryffindor robe that had been washed a little white. Under the approaching noon sun, he looked like an approaching red and white torch.
"The poisoning from Slytherin House is simply too despicable."
Hagrid strode to the duel arena, and Elena subconsciously controlled the broom to float up a lot.
"Originally, I didn't plan to get involved in this matter at first - who knew the other party would actually be playing dirty tricks, then I couldn't bear it."
Hagrid looked at Elena, whose head was floating at the same level as his, frowning, and his rough voice was as loud as thunder. Even without the blessing of magic, Hagrid's voice was still clear around the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch.
sounded, and after Elena's magic light screen relayed it, there was even a duet that sounded like the echo of the valley.
"Let's just duel. Poisoning is a bit too much. Besides, doesn't this really count as cheating? Poisoning... can also be considered magic?!"
As Hagrid's iconic voice was "broadcast" from the magic light screens surrounding the stands, the faces of the three Slytherin House Potion Masters turned cold at the same time.
In contrast, Professor McGonagall's tightly pursed lips relaxed.
Although I don’t know who came up with countermeasures in such a short period of time, as Hagrid appeared, Gryffindor House completed the counterattack in an instant.
Regardless of Hagrid's magical dueling skills, at least common toxins can hardly cause him any trouble.
When he was in the seventh grade and the first grade was wiped out by poisonous mushroom soup, Hagrid ate more than a dozen poisonous mushrooms by himself, but he was the healthiest among all the "victims".
Except for being slightly dizzy and his face flushed for a while, his behavior was not much different from that of a hangover. He got up vigorously after half an hour of sleep. Because of this, Professor Sprout was talking about Hagrid.
During the herbal medicine tutoring, a lot of "poisonous" knowledge test points were specially marked in red letters to prevent the big guy from answering the questions randomly based on "common sense".
"Potions are of course a type of magic, just like magic fireworks are also an aspect of magic..."
Elena shrugged and did not dwell too much on this issue. There was nothing illegal in Gryffindor House's response.
As a fair and righteous referee, she would naturally not harm her own reputation specifically to promote potions.
What's more, the addition of Rubeus Hagrid will undoubtedly add more program effects to the game.
"Anyway, Mr. Hagrid, you are ready to go."
Elena's eyes passed over the big pink umbrella in Hagrid's hand, and she raised her eyebrows with interest.
"I heard that Mr. Ollivander helped you repair your wand. I hope you can use it well today..."
Since the Ministry of Magic withdrew all judgments against Hagrid, Ollivander's Wand Shop has received new orders - to repair and create new wands for Hagrid.
Mr. Ollivander's initial idea was to choose a new wand for Hagrid, but Rubeus Hagrid rejected Mr. Ollivander's proposal.
He hoped to repair the broken wand, the original wand that his father accompanied him to select... This request was originally technically difficult, but under the control of the largest shareholder of Ollivander's Wand Shop,
Upon request, and combined with the Tianming Group's alchemical progress, he finally created a somewhat special "wand-shaped" magic weapon.
Of course, all these things were done without Hagrid's knowledge, and even Dumbledore didn't know too many details.
For Rubeus Hagrid, he just walked into the wand shop, handed over his old wand, and got a brand new umbrella wand a few days later.
"Oh, of course, I've told you before - my grades in school were really not bad."
Hagrid glanced at Elena who was not far away, and grinned, his small eyes like black beetles full of smiles.
"Don't worry, I know the severity of the attack, and I will never cause any trouble to our referee lady——"
Although Elena, a troublesome little witch, gave him a lot of homework, and also brought a bunch of little witches to supervise his studies...
He even encouraged the professors to expand a terrifying study room in his hunting lodge, specifically for homework and reading, as if he was the most demanding academic devil.
But while Hagrid was complaining, he was more moved and overwhelmed with gratitude. As one of Dumbledore's most trusted wizards, he was fortunate to know a lot of inside information.
Whether it was the Basilisk or Peter Pettigrew... Elena was behind most of the important events in which he was able to overturn the case.
More importantly, unlike most professors and students, Hagrid also knew a secret about Elena.
In a sense, the child Elena is the same type of person as him: a mixed-blood wizard.
"Well, you can try opening the umbrella when casting the spell..."
Elena shrugged noncommittally and glanced at Hagrid meaningfully.
Without continuing to chat, she lightly patted the broom under her short skirt, and floated as light as a feather directly above the duel venue.
"The second match of the double arena match is ready to begin!"
"ten--"
"Nine--"
…………
"While casting... try to open the umbrella?"
Rubeus Hagrid frowned and looked thoughtfully at the new, somewhat heavy wand in his hand.
In the past few decades, he often secretly used the magic wand hidden in his umbrella to cast spells, such as turning into a pig's tail, lighting a fire, and so on.
Similarly, since the "umbrella wand" came back, he still used the same method of casting spells as before - waving the umbrella directly as a large wand.
I don't know if it was his illusion, but the new wand's smoothness and stability in casting even surpassed what he had when he was studying at Hogwarts.
With the help of this new "magic wand", he stumbled through the "grading examination" of the fifth grade of Hogwarts, which even surprised Professor Flitwick.
But, speaking of it, he really had never tried to release the spell with an umbrella open.
If you open the umbrella...you won't be able to see anything, right?
"three--"
"two--"
"One! Start!"
Just when Hagrid was still pondering the meaning of Elena's words just now, the magic countdown in the sky gradually returned to zero.
Before he could raise his head and look forward, two potion reagent bottles landed at his feet.
Bang——
The dark green potion poisonous mist instantly enveloped Hagrid's chest.
Immediately afterwards, an unknown gray-white layer quickly spread up along the ankles of this hybrid giant.
"Success! Professor Snape's potion is still effective!"
On the other side of the dark green poisonous mist, the two Slytherin House students exchanged surprised looks.
Even if the opponent is Hagrid, who looks like a giant, the two young wizards of Slytherin House are not ready to give up.
In the magical world, being big does not necessarily mean being powerful. Wizards have too many magics to deal with those behemoths. Although the imaginary enemy has temporarily become Hagrid, in the eyes of most Slytherin wizards, their probability of winning is still not small.
: Even if Hagrid is immune to poison, his huge body will become the biggest liability in the face of magic attacks.
"Don't give him a chance to breathe, Magic! Take advantage of the moment when he is under control and end the battle in one go!"
In the stands not far away, the prefect of Slytherin House was giving instructions loudly, wishing he could appear on the field below.
Gryffindor House, on the other hand, was anxious.
In fact, no young wizard has ever seen Mr. Hagrid fight.
In the eyes of many people, Percy Weasley's temporary replacement was more of a protective defense.
Even the rough-skinned Mr. Hagrid is like this. If he were another ordinary student, he would obviously suffer a lot when faced with Slytherin's despicable "poisoning" tactics.
"Collapse!"
"Collapse!"
"All petrified!"
In a mist of colorful potions, two young wizards from Slytherin House used spells alternately.
Rubeus Hagrid's figure was so easy to recognize that even if he was completely obscured by the poisonous mist of four or five potions, the shadow could still be vaguely recognized.
Compared to the young wizards who were specially trained in fast spell casting, Hagrid, who was still under the "old era" education system, was too clumsy and slow.
Before he even had time to release the first curse, three or four curses hit him through the thick poisonous mist of the potion. Perhaps the casting speed of these two Slytherin students could not match the speed of those who appeared in front of him.
He was in a lower grade, but when he faced the slow-moving Rubeus Hagrid, the gap between the results of education across generations was overwhelmingly displayed.
Not to mention, the concerto-like magical fire suppression was like a wonderful performance, shocking every student and parent watching the game.
"...Such a fast casting speed."
"These kids at Hogwarts seem to be much more powerful than we were back then."
"I heard that the content taught in schools has changed a lot now?"
"Well, Dumbledore is still different."
This time, the parents of the students in the surrounding stands finally had time to discuss and observe.
The burly Hagrid seemed to be an excellent target, standing there and receiving the baptism of spells coming from the front like a storm.
Although they are not very willing to admit it, many people know in their hearts that if they were in the duel field below, they might end up losing the same way without being able to fight back.
"call……"
At the same time, the professors' viewing area.
Horace Slughorn glanced at the black figure frozen in place below and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why hasn't Ms. Kaslana announced the end of the game? Well, those little guys' attacks are really not serious -"
He flicked the pipe in his hand, turned his head and looked at the serious-looking Professor McGonagall next to him, cleared his throat, and asked inquiringly.
"Do you think we should intervene a little bit? Mr. Hagrid may have been unconscious, but he can't see it yet in the poisonous fog. For safety reasons, I suggest that it is best for you to announce the end for the time being...
"
"Oh? Sorry - I don't think so."
Before Professor Slughorn could finish speaking, Professor McGonagall's pursed lips suddenly relaxed.
On the other side, not far away, a burst of cheers broke out from Gryffindor House.
"Um?"
Professor Slughorn was stunned, and his eyes quickly moved to the duel venue.
In a thick, dangerous-looking poisonous fog, the huge, stiff black figure slowly began to move.
Those seemingly ferocious spell attacks fell on that huge figure, without any effect, as if they were just a performance of light effects.
If you just look at the actual results, it is even more like a fake match than the single match in the second game just now - but, from those menacing spells and the occasional miss, it bounced off and landed in the nearby field and exploded.
The scene was obviously not "acted" by Slytherin students.