Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

In the next second, Ivan reached out and hugged Hermione.

Hermione trembled, trying to break free from Aiwen, but she didn't dare to use any force. She felt the warmth of being held by Aiwen in her arms. Looking at the familiar smile at the corner of his mouth, her chaotic heart gradually calmed down. , but still beating violently.

She rested her face on Ivan's shoulder, her eyes were tightly closed, and her long eyelashes were moving slightly.

In Alvin's arms, Hermione felt sweet, at ease and shy. If she could, she hoped that time could stop at this moment.

He thought of what he had seen Ron and Lavender and the couples hiding in such dark bushes do along the way. If Ivan was going to do those things next, she didn't know what to do. If someone found out ...

Fortunately, Ivan didn't take any further actions other than hugging Hermione.

He would have liked to kiss Hermione, but there was too little space in the bush and the place was too out of place.

He heard the footsteps of Fleur and Roger Davis approaching from far away, and after seeing Hagrid and Madame Maxime, he left quietly.

The two of them did not dare to act rashly. On the other side of the bushes were Hagrid and Madam Maxime.

Ivan hugged Hermione tightly, feeling that this is actually quite good...

The conversation outside continued. After Ivan and Hermione calmed down, they gradually heard what they were saying.

"What do you understand, Hagrid?" Madame Maxime asked, with a whooping sound in her deep voice.

"I see, see you as I do, is it your mother or your father?" said Hagrid.

"I-I don't know what you mean, Hagrid..."

"It was my mother!" said Hagrid softly. "She was one of the few left in England. Of course, I don't remember much about her. She left, you know? About the time I was three years old." At that time, to be honest, she didn't look like a mother. Well...they don't have motherhood in their nature, do they? I don't know what happened to her, as far as I know, she is probably dead!"

Madam Maxim remained silent, and Ivan and Hermione held their breath, listening to Hagrid talking about his own childhood experiences.

"Dad was devastated when mum left. My dad was a little guy and when I was six if he annoyed me I would lift him up and put him on top of the wardrobe always teasing him lol laughing out loud……"

Hagrid's deep voice became more choked up when he mentioned his father.

Madame Maxime listened, motionless, as if gazing at the silver fountain.

"Dad brought me up, but, alas, he died, right after I went to school. After that, I was on my own. Dumbledore helped me a lot, really, he was very kind to me. good……"

Hagrid produced a bandanna-dotted silk handkerchief and blew his nose noisily.

"That's it, that's it, my situation is over. What about you? Where did you get the inheritance from?"

Unexpectedly, Madame Maxime stood up suddenly without looking at Hagrid.

"It's too cold!" she said, and no matter how low the temperature was, her voice was never so cold and piercing. "I want to go in!"

"Huh?!" said Hagrid, confused. "No, you don't go! I-I've never met anyone else before!"

"Another person? I don't understand, please speak clearly!" Madame Maxime said in a cold tone.

Hearing this, Ivan already understood what was going on.

Hagrid was stupid enough to bring such an important matter out in public.

He was going to get into big trouble, and they didn't even notice the unprofessional hiding of himself and Hermione.

Who can guarantee how many people around here are still listening to what Hagrid said.

Perhaps Fleur and Roger Davis hadn't left, or perhaps there were others hiding in the surrounding bushes.

It won't be tomorrow before Hagrid's story will be heard all over the school.

Especially the pervasive Rita Skeeter, who might even turn into a bug and lurk around.

Ivan really wanted to go out and stop Hagrid from talking stupidly, but it didn't help.

"Needless to say, of course it's another half-giant!" Hagrid said.

"You are so bold!" Madame Maxime screamed, her voice a little hysterical, "I have never been insulted like this in my life! Half-blood giant? Me? I'm just, I'm just, I'm just big-boned!"

Her voice cut through the quiet night sky like a fog horn, and Ivan heard people rushing out of the surrounding bushes and rose bushes towards the castle.

This is all right, this matter must be spread.

Inside the bushes, Hermione raised her head and looked at Ivan in panic.

It never occurred to her that Hagrid was actually a half-blood giant. The news was so explosive!

Outside, Madame Maxime walked away angrily.

She poked open the bushes angrily all the way, startling groups of colorful little fairies flying into the air.

Hagrid was still sitting on the bench, watching her back, and Ivan and Hermione could even hear him sobbing softly.

Then, after a long time, he stood up and strode away.

Instead of returning to the castle, he headed in the direction of his hut, out into the dark field.

A few more minutes later, after there was no sound around, Ivan and Hermione crawled out of the bushes.

She looked at Ivan uneasily, with a very serious expression, and she didn't feel shy at all because of what happened just now.

"I can't believe that Hagrid is actually a half-blood giant!" she said, "How could he tell Madam Maxime about this? It's so stupid. There were a lot of people around here just now, Hagrid It's over now!"

"Let's go back and talk, Hermione!" Ivan said, looking around.

Under the dim light, the surroundings were in a mess, and he didn't see where the bug that Rita Skeeter turned into was hiding.

Perhaps, she left long ago, after getting this shocking news.

Maybe, she wasn't here just now, but that didn't help, someone else must have heard what Hagrid said.

Chapter 629 The end of the dance

Ivan and Hermione returned to the auditorium, Ron and Lavender were still missing, Ginny and Gabriel sat with a large group of Beauxbaton girls, Neville and Luna danced together, Harry and Colin The two sat at a table away from the dance floor.

"Did you see Ron?" Harry asked, looking at Ivan and Hermione who had just returned.

"He's busy outside!" Hermione said angrily, raised her head and looked around, and after making sure that no one was eavesdropping on their conversation, she lowered her voice, "I just heard with Ivan..."

She repeated what Hagrid had said, and Harry and Colin were equally dumbfounded.

"So, Hagrid is a half-blood giant?!" Colin said in surprise.

"Yes, the nature of this matter is very bad!" Ivan and Hermione nodded.

"I don't understand, so what if Hagrid is a giant? What's the problem?!" Harry said, watching Mrs. Maximus sitting alone at the referee table with a sullen look, "If Hagrid If she is a half-blood giant, then she must be too, she has a big frame, and the only one with a bigger frame than hers is a dinosaur..."

"You don't understand, Harry!" Hermione explained, "It's very bad that Hagrid is a half-blood giant. The book says that giants are very dangerous magical creatures and are not recognized by the wizarding world."

"Who cares?" said Harry stubbornly. "There's nothing wrong with Hagrid, we all like him!"

"I know it is, but..."

"Generally speaking, giants are considered to be very vicious humanoid magical creatures!" Seeing that Harry and Colin were still confused and didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, Ivan had to explain, "It's like Like trolls, they are born to like to kill, but they are much more dangerous than trolls. The average height of giants is 22 feet, almost twice that of trolls. Their strong physique allows them to resist most magic. Killing machines, in the dark days of the past, they brought a lot of fear to the wizarding world, but now there are no giants in Britain!"

"Why, where did they go?"

"Probably extinct. A large number were killed by Aurors, and some hid in foreign mountains. After all, this era is different from the past. It is not an era when giants can wreak havoc." Ai Wen continued, "How did they disappear? It's not the point, the point is that during Voldemort's reign, many giants joined him and killed many people."

"Even so, what does this have to do with Hagrid, he's not dangerous!"

"People who know him think it's okay, because everyone knows that Hagrid is not dangerous, but if they don't know him or people who are not familiar with him..." Ivan shook his head, and he saw that many people gathered together like them. Whispering together.

Obviously, this incident has been leaked, and there were quite a few people around the fountain just now.

It is impossible to continue to hide, and this is not a long-term solution. It is not a good thing for Hagrid.

The issue of blood identity has always been Hagrid's heartache, and covering it up will only delay the outbreak of conflicts.

It was the right thing to do if it was fully exposed and Hagrid realized that everyone was still willing to accept him.

In this matter, Aiwen decided to make some preparations, and he could not let the public opinion ferment and develop in a bad direction.

In addition, he was a little curious. Hagrid's father was just an ordinary wizard. According to Hagrid's description, he was still relatively short. How did he let Hagrid's mother, a purebred giantess, conceive? children's? !

Although hybrid descendants of wizards and various magical creatures are more common, half-blood giants have always been a minority.

When you think about it carefully, this thing is actually quite scary!

Seeing that Alvin and Hermione were coming back, Ginny and Gabriel also came over.

The six of them sat in a corner talking about giants for the rest of the ball, and had no mind for dancing.

No matter who came to invite them, they all refused!

Harry looked at Qiu Zhang from time to time, but when he saw her with Cedric, he had a strong urge to kick something.

Ivan persuaded him to invite Qiu in the past, but Harry hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head and did not act.

As for Fleur and Roger Davies, Ron and Lavender, and other lovers who never came back to the end.

At twelve midnight, the Weird Sisters stopped playing, and everyone gave them warm applause for the last time.

Then they started walking towards the foyer, and Ivan, Hermione and Harry sent Gabriel back to the carriage.

On the way back, at the door of the common room, they saw Ron standing there giggling, holding Lavender's hand.

"Oh!" He stopped suddenly when he saw Ivan, Harry and Hermione.

Lavender giggled and ran in embarrassedly.

There was an awkward silence. Ron seemed to want to explain something, but he didn't say a word.

He just stared at them blankly, his eyes were a little strange, as if he was expecting an explosion.

But everyone didn't have anything to say to Ron. Although he and Lavender made too fast progress, this was Ron's freedom.

After a silent stalemate for a while, the four returned to their respective common rooms to sleep, each with their own thoughts.

As for Hagrid, let Harry tell Ron.

On the second day of Christmas, everyone got up very late.

The Gryffindor common room was much quieter than it had been in previous days, and people chatted casually, interrupted by yawns from time to time.

Hermione's hair was messy again, and she confessed to Alvin that she sprayed a lot of speed smoothing hair spray on her hair for the dance.

"But it's too much trouble to do it every day," she said practically, scratching the back of Crookshanks' ear, and the cat whimpered in comfort.

As stunning as Hermione was last night, it's also lovely to see her this way.

At least Ivan thinks so, this is the real and natural Hermione.

As for the matter of Ron and Lavender, everyone tacitly pretended not to see it.

The two of them also restrained a lot, and they didn't stick together so blatantly.

Harry also told Ron about Hagrid.

Ron was even more surprised than he had imagined, and told them a lot of scary rumors about giants to prove how terrible the news was.

On the contrary, after reading a few books, Hermione gradually calmed down.

"I have long suspected that Hagrid is a half-blood giant!" She told everyone, shaking the magic book in her hand, "I just read the history of giants, and I don't think we need to be so nervous about giants. They don't It's all as scary as the rumors say. It's a prejudice, just like people's attitude towards werewolves, it's just a preconception, isn't it?!"

Chapter 630 Rita Skeeter New Report

Hermione believes that the unfair treatment of half-blood giants and werewolves is a kind of prejudice and should be stopped!

Like wizards' attitude towards house-elves, this notion is fundamentally wrong.

Regarding Hermione's idea, Ron shook his head disapprovingly, but Ivan thought her idea was good.

If every wizard could have Hermione's awareness, there would be no need to worry about many things.

But in fact, this is not the case at all, and things are far worse than expected.

On the second day after the ball, the castle became panicked.

All kinds of gossip and rumors about Hagrid spread rapidly in the ancient castle, and many people knew that he was a half-blood giant.

There were many students in the bushes near the fountain that day, and Hagrid's voice was already relatively loud.

There was no way to hide this, especially Madam Maxim's last excited cry, which could be heard clearly even from a long distance away.

She told everyone that she was just a bit big-boned, and while proving herself, she also spread the news that Hagrid was a half-blood giant.

As Ivan expected, many people knew about it, and rumors swirled.

Some people believe it, some people doubt it!

But all the rumors were proven to be true when the Christmas special of the Daily Prophet was brought by owl mail.