The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

The horned beast is a large beast from Africa.

Its body is gray, and its weight can usually reach one ton when it reaches adulthood. It looks like a rhinoceros, has super magic-resistant skin and a super-large sharp horn.

There is also a deadly liquid hidden in their large horns that will cause any object injected with this venom to explode.

It is precisely for this reason that the Poison Horned Beast is classified as XXXX level by the Ministry of Magic.

Such a high level obviously exceeded John's previous agreement with Hagrid about not bringing high-danger creatures into the classroom.

However, the poisonous horned beast Hagrid was taking with him was still just a cub, so it did not violate the rules.

Seeing Hagrid's cheerful look, John frowned and said:

"Hagrid, where did you get this poisonous horned beast?"

No question.

The venomous horned beast only gives birth to cubs once a year, so their numbers are rare and extremely precious.

John was afraid that Hagrid would be tricked with a fire dragon egg again like he did in the first grade.

"Alice gave it to me."

Hagrid smiled brightly and said, "John, you also know that I have been very sad since Aragog died. I cried non-stop every day, so that the hut was so wet that I couldn't even light the fire.

This morning, Alice came to me with this little guy.

She told me about last year when she encouraged you to hunt Acromantulas together to get the venom.

She also sincerely apologized to me, saying that she was in a difficult situation at the time, so she had no choice but to do such a thing.

Now, things at her home have improved.

As an apology, this little guy was given to me. "

Having said this, Hagrid seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said anxiously:

"Of course, John, I'm not blaming you. I know it's not your fault. Aragog and his descendants have indeed caused a lot of trouble to other creatures in the Forbidden Forest.

The centaurs have protested this to me many times.

I also talked to Aragog, but the nature of spiders is like this, and they can't change it.

I even thought about moving them to a new home, but unfortunately, I never made the decision.

Therefore, the death of Aragog and the others is not your fault, but mine! "

As he spoke, Hagrid's mood dropped again.

Seeing this, John hurriedly went up to comfort him for a while.

Harry, Michelle and others, who were going to take the Care of Magical Creatures class with the Slytherins, also abandoned the horned beast cub and came over to comfort Hagrid.

Hagrid's mood finally improved.

But this may not have much to do with everyone's comfort.

But because Alice has arrived.

Hagrid had a smile on his face again.

He started giving lessons to everyone.

The main content of the class is naturally the poisonous horned beast cub.

While explaining the habits of the poisonous horned beast to everyone, he asked everyone to take turns petting the little guy.

When it was Alice's turn, he praised Alice emphatically, interacted with her a bit, and finally gave Slytherin twenty points.

Of course, this is not because the poisonous horned beast cub was given by Alice.

It's because Alice is doing really well.

Throughout the entire interaction, she was friendly to everyone, answered every question, and always had a smile on her face, and it was a genuine smile—John could tell.

This kind attitude, coupled with her exquisite appearance, has made many people at the scene change their views on her.

Some bolder Slytherin girls have even begun to dare to talk to Alice.

This was impossible last year.

After all, no one likes to be friends with a lunatic who could go crazy at any moment.

Alice's behavior also made John frown even more.

He didn't understand what Alice was up to.

From what John knew about Alice, she was not a kind person.

But Alice did experience a big change during the summer vacation, and it is not impossible for her character to change.

So, is she ready to change herself and start a new life because she has solved the knot in her heart about the Lopez family?

Or is there another attempt?

John couldn't tell.

While he was thinking, a burning sensation suddenly came from his chest.

John quickly pulled out several pendants on his chest - the nun's silver cross pendant, Snape's silver snake pendant, and the replenished elixir pendant.

The one that keeps getting hot is naturally the silver snake pendant.

This meant that Snape was calling him.

To be honest, this hasn't happened in a long time.

After all, John's current level of potions basically no longer required repeated training with Snape.

So Snape's summons now means that he has other more important things.

After pulling off the silver snake pendant, John quickly arrived at the Potions office.

Overall, there is not much difference here from when John came last year.

The only change was that there were a few more cans on the shelves along the wall.

Normally John would never observe such a subtle change.

Because there are so many bottles and jars in the Potions office, a few more will not be noticeable at all.

But the problem is that the newly added jars are not filled with green potions and terrifying specimens, but colorful candies!

John even found a huge 'cockroach pile' in one of the jars!

Snape didn't have a sweet tooth.

The only person who is bold enough to give him candies and also allows him to store these candies carefully is Michelle.

"Tsk tsk-"

John smacked his lips, feeling a little emotional in his heart.

Meanwhile, Snape was pacing back and forth in his office.

While pacing, his face was gloomy, and he complained angrily:

"Dumbledore is really crazy! That old fool keeps making mistakes every time he thinks about it! One moment he was doing something about the Triwizard Tournament, and he even imposed a useless age limit! The next moment he was doing it to Moody, an even crazier old guy. Come to school!"

Hearing this, the corners of John's mouth raised slightly, and he sat at the workbench and said:

"You don't need to be so angry. I don't have much intention to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. So I won't care even if you fail to persuade Dumbledore to lift the age limit."

Snape stopped, looked back at John, and gasped:

"I did talk to Dumbledore about letting you participate in the selection, and Dumbledore did not agree. But this is not what I mainly want to talk about when I come to you this time!"

Hearing this, John also slowly stopped smiling and said:

"Is that about Moody?"

"I believe that with your ability, you have already figured out what kind of person Moody is."

Snape nodded and said, "What I want to say is that he found me last night and clearly threatened me."

John's eyes narrowed.

Snape continued:

"He firmly believed that I was one of the Death Eaters who escaped the trial of the great purge more than ten years ago, and threatened to catch me and send me to Azkaban.

And based on his mental state and his attitude towards me.

I have reason to believe that he might also target you at the same time.after all……"

It seemed that he was too embarrassed to call John his most valued student.

So Snape suddenly got stuck when he said this.

John nodded expressionlessly and said:

"So what do you want me to do? Muck up his class and try to drive him away like I did with Lupine last year?"

Hearing this, the anger on Snape's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by one of extreme seriousness.

"I want you to stay vigilant and guard against all the means that Moody may use against you. But at the same time, if he does take action, I will not allow you to fight back."

He stared into John's eyes and said, "Moody is different from Lupin. He is a heroic Auror, and many people in the Ministry of Magic and the wizarding world owe him a favor.

And his personal abilities are also very outstanding, and he is also a madman!

Any counterattack you make, even if it's just a joke, will be treated as a fatal attack by him!

He will catch you at all costs, try to pin all kinds of charges on you, and send you to Azkaban!

I am not afraid of these means.

But you are different.

You still have a bright future, a bright future, but you can't bear to throw dirty water like Moody!

So...you must be patient!

If you have any dissatisfaction with Moody, you can come to me and I will be responsible for taking revenge for you.

Like I said, I'm not afraid of him! "

By the end of the sentence, Snape placed his hands heavily on John's shoulders.

And John took a deep breath.

Snape's words undoubtedly raised John's assessment of Moody's danger by several levels.

The most important thing is that Slytherin's first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson will come in two days.

I don’t know what trouble will happen when the time comes.

And like Snape, John was not afraid.

If Moody is really evil, he will definitely make the other party regret coming to Hogwarts.

However, facing Snape's serious and sincere eyes, John nodded.