Azkaban: The Fifth House of Hogwarts

Hogwarts became even quieter than before.

Although the newly established Dragon Research Institute has brought a lot of excitement to Hogwarts, students have been left hanging out doing nothing, especially the senior students.

They all more or less need to obtain an OWTs certificate for Care of Magical Creatures in order to apply for a deferment of graduation, or improve their grades in potions, spells, and herbal medicine so that they can take advanced courses in Care of Magical Creatures.

Only the first-year wizards are happy. They will not have elective courses for another year and a half. They do not need to think about these things for the time being. However, affected by this, the trio of Harry, Draco, and Hermione played Hagrid's house. I run much more than before.

"Just take us to see it, Hagrid!"

The three little ones surrounded Hagrid and said to him coquettishly. There were not only adult fire dragons in the Dragon Research Institute, but also many dragon eggs that were sent with them. Although the big ones could not get close to them, those The three little guys still want to get up close and personal.

"Although I also want to take you there, we can't get close until Rolo completes the domestication of the dragons."

"Domestication?"

The three of them looked at Hagrid with some confusion. Because Hermione took the lead, the three of them searched for a lot of information about fire dragons in the library. No matter which book it was, the descriptions of fire dragons were barbaric and cruel. A mindless magical beast.

Although dragon tamers are called "dragon tamers", their "taming" usually refers to how to quickly stun an adult fire dragon through teamwork.

The strength of a wizard's spell is far from enough to penetrate the thick anti-magic skin of a fire dragon. If what you encounter is not a fire dragon that is artificially fed with special magic potions and quickly matured, those powerful wild dragons can just use their dragon scales. Can deflect many magic spells.

When a team with a tacit understanding works together to cast spells, their stun spell can break through the dragon skin's defense, allowing the power of the spell to affect these violent fire dragons.

Ten people is basically the minimum number of people for a standard dragon taming team, but it is obvious that the two ten-person dragon taming teams that Hogwarts currently has are not enough to completely control the first batch of people entering Hogwarts. dozens of fire dragons.

"Of course, you should be aware of Rollo's affinity for magical creatures. Although my fists are also very effective, compared to my method, Rollo's efficiency is much higher."

"Maybe it will take a week or two. After he has calmed the dragons and adapted to the environment here, I can take you over for a sneak peek. After that, I will take over the responsibility of the dragon farm guard and teach these beautiful people The Big Guy’s Hogwarts Code of Survival.”

"For example?" Harry asked.

"For example, you have to be polite to others, and you can't just spray fire and burn flowers and plants..." Hagrid scratched his disheveled hair, then glanced at the table beside him, "I haven't finished writing yet, I'm thinking At that time, we should formulate three disciplines and eight major regulations for them."

"The little cuties in the Forbidden Forest have all been taught to be honest by me. The houses at Dragon Academy are so beautifully built, they can't be more unruly than the guys living in the forest, right?"

Hagrid felt that this was very reasonable, stroking his beard and nodded.

"I think you should go to class. It's almost two o'clock. You can't be late."

"What about a week or two later?" The three of them turned back to Hagrid before leaving Hagrid's hut.

"Just a week or two, it won't be a long wait."

Hagrid nodded with a smile, and after sending the three of them off, he hummed a tune and headed in the direction of the dragon farm.

The dragon training farm seems to occupy an area of ​​less than one square mile, even smaller than the area of ​​​​Hogwarts Castle, but its internal size is simply terrifying.

The space inside a solid building is not suitable for expansion using the Traceless Stretch Spell. Open environments such as forest farms, pastures, and mountains where fire dragons can be raised are very suitable for using the alchemy array to expand the spatial scale.

It's just that except for a few places with special needs, wizards generally don't invest high amounts of money to build supporting permanent alchemy arrays. The combined population of wizards in the world is not as large as a Muggle city. The world has a huge impact on them. To put it simply, it is the ultimate in vast land and sparsely populated areas.

There are many places similar to Dragon Farm, such as the famous Diagon Alley and St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies in England, but their expanded space scale is much smaller than here, and the construction cost is also lower.

Not long after Hagrid entered the Dragon Field, he saw a large group of people gathered in front of them. Hagrid, who was half taller than them, could easily see the scene behind them over their heads.

Dozens of fire dragons were obediently folding their wings and lying on the grass. The occasional sparks from their noses made the temperature in this area much higher than in other places. It was so warm that they didn't even need to wear thick cloaks.

"Rolo, what are you doing?"

Hagrid strode across the crowd and walked to Rollo.

"I thought you were going to let these cuties play Frisbee or something."

Hagrid, who treated the fire dragon like a dog, said carelessly, and he was really capable of doing this.

"Hagrid, you can play with them after these things. I'm just trying to exercise my patience now. Since we just traveled a long way here, these guys are not good-tempered at all."

"I have to let them be patient and adapt to the environment here quickly. I also need to cooperate with inspections and other things."

"That's right. Even if you change the cage for rabbits, they won't be able to sleep well in the first few days."

As Hagrid spoke, he involuntarily moved closer, causing a Hungarian Horntail to grin slightly at him. If Rollo hadn't been by his side, this super aggressive ruthless creature would have probably bitten him.

"Why does this child have tooth decay?"

Hagrid, who didn't care at all about the threat of the Horntail Dragon's bared fangs, instead saw a strange tooth in its mouth.

"Perhaps because of eating too much honey, there will be accompanying dragon bee colonies near the hornet dragon's lair. Many magical plants will always thrive on the land nourished by dragon excrement. This hornet is nearly 140 years old. It’s normal to have tooth decay after eating honey that has been produced and sold for over 100 years.”

"It turns out that he is still a good child who loves to act like a spoiled child!"

Hagrid, who didn't know how his brain circuits grew, said in surprise that maybe in his eyes, the Hungarian Horntail who opened his mouth to him when they met was asking him to solve the problem of tooth decay for him.

This feeling of being recognized and relied upon when they met made Hagrid feel a little elated.

"Good boy, good boy..." Hagrid walked forward with a kind smile on his face, and there was a smell of sulfur brewing in the dragon's mouth that opened wider and wider.

"Hagrid!"

Charlie's voice sounded behind Hagrid, "It's dangerous, come back quickly!"

The dragon tamers had already subconsciously waved their wands the moment the Horntail Dragon showed signs of attack, constructing a magic shield that could withstand the heat of the flames. This almost instantaneous silent spell was a food skill that dragon tamers must master. Taking a bite of dragon's breath without protection would be a really fatal accident.

Although the temperature of the fire dragon's breath is not exaggerated to several thousand degrees Celsius, the flames containing magical power are much more difficult to deal with than ordinary fires. At least fire extinguishers have no immediate effect on this kind of fire. The dragon's breath can even be used underwater. combustion.

"What a good boy, how could it hurt me?"

Hagrid stepped in front of the Horntail Dragon in a few steps and reached out to push down the guy's head that he had just raised. Then he stepped on his chin with one foot and pressed his knee against the Horntail Dragon's upper jaw.

"It just hurts."

The Horntail Dragon, which had not been able to bite off Hagrid's thigh as thick as a man's waist, was still stunned for a moment, but just for a moment, there was a dull sound that made people's teeth hurt.

Hagrid's sandbag-sized fist hit the side of the dragon's tooth that had traces of tooth decay.

The hornet dragon, which was so painful that it dug its toes into the grass, swung its tail repeatedly, startling the other fire dragons standing beside him. However, it found in disbelief at this moment that it was clearly its own weight that had the advantage. One side, but it was unable to overturn Hagrid who was rooted to the ground.

Hot and bright red blood burst out from the crooked tooth, and he pulled out the dragon's tooth - and Hagrid had a fresh trophy in his hand.

"Solved, haha!"

Hagrid pulled his foot back to show his results to the Horntail Dragon. He even said apologetically: "I didn't master the strength the first time, otherwise I could have knocked it away with one punch!"

The muffled sounds of "bang bang bang" sounded one after another. It seemed that he was very satisfied with the Horntail Dragon's unwillingness to roar at him even if it was in pain. Hagrid conveyed this love to it with his big slap of love. Love.

The hornet dragon, whose head was buzzing, lay down on the ground with drooped eyelids and dizziness. Encouraged by this pile driver-like love, its head was already halfway into the ground. There was no need to doubt that Hagrid had murderous intentions. If you do it a few more times, your neck will be dislocated, if not broken.

Giants and fire dragons are magical creatures that prey on each other. If a giant encounters a sleeping fire dragon in the wild, it would not be a serious giant if he doesn't go up and give their wings a bone-crushing blow.

If the sneak attack is successful, the giant who is bathing in the fire dragon's breath will scream and go home, and then lead a cart of breadmen to attack the fire dragon that cannot fly.

But if the stealth fails halfway, without anti-air means, the giant will become a very chewy piece of meat, giving the fire dragon a delicious meal.

But it was obvious that Hagrid was not a serious giant. Although he was a bit shorter, with wizard blood, his magic power reserve was far greater than that of an ordinary giant. Naturally, the magic power that could be used to nourish his body was also greatly improved.

When he found that he couldn't beat Hagrid, it was much better to lie down quietly than to have his wings broken, his skin and bones removed, and then put on the grill.

Although the fire dragon is a magical beast, even a beast knows how to make choices, and the hornet dragon's keen beast intuition tells it that Hagrid has no murderous intentions towards him, but instead reveals a feeling that makes it feel good. The difference is friendly.

"Charlie, is this the Hagrid you told us before?"

A wizard who was about 30 years old asked Charlie in English with an awkward accent.

"Yes, Rob. This is the gamekeeper I met when I was at Hogwarts. I decided to enter the profession of dragon training because of his influence."

Charlie nodded solemnly, "I witnessed him breaking the five legs of the five-legged monster, and then dragging the guy back to the Forbidden Forest. You don't know how shocked I was at that time. I swore that I would definitely fight with him. Hagrid tames wild beasts."

"But now it seems..."

Charlie's wand drooped.

"I feel like the dragon tamer is not the right one, but the fire dragon that took ten people a long time to control fell down with just a few big slaps???"

"Are there any more outrageous guys here?" Rob crossed his arms at the side. It was precisely because of Rollo that this group of people gathered here to watch the outrageous operation.

"Don't scare it, Hagrid. What these little guys need now is to relax. Fists will only make them comatose, rather than voluntarily having a good sleep."

"Ah haha..." Hagrid smiled awkwardly and quickly hid the dragon's tooth behind his back, "After all, the toothache hurts so much that I couldn't hold it back for a while..."

"I won't disturb you. I'll come back in a few days."

Hagrid, who knew what was important, wanted to get closer to these cuties, but there were plenty of opportunities and time, so he couldn't hold back.

"But will I make things difficult for you?"

Before leaving, Hagrid scratched his head apologetically and said.

"It's a little thing." Luo Luo smiled slightly, "If the child is hurt, just touch his head and coax him, and he will forget about it after a while."

Creatures that have not awakened true wisdom are just a group of children in Rollo's eyes, very obedient children. Their simple thinking makes them almost always respond to his requests and do not know how to refuse at all.

"I'll just take them for a walk."

Rollo stepped on the hornet dragon's half-buried head and kicked its nose and face, riding on the back of its neck where there was no thorn, and then patted the hornet dragon's big, prickly head.

"let's go!"

In an instant, the dragons fluttered their wings and roared with joy. After the strong wind that was flying sand and rocks, people watched the flying dragons wandering in the sky, casting a dancing shadow.

"Are you going to be a disaster to the world? Rollo..."

Dumbledore, who was looking at this from the distant castle, saw the boy standing on the dragon's back. He spoke softly and closed the page in his hand.

【wherelatethesweetbirdssang】

This is the name of the book, "Twilight Birds", which tells a story of the end of the world, where mankind is on the verge of extinction, plague is raging, famine is everywhere, diseases are epidemic, and dead babies are increasing...

At this moment, mankind is facing a huge crisis: species sterility, and humans are one of them. This means that humans will die out in a hundred years and completely disappear from the world.

But fortunately, scientists found in research that after cloning mice to the fifth generation, 20.00% of the mice regained the ability to reproduce.

The research of human cloning is on the agenda and has become the only way for mankind to save itself.

What concerned Dumbledore was the unfamiliar and novel term cloning.

In this book, human cloning is not simply a backup of human beings. Since they have exactly the same genes, as long as they live in the same environment and experience the same things, not only will their appearance be exactly the same, but their personalities, behaviors, and ways of thinking will also be the same. The body is completely consistent.

This is a different kind of rebirth, a kind of rebirth that is very different from magic and is not a rebirth.

"Exactly the same appearance, personality, thoughts...even memories?"

Dumbledore fell into murmuring thoughts.

"Can this be done? If it can be done..."

"Then it's her who's coming back...and it's not her..."

Dumbledore, who was stunned on the spot, looked aimlessly at the distant sky, watching the sun turn fiery red and gradually sinking below the horizon.

The winter sunset does not seem so hot and warm, but this fire-like color still ignites the canvas buried deep in memory, burns away the dust, clears the picture, and awakens the dusty things again.

"Would that be you?"

A low murmur rose from trembling lips.

"Ariana..."

He seemed to be asking about the deceased person, but he also knew that he would not get any response after all.

"Is that still you... Ariana?"

Perhaps this does not require a response.

He saw the light that redeemed himself. Even though this might be a wishful fantasy, it was a fantasy that could be reached and turned into reality.

It was no longer the elusive dream of the Mirror of Erised, maybe he could hold that delicate hand again and call out that name again: Ariana.

(Dumbledore was very concerned about his sister's death, and his break with Grindelwald originated from this, as did his desperate wearing of the Resurrection Stone ring. The contents of the Mirror of Erised also hinted that "the happiest person in the world" People can use the Mirror of Erised as an ordinary mirror, that is to say, what they see is their own appearance. Dumbledore later told Harry that what he saw was himself holding woolen socks, but the woolen socks were an excuse. , that’s not what he saw.)