Hogwarts in the shadows

"Obviously there is a position, and no one is available." Hephis said, and continued to eat.

"This...how is it possible!" Draco seemed a little excited and screamed.

He stared at Moody's figure without blinking, as if to verify Hephis's guess.

Until he saw Moody shaking hands cordially with Dumbledore and sitting in the empty seat next to Snape.

He cursed unwillingly.

"What's wrong?" Hephis looked at Draco in confusion.

He noticed that Draco's fingers were shaking.

Moody used to be an Auror and had captured many dark wizards.

Even before the World Cup turmoil, half of the prisoners in Azkaban were arrested by him.

But this has nothing to do with Draco, it's at most Lucius' problem.

"When I was a kid, he once broke into my house with a bunch of people..."

Draco didn't say anything else. A gloomy look flashed across his face, as if he recalled some not-so-good memories.

Hephaestus understood.

Lucius escaped the disaster by relying on his wealth and means.

But the Aurors wouldn't believe it. It's normal to ask for favors for no reason.

Hephis patted Draco on the shoulder.

"Okay, Draco. Things are different now. No one dares to invade your home without reason."

Draco's expression improved slightly after hearing this.

However, Moody's appearance still affected his appetite.

Even his favorite dish, braised pork trotter with sugar, he could only eat a few bites and couldn't eat it anymore.

Hephis no longer paid any attention to Draco.

After all, there are some things that cannot be resolved by just a few words from outsiders.

The next morning, the storm had stopped, but the dark clouds had not dispersed.

So much so that the entire castle was still lit with candles in broad daylight.

Hephis' first class in the morning was a spell class with the little eagles.

Professor Flitwick was still so humorous and witty at the podium.

But both the little snakes and the little eagles are still focused on the upcoming Triwizard Tournament.

They couldn't help but whispering and discussing the game.

Professor Flitwick naturally also noticed this phenomenon, and he also knew the reason why these little wizards were doing this.

But as the professor with the best temper, he still taught at the podium with a smile on his face, without any intention of scolding the little wizards.

But for the homework, he required it to be no less than eighteen inches.

This made the little snakes and eagles wail.

The second lesson was Care of Magical Creatures.

Hephis and Draco walked along the muddy path towards Hagrid's villa on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

If you look closely, you can see that both of their feet are covered in a layer of black.

Mud and water could not leave any traces on this layer of black.

At this time, the Gryffindor students had already arrived at Hagrid's villa.

The cubs' first class is Herbalism, so they will be close.

Hagrid was wearing a dark brown leather coat at this time, with several open wooden boxes scattered around his feet.

As they got closer they could hear a strange crackling sound and a faint explosion.

"Good morning! Hagrid." Draco walked over quickly and greeted Hagrid.

At the same time, he looked into the box and asked, "What good things have you prepared for us?"

"Exploding-tailed Skrewt." Hagrid said proudly, waving at Hephis.

But when Draco saw what was inside the box, he unconsciously took a step back.

No matter how much he loved magical creatures, he couldn't accept what was in the box.

Hephis came closer now and he also looked into the box.

Each box was packed densely with hundreds of blast-tailed skrewts.

They are about six inches long and crawl around in a pile on top of each other.

These creatures look like giant lobsters with their shells removed and their shapes distorted.

The body surface is covered with a light grayish-white layer, which looks unusually slimy.

There were so many legs stretched out randomly that it was impossible to see where the head was.

From time to time, sparks would spurt out from the tail of a blasting skrewt, accompanied by a slight popping sound, and its body would move forward a few inches.

Hagrid said proudly, "They are freshly hatched. We can try to raise them!"

"Hagrid, these. Uh... I mean the blast-end skrewts, they look... well, kind of gross."

Draco moved a little further away from the box and spoke cautiously to Hagrid.

Hagrid was startled when he heard this and also looked down at the box.

But he couldn't figure out what was so disgusting about the blasting-tailed skrewt.

There was a trace of confusion on his face.

He and Draco have a pretty good relationship.

Since even Draco can say such things, it means that there are indeed some problems with the project of raising blast-tailed skrewts.

Hephis interrupted at the right time to come to Hagrid's rescue.

"Okay, the blasting-tailed skrewt should be a new species. Let's try to raise it first. Maybe we can find some amazing effects."

Hagrid opened his mouth, and after a few seconds he spoke gruffly.

"Yes, we need to find out what they like to eat first, and try everything to see if they will eat it."

Now that Hephes has spoken.

Even Draco suppressed his nausea, grabbed a handful of frog liver, and put it into the box with a look of resistance.

However, these exploding-tailed snails seemed to have no mouths at all and would not come over to eat at all.

Hagrid sneaked up to Hephis after teaching students for such a long time.

Although he had good overall control, he was still used to asking Hephis for advice whenever he had a problem as long as Hephis was present.

"Hephis, isn't the blasting-tailed skrewt really disgusting? I see that no one seems to like it very much."

Although Hagrid deliberately lowered his voice, the young wizards present could still hear it compared to his rough voice.

So they all pricked up their ears to hear what Hephaest would say.

Hephes rubbed his chin and tried to use more appropriate words.

"The Exploding Snail Tail should be a new species! You have a good mood to introduce the newly discovered magical creature to everyone."

He deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the word "discover".

Based on his knowledge of magical creatures, there is no such species as blast-tailed skrewt in the wizarding world.

Most likely it was another cross between two species that was secretly created by Hagrid.

Hagrid had done this many times before, but he had never succeeded.

"But it's good to open everyone's eyes. I think I still have to teach everyone some book knowledge for the subsequent 'Ordinary Wizard Levels' (OWL) exams."

Hephis continued, "Otherwise, when the exam comes, everyone will learn extracurricular knowledge, and if you fail the exam, it will be a great loss to you!"