[HP] Aunt of the Savior

"I hope that thief is Quirrell—if Snape is the one who wants to steal the Philosopher's Stone, then Quirrell will give up in about a week." Thinking of their Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, he was always panicked. Trembling, Ron was very pessimistic about the safety of the Philosopher's Stone.

But Ron's claim is clearly incorrect.After the Quidditch match, their lives suddenly returned to peace.Nothing amiss had ever happened at school, and even Malfoy hadn't provoked them for a long time after that "fight" on the Quidditch pitch.

Hermione had already started to make a review plan, which undoubtedly stimulated Harry, making Harry determined to surpass Hermione in the final exam no matter what.The fact that Hermione was the first to find information about the Philosopher's Stone and Nicole Flamel from the book made Harry couldn't help but reflect that he obviously didn't spend enough time studying.

As a result, Ron had to stay in the library with his two friends all day, moaning all day.

"If Harry works so hard, he will do well in the final exam." Jody has often seen Harry and his friends studying in the library recently.She is very satisfied with Harry's recent performance.Although she was not as opposed to Harry's spending time on Quidditch training as Snape was, she clearly felt that studying was much more important and meaningful to Harry than Quidditch.She took out Harry's Potions homework and looked at it seriously. The level of this homework was done very well, and it could be seen that Harry had put a lot of effort into it. "That's perfectly fine for an O, Severus?"

"...If Professor Snape is a fair person," Snape took Harry's homework, wrote an E mercilessly, and rolled his lips, "I just hope he won't hear those things again." After speaking, I ran off to do something dangerous, are you sure our plan that day made Harry beware of Quirrell?"

"To be honest, I really don't know if Harry can deduce the truth after listening to your conversation. I've tried to give him as many clues as possible..." Jody shrugged, "But I'm sure at least Quirrell didn't Knowing that Harry knows so much, then he may show his feet in front of Harry."

"I'm very confident in your magic circle. Even the Dark Lord won't notice it, so Quirrell won't notice it." With Jody's help, Snape quickly corrected all the homework, and he put down the quill , reached out to Jody, let her lean into his arms, and whispered in her ear: "But he is indeed very cunning. I threatened him that day and hinted at him in the name of the Dark Lord, but he has nothing I refuse to say." He raised his eyebrows mockingly, "Compared to Quirrell, even I think I may be more worthy of being suspected by those stupid students."

"Harry trusts you, he will find out the truth." Jody gently kissed Snape's cheek with some distress.She knew very well that the more Slytherin Snape behaved in the eyes of the students, the worse his reputation would be, and the safer he would be if Voldemort came back in the future-even though Snape didn't bother to be a pleasing professor .

"I hope so." Snape wasn't sure if Harry Potter's trust would please him, but the distressed kiss was enough to put him in a good mood.

Ron's yawning efforts in the library with Hermione and Harry persisted for a while, before being finally shattered by a sunny day.He looked eagerly at the clear sky outside the window, and the beautiful blue sky had unconsciously been smeared with the breath of summer. "Do you really have to work so hard from now on? It's too early for the exam!"

"It's not very early, it's only been less than seven weeks." Hermione said as she buried her head in her book. "I should have written this down a week ago..."

"I don't want to memorize this anymore. We should be basking outside in this weather." Ron put Harry's History of Magic outline upside down on the desk and said discouragedly.He raised his head absently, and suddenly saw a familiar huge figure. "Hagrid? What are you doing in the library?"

"Ah, I'm not clear about some things, I want to borrow a book to read casually, um, that's it." Hagrid seemed a little flustered and hid the book in his hand behind his back, speaking incoherently and perfunctorily. "I won't hinder you from studying hard. You should focus on the things you should care about like this."

But the more Hagrid said that, the more curious Harry and the others became.Hagrid's rare concealment attracted their attention immediately.

"Hagrid..." Harry swallowed questions like "What book do you want to find in the library" that Hagrid would definitely not answer directly, and changed his words, "Then can we go to you later?"

"Oh..." Hagrid seldom hesitated, "...Okay, but you have to remember, I won't tell you anything about that matter again."

Hagrid left mysteriously, and Hermione looked at his tall back thoughtfully: "Tell me, what book is he reading? Could it have something to do with the Philosopher's Stone?"

"I'll go and have a look." Ron, who had long since wanted to stop facing his homework, jumped up.After a while, he came back with a bunch of books in his arms. He whispered excitedly and mysteriously to his two friends: "Look at this, Hagrid is reading a book about raising dragons!"

"Hagrid has always wanted a dragon, he told me that the first time he saw me," said Harry.

"But that's illegal, and we can't keep a dragon in the yard without Muggles finding out. And dragons are dangerous and hard to tame. Hagrid should see how many scars Charlie has on his body, all those wild Romanians." The dragon left him."

After hearing Ron's words, Hermione didn't have the mood to continue reviewing anymore, and she began to pack her things in a hurry: "We're going to find Hagrid now, I hope he's just reading this for interest."

"I don't think he's just interested." Harry glanced at the pile of books on how to raise dragons, and pointed out wisely.

Although it is almost summer, the doors and windows of Hagrid's hut are closed tightly, and there is still a fire in the room. As soon as Harry and the others entered the door, they were very hot. There was a huge egg in Hagrid's fire, watching dark.

"A dragon egg?" Ron exclaimed as soon as he entered the door, and he recognized what it was at a glance.

"Shh, keep your voice down." Hagrid hurriedly let them into the house and closed the door.

"Where did you get this?" Ron leaned closer to the dragon egg and looked at it carefully.

"Win it at cards, from a stranger, and I'm afraid he'd love to get rid of it! Traveling with a dragon's egg isn't such a good idea, is it?" Hagrid chuckled, his happy eyes narrowed. "I checked the book, this is the egg of the Norwegian Ridgeback, very rare!"

"Hagrid, are you going to hatch it?!" Hermione couldn't imagine, "But...even if you succeed, where are you going to raise it? Don't forget, you live in a wooden house."

"There can be anything in the Forbidden Forest," said Hagrid, as if he had already figured out where the dragon would be raised once it hatched. "It will be very comfortable then."

The looks on Harry, Ron's and Hermione's faces proved that none of them thought the Forbidden Forest would be a suitable place to raise dragons.

Harry forced himself to look away from the egg, and Hagrid was in a good mood for the moment, which might lead him to reveal a little more about the Philosopher's Stone.They had been paying attention for a long time, but they didn't find any clues or loopholes from Quirrell or Snape, and the restricted area on the fourth floor has been very quiet recently, and no one in the school was injured by the big dog in the restricted area. "Hagrid, about the Philosopher's Stone..."

Hearing this question, Hagrid frowned: "Listen, Harry, you don't have to worry about this matter, except for Lu Wei - I really don't know how you know Lu Wei's existence - there are many teachers who protect that A rock. It's perfectly safe, remember what I said? If there were two safest places in the world, it would be Hogwarts after Gringotts."

"But Gringotts was robbed..." Ron couldn't help muttering. "Who can guarantee that no one will come to Hogwarts to rob?"

"Dumbledore has made a lot of preparations. No one except Dumbledore even knows what all the organs are. He only borrowed Lu Wei from me-I don't know the other organs, so don't expect me to I can tell you."

"But Hagrid," said Hermione in a sweet, flattering tone, "we want to know which other professors Dumbledore trusts besides you to help him protect something so important?"

"Ah, of course, Dumbledore trusts me very much." Hagrid resumed his smile with a proud look on his face, "But he also invited many professors in the school to use magic to arrange the levels. There are... Professor Lauter, Professor Flitwick, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, Professor Quirrell, ah, of course, and Dumbledore himself cast the spell."

Harry's heart sank. Since both Snape and Quirrell had been involved in protecting the Philosopher's Stone, it was possible for both of them to understand the magic that protected the Stone.

— Now what Snape said to Quirrell that day sounded even more suspicious. Harry glanced at Ron and Hermione, and their expressions proved that they thought so.

"Hagrid," Hermione couldn't help asking, "Only you and Dumbledore know how to pass Lu Wei, right?"

"Oh, yes, of course." Hagrid nodded as he teased the dragon egg. "I confirmed this by the way when I went to Dumbledore before. Except for Dumbledore and me, no one really knows how to get through Lu Wei-of course, you don't want to ask me about it."

"We won't." Harry promised hastily, feeling a little conflicted in his heart.Of course he didn't want the Philosopher's Stone to be stolen, but he also hoped that the thief would do it, so that Professor Snape could be proved innocent.

Ron realized that he couldn't get much from Hagrid, and the hot temperature in the room made him unbearable: "So, let's go, then?"

"By the way," Harry suddenly thought of another question before leaving. "Hagrid, tell me, are you going to find Dumbledore?"

"Oh, that has nothing to do with the Philosopher's Stone. It's about the unicorns in the Forbidden Forest. That's my job. Don't even think about going into the Forbidden Forest. It's dangerous... Well, go back, time is short." It's early." Hagrid said vaguely, and continued humming a little tune and playing with his precious dragon egg, "I'll let you know when the little dragon is about to hatch!"

Harry dubiously walked out of Hagrid's hut.He always felt that things were not that simple.But even Hagrid didn't know it. What he told Dumbledore made the Hogwarts Headmaster and Headmasters tense up.

"There is one thing that the professors must be clear about." Dumbledore's expression was serious. "Hagrid told me he found the dead unicorn again in the Forbidden Forest. This is the second time this week."

"My God, who would hurt a unicorn?" Professor Sprout exclaimed in a low voice.

"The murderer's target..." Snape stared at Dumbledore. "Is it its blood?"

"Yes." Dumbledore nodded with a heavy heart. "And I've seen the centaurs."

Professor McGonagall frowned: "Obviously they made some predictions."

"Of course, we all know that the prophecies of the centaurs are always difficult to understand." Dumbledore understood Professor McGonagall's feelings very well, and she had always been less convinced of such things. "But it usually makes sense, at least they're living in the Forbidden Forest and can notice things we don't."

"So they must have reminded you of something?" Professor Flitwick asked at last in his piercing voice.

"They told me that an evil force has invaded the Forbidden Forest, and all the creatures in the Forbidden Forest have felt it." Dumbledore said slowly, "The situation may be the worst we expected. Voldemort returned Hogwarts."