The Admiral of Hogwarts

The room was stiflingly hot. Despite it being such a warm, sunny day, a roaring fire blazed in the fireplace. Hagrid made them tea and brought over some badger sandwiches. Hugo and Hermione didn't much care for the refreshments, which had too much salt and fat, but Veneto unceremoniously grabbed one and began to eat.

After taking a big bite of the sandwich, Veneto said in a rather carefree manner, "Hagrid, those notes you gave us last time were fantastic, and they contain a lot of valuable information that can't be found elsewhere. So we think this knowledge should be shared with more people. We've come today with the important purpose of getting your thoughts on this matter."

This reason was very reasonable, because in the wizarding world, knowledge is directly linked to power. Therefore, everyone often has a strong sense of secrecy about knowledge and is not willing to share what they know. Therefore, Veneto felt that he should formally ask Hagrid about this matter, after all, Hagrid may be willing to share knowledge with friends, but that doesn't mean he's willing to make that knowledge public.

"What, you think someone would want to read the things I've written?" Clearly, Hagrid's concerns were different from Hugo's. "That's just—that's just wonderful! Children, I swear by Merlin, I'm happy to share this knowledge with anyone who wants to learn it."

Hugo and the others were initially surprised, but they quickly understood why Hagrid would respond in this way. After all, Hagrid was expelled from school after being falsely accused and having his wand broken, so he has always been a bit insecure. That's why he reacted differently from most wizards when he heard Hugo's suggestion to share this knowledge with others.

"Hagrid, your spirit of sharing knowledge is much stronger than that of most wizards." By the time Hugo understood, everyone else present had also figured out the relationship, and then Veneto, who had the best relationship with Hagrid, gently patted Hagrid's forearm and praised him.

"Yes, if wizards weren't so habitually hiding their knowledge, I think the development speed of the wizarding world would definitely be much faster than it is now." Hermione was also reminded of something and complained after Veneto said this. "For example, I've seen many pure-blood family wizards who have a lot of unique casting skills, but they never share them with others."

In Hermione's view, the efficiency of magical research in the entire wizarding world can be said to be extremely low. Because in this world full of magic, most wizards only conduct research alone, adhering to the traditional master-apprentice relationship of the Middle Ages. Although, under the effect of magic, their research efficiency is far better than that of Muggles. But the efficiency of the magic world in this regard can be said to be no match for organized ordinary human society.

Most importantly, in the wizarding world, knowledge can truly be transformed into personal power. For example, Newt Scamander used his knowledge of magical creatures to win several battles against Grindelwald. Therefore, most wizards in the wizarding world will try to control the scope of their knowledge dissemination as much as possible.

So after Hagrid expressed his willingness to make this knowledge public, Hermione's good impression of this big guy increased a lot. And this half-giant was a little more sensitive than normal people in this regard because he had been marginalized for a long time, so he could naturally feel the kindness from the bottom of Hugo's heart, and as a result, the atmosphere in the room became more harmonious.

Veneto quickly took out Hagrid's notes, which had been re-edited after everyone's efforts, from his bag and handed them to him, saying that he hoped Hagrid could see if there were any mistakes in these places, and help explain some of the content at the end of the book that they had discussed for a long time but still didn't understand.

"Ah, sorry, sorry." Hagrid quickly apologized after hearing what Veneto said. "I subconsciously used some slang and words that I invented myself when I was taking notes, I'll write down the explanations for these words for you now."

Seeing Hagrid hurriedly looking for a quill and paper to write, Lauren and the others could only wait for a while. Because the room was a bit hot, Hermione took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead and asked. "Hagrid, can we open a window? I'm sweltering."

"No, Hermione, I'm very sorry. I need to maintain a certain temperature here." Hagrid said. Hugo and the others noticed at this time that he glanced at the fireplace. So they almost simultaneously turned their heads to look at the fire, and then found a dark, large egg lying in the pile of firewood.

"Er," Hagrid said, fidgeting, putting down the pen in his hand and twirling his beard, "That is—oh…"

"Where did you get it, Hagrid?" Hugo and the others stood up and came to the side of the fireplace, squatting down by the fire, and examining the big egg more carefully. "It must have cost you a lot of money!" Hugo said. "This egg doesn't look cheap."

"Won it," Hagrid said, "Last night, I was drinking in the village, playing cards with a stranger. To be honest, that person was probably just eager to get rid of it. You know, this kind of thing isn't very legal in the wizarding world—"

"If I remember correctly, dragon eggs are very expensive." Veneto raised his head and pointed out several important issues, "If the other party wanted to get rid of this thing, he could make it into a potion, simply sell the dragon eggshells, or even throw it on the side of the road. Taking this thing to a bar to play cards and using it as a bet is too risky."

"No, that's not suspicious." After hearing Veneto's words, Hagrid immediately retorted, "You as students don't know much about the outside world, not every adult wizard can make qualified potions like the professors at school, especially advanced potions that require dragon eggs."

"Besides, I felt in my conversation with him that he should also be someone who likes magical creatures very much. So I can completely understand his idea of not wanting to destroy the dragon egg and wanting to find a good owner for it."

"Finally, the place where I met him was the Hog's Head Inn—that is, the bar in the village where the train station is when you come. There are always some strange guys who patronize it. That guy might be a dragon seller. I never saw his face clearly, he was wearing a hood."

"Okay, if that's what you think, I have nothing to say." Veneto was actually asking about some of the doubts about this place that Hugo had seen in various forums in his previous life, but now after listening to Hagrid, they found that these doubts actually had reasonable explanations.

For example, not using it himself is because most people don't have enough strength, not wanting to dismantle and sell this thing is because he loves dragons, as for why someone would bring a dragon egg to play cards, the reason is also very simple, that is, the Hog's Head Inn itself has a black market nature, many people will bring those not-so-legal things to trade there, dragon eggs are not common in it, but definitely not strange. After all, Hagrid's three-headed dog was bought from a Greek in this place, adding a dragon egg is nothing wrong.

"Okay-" Veneto also knew that it was not appropriate for him to ask further at this time, so he changed the subject and said. "Have you thought about what you should do next after you hatch this dragon?"