Hearing someone knocking on the door, Hagrid puzzledly put down what he was doing, stood up and walked to the door, pushed aside Yaya who was scratching the door excitedly, opened the wooden door and looked at the familiar figure standing outside the door, smiled and greeted: "It's Albert, come in, you haven't seen me for a long time."
Yaya wagged its tail enthusiastically and tried to jump on Albert, trying to lick his cheek with its tongue, but was suppressed by a pat on the head.
"Hagrid, it's time for you to go!" Albert said without raising his head. His words made Hagrid, who was originally smiling enthusiastically, suddenly freeze.
"What's wrong?" Hagrid slowed down his action of making tea for Albert, turned his head to look at Albert who was stroking his dog's head, and asked tentatively, "Did something happen?"
Hagrid knew very well that Albert would never say such a thing for no reason. Something bad must have happened, so the other party came to remind him.
"Umbridge's patience is probably reaching its limit. You should be well aware that after she drove away Headmaster Dumbledore, the situation between you and Firenze became quite dire."
"Is that so?" Hagrid muttered as he poured Albert a cup of hot tea. "That wicked old witch. She's been trying to find a chance to get rid of me since I came back."
"Firenze's situation is better than yours. At least Umbridge won't touch him for the time being, but if you don't leave now..."
"What will happen if we don't leave?" Hagrid asked curiously.
"Then you'll probably have to spend a few months in Azkaban." Albert handed the snacks specially prepared for dogs to Fang, looked up at Hagrid who looked a little uneasy, and reminded him, "Umbridge and Fudge have always been very interested in where Dumbledore is hiding, even more than catching the Death Eaters who escaped from prison."
"They think I know where Dumbledore is hiding?" Hagrid's eyes widened in disbelief. "They want to force me to tell them where Dumbledore is?"
"Well, that's about it." Albert glanced at the pocket watch on his hand.
"I wonder what those idiots had in their heads?" Hagrid said contemptuously. "They actually thought I would betray Dumbledore."
"They suspect any wizard who has a close relationship with Dumbledore, including you, Professor McGonagall and Potter." Perhaps noticing Hagrid's mood change, Albert comforted him, "Compared to Potter, you should worry about yourself. Potter is smarter than you. He can solve his own problems, but you are different. Umbridge hates and even "hates" any "half-blood" very much. I mean you, Lupin, and Firenze. She thinks you are very dangerous. Judging from the fact that that guy drafted the "Anti-Werewolf Act" in 1993 and his style of doing things during his tenure as a professor, you'd better not have any expectations. As long as she has someone use more truth serum on you, she can easily pry open your mouth, even if doing so is extremely harmful to others."
Hagrid opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"Not long ago, Nearly Headless Nick told me that Umbridge hopes Cornelius Fudge will sign an educational order to expel Peeves." Albert ignored the frustration on Hagrid's face and continued, "I think wizards in the past must have done that, but they failed to drive Peeves away."
"I heard Peeves has been causing trouble for Umbridge." Hagrid seemed to be in a much better mood when he talked about this.
Sure enough, watching Umbridge get into trouble always brings joy to many people.
"Don't be too happy too soon, Hagrid," Albert raised his eyebrows and warned, "Perhaps Umbridge's action to expel Peeves is doomed to fail, but that girl is definitely not just targeting Peeves with the help of a bunch of Aurors. She definitely doesn't mind letting those Aurors help her clean up other troubles in Hogwarts so that she can better control Hogwarts."
Albert snapped his pocket watch shut, took out a bag from his robe pocket and placed it on the table in front of Hagrid. "You have a quarter of an hour left. Take it and your wand and leave here before the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic arrive. Believe me, if you are surrounded by a group of Aurors, you won't even have a chance to run."
After Albert cast a spell to eliminate the traces of his presence, he stopped at the door and warned: "Remember to bring your umbrella. I don't think you want the Aurors to discover your secret. Don't worry about using magic. They won't know. And you'd better move quickly."
"Remember, they can always find an excuse to throw you into jail. Don't have any expectations." Albert did not stay any longer to avoid giving Hagrid the wrong impression. The new task was to help Hagrid escape from pursuit. Although the reward was average, the task was easier to complete.
“This is… terrible!”
Hagrid withdrew his gaze, reached out to pick up the bag and put it into his coat pocket, then picked up the umbrella in the corner, called Fang and hurriedly left the hunting lodge.
If it weren't for Grawp, Hagrid would have wanted to leave Hogwarts temporarily a long time ago. He knew that Umbridge had always been looking for an opportunity to fire him in front of the whole school.
But what would poor Grawp do if he left school now
Albert's arrival made Hagrid realize the seriousness of the problem. Given Albert's character, he must have had a premonition of something bad happening, which made him leave school as soon as possible.
In fact, not long after Hagrid left, Umbridge appeared outside the hunting lodge with a group of Aurors.
Umbridge planned to take this opportunity to solve the problem of Hagrid. She always believed that the big guy must be hiding some unspeakable secret.
"He's not here."
Dawlish looked through the window of the hunting lodge and saw that no one was inside.
Several Aurors looked at each other, used the unlocking spell to open Hagrid's hunting cabin, and looked at the empty room. Gadwin reached out and touched the kettle on the table, and said his own judgment, "Maybe he went out for something."
"No, I think he might know we're coming, maybe someone leaked the news." An Auror pointed to the parchment taped to the table, which read: I know you want the Aurors to arrest me, but I won't give you the chance. -Hagrid.
Of course, the parchment was left by Albert to remind Umbridge and to irritate the toad.
"Damn it... Hagrid must know where Dumbledore is hiding!" Umbridge gritted her teeth and tore up the parchment in her hand, then turned to look at Gadwin Robards, "Can we track him down?"
"Yes." Gadwin Robards glanced at Umbridge and said, "But it takes a lot of time and may not succeed. It's best not to have too much hope."
"Don't worry, ma'am. Hagrid can't use magic. We will definitely find and catch him." Dawlish almost patted his chest as he made the promise.
"Don't forget his bloodline, Dawlish." Gadwin glanced at his colleague and reminded him, "You'd better bring more people with you. And don't expect Hagrid to surrender. Just knock him out and take him back."
"Of course I remember. Just leave it to me, ma'am. I promise to send Hagrid to Azkaban."
"Hagrid is only a suspect now, not a criminal. Before you confirm his guilt, be careful of your position," Gadwin reminded with a frown.
Umbridge raised her eyebrows slightly and glanced at Gadwin, but said nothing.
Half of the Aurors were divided to follow Dawlish to hunt down Hagrid, and the other half followed Umbridge into the castle to deal with the problem of Peeves. In order to avoid repeating the same mistake, Umbridge led them in personally.
If Albert Anderson dared to jump out to stop her, she would let him know that being a duel champion was nothing special.
However, Umbridge didn't know that everything that happened after she brought the Aurors into Hogwarts was under Albert's watch.
A quarter of an hour ago, Albert, who was taking a Transfiguration class, suddenly noticed that the wrist strap on his wrist seemed to be slightly hot.
There are several gems of various styles strung on the rope, each of which has a unique purpose. One of them is the tool he uses to communicate with himself in an emergency.
That’s right, use it on yourself.
After using the Time Turner, it's best not to meet each other, but there's no problem delivering messages.
When the gem on the wrist strap gives you an early warning, it means something is going to happen.
Albert used the atlas to figure out the situation immediately.
Umbridge was even seen breaking into Hagrid's hunting lodge with a group of Aurors, but Hagrid had already left.
As for, the new mission suggests that Umbridge will send people to hunt down Hagrid.
Albert was not worried at all about Hagrid being caught, because he believed that he could help Hagrid get rid of those annoying pursuers.
Perhaps, they were wiped out right after they left Hogwarts.
In fact, Dawlish and his gang did encounter trouble when they used the Tracking Spell to follow the traces left by Hagrid.
It should be said that they were shamefully attacked just after they left Hogwarts.
Without any warning, two red lights appeared out of nowhere, and the two Aurors at the back were knocked down by the spell.
"Damn it, we were ambushed, Savage and Williamson fell down." Tonks heard the sound of them falling down and shouted loudly.
She was originally thinking about how to help Hagrid delay time, but now it seems that is no longer possible, because just now someone attacked them from behind when they were completely unprepared.
Silently, without any warning.
"Where are the enemies? I don't see anyone."
After their two companions fell without warning, the Aurors who were originally tracking Hagrid had to stop and be alert to guard against spells that might attack at any time.
Albert did not try to launch a sneak attack again, but instead secretly observed the level of the Aurors.
They formed a defensive formation the moment they encountered a sneak attack, and used their collective strength to resist attacks that could come from anywhere at any time. It was not difficult to see that these Aurors were indeed well-trained, but that was all.
"The enemy is invisible, force him out." Dawlish waved his wand and shouted, "Show your human form."
Several revealing spells swept around, and a figure appeared from the void.
"The enemy is there, I see him!"
I don't know who shouted, and then I saw a disarming spell flying towards me.
"Stop looking down on others."
The Auror blocked two disarming spells in a row, but was hit directly by the third stunning spell, and fainted.
The Aurors could not see the attacker's appearance clearly because they only saw a very vague human outline.
Dawlish really couldn't understand why the human-form revealing spell didn't expose the other party completely, but he didn't have the mind to explore these questions, because the enemy didn't seem to care about being exposed and had already launched an attack on them again.
The Aurors' spells failed, and the enemies in front disappeared without warning.
"Apparate, the man is nearby."
"I saw him, on the left."
"He disappeared again."
"Damn, who is this guy!"
Seeing his attack being easily blocked by the opponent, Delish felt a deep sense of frustration and powerlessness.
Because his colleagues were being knocked down easily, using spells that were very familiar to them.
No matter whether it was the Stunning Spell, the Disarming Spell, or the Shield Spell, the guy opposite used them all with great skill. When combined with Apparition, he was always able to easily block the Aurors' attacks and seize the opportunity to disarm their wands or knock people out. It was just like a game between an adult and a child.
“Damn it, damn it.”
Seeing his colleagues being knocked down by the stun spell one by one, until he was the only one left, Dalish felt extremely humiliated.
He knew he was no match for the other party.
He also knew he needed more help.
Therefore, Dawlish planned to go find reinforcements. If they were really knocked out by that guy here, they would probably become the laughing stock of the entire wizarding world.
Before Dawlish Apparated away, he waved his wand to create a defensive barrier to buy himself time.
However, in just a moment, Dawlish was shocked to find that his defensive barrier was actually shattered. A spell hit his chest at an alarming speed, leaving Dawlish, who had originally tried to Apparate, in place.
"You bastard..."
Dalish was hit by a stun spell, fell heavily to the ground, and fainted.
"It's worse than expected. Is it because of the sneak attack?"
Albert quickly denied this. Perhaps it was because of the sneak attack, but Aurors were not specialized in combat. Their level might be higher than that of most wizards, but it was still a little behind those wizards who participated in dueling competitions. Perhaps they valued tacit cooperation more.
At least, it performed well when dealing with emergencies.
With one last glance at the Aurors lying on the ground, Albert Apparated away from the crime scene. He needed to find a place to remove his disguise and return to Hogwarts.
As for Hagrid's problem, the Aurors couldn't find him for a while.
The next thing was the things in the castle, but he didn’t have to worry about that, or rather, he didn’t have to worry about that now.
After reappearing at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Albert waved his wand to remove his disguise. His hair, face and clothes were all brand new. Then, under the cover of the Disillusionment Charm, he walked towards Hagrid's hunting cabin, where he would wait until the matter was completely settled.