It had been raining for the past few days, and the roads in the Forbidden Forest were muddy. Albert, who was following Hagrid, almost fell several times.
"Hagrid, wait a moment." After almost falling down again, Albert finally asked Hagrid to stop. Under the other's puzzled gaze, he walked to the side and got himself a branch.
"What are you doing with this?" Hagrid asked. Then he understood what Albert wanted to do. Under the effect of Transfiguration, the branch was transformed into a walking stick.
"Now, I kind of understand why adventurers in novels all carry a cane," Albert said to Hagrid with a smile.
"You look like an old man like that." Hagrid couldn't help but joked.
"No, no, this is the feeling of adventure." Albert didn't care about Hagrid's teasing at all and continued to follow him, while Fang ran around the two of them.
The two men and the dog walked forward for a while. They were already far away from the school, but Albert felt that he did not go deep into the forbidden forest, but walked around the outskirts of the forbidden forest.
Finally, the two stopped in front of a big oak tree. Albert saw a doghouse on a higher ground, which was used to shelter from the rain, if that was really a doghouse.
"Fluwei." Hagrid put down the bucket, clasped his hands to his mouth, and shouted forward.
When Hagrid called out "Louie", Albert felt that something was staring at him. A low and childish bark suddenly came from the right.
"Move aside, Fluffy is a little shy." Hagrid motioned Albert to step back first, and he reached out to grab the black shadow that was rushing towards him.
It was a dog, or more precisely, a dog with three heads, Fluffy the Three-Headed Dog. Isn't this the three-headed dog that Dumbledore used to protect the first level of the Philosopher's Stone
However, Fluffy was still very small, about the size of a bulldog, and was held in Hagrid's arms like a baby. He struggled desperately to break free from Hagrid's arms.
Lu Wei seemed to be very wary of Albert, the stranger. Three heads and six eyes were staring at him. If it wasn't so small, Albert felt that he might not be able to stand here so calmly.
"Don't worry, he's Albert, my friend." Hagrid said in a coaxing tone.
Albert stared at Fluffy in Hagrid's hand, and asked with a twitching mouth: "Hagrid, is this your... dog?"
"Fluffy is wary of unfamiliar smells." Hagrid held the three-headed dog tightly in his arms with his fan-like hands, holding it very tightly to prevent it from breaking free from his arms.
“I know.” Albert took a few more steps back, reached out and touched Yaya’s head, and muttered, “Yaya is still cuter.”
"No, no, this little baby is cute too." Hagrid held Fluffy closer to Albert so that it could smell Albert's scent.
"Little baby?" Albert felt his face twitching. "How big is it?"
"About... five months," Hagrid said uncertainly. "I bought it from a Greek guy in the Hog's Head in Hogsmeade a month and a half ago."
"I remember that the three-headed dog is a very rare magical animal." Albert raised his eyebrows and asked back.
"He was a smuggler." Hagrid was still a little angry when he talked about this. "At that time, Lu Wei looked very bad and might die at any time, so the Greek guy didn't want to break his hands on him, so he sold it to me at a relatively cheap price."
The Ministry of Magic is still as unreliable as ever.
"The Ministry of Magic is full of idiots," said Hagrid unhappily. "Even if they catch smugglers, they just get rid of them."
Albert suddenly asked: "Does Dumbledore know?"
At this moment, Albert noticed that Hagrid suddenly became panic-stricken.
Oh, forget it, let’s talk about this later!
Albert sighed. He already saw the answer from Hagrid's expression.
"Can I feed Fluffy?" he changed the subject.
"Oh, of course." Hagrid put Fluffy down and whispered to comfort him, "Don't be nervous, Fluffy is just sniffing your scent."
"Even though you said that..." Albert reached out and grabbed his wand. He was still worried that Fluffy would suddenly bite him. Although it was still very small, it would still be uncomfortable to be bitten by a dog of that size.
Fluffy was led by Hagrid, circling around Albert and sniffing the scent. Sometimes, one of them would even show his teeth, but only after being slapped on the head by Hagrid would he calm down again.
"Okay, sit down, sit still." Hagrid said to Fluffy.
"Isn't Yaya afraid of Lu Wei?" Albert asked doubtfully. He fed the three-headed dog. The guy seemed to be quite obedient while eating. Its three heads each ate three portions of beef. I just don't know what it feels like to have three heads on one body.
"They get along well." Hagrid explained, "Before school started, I kept Fluffy in my hut until he was fully recovered, and then I let him go here."
Although Hagrid used a very long vine to tie up Fluffy.
"Hagrid, can I touch it?" Albert asked, turning his head.
"Well, that should be... okay!" Hagrid said uncertainly.
"I really can't feel at ease with you like this." Albert resisted the urge to complain, and finally gave up the idea of touching the three-headed dog.
He just teased the little guy with his crutch, took a look at the bite marks on it, and completely gave up the idea of rubbing the three-headed dog's head.
"Isn't it cute?" Hagrid chuckled.
"Most animals are cuter when they are young." Albert did not deny that if it were not for biting people, the young three-headed dog would actually be good, but...
"Hagrid, have you ever thought about what to do with it... I mean Fluffy when he grows up." Albert took out all the remaining dog food in his pocket and fed it to the three-headed dog. The little guy seemed to like these biscuits very much. After Albert fed him, his eyes became much friendlier, at least there was no strong vigilance and hostility.
"this… "
"As far as I know, the three-headed dog can grow to at least the height of an average adult. When it fully grows up, it can slap me to the ground and bite off my neck." Albert kindly reminded, "It will only take a year at most, and its size will be too big for the vines to trap it."
"Don't worry, I won't let it show up in Hogwarts, and I have a way to calm it down easily." Hagrid patted his chest confidently, took out a very rough recorder from his pocket, put it to his mouth and started playing some music. Fluffy, who was still eating, actually started to feel sleepy and soon fell asleep.
"How did you do that?" Although Albert knew that music could be used to make Lou Williams fall asleep, he still felt incredible when he witnessed this scene.
"This is my secret." Hagrid laughed proudly: "It took me half a month to find this good idea."
"Okay!" Albert raised his eyebrows and continued, "However, as far as I know, in the Muggle Greek mythology, there is a three-headed hellhound named Cerberus. If you want to get through it, you need to use music to make it fall asleep."
Hagrid was choked by Albert's words. He didn't expect Albert to say such a thing.
In fact, the method of controlling the three-headed dog was indeed learned from the Greeks.
"Is there really such a record in Muggle stories?"
"Yes." Albert confirmed, "But this is not important. You still need to be careful. Besides, I don't think Dumbledore would allow you to raise this thing. My advice to you is, after you raise Fluffy, send him back to Greece, or keep him deep in the Forbidden Forest."
"This..." Hagrid's face was full of confusion.
"Hagrid, I want to touch it." Albert interrupted Hagrid, "Can you play the recorder to make it sleep?"
"Well, okay!" Hagrid nodded in agreement and continued to play the recorder. Fluffy, who had just woken up, fell into a deep sleep again.
Albert immediately stepped forward, raised his hand and rubbed the three dog heads. It was a pity that he didn't bring a camera, otherwise it would have been nice to take a photo.
"The brown fur of the three-headed dog feels quite comfortable to touch." Albert raised his hand and rubbed the three dog heads in turn, muttering to himself.
"Albert likes Fluffy too." Hagrid thought to himself when he saw this scene.
Hagrid stopped playing the flute only after Albert was satisfied. They left secretly while Fluffy was still eating. Fang looked at Fluffy, then at Hagrid's departing back, and quickly turned around to chase after him.