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Dumbledore's big mistake!
Our special correspondent Rita Skeeter reports that the eccentric Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has always dared to hire controversial teachers.
In September, he hired Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody as Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, a decision that surprised many in the Ministry.
Moody was a notoriously vicious former Auror who was known to attack anyone who made sudden movements in front of him.
However, compared to the half-man, half-goblin Dumbledore hired to teach Care of Magical Creatures, Mad-Eye Moody was serious, responsible, and amiable.
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The news from the Daily Prophet was very timely. The Christmas holiday had just ended, and the news that Hagrid had giant blood had already made the headlines of the newspaper by Rita Skeeter.
She recounted in sharp terms a host of remarks about the dangers of giants, and directed them all at Hagrid. To enhance her persuasiveness, she even conducted a small interview with a student.
"I was attacked by a Hippogriff and my friend Vincent Crabbe was bitten severely by a Flobber caterpillar." In the interview, a man named Draco Marr Fu's fourth-grade student said, "We all hate Hagrid, but we dare not express our anger."
It was obvious that those who had eavesdropped on the conversation between Hagrid and Madame Maxime in the middle of last night's dance were not the only ones who showed up.
On the day the newspaper was published, Hagrid took a leave of absence, and the substitute professor was a witch named "Wilmina Grapeland".
To be honest, regardless of her ability to deal with magical creatures, at least her teaching skills are much better than Hagrid's. She gave everyone a practical lesson related to beautiful unicorns. Those beautiful and pure creatures gave the students a very good impression.
But Harry and the others seemed very anxious. They were fine just a few days ago! Where is Hagrid
When Professor Grapeland led the girls closer to the unicorns, Harry turned to Ron and said, "What do you think happened to him? It couldn't be a Blast-Ended Skrewt—"
"Oh, Potter, if that's what you're worried about, I can tell you that he was not attacked," Malfoy said softly, "No, he was just too shy to show his big ugly face."
"What do you mean?" Harry asked sharply.
Malfoy reached into the pocket of his robes and pulled out a folded newspaper.
"You can see for yourself." He said with a proud smile, "I really don't want to break this news to you, Potter..."
It was the headline article, and there was a picture of Hagrid with a furtive look on his face.
"How did she find out?" Ron asked quietly.
But that wasn't what Harry had in mind.
"What do you mean? 'We all hate Hagrid'?" Harry asked Malfoy sharply. "What the hell is that?" A big bite? They don’t even have teeth!”
Crabbe giggled, obviously feeling very proud.
"Okay, I think it's time to end this idiot's teaching career." Malfoy said, his eyes sparkling, "The half-blood giant... I originally thought he just drank a bottle of oxytocin when he was a child... Even the parents of the students would not agree. … They were worried he would eat their children, haha…”
"you-"
Soon it was time for get out of class to end again, and the girls followed Professor Graplan back.
"What a great lesson," Hermione said as they walked into the Great Hall. "I didn't know half of what Professor Graplan told us about unicorns -"
"Look at this!" Harry shouted angrily, shoving the Daily Prophet article under Hermione's nose.
Hermione read the article, her mouth wide open in surprise. Her reaction was exactly the same as Ron's.
"How did that annoying woman Skeeter find out? Hagrid didn't tell her, right?"
Recently, Ron and Hermione seemed to have reached a tacit understanding, and they both kept silent about their quarrels. Now they are friendly to each other, but their politeness seems a bit unnatural.
Just a few days ago, they had discussed the giant's height together. Hermione remembered that the book said it was twenty feet, but Harry remembered that Maka mentioned it and said it was thirty feet.
But today, they no longer have the time to discuss those issues.
"We must go and see him." Harry said, "This evening, after Divination class. Tell him we want him back... Do you want him back?" He asked Hermione coldly.
"I - well, I'm not going to lie, it would be nice to have a decent Care of Magical Creatures lesson once in a while for a change - but I do hope Hagrid comes back, of course I do!" Hermione was stunned by Harry's angry look. With a frightened look in his eyes, he hurriedly added.
So, after dinner that day, the three of them left the castle again, walked through the snow-covered field, and walked towards Hagrid's hut. They wanted to go with Maka, but who knew, Maka didn't know how to run away. Where has it gone
When they came to the door of Hagrid's hut, Harry stepped forward and knocked on the door. Fang's low barking sound immediately sounded from behind the door.
"Hagrid, it's us!" Harry shouted, banging on the door, "Open the door!"
Hagrid didn't answer. They could hear Fang scratching at the door and whining, but the door didn't open. They hammered hard for more than ten minutes. Ron even went over and knocked on a window, but still no answer.
This time, Hagrid seemed undecided.
"I always feel that Maka should be in there right now..." Harry couldn't help but turn around and said, "He's always like this, and every time he will suddenly appear at the most critical place, shocking us all. .”
But it's a pity that Maka is really not here this time.
He knew the news in the Daily Prophet, and he even saw Rita Skeeter in Animagus form that night, but he had no intention of preventing this episode from happening.
Hogwarts needs a little chaos right now - no hand would be willing to reach in and catch a fish if the water was too clear.
Of course, that's assuming Skeeter doesn't draw the flames to him...
At least for now, Maka's warning to Rita Skeeter is still very useful, which can be seen from the fact that Maka's name does not appear in the news reports.
While Harry and the others were worrying about Hagrid, Maka was walking alone in an alley in Hogsmeade.
"coming?"
Just ahead, in a dark corner, a figure whose face could not be seen suddenly spoke.
"Tarino, how is the situation?" Maka asked calmly.
"The targets of this mission are not easy to deal with," the man whispered. "So far, several targets have been lost - but what is certain is that their actions are still very cautious, and they are obviously still far away from a large-scale operation. It’s been a while!”
"Very good, keep watching..." Maka said, suddenly handing out the box in her hand, "You take these with you, they are all useful things - keep an eye on the target's movements. Try not to miss any clues."
The figure took the suitcase, opened it slightly, took a look, and then closed the suitcase firmly.
"To be honest, these potions of yours are almost spoiling us..." He said smoothly, "The old guys in charge of those key targets have said that with these supplies, tracking is easier than walking."
"During the mission, I won't ask you for a copper nut for these consumptions. Don't save it," Maka waved her hand and said, "As long as the mission is completed well, I can give you some more."
"Just saying this to you, there will be a mission next time, and we will give you half the discount!"
The two of them finished their conversation quickly and left, as if nothing had happened here just now.
Time flies so fast, and it’s already mid-January in a blink of an eye.
The classmates were all going to Hogsmeade to play, and Harry also wanted to go. He thought he might meet Hagrid there, which would give him a chance to persuade him to come back.
But Hermione disagreed, because the problems left by the first event of the Triwizard Tournament were still waiting for them! That box was very depressing. Hermione had been studying it, but she just couldn't think of any good ideas to open it.
"I plan to take this opportunity to think about it carefully. I think you should do the same!" She persuaded Harry seriously, "Remember? We have to complete the task!"
In fact, Dumbledore didn't make the problem of how to open the box complicated. To open them, you just need to find the right place - this only tests the warriors' mobility and their understanding of ancient runes.
The places where you can open the four boxes are different, but they are all within the scope of the school.
Just like Maka's snow-white ice box, he only needed to go around the ice cellar at Hogwarts to easily find the rune altar used to open the box.
This kind of magic mechanism makes use of the combinatorial replacement characteristics of runes—none of them exist independently. Each one can be replaced by other runes and obtain a completely different effect.
But where does Maka have time to find an altar
He drew a few simple rune diagrams himself and completed the rune replacement with ease.
When the ice box in front of Maka suddenly burst into blue flames, the box lid opened automatically...
Each box contains an irreplaceable clue, which will become the true goal of each warrior in the upcoming second event of the Triwizard Tournament.
"Dumbledore really doesn't take it too seriously..." Maka murmured as she looked at the contents of the box.