"Ya Ya, wake up!"
Early in the morning, Hagrid climbed out of bed and gently kicked the hound Fang on the butt.
"Today is the first day of the new semester. I have my class in the second class in the morning, so we have to make preparations in advance! Get up, you little lazy dog..."
After waking up Zhengxiang's sleeping Yaya, he picked up a few large iron buckets from the side and hurriedly left the hunting lodge with Yaya, who was still a little dazed.
The weather today is pretty good and the temperature is not as cold as it was some time ago. When the breeze blows by itself, although it still makes people shrink their necks a little, it is more of the expectation for the coming warm spring.
The snow that had accumulated in the front yard began to melt.
"Ya Ya, where are you going? This way—"
As soon as Hagrid went out, he noticed that the stupid dog turned around and ran towards the garden. It looked like he was really sleepy. As a last resort, Hagrid could only give it a little kick on the butt to call back Yaya who was still sleepwalking.
However, after calling Yaya, he did not immediately look back, but glanced far away in the direction of the school gate.
From here, you can see six male and female witches and wizards in uniform standing over there. They were divided into two rows and stood on both sides of the door, silently scanning and alerting everything outside the door.
According to Professor McGonagall, it was the current head of the French Chateau Blois who had a good relationship with Maca, and was a family wizard who was specially sent here to help guard Hogwarts.
And there are many guard wizards like them inside and outside Hogwarts. I even heard that two people were even arranged to go to Hogsmeade Village not far from the school.
After secretly sighing at Maka's wide circle of friends, Hagrid turned around again, carrying the bucket towards the Forbidden Forest.
The large buckets filled with things didn't shake much in his hands. It was obvious that they were definitely not light in weight. But in Haierbo's hands, it seemed as if there was no weight at all.
Not long after, Hagrid turned another corner around his house, and soon he could see his destination - in fact, from unknown time on, there was actually a small house in the open space. Small new house.
Honestly, it looks really small.
A rough visual inspection shows that it is at best the size of two Hagrids, which even makes people worry about whether it can fit Hagrid's huge body.
But Hagrid did not hesitate. He stepped on the slightly slippery snow and walked to the door of the cabin in a blink of an eye. Then he placed several large buckets at his feet.
"Crack."
As he turned the doorknob and opened the door, the scene inside was immediately revealed to him.
Apparently, this door is actually the one Maka made especially for the Care of Magical Creatures Christmas event. During this Christmas holiday, Hagrid built a small room specifically for this door that had been cast with the Invisible Expansion Charm.
According to Hagrid's idea, this will become the classroom for the Care of Magical Creatures class in the future, allowing little wizards to have a more unique class experience.
As for the many magical creatures that were "invited" at the event, except for some dangerous individuals such as fire dragons that were really unable to obtain breeding permits, Hagrid had managed to keep them all.
About an hour and a half later, Hagrid finally walked out again after feeding the animals breakfast. By this time, the sky outside was already bright.
"Now that the little cuties are full, it's time for me to go to the auditorium to fill my stomach."
With such muttering, Hagrid sent Yaya, who had also had a full meal, back to the hut, and stacked the cleaned iron buckets and put them away. This was the end of the first work of the day.
Not to mention, although it takes a lot of time, Hagrid still thinks that such a life is quite good.
"Let's discuss this spring's course schedule with Maka during breakfast time!"
Even though Hagrid is no longer the new professor he was a few years ago, and the class content he prepared himself has been recognized by some students, discussions with Maka have long become his habit.
And the beginning of this semester is no exception.
A moment later, Hagrid, who was walking leisurely through the vestibule, soon heard the buzzing in the auditorium—it seemed that there were quite a few people having breakfast inside.
"Good morning, Professor Hagrid!"
"Oh, good morning... did you sleep well last night?"
While greeting several students at the door, he followed him into the huge auditorium.
Well, hasn’t Maka come here yet? Have you been delayed by some research again
Hagrid's first glance was at the faculty bench at the far end, and then he discovered that the seats were still empty for those professors who often arrived late, including those who were not always on time for meals. Maca.
It's okay. Now that guy probably cares about the importance of being a role model and won't be absent from time to time like before. He will come over sooner or later.
Maybe everyone had the same idea as Hagrid, so most of them didn't care where Maka was.
After saying good morning to the little wizards all the way, Hagrid went to his seat, carefully pulled out the armchair and sat down.
There was nothing he could do about it. His round waist had bumped into the long table several times. Almost every time, everyone's cups would be knocked over. It was inevitable that he would pay more attention to this.
"Good morning! Professor Flitwick... today seems to be a little warmer than yesterday. I went for a walk in the backyard wearing only my underpants and vest this morning, and I didn't feel cold at all!"
"That's because you are more resistant to freezing."
Flitwick replied habitually, but Hagrid noticed that he still seemed a little... absent-minded
"What's wrong?" Hagrid asked as he picked up the tableware in front of him, "You look unhappy. Did you sleep with your neck crooked at night?"
This time, Flitwick did not immediately complain as usual, but shook his head.
"You'll find out soon."
So, Hagrid had no choice but to lower his head and eat his breakfast in confusion, while waiting for Maka's arrival.
However, more than ten minutes later, most of the people in the auditorium had arrived, and the young wizards had filled the four long tables of the academy, but Maka still hadn't appeared.
Suddenly, Professor McGonagall, who rarely spoke in the morning, stood up and walked around the dining table to the podium not far away.
"Dear students and professors... If I have disturbed everyone's meal, please allow me to apologize in advance. However, please pay attention to-"
Although most people had almost finished eating, she still expressed her apology first. Then, she continued:
"This morning, I have to announce something to everyone - Mr. Macca McClain, as the ancient magic text professor specially assigned to our Hogwarts, will be temporarily leaving his post starting today."
"What!"
"how so?"
"Hey, this isn't true, is it?"
"McLean taught him...wait, what is a 'special dispatch'?"
Mag had just finished saying this, and before he even dropped his words to the ground, a chaotic murmur sounded in the auditorium. Not only that, among those noisy words, there were also many exclamations that could no longer be controlled.
Not only the little wizards, but even the uninformed professors like Hagrid couldn't help but want to ask Mag's authenticity at this moment.
"Quiet, please be quiet first!"
As the current principal with sufficient qualifications, Professor McGonagall's authority is quite effective. When she raised her voice and shouted, the chaotic chatter finally subsided.
Then everyone looked at her again, wanting to hear her tell a specific reason.
“I know this may be a little hard for everyone to accept—McLean is a very good professor, and under his influence, it can be said that we all have grown and improved a lot, including myself.”
"However, I believe everyone must understand that our Professor MacLean is not only an excellent teacher, he is also a wizard who cares about the safety of the magic world!"
At this point, Mag paused for a moment before continuing:
"Actually, this temporary resignation was requested by himself. In order to prevent the ancient dark wizard from causing harm to the wizarding world, he decided to temporarily leave Hogwarts and cooperate with the British Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards Action…”
After that, Professor McGonagall said a lot of words that were extremely rare, and those words were what she had always wanted to say.
Maka has paid a lot for Hogwarts. Even before leaving, he brought free assistance to Hogwarts from the top wizard family in France.
And she finally took this opportunity to speak out and tell it to the children below.
"... In addition, the ancient magic text class will be suspended for one day today. From tomorrow on, Professor Basilda Babuling will come back to teach the class, and the teaching material will remain the same as "The Mystery of Ancient Magic Texts"."
After that, Professor McGonagall did not return to the staff seat, but left directly from the side door of the auditorium.
Down at the long table in Gryffindor House, Hermione and others were looking at each other with complicated expressions.
They thought they should be more excited now, after all, that was the big news about Maka's resignation! But I never thought that the people who had the best relationship with Maka at the moment were all just exchanging glances in silence.
To be honest, everyone has already had a premonition.
Because the birth of Haierbo was really no small matter, especially the events they experienced during the previous Christmas vacation, which really made everyone involved deeply aware of the horror of the ancient dark wizard.
"…Maka."
Harry suddenly raised his palm and held it in front of his eyes.