Chapter 59 Suffering Harry, Malfoy Will Bear The Blame
"This is a dragon egg?!" In addition to Levin, Hermione also recognized the identity of the egg.
Hagrid was stunned for a moment, then laughed happily: "Miss Granger, you actually know it.
Hermione nodded: "I've only seen its pattern in books before."
Hagrid looked like he had met a close friend and was as happy as a five-hundred-pound child.
"Yes, yes, a dragon egg! This is a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon egg, very rare."
Speaking of dragon eggs, he immediately became nagging like a mother about to give birth:
"Oh, for it, I have been reading a book: the book says to put the eggs in the fire because their mother breathes on them. Look, it says here, after it hatches, feed it every half hour It’s a barrel of brandy and chicken blood.”
As he spoke, he pulled out a large book from under his pillow.
There are more related books on the bookshelf in the distance:
"Fire Dragon Species of Britain and Ireland"
"Raising Fire Dragons for Fun and Profit"
"From Dragon Egg to Hell: A Guide to Raising a Fire Dragon"
"The Man Who Dotes on Fire Dragons"
Everyone looked at the dragon egg placed in the charcoal fire of the stove and felt a little weird.
Ronald asked with some worry: "Hagrid, raising a dragon is illegal, right? What if someone discovers it?"
Harry also reminded 890: "Hagrid, does Dumbledore know about this?"
Hermione also pointed out sharply: "Hagrid, don't forget that you live in a wooden house."
"Ah..." Hagrid opened his mouth, not knowing what to do.
Levin shook his head, do you know how to talk? Hagrid kindly called them here just to share secrets and happiness, but you idiots hit him one after another.
He coughed lightly and smoothed things over: "It is true that there are many problems raising dragons here, but at least Hagrid can still raise them for a few days before the size of the dragon exceeds the size of this house."
"Yes, yes, that's it."
Hagrid hurriedly agreed.
So, in the following days, watching the dragon eggs became a rare moment of relaxation for Harry and Ronald.
Hermione also noticed the problem, but she also wanted to see the dragon eggs, but she couldn't lose face, so she took Levin with her every time.
Visiting the dragon eggs became their collective pastime.
In the past few days, Levin also discovered that whenever he approached Hagrid's hut, the scholar's moonstone would glow.
Once back at the castle, the light dims.
He analyzed that this must be related to the Forbidden Forest.
When he has the opportunity to go to the Forbidden Forest, he must study it.
Until one day Harry got a piece of paper with only four words written on it: hatching soon.
So everyone took advantage of the lunch break and ran all the way to Hagrid's hut.
"Dong dong dong~"
Hagrid greeted them, his face glowing with excitement.
"This morning, I started to move a lot. I guess it must be hatching."
Hagrid opened the stove lid. In the red charcoal fire, the egg would shake every few seconds, as if something was about to come out.
"You all saw it, he is moving!" Ronald said excitedly.
"The little one's coming out." Harry concentrated.
"Let me take it out of the fire." Hagrid put on a pair of thick dragonhide gloves that were big enough to serve as Levin's hat.
Hagrid put on gloves and took the dragon egg out of the stove and placed it on the table.
At this time, there was already a deep crack on the dragon egg, and a funny clicking sound came from the crack. It was probably the young dragon smashing its mouth.
Everyone moved their chairs closer to the table, held their breath, and watched closely.
Suddenly, with a harsh scratching sound, the egg cracked,
A sharp, hard nose stuck out from inside.
"It's out, it's out! Oh my God!" Hagrid began to sob with excitement, as if the baby dragon was his own child.
Soon, more and more eggshells were broken, and a young dragon emerged.
The newborn baby dragon is actually not beautiful, it looks like a crumpled black umbrella. The spiny wings look particularly large compared to its thin, black body.
It also has a long, big nose with white nostrils, horns on its head, and orange-red eyes that protrude outward.
But Hagrid didn't take it seriously and was as kind as an old woman.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Hagrid murmured.
He stretched out a hand and touched Xiaolong's head.
The little dragon bit his finger, revealing its long pointed teeth, but Hagrid was so excited that he shouted: "Oh my god, look, it knows its mother!"
At this time, Levin looked at the dragon eggshell on the table and asked: "Hagrid, can I share some of this eggshell?"
Hagrid waved his hand and said boldly: "Of course, just take it if you need it."
According to Levin's observation, Hagrid is actually an invisible rich man. He has been dealing with animals in the Forbidden Forest all year round and has collected an unknown amount of materials.
In fact, the butt pads at home are made of eight-eyed spider silk and unicorn hair - these two things can be used to make top-notch enchanted cloaks that would drive Madam Malkin of Diagon Alley crazy.
So Levin happily put the eggshells into the bag. He remembered that dragon egg shells could be used as one of the optional auxiliary materials for permanent elixirs.
Although it is a joy to watch newborn dragonets play and spit fire, there are still some things to worry about.
"Hagrid," Hermione asked, "how fast does a Norwegian Ridgeback grow?"
"In another week, it will triple in size, and after three weeks, Hagrid's house will no longer be able to support it," Levin said. "What if it sprays..."
Hearing this, everyone could already picture Hagrid's cabin being burned down.
"Well...."
Hagrid was speechless.
Finally, he agreed to the four people's request:
I only had this little guy for two weeks,
It will be sent away in two weeks,
Ronald contacted his second brother, dragon trainer Charlie, and took him to a Romanian dragon farm.
After teasing Xiaolong some more, they left Hagrid's hut.
Levin did not remind them that he had sensed Malfoy's presence before.
Haha, without Malfoy's whistleblowing, how could there be a follow-up and Harry and Ronald being punished?
They were not punished in solitary confinement, so how could they go on a subsequent trip to the Forbidden Forest?
For the sake of our potion ingredients, I'll let you two suffer. Anyway, Ma Tianlong will bear the blame.
Sure enough, in the next period of time, the malicious smile hidden on Malfoy's face made Harry and Ronald realize that the dragon thing was exposed.
So they hoped that Xiao Long would be sent away quickly, so that Malfoy would have no evidence and the hidden danger would disappear.
Finally, the time to send Xiao Long off was set at midnight on Saturday.
They were going to see Xiaolong for the last time.
It's Saturday soon,
It was a dark, overcast night,
At the door of Hagrid's cabin, Ronald told Levin dejectedly that because of his mistake, Malfoy accidentally let Malfoy see the note from Charlie.
"He must know that we are going to take Norbert away." Ronald blushed and did not dare to look at Levin's expression when he heard that he had made a mistake.
"It doesn't matter, we have an invisibility cloak, which Malfoy doesn't know about." Harry reminded.
"But...the invisibility cloak can't hold so many people." Ronald whispered.
"Don't worry, you two can just use the invisibility cloak." Levin and Hermione looked at each other.
The girl nodded: "Mr. Green and I have other ways to avoid Malfoy."
Updated [6/4], additional update [10/17].