Chapter 64: Hagrid, your snacks are killing you!
As a result, Harry, Ron, and Hermione began to strictly protect themselves from Professor Snape and Quirrell. As for Irina, she continued rowing and fishing, and her life was as peaceful as could be.
In addition to spying on the two professors, Hermione was also concerned about the final exams that were about to start in more than two months.
"Alright, alright, Hermione, you'll definitely be the top of your class!"
Irina held a bag of chips and tried to convince Hermione, who was organizing her revision materials.
To be honest, there aren't many subjects in the first year at Hogwarts, and the theoretical knowledge is, at best, equivalent to one week's worth of high school classes in Irina's previous life.
Although the homework assigned by various professors had gradually increased during this time, it was nothing for Irina and Hermione, who were academic masters. They had already finished their tasks long ago.
However, their attitudes after completing their assignments were completely different. Irina had a carpe diem attitude, eating snacks and watching Harry and Ron play wizard's chess, while Hermione studied diligently with a pile of textbooks.
"Irina, please!" Hermione looked at Irina helplessly. The "crunch" sound of Irina eating chips tempted her constantly.
Irina took a chip: "There are so many little wizards at Hogwarts. If even you, Hermione, can't pass the final exam, I'm afraid they'll kick everyone out and they'll go home in despair. Come on, have some chips!"
Hermione opened her mouth obediently, and Irina still fed her the chip.
At that moment, they heard Ron's voice not far away: "Hagrid! What are you doing in the library?"
Ron seemed a bit surprised. You know, Hagrid, as the gamekeeper, never goes to the library!
Hagrid's eyes were hidden, as if there was something behind his back: "I was just taking a look..."
Harry stood up and asked: "Wait, Hagrid, can you tell us, besides Lu Wei, what other mechanisms protect the Philosopher's Stone?"
"How do you know?!" Hagrid exclaimed, but then his face darkened, "Listen, come see me later... Remember, I didn't promise you anything, so don't say anything here. There are some things that students shouldn't know. They'll think I told you..."
"See you later, Hagrid," Harry said, suppressing his excitement.
Irina felt a little excited after seeing the exchange between the two.
If she read correctly, all the books behind Hagrid were related to fire dragons, such as "Species of Fire Dragons in Britain and Ireland," "From Fire Dragon Eggs to Hell," "A Guide to Raising Fire Dragons," etc.
Hey, is there something strange mixed in there?!
An hour later, the four of them knocked on Hagrid's cabin door.
When they arrived, they found that all the curtains in the cabin were tightly closed, and nothing could be seen inside, as if Hagrid was hiding something.
Hagrid, you're being too deliberate!
Irina looked at the cabin, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Who's there?!"
Hagrid didn't open the door directly but asked through it.
After finding out it was Irina and the others, Hagrid let them in and immediately closed the door after they entered.
It was almost suffocatingly hot in the cabin, and despite the warm and sunny day, a crackling fire was still burning in the fireplace.
Hagrid prepared tea for Irina and the others and brought out rock cakes to entertain them.
Irina looked at the three people grimacing as they tried to deal with the rock cakes, hiding one in her pocket when Hagrid wasn't looking, and then pretended she had finished eating.
Seeing this, the three of them quickly followed suit.
"Oh? Already done eating? You're welcome, I've got some more!" Seeing this, Hagrid planned to bring another plate of rock cakes.
Upon hearing this, the four of them felt their souls rising and quickly declined.
Other people's snacks cost money, but Hagrid's snacks... they cost lives!
To prevent Hagrid from bringing out his rock cakes, Irina quickly changed the subject: "Hagrid, I know you don't want to tell us about the mechanism that protects the Philosopher's Stone, but actually, we just want to confirm... Did you design those mechanisms?"
Hermione nodded repeatedly and praised Hagrid: "We want to know, besides you, who else can Dumbledore trust?"
Hagrid, feeling a little flattered, pounded his chest with pride.
Seeing this, Harry and Ron also smiled.
"Well, it's not bad to tell you… He borrowed Fluffy from me, and then asked several other professors to cast magic… Let me think... Professor Sprout, Professor Flitwick, Professor McGonagall, Professor Quirrell, well, even Professor Dumbledore himself cast magic, oh, by the way, I almost forgot one person, Professor Snape!"
Upon hearing this, Harry, Ron, and Hermione exchanged looks.
The truth revealed by Hagrid was exactly the same as what Irina had guessed earlier, which made the three of them feel surprised.
"Irina, you're really amazing!" Harry said incredulously.
Ron also nodded vigorously: "Yeah, and Hagrid is right! She's definitely the older sister!"
At that moment, Hermione looked at Hagrid and asked: "Hagrid, are you the only one who knows how to get past Fluffy? You won't tell anyone, not even the other professors, right?"
"No one wants to know except Dumbledore and me!" Hagrid said proudly.
I'd like to ask this gentleman, who grew up drinking truth serum, what exactly he's so proud of?
Thinking about how Hagrid was just drinking and boasting, and then revealing the method of bypassing Fluffy, Irina couldn't help but want to complain.
"That's great! Hagrid, can we open a window? I'm so hot!" Harry said to Hagrid.
But Hagrid rejected Harry: "No, Harry, sorry..."
At that moment, Harry noticed Hagrid's eyes shifting toward the fire, and he looked up.
"Hagrid, what's that?" Harry asked incredulously.
He saw a large black egg in the center of the fire.
"Is that a dragon egg? Hagrid!"
Irina approached the dragon egg with some excitement and looked at the large black egg.
"Oh," Hagrid said a little embarrassed, "I won that when I was drinking at the village bar and playing cards with a stranger... Honestly, the man probably just wanted to get rid of it!"
Irina's eyes sparkled. She looked at Hagrid and asked: "Hagrid, can I witness its hatching? You know, I really like little cute lives!"
Although creatures like fire dragons aren't cute when they grow up, they're definitely cute when they're young!
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