Science and magic at Hogwarts

Chapter 201 Sadness
Looking at the anxious Hermione, Kyle shook his head helplessly.

Hagrid's abnormal behavior that day, in addition to the professors, those small animals flying in the sky also saw it.

If Kyle remembered correctly, there were quite a few little guys riding broomsticks and saw Hagrid's strange behavior all the way in the sky, and there were many senior students among them.

When they calmed down, they would naturally easily place their suspicions on Hagrid.

It didn't even take long, and someone might be suspicious of Hagrid by now.

Kyle has no hand in this matter.

The only one who has the ability to solve the problem is McGonagall, the headmistress, or Dumbledore standing behind him.

"Hermione, even you can think of this matter, I'm afraid McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore are the same."

"We can't get involved in this matter. We can only hope that they will find a solution."

After hearing what Kyle said, the little girl's face was full of sadness.

With her intelligence, how could she not have thought of the consequences of the matter.

"I also know that I can't do anything, but I don't want to just sit and wait. I want to go back to the Ministry of Magic and find two professors to ask them to see if they have any solutions."

Of course Kyle would not stop her, let Hermione call Kreacher, and let the house elf lead her out of the old house.

Looking at Hermione's leaving figure, Kyle's eyes were a little deep.

This matter can almost be said to be a Gryffindor family affair.

The dead critters were all Gryffindors.

It is also Gryffindor who breeds giant spiders.

Even the students who were watching were mostly Gryffindors.

If Dumbledore could deal with the parents of the students who died, and control the onlookers from talking nonsense, maybe Hagrid's end would not be too pitiful.

But it's really hard.

Unlike last year's Dark Wizard Attack.

This year's disaster was entirely the result of the school's poor management.

Under such circumstances, can those parents still be expected to continue to support Dumbledore after losing their children?
Can they be expected to ignore Hagrid's fault, and then say lightly: I forgive you?

It's almost impossible.

Those children's families must have fallen out by now.

Sadness and despair filled the hearts of their family members.

The only thought of those family members must be to severely punish the murderer.

If the murderer cannot be found, then severely punish all those who have anything to do with it.

And Hagrid was the guy who was angered by them and would never let it go.

Perhaps this Acromantus riot was indeed the result of various coincidences.

But the parents of the kids don't care about that.

They will only ask, where did these acromanders come from?
The answer is that Hagrid raised them.

Why are these spiders rioting?

It was because Dumbledore let go of the basilisk in order to capture the heir.

With such a simple thought, three people related to this incident appeared.

Hagrid, Dumbledore and the heir.

There is nothing wrong with Dumbledore's behaviour.

And even if there was a problem, the parents would not expect to send him to Azkaban.

So Dumbledore will be the first to be eliminated among the three venting targets.

Then there's the heir.

Now it is not even clear whether the heir is a man or a woman, or which college he belongs to, and he must not be able to bear the anger of the parents.

Only Hagrid is the best target for parents.

So once the staff of the Ministry of Magic confirmed that the acromantula was raised by Hagrid.

Then in an instant, he would become the target of criticism from the entire magic world.

The parents will pour all their anger and hatred on him.

At that point, no one can save him.

Now the reporters must have been interviewing the professors who participated in the battle, as well as the small animals who watched.

Perhaps tomorrow, Hagrid's actions would make headlines in the Daily Prophet.

There was not much time left for Dumbledore to react.

Eyes turned to Hermione.

After Kreacher sent her to the village of Hogsmeade, the little witch returned to the hall of the Ministry of Magic with the help of the public fireplace in the village.

The battle at Hogwarts was not over yet.

From the moment the Ministry's support arrived at the school, the nature of the battle had changed.

From the initial resistance to the invasion of acromantia, it has become the encirclement and suppression of spiders.

There are only two choices left to the spiders.

Either disarm and surrender, accept the captivity of the Ministry of Magic, and then be sent to the Acromantula farm, where the venom and spider silk are harvested regularly.

Or, be strangled.

Now there are more than fifty or so wizards fighting at Hogwarts.

The Ministry of Magic is still calling out Aurors and Strikers to send them to Hogwarts.

It is precisely because the battle is not over yet, only Professor McGonagall is staying here to preside over the overall situation.

And Professor Dumbledore is still presiding over the battle at Hogwarts.

When Hermione arrived at the hall of the Ministry of Magic, she immediately saw McGonagall with a serious expression, and Hagrid who was sitting helplessly next to McGonagall, with dull eyes and repeated words in his mouth.

This tall half-giant seemed to be stupid, and kept repeating in his mouth: "This is impossible, this is impossible."

He stared blankly ahead, like a helpless child.

At this time, there were many large and small wounds on his body.

Although it didn't look very deep, it was still bleeding continuously.

Seeing the expressions of the two, Hermione, who was still in a hurry just now, suddenly stopped and became hesitant.

He hesitated and walked over to Mag, and carefully glanced at Hagrid:
"Professor McGonagall, Hagrid..."

Speaking of which, Hermione couldn't say anymore.

Hagrid's appearance made people feel very distressed.

Even though he has a huge body, his demeanor at this moment is like that of a child.

"Do you want to heal Hagrid's wound first?"

In the end, Hermione asked cautiously.

But her words seemed to completely detonate Mag:

"What kind of treatment? What can be cured? No matter how good the treatment is now, when you enter Azkaban, everything will still be in vain."

The headmistress finally couldn't control herself, she suppressed her voice and growled to Hagrid:

"How many times have I told you, don't raise those weird things, don't bring dangerous creatures into the school, but you just don't listen. Now, who can save you, talk, who can save you?"

Mag's voice was full of anger, and it was full of anger and sorrow.

Hermione was a little frightened by McGonagall and didn't know what to say.

And Hagrid didn't respond at all.

Mag, who had finished roaring, stood aside and took deep breaths, trying to calm down his emotions.

Her appearance was very scary, but Hermione gritted her teeth and continued to speak:

"Professor McGonagall, how will the school deal with this matter? Can you help Hagrid hide it?"

After hearing Hermione's question, McGonagall did not continue to roar, but looked at Hagrid sadly:

"How to hide it? Hagrid rushed onto the battlefield by himself. I don't know how many people saw it."

"When I got him out, the guy was still yelling don't hurt the spiders, they were just scared."

Having said that, Professor McGonagall rubbed Hermione's hair helplessly:

"You're a good boy, and I know you want to help Hagrid, but this idiot has screwed things up."

Hearing this, Hermione almost burst into tears.

His eyes are red, and his voice has a strong nasal tone:

"We have to do something. Can we just watch Hagrid being captured by the Ministry of Magic and sent to Azkaban?"

Mag's eyes were also a little red, and the little girl's voice was full of bitterness:

"The battle at the school won't be over for a while. I've already contacted Professor Dumbledore just now. He will hand over the work there to Professor Snape, and then go to work on Hagrid's affairs."

With that said, Mag paused, rubbed his red eyes, sniffed, and continued in a low voice:
"Actually, the best result is to be able to catch the heir. After all, it was because of him that the subsequent troubles were caused. The spiders were also expelled from the Forbidden Forest by the basilisk."

But hearing this, Hermione became even more desperate:

"I didn't catch the heir's broken exhibition before, and now that such a big incident has happened, the heir will not show up easily."

"It's almost impossible for us to catch him."

Meg didn't speak.He just sniffed and rubbed Hagrid's shoulder with some pain.

Although Hermione and McGonagall kept talking about Hagrid, the big man didn't respond from the beginning to the end.

He has been staring blankly ahead.

If you look closely, you can see that his eyes are blank, the pupils are scattered, and there is no focus.

No one knows what is going on in his heart.

But obviously, he had already taken the death of the four lion cubs on his back.

The guy has resigned himself to his fate.

If he went to Azkaban, he would go to Azkaban. Even if he was given a dementor's kiss by a traitor, he still felt that he deserved it.

He felt that the spiders were innocent.

Those innocent and cute little guys have no intention of hurting others at all.

They were just frightened, but I failed to appease them in time, which caused the subsequent tragedy.

Haige thought it was all his fault.In any case, I should be responsible for the deaths of the four little lions.

Hermione couldn't guess his thoughts, so she could only pull out her wand sadly, trying to release some simple healing magic for Hagrid.

But whether the wounds on his body were bleeding or healing, Hagrid didn't care.

McGonagall shook her head helplessly, and after telling Hermione to take care of Hagrid, she left here.

Although he didn't have much hope, Mag still decided to find his friends to communicate.

If Hagrid's entry into Azkaban is inevitable, McGonagall hopes that at least the number of years of imprisonment will be shorter.

"Hagrid, can you hear me, right? Please give me a little reaction, it's really scary for you to be so dumb. What happened today is not your fault, so don't torture yourself like this."

After McGonagall left, Hermione tried to communicate with Hagrid.

But the more she talked, the sadder she got because her big friend didn't reply him at all.

In the end, the little girl even started to sob softly.

After some time, the white-haired Dumbledore finally appeared in the Ministry of Magic.

The old man didn't say much.

He just supported Hagrid's shoulder with one hand and Hermione with the other, and after a burst of apparition, he brought the two of them to his office in Hogwarts.

At this time, Dumbledore had already moved out of the principal's office, and now he was using the one that McGonagall used to use.

"Hermione, it seems that you have already guessed that Hagrid raised those acromantulas."

Hermione nodded, sobbing, but said nothing.

"I'm afraid it's not just you, many smart guys have already guessed this."

Dumbledore could no longer maintain his kind smile at this time.

Frowning, folded hands on chest:
"I just went to the homes of the four Gryffindors who died."

Having said that, Dumbledore stopped talking, also unable to hide the sadness on his face.

Although Dumbledore didn't say anything.But Hermione could imagine what those students' homes were like.

Nothing more than crying and shouting, distraught.

The death of a beloved child is always the cruelest thing in the world.

Hermione opened her mouth several times, but nothing came out.

The old man was under the greatest pressure.

Hagrid was loyal to him and believed in him.

The old man definitely didn't want this simple half-giant to end up in prison.

But those Gryffindors who died were also his staunch supporters.

Consider him a spiritual leader.

Dumbledore couldn't tell those people to give up pursuing Hagrid.

It seems that the wizarding world, or Hogwarts, has really been different since Harry entered school.

All kinds of conspiracies and calculations are intertwined in this ancient castle, but it is those innocent children who bear all these in the end.

The last time a child died in this castle dates back to the opening of the secret room 50 years ago.

But in the short two years since Harry entered school, ten children have died.

They all withered suddenly when they were most innocent.

Dumbledore felt that as soon as he closed his eyes, the smiling faces of those children would keep flashing in his mind.

At the end of last year, when the death notice was sent to the families of those children, Dumbledore vowed to protect his students and never let such a tragedy happen again.

But now only a few months later, the tragedy happened again.

The old man seemed to have forgotten about Hermione in the office, and Hagrid who was still unresponsive.

He just kept thinking about the experience of more than a year, wondering what went wrong, but he didn't have any answers.

It seems that fate is just playing tricks on the children in this castle, or that a curse hangs over the place.

The old man couldn't help being afraid in his heart.

If it was fate, then before Voldemort died, before it was all over, would there still be students who would die here?
Thinking of this, the hands of this over 100-year-old man who thought he had experienced the vicissitudes of life couldn't help shaking.

　One more today.

　　If I drink again, I am a dog.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)