Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 293 Dumbledore's 'Proposal'

"Forehead!?"

Hagrid was a little puzzled. He raised his head and looked at McGuffin and Harry with his brother's beetle-like black eyes in confusion.

Very suspicious.

"Haven't you been detained by Snape for a month?"

"Huh?" McGuffin, Harry's eyes widened.

"Damn it, those two Weasley twins lied to me again!"

Angrily, Hagrid took the big teacup in front of him and took a long gulp.

Wiping the drops of water on his beard, he explained loudly. "Before leaving, those two troublemakers wanted to sneak into the Forbidden Forest to find evidence and photos of that incident, so as to get the stupid bonus from [Daily Prophet]."

"Of course I got caught!"

"When they failed to bribe me, they told me that because you two destroyed Hogwarts Castle like this... that's why you stayed in school for a holiday, as a punishment... During this period, you have to help the school or something."

"Damn, I just feel something is wrong...how did you two get involved with this kind of thing?"

"I finally understand why those two guys specifically asked me before they left... You two will be very busy and tired, so I should try not to disturb you."

Saying that, Hagrid laughed angrily instead.

"If I had known earlier, I would have kept the two of them in school, and let them accompany you two too!"

But McGuffin was in a cold sweat.

--what is this?Is it crooked?
No, no one knows that this matter is actually related to himself.

Didn't even Dumbledore see it?

What's more, they have no evidence to prove that this matter is related to him, especially that the monster transformed by Les Finley has ascended in place and exploded automatically.

There is no way to know that the current situation in Hogwarts Castle is caused by McGuffin himself.

"Albert! Why are you trembling all over!"

Hagrid suddenly noticed that the McGuffin was a little swaying, and his face was pale, as if he had dysentery.

"I...I...George and Fred are too much, can this kind of joke be made casually!"

McGuffin hurriedly yelled, startling the two of them.

"No,...you two have only come to visit me now! Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought all this was true until just now..."

"Why are you more angry than me!"

"Forget it, forget it!" Hagrid waved his hand, and handed a plate of sticky toffee to McGuffin.

He said very earnestly, "Calm down, come and eat some sweets, which can ease your mood... This was taught to me by Professor Dumbledore! A very useful little trick."

After several prevarications and unable to refuse, McGuffin could only accept the plate of toffee, and under Hagrid's gleaming gaze, he stiffly picked one up and stuffed it into his mouth.

Soon, an unusually sweet, milky taste spread in his mouth, and with it, his tongue and teeth were caught in an inescapable tug-of-war.

Hagrid smiled contentedly, tugging at his thick, tangled beard.

Then he asked back, "By the way, why did you stay in school? Didn't Professor Dumbledore tell you?"

"Shouldn't it be?"

Harry looked at Hagrid and said, "Professor Dumbledore just said that Draco Malfoy needs our help... But after a few days, no professor has contacted us..."

"The Malfoy boy?"

"Strange, Professor Dumbledore should know about Harry's relationship with their family, and he doesn't like that family either."

"If it were me, I wouldn't pay attention to this family with the blood of black wizards flowing!"

"But Professor Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts after all... He should consider the overall situation, and he has his own reasons!"

"Harry, McGuffin, you two just wait patiently!"

"The difference between Dumbledore and other headmasters is that he always sees places that others can't see... This is very respectable..."

He comforted the two of them, but before he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door of the hut.

Hagrid jumped up,

The hut was shaken twice by the falling heavy body.

Harry and McGuffin once thought that the house was about to be knocked down by Hagrid!

They were surprised to see the big man look furious.

Angrily, Hagrid took the longbow hanging by the bed, picked up the bow and arrow, and stepped to the door.

Pull it open.

"Damn it, I said my cottage, don't rebuild, don't redecorate, don't add any proper bulky furniture... I don't want anything!"

"I don't have the foundation here at Hogwarts either...don't bother me!" Hagrid drew his longbow involuntarily, facing the people outside the door.

"If the lesson from last time wasn't enough, then this time I'm going to... shoot your ass..."

"...Ah, Firenze?"

After Hagrid finished yelling, he realized that he was not in front of the goblins who were selling houses as he thought.

It was a long time no see, a horse man who had disappeared for a year.

—Platinum-gold hair, silvery sideburns.

It's Firenze.

"Hello, Firenze!" Hagrid put down his bow and arrow, and rubbed the back of his head embarrassingly.

"Long time no see, when did you come back?"

"Good afternoon, Hagrid! I've just come back…" said Firenze.

"You...are you shooting me with a bow and arrow?"

"I'm so sorry." Hagrid smiled mischievously, and hastily put the bow and arrow aside, "I guess you didn't know when you came back... Hogwarts Castle is going to undergo a major overhaul and renovation!"

"As a result, almost all goblin and wizard merchants in England are eyeing this big business."

"Everyone wants to come over for a share!"

"It made Hogwarts a mess."

"Village, despicable and shameless,... a thief! A robber!"

"Stealing a chicken in the middle of the night, madman..."

McGuffin, and Harry stared at Hagrid Ruburt cursing and swearing, very angry.

Hagrid now remembered what happened not long ago, and his forehead was bursting with blue veins.

—When the Hogwarts basilisk thing was over, all those roosters were hardly claimed by little wizards, and even the ones ordered by the Ministry of Magic found a place to dispose of them.

With Professor Dumbledore's permission, Hagrid was like taking those roosters to the edge of the Forbidden Forest for free-range.

Unexpectedly, after Hogwarts School announced that it would be overhauled and renovated in advance.

Waves of goblins ran into Hogwarts through various methods.

He wanted to lobby the professor and the headmaster to allow himself to contract the renovation of the entire magic school.

Just like what Hagrid said earlier... This is a once-in-a-century big project and big business in the magic world.

Although it had been expected, Hagrid obviously didn't understand the seriousness of the matter.

The goblins, those wizard merchants, and representatives of some great wizard families moved their tents here because they were afraid that others would seize this opportunity first.

In just two days, dozens of tents began to densely pile up near Hagrid's hut.

Later, Hagrid couldn't stand it anymore, and after obtaining the consent of Professor McGonagall, he began to drive away these goblins and wizard merchants.

But he was careless.

These guys are like fleas, and such means cannot be removed at all.

Even when there was nothing to eat, in just two days... so many chickens were stolen.

And they kept harassing Hagrid, wanting to live in his house, wanting to renovate his hut, as a sample to prove that his company's 'for decoration, architectural magic' is the most fixed frame.

Annoying!

Then, finally, in the middle of the night, a goblin actually sneaked into his cabin uninvited, standing by his bedside at that time, and suddenly Barbara started selling his home construction company.

They want him to transfer the house, and as a deal, they will provide a noble castle in Scotland as payment.

One can imagine that

——This made him so angry that he lost control directly.

After throwing that idiot goblin 800 meters away, all this barely stopped.

At least those tents disappeared overnight.

Or it is also related to the fact that the new project of Hogwarts Castle was officially contracted by the Ministry of Magic yesterday.

(Magical construction companies with backgrounds have all gone to the Ministry of Magic and asked them to subcontract them layer by layer)
—Back to the present.

Hagrid's nerves were tense several times because of the events these days, and he thought it was another goblin who came to sell the house.

Almost accidentally injured Firenze with a bow and arrow.

Apologize to him.

After a few brief explanations, Hagrid asked.

"By the way, what do you want from me?"

"Oh, you tell Dumbledore...we're ready! He can perform that magical ritual..."

After Firenze finished speaking very seriously, he was about to turn around and leave.

"Firenze, come in and sit down! We can chat, where did you and Bain go? I heard that you are going to the winter forest in Siberia..."

Hagrid gave up his huge body and invited Firenze.

"By the way, I remember you helped Harry last time, didn't you?"

"Harry, and his friend McGuffin are here too."

"Hi! Firenze." McGuffin and Harry greeted each other.

McGuffin's face was a little ugly. He remembered the last time he met this centaur... It was in a very weird magic ceremony.

And the ceremony that the centaur just mentioned is still the same, right?

What the hell is Dumbledore up to?
……

When McGuffin was struggling and didn't know how to face the return of the centaur Firenze.

Snape was in his office, somewhat unwillingly doing the last potion experiment test.

He dropped a drop of purple potion into the ear of a motionless, petrified white mouse.

The Malfoy couple next to each other held each other's hands tightly, unable to let go.

As the little mouse gradually changed like melting a piece of chocolate, its original white hair began to turn black.

The body also started to move, and the little tail swayed around like a propeller.

As the changes continued, its body also began to stabilize, no longer so fluid and deformed.

"Did it work, Severus!" cried Lucius Malfoy.

"Don't worry! Lucius, give Snape the time to confirm."

"If you want me to say, it's more reliable to perform the ritual of the centaur."

"You have also seen the results of the last experiment. Fortunately, Dobby is a house elf, otherwise, he would not be able to be rescued."

"After all, you should also know that the petrified state of the basilisk is a curse of a balanced state. If this fragile balance is broken, it will cause irreparable consequences."

Dumbledore held an old notebook in his hand, and thoughtfully observed the expressions of the Malfoys.

Lucius was even more agitated by Dumbledore's actions.

If Voldemort knew that the notebook had fallen into Dumbledore's hands...

Does this old guy mean to threaten their family?

yes, definitely...

Damn it!Damn it!
Lucius was furious in his heart.

Narcissa stared at the little white mouse in Snape's palm.

——This is Dracora's only hope, otherwise, he can only...

At this time, the little white mouse... the little black mouse began to act normally.

Snape breathed a sigh of relief, he pulled the little mouse's tail, pulled it to his eyes, spread his legs, and looked at it.

Ah!
It appears to have returned to its original state.

——It is indeed possible to weaken the petrified state caused by the eyes of the basilisk with the tentacles of the Mandrake, and then restore it to its original state with the modified [Transformation Potion] antidote.

But before Snape put it on the ground, the little white mouse, not the little black mouse, exploded into a ball of plasma in Snape's palm.

His face was flushed with blood.

"--what!"

Narcissa screamed in despair.

Lucius also had a weak leg and almost fell.

Snape couldn't tell whether he was happy or disappointed.

Disappointed that he still couldn't get Draco Malfoy back.

The previous experimental results of the little elf Dobby have actually proved this point.

——In the petrified state of the basilisk (Dumbledore and he made the petrification potion by extracting the body of the basilisk and the useless eyeballs, and let the elves take it to achieve that state), after being infiltrated by the [transformation potion], after changing the shape, it will not be able to return to its original state.

The petrification state seems to have some weird changes to the [Transformation Potion].

Solidify all these changes.

After being revived and petrified, Zai also couldn't recover with the antidote at all, as if his previous body had become like this.

And if you want to restore the original state, you can only act quickly in the petrified state, before being solidified into the state of another gender.

But this petrified state has been mixed with the magic power in [Transformation Potion], reaching a strange balance.

Once this balance is broken, this kind of thing will happen just now.

These things happened to the elf a few days ago, and it was thanks to the elf's special physique that Dobby the elf was rescued.

But it also proved that the experiment had completely failed.

There was a happy side to Snape Severus, though.

—as long as he did the same for Harry Potter.

He'd be able to free Lily's baby from the influence of that idiot James Potter.

He no longer faces that idiot face every day, recalling those unbearable childhood memories.

And even Dumbledore, an old bee, would be helpless about that established fact.

Compared to the attitude of being indifferent to Snape.

The result of this experiment, to the Malfoys, was like the sky falling.

This means that the last hope is also gone, and they can only follow the method that Albus Dumbledore mentioned yesterday.

Execute the handed down from the centaur group——

That ancient magic that changes the memory and cognition of almost everyone in the world.

——The [Magic Ritual Intertwined with Fate and Stars].

Let little Malfoy, little Dracula survive as a little witch without knowing the details.

(End of this chapter)