Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 551 Giants
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Hagrid held a huge wooden plank with one hand and a one-handed sledgehammer with the other,
With one hammer and one hammer, the wooden board with the warning slogan was nailed to the strongest and most conspicuous oak tree at the edge of the forbidden forest.

On the board it was written:

——No entry, there are monsters inside! !
A werewolf is also drawn below:

——A finger-sized black stickman was bitten in half by a palm-sized bloody wolf head (looks like a werewolf).

This soul painting method can be seen as Hagrid's masterpiece at a glance.

But apparently Hagrid was no longer interested in this 'masterpiece'.

With a gloomy face, he hit the poor oak tree in vain...

It seemed that the next moment... that thick tree was about to be smashed.

Hagrid's silence made the air here freeze as stone,
The McGuffins were so overwhelmed that they couldn't breathe.

Harry said cautiously, "Hagrid, are you all right?"

"fine!"

Hagrid snorted forcefully and put down the hammer. Judging from his expression, he didn't know what to do next.

Apparently Donald Eastfork... the Ilvermorny warrior, who had just acted (threats), had completely confused him.

The snail next to it tremblingly curled up and froze in place.

If you just look at it this way, the big guy does indeed look like Hagrid usually said: a 'harmless little cutie'... a 'little pet that can be pulled for a walk'.

But the MacGuffins didn't forget what kind of deadly monster it was before Hagrid gave this thing 'DuangDuang' twice.

At the same time, like Hagrid...Harry, Ron, and Hermione were also very disturbed.

Professor Sprout's nonsensical ravings...the secret communication she had with Hagrid (I don't know what to cultivate)...and the 'Top Ten Tournament' venue built on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where the Blast-tailed Snail became the 'guest' of the competition... All these made Harry and the others feel confused and confused, and made them feel a strong sense of unease about what happened in the future.

However, in front of several people - the most serious problem was the threat from Donald East Fork just now.

Not to mention Ron, even McGuffin, Harry, and Hermione know how much British wizards discriminate against non-pure blood wizards.

Professor Flitwick, such a powerful half-breed goblin wizard, needs to participate in the British wizard duel contest to prove himself, and even so... he is also discriminated against.

What's more, McGuffin knows... In this world, people discriminate against giants more than goblins.

Even in the hearts of the public, the half-blood giant was once on the same level as the werewolf wizard.

Why is Hagrid so grateful for being loyal to Dumbledore? Isn't it because the old bee took Hagrid who dropped out of school and even promoted him to be a professor of protection of magical animals?
If it weren't for Dumbledore's original actions, I'm afraid Hagrid would never have survived.

This wizarding world is far more cruel than imagined.

That's why Hagrid, McGuffin and Ron were so upset right now.

Hagrid's silent performance now had obviously made Harry, Hermione Ron realize that what Donald Eastfork said was true.

Hagrid is a half-giant.

If Donald is really allowed to expose the fact that Hagrid is a half-blood giant at the juncture of the Top Ten Tournament, and involve Beauxbaton, Maxim, and Harry... and the 'Top Ten Tournament'...

These things were not reported by Rita Skeeter, and other newspapers would have reported them all over the world.

If there is a big trouble, it is very likely that Lupine's end will be Hagrid's end.

Can't imagine Hagrid's reaction to being kicked out of Hogwarts.

So after Hagrid nailed up the wooden warning sign, McGuffin and the others persuaded Hagrid with facts and reason.

(McGuffin and Ron worry that people's discrimination against half-giants will spread to Hagrid.

Harry and Hermione actually didn't know the extent of the discrimination against half-blood giants in the British wizarding world. Their main worry was that after these things were reported and fermented, the public opinion violence would embarrass Hagrid. )
"Hagrid, you'd better not...have any contact with Mrs. Maxime, and the Big Ten Tournament in the near future." Harry persuaded.

Hagrid was silent, he pulled the snail on the back hard, the rope stretched tightly, the monster gave a strange low whine, and then spewed out sparks from its tail, moved cautiously for a short distance, and followed.

Obviously, Hagrid didn't want to break these connections.

"Hagrid! You heard that fellow's words too. You must..."

Before Hermione's words fell, Hagrid strode directly towards his cabin.

without saying a word,

Didn't talk to a few people at all.

Obviously, what the two said angered him.

"What's wrong with him?" Harry and Hermione looked at the two MacGuffins very puzzled.

Ron sighed heavily, and looked up at Harry and the others with a serious expression on his face.

"I thought you guys knew... you two shouldn't have said that!"

"What do you mean?" Hermione was also puzzled, and then she immediately reacted, and said disgusted and annoyed, "Could it be that wizards have transferred their dislike of giants... to half-blood giants?"

Ron's eyes gave Hermione an affirmative answer.

"What the hell? Is there any truth in the books in the Hogwarts library? I have never seen these related records..."

"What's the matter? What's wrong with the giant?" Harry asked hastily.

"Well, like werewolves...they are all...very bad." Ron didn't know how to describe it.

McGuffin said, "Let's put it this way...some problems left over from history have caused the giants to have a bad reputation in England."

"Yes, that's right, that's how it is."

Ron raised his head, watched Hagrid's lonely back gradually go away, and gestured for them to follow together, motioning them to walk while talking.

"McGuffin is right. Giants and British wizards... well... have always been hostile throughout history."

"In the early Middle Ages, in order to find herbs... or be entrusted by the Muggle king... many Druid wizards began to break into the giant's territory and drive them away..."

"And the characters of giants are so fierce and unreasonable. They have a strong sense of territory... They don't care about the life that breaks into their territory... Or in the words among wizards, they like to kill people... Not only Muggles, but also wizards."

The MacGuffins strode forward, Hermione lagging a bit behind them.

After a while, Hagrid disappeared ahead of him.

But everyone knew where to find him.

—Hagrid's hut.

Hagrid must have gone back there.

Ron continued: "...So after the establishment of the Ministry of Magic, a large number of Aurors hunted giants...One is to hide the wizarding world, and the other is that some giants like to collect treasures, and many wizards are for these treasures...So the relationship between the entire giant population and wizards is not very friendly."

"Not very friendly?..." Hermione sneered, and after quickly following the footsteps of several people, she said loudly, "Now that I think about it, I know why giants always play villains and evil creatures in books...Why giants are always willing to participate in those wars against wizards..."

"You can't say that, the giant itself is cruel by nature. It's impossible to say who is right and who is wrong in history." Ron said.

Hermione froze and didn't object. Obviously, she also knew that not all giants were as gentle and harmless as Hagrid in nature.

"Giants at war?" Harry asked suspiciously.

"Well,...the giants participated in several wars of the goblin rebellion, and the rise of dark creatures...and the two magical world wars started by Grindelwald...In these wars, the not-so-intelligent giants chose the wrong side, so wizards have repeatedly slaughtered giants..." Hermione said,

"Although there is no clear order from the Ministry of Magic to hunt and kill giants...but the already rare giant territories and populations are still declining rapidly...until...I am afraid that most of the giants in England have long since become extinct."

"What about Hagrid?" Harry asked.

"Some mountains abroad...Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union...Oh, it's called the forest on the Russian side. There should still be some giant populations in the hills. In India, Pakistan, Afghanistan...and the wizarding country in East Asia, it is said that there are some very special giant populations...I don't know if it is true or not?"

Ron said, shook his head, and went on,
"For Hagrid... I guess his parents are an indelible scar...Harry, Hermione, what you said just now seems a bit unreasonable! It's like blaming him for his origin..."

"...that would hurt him very much."

"No, I didn't mean that!"

Harry and Hermione waved their hands again and again, they blamed themselves very much.

When McGuffin and the others arrived at Hagrid's cabin, the door was already tightly shut.

(The snail is firmly tied to the stump in the vegetable field, and it seems to have been tamed. This thing is nestled on the ground, motionless, and there seem to be two smaller snails in the distance, which are still very irritable...keep hitting the ground, struggling...)
"Hagrid, it's us! Open the door!" Harry yelled, pounding on the door, "Open the door!
Hagrid didn't respond.

McGuffin and the others could hear Fang whining and whimpering, and it kept scratching behind the door.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay - it seemed that Hagrid didn't intend to open the door.

And Harry couldn't just apologize, 'say they didn't mind Hagrid being a half-giant! '

That would hurt Hagrid's relationship with them even more.

So they could only knock heavily on the door again.

After a while, McGuffin drew his wand.

"Albert! You—" said Harry in surprise.

"Hagrid hid inside, and today we must make this matter clear...It's better than having a misunderstanding with each other..."

"Hagrid, we're coming in!" McGuffin shouted inside.

Hermione didn't stop.

"Alahoo Cave—"

The spell is not done,

The door opened.

Ron had just said, "You should have—" before snapping off.

It turned out that it wasn't Hagrid who opened the door, but Sirius Black, with Albus Dumbledore still standing behind him.

Black stared at McGuffin with the expected eyes.

As if McGuffin had committed an unforgivable crime, obviously in Sirius' heart... the image of McGuffin was completely irreparable.

Dumbledore looked down at them with a smile.

"Good afternoon," he said cheerfully, looking in a good mood.

"Uh, uh...we want to talk to Hagrid about something." Harry said with some stuttering, he looked inside—

Hagrid looked very embarrassed.

He was wearing that tattered brown furry suit full of holes... sitting at the table, gulping down a cloudy ale.

In just a short time, Hagrid's messy beard was covered with wine-stained foam, and even soaked into one piece.

"Come in, maybe we've heard about it from Hagrid's complaints..." Professor Dumbledore said softly.

"No no, Professor...we didn't care about Hagrid's parentage. Nobody cared that Hagrid's parents might be giants—" Hermione discerned eagerly.

After hearing this, Hagrid raised his head and downed a large glass of malt wine. The surprisingly large wooden barrel glass was smashed on the table.

Stains of wine slid down his lips and into his tangled beard.

"Shh! Don't talk here..." said Dumbledore, the light under his spectacles gleaming. "Come in, you can make things clear..."

Hermione, McGuffin, and Ron Harry entered the cabin.

As soon as Fang entered, he suddenly rushed towards them, wetly licking Harry's arm with his tongue, almost throwing him down.

Dumbledore waved lightly, and the door of the hut was closed.

The hut instantly became a little dark and narrow.

Hagrid's face was freckled, but after a while, his eyes became red and swollen.

He avoided the eyes of several people, and began to pour himself a glass of wine, holding the huge wine glass to block everyone's gaze...

"Hagrid, you... I..."

When he got to him, Harry didn't know what to say.

"Don't worry, Harry!" Dumbledore said softly, "Sit down!"

Blake waved his wand, and conjured up several small chairs that twirled...at the feet of several people.

"Hagrid stop drinking... Judging from the way they wanted to break in directly just now...Harry and the others still regard you as a friend, so they are eager to explain this misunderstanding." Dumbledore said.

"That's right, that's it. Hagrid, we said the wrong thing just now." After someone spoke to make peace, Harry and Hermione hurriedly apologized through this step.

Hagrid put down his wine glass, the two pairs of black beetle eyes squinted dimly, and he stared at the beer foam on the edge of the wine glass with some embarrassment.

After a moment of silence, Hagrid said awkwardly, "But you are right. If anyone knows that I am a half-blood giant..."

He was very worried and frightened, and his voice was so soft and inaudible for the first time.

MacGuffin almost didn't catch what Hagrid had said.

"Don't worry about what other people say, Hagrid. I don't think Professor Dumbledore would have fired you for that..."

"Really? Professor!" Hermione went all out, she said directly to Dumbledore.

Both Harry and Ron were stunned.

Dumbledore nodded approvingly, "Miss Granger is very good, Hagrid... There are many people who curse you, but at the same time, there will be more people who welcome and support you... You cannot win the approval and approval of everyone in the world."

Hermione's face turned slightly red.

"That's right, you must know what you want! Stick to this idea and don't care what others think... If you think like that, then I would not be able to live long ago..." Black said in a very hoarse voice.

Harry looked at Black so weak, with a worried look on his face.

(End of this chapter)