Harry Potter’s Natural Villain
Chapter 24 Trading or Coercion
On weekends, the night at Hogwarts was quiet, a full moon hung in the sky, exuding a soft light, sprinkled on the campus, occasionally a few owls flew by, and the calls of a few night cats came. A peaceful and peaceful scene.
However, in a basement in Hogsmeade not far away, an explosion was brewing.
"Damn it." Malfoy cursed in a low voice.
The soft golden-yellow liquid in the cauldron just started tumbling, the bubbles tumbling, first turning into a weird pink, then turning to bright red, and finally turning to black. The reaction became more and more violent, like a surging wave , Tumbling endlessly, more and more bubbles began to break away from the liquid, making a "pop, pop" sound.
"Two months' worth of work was ruined." Malfoy couldn't help but sighed as he looked at the black liquid. It was obvious that he had failed when he reached a third of his struggles, and he was brewing a blessing potion.
"Which link went wrong?" He began to sit on the ground thinking hard, frowning.Actually forgot the pot of failure potion that was still boiling.
"Trick, thorn." The strange sound drew him back from thinking to reality.
"Armor for the body!" Malfoy subconsciously used the spell, telling him intuitively that he would be the first traverser to die in the experiment if he didn't use it.
As soon as the voice fell, there was a "boom", and a violent explosion occurred in the basement. The huge impact and the frantic air current brought him to the corner, and the dust was flying everywhere.
"Cough cough." Malfoy slowly got up from the ground, coughed twice, and looked at the messy basement, and couldn't help showing an ugly smile.
"Chemicals should be recovered after the experiment." This sentence appeared inexplicably in his head."I'm really going back." Malfoy raised his forehead in pain, not knowing whether it was for his own negligence or the explosion just now hurt his head.
"There is no way, I can only pay attention to it." Then his eyes suddenly sharpened again, like an eagle that has found its prey and is ready to pounce on it.
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The Easter holiday is much boring than the Christmas holiday. The students have endless homework, and the final exam is approaching, so they have to review.
However, Gryffindor’s Iron Triangle does not seem to be studying quietly in the library. To be precise, it is not now. They are attracted by a dragon.
They were reading books not long ago. Hermione worked out her review plan, and marked all her notes in different colors. She also wrote a few words to encourage herself on the title page, such as must be better than someone. class.Harry was looking for "White Fresh" in "A Thousand Magic Herbs and Mushrooms", Ron threw the quill pen.Looked blankly at the library window.The sky outside the window was clear and clear, blue as the color of forget-me-not, and there was a breath of summer coming in the air.
Under normal circumstances, it should be serious, lazy and lazy, and then spent a peaceful day like this, but today is obviously an abnormal situation.
"Hagrid. How did you get here!" Ron said loudly in the library, seeing Hagrid kicking over, leaving some Dong XC behind him.Of course, this kind of possession was useless, and they soon learned that Hagrid was collecting some information about the dragon.
Then they followed Hagrid to the hut door of the hunting ground. They did not express curiosity quickly, but asked some more questions about the Philosopher's Stone.
As an IQ-crushing player, Hermione has basically finished Hagrid's words after many exchanges.They learned that Snape was also one of the professors who protected the Sorcerer's Stone, as well as information about three-headed dogs.Of course, they were even more suspicious of him, and the three of them thought it would be easier for Snape to guard and steal if the precautions were over.
Their focus now is dragons.
"Hagrid, can you open the window? I'm out of heat."
"No, Harry, I'm sorry," Hagrid said.Harry noticed him glance at the fireplace.Harry turned his head to look at the fire.
"Hagrid—what is that?" Harry asked.
In fact, he already knew.In the very center of the fire, under the kettle, lies a big black egg.
"Heh," Hai Jingji said, twisting his beard anxiously, "that's--oh"
"Where did you get it, Hagrid?" Ron said, crouching by the fire, looking at the big egg more closely."It must have cost you a lot of money!"
"Won it," Hagrid said. "Last night, I was drinking in the village and playing cards with a stranger. To be honest, that person was probably eager to get rid of it."
"But what are you going to do when it hatches?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, I've been reading books." Hagrid said, pulling out a large book from under his pillow, "I borrowed it from the library-"Raising a Dragon for Recreation and Profit"-of course. It’s a bit outdated, but the content is very complete. Put the eggs in the fire, because their mother exhales at them. Look, it’s written here, after it hatches, feed it a bucket every half an hour Brandy and chicken blood. Look here again—how to distinguish different eggs—I got a Norwegian Ridgeback. It's rare."
Instinct told Hermione that it was illegal. He wanted to persuade Hagrid, but seeing Ron, Harry and Hagrid all looked excited, she didn't know how to speak. The last time the Levitation Charm had caused her to absorb some Lesson-learn to be tolerant of friends.Thinking of friends, she thought of someone again."Am I a friend in his mind?" she asked herself.
"Hermione? Hermione?" Ron said, "Don't be in a daze, come and see the dragon egg, I promise you have never seen such a big egg."
"Okay." Hermione forced herself to look at something she was not interested in, but it was strange to say that when she thought that a new life might be bred from it, she was less disgusted and even had some expectations.
The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the hut, and they realized it was late.
"Hagrid, we have to go," Harry said.
"We will come again." Ron at the door waved to Hagrid.
"Me too." Hermione nodded softly.
Then, at breakfast one day, Hedwig brought Harry a note from Hagrid.There are only four words written on it: almost out of the shell.
Ron didn't want to take herbal medicine classes anymore and wanted to head straight to Hagrid's cabin.Hermione strongly disagreed.
"Hermione, how many times can we see the dragon out of the shell in our lifetime?"
"We are going to class, or we will get into trouble; if anyone finds out what Hagrid is doing, he will be even more unlucky than us—"
"Stop talking." Harry warned quietly.
In the herbal medicine class, Ron had been arguing with Hermione.Finally, Hermione finally agreed to run to Hagrid's cabin with them during the morning break.When the get out of class was over, just as the bell sounded in the castle, the three of them dropped their shovel and hurried across the field towards the edge of the forbidden forest.Hagrid greeted them, his face flushed, very excited...
"Coming out soon." He let them into the cabin.The egg was lying on the table with a deep crack in it.Something kept moving inside, and there was a funny clicking sound.They all moved their chairs closer to the table, held their breath, and watched closely.
Suddenly, with a harsh scratching sound, the egg cracked.The dragon flopped on the table.It wasn't really pretty; Harry thought it looked like a crumpled black umbrella.Compared with its thin, jet-black body, its spiny wings are particularly large.It also has a long big nose, white nostrils, horn bumps on the head, and orange eyes protruding outward.
It sneezed, and a few sparks spurted from its nose."It's beautiful, isn't it?" Hagrid murmured.He stretched out a hand and touched Xiaolong's head.Xiaolong bit his finger, exposing long pointed teeth.
"Gosh, look, it knows its mother!" Hagrid said."Hagrid," said Hermione, "how quickly can the Norwegian Ridgeback grow up?" Hagrid was about to answer, suddenly his face turned pale.
"There is someone outside the window," he said, and then he jumped up. The huge body jumped up and seemed to cover the light, and there was pitch black under him.
"It's you!" Ron and Harry's expressions changed when they opened the door, Hermione pursed her lips, wondering what she was thinking.
"You eavesdropped on us outside!" Ron directly raised his wand. Normally, he should not have the courage to treat Malfoy, the strongest in his grade, but it is different now because his opponent doesn't have a wand.
A wizard without a magic wand may be worse than a Muggle. This is the inner thoughts of many wizards.
"Don't come here!" Ron snapped, but Malfoy walked into the room step by step.
A green light shot from Ron's wand, and he shouted: "I won't let you succeed!"
"No!" Hermione shouted eagerly.But neither Hagrid nor Harry noticed her shouting, and they were both stunned by the current situation.
"I hate people pointing at me with a magic wand." Malfoy said flatly.
"Armor bodyguard!"
The green light seemed to hit an invisible wall and stopped sharply, giving people a weird feeling of using the wrong force. Then, the light bounced back faster than before.
"Ron, how are you." The green light hit Ron. He couldn't help but stepped back and fell to the ground. Harry and Hermione hurriedly helped him up and asked with concern.
Harry raised his head and looked at Malfoy with a grudge.
"Don't look at me like that." Malfoy shrugged. "I'm just a defensive. If I don't resist, it's me who is showing ugliness."
After speaking, Ron had a big hiccup, and a few slugs fell from his mouth to his thigh.
He went on to say: "Only a black wizard will point a wand at a person without a wand, just like a regular army will not point a butcher knife at a civilian. They will only fight with their real opponents." Malfoy paused, then Said: "But it seems that I, a civilian, is better."
Obviously this sentence was just made up by him right away, although it sounds reasonable.
"You were the one who eavesdropped on us first!" Harry said loudly, but he was a little lacking in confidence and a little shaken.
"A law-abiding citizen is obliged to report illegal acts. Let me think about it, um, what is written in the "Fantastic Animal Protection Act"." He buried his head in a thoughtful state, and snapped his fingers suddenly."Taming dragons privately will be sentenced to five to ten years, not to mention that our custodian seems to have some criminal convictions, and it is estimated that he will have to be punished." Malfoy said in an understatement.
Hagrid's beard trembled abnormally a few times, and he has maintained this posture ever since.
"As for the accomplice." He touched his chin and said, "Go to jail?"
He turned pale when he saw the three of them, and Ron vomited a few more slugs.
"That's not enough, but it's likely to be expelled. I guess our college would be happy to see Gryffindor's score drop." He started to make up, but it was reasonable enough, and it was more than enough to deceive a few people.
Just kidding, can Dumbledore agree to this happening?
But now it was obvious that Harry was stunned. In his eyes it was more uncomfortable to fire him than to let him die. The glory of Gryffindor was damaged because of him, it would be better to go to prison.
"So, do you want to report us?" Hermione tried her best to calm her voice. The only person present was she who was still calm, but only on the surface, her delicate fingers were tightly clenched. , The whitish knuckles betrayed her long ago.
"He's not such a person, he's not such a person." Hermione said to herself repeatedly, and then waited tormented for his answer.
"H..." Ron wanted to speak, and then spit out a few slugs on the ground, "Hermione, don't ask him, he is a student of Snape, there is definitely a conspiracy in it." Ron tried his best. Just said such a sentence.
"The tongue seals the throat!" Malfoy cast another spell.
Now Ron's mouth began to bulge. He wanted to spit out a slug, but his mouth was sealed again. His cheeks were bulging, and soon his throat was bulging.His breathing became difficult.
"You'll kill him." Hermione screamed, obviously frightened by such a scene."Untie it, please," she said cryingly.
"The curse stops immediately," Malfoy said softly.
Ron vomited all the slugs all at once. He lay on the ground and panted heavily. He looked at Malfoy with hatred, but after a glance at each other, he quickly lowered his head, he was afraid.
"For most people in this world, death is the ultimate fear, the Dark Lord is the same. I believe you can learn your lesson in the future, and don't just interrupt when others are talking." Malfoy still looked indifferent.
"What do you want." Harry asked courageously, apparently the scene Ron showed just now has been deeply etched in his mind, he just wants to know what Malfoy wants.
"A deal, a fair deal, but now it is clear that you can only understand it as coercion." Malfoy shrugged helplessly, apparently a little helpless about the current situation.
"What deal?" Hermione asked hurriedly.
Malfoy did not answer her directly. He slowly said: "Norwegian Ridgeback, a fire dragon, grows faster and can grow to twice its original size within a week."
"Sooner or later, this big man's house will not be able to hold this fire dragon, and maybe even because of its extremely aggressive nature, it will cause disaster sooner or later without proper domestication."
"Have you forgotten the giant monster? If you divide the strength of the magical creatures, the strength of this dragon will grow up to be higher than the last giant monster."
"If something goes wrong, you will not be going to an ordinary prison. It may be Azkaban, Mr. Hagrid, the big man. Dementor will feel uncomfortable."
Hagrid staggered suddenly and almost fell to the ground.Obviously Azkaban's deterrent power is too strong.
"It is more likely to happen because the disaster it causes is too great, and it may need to be destroyed by humanity."
"No!" Hagrid suddenly cried out sadly."Noble is just a child." He hugged his head in his hands and squatted down, seeming to have thought of the scene at that time.
"I can help you, you only need to pay a small price." Malfoy continued.
"What's the price? How to help." Harry asked quickly, he didn't care who Malfoy was a student or had any conspiracy.
"I'm sincere, let me tell you the way first, and that's me," Malfoy pointed to himself.Then he said: "My father has a lot of investments all over the UK, and some around the world. There is a dragon farm in Romania, where my father has a lot of shares. Sending the dragon there should be the best choice."
"How do I trust you?" Ron asked incredulously.
"I really feel sad for the IQ of the descendants of the Weasley family." Malfoy couldn't help holding his forehead. "If I lie to you, can't you report me? Think about what your brother Charlie does."
Hagrid was pleasantly surprised: "The little fellow Charlie is studying fire dragons there. He told me that he is also in Romania." Then his voice lowered: "But I can't bear Norbert." He began to sob, reluctantly. Not to mention that a big man was crying in front of him, Malfoy felt that he was going against him.
"Then what do you want." Harry whispered.
Malfoy stared at Hermione for a while, making her feel very uncomfortable.
"What does he want to do." Hermione was staring at her and her heart accelerated, her cheeks flushed at the thought of a possibility."Impossible, impossible." She said to herself, trying to calm her mood.
"I only need a bottle of dragon blood." Malfoy suddenly straightened his posture.
Hermione, who was in the battle between heaven and man, was suddenly relieved when he heard this request, but she was a little bit lost, her lips pressed and she didn't know what she was thinking.
"No, you can't do this to it, he's just a kid." Hagrid suddenly went crazy again.He hugged Norbert tightly, repeating these words repeatedly.
"Then I can only act as a Young Pioneer once and expose the evil forces." Malfoy turned and left, and said a joke he thought was funny by the way.
"By the way, there seems to be no Young Pioneers in Britain." He seemed to think of something.
"I promised you for Hagrid," Harry said.
"Harry, how can you..." Ron seemed to be in a better state now, and he quickly dissuaded him.
"We have no choice." Harry said in a deep voice, having to say that it is not the right thing to think of Gryffindor as brave or reckless. Les Black.Harry showed the wisdom and determination he should have right now.
"I wish we have a good working together." Malfoy turned and stretched out his hand, smiling.
"Happy cooperation." Harry also stretched out his hand, forcing himself to smile what he thought was kind.
"My father will send someone over next week or so. The dragon should have grown a lot by then. You are ready, but there shouldn't be any problems then," Malfoy said.
"We are not like you." Ron said fiercely.
"Haha, that would be the best." After speaking, Malfoy stepped out the door slowly.It would be better for him to add another sentence: "The last piece of advice, please remember that it is a dragon!"