Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

As soon as he stepped into the room, he started chattering and boasting. The professors stared at him angrily, but he didn't seem to feel anything.Snape was standing by the door, Lockhart swung his arms almost swept across his face, he moved a step left with disgust, but his expression moved slightly when he saw the person standing behind Lockhart.

Lockhart's more annoying noise than usual was obviously intentional. He wanted to please the people behind him, so he desperately showed him his shiny feathers.Dumbledore had foreseen it a long time ago. He was the only one who didn't waver after seeing someone coming.

The comer's face was a little haggard, it should be because his duty required him to investigate the incredible injury incident that occurred in Hogwarts, but he couldn't find a clue. He had to work overtime every day until he became nervous.The man's body did not lose weight because of his work. On the contrary, he became a little plumper. Perhaps it was anxiety that caused his appetite to increase.He was wearing a pinstriped suit and a top hat in his hand.He followed Lockhart and kept wiping his face with a handkerchief.

He is Cornelius Fudge, the current Minister of Magic.Dumbledore knew that the Ministry of Magic's intervention was inevitable when such an incident that affected the entire Hogwarts occurred, but this was the worst time, because the secret room actually caused a pure blood injury, which put the Ministry of Magic under pressure and panic. Had to be forced to intervene.

"Dumbledore...well, I asked Lockhart to lead me. His vitality is impressive." Fudge shook Dumbledore's hand and forced an ugly smile from his face.

"Respected minister, in fact, I have a good idea-as long as there are monsters and ghosts who dare to attack innocent students, I will turn into a furious breeze, and use my wand and spells to clean it up and beat it!" Loha Exaggeratedly.

But Fudge is not in the mood to flatter him with each other now, he is exhausted.Some families questioned this series of attacks, and gathered other high-ranking families to pressure the Ministry of Magic to arrest the culprit as soon as possible.

Under pressure, even if Fudge had other thoughts in his mind, he could only put it aside.

He declined Dumbledore’s offer to let him sit down first, and took out a notebook from the inner pocket of his suit, "I think you must know what I came here today, Dumbledore."

"Well, to be honest, I don't want to know."

"You can't protect him a second time, Dumbledore. Everything that happened in the castle made people nervous, at least today I want to take him away, you want to take me to find him."

"'He'?" Dumbledore raised his eyebrows. This time he was really a little confused. He thought Fudge must have come to see Zoe. After all, Zoe is the most suspicious object right now, and there is no shortage of people from the Ministry of Magic. Humiliation over and under.It's not just Dumbledore, everyone who knows what the Ministry does will think so.

But now Fudge came to Hogwarts aggressively, but said that the person he was looking for was a man?Dumbledore didn't think he had heard it wrong.Fudge's attitude was very determined. He mistakenly thought that Dumbledore's hesitation was resisting, so he spoke impatiently.

"Don't pretend, Dumbledore, I know you were there when they arrested the boy before, but you saved him in the end. We will remember all of these." He said word by word, "Take me to Ruber. Hagrid. Right now!"

Chapter Eighteen

"Sorry, Harry, Ron, sorry...I didn't expect Hermione and Hermione to suffer such misfortune...I..." Hagrid kept putting his tablecloth-sized handkerchief on himself. Face, so as to wipe off the tears and snot that are all over the face.He was crying and howling like thunder. Although Harry and Ron understood his feelings, they didn't want to comfort him now, because they knew Hagrid would give them a bear hug, with enough force to strangle a bear.

Hagrid blew his nose clean, then threw his handkerchief aside.He sobbed and picked up the big teapot on the table: "One more cup of tea?" At the same time, he pushed the rock cake in the direction of the two.

Harry tried his best to smile and prevent Hagrid from noticing their strangeness. "It's okay Hagrid, we are not hungry." Ron looked at the gray-skinned pancakes with fear, and nearly broke his teeth last time. .

"Yeah, something happened to Hermione, how could you guys feel in the mood to eat?" Hagrid looked a little absent-minded. He made the tea overflow the cup while pouring the tea, and Fang sat on the corner of the table, hot. The tea was so hot that he jumped up and wailed and fled to the side.Hagrid's abnormal state wasn't just because of Hermione's attack, he seemed to know more and was more upset.Harry didn't know why he thought this way, but he decided to follow intuition and temptation.

"Hagrid, we have something to ask you."

"Wh, what?" Hagrid seemed startled.

"About the secret room... I mean, what do you know about the monster that caused all this?" Harry asked, and Ron on the side asked, "Yes, you were also a Hogwarts student before, but You never tell us..."

"When, of course, I used to be a student of Hogwarts...'was', in fact they charged me with a crime and drove me away from school when I was studying..." Hagrid played with it With his fluffy beard, he looked a little melancholy, "If it weren't for Professor Dumbledore, I would be over in my entire life, and he also found a job for me-my goodness, what a respectable man!"

He touched the sadness and wept again.Although this big man is burly and strong, he is a sensitive and kind person.

The two waited for Hagrid's mood to stabilize before Harry asked again, "Uh, Hagrid, but why? They can't drive you away for nothing. They need a reason, a high-sounding..."

"I don't want to mention that, Harry." Hagrid sank into the wooden chair, and the boys thought he was about to crush the poor chair because it was making an overwhelming creak.

Ron gave Harry a look, and it seemed they couldn't get more information from Hagrid.An hour ago, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff were preparing to start the game, but Professor McGonagall hurried over and announced that the game was abolished.

She sternly asked every student to go back to the lounge and was not allowed to run out without authorization, but took the two boys away.They walked through the dark corridor to the well-lit infirmary room. Only then did Professor McGonagall's cold lines soften, and there was a sadness that surprised Harry.

"Weasley, Potter, you must be mentally prepared."

She took them into the infirmary, and they immediately saw Madam Pomfrey who was talking to the professor of herbal medicine. She frowned and complained to Professor Sprout, and Professor Sprout assured her that it would not be long. She can get a batch of high-quality mandela grass: "They have begun to show symptoms of mass depression, I buried them in the basin, and these mandela grasses can be used as medicine soon."

The boys say hello to the two adults. Their sympathetic gaze made the boys frightened. In addition, Hermione had disappeared since the morning. Harry felt that his temples were spitting. He looked at Ron and knew that the other person was also fighting. He has the same idea.

The journey was only a few steps away. Professor McGonagall lifted the white veil. Harry was startled. He saw a figure in front of him bending over, burying his head in the sheet, motionless.This figure looks familiar from the back.

Then he cast his gaze on two beds standing side by side. One of them was lying on Hermione Granger. She was in the same condition as Mrs. Loris, her body was frozen and her eyes were open, but they didn’t move. Moved, I could see that it was petrified (Harry felt Ron’s hand tightening his arm), the other was lying with an unknown girl with a towel on her head, her lips pressed as if she was stuck In a deep sleep, the girl frowned and breathing heavily.

"Miss Siegel, drink some water."

Madam Pomfrey came over and patted the other girl's back worriedly. The girl was silent for a long time, shook her head, and did not turn around.

"What's going on... She, Hermione... why is this happening!" Ron gritted his teeth and Harry grabbed him.

"We can't do anything right now, Ron." Harry could feel his unexpected calmness, as if there was a belief in his head supporting him, telling him to act wisely.The only regret he felt was that Hermione had not told them what she had investigated, because she stubbornly believed that the mystery must be completely solved first, and she missed the opportunity to tell them.

"Are we just letting go?" Ron said angrily.

"Of course not. Obviously there is another insider here." Harry looked at Zoe. "Will she tell us the truth?" Ron was skeptical.

"I think it will." Harry took a deep breath, "Because the person injured this time is Hermione."

But not now, the boys agree.At least Zoe needs to calm down first.So they went to Hagrid's cabin and told him the unfortunate news.

*****

The door was knocked loudly.Contrary to Harry's expectation, Hagrid jumped up like a fire on his butt.First he stood still by the door, stretched his hand forward, hesitating to open the door like this, he even glanced at Harry for help.

The knock on the door screamed, and Harry walked around to the window of Hagrid’s hut. The window covered with a thin layer of gray still could see the scenery outside. Harry saw Dumbledore. There was also a man in a pinstriped suit and hands. The fat man holding the top hat in it-he was the one who knocked on the door just now, and he has not received a response, his expression gradually became impatient.

"Wow, I know this man!" Ron exclaimed. "This man is my father's boss, Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge!"

Harry gave him a push, and the two boys hurriedly hid in the corner and stood there. Hagrid’s hut was very narrow and there was almost no place to hide, but they stood in the shadows, and people who came in would not be able to hide if they didn’t pay attention. The child exposes himself.

Hagrid's body trembled violently, and he couldn't pretend to be there, and opened the door tremblingly.

"Rubber Hagrid?" Fudge took out his handkerchief again to wipe his sweat. After seeing Hagrid himself, he was taken aback, especially since he could only reach Hagrid's chest. "Well...Kang Nelly Fudge, I'm from the Ministry of Magic."

"I understand, sir." Hagrid's forehead sweated unconsciously. "What's the matter with you, sir?" He thought with a glimmer of hope. Maybe the other party just came to visit him and ask him for some information.

"It's a pity, Hagrid, that the attack hasn't stopped. It's still happening—even a pure-blood wizard was injured as a result. Everyone is nervous..." Fudge made a smirk on his face. Harry thought he was absent-minded. There are more important things bothering him, because since he entered the door, his eyes have been pinned to Hagrid and he hasn't noticed other people at all.

"I think you understand what I mean... this is also a last resort..."

"No, I don't understand, sir! I didn't do anything, you can't—Professor Dumbledore knows that I did not do the wounding!" Hagrid couldn't help backing up, and he said something that surprised the two boys. .

Dumbledore frowned, his expression never relaxed: "Yes, Connelly, I always believe in Hagrid, whether it was fifty years ago or now."

Harry made sure that Dumbledore saw them, because his unique penetrating gaze swept over them, but he seemed to have not seen them, just discouraging Fudge.

"Hagrid has a case, Dumbledore. We can first ask him to go back to the Ministry of Magic to investigate...Once we find the real prisoner, we will send him back and sincerely apologize." Fudge looked at Hagrid. Is he still expecting Hagrid to follow his advice?Hagrid turned blue: "Back to the Ministry of Magic?" There was real fear in his voice, "Aren't you talking about--Azkaban?"

Dumbledore could not allow the Ministry of Magic to take Hagrid away. He stopped Fudge, "Connelly, the accusation made by the Ministry of Magic against Hagrid is untrue. We now know what the monster in the secret room is-it is a basilisk. Hagrid cannot raise a basilisk."

Everyone's face was distorted to varying degrees, or because of surprise, panic, and doubt, Harry swears that he saw Hagrid with a look of surprise for an instant-he always has a soft spot for the most dangerous creatures.Fudge seemed to have been hit hard, his face turned pale, "Snake, basilisk?! There is a basilisk in Hogwarts!"

He looked at Dumbledore: "The Ministry of Magic banned the hatching of basilisks centuries ago!"

"You can go to the portrait of Salazar Slytherin and see if you want to give him a ticket." Dumbledore crossed his hands, and he hid the wise gaze behind his lens again. "Kang Nellie, now you should know why the prisoner can’t be Hagrid-only Viperian can manipulate the basilisk and make them obedient. And Ruber Hagrid is just an ordinary wizard, he cannot be a monster manipulator ."

Fudge Khan was raining, his eyes wandering, Dumbledore was right. From ancient times to the present, it is not that ordinary people have kept basilisks, but countless bloody lessons have taught everyone that they are just looking for death, and there is only a real snake mouth. It is common sense in the magic world to be able to control the basilisk.