Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"The suitor, the pursuit... um, um, so we are going to take a walk in France and relax or something." Hagrid said vaguely, smiling shyly."Since your car is okay, then we should also say goodbye..." Before Hagrid finished speaking, the two women who had spoken on the other side also walked over.

After they introduced themselves to each other, Jane said: "Let's take them for a ride, Oscar. They also want to go in the direction of Dijon. We haven't repaid them yet." Oscar looked at Hagrid in surprise."I forgot to ask your directions! Get in the car, Hagrid, Ms. Maxim. We will see you for a ride."

"No trouble--" Mrs. Maxim took the lead."Then I beg you." After that, he winked at Hagrid.

"You're welcome! Come on, get in the car! We happen to repay your love." Oscar thought for a while, "My dear, can you sit in front with Ruth?" Jian Bai gave him a glance."Oscar, this is not safe."

"It won't happen, I will drive very steadily, there won't be any other cars here... You can't all squeeze in the back seat, you can't sit down." Oscar shrugged, even if this car can fit two big men , But it is not easy to continue adding people to it.

After repeatedly ensuring that there was only a short distance, they got in the car. The facts proved that this decision was wise, because Hagrid had to shrink herself to avoid hitting the roof. The same was true for Mrs. Maxim. As soon as she got in the car, He took a closer look through the rearview mirror."Patience for a while, Ruburt," she said softly.

Oscar is a very talkative and enthusiastic person, who would open the chatterbox from time to time. Their daughter Ruth always moved her head back in the back seat and looked at them both with curiosity.

Soon, the highway appeared in view.Mrs. Maxim is playing a game with Ruth gently."Next, I'll count one, two, three, and you just close your eyes, Ruth?" Hagrid watched with intoxication as Mrs. Maxim, who had always been noble and strong, played with the children kindly.

"Very good, let's start." Mrs. Maxim has been paying attention to her surroundings. She patted Hagrid invisibly on the arm and focused his attention again. Hagrid understood that these three numbers were not just for reminders. Ruth is a signal related to their actions.

"One, two..." Maxim quietly took out his wand, while Hagrid grabbed the big umbrella he had been holding.

"Three." Ruth closed her eyes expectantly, waiting for Madam Maxim to let her open again.But this instruction didn't come for a long time, and she couldn't even hear the movement from the back seat.Ruth lowered her hand from her face and quietly opened a slit. If she was caught, she would be able to argue that she did not open her eyes.

But the back seat, which was still full before, is now empty. Only the dent in the seat can prove that there were people sitting here before."Mom, Olim and Hagrid are gone!" Ruth yelled worriedly, pulling her mother's sleeve.

"Honey, who are you talking about?" Jane hugged her and kissed her face, "Okay, you should go back to your seat, the time for acting like a baby is over...Really, I should have been from the beginning Sit back with you. Oscar, stop by the road first."

"But they were sitting here just now..." Ruth waved anxiously, trying to tell her parents what she wanted to tell them, but she didn't know how to say it."Is it your kids? Is it Lulu or Lewis?" Jane smiled eccentrically. In her opinion, children always like random thoughts and especially like to take these fantasies seriously.

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"Did you not modify Ruth's memory?" Hagrid hid himself behind the trees, and they apparated into a forest, standing high, watching the cars that were driving on the far road and going further and further.

"Of course. The younger you are, the greater the risk of doing this. It is likely to have a bad effect on the child’s brain. Ruth is still young, and even if she knows something, she can’t convince her parents to let them proceed. Anomalies are detected." Mrs. Maxim looked at the foot of the mountain.

"Will that guy chase Oscar and them?" Hagrid asked."We'd better expect him to do this, but don’t worry, he is likely to catch up. He will think that we have been in the car and are heading in the direction of Dijon, and his task is to monitor us, as long as Oscar and his family If there is no parking halfway, or there is something abnormal, the guy will not notice that we left the seat halfway, because he can't catch up and ask." Madam Maxim said confidently.

"You are really the most reliable woman I have ever met, Olim." Hagrid said obsessively, but suddenly became angry. "These little people can't save energy, so they want to find out Dumbledore's weakness. , And then defeat him? You know that he has been fighting for justice!"

Ever since Hagrid accepted Dumbledore's mission, he found that an official from the Ministry of Magic had been following him to monitor him.He was very fortunate that he first went to discuss with Mrs. Maxim. She agreed to go with him without saying a word. On the one hand, it was to cover Hagrid’s true purpose, because she was the principal of Boothbarton School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It can be regarded as going back to Boothbarton to visit the school with her, and take a trip along the way; secondly, it is because Mrs. Maxim and his background are of similar origin, and Dumbledore also agrees that this will have an advantage in the subsequent negotiations.

"We stay for another five minutes, and then immediately Apparate in the direction of the destination." Mrs. Maxim said, "We must rush to the settlement of the giants faster than the group of people, otherwise if the Death Eaters take the lead One step, we have no chance."

Chapter 41: The Mission of the Envoy (Part 2)

"Rubber, you shouldn't fight that vampire, you will make us more noticed." Madam Maxim looked at Hagrid condemningly."But he wants to hit your idea!" Hagrid clenched his fists angrily. "You didn't notice the way he looked at you, I should have dented his nose!"

"You have taught him a lesson, Ruber." Mrs. Maxim smiled and looked less angry. "I just plan to make a deal with him. He tells us all kinds of information around here, and I give him A little blood as reward..."

"But the guy staring at your neck is greedy like a hungry wolf who has not eaten enough. If I don't let him know that we are not easy to mess with, maybe he will turn into a bat to hide and attack us." Hagrid Said angrily.

"No way, although most vampires are more willing to obtain human blood through legitimate transactions or exchanges, not every one is like this. There will always be a part of a group that breaks the rules, and there is no need to entangle these guys. Just provoke one, you can bring out several, their family consciousness is one of the best among non-human races." Mrs. Maxim looked very free and easy, even if she was almost targeted by a vampire ( If that guy does this, it doesn’t necessarily matter who attacked who).

Vampires are clearly different from other non-human races.Although they have some characteristics common to monsters, compared with some non-human races that are completely uncontrollable, they are definitely highly intelligent and highly rational, willing to hide in the crowd and coexist with humans.This also makes them far less persecuted and criticized than other non-human races, and the number is slightly higher.

"Does Dumbledore think they will fight for the support of other non-human races besides giants?" They had already arrived in Russia at this time. After supplying supplies in the wizarding settlement of Minsk, they left the city and headed towards the mountains. In the direction of progress.Since the war between the giants and the wizards, the defeated giants have been driven away by the wizards to a place far away from humans. Although they reappeared during the time when Voldemort was in power, they were originally feared and feared with the defeat of Voldemort. The abominable giant was persecuted and had to migrate to an environment where it is difficult for humans to survive.

"Yeah, he does think so. But he asked us to solve the giants first. He may also send people to the werewolves to try to form an alliance, or goblins and centaurs... This is not easy, let's not talk about goblins and centaurs. Most of them prefer to use words to talk, but werewolves are not that easy."

"But werewolves do possess rationality when they are in human form." They can't use Apparition for so long to travel so long, and sometimes they have to overcome those difficulties themselves, just like now, Hagrid got it from Dumbledore's mouth Information about where the giants live is obtained, but this means that they must use both hands and feet to overcome natural dangers that are difficult for humans to conquer.

"But they will inevitably become wolves... Even though the emergence of the wolf poison potion has become the gospel of the werewolves, many people simply cannot afford such expensive medicine. The materials are hard to find, and the wizards who can make it accurately Very few, and the cost is terrifying... Our Professor Lupin was able to teach at Hogwarts for a year, and it was also because Professor Snape was able to cook out the wolf poison potion." Hagrid bent over and drew a hand. Mrs. Maxim, panted.

"The danger of werewolves has always been among the top... Let's take a vampire as an example. If you want to become a vampire, not only do you have to get close to your neck to suck your blood, you have to drink his blood to complete this so-called ritual. , And most vampires are very weak, they can also become bats or show their fangs..."

"If you are a vampire, you can control the transformation ritual for the time being. As long as you do not achieve the last step, you can even stop it... But the werewolf, as long as the bite is taken, whether the bite or the bite is willing, the former will Become a werewolf. This ritual is fast, fierce, and uncontrollable, because even children know that werewolves are irrational—at least when in wolf form." Hagrid looked around, they climbed higher, the air The thinner it is, the easier it is to get tired. "Should we take a break, Olim?" he asked thoughtfully.

"No, go ahead, Ruber." Mrs. Maxim must be a little tired, but she still insisted, "After all, we are not really here for an outing, but are robbing time." She paused, "Wait. This time we really have time to take a leisurely trip. Let's relax." Hagrid tried to endure the smile at the corner of his mouth, but he failed.

"Is this a new invitation, Olim?"

"Of course it counts." Mrs. Maxim replied directly, "I know that the support of werewolves is not easy to obtain. They are natural killers, and their hearts are full of anger and animalism. As long as people mention werewolves, they will definitely be accompanied. There are countless bad words...but you have to fight for it."

"Yeah." Hagrid nodded, took out the map and looked at it. This was one of the things they got from the vampire in the bar.Hagrid compared the route Dumbledore told them with the map. "I think we have to climb two mountains before we can see the giants' camp from above."

"Hope everything goes well." Hagrid patted the big bag on his back.

After a few more days, the only good news is probably that the weather is very sunny and there are no worse difficulties for them to overcome.Since they came near the place where the giant lives, Hagrid and the others must always be careful. Dumbledore asked them to use less magic and avoid revealing their identities. Whether they are fast or slow, the itinerary of the Death Eaters will not be very different from theirs. , Maybe even faster than them, because Hagrid and the others deliberately detoured in order to avoid the eyeliner of the Ministry of Magic.

"Can you see the foot of the mountain?" Hagrid asked, and Mrs. Maxim was a little surprised unconsciously."Unless someone here is blind, how could he not be able to see it? Even the most ordinary can be twenty feet tall."

How can we describe the scene before us?Every time those big guys take a step, your feet will tremble, even if you are standing on a mountain and they are in the valley, the giants live in caves, Hagrid, they can see the valley all the way to far away. There are exposed cave openings, and the shadows of giants are reflected on the mountain. A small bonfire is lit at their feet. It is those light sources that make the giants even more eerie and terrifying.

"Shall we go down now?" Mrs. Maxim frowned. She noticed that giants were getting into the cave one after another. "While they are sleeping?"

"If the purpose of our trip is to attack, I will do it." Hagrid sighed, "but now, we can only stay on the mountain and wait until tomorrow, so as not to make them nervous." Some giants did not return to the cave, they probably It's the night watchman. "We have to find a place where the fire will not be exposed for one night. Whether it is a giant or a Death Eater, it is not a good thing to be found."

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Early the next morning, Mrs. Maxim used a spell to open the hole buried in the snow, looking at the light coming in from the outside, and the shining white snow covering the mountain. I totally imagined this place less than two hours ago. An avalanche has just occurred, but fortunately it is not very large.

Avalanches are caused by giants. To sum it up with simple and direct conclusions, the direct cause of avalanches lies in the grunts of giants resounding through the sky, not to mention that when the giants of the entire valley sink into their dreams, they converge. The amazing sound.

"Rubber, what are we going to do next?" Mrs. Maxim watched as he took out a frozen torch from his backpack. Strangely, the flame in the ice was still burning."Is this the Gubrai fairy fire?" Mrs. Maxim looked at it in surprise. "Dumbledore made it," she said affirmatively.

"Yeah, he asked us to take this as the first gift to the giants, in order to get their favor and let us be accepted by them. He told me that giants like magic-related items very much except being directly attacked by magic. "Hagrid stood up the long-looking torch, "but we have to unlock this freezing curse before we leave." This is Mrs. Maxim's strength.

Chapter 42 Glope (Part 1)

"I really want to chop off the heads of the giants that made me have to climb the mountains one by one." McNeill spat angrily on the ground, kicked the pile of rocks next to him, "just use mine." Axe, and then I'll hang the trophy on the wall and tell others that I will end up angry." He is tall, works in the Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures in the Ministry of Magic, and is also a Death Eater.

"You can shut up, Walton." Avery said anxiously. He raised his hand to cover the sun above his head so that he could see more clearly. "It's all due to your dragging on the road. We are late. step!"

"I'm procrastinating? Are you trying to take yourself out of responsibility?" McNeill shouted angrily."I mean we must solve this matter as soon as possible! Do you think it is only me or you who will be punished for doing things badly? If you were stunned by those stinky beasts..." Avery gasped. The two of them didn't accept either, they were just driven to walk together by orders.

"Look at the foot of the mountain, idiot. The two guys in the pile of giants-are wizards!"

McNeill was startled and ignored the attack with Avery, and rushed to the cliff to look down.The giants were standing almost on both sides. At the end of them, there was a giant half a circle larger than them. McNeill knew that it must be their Gugo—that is, the leader, because it doesn’t matter whether it’s wrapped around it. The animal skins and the laid-back attitude are unique.

Giants are combative, cruel, and the way they divide their status is very primitive. Every Gu Ge’s feet are the corpses of his compatriots. If the new Gu Ge wants to take the position, he must defeat the current Gu Ge, so they are usually the strongest among the ethnic groups. .

"There are indeed two wizards...a man and a woman." McNeill squinted. "They are here to find the giant."

"Nonsense, are you here for an outing in a place like this? Are there a group of giants dancing around by the bonfire? Do you think it will be from the Ministry of Magic?" Avery licked his lips, looking a little out of control.

"...No, I have never met anyone in the Ministry who feels similar to them. They will not be employees of the Ministry. Besides, there is no news that the Ministry is taking action. Connelly is our best Umbrella, as long as he wants to wear that black hat and not let go... You should really listen to the conversation between him and our director at that time. He thinks expelling inhuman races from the wizarding society is beneficial, although I also agree with those All the guys' heads are cut off." McNeill said excitedly.

"Then they are Albus Dumbledore's people." Avery thought for a while, "We intercepted them halfway...but we have to wait until the business is done..."

"It's hard to tell if it can be done like this." McNeill asserted, "Have you noticed their actions? They lifted things above their heads. This is to show that they are not hostile and are also talking to Gu Ge. One of the necessary etiquette... They must also want to please the giants and ally with them, exactly the same as our purpose."