Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

Chapter 174 Hagrid's Hut

As night fell, the clouds still did not dissipate, and the darkness became more and more like a curtain covering the sky, making people breathless.

"That's not a good sign...I think it might rain, don't you think, Hermione?"

In the secluded corridor, Ron glanced sideways out of the window and couldn't help muttering.

Hermione, who was about to move forward, also stopped, and then gave him a big white eye without any surprise.

"If you are afraid, you can go back. I will find Draco and Harry myself. You know, they are still waiting!"

"afraid!?"

One sentence seemed to have hit Ron's sore spot, causing him to immediately bristle, his eyes widened, and he looked at the girl in front of him in disbelief.

"You actually think I'm afraid!? You know, when the three of us met the troll, who picked up the mop and stuffed it into his mouth heroically—it was me!"

"Hmm...whatever!"

Hermione shrugged and didn't intend to argue with Ron on this issue. After all, she had heard his heroic deeds no less than ten times...

These days are fine, a while ago, almost every time after class, Ron would run back to the Gryffindor lounge in a hurry, talking about his experiences with a group of little wizards.

Bragging about one thing dozens of times in different ways seems to have become his daily routine.

So, ignoring Ron and turning her head away, Hermione walked lightly and quickly towards the meeting place agreed with Draco and Harry.

"Hey! Don't go so fast, wait for me!"

Seeing that Hermione ignored him and left straight away, Ron hurriedly lowered his voice and shouted, then trotted back to Hermione's side again.

Soon, the two arrived at the meeting place with ease, taking advantage of the faint moonlight shining in from the window.

Sure enough, when Hermione and Ron arrived here, Harry and Draco were already waiting for them.

Seeing that the two finally arrived without wasting any time, Draco looked at Ron and asked

"Well, how much violet sugar is there?"

Hearing this, a smug smile appeared on Ron's face.

He didn't speak, but directly pulled off the robe on his body, revealing the bulging backpack under the Gryffindor school uniform.

"About fourteen packs! There are also some other candies, such as licorice sticks, lemon sherbet and so on..."

"it is good."

After estimating carefully for a moment, it was about the same after thinking about it, Draco nodded, then glanced at Harry, and then said
"Harry and I went to find some senior seniors in the afternoon, and learned from them that there is indeed a secret passage leading to the Forbidden Forest, but it is on the fourth floor, so we need to be careful."

After all, the four of them, led by Draco, stepped up the stairs in one go, and started walking towards the fourth floor.

The reason to be more careful than usual is because the fourth floor is where Filch's room is located.

Although several people have never been caught by him, it is definitely a stupid behavior to say that he underestimated the administrator who has been guarding Hogwarts for decades because of this...

.........

Sure enough, following a few people to the fourth floor, and groping their way towards the secret passage, a familiar sound of footsteps also happened to come from around the corner.

For a moment, the movements of the four of them stopped abruptly, they all fell silent, and pressed against the wall.

Then, Draco and Hermione pulled out their wands at the same time, and cast a "Disillusionment Charm" on Ron and Harry and their respective bodies at the fastest speed

The cold feeling spread across the whole body again, and then the colors on several people's bodies gradually disappeared, and they were completely invisible the second Filch arrived.

"cough……"

The oil lamp in his hand shook slightly due to Filch's steps, causing the handle and the main body to rub against each other, making a harsh "creaking" sound.

He hunched over, coughed lightly, and looked around suspiciously.

After looking around, he lowered his head, looked at the emaciated Mrs. Norris at his feet, and asked thoughtfully

"Did I hear wrong... Mrs. Norris, did you notice the footsteps just now?"

Mrs. Norris raised her head slightly when she heard the words, and sniffed the air. She seemed to have noticed something, and the whole cat became energetic, walking step by step, constantly looking for some traces...

In the end, following the guidance of the scent, Mrs. Norris stopped in front of the four people leaning against the wall, and a bit of human doubt appeared on her expression.

Draco and the others panicked immediately. They were so frightened that they didn't even dare to take another breath. They could only stare at the skinny cat in front of them with wide eyes, hoping that it would leave quickly.

After all, the Disillusionment Charm works like a piece of optical camouflage.It can make you blend with the surrounding environment, but it can't erase your own existence... Your smell, your body, and the sound you make can still be easily detected.

The doubt in Mrs. Norris' eyes grew stronger.It raised its paw hesitantly, hovered in mid-air, and planned to test it out.

At the same time, Draco, who was staring at it stubbornly, also raised his wand, and fell into a confrontation, planning to petrify everything as long as the other party found something to look at.Regardless of Sanqi 21, let's solve the immediate problem first.

Fortunately, facing Mrs. Norris' strangeness, Filch, the master, didn't notice anything.It was probably too late, and he was unable to see more detailed changes with the simple light source due to his old eyesight.

"Go! Mrs. Norris."

He yelled at the skinny cat in front of the wall, then swayed forward.

The paw that was about to fall was retracted by it, and after Mrs. Norris turned her head and let out a "meow", she gave up the confusion in her heart, obediently returned to Filch's side, and continued the night watch routine of one person and one cat.

When they were far away, Draco and Hermione finally lifted the spell on their bodies, and then breathed the fresh air frantically.

Ron's small face has turned red from holding back too hard just now.

Panting desperately, he looked towards the direction where Filch disappeared, and said viciously
"This cat! I'll roast it sooner or later..."

Harry naturally realized that what Ron said at this time was just angry words, patted him on the shoulder, and said a few words of comfort in a soft voice.

"Okay, don't fight a cat... let's go!"

"Well, let's go, so there won't be any more accidents." Hermione also agreed, and then directly pulled Ron and Harry, and continued to walk forward.

After going through such a not too big twists and turns, the group of people successfully arrived at the entrance of the secret passage, then passed through it, successfully escaped from the castle, and stood on the smooth soil...

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Unlike the cold and damp outside, Hagrid's cabin was dry and warm.

In the fireplace, the orange flames burned the firewood and made a crackling sound.

The warm yellow light also illuminates the whole cabin, making it extra warm and cozy.

Next to the fire was a set of huge wooden tables and chairs, which seemed to be specially made according to Hagrid's size.

At this moment, Hagrid was sitting on a chair, holding a slender quill in his hand, writing a letter to Charlie meticulously at his desk.

Next to the letter paper, there is also a string of exquisite bracelets—that is woven from the mane of the horse-shaped water monster.He intended to send this and the letter to Charlie tomorrow.

Under the table, the huge Neapolitan mastiff, Fang Fang, was snuggling at Hagrid's feet, snoring sleepily while warming comfortably by the fire.

It's like a very beautiful picture scroll...

Suddenly, as if he noticed something, Ya Ya, who was sleeping soundly, slapped his ears twice, opened his eyes and quickly stood up, looking towards the door.

Feeling the change in the sensitivity of the teeth under his feet, Hagrid's pen stopped at the same time.

"What's the matter, Yaya, is there any movement?"

He stroked Yaya's broad back, asked in a low voice, and then couldn't help looking in the direction of the door.

Soon, there was a knock on the door of "dong dong dong".

Hagrid frowned slightly, and there was a bit of doubt in his eyes.A little puzzled, who would knock on his door at this time.

But even so, he still asked loudly
"Which one!?"

"Hagrid! It's me, Harry!"

Harry's voice trembled in through the thick wooden door.

Hagrid's slightly frowned brows relaxed, and he couldn't help raising his eyebrows.Then he stood up from his seat, walked quickly all the way to the door, and opened it.

The door opened, and four young wizards, headed by Harry, were standing at the door trembling with their arms folded, apparently terribly frozen.

"Harry, and Ron, Hermione and Draco...how are you here?!"

Hagrid looked at the four pitiful little wizards in surprise, and couldn't help asking.

"Sorry...can you go in and talk, I'm freezing to death Hagrid..."

Seeing the door open and the hot wind blowing on his body, Ron squeezed in while talking uncontrollably, regardless of 21.

Seeing this, although Hagrid still had doubts, he couldn't stop him. He could only take a step back, let the four of them enter, and then closed the door to cut off the damp and cold outside.

Seeing a few little wizards coming in, Yaya who had stood up fell back on his stomach again, his heavy eyelids drooped, covering his vision, and continued to sleep.

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"...Okay, now you should talk about it, why did you appear here?"

Hagrid sat back on his seat, looked around with a scrutiny look at several young wizards around Fangya holding hot tea, and asked:
"If I remember correctly... You should be sleeping in bed at this time! Instead of running to my hut for tea... Shouldn't you?"

The four people first looked at me and I looked at you. In the end, Draco elbowed Ron beside him, and then made a gesture with his eyes.

Ron understood, stood up hastily, and lifted his robe with a flattering smile on his face, revealing the bulging backpack inside.

"Hagrid... actually we brought you a present."

As he spoke, he opened the backpack, revealing the violet candies full of it.

"Look! A backpack full of candies, and most of them are violets!"

A few people thought that such a "generous gift" would make Hagrid very happy, at least on the surface they would be somewhat surprised.

After all, it is really not an easy task to buy so many of this restricted candy.

But he didn't want to, Hagrid didn't even raise his eyelids... He just looked at Ron's backpack politely, then turned his head, and pulled out a huge sack that was as tall as a person from under the table.

Before the four of them could react, he pulled the sack open on his own, then reached into it with his thick giant hand, casually took out a handful of candy, and placed it in front of the four of them.

"Thank you for your kindness... But, Charlie just gave me a lot not long ago. If you want to eat, you can come to me."

Hagrid said with a blank face, his tone was extremely calm, but it made people feel a little taste of Versailles inexplicably.

Ron's eyes were even more straightened. He stared at the sack that was taller than him, and then looked at his own small bag. He suddenly lost the desire to continue talking. He took two steps back calmly and put it down. He took off the cloak, and sat back in the position just now.

"So... what are you guys going to do?"

Hagrid sighed, tied the sack again, and repeated the question he had just asked.

Seeing this scene, Draco had no choice but to stand up and said with a serious face
"Actually...we are here to investigate something."

"investigation?"

Hagrid couldn't help but feel amused seeing the solemnity on that immature little face that didn't match his age.He patted his knee and couldn't help asking
"Quirrell!"

Harry also stood up and said seriously

"We think there must be something wrong with Quirrell!"

Hermione also added
"He had a premeditated plan for what was hidden in that room in the corridor on the third floor! Although we don't know what it is, I can guarantee it! He definitely came for this."

"Also! And the time we were attacked by the troll, he did it too!"

Not to be outdone, Ron hurriedly took the words.

Now it was Hagrid's turn to be dumbfounded.

He was a little overwhelmed by the amount of information and slots in the words of the four little wizards. He opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

"You guys, can..."

Just when he finally slowed down and was about to speak, a strong explosion outside the house interrupted his organized speech again.

"What's that sound!?" Luo quilt jumped, and hurriedly turned his head to look in the direction of the explosion sound outside the window - he saw the Forbidden Forest stretching out, suddenly bursting with green light, in this lonely night , looked particularly eye-catching.

(End of this chapter)