Hogwarts Card System.

Is the main storyline back in Chapter 70?

"A dragon egg?!" Harley blurted out.

Hagrid was taken aback, then laughed heartily. "Harley, you know her?!"

Harley nodded. "It really is a dragon egg! I've only ever seen similar pictures in books before."

Ted was a little envious of Harley; the Potter and Black family's library was a huge treasure trove.

Consider that the Marauders quartet created the Marauder's Map and completed the Animagus during their student days; this is inseparable from the powerful foundation of the two families.

Harley is practically within reach now!

Hagrid looked like he'd found a kindred spirit, beaming with joy like a child weighing three or four hundred pounds.

"Yes, a dragon egg! Genuine! It's a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon egg, very precious~" His voice was filled with joy and pride.

Perhaps it was in his nature, but he had a particular fondness for, or even an obsession with, those huge, ferocious beasts!

"Artificially incubating dragon eggs is no easy task. I have to turn it over every three hours, and I've also prepared a lot of related books!" He pointed to a stack of books on a table.

This is a book about raising dragons that Hagrid borrowed from the library, but he doesn't know how reliable it is.

Fire Dragon: From Birth to Becoming a Prop

Raising dragons for entertainment and profit

From Dragon Egg to Being Burned to Death

Guide to Raising Fire Dragons

Okay, it doesn't seem very reliable.

Anyway, Ted didn't think that feeding baby dragons with whiskey containing chicken blood was a proper recipe.

Speaking of which, I even have a dragon egg!

Moreover, red dragon eggs are produced in Azeroth, which are far superior to fire dragon eggs.

The problem is how they were hatched, and their origin is also unclear...

The crowd stared in disbelief at the dragon egg placed in the embers of the stove.

Ron, somewhat bewildered, asked, "Hagrid, keeping dragons is illegal, isn't it?!"

At that sentence, Hagrid's face fell: "Uh... it's not that bad, well, we're different..."

Hermione asked another question: "Does Dumbledore know?"

"Ah..." Hagrid's mouth was open, but he was completely silent.

Ted realized this wasn't going to work either. He couldn't very well have Hagrid kindly invited them to share secrets and joy, only to have them all get a good beating in return.

He waved his hand, "We'll talk about those things later. At least until this dragon grows too big to be kept in the house, we don't need to think about it."

He glanced at Hagrid, who visibly relaxed.

That's right, that's how it is~

Hagrid is quite naive in this regard, with a very optimistic outlook. "Tomorrow's worries will come tomorrow; today I'll just hatch the eggs!"

Ted changed the subject, and everyone stopped thinking about the illegality of raising dragons and began to admire the dragon eggs.

They were just novice wizards, completely unconcerned about laws or anything like that. The real fun, however, lay in the living dragon eggs before them!

This is a dragon egg described in a book! Who has ever seen a real one before? You can't buy one of these on the market even if you have the money.

"Hey, by the way, Hagrid, where did you get this dragon egg from?" Harley suddenly asked.

Not only is raising dragons illegal, but buying and selling dragon eggs is also illegal.

The Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon egg, in particular, was likely smuggled from the magical communities of other countries.

"Um~" Hagrid scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "I won it playing cards~"

He grinned. "That guy thinks he can beat me? Hah, how naive! Humph~"

"Won it playing cards?" No one expected it to have such a legendary origin.

Hagrid enthusiastically recounted how he encountered the smuggler hiding in the Hog's Head tavern in Hogsmeade, how the smuggler was so distressed about not being able to sell the dragon egg, how they ended up playing cards and drinking together, discussing magical creatures, and finally Hagrid swindling the dragon egg into his possession...

"Haha, this guy was worried I couldn't handle him. I told him even the three-headed Luwei is obedient in my hands; I just need to play some music for it, and it'll go to sleep!"

Hermione astutely noticed the key point: "A three-headed Fulve?"

"It's that three-headed dog!" Harley immediately thought of the three-headed dog that had left a deep impression on her—the one that had sprayed her with saliva.

"Is that three-headed dog yours?" Ron asked.

He finally understood why Hagrid would risk raising a dragon. After all, he already had a Cerberus the size of a room, so a dragon wasn't a big deal, right?

Jerry swallowed hard. The first time he saw that three-headed dog, drooling all over the place, had really startled him. He was worried the dog would get involved in other people's business.

That three-headed dog was incredibly fierce; its head was as big as a normal round table, and it could probably eat half a rib in one bite.

Although many of the young wizards opened the door on the third floor, none of them dared to try opening the secret door guarded by Cerberus.

The whirring sound from just the three heads was more powerful than that of a tractor.

Not to mention the young wizards, even Professor Quirrell and the crippled Voldemort were stumped.

So Harley and her friends, being mischievous, racked their brains for a week or two but couldn't come up with a solution, and eventually gave up.

If Hagrid hadn't mentioned it today, I would have completely forgotten about this dog.

At this point, Hagrid clearly panicked. "No, Fluffy isn't my pet. I didn't..."

Seeing everyone staring at him, he sighed and gave up, "Okay, it's me! I bought Louie from a Greek smuggler when he was less than a month old, not much bigger than my hand."

"That smuggler clearly didn't know how to take care of it; it almost died from the abuse. I can't just watch it die like that!!"

As he spoke, Hagrid glanced at Hermione, as if to confirm Fluffy's background, and added, "Dumbledore knows Fluffy. It was Dumbledore's idea to have it watch the door... Oh!" He suddenly covered his mouth, realizing he had let something slip.

Harley didn't care what Hagrid was trying to hide; instead, she was unusually excited—the questions she'd had for over half a year were finally being answered.

She urged hastily, "What exactly is Dumbledore hiding that requires Cerberus to guard it?"

Hagrid leaned back as if facing some dangerous behemoth: "No! No! I don't know, I didn't say anything..."

"Speak, Hagrid! You know!"

"I have no idea!"

"Speak!"

"I can't say!"

"See, you still know!"

"Oh my God, don't force me. I can't, I promised I wouldn't tell." Hagrid was clearly trapped—going from denying it to saying he couldn't tell was tantamount to admitting it.

Ted chimed in from the side, "But you've already revealed Lou Williams's weaknesses."

"I didn't!" Hagrid persisted.

"Didn't you tell the person who lost your dragon egg?"

"Ah..." Hagrid managed to squeeze out a sound, then fell silent.

Hermione added insult to injury: "That's right, playing music, isn't it?"

"No, no..." Hagrid's voice was full of pitifulness, and Neville couldn't bear to look at him, so he turned his face away.

Harley added insult to injury: "Even if you don't say anything, we can put on some music to put it to sleep, and then open the door ourselves to check on it."

"No! No! You can't! That's Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel's secret... Oh!" Hagrid covered his mouth again, this time truly not saying a word.

No matter how Ted and Harley tried to coax him, he covered his mouth and remained silent.

This trick works; after all, if you don't speak, you won't let something slip.

But what's the use of that now, since the key information has already been revealed?

"Nico Flamel? I vaguely remember that name. Where have I seen it before?" Hermione frowned, deep in thought.

However, Nicolas Flamel was born hundreds of years ago, and he is rarely mentioned in books of the last hundred years, so she couldn't recall him in a short time. Unlike Ted, who had a memory palace to "retrieve" memories.

Ron, being quite clever, looked at Ted and said, "Ted definitely knows!"

They've even developed a knack for copying homework.

Ted shrugged: "Nicolas Flamel, one of the greatest alchemists, created the only Philosopher's Stone to date, also known as the Philosopher's Stone, one of the materials for making the Elixir of Immortality, which can turn base metals into gold."

"He also worked with Dumbledore to research twelve new uses for dragon's blood, which are documented on Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog cards."

"Ah!" Hermione exclaimed, then slapped her thigh hard. "How come I didn't remember?"

Ted rubbed his thigh. "Next time, pat your own leg!"

Ron swallowed hard, then asked with some difficulty, "Turn lead into gold? My God! Dumbledore hid this thing under Cerberus?!"

He's obsessed with turning lead into gold, and his CPU is already overloaded.

The group was still discussing the magic stone when they left, clearly very envious.

Hagrid was paralyzed, looking utterly lifeless.

After all, he had revealed Dumbledore's secret to the group of six, and he had let Dumbledore down.

Hagrid: Let's go, you all should go now. I'm tired...

It must be said that Dumbledore made the right choice in selecting Hagrid to keep the secret.

This is absolutely keeping quiet!

Professor Quirrell and Voldemort, along with Neville and Harley—we already know who they are, right?

Old ginger is spicier!

Sending dragon eggs is a brilliant idea; I wonder if Quirrell or Voldemort came up with it. A double win!

First, by extracting Cerberus's weakness from Hagrid, we can overcome the most difficult first hurdle.

Secondly, Hagrid, as the hunter-governer, was too busy incubating eggs and raising dragons to patrol the Forbidden Forest, which made it easier for Quirrell to take advantage of the unicorn.

Ted made up his mind: I will not set foot in the Forbidden Forest for the entire year!

If we run into Voldemort, we're dead meat!

The system, however, contradicted this:

"Ding~ Task triggered:"

Forbidden Forest Adventure (Red)

Half of Hogwarts' treasure lies in the castle, and the other half in the Forbidden Forest. Countless unknown secrets and riches reside there. Those who study here for seven years must explore the Forbidden Forest.

Objective: To explore the forbidden forest.

Progress: 0/100%

Rewards: 1200 experience points, +1 level to Magical Zoology, and a random card.

Of the countless magical creatures, half are found in the Forbidden Forest!

(End of this chapter)