Hogwarts: From Little Wizard to White Lord

Unfortunately, Hagrid was a beat too late to stop it. The next moment, Hermione, who caught the fairy, screamed - the fairy's small mouth bit the skin on Hermione's finger hard.

The damage wasn't serious given the size of the body, and there wasn't even any bleeding, but it was still enough to frustrate a kind-hearted little girl.

Enduring the pain, Hermione looked frustratedly at the fairy in her hand that was still struggling with her skin, and said to Hagrid and Vaughn who came over, "I'm sorry, I was confused by her appearance."

"Don't be sad, child, you are trying to save it." Hagrid comforted him in a gruff voice, "But as you can see, these little creatures have no brains. They are wild beasts and cannot discern your intentions."

As he spoke, Hagrid reached out and grabbed the fairy, ready to deal with it in his own way -

To Hagrid, fairies were not a rare thing; in a sense, they could even be considered pests.

These little guys are very fertile. They like to lay eggs on the back of plant leaves, up to dozens at a time. After hatching, the larvae survive their infancy by eating leaves and absorbing tree sap. In just six to ten days, the larvae will spin a cocoon, and after a month, they will break out of the cocoon and transform into fairies.

Fairies have been one of Hagrid's biggest headaches since he started guarding the Forbidden Forest.

Hermione looked longingly at the beautiful fairy, then at Hagrid's hand. Even Hagrid, who was slow-witted, could sense that Hermione didn't want to hurt it.

He couldn't help but look at Vaughn.

Vaughan shrugged. He was the one who knew Hermione's character best. She had a quick temper and seemed difficult to get along with at first glance, but in fact she was a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and was very kind by nature.

Vaughan never thought that kindness was a trait that needed to be avoided. Even though he himself had nothing to do with the word, he still liked kind people.

So when Hermione saved the fairy before, he was not surprised at all and did not stop her.

At this time, of course, she would not be deliberately taught a lesson or asked to face cruelty - there is no need to use adults' thinking of seeking good and avoiding danger to restrain the growing character of a 12-year-old girl.

Besides, fairies are not high-risk creatures.

He would rather teach Hermione some less popular knowledge.

Vaughn motioned Hagrid to let go, gently stroked the still angry fairy, and said to Hermione with a smile:

"In fact, besides being irritable and quick-tempered, fairies also have another very interesting personality trait."

As he spoke, he picked up a leaf and turned it into an exquisite glass bottle with a hollow texture. Under his magic, the bottle looked like a work of art carved out of crystal.

Vaughan brought the glass bottle close to her hand, and then, Hermione was surprised to see that the fairy, who had been biting her skin stubbornly, raised her head stupidly and looked at the exquisite glass bottle as if she was under some kind of magic.

Then, dragging her injured wings, she limped and crawled into the bottle by herself. She groped around and found the most comfortable position. She hummed comfortably, struck the most beautiful posture, and pressed herself completely into the bottle.

Like a relief inside a bottle!

What surprised Hermione even more was that as the fairy lay down in the bottle and chirped, the other fairies who were still fighting in the air immediately stopped.

They scrambled to fly down, flew around the bottle a few times, and then pushed each other to climb into the bottle.

Like the fairy at the beginning, they find the position they think is comfortable, the most beautiful posture, and quietly stick themselves there.

Hermione hesitated: "Uh..."

"In addition to being short-tempered and easily angered, fairies are also particularly vain. As long as there are beautiful, shiny things for them to hide in, they will be happy to disguise themselves as beautiful and luxurious decorations."

"We didn't catch the right time last year because Professor Flitwick was quite busy. In previous years, he would specially catch fairies to decorate the lanterns at Hogwarts during Christmas. Bill told us about this when he came back from school that year. Since then, we have also caught fairies for Christmas decorations."

The three of them left the abandoned unicorn nest. Along the way, Hermione couldn't let go of the glass bottle that contained several fairies and looked particularly gorgeous at the moment, while listening to Vaughn's explanation.

Hagrid listened with great interest.

"Merlin, I never knew there was such a method. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them doesn't even mention it."

"Newt's purpose in writing the book was to tell the wizarding world what magical creatures there are and their current living conditions. His original intention was to awaken everyone's awareness of protecting magical creatures. Of course, it couldn't possibly explain how to capture them."

"Newt?"

Hermione caught the point immediately.

Hagrid, who was as good as Harry in keeping his mouth shut, replied without a trace of guardedness, "Newt Scamander, the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a noble and great man... Vaughn, did you see his basement when you went to his place?"

Hagrid's small black beetle-like eyes sparkled.

Looking at his curious and innocent look, Vaughan was speechless, but in the face of Hermione's inquiring eyes, he could only answer calmly:

“I have.”

"Oh, is it really as big as the legend says? I read a report in the newspaper. It is said that there are hundreds of magical animals living there, such as bird snakes, thunderbirds, leopards, and horned beasts... Oh, and there are also horned beasts!"

For Hermione, who had just been exposed to magic for a year, she didn't recognize any of the names Hagrid mentioned.

But Hermione, who was familiar with Hagrid's character, knew that the animals he was interested in must be extremely rare and dangerous!

She took Vaughn's hand and shook it, her bright eyes full of curiosity.

Vaughn, who had been trying to make a fool of himself, sighed inwardly, "The bird snake is an animal that can change its size freely. It can be small enough to fit into a teacup, or it can be large enough to fill the largest classroom at Hogwarts..."

"Thunderbirds can control the weather, bringing wind, rain, and lightning. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but they're very rare even in their native North America. Newt rescued one a long time ago, but he released it back into North America. That was decades ago..."

"What about the horned camel?"

Listening to Vaughn's description of the characteristics and habits of those magical animals, Hagrid's face showed envy and a strong desire for knowledge. "I've never seen them before. Legend has it that the last pair of horned beasts in the world have been living in the basement of the Scamander family. They should have bred a large family by now, right? Can you tell me what they look like?"

"Well—indeed there was, but I didn't see it!"

"what?"

"I've never seen a Nangdu leopard or an evil bird either. These magical animals are either highly dangerous and lethal, or endangered. It's unlikely you'll see them easily..."

Hagrid felt deeply sorry.

"Actually, I've always felt that Dumbledore was completely off topic when he asked you to come to the Forbidden Forest to look for materials. Fairies and vixens are boring. He should have asked you to go to Scamander's basement. Just think about it. If you could borrow Scamander's collection of leopards and harpies and put them in..."

"Cough cough!"

Seeing that Hagrid was getting more and more excited, Vaughn had to cough loudly to interrupt him.

"Oh, sorry!" Hagrid, realizing that he had almost leaked the secret again, shut up in a depressed mood.

Hermione, who had been listening attentively, pinched Vaughn's hand with her soft fingers and smiled, "So, the fairy we just caught was also requested by Dumbledore? Vaughn, didn't you say that you were going to the Forbidden Forest just to find some potions and alchemy materials?"

"...Well, both are needed!"

"is it?"

Hermione's lips curled up into a shallow dimple. She looked at Vaughn, who remained calm, and Hagrid, whose forehead began to sweat, and did not pursue the matter any further.

Although she had already realized that Vaughn was hiding something important from her, she forced herself not to think about it.

After nearly a year of schooling, the girl realized from long-term isolation that sometimes being too sensitive and asking too many questions can appear too aggressive, which can cause great harm to the relationship.

When facing people and feelings that you think are important, it is best to be a little "confused".

After nearly leaking the secret twice in a row, Hagrid finally didn't dare to say anything. For the rest of the time, he kept his mouth shut almost the entire time.

Fortunately, rich experience does not require language. All he has to do is take Vaughn to the habitats of magical animals he knows, and then watch Vaughn use various magic to catch them.

Throughout the afternoon, Hermione watched Vaughan use his superb magic to capture many magical creatures she had never heard of before.

She looks very similar to a fairy and is said to be a distant relative of the fox spirit.

Suspended in the air, they glow like light bulbs in Muggle society, and they look like glowworms that look like bubbles.

The orb-eating birds have the ability to travel through space and can disappear freely and travel to other places. Hermione learned for the first time that they were the "dodo" that the Muggle society claimed to be extinct. The wizards found that because of the extinction of the dodo, the Muggles realized for the first time that they should protect the environment, so they began to deliberately hide the existence of the orb-eating birds.

Hermione also picked up some miscellaneous materials. For example, in a woodland, she picked up a large claw that had fallen off from an eight-eyed giant spider.

She also asked Vaughan why he didn't catch an acromantula.

But Vaughn looked at her with strange eyes, as if he couldn't bear it, as if she had made some bad suggestion. Hagrid was very interested. He kept proving to Vaughn that the Acromantula only looked scary, but was actually gentle and cute.

Unfortunately, Vaughn never actually caught an eight-eyed giant spider in the end.

As the sky gradually darkened, the journey in the Forbidden Forest came to an end. At the end, Hermione had another new experience - Apparition.

And it’s the magic of magical beasts, Dumbledore’s famous phoenix Fawkes!

Vaughn summoned it by lighting a tail feather.

Hermione always felt that Fawkes looked at Vaughn with great vigilance, as if he was on guard against something. She remembered that last Halloween, Vaughn used Fawkes to block the Killing Curse.

Memories that had faded with time were awakened again.

Hermione suddenly realized that due to her busy schoolwork, she had not paid attention to the investigation of the black-robed man for a long time. Before parting with Vaughn, she asked a question specifically.

Vaughn replied, "He hasn't been found yet. He hasn't been seen since Halloween. I've only identified two suspects, and they were the ones you were most suspicious of."

Chapter 101 Vaughan: Albus, you are a devil!

"Professor Quirrell and Snape?"

"Yes!" Vaughn said seriously, "Of all the professors, only these two are the most abnormal. Quirrell is because of his quirk. To be honest, the weather is so hot, and he still wears a big turban every day. It's really suspicious."

"I doubt Professor Snape because he is so hostile to Harry and almost wishes Harry would die. But again, Dumbledore believes him."

So, there is actually no progress at all.

Hermione scratched her hair in annoyance. "What did Dumbledore say?"

Vaughan didn't hesitate to throw dirty water: "Our dear headmaster didn't say anything. He indulges himself in desserts and knitting every day. Tracking down dark wizards is not as important to him as coming up with new knitting patterns."

"Oh my God, how could he do this!"

Hermione looked incredulous, "He's the headmaster, how could he be so irresponsible?"

"My dear, you should have seen that he was unreliable when he led us in singing the school song on the first day of school!"

Hermione wanted to restore some dignity for the headmaster, but after thinking carefully about what she had seen and heard over the past few months, she really couldn't say against her will that Dumbledore was a responsible headmaster.

At least Hermione had a lot of opinions about the handling of the Philosopher's Stone.

She kicked a stone away in frustration. "Why did he have to hide the Philosopher's Stone in the school? Why did he protect Snape? Why did he recruit someone like Professor Quirrell... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lost my temper."

Vaughan hypocritically comforted her: "It's not your fault, it's all Dumbledore's fault!"

……

"Why do you blame me?"

In the headmaster's office, Dumbledore's pale beard trembled as he questioned Vaughn, who was rummaging through his bag across the desk, checking today's gains.

In the corner, Snape, standing in the shadows, uttered a loud grunt.

That was a very blatant mockery.

Dumbledore frowned as he watched Vaughan take out the fairy jar and slowly admire it under the lamp. He couldn't help but accuse him, "It was you who deceived them. How cruel must you be to dump all the problems on someone without any burden..."

"He's over a hundred years old, isn't he?"