A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 88 The Second Day

The next morning, the sky was cloudy.The enchanted ceiling of the auditorium was a smoky leaden gray and looked low and depressing.

Owen sat listlessly at the long table to eat, and the cloudy day without warm sunshine made his mood not so bright.

The little wizards were discussing what happened last night, and the humming conversation in the auditorium was like ten thousand bees flying around.

The students happily exchanged and boasted about their experiences.Hufflepuff's Justin Fletcher patted his chest to assure himself that an invisible beast had scratched his paw, even though he had no wounds, and Gryffindor's Ron Weasley boasted loudly Seeing his feat of kicking a big horned deer away, even Draco vividly described the thrilling scene last night, and described how he was in danger...

Judging from the conversations of the people, apart from the Slytherin students who were in danger yesterday, the Gryffindors were also chased and killed by a five-legged monster. Fortunately, Dumbledore arrived in time to let the They spared casualties.The other two colleges survived without any danger, except for a few unlucky ones who were stung by billywigs and other unknown bugs.

Halfway through breakfast, Dumbledore came in and said something, telling everyone that the magical animals that appeared in the castle last night had been subdued by the professors, and the cause of the accident would be found out soon, so everyone should not worry about Yunyun.

However, Owen caught a glimpse of Quirrell poking his head behind Dumbledore from a distance, and was deeply suspicious of Dumbledore's words.

"However, since some little guys are very good at hiding, we can't be sure if there are any omissions. If someone finds a fish that slipped through the net, please inform the professor to deal with it... Although they are not very dangerous, the probability of being killed by them is also high. It won't be zero." Dumbledore said with a playful wink.

"Finally, since everyone was a bit spooked last night, today everyone can take the day off and enjoy an unexpected weekend," he said.

Many young wizards smiled instantly, forgetting the panic of last night.At the Gryffindor table, Hermione pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Of course, the lessons left behind today will be made up in the next few days." Dumbledore added with a smile.

The smiles on the faces of the little wizards disappeared.

Anyway, that's the end of Halloween.Aside from the fact that the professors had been busy all night, and Madam Pomfrey in the school hospital was too busy to find her way, probably only Hagrid, who had harvested a lot of cuties, was overjoyed.

"Professor Snape is injured!" Harry said worriedly.Last night, the dean stood behind them alone, and he was deeply touched by his ability to block the Chimera with ease, which made him have a more sense of identity with this always gloomy dean.

"The dean is so powerful, what kind of animal can hurt him?" He pondered.

Owen glanced at Snape, who was walking with a limp, and then turned his gaze to Quirrell, who was shyly avoiding Snape.Quirrell's face was extremely pale today, with big dark circles under his eyes, and his body trembling slightly, as if he was still immersed in the fright of last night and hadn't recovered.

"Looking at Quirrell like this, I'm afraid he won't be able to last for too long." Owen touched his chin and smiled lowly, "Oh, what am I gloating about? After he is gone, I am the one who is unlucky, haha... ..."

Seeing Owen with a weird smile on his face, feeling the low air pressure around him, both Harry and Draco couldn't help but move a little away from him.

"Owen, just leave what happened last night to the professors, so you don't have to hold grudges..." Blaise patted him on the shoulder solemnly.

"Huh? I don't hold any grudges." Owen gave him a blank look.

No wonder!You're about to take on black air, okay?People around squinted at him.

Owen tapped the table thoughtfully, an elegant and gentle smile appeared on his face in due course, and his whole person instantly seemed to have become an angel who had fallen into the mortal world.

"Huh—" His friends expressed their disgust in unison.

After breakfast, Owen sent the jar containing the bird and snake to Hagrid's hut.Hagrid looked like he hadn't slept all night, but he was full of energy, smiling so hard that he couldn't see his eyes. Before he knocked on the door, Owen seemed to hear an out-of-tune humming.

"Oh, Owen, Harry, come in." Hagrid said enthusiastically, and then glanced at Draco, who followed behind to join in the fun, as well as Blaise and Daphne.He raised his eyebrows and said, "You are Harry's friends, please come in!"

"Draco Malfoy." Draco said his name proudly, his chin raised high.Then he realized that he still couldn't see Hagrid's face like this, so he raised his face higher, which looked a little funny.

"I know, Malfoy..." Hagrid muttered, his impression of the Malfoy family couldn't be worse.Then he realizes it's not good, and hastily adds, "Oh, I mean, famous..."

"Of course, my dad is a board member of Hogwarts." Draco said in a superior tone.He couldn't see Hagrid either.Immediately afterwards, he was secretly kicked on the calf by Harry, his pale face flushed red from the pain, but his expression remained unchanged, only the corners of his eyes twitched slightly.

Hagrid didn't know what to say, he scratched his head, raised his huge palm and patted Draco's head, rubbing his golden fur into a chicken coop.

"Brace Zabini, Daphne Greengrass." Owen introduced Hagrid with a smile, and pushed Draco, who was about to be stabbed, into the cabin.

"Hagrid, we caught a big one last night." He handed out the jar of jays.

Hagrid rubbed his hands excitedly, opened the lid carefully like opening a blind box and took a look, then smiled and said, "Oh, bird snake! It's so cute, isn't it? Although the feathers are burnt It has grown a little, but its recovery speed is not slow, and it will grow back in a few days. Maybe I can raise it in the Forbidden Forest..."

With great interest, he took the little wizards to see the newly opened field behind his hut.The Chimera beast from last night was lying on the ground and sleeping soundly. The shackles on its limbs had been removed, and the wound was wrapped with bandages. In front of it were several skeletons of cows that had been eaten away.

"Look, this is a Chimera. Look at how beautiful he is. He's still a half-grown boy... Suffered a lot, has a lot of psychological trauma, and is not very friendly to people..." Hagrid blew his nose , tearfully talking about how difficult it is for the poor little boy in front of him.

The awakened Chimera snorted and blew flames at Hagrid, scorching his beard and hair.

"Look, what a lively little guy! He's playing with me!" Hagrid waved happily.

The expressions of Owen and the others were indescribable. The little cutie Hagrid was talking about almost ate them all as snacks last night.

"It's a pity that Dumbledore didn't agree with me keeping it in the Forbidden Forest, so it had to be sent away, and someone from the Department of Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures will take over soon..." Hagrid turned and said with great disappointment.

Owen and Harry nodded solemnly, but they were saying in their hearts: The principal is right!
"Okay, come here, I'll show you the five-legged monster, that's a fierce little girl." Hagrid quickly cheered up again, "It's a pity that she will be sent away too... well, that's okay , I can't find a companion for her."

Under the leadership of the enthusiastic Hagrid, a group of people visited the magical animals that made Hogwarts a mess last night, and at the same time they learned some useless cold knowledge from Hagrid.For example, Chimeras like to hit people with their heads when they act like a baby, and five-legged monsters will hold him in their arms when they like someone...

For Merlin's sake, who wants to know if a scary monster rushing up to you is trying to flirt with you or taste you?
When they said goodbye to Hagrid and left, the group fell silent.Even Draco was silent, he was a little startled by Hagrid, and he looked listless at this moment.

In the afternoon, two owls danglingly grabbed a black suitcase and threw it beside Owen. One of them still had a letter in its mouth, which was sent from home.

Owen spread out the letter paper and discerned some scribbled words on it, most of which were unnutritious complaints. I really don't know why Dad talks so much every day.

"...It's a pity that you can remember that there is such a box at home. It took me half a day to rummage through the manor before I remembered that I put it in the house in London...I didn't clean up the contents, I hope you can make good use of it, and it’s best not to let the whole world know about it. This box of the Untraceable Extending Curse has not been reported. Although I won’t go to prison because of it, I’m afraid I will have to write several more documents..."

"And, it's not a one-off, please bring it back whole when you go home, along with your birthday surprise! For Merlin's sake, a potions shop we had in the black market was robbed a few days ago Yes, and with a lot of newly imported medicinal materials, that damn black market clerk was afraid of being held accountable, so he took the money in the store and ran away... I don't want to experience another round of losses..."

Mr. Albert Shafik is still so nonchalant, but he is still mostly joking.As the patriarch of the Shafiq family, Mr. Shafiq is not an easy-going lamp who can manage the family business and contacts well, and his influence will increase.The clerk who ran away with money was absolutely no good in his hands.

"However, there was a family shop in the tent that Voldemort robbed that day?" Owen had a few black lines on his face, "Well, there is another reason to deal with him."

(End of this chapter)