Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 282 Hagrid is taken away, Harry is unwilling

Harry felt very depressed.

He just didn't want his friend to be thrown in Azkaban.

But Hagrid's stubborn attitude left him helpless.

Harry thought that if Hagrid didn't have such a personality, he might not have been expelled from school that year.

Lin Xia had no idea of ​​Harry's complicated thoughts.

She looked at Hagrid seriously and asked again, "Will you not come with us?"

Hagrid shook his head, his attitude was firm: "I will wait here for them to come. I have never opened the Chamber of Secrets, and I am not the heir of Slytherin as rumored. I believe the Ministry of Magic will clear my name."

Perhaps knowing the little wizard's complicated thoughts and worrying about him, Hagrid emphasized again:
"This is the Ministry of Magic led by Dumbledore. Even if you don't believe in the Ministry of Magic, you have to believe in Dumbledore. He has never done anything wrong."

In Hagrid's mind, Dumbledore is his faith.

Harry, Lin Xia and Draco looked at each other. Now that things had come to this, there was nothing they could do if Hagrid didn't leave.

Harry was worried that this was the last time he would see Hagrid, and wanted to stay and have dinner with him.

Lin Xia also readily agreed: "Then let us cook you a delicious meal."

Hagrid smiled and said, "I've always been thinking about your craft. It's great that you're willing to do it."

Inexplicably, Lin Xia always felt like this was the last supper.
And the meal she cooked for Hagrid was the legendary last meal.

She shook her head to get rid of this unreliable thought.

While cooking, she kept paying attention to what was going on in her mind, trying to see if the compass of destiny would pop up at this moment.

Whenever she encountered a crisis, the compass of destiny would pop up and turn in time to remind her, but this time when she went to the Forbidden Forest to look for Hagrid, the compass of destiny did not move at all.

Lin Xia was thoughtful.

Perhaps fate didn't think that Hagrid was in danger this time?
The reason why she respected Hagrid's choice was because there was one thing Hagrid said that was very right.

——This is not other people’s Ministry of Magic, but Dumbledore’s Ministry of Magic!

If even Dumbledore didn't know that Hagrid was imprisoned in Azkaban, then he, as the Minister of Magic, was essentially being sidelined by his subordinates.

Everyone imprisoned in Azkaban is a heinous criminal and must have gone through layers of approval. If one link was intercepted, Hagrid would be rescued.

At worst, given Harry's relationship with Dumbledore, and the fact that Vice-Principal Professor McGonagall can contact Dumbledore at any time, they can easily report this matter to the headmaster.

If this still can't change Hagrid's fate of being imprisoned...

Lin Xia paused holding the long-handled ladle, her eyes slightly lighting up.

Perhaps this is the rest of Dumbledore's game?
Lin Xia prepared an extremely sumptuous meal.

She made hot pot and cooked Hagrid's favorite rock cake.

Lin Xia made rock skin pancakes of different flavors for him, and came up with dozens of different ways to make rock skin pancakes.

This not only attracted Hagrid, but also Harry, who had been frowning.

He hurried to the Forbidden Forest and didn't even have time to eat!

Just by smelling the aroma coming from the hot pot, Hagrid and Harry's stomachs started growling.

Harry's cheeks flushed slightly and he tried to muffle the noise with his hands, but his stomach growled even louder.

Harry looked left and right and couldn't help but say, "Lin Xia, this tastes different from the last time we had hot pot. It smells so good!"

Lin Xia said, "Last time I used spicy hot pot base, this time I used mushroom stewed chicken base. Didn't you smell the aroma of chicken soup?"

Draco couldn't help nodding as well.

He thought Lin Xia only knew how to make spicy flavors, but it turns out she could also make non-spicy flavors, and they were so fragrant and delicious just by smelling.

Thinking of this, Draco couldn't help but look at Lin Xia.

He started to suspect again that Lin Xia was lying when she said eating spicy food could help with cultivation.

It’s simply because Lin Xia likes spicy food, so I made the food spicy for him.

Hagrid smelled the aroma and felt even hungrier. He opened his mouth and said:

"I smell it! There are mushrooms, chicken, enoki mushrooms, deer antlers... Speaking of chicken, I prefer to eat Scottish chickens. They have plump meat, few bones, and grow very fast.

They can also spurt flames from their mouths. I often roast them with the flames they spurt out. They are indeed stupid chickens. They are really stupid..."

Hagrid began to talk non-stop, as if that would ease his tension.

After a while, the hot pot was ready, and Harry and others started eating quickly.

As Harry ate, he felt his eyes become moist, as if his tears had fallen into the soup.

He sniffed and wiped his nose with his hand, not wanting to cry. He was already a little adult and couldn't let others worry and see him like this.

Little did he know that Harry's strange behavior was noticed by Lin Xia and Hagrid.

The rock cake in Hagrid's hand was no longer fragrant. He was a little at a loss, his lips slightly opened, wanting to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

He turned his head to the window from time to time to keep watch on Harry and Lin Xia.

Once someone comes over, they have to hide quickly to avoid being seen and associated with him.

However, they waited for a long time and ate hot pot over and over again, three times in total, but they still didn't see anyone from the Ministry of Magic in the distance.

Harry's heart skipped a beat, and he asked nervously, "Could it be that the Ministry of Magic discovered something and thought you were not the real murderer, so they left temporarily?"

Hagrid: "Ah? No way, they give up so easily?"

Lin Xia didn't have as good an idea as Harry.

She discovered that not only did no one from the Ministry of Magic come, but Hermione and Ron also didn't come. Perhaps these two people had put in a lot of effort and delayed the Ministry of Magic's progress.

With Hermione's wisdom, she knew enough to know what to do.

On the other side, Hermione and Ron are here.

Compared to the peaceful life over there at Hagrid's place, their place is full of disasters.

Of course, it was not the two little wizards who suffered, but the people in the Ministry of Magic.

Even Snape's mouth twitched from time to time.

He hadn't expected that these two little wizards could be so troublesome. On the way to Hagrid's Hut, they encountered endless little troubles.

Sometimes I stepped on bird eggs, sometimes bird droppings fell from the sky, sometimes my clothes got caught on tree branches, and sometimes I fell down.

The key is still hot.

The further they walked, the hotter it got. Snape obviously found that the temperature around them was very different from the actual temperature, and he didn't know what method the little wizard used to generate heat.

There is nothing they can't do, only things they can't imagine.

"Oh shit!" Umbridge kept complaining, "I don't want to stay in this miserable place for another day. Professor Snape, how far is it to Hagrid's hut?"

"If we continue walking, I can't help but complain on behalf of Hagrid about Hogwarts's harshness towards him. How could the cabin be built so far away? His daily life must be very inconvenient. It takes several hours to go back and forth..."

Snape glanced at her indifferently, raised his head and said arrogantly: "Hagrid will come out on a flying broom, so he will be very fast. Ms. Umbridge doesn't need to worry about this."

Umbridge said in a shrill voice: "He can ride a broom, so why can't we? This is the fault of you having won Hogwarts!"

Snape: "Of course we can take a flying broom, but we are not familiar with the terrain of the Forbidden Forest. I am worried that you will encounter a giant war tree while flying, which is no joke.

If we really encounter this, I am not sure I can save you. Although the road I am leading you on is longer, it is the safest.

If you don't believe me, then I won't lead the way, just walk slowly on your own!"

After these words were spoken, Snape obviously wanted to quit!

Hermione and Ron, who were invisible beside them, also heard Snape's words and their eyes flickered.

No matter how stupid they were, they could tell that Snape was helping Hagrid.

How could Snape be unfamiliar with the terrain of the Forbidden Forest?
Apart from Hagrid, he is the person who comes to the Forbidden Forest most often!

Snape had to pick a lot of rare magical plants in the Forbidden Forest. He came more diligently than Dean Sprout, but Snape had a problem: he liked to take advantage of others.

Lin Xia had mentioned to them more than once that Dean Sprout always mentioned Snape when giving her the magic plant.

The dean said that the old bald man was very stingy.

Every time he comes to her, he wants to take advantage of her, not only this, but also that. Not only does he want to buy it at the lowest price, but he also wants her to give him extra gifts.

And it is clear that these magical plants can be picked in the forbidden forest.

It was because Snape was so diligent in taking advantage of Dean Sprout that it was not easy for Lin Xia to take advantage of the dean.

Because the dean had fallen into many traps with Snape.

However, no matter how hard you try to stop it, the day will come.

As the sun began to set, the Forbidden Forest grew cooler, and they finally arrived at Hagrid's cabin.

Hagrid was the only one sitting in the cabin. He had cooked a pot of delicious chicken soup and was eating it leisurely, drinking wine. He looked very comfortable.

He saw Snape and the people from the Ministry of Magic, and raised his hand with a slightly drunk look and red cheeks, and greeted them:
"Hello, what are you doing in the Forbidden Forest?"

The people in the Ministry of Magic breathed a sigh of relief.

This trip was full of twists and turns, but fortunately they finally caught Hagrid!
They immediately said righteously: "Hagrid, please cooperate with the Ministry of Magic's investigation and go to the Ministry of Magic to accept questioning about the Chamber of Secrets incident decades ago."

The wizards stared at Hagrid and clenched their wands.

Hagrid has the blood of a giant. Once he gets angry, ordinary magic is useless to him, so powerful magic has to be used right from the start.

But surprisingly, Hagrid was very cooperative.

He was not surprised at all, but he didn't care and said, "Of course, I'll go with you."

So smooth?

Even the people in the Ministry of Magic were a little surprised. They thought Hagrid would rise up in resistance.

But it's that simple.

Their magic handcuffs were easily put on Hagrid's hands, sealing off all the magic power in his body, making him look like an ordinary person.

Apart from his strong physique, he looked no different from a Muggle at this moment.

During this process, Snape frowned and occasionally looked around, as if he was looking for something?
But he was destined to gain nothing.

After the people from the Ministry of Magic arrived, Hagrid let Lin Xia and Harry leave first.

The two little wizards sneaked around to the back and avoided the people from the Ministry of Magic. Fearing that they would be discovered, Harry still used the invisibility cloak!
So Snape had no idea when they left.

Not long after Linxia, ​​Harry and Draco went out, they met Ron and Hermione, and the little wizards went back together.

After hearing Hagrid's reason for not wanting to escape, Hermione couldn't help but sigh: "I hope the Ministry of Magic can give him justice."

Harry couldn't help but look at Ron, "Ron, what do you think?"

Ron pursed his lips. He had controlled himself not to speak, but this was what Harry wanted to ask him.

Ron muttered, "Harry, we have to think positively, maybe the Ministry of Magic will really clear Hagrid's name?

After all, the Ministry of Magic is so big that there are always people who work hard, such as my father. It's a pity that he is not valued by Dumbledore in the Ministry.

If he could intervene in the Auror's affairs, maybe he could have a say, but there is no way, the bad thing about honest people is that they are not as capable as those nobles in running things..."

Ron suddenly realized what was happening, glanced at Draco, and immediately added, "I didn't mean to say that about your father."

Drake said indifferently: "My family is already very rich, this is an indisputable fact, so a little political reward is nothing?"

Ron couldn't help but ask, "What is political compensation?"

Draco: "Just think of it as a bribe."

Ron: "Ah? Your family is aristocrat, do you also need bribes?"

Draco: "Of course, nobility is just a reputation. The real status must be earned by one's own efforts. If my father was not capable and strong enough, he would not be able to get to his current position."

He changed the subject and said, "But Ron, your father is the Minister of Muggle Affairs after all. He should have received some bribes. Didn't he take them home?"

Ron said without thinking, "No, my father refused them all. He said he didn't want to get involved in such nonsense."

Hermione suddenly said, "But giving gifts doesn't necessarily mean you need something from others. Maybe you just want to maintain a relationship. It's not good to be too honest."

Ron shrugged. "You guys are right. It makes my head hurt. I have to think for a long time after hearing one sentence."

As they were about to fly out of the Forbidden Forest, Harry, who had remained silent, suddenly said something shocking:

"I'm going to find Dumbledore now and report to him about Hagrid's arrest. I don't believe Dumbledore would approve of such an unreasonable thing."

Lin Xia frowned slightly: "Harry, calm down, Dumbledore is very busy and may not be in Hogwarts."

There was one thing she didn't say.

If the headmaster was there, he would have probably seen everything that happened in the Forbidden Forest, and he would have acquiesced in Hagrid being taken away.

If not, then there is nothing more to say.

Harry controlled the flying broom and flew quickly towards the castle. His voice came from afar:
"Then I'll go find Dean McGonagall. Dean McGonagall will definitely be able to contact the principal!"

(End of this chapter)