Harry Potter and the Candy Factory

"Oh my god… Charlie, you should have started selling Snow Lemon earlier! I absolutely love this flavor."

After a while, the candy slowly dissolved in Hagrid's mouth, disappearing completely. He finally smacked his lips, sat up again, and sincerely said to Charlie,

"If you like it, I'll get you more when we go back later."

As the voice suddenly came, Charlie had to stop his thoughts, looked up, gave the other person a peaceful smile, and casually replied.

"Are you reading that letter from Draco?"

Hagrid scratched his head a little embarrassedly. He was about to say something, but the next second, he finally noticed the letter in Charlie's hand, his eyes fixed, and then he subconsciously asked.

"Yes."

Charlie nodded and put the letter back on the table.

Taking a deep breath, he raised the wrists of his arms a little, and then slowly pressed them on the letter, his palms supporting each other, forming a tower shape.

"Hagrid, did Dumbledore ask you to bring Draco's letter, or did he ask you to help deliver it?"

Hagrid listened to Charlie's question and couldn't help but raise his thick eyebrows. His eyes lingered, as if he was thinking.

After a moment, although he didn't understand why Charlie asked this question, he honestly replied.

"Uh… it wasn't Dumbledore. Actually, when I was chatting with those little guys, I suddenly mentioned that I was going to bring you something from the headmaster soon."

Hagrid said, shrugging his shoulders, spreading his thick palms to show his helplessness.

"…You know, I've never been a good secret-keeper… I always thought it was the alcohol. I didn't expect that even after quitting drinking, I still can't get rid of this bad habit."

At this point, even Hagrid himself couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, as if he remembered a scandal he had caused before, and his face couldn't help but blush.

"Everyone has flaws; no one is perfect," Charlie said simply, but his posture remained unchanged.

The slender fingers on his hands tapped each other quietly with a certain rhythm, intentionally or unintentionally, and he continued the thoughts he had not yet finished as Hagrid spoke.

"That's right," Hagrid nodded, then a look of aftertaste appeared in his eyes again, and he began to continue what he had not finished saying.

"When Draco heard that I was coming to see you, his eyes lit up immediately. Then he took out a letter from his notebook that he always carries and asked me to bring it to you! It looks like he's been carrying it for quite a while. ♦ ♦     ♦ ♦"

"I see."

Charlie understood and nodded.

Picking up the letter again, Charlie scanned it up and down, then didn't ask Hagrid any other questions. He neatly folded it again and put it in the drawer.

With a "snap," he snapped his fingers crisply again.

A ray of light suddenly flickered from beside him, and Russell, who had been summoned, appeared beside him.

"Good afternoon, Master! Is there anything Russell can do for you?"

Russell bowed slightly, as always, respectfully greeting Charlie.

After straightening up again, he noticed Hagrid sitting on the sofa next to him, his eyes lit up, and he waved happily.

"Hi, Hagrid!"

"Hi, Russell."

Hagrid also raised his hand and waved back at Russell.

"Russell, get me some candy… Violets or Snow Lemon, get a lot of everything."

Charlie turned his gaze to Russell and gave his request without much thought.

"No problem, Master Charlie!"

Russell nodded cheerfully upon receiving the order, then looked at Hagrid, revealing a bright smile. Then he disappeared from the office again with a sudden flash of light.

Russell was very fast and didn't make the two wait too long before dragging a huge package, taller than himself, back into the office.

"Is this enough, Master Charlie?"

With a "thump," the backpack fell heavily on the ground, and Russell raised his head, looking at his master easily, asking carefully.

Charlie didn't answer Russell, but instead asked Hagrid

"Hagrid, is this enough?"

"Huh?!"

Hearing Charlie's words, Hagrid, who was still a little confused, widened his eyes. But looking at the huge package in front of him, he was so surprised that he stood up from the sofa.

"No, no, no! This is too much…"

He originally thought that Charlie's "get more" should only be as big as the gift Harry received when he first went to Hogwarts.

After all, both Snow Lemon and Violet candy are products that the brand candy factory has not yet officially launched on the market. Even the Violet candy that was put into trial operation at Hogwarts is actually the least restocked each time, causing students to be in short supply after enjoying its effects.

It even led the Weasley twins to set up a derivative business of reselling Violet candy for a while…

Originally, Hagrid thought that if he really wanted to achieve Snow Lemon and Violet candy freedom one day, he could only restrain himself and wait for Christmas to arrive.

He didn't expect that Charlie would be so generous, just for helping him run an errand and bring back some Muggles, he gave him such a big bag… According to his estimation, if he really took all of this back, then even if he really ate it until Christmas, he probably wouldn't be able to finish it.

Although this was the case, Hagrid still couldn't accept Charlie's gift openly.

Because in his opinion, he was just doing a small favor and didn't deserve such gratitude from the other party.

So, Hagrid quickly waved his hand and continued to decline and refuse.

"Really don't need so much, I just…"

Only this time, before he could finish his words, Charlie raised his hand to stop him from continuing.

"Actually, I have something else… that I need Hagrid to help me with."

Charlie said, standing up, with a bit of shrewdness in his eyes.

He was still smiling, but for some reason, Hagrid always felt that his smile at this moment had a bit of meaning that he didn't have just now.

The office fell silent for a while. Russell looked at Charlie, then at Hagrid, raised his eyebrows, and didn't say anything.

After a while, Hagrid finally nodded.

"Okay… Charlie, what do you need me to do?"