The Admiral of Hogwarts

That day, after returning to the castle, Veneto wrote a letter to Hood in front of Harry and the others. Watching Hathaway's white figure disappear into the sky, Harry suddenly seemed to think of something and asked, "By the way, when can we expect a reply?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, tomorrow should be enough," Veneto said. "After all, this is just a letter from Hogwarts to London, and a whole day is enough for the owls."

Sure enough, Hugo and the others received a reply the next day. The content of the reply was the same as the decision Hugo and the others had discussed on the Admiral Network last night. In two days, someone would come to the school to take the dragon away.

"But why do they want us to give them the dragon at the edge of the Forbidden Forest at night?" Harry asked with some confusion after reading the letter. "It will be very difficult for us to get out of the castle at that time."

"There's no way around it. My sister's friends, including my sister herself, are not Hogwarts students. So this castle will have some extra detection effects on them. In order to avoid being discovered, the people sent over can only stay as far away from the castle as possible," Veneto shrugged and said.

Hogwarts is a castle that has been built for 1000 years, and the professors have cast a large number of protective spells on it day after day. For those who have never studied in this castle, it is easy to be discovered because they lack a certain aura belonging to the castle.

At least, if the ship girls were to approach the castle directly from the air and fly to the top of the Astronomy Tower, as in the original text, they would likely be discovered by the people in the castle. Therefore, for safety reasons, they finally decided to choose the edge of the Black Lake by the Forbidden Forest as the handover point.

Because the location where the little dragon was being sent was completely different, the timing of this operation was also much earlier than in the original text. Therefore, Ron was not bitten by the little dragon while feeding it. And in this change, in addition to being able to get 0.5 destiny points, Hugo also felt that he would likely have a large number of destiny points coming in next.

In the original text, Ron went to the school hospital because he was bitten this time. Then, Malfoy used the excuse of borrowing a book from Ron to deceive Madam Pomfrey and enter the school hospital, and then he mocked him. As a result, when he left, Malfoy took the book from Ron's bedside, and Charlie's reply was in this book.

And next, the news that Harry and the others were going to send away the dragon was known by Malfoy, and then Malfoy's late-night tracking and attempted accusation triggered a series of events. Hugo felt that if he could change this plot, he could lie there and watch a large number of destiny points come in.

But what Hugo didn't know was that because the dragon was about to be sent away, Harry and Ron were in a state of excitement, so they were a little carried away when discussing it. As a result, when they were discussing it in the corridor, they didn't notice that Malfoy, who had been secretly monitoring them, was hiding in a corner of the corridor.

Then, Malfoy, who was hiding in the shadows of the corner, heard the specific time to send away the dragon, but Harry and the others knew nothing about this because they hadn't discovered Malfoy. They were still preparing to send away the little dragon according to the original plan.

Wednesday night was a dark and cloudy night, which was suitable for this kind of secret operation from a certain point of view. It was already a little late when Harry and Ron arrived at Hagrid's hut, because Peeves was playing tennis against the wall in the entrance hall, so they had to wait until he left.

"Veneto. Good evening." After entering the door, Harry and the others found that Hugo and Veneto were already waiting here. "By the way, didn't Hermione and Hugo come?"

"You're a little late, Harry," Veneto said, glancing at Harry with her ruby-like eyes. "As for Hermione and the others, of course they didn't come. After all, we're conducting a secret operation tonight. It's best if non-essential personnel don't come. This is not a party. It's not like the more people, the better."

Hugo, of course, didn't come today, because he knew that Veneto alone was enough for this kind of thing, and adding himself would only have the opposite effect. However, in order to avoid some bad situations that might occur, Hugo also specially borrowed ginger from Hermione and gave it to Veneto along with his fish cakes, so that she could have an effective peripheral warning.

As a ship girl, Veneto had very carefully formulated a plan for this operation. According to the plan, Hagrid would stay in his hut and observe the direction of the castle because his size was too large and easily exposed. If someone really came out of the castle, he would be responsible for finding a way to lure that person away.

Veneto herself was responsible for transporting the large crate containing the little dragon to the designated location. After all, the section of the road they needed to take this time was on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, basically equivalent to walking through the wilderness. In order to complete this task as soon as possible, the little dragon would be carried on Veneto's back.

As for the reason why Veneto didn't stop Harry from coming, it was also very simple, because theoretically speaking, they shouldn't know that Harry's invisibility cloak existed. Therefore, Veneto could only know the existence of the invisibility cloak and borrow it temporarily.

Hagrid had already put Norbert into a large crate and prepared everything when Veneto and Hugo came in. After Harry and the others entered the room, Hagrid might have realized that he was about to be separated from his beloved dragon son, so he started to ramble.

"I've prepared a lot of mice for it, and some brandy, enough for it to eat along the way," Hagrid said in a muffled voice. "I also put its teddy bear in, so it doesn't feel lonely." There was a tearing sound from the crate, and Hugo felt that the teddy bear was likely to have been completely torn apart.

"Goodbye, Norbert!" Hagrid said, sobbing. "Mommy won't forget you!" After Hagrid finished his final farewell, Veneto stepped forward, carried the box on her shoulder, and then signaled Harry to put the invisibility cloak on her.

"Uh, what are we here for today?" Harry asked with a puzzled look after watching Veneto do this work all by herself.

"The invisibility cloak you brought is very useful," Veneto said with a smile. "As for you two, you can choose one person to come with me to help me keep watch, and the other person can stay here with Hagrid and wait for news."

In fact, Veneto didn't need anyone to keep watch, but at this time, she needed someone to help her witness the process of sending the little dragon away. She knew that neither Harry nor Hagrid were the kind of suspicious people, but sometimes showing others that you are upright and aboveboard is also very important.

After arranging everyone's tasks, Veneto and Harry set off. Fortunately, the moon was good tonight, so they only spent a few minutes to successfully reach the previously designated location. And at this time, a tall girl was already waiting here.

After confirming with Veneto next to her that this person was the one who was coming to meet them, Harry lifted the invisibility cloak and appeared in front of her with Veneto. The girl first showed a slightly surprised expression, and then waved to Veneto and greeted her: "Good evening, Veneto, you should have brought the dragon, right?"