Admiral of Hogwarts

The room was suffocatingly hot. Even though it was such a warm sunny day, there was still a roaring fire burning in the fireplace. Hagrid made them tea and served ferret sandwiches. Hugo and Hermione didn't really appreciate this kind of tea cake with too much salt and fat, but Veneto picked one up and ate it without any ceremony.

After taking a bite of the sandwich and eating it, Veneto said his purpose in a carefree manner: "Hagrid, those notes you gave us last time were really great, and there are many of them in other places. Precious information that cannot be found. So we think we should share the knowledge in these notes with more people. An important purpose of our visit today is to ask you for your thoughts on this matter."

This reason makes perfect sense, since knowledge and power are directly linked in the wizarding world. Therefore, everyone often has a strong sense of confidentiality when it comes to knowledge, and not everyone is willing to share the knowledge they have. Therefore, Veneto felt that Hagrid should be formally asked about this matter. After all, even if Hagrid is willing to share knowledge with his friends, it does not mean that he is willing to make this knowledge public.

"What, do you think anyone is willing to read what I write?" Obviously, what Hagrid cared about was different from what Hugo thought. "This is simply wonderful boys, and by Merlin's name I will gladly share this knowledge with anyone who cares to learn it."

Hugo and the others were a little shocked at first, but soon figured out why Hagrid responded like this. After all, Hagrid broke his wand and was expelled from school after being falsely accused, so he has always felt inferior in his heart. Therefore, when hearing Hugo's proposal to share this knowledge with others, the reaction was different from that of most wizards.

"Hagrid, your spirit of sharing knowledge is much stronger than that of most wizards." When Hugo was thinking about it, everyone else present also figured out the relationship, and then they had the closest relationship with Hagrid. The good Veneto patted Hagrid's forearm gently and praised.

"Yes, if wizards didn't habitually hide their knowledge. I think the wizarding world would definitely develop much faster than the current situation." Veneto said this, and Hermione was also aroused. I complained about my thoughts. "For example, I have seen that many wizards from pure-blood families have many unique spell-casting skills, but they never share them with others."

In Hermione's view, the efficiency of magic research in the entire wizarding world can be said to be extremely low. Because in this world full of magic, most wizards only study alone, adhering to the traditional master-student relationship of the Middle Ages. Although under the influence of magic, their research efficiency is far better than that of Muggles. But it can be said that the efficiency of the magical world in this regard is simply not comparable to that of organized society of ordinary people.

The most important thing is that in the wizarding world, knowledge can truly be transformed into personal power. For example, Old Man Newt used his knowledge of magical animals to win several battles against Grindelwald. Therefore, most wizards in the wizarding world will try their best to control the scope of the spread of their knowledge.

So after Hagrid expressed his willingness to disclose this knowledge, Hermione's affection for the big man increased a lot. Because this half-giant has been marginalized for a long time, he is more sensitive than normal people in this regard, so he can naturally feel the goodwill from Hugo and the others. As a result, the atmosphere in the room seems more harmonious.

Veneto quickly took out Hagrid's notes that had been re-proofed after everyone's efforts from his schoolbag and handed them to him, expressing the hope that Hagrid could see if there were any errors or omissions in these places and help explain the routines in the book. The last part of the discussion was something I still didn’t understand after discussing it for a long time.

"Ah, sorry, sorry." After hearing what Veneto said, Hagrid quickly apologized. "When I was taking notes, I subconsciously used some colloquialisms and words I invented myself. I will write down the explanations of these words for you now."

Seeing Hagrid hurriedly find a quill and paper to write, Lauren and the others could only wait for a while. Because the room is a little hot. Hermione asked as she took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Hagrid, can we open a window? I'm so hot."

"No, Hermione, I'm very sorry. I need to maintain a certain temperature here," Hagrid said. At this time, Hugo and the others noticed that he glanced towards the fireplace. So he turned to look at the fire almost at the same time, and then he found a big black egg lying in the fire.

"Oh," Hagrid put down the pen in his hand uncomfortably and said, twirling his beard, "That's right." "Where did you get it, Hagrid?" Hugo and the others stood up and came to the edge of the fireplace together, squatting down. Beside the fire, look at the big egg more carefully. "It must have cost you a fortune," said Hugo. "This egg doesn't look cheap."

"Earn it," said Hagrid. "Last night, I was drinking in the village and playing cards with a stranger. To be honest, the man was probably just dying to get rid of it. You know, this kind of thing is everywhere The wizarding world is not very legal.”

"If I remember correctly, dragon eggs are very expensive." Veneto raised his head and pointed out several important issues, "If the other party wants to get rid of this thing, they can make it into a potion and simply sell the dragon eggs. You can even throw the eggshell on the roadside, but it is too risky to take it to a bar to play cards with people and use it as a bet."

"No, this is not suspicious." After hearing Veneto's words, Hagrid immediately defended, "As students, you don't know much about the outside situation. Not every adult wizard can make as many professors in the school as possible. Make qualified potions, especially high-end potions that require the addition of dragon eggs."

"Besides, from my conversation with him, I felt that he should also be a person who likes magical creatures very much. So I can completely understand his unwillingness to destroy this dragon egg and want to find a good owner for this dragon egg."

"In the end, the place where I met him was the Pig's Head Bar. It was the bar in the village where the train station was when you came. There were always some weird guys coming there. Maybe that guy was a dragon vendor. I never knew Look at his face clearly, he's wearing a hood."

"Well, if you think so, I have nothing to say." Veneto was actually asking about some doubts about this place that Hugo had seen in various forums in his previous life, but now he heard Hagrid say this Once they talked about it, they found that these doubts actually had reasonable explanations.

For example, they don’t use it themselves because most people are not strong enough, and they don’t want to take it apart and sell it because they love dragons. The reason why some people bring dragon eggs to play cards is also very simple, that is, the Pig Head Bar itself has a black market nature. Many people would trade there with less legal items. Although dragon eggs were not common there, it was definitely not strange. After all, this is where Hagrid bought his three-headed dog from a Greek, so there's nothing wrong with adding a dragon egg.

"Okay." Veneto also knew that it was not appropriate for him to ask further at this time, so he changed the subject. "Have you ever thought about what to do next once you hatch this dragon?"