Chapter 417: The Clever Hagrid
Chapter 417: The Clever Hagrid
Hagrid's expression turned serious.
Although he loved dragon teeth and wanted them, he wouldn't let Kyle lose money. That was absolutely unacceptable.
"It's different, Hagrid."
Kyle smiled and explained, "These aren't just bought souvenirs. If you look closely, you'll notice there's no sign of carving on them."
"Really?" Hagrid examined a dragon tooth with skepticism.
It was spotlessly clean, and indeed, it looked a little different from what he had seen.
He took out another one and found a small scratch on it.
"See?" Kyle said, "I picked these up from the dragon reserve. Not a Knut was spent."
"Picked up... picked up?" Hagrid paused, "So many of them?"
"This is just a part of it..." Kyle said, "You should have heard about it. The great battle in the Romanian dragon reserve, at that time, almost every day there were dragons losing their teeth. During the peak, I could collect seven or eight teeth in just ten minutes."
Hagrid's expression turned completely blank, and he even forgot to pay Kyle... It was clear that he had no idea about this.
When he came back to his senses, his whole body instantly felt uneasy.
Dozens of dragons, a great battle... These words struck him like the Whomping Willow, hitting his nerves one by one.
He couldn't believe he had missed such an opportunity.
If he had known earlier, he would have gone to Romania, even if he had to crawl.
"You should have told me earlier... You should have told me earlier..." Hagrid muttered to himself, his annoyance making him tap his feet.
Kyle shrugged.
It wasn't that he didn't want to tell him, but it wouldn't have made a difference even if he had.
Without an invitation, even if Hagrid had gone, he could only have stayed in the gathering area and seen nothing.
After a long time, Hagrid gradually calmed down.
Kyle approached him and asked casually, "Hagrid, how many Chimaeras are there in the Forbidden Forest?"
"Two," Hagrid replied, "One large and one small. The larger one is injured and has been recuperating deep in the forest."
"Injured?" Kyle frowned, "What could possibly harm them!"
Even among 5X-level magical creatures, the Chimaera's danger level was exceptionally high.
Immensely strong, agile, and with nearly impenetrable magical-resistant fur, their scorpion tails were also highly venomous. Even a transformed werewolf would die from a single sting.
"I don't know..." Hagrid, still immersed in regret, said casually, "But it has a large wound on its body. I guess it was discovered by a dragon or a chimera when it was at its weakest, and that's why it fled to the Forbidden Forest to give birth."
"Then it's lucky indeed," Kyle said, "The Forbidden Forest isn't a safe place, is it?"
"Yes, you're right." Hagrid looked towards the direction of the forest, "I discovered the Chimaera while searching for Aragog, and it's fortunate I helped them change locations, otherwise..."
At this point, Hagrid suddenly closed his mouth. "...The Forbidden Forest is indeed dangerous."
He didn't want others to know who Aragog was.
However, Kyle didn't mind and continued, "Do you need help?"
"Oh, it's not serious." Hagrid said, "It looks scary, but I've checked, and they're just superficial wounds. A coat of White Fresh Essence will do the trick."
"Do you need help?" Kyle asked, "I have plenty of freshly harvested White Fresh Essence, and I've learned many methods for treating magical creatures from Newt."
"No, thank you."
Hagrid suddenly became wary, turning to Kyle with a suspicious look. "Why are you so concerned about the Chimaera's situation...?"
"It's nothing, I just want to help," Kyle explained. "You know, whether it's my father or Newt, we wouldn't leave an injured magical creature unattended."
"That's best," Hagrid remained vigilant.
Now he also knew that Kyle was quite skilled in dealing with magical creatures.
Both Norbert and Fluffy liked him, and even when they were drinking with the other professors, they mentioned that the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets seemed to have been given to Kyle by Professor Dumbledore.
Although this was just a guess, no one had actually witnessed the process of giving away the basilisk, but they were too familiar with Dumbledore, especially Professor McGonagall. She must have known something.
When they talked about this topic, Professor McGonagall had remained silent the whole time, which was quite telling.
Kyle must be planning something regarding the Chimaera...
At this thought, Hagrid immediately became tense, his expression serious. "I must remind you not to have any ideas about the Chimaera. It was recently injured, and it just gave birth, so it's a very tense time, much more dangerous than usual."
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Kyle cleared his throat and then, without changing his expression, said, "You misunderstood. I really just wanted to help."
As he spoke, he opened the lizard skin bag and grabbed a handful of white fresh essence, offering it to Hagrid.
"Take a look..."
The roots of the white fresh essence were still damp with soil, indicating it had been recently harvested and was indeed very fresh.
But Hagrid only glanced at it and didn't take it. "I don't need it, Kyle. Professor Sprout has plenty of white fresh essence, and there's also some in the Forbidden Forest. We have enough."
"Oh, that's good then..." Kyle laughed and put the white fresh essence back into the bag, then took out another item.
"White fresh essence, this stuff is much better than white fresh..."
A few minutes later, Kyle returned to the table in front of the pumpkin patch.
"What were you talking about just now?" Conna asked quietly. "You look so disappointed."
"It's nothing. I just wanted to help, but I was rejected," Kyle said with some dissatisfaction. "And Hagrid said I had bad intentions. Don't you think he's being unreasonable?"
"Yes, Hagrid is being unreasonable," Conna said with a smile.
Although she didn't know what had happened, her intuition told her that Hagrid was right.
Of course, she couldn't say that now.
After getting the answer he wanted, Kyle sighed helplessly.
To be honest, he had indeed been trying to find out the Chimaera's location just now, but Hagrid seemed to have learned his lesson.
Whether it was the white fresh essence or the white fresh essence, or even the healing potion that Newt had used to treat the dragon's wounds, Hagrid didn't take any of them.
And no matter what Kyle said, the responses he got were always the same few phrases...
"I don't know what you're talking about..."
"Don't ask, and I won't tell you even if you do..."
"You're not allowed to go to the Forbidden Forest, or I'll tell Professor Sprout!"
What's going on? Why does it feel like Hagrid has suddenly become so smart?
(End of Chapter)
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