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Chapter 509: Professor Lockner
Chapter 509: Professor Lockner
As Kyle opened the package, he couldn't help but think of Sirius.
Sure enough, just as he suspected, inside was a beautifully crafted broom.
A Firebolt.
On the day Sirius was released, he had wanted to buy it for Kyle, but Kyle had refused, reasoning that there were no Quidditch matches this year.
However, a few months later, Sirius still bought it.
"Firebolt, is this a Champion's gift from someone?" Cedric exclaimed excitedly. "We have a Firebolt too! Oh, wait, there's no Quidditch match this year."
Cedric seemed a bit disappointed, but he quickly regained his composure.
In any case, having a Firebolt was a good thing. They could always use it next year, and by then, he would see if that Gryffindor, especially Fred and George, could still be so arrogant.
Mikael was also excited. He carefully examined the Firebolt as if admiring a rare treasure.
"What a pity..." he muttered under his breath. "If only brooms were allowed in the Triwizard Tournament."
...
Soon, everyone knew about Kyle receiving a Firebolt.
However, as they were all focused on the upcoming Triwizard Tournament, and since Harry had also received a Firebolt the previous year, the news didn't cause much of a stir.
Kyle glanced at the note from Sirius again but didn't say anything. He simply put the Firebolt back in the dormitory and went to class.
However, he didn't expect that the surprises for the day were not limited to just a Firebolt.
The last class in the morning was Care of Magical Creatures, and Hagrid had somehow managed to gather a large group of Fire Crabs. These creatures with gems on their backs quickly attracted everyone's attention.
While everyone was busy feeding lettuce to the Fire Crabs, Hagrid quietly approached Kyle.
He bent down, pretending to examine the lettuce leaves on the ground, and in a very low voice, he said, "Come to my hut at midnight tonight, and remember not to let anyone see you."
Then Hagrid straightened up and said loudly, "Very good, Kyle. You've completely mastered the technique of feeding Fire Crabs." He winked and left.
"Why did Hagrid ask you to come find him?" Cona asked.
"He probably wants to show me something." Kyle said, "We can go together tonight... if you don't want to sleep."
"But is this okay?" Cona asked, "What if we're discovered?"
"Don't worry." Kyle smiled, "This is when the Invisibility Cloak comes in handy. I'll use the Disillusionment Charm, and even without it, I can still hide myself well."
Cona's eyes lit up, and she nodded vigorously.
So, that afternoon, Kyle gave the Invisibility Cloak to Cona. When it was half past eleven at night, Kyle quietly left the dormitory using the Disillusionment Charm and passed through the wooden barrel door of the common room, arriving at the corridor outside.
He waited outside for a while, and after a few minutes, the wooden barrel door next to him opened a crack.
"Cona?" Kyle asked tentatively.
"It's me."
A head suddenly appeared in mid-air. Cona, a bit nervous, said, "How is it? Were you discovered?"
"No." Kyle said, "They stayed up late doing homework yesterday, so they went to sleep at eleven today."
"Me too."
After that, Cona put on the Invisibility Cloak again, and the two proceeded according to plan, walking through the castle.
Outside, it was pitch black, and they followed the light coming from Hagrid's hut.
However, they weren't the only ones coming to the hut that night. The door was half-open, and from a distance, Kyle could clearly hear laughter and voices coming from inside.
"Someone's here," Cona said nervously. "What should we do?"
"Let's wait and see," Kyle said, and the two took a few more steps forward.
At that moment, a growl came from inside the hut.
The voices stopped, and Hagrid walked out.
Another person followed, asking curiously, "Is someone there?"
"No," Hagrid said, looking around. "I think it's just Kneazles. Fang loves to play with the Kneazles in the Forbidden Forest."
"Kneazles, oh, this is interesting, I like the Forbidden Forest." The man tilted his head back and drained his cup.
"I have to go, Hagrid. It was nice to meet you, see you tomorrow."
"Wait, Professor Lockner." Hagrid called out, "I'll show you something good, you've never seen it before."
"What?"
"You'll see in a moment." Hagrid said mysteriously, "But we also have to call Madame Maxime, I promised her."
The two walked towards the Beauxbatons carriage, and along the way, Hagrid kept looking back, as if confirming something.
It wasn't until he felt a pebble hit his arm that he relaxed and quickened his pace to the carriage.
Not far behind them, Kyle threw the remaining pebbles in his hand back onto the ground and explained to Cona, "That man is Professor Lockner from Beauxbatons, we met before."
Kyle was referring to his trip to the Fire Dragon Preserve in Romania, where Lockner, like Newt, was an invited expert to the preserve.
At that time, Kyle had made a fortune from the badly damaged fire dragon scales he obtained from him.
"Are there other professors from Beauxbatons as well?" Cona asked in confusion, "I thought it was just Madame Maxime."
"They must have just arrived." Kyle said, "After all, if he had been here from the beginning, he would have appeared in the Great Hall, but none of us had seen him before today."
As he spoke, Madame Maxime also came out. Lockner was about to step forward, but Hagrid had already extended a hand to help her down the golden steps.
Then the three of them walked around the enclosure where the thestrals were and entered the Forbidden Forest.
Kyle and Cona followed them from a distance, occasionally hearing their voices.
"Hagrid, Lockner, where are you taking us?"
"I don't know either, Headmaster." Lockner said, "I was just about to go back to sleep... To be honest, it's much colder here than at Beauxbatons."
"If you go back now, you'll definitely regret it." Hagrid said in a hoarse voice, with a tone of excitement, "You'll like it, trust me, but... Remember to keep it a secret, don't tell anyone, okay? You shouldn't know about it."
"Of course I won't tell." Madame Maxime said.
"That's right."
The three of them continued walking forward, and after about half an hour, they had walked quite a distance around the Forbidden Forest, and when they looked back, neither Hagrid's cabin nor the castle was in sight.
Then they walked for another ten minutes.
"Do you hear anything?"
Several men were shouting loudly ahead, and Cona tilted her head to listen to what they were saying.
Then came a deafening, piercing roar.
The three in front immediately quickened their pace.
Kyle and Cona followed at a small run, stopping only after passing through the trees in front.
In front of them was a clearing, and Cona couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Oh my!"
Fortunately, there were shouts all around, and no one noticed that there were two people hiding here.
Cona quickly lowered her voice and said softly, "Those are fire dragons."
Kyle nodded, he had already seen them.
Two fierce adult fire dragons were confined in an enclosure made of thick wooden boards, roaring and snorting as they sprayed their noses.
And there were not only fire dragons, but also a dozen or so burly dragon handlers, who were desperately pulling on the chains on the dragons, trying to subdue them.
"It can't be that the first event of the Triwizard Tournament is to deal with these fire dragons." Cona said worriedly.
"To be honest, I don't know either." Kyle furrowed his brows.
Although he had guessed it before, he knew that the fire dragons Hagrid was going to show them, but he couldn't understand... Why were there only two fire dragons here.
Yes, there were only two fire dragons in front of them... A Swedish Short-Snout and a Hungarian Horntail, and not even an extra dragon egg.
But there were three Champions in the Triwizard Tournament, how would they divide two dragons?
(End of Chapter)
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