187 Delicacy and rebirth
Outside the dark platform, the Hogwarts Express has not yet arrived.
Hagrid was holding a lamp in his hand. He was twice as tall as an ordinary person and at least three times as strong. His long black hair and black beard were tangled together, making him look a little scary - which often makes people think... He gets the wrong impression.
In fact, he is a very kind person and even somewhat sentimental.
Now he was restlessly patting a thestral, his beetle-like black eyes constantly looking back and forth, as if he was looking for something.
This scene seemed quite strange to some people, not only because of his uncertain expression, but also because in the eyes of many people, his palm seemed to have suddenly stopped in the air.
Sometimes, the air will make a slight hissing due to pain.
Not everyone can see Thestrals.
Only those who have witnessed death can see it.
For example, Karan Sangster.
Two brand-new Nimbus 1001 gradually stopped near the station, and Hagrid seemed to become more nervous.
"Hi, how are you?"
He shouted to the two of them and praised: "Nice broom."
The two of them greeted him equally, with Kahlan being more enthusiastic and Snape being much colder.
He didn't know Hagrid that well.
At this time, two house elves appeared from the air with a "pop" sound. Hagrid promptly explained: "This is the school's arrangement. Send your luggage to the dormitory first. By the way, you don't bring anything prohibited." Items?"
he asked suddenly.
"What's wrong?" Karan blinked in confusion. At this time, he saw the two house elves bowing deeply, each holding something in their hands and flicking it back and forth on their suitcases. Again.
"This is a dark arts detector, sir."
After a house elf noticed Callan's gaze, it said sharply: "The great Headmaster Dumbledore asked us to do this. All students' luggage must be followed."
"Perhaps it's because of the Daily Prophet." Hagrid said from the side: "First there were the dark magic items in Malfoy Manor, and then there were the constant Muggle attacks. The principal seemed to think that the school should be strengthened. , and this is just one of them.”
Karan nodded silently.
Compared with the speculations mentioned by Hagrid, he felt more that it was because of Lucius last semester.It was the only thing that might have made Dumbledore realize that school was no longer that safe.
The black magic detector carefully checked the two people's suitcases.
In the end, they made no sound.
Obviously, there were no prohibited items among the items Kahlan and Snape were carrying.
After the two house elves bowed again, they left with the suitcase with a bang.
After this, the uneasiness on Hagrid's face suddenly became more obvious.
"Well, I heard about what happened at the end of last semester."
He said hesitantly. Karan could clearly see that the Thestral was constantly avoiding the huge palm that was slapping down again. Hagrid obviously didn't realize what he was doing.
"Professor Kettleburn wants to form a Fire Crab Club to recruit some students who are interested in magical animals, and asked me to try to do this. Maybe I will have the opportunity to teach you something in advance... ..."
Hagloli talked a lot of meaningless nonsense, and even seemed to be out of touch with his words.
Callan listened quietly, while Snape seemed a little absent-minded. He stared closely at the air where Hagrid was beating, as if he wanted to know if there was really something there.
"Anyway...anyway..."
Hagrid looked extremely nervous. He certainly hoped that he could become a professor at Hogwarts, but he didn't expect that the opportunity to teach would come so quickly.
His palms were fumbling with his beard back and forth in a meaningless manner, and he couldn't come up with a reason until the end.Just his eyes kept turning around the two of them.
Karan could see that Hagrid still felt guilty in his heart, but he didn't expect that Hagrid would target him.
He originally thought that Professor Kettleburn had told Hagrid everything, including his promise to join the Fire Crab Club.
[Could this be to increase Hagrid’s confidence?Let me be the first successful example? 】
Callan didn't expect Professor Kettleburn to have such a thoughtful side.
Snape had no reaction to Hagrid's words, and he didn't seem to appreciate them.
Hagrid's expression gradually darkened.
"I'll join."
Karan suddenly said: "I would like to join the Fire Crab Club."
Hagrid's face suddenly glowed. He happily wanted to pat Karan on the shoulder, but Karan avoided it with great skill.
He didn't want to get hurt on the first day of school.
Snape seemed to have come to his senses now, staring at this scene with strange eyes.
When the scene he had fantasized about with Lily appeared in front of him, he had to wonder what went wrong.
But the smile on Hagrid's face was real, and Karan's sincere tone sounded real.
If he hadn't known all this in advance, he wouldn't have been able to see through Karan's disguise.
This made him wonder if Karan looked like this in front of him and Lily, right?
So, while walking towards the carriage, he simply asked.
"I thought you already knew."
Karan's words were too direct: "So many things happened in the first grade, haven't you seen this yet?"
Faced with Callan's confidence, Snape didn't know what to say.
"devil."
He finally said with a straight face.
Karan snorted disdainfully, he no longer cared about such comments.
When Snape was training to ride the Flying Sweeper, his words and tone were much more intense than this.
"By the way, what happened to you just now?"
Karan stared at a Thestral looking sideways, and asked Snape: "Even if you don't want to join, you won't ignore Hagrid so much, right? I have told you about this a long time ago, I thought you were mentally prepared in advance."
But Snape said nothing.
When Karan looked over, he found that he was also staring at the front of the carriage.
And he also focused his attention on this Thestral.
"Can you see it?"
Karan asked in surprise.
"it?"
Snape frowned and said, "What is it?"
"You mean, these monsters pulling carts?"
Karan raised his eyebrows and briefly introduced Yeqi.
At this moment, Snape's frown deepened.
"Death? When have I seen death?" He felt slightly uneasy, which didn't seem to be a good thing.
Karan thought for a moment, and then he suddenly whispered: "Maybe it's because of Aragog."
Snape immediately thought of the scene of Aragog's death in the Forbidden Forest. This was indeed a scene he had seen with his own eyes.
"But, does this count?"
He asked in confusion: "That's just a magical animal."
"A magical animal with intelligence, and its intelligence is not low."
Karan shook his head and said.
"It seems that this so-called death is not limited to humans. It also applies to other intelligent creatures."
"It's amazing."
He sighed: "Moreover, this also left a surprise for Lily."
"She should also be able to see these Thestrals. This is the first time she has seen them."
After saying these words, Callan dragged the stunned Snape to a carriage.
"Okay, let's go up."
Behind the two of them, a steel train roared towards them, with faces with different expressions reflected on the windows.
Among them were some freshmen who became excited for no apparent reason.
Regulus sat in the same box as the four future Marauders, and he finally got to meet the man Sirius kept in touch with during the holidays.
James Potter.
But at this time, he had no intention of paying attention to this anymore.
He finally arrived at Hogwarts.