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"Of course." Kyle nodded: "I swear on Cedric's character."
Hagrid, with mixed feelings, didn't hear clearly what Kyle said, and got up and walked out of the room.
But Connor heard it.
"Why do you want to swear on Cedric's personality?" the little witch asked in confusion.
"Don't worry about the details." Kyle waved his hand. "If I had it, I would definitely use mine."
Kanna didn't say anything and moved aside silently.
Hagrid came back soon, and it seemed that the place where he hid Fluffy was not far from here.
After returning to the cabin, Hagrid first drew the curtains, and then lifted the moleskin coat covering his arms, revealing Fluffy hiding inside.
At this time, Lu Wei was almost as big as a cow. After finding that he was carried into the narrow room again, he quickly hung his head and lay on the ground without moving.
Connor was shocked. She didn't expect Hagrid to actually bring back a big dog with three heads, and the dog looked so... ugly!
The appearance of the three-headed dog is the same as other large beasts in the magical world, all of which are ugly and distinctive.
Lu Wei is no exception in this regard. His big mouth full of sharp teeth almost takes up half of his head, and the flesh near his nose is piled up together, looking like a washboard.
"Could it be possible that the three-headed dog has some Shar-Pei bloodline?"
Kyle scratched his hair, thinking uncertainly.
After all, he had never seen a three-headed dog before, and although Newt's box was magical, it didn't contain everything.
In fact, even in Greece, the three-headed dog is a very rare magical animal, probably as rare as the basilisk.
Kyle was sure that the man who sold it to Hagrid was definitely an amateur.
"What good luck." Kyle couldn't help but stroke Lou Williams' ugly dog head.
The hair on the other side is very hard, and it feels like rubbing a shoe brush that has been left for a long time.
The feel is far worse than Yaya.
The little guy was pretty fierce. When he found out that his head was being rubbed, he opened his mouth and bit Kyle's hand.
After Kyle dodged, he gently patted the head of the one in the middle and said, "Stop making trouble. I'll give you something delicious later."
Lou Williams immediately quieted down and whimpered at Kyle twice.
"How about Motla rat jerky?" Kyle thought for a moment and said, "It has a firmer texture than beef. You should like it."
"Woooo..."
"Thirty dollars?" Kyle frowned and said, "No, that's too much. I only have nine dollars, so you three can split it equally."
Kyle was bargaining with Fluffy. Hagrid's eyes almost popped out of his head when he saw this. He looked at Fluffy, then at Kyle, and said in disbelief, "Mr. Scamander even taught you this?"
Kyle just smiled and said nothing.
In the wizarding world, many people know that Chris can talk to magical creatures, but Chris's explanation to the outside world is that "Mr. Scamander taught me."
Because Newt never publicly denied it, people naturally believed this explanation.
In their opinion, as the greatest master of magical creatures of this century, it is normal for Newt Scamander to have some skills that others don't have.
Only a very few people know the truth, such as the Weasleys, the Newts, and Dumbledore... I'm not sure about this, so cross it out.
And Hagrid is obviously not among these people.
"Merlin's beard, it seems that Mr. Scamander really thinks highly of you." Hagrid looked at Kyle with some envy and said, "I begged him for a long time, but he refused to teach me how to talk to magical animals."
"These are just tricks, Hagrid." Kyle took out some Mothra rat jerky and fed it to Lu Wei, saying with a smile: "I believe that even if you don't understand what it says, you must understand what it wants to express."
"Yes, I can." Hagrid said proudly, "I always know what Fluffy wants, and Fluffy understands me too. He was very naughty when he was little, but as long as I sing, he will fall asleep."
In order to prove that he was not bragging, Hagrid demonstrated it himself, patting Lu Wei lightly and started singing.
Then, Kyle heard Lu Wei's words clearly.
"It starts again, it starts again. My head hurts so much."
"Go to sleep, everything will be fine..."
"Go to bed, quick!"
Lu Wei's three heads closed their eyes at the same time, and started snoring a few seconds later. His movements were so skillful that it was heartbreaking.
"Look, it's asleep," said Hagrid happily.
Kyle laughed dryly twice and looked at Hagrid's happy expression. After thinking for a while, he decided not to tell him the truth. Instead, he brought up the previous topic again.
"It's very big now, Hagrid." Kyle touched Fluffy's head and said, "You should have noticed that it has been in a very low mood since it entered the room just now. You must put it in the Forbidden Forest as soon as possible."
"I know, but I'm worried..." Hagrid said a little disappointedly, "Fluffy is still so young, what will happen without my care?"
Kyle raised his eyebrows. He felt that Hagrid should be worried about the other creatures in the Forbidden Forest.
Hagrid's eyes wandered for a moment, and he continued, "And if we put it in the Forbidden Forest, Dumbledore might see it. What if he sends Fluffy away?"
"Then send it farther, deep into the Forbidden Forest." Kyle said, "Don't forget that this is a special period. The Aurors of the Ministry of Magic have been tracking down those mysterious creatures. It's better to be discovered by Dumbledore than by them."
"That Greek guy isn't with them." Hagrid's face flushed with excitement. "I've confirmed that he's not in the photo released by the Ministry of Magic."
"But the Aurors don't care about that." Kyle said calmly, "What they care about is that you happened to buy a three-headed dog of unknown origin before that group of people were arrested."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 59 Principal’s Office
It didn't take long for Kyle and Connor to return to the castle.
After they left, Hagrid sat in the cabin and thought until the evening. Finally, he decided to follow Kyle's advice and send Fluffy to the Forbidden Forest tonight.
Although I feel very reluctant, there is no way to do it. First of all, doing so can make Lu Wei feel better.
If Lu Wei is happy, he will be happy too.
Besides, he had thought about it and realized that what Kyle said was right. The situation outside was indeed very tense.
Earlier, Professor Oren of Defense Against the Dark Arts had complained to him when he came to the Forbidden Forest to look for teaching materials. After today's Daily Prophet came out, the Ministry of Magic sent almost all of its strikers to search for those magical creatures whose origins could not be found in order to show their seriousness about the matter.
As a result, he couldn't even buy teaching materials for class, so he had to catch them in the Forbidden Forest himself.
Hagrid remembered that when Professor Oren said this, he was so angry that he cursed Fudge as a fool in the Forbidden Forest.
At the time, Hagrid just thought it was funny, but thinking about it now, he regretted not cursing along.
Because he bought Lu Wei in the bar, and there were quite a few people around at that time.
Although those people did not know what they bought, if one of them was unlucky enough to be caught by the striker, they would definitely insist that they bought magical creatures in order to escape punishment.
Anyway, for those people, if they guess right, they can make up for their crime with merit, and if they guess wrong, there is no loss, so why not do it?
So for Fluffy's safety and to avoid causing trouble for Dumbledore, he had no choice but to send Fluffy away.
Those strikers aren't going to search the Forbidden Forest.
Of course, if they wanted to, Hagrid would definitely not stop them.
It's not necessary.
There are even werewolves and man-headed sphinxes in the depths of the Forbidden Forest, so what's so strange about having an extra three-headed dog?
On the other side, Kyle, who had returned to the castle, was sitting in the corner of the common room, picking and choosing among the pile of guardian tree branches.
"I wanted to ask you that just now." Kanna looked at Kyle's actions and asked curiously, "Why are you picking up these dead branches? There are obviously a lot of them in the kitchen. You can take them anytime you want."
"It's different. This is the branch of the guardian tree." Kyle explained: "The guardian tree is a magical mountain pear tree that can protect those who touch its trunk from attacks by dark creatures."
Connor blinked. Of course she knew that, but what did it have to do with Kyle picking up branches?
Branches, trunks...these are two completely different things.
"I... Never mind. You'll know later."
Kyle picked out a straight wooden stick and put it aside, then asked casually, "By the way, how did you know there were branches in the kitchen? Have you ever eaten there?"
The kitchen was so close, so Kyle must have been there before. However, every time he got near the door, he was surrounded by the group of house-elves.
The stove is located further inside, and if you want to see the whole picture, you can only sit at the long tables.
Given the enthusiasm of those house-elves, it is basically impossible to get there without eating there.
Because halfway through, they can hang a whole cow on you.
"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense..."
Somehow, Kanna's face suddenly turned red, and she stammered, "I, I was just curious, so I went to the kitchen to take a look!"
"That's it."
Kyle didn't care and continued to pick those guardian branches. When he finally finished sorting them out, he found that Kanna had returned to the dormitory without knowing when.
And he was the only one left in the common room. Kyle then remembered that tomorrow was the weekend, so he packed up and went back to the dormitory.
He wasn't going to stay up all night.
Tomorrow is a big weekend day for Hufflepuffs because the Quidditch matches start and the first game is against Slytherin.
the next day.
In order to cheer for their college team, the little badgers got up before eight o'clock. After breakfast, they put on neat school uniforms, brought the cheering flags they had made in advance, and went to the Quidditch field on time.
Kyle was originally one of them, but after finishing breakfast, a fat ghost suddenly floated in front of him.
"Hi Kyle, I hope I didn't disturb your breakfast."
"Hello, monk." Kyle responded politely: "Do you want to watch Quidditch together? The possibility of Hufflepuff winning this year is very high."
"No, in fact, I prefer Gobstone." The fat monk said with some regret: "It's a pity that Hogwarts cancelled this competition decades ago."
"Sorry, Brother." Kyle said quickly, "I hope I didn't ruin your mood today."
"Of course not, kid." The fat monk said with a smile: "The best thing about being a ghost is that nothing can be worse than this, you don't have to care at all.
But you may have to wait a little longer to watch the game. Dumbledore wants to see you. He is in the headmaster's office on the eighth floor. The password is peanut butter."
Dumbledore is looking for me?
This surprised Kyle a little. He asked curiously, "Father, do you know why the principal wants to see me?"