Chapter 183: Gentleness of the Half-Blood Giant

"As soon as I see you, I understand."
When the ball was half way, it was next to a big stone reindeer, and the high fountain splashed with mist and glittered.
There, there were two huge, blurred figures sitting on a stone bench, looking at the spring in the moonlight.
After a short silence, one of the figures was speaking in a strange hoarse voice.
"What do you understand, Hagrid?" Mrs. Maxim asked, her voice low with a murmur.
"I see-I understand that you are the same as me! Is it your mother or father?"
"I—I don't understand what you mean, Hagrid ..."
"My mother is," Hagrid said softly. "She is one of the few remaining in Britain. Of course, I don't remember her very well ... she left, you know? Probably in my third Years old. "
"To be honest, she doesn't look like a mother. Well ... they don't have motherhood in their nature, do they? I don't know what happened to her ... as far as I know, probably dead ..."
Madame Maxim said nothing, she just pouted and looked at the silver fountain in front of her.
"After my mother left, my dad was very sad. My dad was a short boy. When I was six, if he annoyed me, I would lift him up on the top of the closet and always make him laugh Laughing ... "Hagrid's deep voice was even more choked.
Aside, Mrs. Maxim listened, and she was motionless as if not listening.
"Dad brought me up ... but, alas, he died, just after I went to school. After that, I was on my own. Dumbledore helped me a lot, seriously. He told me very good……"
Hagrid took out a large silk handkerchief printed with dots and blew his nose loudly.
"That's it ... that's it ... my case is over. Where are you? Where did you get the inheritance?"
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Maxim suddenly stood up.
"It's too cold," she said, "I want to go in."
In fact, no matter how low the temperature is right now, it won't be as cold as her voice now.
"Huh?" Hagrid said in confusion. "No, don't go! I--I've never met anyone else before!"
"Others? You can tell clearly!" Said Madame Maxim, coldly.
"Another half-blooded giant, that's worth talking about!" Hagrid said.
"You are so brave!" Madame Maxim screamed. "I've never had such an insult in my life! Half-blooded giant? Me? I'm just-I'm just a big skeleton!"
Her voice cut through the peaceful night sky like a foggy corner.
At this moment, Hibiscus and Roger rushed out of a field of roses-no way, Madam Maxim would run into them in the flowers.
Mrs. Maxim gave them a glance, then walked away angrily. She plucked the flowers angrily all the way, startled by a group of colorful fairies flying into the air.
Hagrid was still sitting on the bench, looking at her back, wondering what she was thinking.
"Hagrid, it's still too straightforward for you to ask this ... You know, not everyone can accept their own blood in peace."
A voice sounded from a corner not far away, and it didn't take long for the two figures to emerge from there.
"Maca?" Hagrid looked a little flustered, and he stood up in a hurry. "Oh, and Miss Lovgood ... how long have you been there?"
"Is there something I shouldn't have heard?" Maca asked with a shrug.
Hagrid waited for a while, and finally pulled his shoulders back and sat down on the stone bench.
"But ... you see, you don't care ..." His voice sounded frustrated, even a little uncomfortable.
"Yeah! I don't care," Maca sat down beside him, and patted Hagrid's thick arm, "but I know very well that the hostility of others to the giant ... ... and even fear. "
"Don't talk about me, you obviously know it well, don't you?" He continued. "You never mentioned your life, let alone why you are so big--"
"Because it's not necessary--" Hagrid argued.
"No need?" Maca shook her head and said, "Is it really not necessary? Knowing that everyone's first impression of you is‘ Oh! You are so tall! '

"I ..." Hagrid wanted to find another reason, but was discouraged in an instant, "Yes, you're right-I can understand her thoughts ... just like sometimes I I also worry that the children will be scared like me ... "
"But seriously, I won't hide it deliberately like her, that's dishonest!"
Hagrid said stubbornly, and he had his own persistence. Maca didn't deny his insistence directly, but talked about the giant's topic ...
"Hagrid, have you seen them?" He asked suddenly, "you know, I mean giants."
Hagrid nodded, then shook again.
"I only met my mother, and I was too young at the time, I can't remember ..."
"According to the information, the average height of modern giants is close to 30 feet ... but did you know? In ancient times, the ancestors of giants were much taller and stronger than they are now." Maca calmly said, "I Think you should understand, what does that mean for ordinary people ... "
"Still taller?" Hagrid said curiously. "How tall?"
"I don't know much about it. In ancient times, there were several giants ... Anyway, as far as I know, the smallest one is more than twice as tall as the current giant ..." Maca said, and He patted Hagrid's arm and said, "The type with the largest size, even in ancient times, only existed in the legend-it was as huge as a mountain."
"It sounds like the fairy tales that my father told me when I was a kid." Hagrid subconsciously looked at the towering mountain deep in the Forbidden Forest, and then he laughed.
"Is it really that big? I want to see it for myself ..." said Lu Na, sitting silently on the other side of Maca.
She was also looking at the mountain, faintly aspiring.
"Maybe one is sleeping somewhere in this world!" Said Maca. "But we still don't want to see it. If there really is such a big guy waking up, it will cause a big earthquake just to stand up. ... "
"... Well, let him continue to sleep." Luna said seriously.
Looking at her, as if she had really considered it just now, where to find the legendary "giant as big as a mountain".
"Thank you, Maca ..." After a long time, Hagrid suddenly said, "At least you made me understand. Real friends don't care if I have a mixed race of giants ..."
"Thank you a few more people, then." Maca spread her hands and shouted, "Harry, Ron, don't hide there!"
Not long after, with a whispering sound, two embarrassed boys came out from behind the reindeer stone carving.
"Sorry, Hagrid. We didn't plan--" Harry was interrupted by Maca before he could finish.
"Come here for a while, no one here will blame you-right, Hagrid?"
"Oh—of course, but ..." Hagrid hesitated. "Where did you start listening?"
"From‘ I see you, I understand. ’There ...
Harry confessed with apologetic expression,
In fact, we just happened to pass by ...

"Isn't that the beginning!" Hagrid patted his forehead vigorously. "Oh, the children are watching ... I wish I didn't say anything strange."
"We're not children anymore—" Ron exclaimed. "Relax, Hagrid, we won't be afraid of you!"
Maca looked at Ron strangely-when did he become so aggressive? It should be said that the wizarding family knows a lot about giants, and most wizards are very hostile to the giants.
In the minds of wizards, giants have always been cruel and killer, and even eaten people-of course, this is because related cases have indeed occurred in history.
To be honest, Maca had a good relationship with Hagrid from the beginning. In addition to Hagrid being worthy of contact, naturally also had the idea of ​​personally contacting the giants through Hagrid.
He is really very curious about such a magical race. If he has the opportunity, he would like to see what a giant looks like-of course, that is not now!
After a few more chats at the fountain, Hagrid went back to the hut first--he couldn't go to see Mrs. Maxim today, so why not go back and spend time with Yaya!
Harry, Ron and Maca returned to the auditorium.
The ball is still going on. Parvati and Padma are sitting at a table in the distance with a large group of Boothbatons boys. Www.EbookFREE.me. Hermione doesn't know where to go. They never saw her again.
They sat down at a table far from the dance floor.
For the rest of the ball, Harry and Ron had been sitting in the corner talking about the giants, and no one had thought of dancing. Halik restrained himself from staring at Qiu Zhang and Cedric, which gave him a strong urge to kick things.
Maca talked to Luna casually, and occasionally answered a few words when Harry asked them something.
Soon, at midnight, the eccentric sisters stopped playing and the leisurely time was over. The last time everyone gave warm applause to the eccentric sisters, and then started walking towards the hall.
At this point, in a girl's bedroom in the Gryffindor Tower, Hermione was staring at the opened gift box.
In that flat gift box, a fine white dress was still stacked well, and under the light, it reflected the stars.
"Ron is right, even if I can't bother Maca right now, I shouldn't promise Wick ... Krum's invitation ..."