Chapter 24: Transaction or coercion

On the weekend, Hogwarts’ night was quiet, and a full moon hung in the sky exuding a soft light, spilling on the campus, occasionally a few owls flew by, and a few night cats cried, a piece of Peaceful and peaceful scene.
　　 But in a basement not far from Hogsmeade village, an explosion is brewing.
　　 "Damn." Malfoy scowled.
The soft golden-yellow liquid in the crucible just started to roll up, the bubbles were turning, firstly changed into a strange pink, then turned into bright red, and finally turned into black, the reaction became more and more violent, just like the turbulent waves , Rolling endlessly, more and more bubbles began to break away from the liquid, making the sound of "slap, pop".
　　 "The power of two months is destroyed once." Malfoy sighed at the black liquid. Obviously he failed when he struggled to one-third, he was brewing the healing agent.
　　 "Which link was wrong." He began to sit on the ground thinking hard, frowning. Actually forgot the pot of failed potions still boiling.
　　 "It's thorny." The strange sound pulled him back to reality.
　　 "Armor protector!" Malfoy subconsciously used this spell, and intuitively told him that he would become the first traverser to die from the experiment if he didn't use it.
　　 The voice just fell. With a "boom" sound, a violent explosion occurred in the basement. The huge impact and the frantic airflow took him to the corner of the wall, and the dust was flying all over the sky.
　　 "Cough." Malfoy slowly climbed up from the ground, coughing twice, looking at a messy basement, and a lot of flowing potions showed an ugly smile.
　　 "Chemicals should be recovered after the experiment." The phrase appeared inexplicably in his head. "I'm really living and going back." Malfoy's painful forehead, I don't know if it was because of my negligence, or if the explosion just hurt my head.
　　 "No way, I can only pay attention to it." Then his eyes suddenly sharpened again, like an eagle who had found his prey ready to feed.
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　　Easter holidays are much more boring than Christmas holidays. Students have unfinished homework. In addition, the final exam is coming soon, and they have to review.
　　 However, the iron triangle of Gryffindor does not seem to be quietly studying in the library. To be precise, they are not. They are attracted by the train.
Not long ago, they were reading books, Hermione made her review plan, and marked all her notes with different colors, and also wrote a few words on the title page to encourage themselves, such as must exceed someone class. Harry was looking for "Bai Xian" in "Thousand Magical Herbs and Mushrooms", and Ron threw the quill. He stared out of the library window. The sky outside the window is clear and clear, blue like the color of a forget-me-not flower, and there is a breath of summer coming in the air.
　　 Normally it should be serious, lazy, lazy, and then spent a peaceful day, but today is obviously abnormal.
　　 "Hagrid. How did you get here!" Ron said aloud in the library, only to see Hagrid walked over and kicked, what East XC was behind him. Of course, this kind of hiding has no effect. They soon knew that Hagrid was collecting some information about the dragon.
　　 Then they followed Hagrid to the hut door of the hunting ground. They did not show curiosity quickly, but asked some questions about the magic stone.
　　As an IQ crusher, after many exchanges, Hermione basically finished Hagrid's words. They knew that Snape was also one of the professors who protected the magic stone, and the information like the three-headed dog. Of course, they were more suspicious of him, and the three of them thought it would be easier for Snape to guard against theft with the precautions taken.
　　 Their current focus is the dragon.
　　 "Hagrid, can you open the window? I'm hot."
　　 "No, Harry, sorry." Hagrid said. Harry noticed that he glanced at the fireplace. Harry also turned his head to look at the fire.
　　 "Hagrid-what is that?" Harry asked.
　　 Actually he already knew. In the middle of the fire, under the kettle, lies a big dark egg.
　　 "Oh," said the sea pattern, twisting his beard anxiously, "that's--oh"
　　 "Where did you get it, Hagrid?" Ron said, squatting to the fire, looking at the big egg more carefully. "It must have cost you a lot of money!"
　　 "Won." Hagrid said, "Last night, I was drinking in the village and playing cards with a stranger. To be honest, the man is probably eager to get rid of it."
　　 "But, what will you do when it hatches?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, I have been reading books." Hagrid said, drawing a large book from under his pillow, "borrowed from the library-"Raising Dragons for Recreation and Profit"-of course , It’s a bit outdated, but the content is very complete. Put the eggs in the fire, because their mother exhales at them. You see, it’s written here, after it hatches, feed it a bucket every half hour Brandy and chicken blood. Look at this again-how to distinguish between different eggs-I got a Norwegian Ridgeback. Very rare."
Intuitively telling Hermione that it was illegal, he wanted to persuade Hagrid, but when she saw Ron, Harry and Hagrid all looked excited, she didn't know how to speak. The last time the floating spell had made her absorb some Lesson-Learn to be inclusive with friends. Thinking of a friend, she thought of someone again. "Am I a friend in his mind." She asked herself.
　　 "Hermione? Hermione?" Ron said: "Don't be in a daze, come and see the dragon egg. I promise you have never seen such a big egg."
　　 "Okay." Hermione forced herself to look at something she was not interested in, but it was strange to think that a new life might emerge from it. She was not so disgusted, and even had some expectations.
　　 The afterglow of the setting sun spattered on the hut, and they realized it was too late.
　　 "Hagrid, we have to go." Harry said.
　　 "We will come again." Ron at the door waved at Hagrid.
　　 "Me too." Hermione nodded gently.
　　 Then, during breakfast one day, Hedwig gave Harry another piece of Hagrid's note. There are only four words written on it: almost out of the shell.
　　Ron didn't want to take herbal medicine class anymore and wanted to go straight to Hagrid's hut. Hermione strongly disagreed.
　　 "Hermione, how many times can we see the dragon out of the shell in our life?"
　　 "We are going to class, otherwise we will get in trouble; if someone finds out what Hagrid is doing, he will be more unlucky than us--"
　　 "Stop talking." Harry whispered.
　　In the herbal class, Ron has been arguing with Hermione. Finally, Hermione finally agreed to run to Hagrid's hut with them both during the morning break. At the end of the get out of class, just after the bell sounded in the castle, the three of them threw down the shovel, hurried across the field, and ran towards the edge of the forest forbidden area. Hagrid greeted them, he was all red and very excited...
　　 "It's coming out soon." He let them into the hut. The egg was lying on the table with a deep crack already on it. Something kept moving in it, and there was a very funny clicking sound. They all moved their chairs closer to the table, held their breath, and watched closely.
　　 Suddenly, with a harsh scratching sound, the egg cracked. Xiaolong flapped on the table. It wasn't actually pretty; Harry thought it looked like a crumpled black umbrella. Its prickly wings are particularly large compared to its thin black body. It also has a large, long nose with white nostrils, keloids on its head, and orange-red eyes protruding outward.
　　 It sneezes, and a few sparks squirt out of his nose. "It's beautiful, isn't it?" Hagrid murmured. He reached out a hand and touched Xiaolong's head. Xiaolong bit his finger at once, exposing his pointed long teeth.
　　 "Oh my god, look, it knows its mother!" Hagrid said. "Hagrid," said Hermione, "how quickly does the Norwegian ridgeback grow to the bottom?" Hagrid was about to answer, and suddenly his face turned pale.
　　 "Someone outside the window." He said, and then jumped up, the huge body jumped up and seemed to cover the light, and it was dark under him.
　　 "It's you!" After opening the door, Ron and Harry changed their faces, Hermione pursed her lips, not knowing what to think.
　　 "You eavesdrop on us outside!" Ron raised his wand directly. Normally, he should have no courage to treat the strongest Malfoy in this way, but now it is different, because the opponent has no wand.
　　 Wizards without wands may be worse than Muggles. This is the inner thought of many wizards.
　　 "Don't come!" Ron snapped loudly, but Malfoy walked into the room step by step.
　　 A green light shot from Ron's wand and he shouted, "I won't let you succeed!"
　　 "No!" Hermione shouted eagerly. However, neither Hagrid nor Harry noticed her cry, and they were both stunned by the current situation.
　　 "I hate people pointing at me with a wand." Malfoy said lightly.
　　 "Armor armor!"
　　 The green light seemed to hit an invisible wall, and stopped sharply, giving a strange feeling of using the wrong force. Then, the light bounced back at a faster speed than when it came.
　　 "Ron, how are you." The green light hit Ron, and he could not help but fall back a few steps and fell to the ground. Harry and Hermione hurriedly lifted him up and asked with concern.
　　Harry raised his head and looked at Malfoy with resentment.
　　 "Don't look at me like this." Malfoy shrugged. "I'm just defending, and if I don't resist, it's me who is showing ugliness now."
　　After speaking, Ron burped, and a few slugs fell from his mouth to his thigh.
He continued: "Only the dark wizard will point his wand at a person without a wand, just like a regular army will not point the butcher knife at civilians, they will only fight with real opponents." Malfoy paused, then Say: "But it seems that I am a better civilian."
　　 Obviously this sentence was just fabricated by him immediately, although it sounds reasonable.
　　 "You eavesdropped on us first!" Harry said loudly, but he was a little weak and shaken.
　　 "A law-abiding citizen is obliged to report illegal activities. Let me think, um, what is written in the "Magic Animals Protection Law."" He buried his head in thought and suddenly snapped his fingers. "Privately domesticating dragons will be sentenced to five to ten years, not to mention that our custodians still have some previous convictions, and it is estimated that they will need to be sentenced." Malfoy said in a light tone.
　　 Hagrid's beard shook abnormally a few times, and he has maintained this posture from now to now.
　　 "As for the accomplice." He touched his chin and said, "Go to prison?"
　　 He was white when he saw the three men's faces suddenly, and Ron spit out a few more slugs.
　　 "That's not enough, but it is likely to be expelled. It is estimated that our college will be happy to see Gryffindor's score disappear." He started to make up, but it was also reasonable enough to deceive a few people.
　　Just kidding, can Dumbledore agree that this happens?
　　 However, it is now apparent that Harry was stunned. Expulsion in his eyes was more uncomfortable than letting him die. The glory of Gryffindor was damaged by him, so it would be better to go to prison.
"So, do you want to report us?" Hermione tried to calm down her tone. The only person present was she who could still keep calm, but only on the surface, her thin fingers clenched tightly. The white knuckles betrayed her long ago.
　　 "He is not such a person, he is not such a person." Hermione said to herself repeatedly, and then waited for his answer in pain.
"Her..." Ron wanted to speak and spit out a few slugs on the ground. "Don't ask Hermione, he is a student of Snape. There is definitely a conspiracy." Ron tried his best. Only then said such a sentence.
　　 "The tongue locks the throat!" Malfoy cast another spell.
　　 Now Ron's mouth started to bulge. He wanted to spit out the slug, but his mouth was closed again. His cheeks grew bigger and bigger, and soon his throat bulged. His breathing became difficult.
　　 "You will kill him." Hermione was obviously frightened by such a scene and screamed. "Untie it, please." She said with a cry.
　　 "The curse stops." Malfoy said softly.
　　Ron spit out the slug all at once, he gasped heavily on the ground, he stared at Malfoy in hatred, but then looked down again and quickly lowered his head, he was afraid.
　　 "For most people in this world, death is the ultimate fear, and the same is true for the Dark Lord. I believe you can learn lessons in the future, and don’t intervene when others talk." Malfoy was still indifferent.
　　 "What do you want." Harry asked with courage, obviously the scene that Ron showed just now was deeply engraved in his mind, and he just wanted to know what Malfoy wanted.
　　 "A transaction, a fair transaction, but now it is clear that you can only be understood as coercion." Malfoy shrugged helplessly, obviously somewhat helpless to the current situation.
　　 "What deal?" Hermione asked quickly.
　　 Malfoy did not answer her directly, he said slowly: "Norwegian ridgeback dragon, a kind of fire dragon, grows faster, can grow to twice the original size in a week."
　　 "This big man's house will not fit this fire dragon sooner or later, maybe even because of its unusually aggressive nature, it will cause a big disaster sooner or later without proper domestication."
　　 "Don't you forget the monster? If you divide the strength of the magical creatures, this dragon's strength will not be higher than the monster last time."
　　 "If something goes wrong, you are going to go to an ordinary prison, maybe Azkaban, Mr. Hagrid, the dementor is uncomfortable."
　　 Hagrid suddenly stumbled and almost fell to the ground. Obviously Azkaban's deterrent is too strong.
　　 "What is more likely to happen is that the disaster it caused is too great to be destroyed by humanity."
　　 "No!" Hagrid exclaimed suddenly in sorrow. "Norber it's just a child." He squatted with his head in his hands, as if he had thought of the scene at that time.
　　 "I can help you, you only need to pay a small price." Malfoy continued.
　　 "What's the cost, how to help." Harry quickly asked, he doesn't care who Malfoy's student is or what conspiracy is.
　　 "In good faith, let me tell you the way first, that is me," Malfoy pointed to himself. Then he said: "My father has a lot of investment in the United Kingdom, and some of the world is also involved. There is a dragon farm in Romania, where my father has a lot of shares, and sending the dragon there should be the best choice."
　　 "How do I believe you." Ron asked incredulously.
　　 "I'm really sad about the IQ of the descendants of the Weasley family." Malfoy couldn't help but help, "Can't you report me if I lie to you? Think again about what your brother Charlie is doing."
Hagrid said in surprise: "The little guy Charlie is also studying fire dragons there. He told me that he is also in Romania." Then his voice fell low: "But I can't bear Norber." He started sobbing, not Not to mention a big man crying in front of himself, Malfoy felt discordant.
　　 "Then what do you want." Harry whispered.
　　 Malfoy stared at Hermione for a moment, making her feel very uncomfortable.
　　 "What he wants to do." Hermione stared at him for a while, and she thought of a possibility, her cheeks could not help but red. "Impossible, impossible." She said to herself, trying to calm down her mood.
　　 "I only need a bottle of dragon's blood." Malfoy suddenly straightened his posture.
　　Hermione in the battle between heaven and man heard this request and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. UU reading www.uukansshu. com
　　 "No, you can't treat it that way, he is just a child." Hagrid suddenly went crazy again. He hugged Noble tightly and repeated this sentence repeatedly.
　　 "Then I can only act as a young pioneer to expose the evil forces." Malfoy turned away and told a joke that he thought was funny.
　　 "Right, there seems to be no young pioneers in Britain." He seemed to think of something.
　　 "I promised you for Hagrid." Harry said.
　　 "Harry, how can you..." Ron's condition seems to be better now, and he quickly dissuaded.
"We have no choice." Harry said in a deep voice, and had to say that it was not a correct way to treat Gryffindor bravely or recklessly. There was Peter the little dwarf in it, but there was Regu in Slytherin. Les Blake. Harry showed the wisdom and determination he deserves now.
　　 "Wish us a happy cooperation." Malfoy turned his hand out and smiled.
　　 "Happy cooperation." Harry also extended his hand and forced himself to make a smile that he thought was kind.
　　 "My father should send someone over next week. At that time, this dragon should have grown up a lot. You are ready, but don't have any problems." Malfoy said.
　　 "We are not like you," Ron said fiercely.
　　 "Oh, that's best." Malfoy stepped out the door slowly after he finished speaking. Preferably he added another sentence: "The last advice, please remember that it is a dragon!"