Take things as they come at Hogwarts

"Okay. So, finally, Hermione, what do you want?"

"You know, Locke...... I didn't get it last year!" Hermione said boldly with shame.

"Well, I can make a beautiful metal hairpin for you, it represents my friendship with you!"

"Friendship is not enough, Locke. Hermione paused and looked him in the eye.

Locke fell silent and turned his head away, not responding.

This left Hermione very disappointed.

Harry and Ron looked at each other, both a little overwhelmed, and in the end, they could only keep quiet.

So the four little wizards walked all the way through the snow to Hagrid's place in peace.

And when they saw Hagrid's tall figure, they found Hagrid in a daze in his vegetable garden~.

"Hagrid, are you alright?-" Ron greeted with the initiative.

"It's not good, I don't know why I raised a chicken, it was killed!" Hagrid doubted - life + mourning.

"Chickens, are there roosters?" said Harry.

"Of course, why do you ask, Harry?"

Harry didn't answer, but glanced at his friends and hurried to Hagrid's crude chicken coop.

But they soon regretted it, because the situation inside was so terrible.

"It's broken bones...... This is not a high-level dark magic that a young wizard can easily learn!" Locke analyzed.

"But the power is at the level of a little wizard. That man must have used it more than once, that's why it's so bad here!" Hermione analyzed.

Seeing this, Harry and Ron couldn't help but look at each other again, feeling that these two were still ...... before Now the relationship has been restored!

Sure enough, they are actually the most tacit combination. I really don't understand why Locke would refuse Hermione.

Locke didn't know what Harry and Ron were thinking, and used the "Flame Bear" to control the flames to melt the snow near the chicken coop layer by layer, and then soon, small shoe prints appeared.

"Girls' shoe prints. "

Locke muttered, picked up a piece of sharded wood, covered it over the shoe print, and deformed the splinter so that it changed to exactly match the shoe print.

Then Locke picked up the board, took out a piece of parchment, spread it up, and traced it around it with a pen.

By the way, he even painted the texture of the soles roughly with sketches.

"Harry, give this to Dumbledore as well, maybe, it will help?" Locke handed the parchment to Harry.

"I think it's a bit difficult, and the shoes are about the same size as mine. I think a lot of the little witches at Hogwarts are that size. Also, Locke, you really know how to draw?" Hermione was a little surprised. She remembers last Christmas.

"But it's a clue, isn't it? I slipped out of the castle yesterday in a snowy day and came here. Perhaps, someone saw her halfway through?" Locke thought hopeful.

"Leave it to me, we don't have anything else to do anyway!" Harry gladly took on the task.

"Wait, what the hell are you talking about...... Although I was surprised that a young wizard killed my chicken, or a little witch, there was no need to alarm Dumbledore!"

Although he was surprised that Locke had come up with so many clues so quickly, he couldn't understand the conversation of the little wizards at all.

"Hagrid, didn't Dumbledore tell you about the monsters in the secret room?" asked Hermione, a little surprised.

"No, but he told me good news. Next semester, I may be able to take over from Professor Kettleburn as the new Hogwarts Professor of Protecting Magical Creatures!" Hagrid solemnly announced to the young wizards!

The little wizards looked at each other, not quite accustomed to the sudden turn of events.

"Oh. Congratulations, Hagrid!" Locke congratulated first.

"Thanks, Locke. When the time comes, please be my teaching assistant!" Hagrid said earnestly.

"I ...... Well, I'll help you!"

"Thank you, Locke! You're so nice! By the way, what did you just say, monster in the Chamber of Secrets?"

"No, nothing, Hagrid. Since you're all right, we'll leave first. It occurred to me that we still had something to attend to. Harry hurried to say goodbye to Hagrid.

"Are you leaving so soon, why don't you go in and have a cup of tea before leaving?" Hagrid was a little reluctant.

Before he could show it off, the audience was already leaving.

"You're still dealing with these chickens, aren't you, Hagrid, I think it's a bit of a thrill for us little wizards!" Hermione said.

"Oh, sorry, I ignored it. See you next time, Harry, Locke, Hermione, Ron!" Hagrid called out everyone's name.

"Goodbye, Hagrid!" everyone said goodbye to Hagrid.

In fact, they will meet again when the hall is decorated at noon.

Hagrid was also responsible for carrying the wood used to make the Christmas tree into the hall.

On the way back, Locke and the others were still discussing Hagrid. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"I think Dumbledore already has a way to clear Hagrid's name, otherwise he wouldn't have said that to him. Harry spoke first.

"It should be. Locke agreed.

"But can Hagrid really be a professor?" Ron asked.

"I think, enough! To Hagrid, the three-headed dog and the eight-eyed spider are well-behaved little babies, and maybe he'll let us get up close and personal with his little ones!" replied Locke.

"Oh hell! I'm definitely not going to take the Protecting Magical Creatures class next year!" Ron swore an oath.

"Klock, you're going to be Hagrid's assistant teacher, is it okay?" Hermione was a little worried.

"It's going to be hard, but it can't be helped, we owe Hagrid a lot of favors, he's our friend. So, I'm still going to help him. Locke sighed.

The others didn't say anything, just gave Locke a sympathetic look.

And so, they chatted and chatted until they reached the castle gate, and then they met Master Malfoy.

He and his father were talking something, but the atmosphere between them was not very harmonious, and there seemed to be an argument.

But before Harry and the others could get closer, the two ended their conversation. Lucius turned and left directly, not glancing at Locke the whole time.

Even though the news of Harry's suspicion as the heir of Slytherin had spread among pure-blood nobility circles, Lucius did not react at all.

But when Harry and the others passed by Malfoy, Malfoy didn't pretend that they couldn't see them.

"Oh, isn't that poor, nobody wants Harry, and sure enough, you're going to be in school again this Christmas!" Malfoy's taunt never fell.

Just like in Potions class, Snape would never forget to target Harry.

"Malfoy, it looks like you don't want anyone either, otherwise you would have packed your bags and boarded the train by now!" Ron said to Malfoy.

"Oh, the dark wizard's accomplice has spoken. I'm really, so scared!"

"What are you talking about!" Ron rushed straight up.

Harry didn't expect Ron to be so grumpy today, so he hurried to grab him.

In the process of pulling, the parchment in his arms fell.

"What is this...... Oh, Harry, are you going to work as a shoemaker after graduation to support yourself, or are you going to make a pair of shoes for poor Weasley's little daughter?

"Malfoy, I must teach you a lesson today!" Ron was extremely annoyed, if it hadn't happened for Snape passing by and stopping them, Locke and they might not have been able to pull Ron this time.

"Give it back to me, Malfoy!" Harry snatched the parchment from Malfoy's hand and walked with Locke to the staircase on the second floor.

Malfoy looked at their backs, and his face suddenly became very gloomy.

He walked briskly towards the Slytherin common room, nothing on the surface, but very anxious in his heart.