"..."
"Excuse me, who is over there?"
'...'
(ー`??ー)
'I! '
o(??^｀)o
"Ah! Finally found it!!"
Next to the Whomping Willow on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, in a place where no one dared to come here easily to 'find a fight' and risk their lives to try what it was like to 'find death', Hermione Granger finally got what she wanted. Fortunately, they found Professor Anne, their magic open class teacher.
"!!"
"Very good!"
Hermione knew that a certain little girl often hid here after catching those magical animals in the Forbidden Forest for the kind of barbecue party or potion cooking that she had no idea about... So, in Huo, After unable to find the other party in Gwarts Castle and asking for help without any results, she first walked along the shore of the lake, and after bypassing Professor Pomona Sprout's herbal cultivation greenhouse, In the end, I finally found that little figure in this place.
Hermione was already thinking just now, if she couldn't find it here, I'm afraid she would have to go into the Forbidden Forest to look for it...
However, she did not dare to run into the dangerous forbidden forest easily, because she was not confident enough to think that her abilities could cope with all the unknown dangers lurking in the depths of the jungle! Besides, Hagrid, the administrator of the Forbidden Forest, would definitely not let her in. She didn't want to break in and have Gryffindor lose points!
"Annie, I have been looking for you in the castle for a long time, but I didn't expect you to hide here..."
Hermione moved forward directly, because she knew that as long as the other party was around, the terrifying Whomping Willow would definitely not greet her with its terrifying branches that could break car windows or rocks with one blow. of.
"They didn't hide!!"
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Seeing the arrival of Miss Hermione, whom she was familiar with, little Anne didn't say anything more. She just responded randomly twice and then continued to stare closely at her cauldron that was placed on the fire. .
"??"
Sniff sniff...
At this time, Hermione was getting closer to the other party step by step. Just when she was about to ask the other party for advice, she was stunned... Then, her little head unconsciously raised a little, and her nose was still there. He kept trembling, sniffing hard at some strange smell floating in the air.
"What is this? It smells really weird..."
"But it smells really good!"
Now Hermione suddenly changed her mind. She felt that maybe she could have a 'picnic' with the other party and enjoy it first, and then after she had eaten and drank enough, she could ask the questions she just wanted to ask?
"??"
"Annie, are you...boiling those ostrich eggs?!"
He looked carefully at the other party's crucible, the boiling spring water inside, and the cinnamon bark, lily petals, fig shells, ginger roots, and the messy potions that he failed to recognize that were rolling in the hot water. Hermione couldn't help but ask with some anticipation and curiosity about the huge and conspicuous egg in the middle of the crucible.
Because, as far as she knew, apart from some magical animals, the only ones in the world that could lay such a big egg were the African ostriches.
"Ostrich egg?"
Σ(⊙ω⊙`)?
When Miss Hermione said it was an ostrich, Anne couldn't help but be stunned.
However, she had no intention of leaving the crucible or talking to the other party. She just glanced at the other party and then continued to turn her head, widening her green eyes, staring expectantly at the situation in the crucible. , and always pay attention to the size of the magic flame at the bottom of the crucible and the boiling degree of the soup in the crucible.
"It's not an ostrich egg!"
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As for what kind of egg it is, little Annie doesn't want to tell Hermione now because she decided to wait until she eats it in her stomach before deciding whether to tell her or not?
"Are you learning to cook those 'tea eggs'?"
Hermione has some small expectations...
"If it's not an ostrich egg, then what is it?"
So, she moved closer to each other, squatting next to the boiling crucible that was burned by the flames, and looked at the tumbling soup and the slightly trembling star in the soup that exuded the charming fragrance. Egg.
“I don’t want to tell you yet!!”
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You know, Annie got this egg while others were not paying attention. If Hermione found out and told it, it would be another trouble! And she is the most afraid of trouble. Now one more thing is worse than one less thing, so why not just stop talking about it?
At most, when it's cooked, she can just give it to the other party a little bit, just a little bit, and pull the other party into the water and become an 'accomplice'.
(…)
(●￣(??)￣●)
"..."
"I can't tell what it is..."
Because Hermione was pretty sure that she had never seen an egg like this type, and it seemed to have a certain pattern on it... But, for some reason, she also had a vague feeling of déjà vu?
However, she was attracted by the taste of the soup and did not want to think about things that were too complicated for the time being.
Click~!
At this time, a small voice suddenly sounded.
Then, a small crack appeared on the eggshell...
Although its sound was very small and the cracks were not too big, Hermione, who had sharp eyes, heard and saw it clearly, and she believed that Anne beside her must have noticed it, otherwise she would not have followed her. Carefully, he moved forward to the edge of the crucible.
"Is it cooked?"
After looking at it for a while and realizing that there was indeed a love crack on the eggshell, Hermione asked with some uncertainty.
Because according to her understanding, just like when she or her mother cooked hard-boiled eggs, if the eggshell cracked, in addition to the possibility of uneven heating, it was also possible that the egg had been thoroughly cooked. It's cooked, so the coagulated egg whites burst open?
"..."
(ー`??ー)
"That... doesn't seem to be the case..."
(lll￢ω￢)
After just one glance, little Annie had already roughly figured out what was going on. Therefore, she was now considering whether she should take the opportunity to make up for the damage, and then quickly change the cooking method to make the original after-dinner meal this afternoon Can the dessert 'magic eggs' be changed into something meatier and more nutritious?
for example……
A stew made from the offspring of some high-end, magical, legendary animal?
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(…)
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"Not familiar yet?"
"But the egg has obviously cracked. Doesn't that mean it's completely cooked?"
Hermione glanced at the little Professor Anne next to her with some confusion, who suddenly seemed a little embarrassed. She didn't know why the other party said that.
Kaka...
At this time, the egg in the boiling soup in the crucible actually cracked another new crack, and it was shaking slightly, as if something was struggling inside it. Hermione couldn't help but be startled as she moved closer to get a better look.
"ah!"
"No! I remembered it!!"
Finally, three years ago, a scene she had seen with Harry and Ron when she was in first grade quietly appeared in Hermione's mind again, making her come back to her senses and know who the other party was. What is being cooked...
"Annie!!"
"You...you, you! You actually stole the dragon eggs from the Triwizard Tournament and cooked them?!"
An exclamation blurted out directly from Hermione's mouth, and the voice was a little loud. Even the whomping willow, which was originally very honest and responsible, couldn't help but shake a few times, as if she had that kind of thought. The idea of raising its huge vine-like branches and delivering a fatal blow to any human who disturbed it?
However, for some unknown reason, after struggling and hesitating twice, it had to calm down under the threatening eyes of a little girl.
"Shhh!!"
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Little Annie jumped up, reached out and covered Hermione's open mouth, and looked around nervously.
"Miss Hermione, please keep your voice down, but don't let anyone hear you!!"
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When these words were spoken, it was actually self-inflicted...
However, Anne did not see the slightest hint of shyness or concern on her face. She just looked around for a moment and found that this place was very hidden, and no other outsiders had come here yet, and their words just now were not ignored. After it was spread, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Annie! You are a professor. How can you still do such a thing? What are you thinking about?"
"Oh no, just wait..."
After breaking free from the other person's hand in a fit of laughter and tears, Hermione lowered her voice and questioned the little girl professor who was still in the mood to smile playfully and didn't think the matter was big at all.
Then, she suddenly remembered some more important things in front of her, so she quickly took out her wand and pointed it at the egg in the crucible.
"Wingardim Leviosa!!"
With Hermione's skillful casting and waving of her wand, the dragon egg, which was being continuously heated in the tumbling potion soup, was directly lifted out by the levitation spell, and was soon shaken. It was placed on the grass beside it.
Click~click...
Immediately afterwards, the unknown dragon egg with strange patterns and one size larger than an ostrich egg started to tremble violently again shortly after being placed on it, and the cracks on it were still trembling. became more.
"Annie..."
"Dragon eggs cannot be boiled with water. Moreover, you may not have thought that when I was in first grade, I saw Hagrid hatching a dragon egg... At that time, he was hatching his When it comes to the Norwegian Ridgeback, you roast it directly on the fire, and the temperature is much higher than if you put it in the soup!!"
Seeing that this dragon egg had survived by chance from the soup pot and was about to be hatched soon, Hermione once again looked angrily towards a certain dragon egg that was said to have a lot of The professor, a little girl with a criminal record and recently extremely obsessed with cooking, glared at her.
Actually, she felt a little strange just now. She had no idea how the other party could hide in such a place when he was going to boil an egg... It turned out that she was actually going to boil a living dragon egg? !
"..."
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
Anne said: She had never cooked a dragon egg in this world before, so how could she know whether it could be cooked in water? Besides, how would you know if you don’t try it yourself, right?
Of course, looking at the cracked egg in front of her that Hermione had just taken out of the crucible, she knew what would happen next without thinking too much.
"It seems that it will really hatch in a while..."
(lll￢ω￢)
What a pity...
If she had known this would be the case, when she dared to get it, she should have smashed it open, then found a larger frying pan, sprinkled a few drops of soy sauce, and made it into poached eggs... In that case, this thing was guaranteed It will definitely not hatch.
However, there is definitely no chance now, because the egg is about to turn into a dragon, and it is definitely impossible to eat it. Besides, such a small one has only a few pieces of meat. She might as well fight those four eggs that have just been transported to school. What’s the idea of the female dragon!
"Wait a moment..."
∑(??△｀)? !
"You just said, how do you know that the first event of the Triwizard Tournament is to deal with the fire dragon? Hermione, it seems that this matter is still kept secret, right?"
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You must know that the events of the Triwizard Tournament are in principle kept secret from all players, because once the warriors know it in advance, part of the meaning of the game will be lost.
Therefore, Anne was a little curious. She didn't know how the Hermione in front of her knew that the competition event was the fire dragon, because even though she was one of the referees, she only found out that those guys got it last night this morning. Four big guys holding nests and hatching eggs, and then at noon, she took advantage of those people going to have lunch and quietly brought an extra egg here to conduct her research?
That’s right, it’s research!
In short, for Professor Anne, who has recently been focusing on studying the various edible and medicinal values of magical animals, taking away a dragon egg is not something too serious! Anyway, there are so many eggs, there are four whole nests, so taking away one or two won’t be a big deal, right?
"ah?"
"This... Harry secretly told me. When he used the invisibility cloak to follow Hagrid yesterday, he saw them being transported to Hogwarts and heard their conversation..."
Hermione suddenly became shy and embarrassed.
Because, this matter is indeed not that glorious... In fact, in a sense, she and Harry did cheat? Otherwise, she wouldn't have rushed to the little Professor Anne in front of her after thinking about it all morning to find a way to deal with the fire dragon.
Of course, it is not urgent to ask for advice on how to fight the fire dragon. Anyway, there are still many days before the first competition event.
"It's really cheating..."
(lll￢ω￢)
Sure enough, Anne knew that none of the so-called competitions, draws, or public events were reliable or fair. They were all full of behind-the-scenes manipulation and cheating, even in this Hog. Same thing here in Watts!
Otherwise, the cunning old man Dumbledore and the crazy fake Professor Moody would not have given Harry Potter preferential treatment in various ways, and turned him into a warrior warrior in the Triwizard Tournament. .
"Well?!"
Σ(⊙ω⊙`)?
Suddenly, Annie was just about to think about how to deal with the gadget that was about to hatch. Before she could think of a way or take action, she heard a series of rustling sounds coming from outside...
It sounds like someone is pushing away those tall weeds and looking for the Whomping Willow?
"!!"
!? (??''????)??
"Miss Hermione! Let's get out of here first and then talk!!"
(*￣▽￣)o ─═≡※:☆Clean up!
In an emergency, with a wave of Anne's hand, a standard Hogwarts wandless spell was cast, and then soon, the crucible and the flame that had just been placed on the ground for heating disappeared directly, even those who were pressed The burnt turf returned to its original state instantly.
At the same time, with the flash of blue arcane light, she and Hermione beside her disappeared in an instant, leaving only the 'magic egg' that failed to cook. It cracked and shook on the grass.
'Hagrid! '
'Did you find anything there? '
'Feel sorry! Charlie, not yet...'
'...'
'If that doesn't work, then stop looking for it. You probably won't be able to find such a small thing...'
As the two people teleported away, after a while, a voice came from a distance... Listening to the conversation in the form of calls between the two parties from different distances, it was obvious that they should Looking for something?
'No! '
'Let me look for it again...I have already lost one Pegasus, I can't lose another one...'
'etc! '
'oh! Merlin's beard...'
Soon, as the sound approached, a loud voice of surprise sounded, and then there was another rough exclamation.
'Hi! Charlie! '
'Come over here and have a look. I told you, Yaya is right when he hears some movement here. Come over here and have a look! ! '
'Hagrid, what did you find...'
'Don't ask anymore, come and take a look! ! '
Soon, the voice of Hagrid, who obviously belonged to the key keeper of Hogwarts and the guard of the Forbidden Forest, rang not far away from the Whomping Willow, and started shouting and talking to some people further away. With.
'! ! '
'That is……'
'wrong! How could it be here and ready to hatch? ! '
'But, it doesn't look like anyone has been here...'
'Then why is it here? '
'Sorry, Charlie, don't ask me, I don't know either! '
'...'
Following Hagrid's exclamation, several wizards quickly arrived here and found the missing Hungarian Horntail egg as they wished. Although it was about to hatch, it finally Still, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, according to the relevant regulations on the management of fire dragons, private dragon breeding is prohibited! Therefore, those eggs must not be allowed to stray outside. Even if they are trampled by the fire dragon themselves or smashed by them, they will never let any of them disappear for no reason. That is a very serious matter. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been so nervous just now and searched aimlessly around here for so long.
'Hello! '
'Charlie, you'd better not go there now...'
Suddenly, when there were more and more cracks on the egg, and when the Hungarian Horntail's egg was about to hatch, the wizard named Charlie was about to step forward to take it away, but was stopped by someone from the side. Hagrid grabbed it with quick eyes and hands.
'What's the matter, Hagrid? '
'We have to hurry, it's coming out soon, I have to go check it out now! ! '
Charlie began to struggle, and immediately knocked off Hagrid's big hand holding his shoulder, and was about to lift his legs and walk forward.
'Don't! Charlie! '
'Listen to me, you can't go there now. Look at that willow tree. It's a precious whomping willow...'
'I bet if you dare to get close to it, your head will be smashed by it! ! '
'! ? '
'So what do we do now, just watch? '
'...'
'I can't deal with it, but I think Dumbledore or Professor Pomona Sprout will definitely have a way...'
'oh! Look, it's coming out...'
Soon, the Hungarian Horntail finally squeezed through the egg shell and got its head out.
Although it was very small, its little head covered with ferocious spikes could not help but look curiously at Hagrid, Charlie and others who were watching it more than ten steps away but did not dare to come near.
'Hiss~! '
Then, after a small roar, the little Hungarian Horntail sprayed a small flame towards the willow branches hanging from its head, and then excitedly turned towards Hagrid and the others. Climb over here...
'It's so charming! '
'Looks like he's healthy too...wait, no! ! '
At this time, Hagrid, Charlie and others were about to do something. However, they were completely out of time and could only watch in vain as a thick branch of the Whomping Willow suddenly fell down!
Snap~! !
With a crisp slapping sound, the thick wicker that struck down suddenly knocked away the little fire dragon that had just hatched and dared to commit suicide and set it on fire. The shot flew out...
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