After being comforted by Harry, Ron and Hermione, Hagrid seemed to be in a much better mood, but he was still sobbing again and again.
"Don't be sad, Hagrid." Hermione comforted at a loss, "So...then...Aragog...how is the situation now?"
"Tiera... Tiera gave me a bottle of potion..." Hagrid said in frustration, "After I fed it to Aragog, Aragog obviously improved a lot. ....."
"Isn't this great? Hagrid, why are you still sad?" Harry encouraged.
"But... but... But Tiera said, said, said that this potion was the elixir of life... He, he didn't have much in his hands... If Professor Slughorn fails to successfully refine another Philosopher's Stone, the elixir of life will soon be consumed, and Aragog will still be dead by then... wu wu wu... .." Hagrid seemed sad and worried, pulling his dirty potato-peeling scarf and wiping it on his face.
"The Philosopher's Stone?" Hermione asked in surprise, "Horace Slughorn is refining the Philosopher's Stone?"
"Well... Tiera said that he lost Nicoreme's magic stone during the ceremony to become a god, so he had to compensate Nicoreme, but he said that with his own knowledge, he had to take care of magic. He was in a mess at the Ministry, and the burden of refining the Philosopher's Stone was too great, so he cooperated with Horace Slughorn to refine one together, and asked me not to tell..." Halfway through, Hagrid suddenly covered his mouth. The sad look on his face had been replaced by horror and regret. He looked at Harry, Ron, and Hermione in a panic and at a loss.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione also looked at Hagrid with some confusion, as if they didn't understand why Hagrid would tell them such a secret so easily.
"I shouldn't have said it... I shouldn't have said it... I shouldn't have said it... I shouldn't have said it..." Hagrid looked at He went up very panicked and started muttering to himself in a somewhat bewildered way.
"Uh...Hagrid, then, let's go back to the castle first." Hermione said, retracting the hand that patted Hagrid's shoulder——
Obviously, Hagrid is in deep self-blame now, and Hermione doesn't want to wait for Hagrid to wake up before facing Hagrid's nagging.
Obviously, Harry and Ron had the same idea as Hermione, and Harry, who acted quickly, had already picked up his schoolbag.
"You little bastards, you're trying to trick me again!" Hagrid growled angrily and angrily, "Don't tell anyone what I just said!"
"I know, I know!" Hermione opened the door to Hagrid's hut and jumped out, followed closely by Harry and Ron.
"You are not allowed to talk to anyone, do you hear me!" Hagrid waved his thick arms and said, this time he seemed really angry and regretful, "Especially Tierra! You are not allowed to talk to Tierra Are you aware of this matter?"
"I know, I know!" Harry followed Hermione and ran towards the castle.
"You are not allowed to tell anyone...did you hear that!"
Hagrid's voice grew quieter behind them as they moved away from him.
...
"Visiting Hagrid wasn't as bad as we thought, was it?" Hermione said, "At least our visit to Hagrid wasn't completely fruitless."
Hagrid's hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest was now out of sight of Harry, Ron, and Hermione. They slowed down again and talked about the information that Hagrid had just "inadvertently" revealed to them. .
"Yes." Harry nodded in agreement, "We know that Tiera and Horace Slughorn are refining the Sorcerer's Stone."
"But what's the use of that?" Ron said, "The question means... indeed, after joining Tiera and Horace to successfully refine the magic stone, the elixir of life can be brewed , extend the lives of Hagrid's terrifying pets, oh, yes, it can also turn stones into gold... But obviously Tiera does not need this skill. Don't forget, in magic... ...The Treasury of the Magic Federation has as many gold galleons as there are piled up in the mountains and deep seas."
"Ron! Didn't you listen to what Hagrid just said?" Hermione said with hatred.
"No." Ron shrugged helplessly, "My attention is completely focused on Hagrid's dying baby Acromantula, and I am not in any other mood to pay attention to other things."
"Tiera said that he lost Nicoreme's magic stone during the ceremony to become a god, so he had to pay Nicoreme..." Hermione repeated what Hagrid said, "You guys Didn’t you hear it? Obviously the ritual of becoming a god is related to the magic stone!"
"So what?" Ron said nonchalantly, "Even if it is you, you are still at least..."
Ron counted on his fingers, and then said: "There are at least three major exams left, one..., a general entrance exam for the University of Magic, and a graduate exam for magic that has not even been completed yet."
"Why don't you understand what I mean?" Hermione seemed to be a little irritable by Ron's stupidity. She raised her schoolbag and patted Ron on the shoulder, jumping out every time she patted her. a word.
"What, what?" Ron seemed frightened and didn't understand why Hermione suddenly became angry.
"Don't you still understand what I mean?" Hermione said angrily, "The Philosopher's Stone is helpful for the ceremony of becoming a god, and Nicoreme is asking Tiera to return the Philosopher's Stone at this time. What does this mean? Don’t you understand yet?”
"Are you almost out of Nico Flamel's elixir?" Ron asked.
"No!" Hermione denied, "Nicholas Flamel is also preparing for the ceremony to become a god!"
"Wait a minute, Nicoléme also wants to become a god?" Harry asked in confusion, "Why is he preparing for the ceremony to become a god? He already has the elixir of life, can't he be immortal as Ron said? Have you finished drinking the elixir?"
"Impossible." Hermione insisted on her judgment and said, "When I was chatting with Tiera during the summer vacation of fourth grade, I remember Tiera said that Nicoreme's elixir was enough to be used to make acid. It is absolutely impossible to drink a lemon-flavored drink and Nico Flamel’s elixir so quickly.”
"Okay, okay." Harry was not going to argue with Hermione on this matter, "Even if Nico Flamel wants to hold a godhood ceremony, what does that have to do with us?"
"It's not directly related," Hermione said, "But now that Hogwarts is in such a mess, with so many disorganized personnel, it would be a serious matter if anything goes wrong!"
...
When Hermione, Ron, and Harry chattered about "Tiera and Horace Slughorn refining the Philosopher's Stone for Nicoléme," they didn't notice at all that they were getting closer and closer. The more excited he became, the louder his voice drifted with the wind to the Owlery not far away. There, Draco Malfoy was punished for making racially charged remarks and had to clean the Owlery in lieu of confinement. .
As the voices of Harry, Ron and Hermione came, he temporarily put down his work and listened to the source of the sound——
"Magic stone......"
"Tiera..."
"God Becoming Ceremony..."
"What if something goes wrong..."
Draco Malfoy darkly touched the Mark of the Dark Lord on his left arm.
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