Homecoming from Hogwarts

Chapter 609 Coping Strategies
Since Halloween, after being selected as the second warrior of Hogwarts, the panic, uneasiness, and anxiety that I had been feeling finally reached its peak the moment I saw the fire dragon.Hermione hid behind the bushes and stared at the restless 'behemoth'. If she hadn't been Madame Maxime a few steps away, she might have screamed until she fainted.

After Professor Blaine left, Hermione also left quickly.

In order to avoid the embarrassing situation of her and Professor Blaine bumping into each other in the hall, Hermione ran quickly.She hurried back along the road Hagrid had taken her. The endurance and acumen she had developed in gym class prevented the vines and potholes along the road from hindering her. Time moved forward in a very strange way, as if In just a blink of an eye, she was back in the castle.

When she rushed out of the Forbidden Forest and the edge of the school grounds, Hermione put on the invisibility cloak again. Then, she discovered that during the process of walking through the Forbidden Forest just now, her robe was mostly wet with dew, and after walking out of the Forbidden Forest, , the sound of the wind became real, and Hermione felt as if countless knives were cutting through her body, which was cold and painful.

Drying her clothes was a simple matter, something she could do easily in her second year, but Hermione let her clothes stay damp and suffered a little.

She didn't know why she did this. Maybe the pain made her feel real.

As she got closer to the castle, Hermione felt that her consciousness became clearer and clearer. Unlike when she had just seen the fire dragon and shuttled through the forest, she seemed to be wrapped in a balloon cannon, and everything around her was hazy. Yes, dreamy yet unreal.

As she stepped onto the moving stairs from the side of the foyer, Hermione thought of Hagrid for some reason. After having a close encounter with an adult fire dragon, Hermione felt even more excited about the fact that Hagrid could actually raise a fire dragon. It was incredible, but she had to admit that she was especially grateful to Hagrid for taking the risk to show her things first.

If she hadn't known until the day of the first event that she was dealing with a fifty-foot-tall fire dragon covered in scales and spikes, she might have fainted.

"nonsense!"

Hermione's voice was tight and she gasped as she told the Fat Lady, who was snoring in the picture frame in the portrait hole.

"Now that you say so--"

The fat lady murmured half asleep, and without opening her eyes opened the portrait to let him pass.Hermione climbed in, looked around, and then—
"At this--"

Harry jumped up from the sofa in front of the fire and waved at her.

It's true that pain makes people real. After getting close to the fireplace with a small fire, Hermione realized that she was freezing enough. She touched her face and felt that she could no longer control her expression, and , her long eyelashes were still covered with frost.

Harry hurriedly brought a bundle of pine wood from the side and stuffed it into the fireplace. This actually hit the fire in the fireplace seriously, so Harry took out his wand and created a flame. When the fireplace was burning brightly, Harry turned his head, and Hermione was already drying herself with her wand.

"Tell me, Hermione, what did you see?"

Harry asked nervously. Hagrid took the opportunity yesterday to tell them that he would take them to see the world tonight and asked them to wear an invisibility cloak. However, considering that it is easier for a person to move around with an invisibility cloak, Harry I voluntarily gave up this opportunity.

Judging from Hermione's expression, he could probably guess that the first project to be dealt with would definitely not be something like Hagrid's Blast-Ended Skrewt that could only disgust people, he asked eagerly.

So, Hermione told Harry what she had seen tonight. She told Harry that Hagrid not only took her alone, he also took Madame Maxime with him, and together they walked through the Forbidden Forest to a place far away from the castle. place, and then she met Professor Blaine and Charlie there, and--
"Fire Dragon."

Hermione shivered slightly. Even though the fireplace was releasing wave after wave of warmth, Hermione's fingertips were still pale and trembling slightly.

"There are four in total, the Welsh Green Dragon, the Swiss Brachysaurus, the Chinese Fireball and the Hungarian Horntail. I heard Charlie say this when Hagrid asked."

Harry was stunned, and a suffocating silence suddenly fell.

Ever since Krum reminded them in the library that they could find inspiration in the past Triwizard Tournament competitions, Harry and Hermione went through a lot of information in the library. In private, they also went through a lot of information. Less discussion, what kind of dangerous magical creatures and dark creatures might appear.

Especially Hermione, she had stopped all ultra-scheduled studies during these days and spent all her energy looking up information.She could clearly remember that she mentioned creatures like fire dragons in at least three books. After all, this kind of creature was not particularly mysterious, and dragon skin protective gloves were not uncommon among young wizards.

But
Harry and Hermione looked at each other on the sofa next to the fireplace, the atmosphere was very dull.

"They..." Harry's throat was tight and he felt his head was buzzing, so it was not difficult for him to guess what Hermione was feeling now, "What are they going to ask the warrior to do? Fight the fire dragon, and then, Will the fire dragon be torn into pieces or be torn into pieces by the fire dragon?"

Harry tried to tell Hermione a joke to put her at ease, but his joke was undoubtedly terrible because Hermione was one of the people about to be torn into pieces.

"Hagrid asked Charlie the same thing -" Hermione didn't know if she had caught a cold from the cold, but now she began to feel a severe headache, so that her brain was not as bright as usual.

"Charlie doesn't know either. The Ministry of Magic may not announce it until the start of the competition, but Charlie said that the ones sent are all female dragons that are laying nests and hatching eggs——"

Harry pursed his lips tightly, his face flushed and he looked suffocated.

Is this still a guess?
Stealing the eggs of these female dragons is what the warriors are most likely to do!
Harry had never seen the state of a fire dragon hatching an egg. The fire dragon itself was enough to make people feel desperate. However, when Harry was at the Dursleys' house, he saw the dog raised by Dudley's good friend Peel's family giving birth to a baby. What was it like when Dudley ignored the advice and insisted on provoking it? Then, he was bitten hard by the usually obedient dog, and Dudley received several injections as a result.

When things got to this point, there was no possibility of retreat, they could only face it.

Time passed quickly, and a few days passed in the blink of an eye. During these few days, Hermione and Harry worked tirelessly to find tips for dealing with fire dragons. They would stay in the library until lights out every night, and then, holding a He returned to the common room with a pile of books borrowed from the library and continued to look for a way to save Hermione's life from the fire dragon.

late wednesday
"The treatment method of using magic to trim the scales of the claws is useless. This is for weirdos like Hagrid who want the fire dragon to be strong——"

Harry threw aside the book "The Man Who Loved Fire Dragons", put his fingers under his eyes and rubbed them vigorously, and then took down the book "One Hundred Charms for Dealing with Crisis" from the sofa.

"I've read that one, but it's useless, Harry—"

Hermione turned the pages of the book with a swishing sound. She glanced at the book that Harry was picking up with her peripheral vision, said something, and then muttered anxiously,

"Yes, there is also a conversion spell. But what's the use of conversion? Unless you can convert its fangs into wine gum or something to make it less dangerous. The problem is, as the book says, Not many things can penetrate the skin of a fire dragon. Or transform it? But you will definitely not succeed in transforming such a huge creature. I doubt even Professor McGonagall. Of course, if you have the magic power of Professor Blaine or Professor Dumbledore Oh, stop dreaming, you can't do it, Hermione!"

Tonight is more tiring than the previous few nights, not only because of the accumulation of fatigue. In tonight's physical education class, Professor Blaine repaired them as usual, but also, maybe because they have made progress during this time, Professor Brain's methods are becoming more and more cruel. He is simply merciless. Harry was pierced through the shoulder blade tonight by a stone spear conjured by Professor Brain. Perhaps because he has become more tolerant of pain, he did not faint from the pain. passed, but Professor Brain immediately added another stun spell.

I wonder if Professor Brain's spear can penetrate the skin of a fire dragon--
Harry sat on the ground with his head raised and stared at the chandelier hanging from the ceiling. Such a nonsensical thought came to his mind, and then——
"what!"

Harry jumped up from the ground with a jerk, panting heavily, his green eyes shining with excitement, staring at Hermione who was stunned by his weird behavior.

"Remember, Hermione, what Professor Blaine told me!"

Harry said while suppressing his excitement.

"what?"

Hermione was still confused.

"Fire dragon!" Harry grinned. "Professor Blaine taught us how to deal with the fire dragon. It was in PE class. I don't remember exactly what he said at that time, but you must remember it, right? ?”

Quietly, Hermione's eyes brightened with confusion and a sense of defeat.

Deal with the Fire Dragon
On the other side of the boy's spiral staircase, the boy hiding behind the wall heard this word, and his face that looked gloomy in the shadows finally showed panic.









(End of this chapter)