Chapter 336
Professor Hagrid's Progress
Chapter 336 Professor Hagrid's Progress
The incident in which Malfoy and Harry were scratched by the Hippogriff was ultimately treated as an ordinary classroom accident.
When Malfoy no longer insisted on pursuing the matter, he thought that such a small matter was nothing at Hogwarts, but Professor McGonagall still criticized Hagrid for being too aggressive in class and should not have brought in such a dangerous creature at the beginning.
"So I thought Flobberworms might be a good idea," Hagrid said thoughtfully. "And I just happened to find a nest of them recently, and I was going to give them to Aragog as a snack..."
"Puff—" Ryan spat out the tea, coughing and saying in shock: "What? What did you say?"
"It's a Flobberworm!" Hagrid explained, puzzled by his excitement. "It's a toothless worm, a harmless little creature."
"I know...but..."
Ryan looked at Wade, who raised his eyebrows and said:
"We'd like to continue with Hippogriffs next class, Professor Hagrid. It's not fair that Gryffindors and Slytherins have it and we don't."
"But it's dangerous..." Hagrid said hesitantly.
"Haven't you figured out how to ensure safety?" Michael said bluntly, "Besides, no one wants to see a Flobberworm. You'll be disliked by all the students."
Michael was usually very tactful in his speech, but he had discovered that he had to speak directly to the new professor so that he would listen.
Hagrid still couldn't make up his mind. "If any students are afraid of Buckbeak and the others, and they get angry..."
"Why not prepare some non-dangerous little creatures? Like Bowtruckles?" Wade said, "Those who want to take risks can take risks, and those who don't want to take risks can play with the little ones."
"Is this... okay?" Hagrid asked uncertainly.
"Of course!" Michael said confidently, "Everyone will love it!"
Although Hagrid was a professor, he had just obtained this position and had just made a mistake. He was seriously lacking in confidence and was easily persuaded.
"Okay... okay... I'll try it as you say..." Hagrid said nervously.
Michael and others cheered immediately, and Wade also smiled.
He had to take the Care of Magical Creatures class for at least three years, and in order to not have to face caterpillars and blasting-tailed skrewts all the time during those three years, he actively helped to solve this accident.
Fortunately, Hagrid did not become stubborn just because he was older and knew more about magical creatures. He humbly accepted his students' suggestions.
Even later, after Michael and others left, Hagrid found Wade again and invited him to visit his cabin.
"Thank you, Vader."
Hagrid said: "I know Malfoy didn't intend to let Buckbeak and I go... His father is very powerful and can make the Ministry of Magic listen to him... But you convinced him... You saved me, really..."
Hagrid said as he sniffed and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.
"Don't say that, Hagrid."
Wade said: "If Malfoy was injured in Transfiguration or Potions, he wouldn't have yelled like that, not to mention that he made the mistake first... I just don't want him to use this method to drive away an excellent teacher."
Hagrid was a little ashamed, and sighed, "Alas... I, I am not a good teacher at all... I got a student injured in my first class..."
"Be confident, you're not the only one."
Wade patted his arm and comforted him, "Neville broke his arm in the first flying class and got scabies all over his body in the first potions class, but Madam Hooch and Professor Snape didn't feel inferior because of this!" Hagrid couldn't help laughing, "Don't let them know you said that...haha...but I do feel much better. By the way, I have something to give you."
He stood up, adjusted the oil lamp that his head had accidentally hit, then took down a very old box from the cabinet next to him, wiped the dust off it with his hand, and handed it to Wade.
"What is this?" Wade asked curiously.
"I found it while patrolling the Forbidden Forest."
Hagrid sat down and poked the fire with the tongs. A tin kettle was boiling above it.
He said, "There are scales that fell from Norbeta, tail hair from unicorns, and poisonous horns from poisonous horns. I remember that these can all be used as alchemical materials, so I collected them for you and thought about giving them to you someday."
Actually, he had originally planned to give this as a Christmas gift, but now he was so excited that he took it out.
Wade opened the box and pursed his lips slightly when he saw the neatly arranged materials inside.
Even Hagrid would take a long time to collect these materials.
For example, the Encephalon is a large beast comparable to a rhinoceros. Its horns contain explosive liquid, which makes it very dangerous.
There is also the unicorn's tail hair, which is more precious than ordinary hair. Moreover, if the tail hair of this holy creature is violently plucked, although it will not be cursed, it will more or less cause some problems when used for making medicine or alchemy.
The best material is naturally given voluntarily by the unicorn, but this cannot be guaranteed with tail hair purchased from the market.
Hagrid seems careless and heartless, but when he thinks about others, he can appear to be more considerate than anyone else.
For example, in the first grade, he collected old photos of the Potters and made an album for Harry.
Wade took the box and said nothing in return, but just said, "Thank you, Hagrid, I like it very much."
Hagrid smiled widely.
On Tuesday afternoon, Wade went to the staff lounge to ask questions and saw Hagrid holding a thick parchment notebook he had bound himself, asking Professor McGonagall how to be a good professor.
"Sometimes it's a good idea to listen to students' advice. They know what they want."
Professor McGonagall said, "But you also need to come up with concrete and feasible solutions. Be confident, Hagrid. You have enough knowledge. You just need to learn how to pass it on to students."
Hagrid nodded seriously and wrote down every word in his notebook.
Professor McGonagall saw Wade, smiled and said, "When you don't know what to do, you can also ask Wade and Hermione - they are both excellent students and will definitely give you the best advice."
Hagrid nodded. "I will."
After experiencing a setback, Hagrid is clearly working towards becoming a good professor.
He stumbled in areas he was not good at, and the words he wrote on the parchment were a mess, and there were even many misspelled words.
But every time he wanted to give up and just muddle through, Wade, who was willing to offend Malfoy to help him, Michael and others who were looking forward to the next class, and Harry, who continued to defend him after being injured, would come to his mind.
He knew he had to do his best.
(End of this chapter)