The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 36 Norwegian Ridgeback

It is common knowledge in the wizarding world that raising dragons is illegal, but Ryan looked at Hagrid's excitement and felt that he might not accept persuasion and give up his dream of raising a dragon.

Sure enough, when Hermione pointed out that Hagrid lived in a wooden house and a dragon inside could destroy everything, Hagrid was still very excited to introduce them to the knowledge about the dragon.

"I read 'Raising Dragons for Fun and Profit,' and it says to put the eggs in the fire because their mother breathes on them. Look, it says here, after it hatches, feed it a bucket of brandy and chicken blood every half hour. And look here - how to tell the difference between different eggs - I got a Norwegian Ridgeback, which is very rare."

Ryan looked at Hagrid fiddling with the fire and humming a little tune happily, and felt that Hermione's persuasion was useless. Perhaps only after Hagrid had raised the dragon for a while and suffered some losses would he come to his senses.

Besides, Ryan has almost mastered Crazy Dave's Beginner's Guide to Plant Cultivation. Now he plans to cultivate a special plant of his own. After the dragon is hatched, he may be able to get some dragon-related things to cultivate plants.

In the following time, Harry and Ron also began to accept the review plan that Hermione helped to make. However, this made them even more irritated, because now in addition to the Philosopher's Stone, they had to worry about a dragon. They felt that if this continued, they would go crazy sooner or later.

Then, at breakfast one day, Hedwig brought Harry another note from Hagrid. It only had four words on it: "Almost hatching."

Ron doesn't want to attend the Herbology class and wants to go straight to Hagrid's hut, but Hermione and Ryan strongly disagree.

Ron tried to argue, but Ryan interrupted him somewhat rudely.

"Shut up." Ryan said, "This is not the place to discuss this issue. Can't you see a group of Slytherins coming over for breakfast?"

Ron ate his bread and jam somewhat disappointedly until they found some free time during the lunch break.

As soon as the bell rang, Harry and his friends quickly dropped their shovels and hurried across the field to the edge of the forest. They were greeted by Hagrid, who was beaming with excitement.

"It's almost out." He let them into the cabin. "Where's Ryan?"

"Lion and Professor Sprout have some questions to ask. He stays in the greenhouse for a long time every time he has Herbology class. He will be here soon," Hermione said to Hagrid.

When Ryan hurried over from the greenhouse, the little dragon had already been born. The newborn dragon had wrinkled wings and was about the size of a chicken. It occasionally choked on one or two sparks from its mouth.

Hagrid, whose finger was bitten when he tried to pet the dragon, still said happily: "Oh my God, look, it knows its mother!"

After seeing this, Ryan swallowed the advice that was about to come out of his mouth. At least today, Hagrid, who was in a state of joy, would definitely not listen to the advice. When Xiaolong grew up a little and had various problems, he could use facts to advise Hagrid.

When they left Hagrid's hut and returned to the castle, the system prompted Ryan.

——Malfoy did not discover the birth of this dragon. Gain 2 offset points. Well, now there are 22 offset points. Ryan looked at his offset points and smiled with satisfaction. However, when he thought of Hagrid trying to raise a dragon indoors, he restrained his smile again. After all, it would be very difficult to let a fanatic of ferocious animals give up raising dragons.

Ryan's guess came true. Dragons really weren't domesticated animals, at least not for Hagrid, but Hagrid still refused to give up.

In just one week, the dragon had tripled in length. Puffs of smoke were pouring out of its nostrils. Hagrid had put aside his job of guarding the game-ground because the little dragon was keeping him busy. The ground was littered with empty brandy bottles and chicken feathers.

When Ryan and the others went to see Hagrid one time, a maternal look appeared on Hagrid's big face as he teased the little dragon.

"I've decided to call him Norbert," said Hagrid, looking at the dragon through tear-filled eyes. "He really knows me now, and look. Norbert! Norbert! Where's Mum?"

Ryan felt a little uncomfortable when he saw this scene. After all, such a big and strong man suppressed his throat to make such a sound. It really made people feel a little chilly.

But Ryan still stepped forward to persuade Hagrid: "Hagrid, at this growth rate, it will grow to be as big as your house in two weeks, and you can't hide it in school. Besides, I have read the wizarding law, and raising a dragon privately is a felony that is punishable by imprisonment in Azkaban. Not to mention that dragons are natural kings of the sky, and their nature is not suitable for being raised in this house. Even if it is for...well, for Norbert, you should let it go."

It was obvious that Ryan's words had touched Hagrid. He bit his lip. "I-I know I can't keep it forever, and I know I should let it go quickly. Dumbledore has helped me a lot, and I shouldn't bother him anymore. But I can't just throw it away. It's too young to survive on its own."

Hagrid really does love these animals. Compared to those people who kept pets on a whim in their previous lives and then abandoned their pets when things didn't go their way, Hagrid was a true animal protector.

But this problem still needs to be solved. Ron thought for a moment and said, "My brother Charlie raises a dragon in Romania. We can give this dragon to him. I think he will be able to take good care of it."

"This should be the best way for Norbert." Hagrid said while crying, and from time to time he took out a large handkerchief to wipe the corners of his eyes.

Finally, in front of Hagrid, Ron wrote a letter to his brother to ask about this matter.

The following week was like a year. Around 12 o'clock on Wednesday night, Ryan and Hermione sat in the common room to start reviewing. Harry and Ron crawled in from the hole in the common room. They were wearing invisibility cloaks and had just gone to Hagrid to feed Norbert.

"Ryan, help check Ron's hand?" Harry said to Ryan as soon as he came in, because he had seen Ryan feeling people's pulses in the common room before, and he seemed to know some medical skills, and Chinese medicine is not much different from magic in the eyes of Westerners. Obviously, Ryan was asked to check because Ron's condition was not suitable for Madam Pomfrey to see.

Ron held out a finger wrapped in a bloody handkerchief. Ryan opened the handkerchief and found that the wound should have been bitten by a dragon. The tooth marks were a little green and accompanied by redness and swelling.

"Damn, why is there poison on this dragon's teeth? Wait a minute, I'm going to get something." After saying that, Ryan ran upstairs, leaving the three people looking at each other in the common room.

(End of this chapter)