A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 457 Ground Bat Sashimi

The atmosphere at school has improved significantly since the start of the new semester.

Now that everyone knows how Blake escaped, it's much easier to prevent such incidents.

To this end, the Ministry of Magic has offered a reward of fifty Galleons, and anyone who discovers the Great Black Dog can immediately write a letter to report it.

Is there a reward of fifty Gallons for providing information leading to a major fugitive?

Fudge is so stingy.

When Clegane was chasing William and Hermione in Paris, he offered a clue for a reward of 500 Galleons, and 5,000 Galleons for the capture of William and Hermione.

What a grand gesture!

And look at Fudge's stingy manner?

William couldn't help but wonder if Blake had bribed him to deliberately let him win.

Perhaps Fudge is feeling quite pleased with himself:

Although the Ministry of Magic couldn't catch Black and he looked quite pathetic, the way I secretly collected the money was really cool!

The Aurors also formed a special dog-catching team, preparing to conduct an inhumane investigation and search of the area surrounding Hogwarts.

As long as someone has a black dog, they'll swarm to investigate.

They didn't catch many black dogs, but they did destroy quite a few illegal underground shops.

For example, the Mermaid Feast... is completely gone.

William had a feeling that Cedric had reported this incident.

The Auror's announcement stated that the whistleblower was a minor wizard who had been severely harmed by a mermaid, resulting in a failed confession and subsequent psychological distortion.

Cedric perfectly fits the criteria!

Tonks, a member of the Dog Beating Team, was not angry that William had taken advantage of her; instead, she wrote to invite him to a date at Hogsmeade.

The letter also hinted that there was a nice goblin foot massage parlor where he could relax.

Don't believe her, she's a complete idiot.

Tonks is probably eyeing that shady shop.

We planned to lure him away while he was out having fun, then use a sting operation to catch him red-handed and bring him to justice.

Then he was detained for fifteen days and fined five thousand.

What a vicious woman.

William certainly wouldn't go; he's never been.

However, Wood is on his own to hope.

He's a regular there; he goes there before every competition to elevate himself.

Perhaps one day, the entire Gryffindor team will be captured.

That's not surprising.

Toothbaen was having a tough time. Many people wrote to the Ministry of Magic, claiming to have found traces of Black.

They were convinced that Tooth was Blake.

Students harass Tooth every day, and the Ministry of Magic has come several times to repeatedly confirm whether it is Black or not.

For safety reasons, Hagrid sent Tooth to stay with Lou Williams.

Tooth wasn't particularly willing. When Luwei was still a child, it often took advantage of Hagrid's absence to play with and humiliate it.

With three heads, there are more ways to play, which means three times the fun.

Now the retribution has finally come.

Haig had no interest in Yaya's emotional journey; he was still worried about the hearing a few months later.

However, Hagrid's classes were slightly more interesting.

At William's suggestion, he chose the sniff as a teaching tool.

So, in the first class on protecting magical creatures in the new semester, Hagrid lifted the lid, and a dozen or so Nifflers looked up and winked at the whole class.

Faced with so much attention, they seemed a little shy...shy and unsure of where to start stealing!

The Nifflers are just that simple and adorable.

"These are all Nifflers," Hagrid said after the students had gathered. "They can usually be found underground in mines."

They like shiny things... so they hide their money and watches.

"Yes, look, just like this!"

A sniffling suddenly leaped up, trying to steal the warm-up badge from Marietta's chest. She shrieked and backed away.

The Niffler came towards Qiu again, and Qiu picked up the fairy book in her hand and aimed it at its head.

The sniffle plunged headfirst into the mouth of the fairy book, leaving only its two short legs and little tail sticking out.

Qiu flicked the sniffling egg and revealed a smug smile.

All the Sniffles retreated, huddled in a corner, trembling, no longer daring to provoke this vicious woman.

"Alright, even though the Nifflers steal and are mischievous, they're still good guys. They're the most useful treasure hunters!"

"We can have a blast with them today!" Hagrid exclaimed happily. "See them over there?"

He pointed to the large open space.

"I buried dozens of gold coins. Whoever picks the Niffler and digs up the most gold coins will get a reward."

You need to choose a Niffler, get ready, and release them.

William chose a Niffler, which stuck its long nose into his neck and sniffed it vigorously.

William tapped the Niffler on the head; it had just casually tried to steal the Ravenclaw ring from his neck.

People threw the Nifflers into the ground, and they burrowed in and out of the soil like fish in water.

Hagrid was deliberately coaxing the Nifflers to turn over the soil; he was preparing to accept William's suggestion to plant some watermelons.

Once the sniffles find the gold coin, they will rush back and put it in the student's hand.

"Alright, let me see how you've done!" Hagrid said. "Count your gold coins! Trying to steal them won't work, McClargan!"

As he spoke, he narrowed his bright black eyes, "These are the goblin's gold coins; they disappeared a few hours later."

McLagan pulled out the gold coins from his pocket, looking speechless.

You should have said so earlier!

You should have said so earlier!

This goes without saying; if it were real gold coins, why would the Niffler give them to a little wizard?

In the end, Autumn's Niffler won first place, and Hagrid rewarded her with a large piece of his homemade rock herring cake.

William laughed so hard he bent over.

After class, William handed Hagrid the defense statement he had prepared for Christmas.

"Thank you so much, thank you so much." Hagrid couldn't help but cry again.

"You are all good kids, Buckbeak will be alright."

William simply smiled.

Hagrid will definitely lose the case, but who knows what will happen next.

William is writing to Fudge to negotiate, and for some reason, the minister has suddenly become more agreeable since Christmas.

He really is someone you can't reason with no matter how much you try.

Did Fudge really want his distant cousin to marry William?

If she's really young, beautiful, and rich, then William...wouldn't consider her!

"By the way, Hagrid, do you know where I can find groundbats?" William asked.

He needs to make a flying cloak, but he doesn't have any ground bats, so he needs to catch a few himself.

Hagrid immediately became alert and asked, "What do you want with them?"

"Haha, no, I just... well, okay." William sighed.

"Professor Dumbledore asked me to brew a potion for Professor Lupin, but we don't have enough ingredients, so we need Voldemort sashimi."

It will be fine after you eat it.

I had no choice!

William immediately made the principal take the blame.

"Well, since it's Dumbledore's request..." Hagrid hesitated.

"The UK doesn't have that stuff, only tropical regions... well, maybe the forests of Albania do too."

However, you can't go there, understand?

William nodded. Voldemort might be hiding there; he would never go there in his lifetime!

"William, you can't do this. I'm going to visit Roy and Lyanna at Christmas."

"Roy told me to keep a close eye on you, Hermione, and Anne. I'm almost too ashamed to face him," Hagrid complained.

"And that girl Annie..."

"What's wrong with her?" William asked.

"Her? I promised to keep it a secret." Hagrid shut up.

"..."

What is Annie doing? Luna was just as hesitant last time.

It seems everyone else knows, except him!

What mischief has this girl gotten herself into this time?

He never studies anything good!

Why can't we take William as our role model?

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