Chapter 276 Hagrid, Would You Like to Have a Drink? (Continue to Postpone...)

"Hagrid was under the Imperius Curse?"

In Professor McGonagall's office, the vice-dean couldn't help but open his mouth when he heard the news.

"Are you sure?" She looked at William and asked again.

The stakes were so high that she had to be cautious - Hagrid was the gamekeeper of Hogwarts and was also responsible for managing the school's gates.

It would be no joke if Hagrid was hit by the Imperius Curse, which would mean someone could enter Hogwarts directly through the front door.

"I'm not sure, but judging from the descriptions of the three of them, Hagrid was very strange today..."

William pointed at the three troublemakers following him, "As far as I know, the three of them have a pretty good relationship with Hagrid. If they find something wrong with Hagrid, then there's probably something wrong with him."

"That's right, Professor."

Harry and the others nodded, vouching for William's words - although they had not understood the Imperius Curse before, Hagrid looked too much like he was being controlled.

"The matter is very serious..." Professor McGonagall's face became solemn, "I think we have to confirm this matter immediately, and then consider whether we need to strengthen the school's security."

She waved her wand, and a silver cat flew out and passed through the wall in an instant. "Wait a moment, Professor William. To be cautious, we have to notify the two helpers. I think Professor Flitwick and Professor Lupine is very willing to help."

"What about us, Professor?"

Harry asked cautiously - normally, he would never dare to say these words in front of Professor McGonagall, but it was related to Hagrid's safety, and he wanted to follow him to have a look.

"you…"

Professor McGonagall looked at the three students and hesitated. Just when he wanted them to return to the lounge, he was stopped by William.

"Let them follow us," William said with a serious expression. "If Hagrid is really under the Imperius Curse, then Potter will be attacked no matter where he stays. It will be safer to be with us."

There was another reason William didn't say - no matter which college's students they were, keeping Harry away from them now was the only way to make them safe.

"Okay," Professor McGonagall hesitated, then nodded.

This made Harry feel happy, because this time he was not thrown aside like a child.

But he soon felt ashamed of it - Hagrid was probably in danger, how could he be so happy?

But before his guilt could pass, there was a knock on Professor McGonagall's office.

The two professors walked in one after another, looking relaxed.

"What happened, Minerva?"

Professor Flitwick asked in his own gentle tone, always so unhurried.

"There was a little accident. According to the students, Hagrid seemed to be controlled by a spell such as the Imperius Curse."

Professor McGonagall pulled out her wand, "So, I'm going to see what happened."

"I hope that was a misunderstanding," Professor Flitwick laughed, and pulled out his wand with a particularly graceful gesture, "Then what are we waiting for?"

The two deans discussed it and walked directly towards the gate of the castle. Lupine, who was at the back, pulled out his wand and followed without saying a word - William knew why this was the case without him having to explain. In the list, William had seen the records of Lupin's confinement by two professors...

"What a tragedy...Professor Lupine..."

William observed a moment of silence, then looked at the three students, "Follow me, I'll watch from the back."

Although he believed that there was a high probability that he would not be able to defeat Sirius, it was a joke to let the three students walk at the back.

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"How do we know for sure whether Hagrid was affected or not?"

On the way to Hagrid's hut, Professor McGonagall asked softly. Although she could use the Imperius Curse, a black magic, the standard identification method was too cumbersome. With two professional professors behind her, she tended to listen. Listen to them.

"That's difficult, Professor McGonagall," William thought all the way and still didn't have a good idea. "Actually, according to the data I investigated, in the previous big trials, people couldn't determine who was controlled. We can only slowly interrogate who did it voluntarily."

"I think so too," Lupine echoed. He didn't know what he was thinking. His tone was a little nervous and his speech was a beat slow. "But should we test it by playing tricks, or should we control Hagrid directly?"

Although this may be unfair to Hagrid, in this case, this is the only way.

William thought about Lupine's proposal and found that it was indeed the best solution.

If Hagrid was really hit by the Imperius Curse, knocking him unconscious would be a kind of salvation. As a professor who had been teaching for a year, William knew very well how terrifying the Imperius Curse was.

"Direct control?"

Professor McGonagall hesitated, "It's better to test it first."

"Then I'll do it," William nodded - although it was a bit pretentious to say this, he actually didn't really want to knock down Hagrid directly.

"What about us, Professor, is there anything we can do to help?"

Harry and the others asked suddenly, their eyes full of worry.

"Just stay over there," William shook his head, "Please stay away from the house. If there is anything wrong, I will destroy the house directly."

Escape through the door of the house is the greatest insult to the wand. Hagrid's house has no protective spells superimposed on it, so it can be easily destroyed.

"Be careful, Professor William. If the house is destroyed or you go in for more than a quarter of an hour, we will rush in immediately."

Professor Flitwick nodded at William and began to play with his wand.

"Okay, then I'm going in."

William took a deep breath and walked towards Hagrid's hut.

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"Hagrid!"

William shouted loudly as always, but he was a little speculative in his heart.

If there was really something wrong with Hagrid, then there was a high chance that Sirius was hiding in this cabin.

"William, you're here!"

Hagrid's voice was a little panicked, but he quickly got out of the house and stood in front of the door.

"Good afternoon, Hagrid."

"Well, today is indeed a good day."

Hagrid's response was a bit misleading. He rubbed his hands in embarrassment, "Today is indeed a good day..."

"How do you feel about your first class?"

"That's great," Hagrid beamed. "I think those puffers are really cute."

…

‘Something’s wrong. ’

Hagrid always liked fierce ones, and Puff Rong was the worst choice William gave him. Now that he was having fun, how could it be possible?

"Okay then, how about a drink to celebrate?"

"Okay... No, I mean... I have to prepare for advanced classes tomorrow, so..."

He stood firmly in front of the door of the house, not even intending to invite William.

In response to this, William could only take a breath silently, and then pretended not to care, "Then, it's settled...drink a little tomorrow?"

"Oh, of course, of course."

Hagrid responded incoherently, then walked towards his house.

"Collapse!"

"Collapse!"

…

…

Four spells and four voices sounded almost at the same time. The three professors who were hiding next to them almost chose the moment for Hagrid to turn around together with William. The brightly colored spells tore through the air with scorching heat, and struck accurately. Hit Hagrid in the back of the head.

The moment William released the magic, Hagrid quickly turned his head, but the next spell hit him mercilessly. He just showed an incredible expression and then hit him hard backwards.

Perhaps Hagrid's magic resistance was terrifying, but when he was completely unprepared and hit by four stun spells, this was all he could do.

"This will definitely hurt your head." William quickly added a powerful floating spell, held Hagrid in the air, and then slowly let him down.

Even so, Hagrid still kicked up some dust.

"Sorry, Hagrid."

He glanced at the fallen giant and then made a rather brief eye contact with the three remaining professors.

We had a brief discussion when we came here before. Although no one expected the current situation, we were still prepared.

The three nodded to each other and pulled out their wands.

"one two three."

William gestured with his left hand, and when the third finger rose, he waved the wand, and then the roof of Hagrid's room flew up and landed on the ground next to it.

Then, he waved his wand and made beautiful marks, hitting the wall with spells, and then the wall facing William and the others fell directly to the ground, revealing all the scenes inside.

The moment the wall fell, several extremely fast ropes flew out from Professor McGonagall's side, rushing directly towards the room like snakes.

The wands in the hands of Lupine and Professor Flitwick are even positioned for the best attack. If someone or something appears, their attack will arrive immediately.

But there was no living thing.

Professor McGonagall's rope was in vain, and the attacks of the remaining two professors could only be in a state of preparation.

It was filled with common furniture, and nothing unusual appeared. The only sound at the scene was the intermittent repetition of Hagrid's dog showing its head, barking twice, and then retracting.

"no one?"

William unbelievingly took out a piece of parchment from his pocket, cast a spell on it, and then tore it into pieces with a magic spell. As he waved his wand, all the fragments began to flutter crazily throughout the room.

As the piece of paper fell to the ground, William had to give up the exploration.

"No one, if someone uses the Disillusionment Curse or other methods to hide, can't escape."

Under the simple transformation spell, those fragments were covered with mucus that could stick to objects - no matter what method the opponent used to hide, or even applying repelling spells to invisible objects, it was useless.

It is simple and easy to understand, convenient and has no blind spots. It is a little trick developed by William himself.

‘Gudong~’

Harry swallowed a sip of saliva. Although the professor was not targeting him and was not arresting him this time, he still couldn't help but wonder whether his invisibility cloak could evade such detection...

"Harry, I think it's best to stay away from the professor's office when we sneak out in the future."

Ron communicated in his ear, causing Harry to nod.

The four professors were really too decisive in demolishing the house at the moment, and they really didn't want to miss any details.

"Strange, no one is hiding, why would Hagrid..."

William shook his head, put on his dragon leather gloves, and added a series of protective measures such as the Iron Armor Curse and the Bubble Head Curse on himself, and then he carefully walked into the half-dismantled house.

The house without a roof now had too much light. William began to observe Hagrid's house carefully to see if there were any traces of other people's life.

'There are no... bowls, chopsticks, snack packages, footprints, even the placement of items and beds are all normal...'

William looked around, and everything told him that there were no strangers hiding here.

Then he looked at the table with confusion.

To be precise, on and off the table.

Two piles of books are placed over there, including "Study on Muggle Child Development", "Study on Muggle Fertility", "How to Get Your Child into Hogwarts"... and other books. There are also some books that look...well, very Azkaban book.

The books were hurriedly placed under the table, but the concealment method was extremely crude.

'I finally understand why Hagrid is not allowed in...'

'But why did Hagrid buy a book about raising children? I haven't heard about him getting married? I haven't heard of such a magical thing as someone abandoning a child to Hogwarts. ’

William shook his head silently - there were too many books. Judging from the other books purchased in the same batch, Hagrid probably didn't make it clear when purchasing the books, and the store owner misunderstood the customer's needs.

But what use is this explanation? Given Hagrid's personality, he would never let anyone see such a thing in his house.

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‘If I were Hagrid, I wouldn’t be able to let people in! ’

After thinking about it from Hagrid's perspective, I completely understood the previous anomaly.

Hagrid's house didn't have much room to store books, especially since his boss had given him a lot of goods this time - there was no place for away games.

It would be okay if he was good at magic, but Hagrid's magic...

So, when he comes over...

He looked at the book in front of him and then at the professor outside, and couldn't help but feel worried.

“Who can we let in so that things don’t escalate?”

He definitely can't keep this kind of thing to himself. After he finishes the investigation, a professor will definitely come, and then the society will really be dead.

After hesitating for a while, he finally chose Lupine, who didn't talk much... If it were Professor McGonagall, then Hagrid would probably be unable to hold his head up for a semester, right?

"Professor Lupine, please come here," William shouted from a distance, "I have something important to ask you."

"What's the matter, Professor William?"

Lupine came over confused, and then William pointed to the book on the table, "Hagrid seems to have bought the wrong book...that's why...we have to keep it a secret for him."

"But Professor McGonagall..."

"Swear in our name," William looked at Lupin, "Please, Professor Lupin."

"..."

"Okay," Lupine finally agreed.

A day in the life of Kavin...I was very excited when I wrote it...I still want to make up for it...

Sure enough, I'm still too young