Chapter 504: Exploding Tail Snail

Around ten o'clock in the morning, it suddenly started to rain.

Accompanied by the sound of raindrops gently hitting the glass windows, Kyle and Connor sat there comfortably, drinking hot pine needle tea while chatting with Hagrid.

The topic soon shifted to the Triwizard Tournament.

"How do you feel after becoming a champion?" Hagrid asked curiously.

"It's not clear yet." Kyle said, "But the days after will probably be very lively... Everyone is too enthusiastic. I felt like I drank two pints of butter beer last night."

"Of course, after all, you represent Hogwarts." Hagrid said with a smile: "But you have to practice your drinking capacity. It's just butter beer, but you can only drink two pints. This is not okay."

Hagrid said it easily, as if it was a matter of course... After all, when he usually went to the Three Broomsticks to drink, he would start with three pints.

"I drank it after the dinner." Kyle said, and tried to explain to Hagrid that he was not a poor drinker, but he really couldn't drink anymore.

To be honest, a drink like butterbeer can only get a certain graduated prefect drunk.

But looking at Hagrid, he didn't seem to care about what Kyle said.

"Look at what you said, I won't go to the Three Broomsticks on an empty stomach..." He put a copper kettle on the fire, "It doesn't matter, it's not shameful to have a poor alcohol tolerance, and I won't tell others."

Kyle opened his mouth, but finally gave up the idea of ​​explaining... It doesn't matter, Hagrid won't listen anyway.

Then the topic was quickly shifted to the Triwizard Tournament.

"The competition will definitely be exciting. I never thought that I would see the Triwizard Tournament resumed in my lifetime."

Hagrid grinned and said, "You will see things you have never seen before. The first project is too exciting. It is... ah, I shouldn't say it, I shouldn't."

"Go on, Hagrid." Connor urged: "What is the first project."

But Hagrid just shook his head.

"I don't want to spoil your fun," he said, "but this is not allowed. Before the warriors start the project, all information must be kept completely confidential, and I think it's okay for Kyle even if he doesn't know."

Kyle actually wanted to tell Hagrid that he cared about the content of the competition, especially after Chris said that the first project was to break through the barriers.

Since it was a challenge, there couldn't be only one dragon, and the more you knew, the better.

But Hagrid didn't give him this opportunity, and directly changed the subject and talked about the rune horses in the paddock.

Connor listened for a while and felt a little bored, so she began to look at other things in the hut.

Inadvertently, she saw a large wooden box under Hagrid's bed, and there was a slight crackling sound from it, as if there was something.

"Hagrid, what's in it..." Connor asked curiously, "Is it related to the Triwizard Tournament?"

"What?" Hagrid turned his head and then smiled and said, "Of course not, but I think they are as beautiful as the big guy in the project."

"Beautiful big guy?" Kyle raised his eyebrows, feeling that he had discovered hidden information.

The only magical animals with fangs and sharp claws that Hagrid could describe as beautiful were probably those.

However, Hagrid did not realize that he had let the cat out of the bag. He had already stood up and taken the box out from under the bed.

"The little one that was born yesterday." Hagrid opened the box with excitement and put it in front of Kyle and Connor.

Connor's face began to turn pale quickly, and her body subconsciously leaned back, trying to stay away from the box in front of her.

There was a group of gray-white, sticky things in it. They looked like big lobsters without shells, and some kind of slugs with legs. They looked amazing.

And their tails would occasionally spray some sparks. What Connor heard just now was the sound of sparks hitting the box.

"What the hell is this thing?" Connor's face turned pale.

She felt that compared with this thing, the philobacillus caterpillar could be called handsome.

"I named them Exploding-Tailed Skrewts," Hagrid said. "I'm going to start a big project and let the students raise them."

Kanna's face changed again.

She obviously didn't think this was a good idea, but she didn't know how to persuade Hagrid to give up the idea, so she could only look to Kyle for help.

"Okay..." Kyle nodded and said, "Hagrid, are you sure you want to do this?"

"What?" Hagrid turned his eyes away from the blasting-tailed skrewt, "Of course, don't you think this is a very fulfilling thing... to be able to watch a little guy grow up slowly with your own eyes."

"I understand your idea." Kyle said, "But I have only one question... This is a newly bred magical creature, right? After all, I have never seen them before."

"Yes." Hagrid said proudly, "This is the offspring of a manticore and a fire crab."

"Very good, a new species." Kyle said, "You won't forget that my father is one of the referees of the Triwizard Tournament. He will come to Hogwarts often this year."

"Of course I know, but what does this have to do with the blasting-tailed skrewt..." Hagrid was halfway through his words and suddenly froze.

He remembered that Chris was the deputy... no, director of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, and he was in charge of various matters related to magical creatures. Refereeing was just his side job.

Besides, he had been called to the Ministry of Magic many times because of the incident with the snake-bodied swallowtail beast a few years ago.

This time, the blasting-tailed skrewts were obviously illegal, just like the snake-bodied swallowtail beasts.

"This... um... actually..." Hagrid looked at Kyle and stammered, "I, I just put them together... I didn't mean to... it was all coincidence."

"I can keep it a secret for you." Kyle said, "but I don't know about the others. If someone accidentally lets it slip and my father hears it when we are discussing the blasting-tailed skrewts, then there is nothing we can do..."

Hagrid's face showed a tangled look.

The big project he had been looking forward to for a long time, is he going to give up again?

"Also." Kyle continued, "Even if you want to introduce the blasting-tailed skrewts to everyone, it doesn't matter, but before that, I think it's better for you to figure out their habits first.

Don't forget that they are related to the manticore, and their tempers are definitely not very gentle. You don't want to see students get hurt in your class."

"Of course not!" Hagrid blurted out.

Being discovered by Chris, plus the possibility that students might get hurt... Kyle's words helped him make up his mind.

After hesitating for a moment, Hagrid stuffed the boxes back under the bed in disappointment and gave up the idea of ​​moving them to the classroom.

Seeing this, Connor also breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, they can finally have a normal Care of Magical Creatures class later.