Chapter 760： bitten by dog

Chapter 760: Being bitten by a dog

 Hagrid lost the lawsuit, which was completely as expected by Albert, and this incident did not bring any disturbance to his campus life.

Potter came to him a few times to discuss ways to save Buckbeak, but Albert would always say, "Don't worry about it, I will take care of it."

 How to deal with it is none of Harry's business.

Albert's distrust made Harry and Ron angry, but they could not think of a way to save Buckbeak. Even Hermione was desperate and had no confidence that Hagrid would win the case.

Furthermore, Hermione also warned the two of them not to care about this matter and not to mention it outside, so as not to cause trouble to Hagrid and possibly directly kill Buckbeak.

 So, even if Harry and Ron were angry about this at first, they were not carried away by their anger. They could not save Buckbeak, nor could they bear the responsibility of killing Buckbeak for their own reasons. Therefore, they can only believe in him now and believe that Albert can help Hagrid solve this matter perfectly.

 “Continue to appeal?” Ron asked puzzledly.

"Yes, is this what Albert meant?" Hermione explained: "Albert thinks that Hagrid should not give up the opportunity to continue to appeal. Even if he knows that he will lose, he must continue to do so until he completely fails."

 “But...why?”

Harry couldn't understand why Albert wasted his efforts if he had a solution to the problem?

“He thinks that the Malfoy family spends a lot of galleons to buy the wizards on the committee, and maybe they should be allowed to spend more galleons.”

 In fact, Hermione knew that Albert's intention was to let Malfoy spend more money to bribe other wizards, and to show that he was trying his best to confuse everyone.

"I know, I will continue to appeal." Hagrid agreed with Albert's proposal and believed that the other party would not harm him.

 “But…does this really work?” Ron asked dryly.

“Albert is still very reliable, and what he taught me is actually very useful.” Hagrid recalled, “I drank a large glass of tranquilizers before going to fight this lawsuit.”

Hagrid began to tell what happened in the past few days:

Last Friday, Hagrid took Buckbeak to London on a scheduled knight bus. The hippogriff caused a commotion on the bus. Finally, with the help of employees from the Ministry of Magic, Hagrid was able to successfully rescue him. Buckbeak brought into the Ministry of Magic.

This trial was held in the courtroom on the tenth floor underground of the Ministry of Magic. The matter was heard by the Committee on the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures.

"Albert told me that when the Hogwarts Board of Directors handed over this incident to the Dangerous Animals Committee, they had completely given up on Buckbeak." Hagrid was very excited when talking about this matter. Angry, "They don't care about the death of the hippogriff at all. Professor Dumbledore doesn't have a good solution in this regard."

 “Perhaps, he predicted it.”

Harry remembered that Albert was good at prophecies, and it would not be surprising if he saw solutions to problems from prophecies.

“There are some things that Albert doesn’t need to spend any effort to predict, and he can guess the result just by guessing.”

Hermione knew about Albert's ability. She had not given up on divination, but she actually hoped that she could learn something useful.

Even though it may not be divination, it is still an improvement to learn useful knowledge.

 After the court session, Hagrid has been responding according to Albert's suggestion. Whenever the committee members ask him questions, he puts the question on Malfoy's head.

"I told the committee that Buckbeak is just a magical creature, domesticated, and will not attack students rashly. This matter is entirely Malfoy's problem, just like you knowingly knew that pulling the dog's tail hard would result in the dog biting you, but you deliberately If you do this and get bitten by a dog, can you still blame the dog for biting you?"

"This metaphor is so appropriate." Hermione sighed, "If you didn't pull the dog's tail, how could you get bitten by the dog?"

"Yes, Malfoy did it on purpose, so he deserved to be injured." Harry agreed with Hagrid. Malfoy was entirely to blame for his injuries.

 “That’s very well said.”

"I told them that Draco Malfoy brought it upon himself, because he deliberately went to trouble the hippogriff, and that's why he got hurt. You can't blame the hippogriff, it I was there to cooperate with everyone in teaching, and I also told them that Harry flew around the school on it."

"Lucius Malfoy was very angry at that time." Hagrid touched Fang's head with his big hand like a leaf fan, "He was probably very angry that I described his son as an idiot!"

"That guy is an idiot," Harry agreed immediately.

"Most of Slytherins are idiots who marry incest." Ron noticed that the other people were looking at him and quickly explained, "Don't look at me like that. Fred and George always laugh at them because they have brain problems, and He also has a particularly bad temper, which is why dark wizards are prone to appear."

 “What happened next?” Hermione asked.

“Later, the committee all sided with Malfoy.” Hagrid sighed deeply. “Lucius probably used coercion and inducement, and spent a large sum of galleons to bribe the committee members.”

"They keep changing the topic, saying that Hippogriffs are different from dogs, and raising various issues. Like Albert said, wizards are arrogant. Their main reason is that magical animals hurt wizards, so It has to be sentenced and they don't really care whose problem it is."

"Later, Lucius Malfoy stood up and spoke, and listed the so-called evidence (several photos of Malfoy's injuries) and so-called witnesses, and the committee did exactly what he asked, and couldn't wait to do so. Sentence Buckbeak to death, and then end the court without giving me a chance to rebut. The whole process does not take more than half an hour." Hagrid said angrily, "This is how they tried, they are just a bunch of beasts. Albert, early He told me that the Ministry of Magic is actually not trustworthy, and the laws of the Ministry of Magic are just a joke. Most wizards bully the weak and shy away from the strong. I didn’t believe it at first, but then I believed it.”

"If the person who hurt Malfoy's little bunny was a centaur in the forest, or an acromantula in the forest, no one at the Ministry of Magic would be willing to sentence them."

 “Why?” Hermione asked puzzledly.

"The centaurs don't pay attention to the Ministry of Magic at all. Once the people from the Ministry of Magic go to their tribe to catch the so-called criminals, they will definitely be attacked by centaurs in the entire forest." Hagrid took a deep breath and said, "As for the eight eyes Giant spiders, they are very dangerous, especially in the Forbidden Forest. Once attacked by a large number of Acromantulas, the best result is to flee."

By daring to put Buckbeak on trial, the Ministry of Magic actually caught Hagrid's weakness. If Hagrid had let Buckbeak go in the first place, he wouldn't have caused so much trouble.

　　The Committee for Disposal of Dangerous Creatures would not provoke a group of angry hippogriffs, and they did not know that it was just Buckbeak, so in the end they could only hold their noses and recognize it.

As for causing trouble for Hagrid, Dumbledore guaranteed that there would be no problems. At most, there would be more reports in the Daily Prophet about Hippogriffs injuring people and then absconding in fear of crime.

Albert had long seen through the nature of this matter, but did not remind Hagrid of this. He also knew that Hagrid was afraid of breaking the law and would probably not let Buckbeak go. Moreover, this was an opportunity to trigger the mission, so he would rather Spend more time and don't want to use the simplest and most effective method.

 There are advantages to going around in this way, why not?

 The problem will be solved in the end anyway, it is just a procedural troublesome point at most.

 (End of this chapter)