The Answer to the Riddle

"Manticore? Fire Crab?" Draco repeated the two terms and slowly nodded.

If this had been this time last school year, when Vizet mentioned these two magical creatures, he probably could only have shaken his head helplessly.

But things were different now. He had some understanding of these two magical creatures.

"My family has a Manticore specimen... Its place of origin is Greece, and it looks as strange as its name, with a human head, a lion's body, and a scorpion's tail."

"I remember it's in the most dangerous category of dangerous creatures, I think XXXXX. Its scorpion tail contains deadly venom... which means they can easily kill wizards and are almost impossible to tame..."

"Fire Crabs look like sea turtles with jewel-encrusted shells. Their shells can be used as cauldrons. My family has several too, though I feel they're not as useful as solid-gold cauldrons..."

"Ahem!" As if realizing something, he coughed lightly twice before continuing, "Fire Crabs only have a danger rating of XXX. If you want to defend against the flames they shoot from their tails, you can use the Water and Fire Resistance Spell."

"That Blast-Ended Skrewt can spit fire too, and I also use the Water and Fire Resistance Spell to defend against it. It looks far too strange, like a shelled lobster, but I can't tell whether it spits fire from its tail or its head..."

"Wait! Blast-Ended Skrewts can sting people too..." He thought back to the Blast-Ended Skrewt's habits. "In other words, this is something Hagrid bred using... Manticores and Fire Crabs?"

"Even if we don't consider the danger rating..." He subconsciously widened his eyes. "Lions and crabs... You can breed that kind of thing from them? Blast-Ended Skrewts?"

"Magic is amazing, isn't it?" Vizet said. "Do you remember the Hippogriff from last