Malfoy's worries had been justified. The little tricks he had pulled in private had indeed failed to escape Albert's notice, and his whole face had appeared directly in the Divination crystal ball.
Yet after Divination confirmed that Draco Malfoy was the culprit behind Grawp's death and Hagrid's impending execution, only Harry, Hermione, and Ron showed extraordinary anger. The other Order of the Phoenix members were unusually calm and did not seem particularly concerned about it.
"No one likes giants, not even Albert."
After leaving the shelter and returning to Order of the Phoenix headquarters, Ron made this point clear to his two friends.
"Otherwise, knowing Albert, he would definitely retaliate against Malfoy. He's always valued his friends."
"I don't think this is about giants. It's just not the right time to discuss it." Hermione felt Ron had missed the point. "Rescuing Hagrid is what matters most right now. Whether we retaliate against Malfoy can wait until this is over."
"Do you think it'll work?"
Harry's question interrupted their argument.
"What do you mean?"
Ron did not understand what Harry meant.
"Albert is good at prophecy, so how could he have forgotten to divine whether Hagrid could be rescued?" Harry did not believe Albert would forget to perform Divination for Hagrid.
Had he really forgotten, or...
"I'll ask Albert directly."
Hermione felt inexplicably uneasy and tried to contact Albert through the Communication Bookmark, but received no reply for the time being.
The three of them immediately grew heavy-hearted, deeply regretting that they had somehow overlooked this.
"Don't worry. Albert definitely won't want anything to happen to Hagrid." Hermione pulled herself together and did not forget to comfort her two companions.
"Yeah, as long as he's willing to help."
In truth, Ron was not particularly invested in Hagrid's situation. After Charlie's death,