Already Knew

The hatching of dragon eggs is a slow process. According to the description in the book, the dragon eggs need to be roasted in a fire. This process imitates the breath of a fire dragon. The mother dragon usually uses her breath to heat the dragon eggs. It is really amazing that the dragon eggs are not cooked by the high temperature of the flames and become roasted dragon eggs.

If Hagrid accidentally roasts a dragon egg, Albert wouldn't mind tasting it.

Just as the thought crossed Albert's mind, he discovered that a new task had been triggered on his Task Panel: Foodie.

After glancing at the quest, the dragon egg, and the quest rewards, Albert considered it for three seconds and then decisively gave up.

If Hagrid were to secretly eat the dragon egg, he'd probably be so heartbroken he'd faint!

He wasn't a demon who would stop at nothing to complete a mission.

Eating dragon eggs can wait for another opportunity! In fact, if Albert would have thought the dragon egg was cooked.

There was nothing they could do; the surface of the dragon egg was already burnt black by Hagrid.

Hagrid needs to put the dragon eggs in the fire to roast every now and then, but he can't leave them in the fire for too long.

He himself didn't find it troublesome at all. On the contrary, he happily hummed a little tune and enjoyed the process of hatching the dragon. He had even started to act as the mother, which made Albert unable to accept this style of life. He couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his face.

During the Easter holidays, Albert would visit Hagrid whenever he had free time to help Hagrid with the preparations for raising dragons, so that Hagrid wouldn't be overwhelmed after the dragon eggs hatched into baby dragons.

According to the book, Hagrid bought a lot of brandy and raised a lot of chickens in the chicken coop. Brandy mixed with chicken blood was very suitable for feeding newborn dragons.

As for whether Harry and his two friends had discovered that Hagrid was incubating dragon eggs, Albert really didn't know.

Every time he went to Hagrid's place, he didn't see Harry, Ron, or Hermione.

With the Easter holidays drawing to a close, Albert decided to find an opportunity to ask Hagrid if anyone else knew about it.

Before he could even ask, Hermione came to him on her own initiative.

"You mean Hagrid wants to keep a dragon?" Albert looked at the hesitant girl in front of him, puzzled. He could roughly guess what was going on and gently comforted her, "He's been saying he wants to keep a dragon for a long time."

"Hagrid ...he somehow got hold of a dragon egg. I mean, what will happen to Hagrid if someone finds out he's illegally keeping a dragon in his hut?" Hermione took a deep breath, trying to come up with the right words. "Your Prophecy has come true."

"I reckon he'll be fined a lot of money, and then spend some time in Azkaban, the Wizard Prison," Albert thought for a moment before answering Hermione's question.

Hermione opened her mouth, her expression becoming even more uneasy, but she knew that it was practically impossible to get Hagrid to give up hatching the dragon eggs.

After much hesitation, Hermione finally mustered the courage to discuss this matter with Albert, because Albert had already Prophecy it.

She had discussed it with Harry and Ron, but they hadn't come up with any good solutions.

Hermione is neither Harry nor Ron; she thinks more deeply than her two companions.

Hagrid could never hide the fact that he was raising dragons. Once the dragons were hatched, it would be difficult to keep it a secret from others after only a month.

"Also, you shouldn't have brought this up with me here. The more people know, the more trouble it will cause. You should keep this a secret," Albert kindly reminded Hermione. "Actually, I already warned Hagrid not to let anyone else know."

"Wait, didn't you already..." Hermione looked at Albert with delight.

Albert raised a finger to his lips, making a shushing gesture.

"Don't worry about this. Just ask Dumbledore to send it away when the time comes," Albert offered his solution.

"Dumbledore also knows about this?"

"Of course I don't know, I'll just have to be honest with him when the time comes."

"What will happen to Hagrid?"

"I'll probably have a few months' salary deducted!" Albert said uncertainly. "The chances of being expelled from school are probably not very high."

"Is there really no other way?" Hermione didn't want Hagrid to be kicked out. She knew Hagrid loved Hogwarts; it was his home.

"I already told Hagrid about this," Albert said, looking at Hermione with a helpless expression. "He insisted on doing it that way, and there was nothing I could do. Even if he is expelled from Hogwarts, it's a consequence Hagrid has to bear. Alright, you two should stop discussing this. Besides, your sense of secrecy is really terrible; it will get Hagrid into trouble sooner or later."

Watching Hermione's departing figure, Albert shook his head and turned to leave.

"You mean, Albert knew all along that Hagrid was hatching a dragon?" Harry and Ron both looked surprised after hearing Hermione's story.

"Wait, Hermione, you told Albert about this." Harry was a little confused as to why Hermione would do this. Although Harry had a good impression of Albert, he still felt it was wrong to tell others about this. He was also worried that too many people knowing about this would cause Hagrid trouble.

"Albert Prophecy long ago that Hagrid would keep a dragon, I told you about it." Hermione looked at Harry with a helpless expression, knowing that he had forgotten. "Besides, Albert is also Hagrid's friend, he's smarter than us, maybe he can find a solution, and you don't want Hagrid to get into trouble because of this, do you?"

If there were other good options, Hermione wouldn't really want to do this, but it has to be said that having a reliable senior can really help them solve a lot of problems.

"What did he say?" Ron was more Albert's solution to the problem.

"He said he would ask the headmaster to send it away when the time comes," Hermione said with a complicated expression.

"This..." The two looked at each other in bewilderment. This solution was as good as nothing. They didn't want others to know, which was why they didn't know what to do.

"If the headmaster finds out that Hagrid owns a dragon, will Hagrid be expelled?" Harry voiced his doubts.

"Albert said that given the headmaster's personality, Hagrid would at most have his salary docked, and the chances of him being fired are slim." Hermione raised her index finger to her lips, making a shushing gesture. "He thinks our ability to keep secrets is terrible, and I think he's right. We'd better not discuss this elsewhere, lest more people find out."

Ron was a little unhappy with this statement and retorted, "We will definitely keep this secret."

After that, Harry and Ron stopped discussing the dragon egg.

Of course, another reason is that Harry is more concerned about the Philosopher's Stone. He learned from Hagrid that Snape was also involved in protecting the Philosopher's Stone.

Harry believed that Snape might have figured out what magical traps the other teachers had set up, besides Quirrell's and how to get through Fluffy.

Ron and Hermione, however, held differing opinions on whether Snape intended to steal the Philosopher's Stone. After all, Dumbledore wasn't stupid.

However, Harry was unaware that Snape already knew that the famous Harry was suspicious of him, and had mentally labeled him as arrogant and meddlesome.

There was a minor error in this chapter, which has been corrected. Refreshing the page should show the revised version.