What About Your Egg

As March began, the weather gradually warmed up, and the ice on Black Lake, which had remained frozen all winter, thawed last week.

Recently, the Giant Squid has frequently poked its head and tentacles out from the lake bottom to bask in the warm sunlight on the surface of the water.

This attracted a large crowd of students.

Although many who have read "Hogwarts: Hogwarts, A History" know that there is Giant Squid in the Black Lake, it is rarely seen, so apart from Slytherin, whose common room is at the bottom of the lake, other houses rarely have the opportunity to see it in person.

Everyone was very curious, especially the freshmen who rushed there as soon as class ended.

Black Lake has inexplicably become a new must-visit spot for Hogwarts.

However, Kyle didn't join in the fun. He had already seen it once during the final exams last year. To be honest, it was no different from a regular squid, except that it was slightly larger.

Besides, you get hungry easily after watching for a long time, and you can't bring a hot plate, so there's no point in going again.

He'd be better off reading a couple more books with that time.

After several months of study, he has now almost mastered the Undetectable Extension Charm.

Although I'm not very skilled yet, and the room for improvement isn't as large as I imagined each time, I've finally taken the hardest first step. From now on, I just need to practice more.

Kyle plans to completely remodel his trunk before fifth grade... not to be like Newt's, but at least big enough to hold half of the Forbidden Forest.

He's acquired Sickle a lot in the past two years. The plants in the flowerbed alone could fill the current boxes. Plus, he needs to divide up the territories for Troll and Mooncalf... and there are new members who might join at any time in the future. If it's too small, it simply won't be enough.

Let's do it!

After that, Kyle would run into the box almost every time he had a spare moment.

Thanks to his tireless efforts, he finally completed the first expansion of the box on the third day of the Easter holiday.

The interior space is almost twice as large as it was initially.

Kyle looked at his work and nodded in satisfaction. He now felt like he had traded a single room for a villa.

Moreover, those previous problems were solved all at once.

For example, Troll have a much larger range of movement.

And we can start preparing for the Mooncalf's new home... Building a suitable cave for them requires a lot of space, and we couldn't find a place before, but now we can.

The only problem is that the surrounding area became much more open after the expansion, making it seem a bit monotonous... but this is easily solved.

The next day, Kyle went to the Forbidden Forest early in the morning.

He planned to take advantage of the few days of holiday to find an opportunity to move two pear trees into the box.

Of course, daytime wouldn't work; Hagrid would easily catch him. So this time, he was just scouting the location... to identify the target first, and then make his move at night.

A few minutes later, Kyle arrived at Hagrid's Hut, but strangely, the door was tightly shut, all the curtains were drawn, and even the top window was covered with a copy of the Daily Prophet.

Kyle went up and knocked on the door.

Who is it?

Hagrid's voice came from inside, sounding somewhat nervous.

Then the door was opened a crack.

"Phew... It's Kyle. What brings you here?"

"I need your help with something," Kyle said. "May I come in?"

"Of course..." Hagrid stepped aside to let Kyle into the house, then quickly turned back and closed the door.

The cabin was like a sauna, unbearably hot, and despite the warm, sunny day, a roaring fire still burned in the fireplace.

Besides Hagrid, there were three other people in the room.

Harry, Ron, Hermione.

"Hello," Kyle greeted them.

Hello...

"Long time no see... Kyle."

Good morning.

The three stood in front of the fireplace, replying somewhat nervously.

They stood like a wall between Kyle and the fireplace, their eyes darting left and right as they spoke; anyone could tell from their demeanor that there was something wrong with the fireplace.

Fortunately, Hagrid arrived at that moment.

He poured Kyle a cup of tea with a copper kettle and also brought him a weasel sandwich.

"You just said you needed my help?"

"Yes," Kyle said, looking up from the fireplace. "I'd like to go to the Forbidden Forest to find some wild pear branches, is that alright?"

"Or is it for making one of those amulets?" Hagrid asked.

He had heard about the "Exam-Passing Talisman" that Kyle created last year, which became a sensation throughout Hogwarts.

Kyle nodded.

"Final exams are in two months, we need to start preparing in advance."

"That's easy," Hagrid said with a smile. "I'll send you as many as you need tomorrow."

"No need for that trouble, I can choose it myself."

"But..." Hagrid frowned, clearly not wanting Kyle to go to the Forbidden Forest.

"Don't worry, Hagrid, the Mountain Pear Tree is on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, there's definitely no danger."

Kyle continued, "And I need to try to select branches with suitable shapes, otherwise it will be very troublesome to process them later."

"Well... alright then!"

Hagrid thought for a moment, then added, "But you can only look for it on the edge of the Forbidden Forest."

"No problem." Kyle had thought so too, so naturally he wouldn't object.

Then Hagrid stood up and prepared to leave.

"Hagrid, are you coming along too?" Kyle asked.

"Of course, I can't let you go into the Forbidden Forest alone," Hagrid said. "Even just the very edge."

"What about the dragon egg?" Kyle asked. "Are you sure you want to leave it in Harry Potter's care?"

"It's alright, dragon eggs aren't that fragile, just be careful not to let the fireplace..."

"Etc..."

Before Hagrid could finish speaking, Hermione's surprised voice came from beside him.

"Kyle, how do you know there are dragon eggs here? You can't see them from your angle."

Hagrid was stunned when he heard her words... Yes, how did Kyle know he had dragon eggs?

"You don't actually think that blocking the fireplace will solve everything, do you?"

Kyle chuckled and said, "I suggest you all read the latest edition of * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them *. The chapter about Dragon clearly states that dragon eggs emit a distinctive sulfurous smell when exposed to flames, though it's not very strong and easily missed when mixed with the fire."

"If you don't believe me, you can look back at Fang; I reckon it's about to faint."

Kyle pointed to the side, where Hagrid's black hound was lying listlessly in the corner, its head drooping, looking utterly dejected—a stark contrast to its previous ferocious nature, which had charged at anyone it saw.

"Oh, Fang, what's wrong!"

Hagrid yelled and ran over, picked up Fang and rushed out of the house.