Be a Listener Again?

Having consciously avoided a certain amount of risk, and utterly unaware that Bellows would later kick this question back to him, Manus entered the Mental World and began crafting the Broomstick he intended to give Hagrid.

That Broomstick was too large to make in the dormitory, so he had no choice but to work on it in the Mental World.

"For Hagrid, defensive capability doesn't seem all that necessary. Stability is more important by comparison."

After thinking it over, Manus concluded that with Hagrid's physical resistance to magic, the defense provided by a permanent Iron Armor Charm might not even surpass Hagrid's own body. Instead, he had to account for the possibility of Hagrid handling it roughly.

For example, using the Broomstick as a club and swinging it around in an emergency.

With that line of thought, Manus quickly completed the design draft for Hagrid's Broomstick and finished preprocessing most of the materials.

"Dragon Heartstring... I'll be able to get it in a few days."

Dragons did nothing with the bodies of their dead kin. Mourning, burial... in this regard, these highly intelligent Magical Creatures displayed nothing but naked beastly instinct. Dead was dead.

This was especially true of Dragons that died of old age or illness. Before their deaths, they were often abandoned by their clans because they were no longer capable enough.

All it took was a goat, and the Dragons did not mind telling Manus where their dead or soon-to-die kin had fallen.

As it happened, Muninn had recently learned that a Dragon in a Common Welsh Green clan connected to Bob's clan was already on its last legs. Its teeth had even fallen out, making it difficult to eat, let alone hunt.

That Dragon would not live for more than a few days.

Aside from its