Rubeus Hagrid and the Three-Headed Dog

Rubeus Hagrid and the Three-Headed Dog

The next day, Kyle woke from his sleep very early.

Ever since becoming a "ninja," he had made a habit of getting up in the morning to train.

After all, to become a ninja, powerful ninjutsu alone was not enough. Taijutsu was also an essential part of training.

Even now that he had switched careers and become a wizard, Kyle had no intention of giving up his workouts.

Just imagine it: when everyone thought you were a long-range artillery mage, you suddenly pulled out a massive sword and charged in shouting, "There's a gay guy unzipping my pants!" Who could possibly anticipate such an abrupt shift in fighting style?

When he arrived at the Gryffindor Common Room, Kyle discovered that not a single Gryffindor student had gotten up yet.

He looked outside. Oh, it was not even light out yet.

After leaving the tower where the Gryffindor Common Room was located, Kyle encountered an unprecedented problem.

How was he supposed to get downstairs?

Yesterday, he had followed the Gryffindor students back from the Great Hall to the Gryffindor Common Room.

But now, he was alone...

Kyle's gaze drifted toward the nearby window. It seemed he could only use the same method he had used yesterday to get to the Charms classroom.

Meanwhile, on the second floor of the castle, in Professor McGonagall's office.

As a diligent educator, Professor McGonagall had always been in the habit of rising early.

That morning, she got up before dawn as usual.

When she approached the window in her office, preparing to open it and take in the first breath of fresh morning air, a black shadow suddenly plummeted past her window.

Had a huge black rat just gone by?

Professor McGonagall froze for two seconds before reacting.

"Merlin's beard! A student has fallen from the building!"

Professor McGonagall drew her wand. A ball of silver light flew from its tip, taking the form of a cat.

The cat-shaped Patronus passed through the castle and flew toward the Headmaster's Office on the eighth floor.

Meanwhile, Professor McGonagall rushed anxiously from her office and ran toward the lawn outside the castle.

As the person involved in the Hogwarts falling incident, Kyle had absolutely no idea what Professor McGonagall, the first witness, had done.

After making his way down along the old castle walls to the first floor, he ran toward the Forbidden Forest in the distance.

At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Kyle began his morning routine—one hundred push-ups, one hundred sit-ups, one hundred squats, and finally a ten-kilometer run around Hogwarts Castle.

"Ninety-six..."

"Ninety-seven..."

"Ninety-eight..."

As Kyle sweated profusely, crimson morning clouds stained the eastern sky. Without anyone noticing, the vast land that had been shrouded in night had shed its black veil.

"Ninety-nine..."

"One hundred..."

Having completed one hundred sit-ups, Kyle straightened up. Just as he was about to begin the third exercise, the sound of footsteps crunching through fallen leaves reached his ears, piquing his curiosity.

In a few quick movements, Kyle climbed a nearby tree and looked toward the source of the footsteps.

In the distance, an enormous dark figure was sneaking toward him.

Using the leaves to conceal himself, Kyle waited until the figure drew closer before he finally saw what it looked like.

It was a giant over three meters tall, wearing an enormous moleskin coat. Long black hair and a black beard tangled together in a wild mess, nearly covering his entire face. He looked rather frightening.

Kyle remembered seeing this man yesterday while dining in the Great Hall.

The giant carried a large sack stained with suspicious blood as he passed beneath the tree Kyle was hiding in, heading deeper into the Forbidden Forest without noticing that someone was concealed in the branches above him.

Curious about what he was up to, Kyle followed him.

Kyle trailed behind the giant, leaping between branches and avoiding making too much noise as he made his way to a spot deep within the Forbidden Forest.

The giant seemed to sense something and stopped.

Six points of light suddenly lit up in the dim forest.

No, they were not ordinary lights. They were six rolling eyes.

Kyle stared into the shadows ahead. He was facing the eyes of a monstrous dog.

The dog was absurdly huge. Even the giant, over three meters tall, was insignificant before it.

It had three heads, three pairs of vicious, rolling eyes, and three drooling mouths. Its saliva hung from its yellowed fangs like sticky ropes.

Damn, this dog is ugly. That was Kyle's inner thought.

The three-headed dog let out an ear-splitting roar and lunged at the giant.

"Earth Release! Earth Flow Wall!"

An earthen wall rose before the giant, blocking the three-headed dog's charge.

"What are you standing there for?! Run!" Kyle shouted angrily at the giant, who was still stunned below.

"No! Please don't hurt Fang!" The giant's voice was filled with desperation.

Kyle: Huh?

Hearing the giant's words, Kyle was a little bewildered. The Earth Spears he had already prepared with Hand Seals poised to launch also halted.

A huge dog paw suddenly tore apart the tree Kyle stood on. Quick to react, Kyle leaped onto another tree before it could collapse.

"Fang! Stop!" The giant stepped in front of the three-headed dog, which still wanted to continue its pursuit.

"So, this three-headed dog is your pet?" Two minutes later, Kyle squatted beside a newly lit fire and asked the giant beside him.

"Yeah, he's adorable, isn't he?"

Hearing the giant's words, Kyle glanced at the three-headed dog beside them, which was viciously tearing apart a large sack of meat and bones. He could not see how it had anything to do with the word adorable.

"You're a Hogwarts professor?"

"No, no, I'm not a professor. I'm Hogwarts's groundskeeper and a Forbidden Forest patrolman. My name's Rubeus Hagrid. Are you the little boy Professor Dumbledore brought back yesterday?"

"Yes, I'm Kyle Dumbledore."

Upon hearing Kyle's surname, Hagrid's entire body suddenly stiffened.

"Um... could you not tell Professor Dumbledore that I'm raising a three-headed dog?" Hagrid asked cautiously.

Kyle vaguely guessed why the other man had made such a request.

So he did not agree immediately. Instead, he asked, "Is raising a three-headed dog not allowed?"

Hearing Kyle's question, Rubeus Hagrid nervously twisted his beard. "Actually... it's... uh..."

That settled it. Hagrid's reaction said everything.

Kyle patted the other man's knee. "If raising a three-headed dog isn't allowed, I think you should report it to Professor Dumbledore. I believe he'll agree to let you keep raising it."

Seeing Hagrid was somewhat tempted, Kyle continued persuading him. "Besides, if Dumbledore helps you sort it out, you'll avoid a lot of potential trouble. You wouldn't want to see it hurt students in the castle, would you?"

Hagrid nodded, then scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "Um, Kyle, could I trouble you to report this to Dumbledore for me?"

He did not dare tell Dumbledore himself.

"Of course," Kyle readily agreed, staring at the three-headed dog beside them.

He had just thought the three-headed dog was a little ugly, but now, the more he looked at it, the cooler it seemed. If he could train it into a ninja hound like Akamaru...

Kyle imagined the scene of himself and Fang using Fang Over Fang together...

Never mind. Hagrid could keep this three-headed dog for himself.

Too ugly. Hard pass.