Hagrid's Romance and the Magical 'Monsters'

"The Monster Book of Monsters?"

"Is this the textbook for the course 'Care of Magical Creatures'?" Ginny read aloud, looking at the gold lettering on the page.

The next second, she looked Harry up and down again, his hair almost perfectly styled, and gave him a strange look. "If you hadn't called me to help you, you would have caught this book by now."

"Maybe." Harry cleared his throat and began to change the subject, emphasizing in a deliberately loud voice, "Isn't the point that Hagrid's letter mentioned that the headmasters and professors of the other three schools had already arrived at Hogwarts ahead of schedule?"

Which college do you think Hagrid likes comes from?

"Beauxbatons, France."

"Didn't you and Ron fall for it before?"

"Probably some Half-Veela," Ginny said sourly.

She even glared at Harry fiercely.

Ginny's random guess actually came true.

A minute later, Harry thought to himself.

Because Ron, who suddenly came downstairs, revealed the mystery.

He was yawning when Harry's loud voice startled him, and he quickly rubbed his eyes to clear his head.

Then he said, "Ginny, how did you know?"

But that wasn't Half-Veela. She was supposedly a woman as tall as Hagrid, and apparently the headmaster of Beauxbatons.

"She also has Giant blood, and she can still be the principal?" Ginny blinked in surprise.

If a professor at Hogwarts were Half-blood- Giant, he would probably be dismissed due to complaints from many wizarding parents.

"Hagrid told you that?" Even the good-natured Harry was speechless at this point.

Hagrid explained the specifics of the person he liked to Ron.

But with Harry, she was secretive and wouldn't share any information, even when he asked her about relationship problems.

"Hagrid didn't say that."

"Vienne told me that," Ron shrugged.

"As for that female headmistress, she doesn't seem to have explicitly stated her lineage, just like Hagrid." He then turned to look at Ginny.

After a brief moment of silent apology to Hagrid, Harry continued, "How did she know? Through Filch? Did Filch accept her?"

Harry didn't know whether to be happy or sad for Ms. Campbell.

But everyone's aesthetic is different.

This might be good for Ms. Campbell herself.

"She is also at Hogwarts, as the representative of the Squib wizards."

"She's amazing. Even though she was just a Squib before, she managed to stay in the magical world on her own and find a decent job," Ron remarked.

Ron sighed as he picked up the parchment on the table and began to read it.

"Hey!"

"Hagrid doesn't believe me at all, and actually asked Harry, Harry doesn't know anything! He was pursued by Ginny!"

Before Harry and Ginny could react, Ron yelled again, "Harry! It's almost your birthday!"

"This book is actually your birthday present!"

"When we go to Flourish and Blotts to buy textbooks, you won't need to buy this one anymore!" Ron then looked at the green book that Harry had pinned under his elbows, still struggling from time to time.

"What's the date today?" Harry asked Ginny.

"The 29th," Ginny answered accurately without hesitation.

As a newspaper employee, the accuracy of dates is one of her least noticeable professional skills.

"So Hagrid gave me the gift two days early."

"It seems he really loves that woman, so much so that he sent me a gift so early."

"You know, Hagrid's gifts always arrive on the 31st right on time," Harry remarked.

However, Ron's attention was completely off from what Harry was saying.

He looked at the green book. "Professor Kettleburn has never changed his textbooks before. Considering the recent changes at Hogwarts and Dumbledore's statement at the end of the school year that all students were involved, this book might be the textbook of one of the other three schools."

"Maybe—" Ron squinted.

"They might need this book for the Triwizard Tournament," Harry added.

Then the two looked at each other, chuckled, and opened the book.

"Merlin!"

"It's true!"

"Ginny, come and take a look too!" Harry pressed down firmly on "The Monster Book of Monsters" with one hand.

"These are all dangerous Care of Magical Creatures, at least XXX or higher!" Ron added immediately.

"Let me see, Bird-shaped Man-eater, hey, I've seen it on TV, it actually exists."

"This half-bird, half-reptile creature is a distant relative of the Occamy."

It cannot breathe fire, but it has serrated, strong fangs that can bite through its prey.

The Bird-shaped Man-eater is naturally curious and has bulletproof fur.

"The heart nerves of the Bird-shaped Man-eater can be used as the core of the wand," Harry read, pointing to a page.

"Let me see. Kappa, this is Care of Magical Creatures from Japan, it probably won't be on the test, right? But what if that's exactly what the organizers are thinking?"

"Harry, don't turn the page yet."

"Kappa looks a lot like a scaly monkey with webbed hands."

It has a water-filled cavity on its head, and this water provides energy for the creature.

"They will attack unsuspecting people wading through the pond and strangle them to death."

"But how do we deal with it?" Ron looked left and right, but still couldn't find it.

"It should be later," Ginny joined in, turning the page. "It's interesting. Listen to this: 'If you throw a cucumber with your name engraved on it at Kappa, Kappa might not attack you. Also, if you trick Kappa into bowing, the water in the hole on its head will flow out, causing it to lose its power.'"

"It's simple, the Levitation Charm should be enough to take care of it." Ginny breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's look at it by nationality. We might encounter Care of Magical Creatures from France, Germany, and Brazil."

"The Champion deal with the dragons, and we'll probably deal with these. Add them to the group score."

"Let me see, this, the Erkling —this is disgusting!" Harry's expression showed disgust mixed with a hint of anger.

"Let me see."

"Erkling are House-elf -like creatures, larger than Goblin, averaging three feet tall, with long, pointed faces, and a particular fondness for the smell of children."

"What?! How can such a monster live in this world?!"

"If you ask me, they should all be wiped out!" Ron also showed an indignant expression.

"This creature mainly lives in the Black Forest of Germany."

"The piercing squeaking of the Erkling can captivate children. They use this method to lure children away from their guardians and then devour them."

"In 1927, the Germany Ministry of Magic imposed strict controls on the number of Erkling."

"Thankfully, the Ministry of Magic has taken measures against them." Ginny turned to the next page and breathed a sigh of relief.

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