The next few days passed peacefully. For various reasons, Su Er and Harry had still not managed to meet.
Su Er also finally saw the blast-ended skrewts Hagrid had bred.
Just as Hermione had complained, the blast-ended skrewts' appearance really left much to be desired. Even calling them disgusting could be considered a compliment-
They looked like deformed giant lobsters with their shells removed, their bodies covered in mucus, grayish white and slimy. There was no telling which end was the head and which was the tail, and numerous crablike legs stuck out every which way from beneath their soft bodies.
When Hagrid opened the box containing the blast-ended skrewts to show everyone, even the young wizards who liked fantastic beasts quickly backed away several meters, then took great gulps of fresh air. The smell really made it impossible to get close-a stench like rotten fish and shrimp mixed with dirty socks left to ferment somewhere warm and damp for several days.
Everyone except Hagrid spent the entire lesson holding their noses.
After that lesson, Su Er had to admit that Hagrid could definitely be called a master of crossbreeding. The blast-ended skrewt was an entirely new breed Hagrid had produced by crossing a manticore with a fire crab.
Especially after seeing the difference in size between manticores and fire crabs, Su Er could not help twitching the corners of his mouth. Did reproductive isolation not exist among the fantastic beasts of the wizarding world?
Hermione had been very busy lately. As her boyfriend, Su Er had been keeping her company as she spent hours in the Library, which was also one reason he kept missing Harry.
Well, apart from top students who loved studying, who would plunge straight into the Library after leaving behind a summer holiday spent lazing