"So you're saying you made soup at Hogwarts in advance and injected it into a boar made of jelly gel, then ran into Katherine out hunting on your way back, and you had a flash of inspiration, rushed over, and gave her the soup boar?" Brian summed up.
There were a few more details involved. For instance, to conceal the jelly boar's peculiar smell, Charlie had cast a scent-changing spell on it. And Katherine, startled by Hagrid suddenly charging out, had breathed fire in self-defense and given him a new hairstyle-yes, a bald head.
The jelly boar had, of course, been Charlie's idea. This was actually a standard practice at the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary. Compared with the manpower, resources, and time required to abduct an ailing dragon and bring it back to the research institute for treatment, a targeted artificial boar dosed with medicine was a very convenient method.
It was worth mentioning that the Nine-Dragon Strength prepared for the two dragon mothers earlier had also been injected into artificial goats before feeding them-such rigorous practices left even the most extreme animal protection organizations with nothing to criticize.
"Exactly! There couldn't have been a better opportunity. Charlie told me Katherine and Norberta are good friends. They've been eating and living together lately, so she'll share the boar with Norberta-and then Norberta will remember when she was little!"
Hagrid said happily,
"The Healer here said there's nothing seriously wrong with me. Once they do another checkup in a while, I can leave. Maybe Norberta and I will recognize each other tonight!"
"...As long as it's nothing serious." Brian sighed softly. This was probably a suitable approach-at least for a half-blood giant whose skin could withstand dragonfire with only minor burns.
Although Charlie said Katherine had indeed grabbed the jelly boar and