Chapter 654: Sean's Forbidden Forest

Walking past the green lawn, one could see the Forbidden Forest was pitch black.

The treetops rustled, and the beech tips scattered snow debris with the wind.

A small owl flew over the blue smoke rising from Hagrid's cottage chimney, flew toward the castle, and then bypassed the owlery and disappeared.

Sean lowered his head slightly and saw Hagrid digging soil with great enthusiasm in front of his cottage.

He probably understood what Hagrid was doing—it should be to reclaim a piece of land to grow vegetables.

He looked in great shape:

His face was flushed red, his eyes lowered looking at his own pair of large hands, and a big smile was hidden behind that messy, tangled black beard.

He occasionally watched the owl fly down to his windowsill, and then he ran over hurriedly to open the newspaper the owl had put down.

Just looking at one line, his beard would start to tremble.

【Hogwarts Gamekeeper Cleared of Wrongdoing, a Wizard's Terrible Past!】

This was the content of the boldest newspaper's report; no wizard in the magical world could ignore such a headline.

Apart from the eye-catching headline, the content of the report was also unexpectedly tortuous and bizarre, with ups and downs.

Starting from the ancient secret legends of Hogwarts, to the thrilling decryption journey of several young wizards—the report used only a few small subheadings to make people unable to look away:

Ancient Secrets... Corridor Echoes... Bloody Sword... Spiders Escaping... Thrilling Truth...

Although the report didn't detail the names of the young wizards, the added house points were traceable.

"Hagrid."

Sean greeted.

"Ah,"

Hagrid looked up abruptly and saw it was Sean and the others; he hurriedly threw down his hoe.

"It's you, come in quickly—"

So everyone walked into Hagrid's cottage.

"Yeah, thanks, oh, I don't know how to say..."

Hagrid rubbed his hands, hurriedly pouring pumpkin juice for them.

"That terrible person, the person who lurked in Hogwarts for so long, I couldn't have imagined it at the time... Only Sean, oh, and Headmaster Dumbledore would know the truth of everything... Now it's good, great, everyone knows... I always thought it didn't matter..."

On his face was a long-lost relief.

"Oh, it's nothing."

Luo En said a word, probably to adjust the atmosphere in the cottage that was gradually moving toward silence.

"Maybe, after all, the greatest danger was solved at the beginning."

Hermione said pointedly.

Everyone of course knew what she was talking about; if Sean hadn't discovered the Basilisk and incredibly defeated it, it was hard to imagine how much damage the inhuman Voldemort would have caused to Hogwarts using it.

Hermione thought: probably, many people would have been petrified by the Basilisk, and in the end, the wrongly accused Hagrid would have been caught again; even more terrifyingly, Headmaster Dumbledore might have been temporarily suspended because of these terrible attacks.

At that time, Hogwarts would have truly fallen into great danger.

"Sean, come here, will you..."

Hagrid had always been rough on the outside but delicate on the inside.

If his hug didn't make Sean's ribs shift, Sean wouldn't mind him expressing his feelings this way.

But today Sean clearly couldn't push him away.

He saw Hagrid squat down, and then there was something moist beside his ear.

Hagrid tried his best to control himself, and Sean could feel his caution and his touch-and-go.

"Thank you, thank you."

Hagrid said, and after wiping the corner of his eye, he gradually fell into a state of excitement.

He invited everyone to stay for afternoon tea, and then he carried his hoe to the vegetable garden to pick pumpkins himself.

"By the way,"

Hagrid said again as he walked toward the pumpkin patch,

"Professor Dumbledore told me an excellent piece of news, just next semester... I don't know how to express my excitement, but you will know, oh my, this is all thanks to you, truly amazing..."

"What good news?"

Luo En asked with full curiosity.

"Oh, it's not fully determined yet, but you will know next semester."

Hagrid hummed a little tune and walked away.

"What will happen next semester?"

Harry looked very confused.

And Sean had probably guessed a little.

Professor Kettleburn, the teacher of Care of Magical Creatures, was going to retire next semester; according to this old professor, this was to have more time to enjoy his old arms and legs.

Thus, Headmaster Dumbledore would happily announce that the person filling his position was none other than Rubeus Hagrid, who agreed to accept this teaching position in addition to his duties as gamekeeper.

It was hard to imagine how important it was for Hagrid to become a teacher.

He had always had a very strong sense of belonging to Hogwarts; becoming a professor was probably the best appointment he could get.

Unfortunately, Hagrid had never been a fully qualified wizard.

He was expelled from Hogwarts in his third year for an unfounded charge. It was only recently that he cleared his name and had the opportunity.

"Sean, can you come with me for a moment?"

Hagrid said again, with a shy smile on his face.

Under the curious gazes of everyone, Sean nodded and walked to the vegetable garden.

"Oh my, I can't hide it from you; I know how much effort you made for this.

You helped me with so many things..."

Hagrid said, looking radiant,

"Professor Dumbledore said Professor Kettleburn, the teacher of Care of Magical Creatures, is going to retire before next semester... he let me, let me come..."

"Congratulations, Hagrid."

Sean said with a smile,

"So, what do you need me to help with?"

"Oh, oh, is it that easy to see?"

Hagrid scratched his head embarrassedly.

Sean smiled and didn't speak, just showing the meaning of "it's okay, please say it" in his eyes.

This made Hagrid feel that he was more like Dumbledore; of course, for those rumors that he would eventually surpass Dumbledore, Hagrid couldn't believe them anymore.

"Oh, well, I'm really bothering you. You see, after becoming a professor, after becoming a professor..."

Hagrid had a sweet smile on his face,

"I have to be so busy, Merlin, look at your parents—they are simply rushing around!"

Hearing this word, Sean's eyes flickered, but he still chose to keep listening.

"So, you see, I can't find anyone to help manage the Forbidden Forest; a large part of the cute animals, they are still babies. They must be taken care of.

Only you can help manage it; of course, I won't let you spend too much time, just when I really can't spare the time, I hope I can still find you to help—through this magical map."

Hagrid picked up the plan map and pleaded sincerely. ===== CHAPTER 655 =====