Hogwarts becomes host

July 7st is Harry's birthday.

Because Elaine's pound attack and verbal flattery last year slightly changed the Dursley family's bad impression of wizards, Harry's summer vacation this year was very ordinary, and he even felt a little flattered──When Aunt Petunia asked him awkwardly When asked whether to eat the cookies he baked, Harry almost thought they were planning to poison him.

The cookies tasted ordinary.

In any case, it is always good to be treated as a normal human being instead of some kind of pest. On this day, the Dursley family even did something they had never done in the past thirteen years─they gave a normal human being. , a wrapped, ordinary birthday present for Harry.

Even if it was just a shirt, Harry was very happy. This was the first time he got new clothes that fit him from the Dursleys. Before, he had only Dudley's old clothes to wear.

After that, Lupine came to pick up Harry. Elaine taught Lupine how to deal with the Dursleys, as long as he dressed in a Muggle manner, had a gentle attitude, and added a little respect.

The irony is that most wizards can't do it. That is to say, Lupine, who has been discriminated against as a werewolf, does not have the condescending tone of a wizard.

After a normal and friendly farewell, he apparated with Harry to Shafiq's house.

In addition to Elaine and Sirius, Hermione, who just came back from France yesterday, and Daphne, who ran away from home three days ago, are all there. They - it should be said that Sirius made his own decision - helped Harry organize a party Gorgeous birthday party.

This joy reached its peak when Sirius took out this year's latest Firebolt as a birthday gift. The broomstick care kit given by Hermione and Daphne was also very good, and Lupine gave him a pair of scarlet broomsticks. Harry was very happy with the golfer's gloves. The only regret was that Ron was not here.

Driven by world consciousness, the Weasley family still won the Daily Prophet's annual award. The family still had fun in Egypt and only sent gifts and letters back.

Also, there is no news from Hagrid.

Although Harry hadn't received a letter from him this month, it was strange to have no news about his birthday.

"Oh, he was sent overseas by Dumbledore." When Harry and Hermione inquired about Hagrid, Elaine, who was eating cake beside them, interrupted. "You have to hide your whereabouts and you can't send a letter."

"Why concealment?" Hermione asked hurriedly. "Is it a dangerous job?"

"So," Elaine shrugged and said. "Dumbledore wanted to recruit the giant to deal with the Dark Lord, so he sent him to contact him - most wizards did not welcome the giant, and Hagrid had the obvious Dumbledore label. If he was too high-profile, many boring people would come looking for him. trouble."

Elaine did not say that she was the one who incited Dumbledore and Hagrid.

She was very worried about Hagrid's teaching quality, and she didn't want to use a textbook that would bite people, so she approached Dumbledore and sent Hagrid directly overseas to find his half-brother.

Once he knew that he had relatives still alive, Hagrid no longer cared about his professorship. After all, he had never met his mother and his father died when he was thirteen.

The book list I received yesterday also affirmed Elaine's efforts: there was no monster book on monsters, and the textbook for the Care of Magical Creatures course was a detailed enumeration of the magical animals of Great Britain.

"It's not that I don't welcome it, but I hate it very much." Daphne said sternly, "You don't really think you can cooperate with a giant, do you? No matter how much Hagrid looks like a giant-"

"Our expectations are very low, as long as the giant can remain neutral and not be used by the Dark Lord." Elaine replied, "No, he is a hybrid giant with half giant blood. That is why he was sent. He is the most likely person to bring about cooperation."

"Giant bloodline" seemed to have heard Elaine say dirty words. Daphne's face immediately changed, "Then don't you think this is true?"

"So that's it, I knew it." Sensing Daphne's attitude, Hermione immediately said, "To be honest, there's no need to be so neurotic about giants. They can't all be that scary. This is a kind of prejudice, just like people's view of giants. The werewolf attitude is just a preconception, isn't it?"

Lupine smiled gently.

"That's because you were not born in the magical world." Daphne hesitated for a while, then spoke. "The three of you grew up in the Muggle world. You don't know the actual situation. Giants are vicious by nature. Just like mountain monsters, they are born to like killing people. This is not prejudice. Many wizards have died at the hands of giants."

"Hagrid wouldn't hurt anyone" Harry shouted dissatisfied. "He just likes some more dangerous creatures, but his personality is still very kind."

"Well, people who know him know it very well, but what about other people who don't know him?" Daphne shook her head, "It is very difficult to change other people's minds, Potter."

"Don't worry, Harry, most people won't doubt him. Don't forget that we are in the magical world. There are growth spells and gluttony spells. There is nothing strange about being bigger. He has come here like this before," Elaine said. He laughed and said, "The premise is that he doesn't have such a chance if he doesn't reveal it. Negotiations will be very troublesome. He may not be able to return to the UK within this year."

After reading the original work in the past, Elaine couldn't understand why Dumbledore had to wait until Voldemort was resurrected before sending Hagrid to contact the giants. After time travel, she understood how difficult it was for wizards to cooperate with giants. Fudge said that sending people to contact giants would make him There is nothing false about stepping down directly.

It doesn't matter. If the giants are willing to cooperate, of course it's good. If they don't want to cooperate, then they will monitor instead.

Since the plot had been messed up by Adair and herself, Elaine was worried that Voldemort would be resurrected early, so she suggested to Dumbledore to investigate his potential allies first - if Voldemort was resurrected early, there would definitely be changes in the werewolves and giants.

Lupine will also leave here next week and join the werewolf tribe.

The dementors haven't recovered from the previous damage, so they can let it go first.

"It's okay." Harry shook his head and said with a smile, "I can understand, Voldemort's matters take priority."

"That guy is going to be resurrected" Sirius frowned and asked. “Is the source reliable and when?”

"Next year or the year after that." Elaine replied with a stern face, "Even if he doesn't come back to life, we have to force him to come back to life. If we delay it any longer, I will go crazy. I mean, Dumbledore's strength will gradually weaken. The longer it takes, the worse it will be." trouble."

"Ahem, it's a celebration now." Lupine coughed lightly, raised his cup and said, "Don't say such disgraceful words. You guys are planning to go shopping in Diagon Alley tomorrow, so go to bed early when you're tired."