Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

Chapter 177 Dumbledore’s Concerns

"If, I mean if, I give you a dragon egg, can you promise to hatch it and raise it well?" Dean asked in a low voice.

Hagrid's eyes widened as never before, and his breathing became heavier: "Are you telling the truth?"

Dean nodded almost imperceptibly, and quietly opened a corner of his robe, revealing a dragon egg.

Hagrid's breathing immediately became heavy: "You mean you can give me this dragon egg?"

"Of course I can't give it to you for free, it depends on what price you can afford." Dean curled his lips.

"What do you want? As long as I have it, I can trade it with you." Hagrid said without hesitation.

"Let me think about it."

Seeing Dean's move, Hagrid shouted excitedly: "Boss, here's another dozen mead!"

"Hagrid, I must remind you, you drank too much." Aberforth placed a glass of mead on the table again, reminded him in a low voice, and glared at Dean fiercely.

Dean smiled bitterly in his heart. Aberforth had definitely recognized his identity - Dean was very familiar with that angry look.

"It doesn't matter, this amount of wine is nothing to me." Hagrid drank one glass after another happily, as if the dragon egg had become his possession, so he was celebrating in advance.

"You brat, what are you doing again?" After serving Hagrid wine for the nth time, Aberforth finally couldn't help but growled in Dean's ear.

"I'm also on a mission, you know." Dean returned calmly.

"What did he mean again?" Aberforth frowned.

Dean nodded slightly.

"That's about it. Hagrid is very troublesome when he's drunk!" Aberforth said this and turned around to leave. He didn't seem to want to get involved in the tasks assigned to Dean by Dumbledore.

"Hagrid, I have to find out whether you have the ability to deal with a dragon. I don't want the dragon to run out and cause trouble - it is very likely that the Ministry of Magic will find my head, which will be a very troublesome thing. "Seeing that Hagrid was almost drunk, Dean said slowly.

"I can even take care of Lu Wei. A dragon is nothing~" Hagrid said with excitement.

"Sorry, Lu Wei is..." Dee asked pretending to be confused.

"A three-headed dog, a very rare magical creature, and very, very ferocious!" Hagrid's expression was very proud, as if he was praising his own child.

"Three-headed dogs? It is indeed rare, but I heard that it is difficult to calm down that kind of creature. How did you do it?" Dean asked a little nervously.

Hagrid must personally tell him how to deal with Lu Wei, which is the key to Dumbledore's mission.

"Luwei is actually very easy to deal with. As long as you know how to calm him down and play some music for him, he will fall asleep immediately -" Hagrid said with a wine burp.

"I didn't expect it to be so simple. It's really amazing." After praising him sincerely, Dean took out a deck of wizard cards and said, "Hagrid, why don't we take a gamble? If you win, that dragon egg It belongs to you~"

……

Dean deliberately lost the dragon egg to Hagrid and returned to Hogwarts after receiving the prompt that "Mission: Dumbledore's Request" was completed.

As soon as he entered the castle gate, he saw Dumbledore standing at the door, as if to greet him.

"Professor, the task you gave me has been successfully completed."

"Great, I knew you wouldn't let me down!" Dumbledore said cheerfully.

"Are you waiting for me here on purpose?" Dean looked around and found that there was no one there.

"You're right. Maybe you didn't realize it, but you completed a very important job today." Dumbledore said with a deep look.

"I can't tell." Dean muttered.

"Dean, if you have ever traveled through time and space, you will find that time is a very clever concept. Sometimes specific people must do specific things, and history will continue." Dumbledore used that trick again. Closed Loop Theory”.

But Dean always felt that Dumbledore was connoting their "travel through time" that night.

"Professor, what will happen if the closed loop cannot be achieved?" Dean asked cautiously. Although he had reviewed it countless times and found no flaws, he was still a little worried.

"Then time and space will be confused, maybe you won't exist, maybe you won't be you." Dumbledore said meaningfully.

"In short, be careful and don't travel through time and space casually." Dean felt that this was a subtle warning from Dumbledore.

"Dean, you are very smart," Dumbledore said. "I wish you could be smarter about certain things."

"for example?"

"Like about Harry."

"I think I have basically been able to not interfere with anything about Harry." Dean felt that Dumbledore was a bit innocent, and he was almost at a distance from the savior. Isn't this enough?

"Dean, maybe you don't realize it, but you perform too well in front of Harry, so when he encounters difficulties, he will always ask you for help unconsciously."

"Really? Why don't I feel this way?" Dean said that he would not bear the blame.

"Dean, if Harry asks you for help one day, will you help?"

"If it's within my ability, I'm afraid I can't refuse."

"That's the problem. Although Harry hasn't asked you for help yet, depending on how the current situation develops, one day he will ask you for help. If you help then, many things will not be as expected."

"Are you worried that because of my existence, Harry will not be trained enough?" Dean said clearly.

"That's what I mean."

"But I can't disappear from his eyes, right?" Dean felt so innocent. Is it wrong to be excellent?Just because I am not the person in the prophecy?

"You can keep yourself busy." Dumbledore patiently gave advice, "Harry is not the kind of person who benefits himself at the expense of others. Even if he wants your help with something, he will be embarrassed as long as you are not free. disturb."

Dean felt that he needed to get to know Dumbledore again. This was because he understood Harry's weaknesses and exploited them to his fullest extent!

"What? You don't want to?" Seeing Dean's expression of hesitation, Dumbledore asked softly.

"Professor, what if Harry is in danger because of this?"

"You don't have to worry about that, there are many pairs of eyes watching Harry." Dumbledore said.

Unfortunately, this level of protection is not enough.

Dean complained silently in his mind.

In fact, Harry encountered many dangers along the way, and even faced the threat of death several times. Although he was saved in the end, it was enough to prove that Dumbledore's protection of him was not without loopholes.

"I understand, Professor. Just like the tacit agreement we reached before, I will not be an obstacle to your plan to train Harry." Dean could only promise this.