Harry Potter’s Book of Sin Chapter 183: The tenderness of a hybrid giant

"As soon as I saw you, I understood in my heart."

When the party was halfway through, right next to a large stone-carved reindeer, the tall fountain splashed with water and gave out misty flashes.

There were two huge, vague figures sitting on a stone bench, looking at the spring water in the moonlight.

After a short period of silence, one of the figures was speaking with a strange hoarse voice.

"What do you understand, Hagrid?" Mrs. Maxim asked, a ho-ho sound in her low voice.

"I understand—I understand that you are like me! Is it your mother or father?"

"I—I don’t know what you mean, Hagrid..."

"My mother is my mother," Hagrid said softly. "She is one of the few remaining in the UK. Of course, I don't remember her well... She left, you know? Probably? When I was three years old."

"To be honest, she doesn't look like a mother. Alas...they don't have motherhood in their nature, don't they? I don't know what happened to her... as far as I know, she is probably dead..."

Mrs. Maxim said nothing, she just pouted and looked at the silver fountain in front of her.

"After my mother left, my father was very sad. My father was a short man. When I was six years old, if he annoyed me, I would lift him up and put him on the top of the closet. It made me laugh..." Hagrid's low voice choked even more.

Beside, Mrs. Maxim listened. She was motionless, as if she was not listening.

"Dad brought me up...but, oh, he died, right after I went to school. After that, I just managed to get around on my own. Dumbledore helped me a lot, honestly. He treats me very well..."

Hagrid took out a silk bandanna with polka dots and blew his nose loudly.

"That's it...I'm done...I'm done. What about you? Where did you get the inheritance?"

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Maxim stood up suddenly.

"It's too cold." She said, "I want to go in."

But in fact, no matter how low the temperature is right now, it won't be as cold as her current voice.

"Huh?" Hagrid said in confusion, "No, don't go! I—I've never met anyone else before!"

"The other person? You make it clear!" Mrs. Maxim said in a cold tone.

"Another half-blood giant, that's more!" Hagrid said.

"You are so bold!" Madam Maxim screamed. "I've never been insulted like this in my life! A half-blood giant? Me? I'm just—I'm just a big skeleton!"

Her voice cut through the quiet night sky like a corner of fog.

At this moment, Lotus and Roger jumped out of a rose bush—no way, Mrs. Maxim would run into them in the bush if they didn't come out.

Mrs. Maxim glanced at them, then walked away angrily. She drew the blossom bushes angrily all the way, startled a group of colorful little fairies flying into the air.

Hagrid is still sitting on the bench, looking at her back, not knowing what she is thinking.

"Hagrid, you are still too direct to ask... You know, not everyone can accept their blood with peace of mind."

A voice sounded from a corner not far away, and it didn't take long for two figures to walk out of there.

"Maca?" Hagrid looked flustered, he hurriedly stood up, "Oh, and Miss Lovegood...how long have you been there?"

"Is there anything I shouldn't hear?" Maca asked with a shrug.

Hagrid hesitated for a few moments, and finally slumped his shoulders and sat back on the stone bench.

"But...you see, you don't care..." His voice sounded depressed, even a little unwilling.

"Yeah! I don't care," Maca sat down beside him and patted Hagrid's thick arm vigorously. "But I know very well that other people hold the giant Hostility... and even fear."

"Stop talking about me, you clearly know it yourself, don't you?" He continued, "You never mention your life experience, let alone why you are so big—"

"Because it is unnecessary--" Hagrid argued.

"No need?" Maca shook his head, "Is it really unnecessary? Knowing that everyone's first impression of you is'God! You are so tall!'?"

"I..." Hagrid wanted to find some other reason, but he was discouraged in a blink of an eye. "Yes, you are right--I can understand her thoughts...like there is Sometimes, I also worry that my children will be scared like that..."

"But to be honest, I will not deliberately conceal like she did, that's dishonest!"

Hagrid said stubbornly, he also had his own perseverance. Maca did not directly deny his persistence, but talked about the topic of giants by himself...

"Hagrid, have you seen them?" He asked suddenly, "You know, I mean giants."

Hagrid nodded, then shook again.

"I only met my mother, and I was too young at the time, I can't remember..."

"Looking at the information, the average height of modern giants is close to 30 feet... But did you know? In ancient times, the ancestors of giants were much taller and stronger than today's." Maca calmly said , "I think you should understand, what does that mean to ordinary people..."

"Higher?" Hagrid curiously asked, "How tall?"

"I don't know this. In ancient times, there were several types of giants...Anyway, as far as I know, the smallest one is more than twice as tall as the current giant..." Maca said Then, he patted Hagrid's arm and said, "And the most massive kind, even in ancient times, only existed in the legend-as huge as a mountain."

"It sounds like the fairy tales my father told me when I was young." Hagrid subconsciously looked at the towering mountain in the depths of the Forbidden Forest, and then he laughed.

"Is it really that big? I really want to see it with my own eyes..." Luna, who had been sitting quietly on the other side of Maca, said in a daze.

She was also looking at the mountain, with a slight yearning.

"Perhaps one fell asleep somewhere in this world!" said Maca, "but we shouldn't see it. If such a big guy wakes up, he will have to stand up. A big earthquake..."

"...Well, let him continue to sleep." Luna said seriously.

Look at her, as if she had really thought about where to find the legendary "giant as big as a mountain" just now.

"Thank you, Maca..." After a long time, Hagrid suddenly said, "At least you let me understand, true friends don't care if I have a hybrid of giants..."

"Then you have to thank a few people." Maca spread his hands, turned around and shouted, "Harry, Ron, don't hide there!"

Not long after, as a sigh of sound rang, two boys with embarrassed faces walked out from behind the reindeer stone sculpture.

"Sorry, Hagrid. We didn't plan to—" Harry was interrupted by Maca before he could finish.

"Come here and sit down for a while, no one here will blame you-- right, Hagrid?"

"Oh-of course, but..." Hagrid hesitated, "Where did you start listening?"

"From ‘when I saw you, I understood in my heart.’ There..." Harry confessed apologetically, "In fact, we just happened to be passing by..."

"Isn't that the beginning!" Hagrid patted his forehead vigorously. "Oh, the kids are watching...I wish I didn't say anything strange."

"We are not kids anymore--" Ron said loudly, "Don't worry Hagrid, we won't be afraid of you!"

Maca looked at Ron strangely—when did he become so active? To say that the wizard family should know a lot about giants, and most wizards are very hostile to the giants.

In the minds of wizards, giants are always cruel and bloodthirsty, and even cannibals—of course, this is also because there have been cases in history.

To be honest, Maca has been in a good relationship with Hagrid from the very beginning. In addition to being worthy of Hagrid, he naturally has the idea of ​​personally contacting the giants through Hagrid.

For such a race full of magical colors, he is indeed very curious. If he has the opportunity, he would like to see what a giant is like-of course, that is by no means now!

After a few people chatted by the fountain for a while, Hagrid went back to the cabin first-he couldn't go to see Mrs. Maxim today, so it's better to go back and accompany Yaya!

Harry, Ron, and Maca returned to the auditorium together.

The prom is still going on. Parvati and Padma are sitting at a table in the distance with a large group of Boothbarton boys~IndoMTL.com~Hermione doesn't know where she is, from They haven't seen her since just now.

They sat down at a table far from the dance floor.

For the rest of the ball, Harry and Ron had been sitting in the corner talking about giants, and no one had the intention of dancing. Harry restrained himself from watching Cho Chang and Cedric, which would make him have a strong urge to kick things.

Maca talked to Luna casually, occasionally answering a few words when Harry and the others asked something.

Soon, at midnight, Sister Weird stopped playing, and the leisure time was over. Everyone gave the weird sisters a warm applause for the last time, and then began to walk towards the hall.

At this time, in a female dormitory in the Gryffindor Tower, Hermione was staring at the gift box that had been opened.

In that flat gift box, a beautiful white dress is still stacked nicely, faintly reflecting the brilliance of the light under the light.

"Ron is right. Even if I can't disturb Maca now, I shouldn't have agreed to Wick... Krum's invitation..."