Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 249 Planning a Press Conference! Norbert's Birth!

"Exchange and learning are necessary, but not now."

Whether it's secret practitioners from China or the two European magic schools, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, which have ties to Hogwarts, they'll have to wait at least another two years to visit.

Dudley advised Dumbledore, "Hogwarts is currently at a crucial stage of intellectual development."

The students of the four academies are not yet united and it is not appropriate for them to come into contact with extraordinary individuals of the same age from other countries too early, and to be exposed to a variety of different ideologies and cultures.

Upon hearing this, Dumbledore nodded in agreement: "I understand. If the officially confirmed time for the exchange from China is not suitable, I will politely decline and ask them to postpone the exchange."

Afterwards, Dudley and Dumbledore discussed the joint Auror operation by the Ministries of Magic of various Western countries to pursue the ghost cultivator Mo Xuan.

There's also the current situation in the British magical community, especially the prevailing sense of panic, and the reaction of the two-faced Death Eaters.

Dudley came up with a solution: to have Dumbledore make a public appearance, leverage his prestige, boost the overall confidence of the wizarding world, and reassure the two-faced Death Eaters.

It's better to do this sooner rather than later.

It just so happens that Old Deng is going to Professor Slughorn's house in the next couple of days to extend a re-employment invitation, so he can inform the British Ministry of Magic and the Daily Prophet in advance and arrange the time.

After leaving Slughorn's house, Old Deng can go straight to Diagon Alley to hold a press conference.

One trip solved two major problems.

……

After Dudley finished discussing matters with Dumbledore, he went to the ancient runic classroom as usual to audit classes and study alchemy on his own, and began to conceive and design magical items that could absorb soul fragments.

While in class, Dudley suddenly received a call request from Hagrid through the mirror mark.

Needless to say, it must be that Norwegian Spinosaurus egg, nourished by Hagrid's love pact and blood, that's about to hatch!

Dali hasn't received a system notification yet, which means the little dragon is in the stage of about to hatch but hasn't hatched yet.

He quickly said goodbye to Professor Babling, left the ancient runes classroom, leaped out of the corridor window, and flew towards Hagrid's hut while connecting to Hagrid's voice call.

"Dali, come quick! Norber, Norber is about to be born!"

Hagrid's voice, transmitted through the mirrored mark, was excited, thrilled, and undeniably hoarse.

It's estimated that Hagrid hasn't rested much these past two days, spending the rest of his time tending the fireplace and adding firewood.

"Alright! I'm almost there. Calm your mind, don't..."

"boom--"

"Aww—"

Before Dali could finish speaking, a loud explosion was suddenly heard, followed by a childish but high-pitched roar.

They saw flames bursting ahead and rocks flying everywhere from the explosion.

Hagrid's cabin near the Forbidden Forest has been blown up!

"Hagrid! How are you?!"

Dudley immediately shouted anxiously, and the flight speed increased to the maximum.

At the same time, he made a decisive move and loudly chanted an incantation: "Water God, clear the way!"

A giant water dragon materialized out of thin air and, under Dali's control, headed straight for the spot where flames were exploding.

"No! Don't worry! I'm fine!"

Dudley heard Hagrid's somewhat weak voice and vaguely saw a tall, dark figure, about three and a half meters tall, appearing in the flames ahead.

He breathed a sigh of relief, then controlled the water hose to deflect the attack, extinguishing the flames around Hagrid and creating a safe passage through the fire.

The person quickly landed in the area filled with flames, surrounded by water vapor, and headed straight for Hagrid's location.

Soon, Dudley saw Hagrid, his entire body blackened, his hands behind his back, his face and body covered in soot, and most of his clothes, beard, eyebrows and hair charred.

"Clean it up completely! Heal it quickly!"

Dudley, forgetting his laughter, quickly cast a cleansing spell and a powerful healing spell on Hagrid, making Hagrid appear to be in better condition.

Then he asked, "What happened to you? Where's Charmander?"

"Here it is! Norber's talent is too great. When he hatched, the flames rose uncontrollably. He didn't want it to turn out like this!"

Hagrid opened his mouth and exhaled a puff of black smoke as he answered, slowly moving his large hand, which had been behind his back, to the front.

A small fire dragon, almost three times the size of a normal Norwegian Spinosaurus cub, and extremely intelligent, was perched on Hagrid's large wrist, its wings tightly wrapped around Hagrid's thick arm, which caught Dudley's eye.

As if knowing he had caused trouble, Norbert the little dragon tilted his head, spitting out flames, and peering around, looking like he wanted to see Dudley but didn't dare to.

Hagrid was worried that Dudley's giant water dragon would hurt Norber, so he faced the dragon and moved Norber behind him for protection.

"Hagrid, how are you? How bad are your burns?"

Dudley glanced at Norbert the little dragon a few times, then turned to ask about Hagrid's safety.

"I'm tough, I'm fine! When the explosion happened, Norber tried his best to keep the flames away from me, so I just look a little dirty, but I wasn't seriously injured."

Hagrid said with a smile, his big, beady eyes fixed on the little fire dragon on his arm, full of affection.

"That's good!"

When Dudley saw that it wasn't a big deal—it was just an ordinary stone house that had been emptied of magical biological materials—he felt relieved.

While controlling the water dragon to extinguish all the surrounding flames, he also put a layer of Iron Armor Charm shield on his gloves and went to pry at the base of the little fire dragon's tail.

This made Norber somewhat uncomfortable, but through its mental communication with Hagrid, it knew that the wizard in front of it meant no harm, so it did not resist much.

"Wow! It's a male dragon! The little guy doesn't need a new name!"

Using the techniques he learned from books to determine the sex of Norwegian Spinosaurus, Dudley determined whether Norber was male or female.

The current Norbert is not the same dragon as in the original story; the difference in gender is reasonable.

"Oh? I knew it! My intuition was right!"

Hagrid replied happily that he was happy whether Norber was male or female, but he was even happier that he had guessed Norber's gender correctly.

"Hagrid, Dudley! Are you alright?"

A phoenix-like firelight appeared nearby, and Dumbledore teleported over.

Meanwhile, a large number of enormous magical creatures emerged from the Forbidden Forest not far away, including the three-headed dog Lululemon, the hippogriff Buckbeak, and a group of Thestrals.

They were all magical creatures who had signed a love pact with Hagrid, and upon hearing the explosion, they couldn't help but come and see.

Hagrid's big dog, Tooth, was also among them. Ever since signing the love contract, Hagrid had removed Tooth's collar and leash, allowing it to roam freely. Fortunately, Tooth was spared from the effects of the explosion.

"Oh! Professor Dumbledore, and everyone, we're all alright! Look! Norbert has been born!"

Hagrid shouted loudly, completely disregarding his image, and lifted Norber high with one hand.

Norber enjoyed being high up and happily tilted his head back to breathe out a large mouthful of dragonfire.

This caused the magical creatures to emit a cacophony of hisses and barks.

Add to that the surrounding scorched earth and gravel.

This scene is truly a world-famous painting.