For the next week, Hagrid was nowhere to be seen.
During meals, he did not show up at the staff table, and no one saw him performing his duties as a gamekeeper on the grounds. Harry went to look for him several times, but he refused to show up, hiding in the small wooden house with the curtains closed tightly.
At the beginning of the new semester, even his position was replaced by the substitute teacher, Professor Grapeland.
Professor Grapeland was an elderly witch. Her gray hair was cut very short, and her chin was very prominent.
In all fairness, compared to Hagrid, her teaching standards were much better, and she also knew how to choose suitable magical creatures.
On the first two lessons of the new semester, she showed the third and fourth years a unicorn, which was much more popular than the fried snail.
Professor Grapeland told the students a lot of knowledge about unicorns, some of which even Elwyn did not know.
Needless to say, the girls were excited to be able to touch a unicorn.
In short, Professor Grapeland's outstanding performance left a deep impression on all the little witches.
She made everyone realize that protecting magical creatures could be so interesting. There was no need for Malfoy and Slytherin to continue to smear his name. Everyone's only sympathy for Hagrid was quickly disappearing, and they all hoped that Professor Grapeland could stay.
"This is what I think of protecting magical creatures in biology class. A decent animal like a unicorn, not a monster!" During dinner, Lavender said to them, "I hope she can stay …"
"Then what about Hagrid?" Harry asked angrily.
Lavender had just been talking about how good Professor Grapeland was, which made him very angry.
"He can still be his gamekeeper, can't he?!" Lavender replied.
Noticing Harry's expression, Ron hurriedly pulled on her clothes, indicating that Lavender should stop talking.
After the ball, the relationship between Ron and Lavender did not end like Elwyn, Harry, and Hermione expected. Instead, it became better and better.
Ron even tried to integrate Lavender into their small circle, but from the current situation, it was very difficult!
They were not the same kind of people at all. Their personalities and views on things were too different.
Whether it was Elwyn, Harry, Hermione, or Corin, Ginny, or Gabriel, none of them could talk to Lavender.
"No, we must find Hagrid!" Harry said, putting down the knife and fork in his hand. "Now, go tell him, we want him back … Do you want him back?!"
He suddenly asked Hermione. Hermione had just praised Professor Grapeland and thought that her class was very good.
"I don't want to lie. It's not bad to occasionally have a decent Biology of Protection class for a change, but I really want Hagrid to come back. Of course I do!" Hermione was frightened by Harry's angry gaze and hurriedly added.
Harry nodded. "Then it's settled. We will all go. We must make him come out to see us …"
"I'm not going!" Lavender interrupted, not noticing Harry's expression. "I really don't understand. Why must we let Hagrid stay? Compared to Professor Grapeland, he is not a qualified Biology of Protection class at all."
Harry left while panting. He did not refute Lavender, but he was undoubtedly furious!
Elwyn and Hermione hurriedly chased after him. Ron hesitated for a moment and stayed behind to comfort Lavender.
She looked wronged as well, thinking that she did not say anything wrong.
In fact, she was just speaking the truth and did not consider her relationship with Hagrid. However, she did not seem to have any friendship with Hagrid.
The field was still covered with thick snow and ice. After leaving the castle, Harry strode quickly, almost jogging all the way to Hagrid's cabin. Elwyn and Hermione used all their strength to catch up with him.
The last time Harry was this angry was when he faced Peter, the dwarf, and knew the truth of his parents' death.
In his heart, Hagrid had always held a very important position.
What Lavender said just now and the fact that Ron did not follow up had greatly affected him.
He did not listen to Elwyn and Hermione's persuasion at all. He only wanted to see Hagrid!
He wanted to tell Hagrid personally that he did not care whether he was a hybrid giant or not!
Five minutes later, they arrived in front of Hagrid's cabin. The curtains were still tightly closed.
Elwyn knocked on the door and could hear Yaya's low barking inside.
"Hagrid, it's us!" Harry shouted and walked over to pound on the door. "Open the door!"
Hagrid did not answer. They could hear Yaya scratching the door and whining, but the door did not open.
They knocked for more than ten minutes, but there was still no response.
Elwyn leaned on the window and looked inside through the gap of the curtains. Hagrid was definitely inside.
Just like the previous times, he did not plan to see them.
However, Harry did not plan to give up. He shouted for a while and saw Ron running from the castle, panting.
He had just coaxed Lavender and ran here. He looked at Harry apologetically and kept apologizing, explaining what Lavender had said.
Since Ron could come, Harry felt a little better. His mood was not as unstable as before.
As for what Lavender had said, he did not care at all. From the beginning to the end, he did not care at all!
Harry continued to pound on the door. Ron also followed and knocked on the window, but there was still no response.
"Why is he hiding from us?" Hermione said. "He doesn't think that we care that he is a hybrid giant, does he?"
"Obviously, he cares a lot!"
"Enough, Hagrid, we know you are inside!" Harry shouted and took out his magic wand. "Come out quickly. No one cares that your mother is a giant. Hagrid! Skeeter, that annoying woman, you can't let her get away with it! "
The tip of his wand emitted a red light. With a loud bang, the door of Hagrid's cabin was opened!
Hagrid looked at the group of people who had barged in in surprise. He was sitting by the extinguished fireplace with two wine bottles in front of him.
There were more empty wine bottles on the ground, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of alcohol.
Hagrid looked very embarrassed. His face was spotted, and his eyes were red and swollen. He had gone to the other extreme when it came to his hair. He no longer tried to tidy his hair. It had now become a pile of tangled wires.
He was even wearing the fuzzy brown suit from the Christmas party. He did not change it.
"Hello, Hagrid!" Harry said and walked in first.
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