After Hagrid mentioned his mother, the atmosphere suddenly became silent. Elwyn and Sirius exchanged uneasy glances.
"Hagrid, are you going to look for her?" Elwyn hesitated for a moment and continued to ask, "This is a good opportunity to meet your mother. You haven't seen her for a long time, right?"
"I don't want to see her. It has nothing to do with our mission this time." Hagrid muttered and shrugged his broad shoulders, "I don't remember her. She's not a good mother. When I was young, she abandoned me and my father and left alone."
"But you are related to her by blood after all …"
"So what? She's a giant. I've sworn never to see her again!" Hagrid said, raising his voice.
"You're lying, Rubo!" Mrs. Maxim walked in with a tea tray and happened to hear this. She looked at Hagrid seriously, "You actually want to see your mother. We can see that you care about her very much."
"But she doesn't care about me, nor does she care about my father. She probably has long forgotten us!" Hagrid said sadly, "Orim, they are different from your parents. They didn't love each other freely. My father didn't want to be with her at first. She forced him to be with her. There was only hatred between them …"
Hagrid's voice became lower and lower, and his black eyes were covered with a layer of mist.
"Yes, he may have fallen in love with her later and wanted to go out to look for her, but he didn't know where the giants had gone. My father kept calling her name before he died, "Hagrid said, tears welling up in his eyes," He couldn't forget her until he died. "
"In that case, all the more you should go and find her!" Mrs. Maxim came over and handed the tea tray full of drinks to Sirius. She whispered, "Leave him to me. Remember to call us when the carriage arrives at Dijon. We'll stay there tonight."
After she finished speaking, she helped Hagrid back to the room, ready to comfort him …
Elwyn and Sirius continued to discuss the giants for a while, and then the topic shifted to Ravenclaw's Coronet and the Maelstrom.
Time gradually passed and the sky gradually darkened. The carriage had already arrived in the sky above Dijon.
Dijon, a small city in eastern France, has been the capital of Burgundy since the Middle Ages.
From Muggle's point of view, there were many well-preserved ancient buildings in this historic town, which were of high artistic value.
Other than that, it also produced the best wine in the world.
In the magic world, this small city was also very famous.
It was also known as the City of Owls. It had a special magic building, the Owl Fortress. It was a huge military fortress located near the river valley outside the city.
Historically it belonged to the Duke of Burgundy, and is said to have been one of his principal palaces.
The reason why it was famous was because of the countless owl spirits that inhabited it.
No one knew what the Dark Sorcerers who once lived there had done, or why there were so many owls' apparitions.
The International Wizard Alliance had investigated this huge black fortress more than once, but they found nothing.
When wizards walked into the fortress, they would only see countless owl spirits staring at them. That kind of feeling could definitely drive them crazy.
Elwyn had read about the Owl Fortress in a book before. It was described as an evil and colorless place. This huge castle was entirely made of black granite, and there were all kinds of strange owl statues carved on it.
The structure of the whole castle was very strange. There were no windows, and if one wanted to enter, they could only go through the sturdy door below.
The strangest thing was the owl spirits that were everywhere in the castle, standing quietly everywhere in the castle.
As everyone knew, only wizards could become ghosts after death, retaining their memories and habits from when they were alive.
It was rare for animals to become ghosts, especially with so many appearing in one place at once. No matter how you thought about it, it was not normal.
According to the International Sorcerer Union's final investigation, the souls of these owls were not pure spirits. They were imprisoned here by a special black magic and could not leave the castle. Most sorcerers believed that this strange black magic was either witchcraft or a curse from the African region.
Moreover, this evil black magic may not have been completed. There was a problem during the casting process, causing the thousands of owl spirits as sacrifices to stay in the castle forever …
In any case, this huge fortress was abandoned outside the city, and no one would go near or enter it.
Just like the Screaming Shack in Hogsmeade, the local wizards were very afraid of the Owl Fortress.
It was cast with a Muggle Banishing Curse, and no Muggle would go near the nearby area.
If it was just a simple trip without a mission, Elwyn wanted to take a look inside the fortress and study why so many owl spirits suddenly appeared. But not now, he better not take the initiative to provoke trouble.
The carriage slowly descended, and Hagrid and Mrs. Maxim came out of the room. He looked much better now.
Hagrid was still holding a photo in his hand, the one he had shown to Elwyn before.
In the photo, there was a short wizard, his eyes were the same as Hagrid's, also dark and squinted. He sat on Hagrid's shoulder and laughed happily. Judging from the apple tree next to him, Hagrid was seven or eight feet tall, but his face was young, plump, smooth, and beardless. He looked at most 11 years old.
The short wizard in the photo was Hagrid's father, and this was the only photo he left.
Hagrid's father was a breeder when he was alive, working for the Department of the Protection of Magical Creatures of the Ministry of Magic, mainly responsible for taking care of dangerous magical creatures.
The main reason why Hagrid liked those monsters might be inherited from his father.
"How are you, Hagrid?" Elwyn asked.
"I'm fine!" Hagrid waved his hand, a little embarrassed. "I just thought of my mother, and got a little too excited. Speaking of which, Orim is really amazing. I never thought she would be so understanding. She convinced me, I've never seen a woman as good as her … "
The carriage landed on the ground, and under the effect of magic, the huge God Rune Horse had been turned into an ordinary horse.
In the small city of Dijon, the customs of the past were still maintained, and the Muggle were not too surprised by the sudden appearance of the carriage.
More than ten minutes later, under Mrs. Maxim's control, they stopped in front of a small tavern called "Burgundy Style".
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