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Over the next few days, Harry was discharged from the school hospital, and his life seemed to have returned to normal.
However, the loss of the Quidditch match and the incident in the common lounge were constantly affecting him.
All the students in Gryffindor Academy seemed to have lost their vigor, and everyone was in low spirits.
Because of the incident with Ron, Hermione seemed to be on the verge of tears. The impact of the incident was too great. Harry often stared blankly at his Nimbus 2000's wreckage. Although everyone tried to cheer him up, it was to no avail. Wood looked lifeless, as though he had lost his goal in life. Fred and George were no longer keen on pranks, and the progress of the new product development had slowed down significantly.
However, none of them had changed as much as Ron.
Ron's behavior had become increasingly strange. Apart from Harry, he hardly spoke to anyone. His temper had also become worse, and he was unfriendly to everyone.
He was like an active volcano that had been suppressed for a long time, and could erupt at any time.
During Monday's potions class, because Malfoy mocked Harry by imitating the Dementor, Ron threw a large and slippery crocodile heart at Malfoy. It hit him squarely in the face, and because of this, Snape deducted 50 points from Gryffindor.
Elwyn did not know if it was an illusion, but he felt as though Ron had become a different person.
His gaze was often empty and lifeless, but every time he looked at Lin Li, he would be filled with vigilance and hostility, as though Lin Li would pounce on him and beat him up at any time.
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In short, the unexpected failure caused the atmosphere in Gryffindor Academy to become oppressive.
The only thing worth being happy about was that Professor Lupin had returned to class.
Elwyn saw Professor Lupin in the Defense Against Black Magic class on Wednesday.
He did look sick. The old robe on his body was even looser, and there were dark shadows under his eyes. The werewolf transformation must have put a lot of strain on his body.
Everyone inquired about Lupin's condition with concern and complained about what Snape had done when he was sick. Based on what Elwyn knew, when he was a substitute teacher, Snape taught the same content in the Defense Against Black Magic classes of all grades — how to identify and kill werewolves.
Of course, almost no one took this seriously.
To the young Sorcerers, werewolves were like legendary creatures in this era. They believed that they would never be able to come into contact with them in their lifetime.
Other than Hermione, Elwyn had no idea who else had discovered Lupin's true identity.
He reckoned that Snape would be disappointed. His painstaking efforts did not have any effect other than increasing Lin Li's disgust.
Professor Lupin's return made the Defense Against Black Magic class more cheerful.
In that class, Elwyn saw the new dark creature that Lupin had brought, Hinkpunk. It was a one-legged creature that looked like it was made of smoke. It was very fragile and did not seem to have any intention of harming people.
But in fact, it often lured travelers into the swamp.
It leaped through the foggy swamp, using the light hanging from its leg to guide the way. People followed the light and fell into the swamp, suffocating to death. Hinkpunk lived on the rotten flesh of these dead people.
Looking at it through the water tank, one would never know that this creature was actually so terrifying.
The cheerful atmosphere brought about by Professor Lupin's return only lasted for slightly more than two hours. When Elwyn went downstairs to the auditorium for lunch, he saw Hagrid, whom he had not seen for a long time, standing in the hall. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were surrounding him.
Hagrid had just returned from the school's owl room. He stood there, his eyes red and swollen, tears falling onto the front of his leather vest.
"Hagrid, what's the matter?" Elwyn walked over in surprise. He saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione reading an official-looking letter.
Elwyn leaned over and glanced at the letter. It read:
Dear Mr. Hagrid, We have further investigated the attack on a student by a hippogriff in your class. We have accepted Professor Dumbledore's assurance that you are not responsible for this regrettable incident.
We must, however, express our concern for this problematic hippogriff. We have decided to support Mr. Lucius Malfoy's formal complaint, so this matter will be referred to the Committee for Handling Dangerous Creatures.
We will organize a hearing at the Committee's London office on 25 January. You and your hippogriff should be present on that day. In the meantime, the hippogriff should be tethered and isolated. Under your colleagues is a long list of names from the school board.
"They want to kill Buckbeak!" Hagrid sobbed uncontrollably. His face was covered with tears, and more of them fell on his tangled beard.
"But Buckbeak is not a wicked hippogriff!" Harry said uncertainly. "Hagrid, I bet it'll be fine!"
"No, you don't understand those weirdos from the Committee for Handling Dangerous Creatures." Hagrid wiped his tears with his sleeve. "They're messing with these interesting animals!"
Hagrid's words made them look at each other, not knowing how to answer.
The hippogriff had a winged body. Hagrid called it an "interesting animal", but in the eyes of others, it was a "terrifying monster".
Even if Buckbeak did not have any intention of harming people, no one would like it.
In fact, according to Hagrid's usual standards, it was certainly amusing and endearing.
But Elwyn knew that this had nothing to do with whether Buckbeak was liked or not. It was mainly because of Lucius Malfoy.
Ever since Dumbledore failed in his attempt to remove him from the position of headmaster and was kicked out of the school board, the Malfoy family's reputation had plummeted. The conversation in the headmaster's office about who opened the secret chamber had been leaked by someone. Now, all the higher-ups in the magic world were spreading rumors that Lucius was distributing items from Lord Voldemort's student days.
This was not a good sign. Lucius Malfoy urgently needed something to divert everyone's attention and boost his family's reputation.
Hagrid had provided him with such an opportunity. He was now tightly following Hagrid and Buckbeak. This attack had become a contest between him and Dumbledore. As long as he removed Hagrid from his position as a teacher or killed the hippogriff, Buckbeak, he could regain his lost prestige.
Needless to say, the Ministry of Magic and the school board must have made a trade-off between the two of them. They did not want to offend Dumbledore, but they also did not want to give up the large sum of money that Malfoy had given them.
They could support Dumbledore in allowing Hagrid to continue teaching in the school, but the corresponding condition was to agree to Lucius Malfoy killing Buckbeak.
Other than Hagrid, no one would care about the life and death of a hippogriff.
What hearing? It was just going through the procedures!
The committee was almost under Malfoy's control. No matter what Hagrid said, it would be useless.
In other words, the outcome of this incident had been decided from the very beginning.
Regardless of the wishes of the person involved, Hagrid, or whether Buckbeak had really done all sorts of evil, it was no longer important.
Buckbeak would definitely die. Although it was cruel, it was a fact!
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