Hagrid took a small grinder, poured some coffee beans in it, and turned the pusher on the lid. The fine black coffee powder was ground little by little. After pouring the freshly ground coffee powder into the cup, Hagrid poured in the boiling water, and a strong aroma of coffee filled the room in an instant.

"The beans that I roasted by myself may have a little heat, but it's refreshing." Hagrid pushed the two cups of coffee towards Tom and Hermione, sat across the table for himself, and made himself a cup of coffee.

Tom took a sip of the coffee in the cup and felt that it tasted fine, not as sour as he thought.

"How did you think of coming to me?" Hagrid blew the foam on the cup and took a gulp of coffee.

"Saw Buckbeak lying in the pumpkin patch, so come and see."

"Ha!" Hagrid was intrigued when he mentioned Buckbeak. "A beautiful creature, isn't it? It's just... a pity..."

Hermione's eyes fell on the stack of books behind him. "How are you preparing? The Buckbeak case?"

Hagrid showed a tired look, "Fortunately, I just saw a case where the hurt hippogriff was acquitted, so there is still a chance of winning."

Looking at the thick stack of books, Tom knew why Hagrid prepared so much coffee. With Dumbledore's guarantee, Hagrid wouldn't take any responsibility, but Buckbeak was likely to be executed. This was unacceptable to Hagrid.

It was very subtle that Hagrid could quietly let Buckbeak go, but he dared not. Because this will bring more trouble - the people of the Ministry of Magic are not fools, Buckbeak escapes at a critical juncture, Hagrid cannot escape, and even Dumbledore will be implicated, which is also unacceptable to Hagrid.

He could only bury his head and study hard, trying to find a chance for Buckbeak from the vast archives. But it's so hard! The magical world's attitude towards magical beasts is inherently subtle, and to use a word commonly used in the Muggle world is "wizard supremacy". When wizards and Fantastic Beasts clash, the Ministry of Magic tends to punish Fantastic Beasts.

The three people present knew this, so they all knew that Hagrid's case winning rate was extremely low.

The three people present stopped talking and just drank the coffee in their hands silently.

"Hagrid, we won't bother you, the coffee is well made." After drinking the coffee from her own cup, Hermione put the coffee cup back on the table.

"Can we go see Buckbeak again?" she asked.

"Of course, the animals hanging on the fence are its food, you can feed it as you like." Hagrid was naturally happy that someone could spend more time with Buckbeak.

After thanking Hagrid, Hermione and Tom left Hagrid's cabin and returned to Buckbeak. And Hagrid also picked up a book from the bed and read it seriously. Thick tomes are in his hands like mini comic books.

Hermione pulled Tom back to the pumpkin patch. Tom stood in front of the fence next to him and untied several small animals from it, including rabbits and ferrets, most of which were products of the forbidden forest.

After bowing to each other again, the two sat down beside Buckbeak again. Buckbeak craned his neck to reach for the food in Tom's hands, and Tom threw them one by one into Buckbeak's mouth.

Looking at Buckbeak, who was eating extra sweet, Hermione took a deep breath and looked at Tom: "Is there any way to help it, Tom, I don't want to watch it die."

After Hermione and Hagrid got along for a while, a soft spot in her heart was touched, and she now hoped to save Buckbeak.

Tom fell into a brief silence.

In this moment of silence, he was thinking: what kind of person is he?

He seems to be very gentle and polite to everyone, but he seems to have an amazing indifference in the face of things around him. He almost ignored things that had nothing to do with Hermione. Just like Peggy before, he faintly noticed something was wrong with the girl, but he didn't take any countermeasures - to put it bluntly, he still felt that it didn't matter.

indifferent. It seems to be the best adjective for him, as if nothing can make him care. Voldemort, Horcrux, mentally unhealthy little girl... As long as it had nothing to do with Hermione, he wouldn't take it to heart.

To be honest, he was even thinking that if he and Hermione were not the targets of Voldemort's scavenging, then maybe he wouldn't be right against him!

Including this time Buckbeak, it seems that he has no intention of taking the initiative to solve it.

Thinking about it carefully, isn't this "not taking the initiative, not rejecting, not being responsible"? If you don’t take the initiative to find things, you will not refuse them in the end, and you will not be responsible for what happens.

hiss! Thinking of this, Tom let out a sigh of relief. He began to recall whether he had taken the initiative to do anything? Don't know if taking a year's class in place of Lockhart counts?

"Tom?" Maybe Tom was stunned for too long, and Hermione called his name tentatively again, "I always think you might have some idea..."

Tom self-deprecatingly smiled, "It's nothing, I just sighed, I'm like a top, push, move, don't move."

"Then I push you?" Hermione laughed.

"I really convinced you - how did you know I would have a solution?"

"You always have a way, don't you?"

Tom put a grey rabbit to Buckbeak's mouth. "What do you think we should do?"

"I can only use stupid methods to help Hagrid turn the literature and write the manuscript - but I always feel that you have a simpler and more direct way to deal with it." Hermione's eyes showed a hint of anticipation.

"I do have a way." Tom blinked.

"Just let it go."

Hermione: ? !

She looked in disbelief~lightnovelpub.net~ She had a hard time believing that Tom came up with this bad idea.

"You should know what this will bring to Hagrid and Professor Dumbledore!"

Tom waved his hand, what in his opinion was the release of a hippogriff? The goodwill between Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic is going to collapse sooner or later, so it's better to take advantage of it now. Of course, there are still good solutions.

"You mean let it go in the presence of the Ministry of Magic?" Hermione was taken aback by this pioneering idea. "The stakes are too high! Is there a safer way?"

The easiest way to save Buckbeak really is to release it after the Ministry of Magic has inspected it. But there's also a strong sense of uncertainty - like the executioner glanced out the window while they were transferring Buckbeak or Dumbledore's attempt to stall for time failed, etc.

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