Chapter 127: I Prefer Fried Eggs (Edited)

Hagrid ran back to his hut by the Forbidden Forest with his copy of "Breeding Fire Dragons for Pleasure and Profit."

Fish's ears twitched twice as he lay on Hagrid's bed, hearing the sound of heavy footsteps approaching rapidly.

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Opening his mouth to yawn widely, Fish stood up and shook out his fur, turning to look at the door.

Hagrid pushed his way through just in time.

"Meow~." ?(=ΦωΦ=)?

Fish lifted a paw to wave at Hagrid.

Hagrid returned the greeting with a big smile, lifting the large book he held in his hand and waving it at Fish, "I borrowed the book, so let's go see how to hatch the dragon egg!".

Taking two steps at a time, Hagrid sat on the edge of the bed and rested the book in his lap, opening the thick cover.

Curious, Fish jumped onto Hagrid's shoulder and lowered his head to look at the open book with him.

Hagrid's thick fingers slid over the index finger, muttering to himself as he explained to Fish, "First, we have to figure out what kind of dragon egg it is...I found it! How to identify different dragon eggs, page 8."

"Hungarian Hornbill, its dragon eggs are gray... it's not.... Chinese fireballs, deep red with flecks of gold... it's beautiful isn't it? Of course, my black is also beautiful.... Common Green Welsh Dragon Green, earthy brown with green flecks... neither."

Hagrid read the text word for word, comparing his black egg with the picture in the book, fearing he was mistaken.... Although the colored eggs were completely different from the black one on the bed, he had to double-check before turning to the next page.

"I found it, it's a Norwegian Ridgeback! It looks exactly like the picture in the book!" Hagrid laughed gleefully, "I'm in luck, it's a very rare fire dragon!".

Just as Hagrid was happily flipping through the catalog again to find out how to hatch the Norwegian Ridgeback, the wooden door of the hut burst open, crashing against the wall with a loud bang.

"I'm sorry...," gasped Hermione, gripping the door frame, looking at Hagrid, who was startled by her appearance, "It's just that.... I thought I heard you mention... Fire dragons?"

Hermione's eyes were sharp, looking at Hagrid with a deadly glare, resembling Professor McGonagall when she was angry.

Fish, who was squatting on Hagrid's shoulders, suddenly remembered that Minerva had told him to spend more time with Ratteeth.

So he jumped to the ground, then hopped down in front of Hermione, stood up and put his front paws on the hem of her robe, and let out a meow that made Hermione feel her heart melt in an instant.

"Meow, meow, meow?" (=ΦωΦ=)?

"Fish! How are you?"

Hermione couldn't contain herself at such an adorable attack, and instantly left Hagrid and the fire dragon behind, bending down to take Fish in her arms and rubbing her cheek against Fish's head.

It wasn't the first time Fish had encountered this, and at first he found it annoying and resisted, but then he got used to it, and the kitten lay down and let the girls do whatever they wanted, since they would have to make it up to him with food anyway.

For the sake of food, Fish didn't usually resist.

And, although Fish didn't know why, it seemed that whenever the girls treated him like this, the guys next to him always made envious faces... but they didn't appreciate being greedy for the girls' compensation.

Fish, who didn't understand, didn't bother to look into it, and he didn't lose out anyway.

Hermione finally calmed down from her excitement after petting the cat wildly for a while.

First she pulled out a treat and gave it to Fish, and the heartless cat ran off with the food in its mouth, returning to its human form and eating it happily.

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Hermione, for her part, looked at Hagrid again, and just as she was about to continue questioning him about the fire dragon, Harry and Ron arrived.

"I... My God..." gasped Ron, resting his hands on his knees, and said to Hermione, "You, you ran too fast..."

Ron admired Hermione sincerely, he and Harry were running out of breath and couldn't catch up with Hermione, knowing that she was still carrying a big bag full of books!

Harry was also panting rapidly, swallowing saliva and nodding his head.

"Meow? Scar Head and Redhead Number Four, they're here too." (●Φ~Φ●)?

Fish looked up and waved to the two of them, then resumed his snack.... The custard toffee Hermione had given him was delicious, but it was too sticky.

Hermione looked at Ron and Harry, and instead of speaking, she pointed behind Hagrid and shouted, "What are you hiding, Hagrid?!"

Hagrid, who was trying to shield the dragon egg from the bed, paused slightly and then gave up hiding it in dismay, turning onto his side and letting it out.

"As you can see, it's a dragon egg." Hagrid tugged at his beard and asked quietly, somewhat shakily, "You won't tell, will you?"

"Of course! It's a dragon egg." Ron excitedly walked over to the egg and looked at it, "Where did you get it? it must have cost a lot of money! I've heard Charlie say that even Peruvian Vipertooth eggs cost a fortune!"

"I won it." Hagrid said, "I was drinking in the village last night, playing cards with a stranger. To be honest, the guy was probably desperate to get rid of it."

"So that's why you went to the library to borrow a book?" Hermione asked with a frown, she was actually tempted to tell Professor McGonagall, but it was clear that Fish was aware and that made her hesitate.

Her main worry had been that the oblivious Hagrid would let the dragon hurt Fish, but now that she had found out it was only a dragon egg, she wasn't so worried.

"Besides, what are you going to do with him when he hatches?" Hermione said.

"I'm reading a book," Hagrid said, waving the book he had just borrowed. "You see, it says here, first, you have to put the egg in the fire, because their mothers breathe fire on the egg to hatch them."

Hagrid skimmed the book as he read what it said.

"And when it hatches, feed it a bucket of brandy with chicken's blood in it every half hour: the Norwegian Ridgebacks love it, and I got an egg, which is very rare."

That said, he placed the black dragon egg in the fireplace as instructed in the book and then lit the fire.

"Meow?" ∑(●ΦωΦ●).

After finally finishing the sticky candy, Fish watched Hagrid put the dragon egg in the fire.

He had been eating the candy so intently that he hadn't noticed what Hagrid and the others had been saying.

"Big man! Are you finally willing to cook this egg for Fish to eat, meow?"(●?﹃?●).

Fish ran to the fireplace and said, "Actually, Fish prefers fried eggs!".