Chapter 501: Half-Blood (Edited)

In fact, Harry knew that it was useless to try to get Hagrid to go back to teaching and get angry with Professor Grubbly-Plank, and that the Hogwarts teaching position was not something that an ordinary student like him could decide.

So, when Harry calmed down, he decided to go see Hagrid first, and to make sure, he called Fish.

"See Hagrid after dinner? Yes, yes, yes."

Fish didn't hesitate to say yes to Harry's invitation.

It was a good idea to go to the Forbidden Forest after seeing Hagrid, and it had been a while since Fish had gone to the Forbidden Forest to see his animal friends with the cold weather lately.

So, after finishing Divination class for the afternoon and having dinner in the Great Hall, Fish and Hermione followed Harry and Ron out of the castle, through the snow-covered grounds, and toward Hagrid's hut.

"Hagrid, Fish is here to play with you nya!"

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Fish banged on the wooden door of the hut and shouted.

The sound of Fang barking and scratching at the door was heard immediately.

Fish listened for a moment and turned to Harry and the others, "Fang says Hagrid is in there crying and refused to come and open the door nya."

"Hagrid, it's us!" Harry immediately stepped forward and shouted loudly, and banged the door loudly, "Open the door!"

But there was still no response from Hagrid, except for Fang's barking.

Fish pushed aside Harry, who was still banging on the door tirelessly, and said, "Get out of the way nya!"

He spread his arms wide and tried to grab onto the sides of the door, but failed due to the size of Hagrid's hut door.

So Fish changed his approach, bent down, grabbed the bottom of the door with both hands and then used all his strength.

"Nya!"

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The huge wooden door rose up from below, and Fang, who was behind it, was caught off guard and slammed directly into Fish's body.

"Woof!"

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Fang froze for a moment, then immediately ran around Fish, tail wagging rapidly.

And Harry looked past Fish and Fang to see Hagrid cowering by the table.

He was in a terrible state, his face was blotchy, his eyes were red and swollen, and he had gone to another extreme with his hair: he had given up trying to keep it neat and it was now a tangled pile of wires.

Probably because Fish had gone so far as to lift the door, Hagrid was now looking at them with red eyes and a confused look on his face.

Harry opened his mouth, unable to say the words he wanted to accuse the other man of, but finally he sighed and walked over to greet him, "Hello, Hagrid."

"Hello." replied Hagrid in a very hoarse voice as he came to.

"What's the matter, Hagrid? Fang says you've been crying today."

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After calming the dog down, Fish went up to him and asked, "Is it because you can't be a teacher anymore?"

He didn't have much to do with it, but he knew what happened.

"All the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers haven't been able to be a teacher for more than a year, and you've been a teacher for more than a year!".

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Fish patted Hagrid's arm, comforting him.

"Fish!"

Hermione tugged hard on Fish's robe, telling him to shut up.

"Fish said something wrong again nya?"

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Fish turned to him, scratching his head in confusion.

"No, you're right." Hagrid pulled out a huge flowered handkerchief and blew his nose vigorously. "Indeed, I'm much luckier than Lupin and the others, and besides, Dumbledore wasn't going to fire me, I resigned, I already gave the letter of resignation to Dumbledore."

"What?! Why?!" exclaimed Harry.

No wonder he was so anxious, he wanted Hagrid back, and Hagrid was already resigned to his fate?

"Because everyone knows I'm a half-blood," Hagrid said, wiping tears from his eyes, "And there must be a lot of people who don't want me to be a teacher after finding out I'm a half-blood."

"Nonsense! None of us care that your mother is a giant!" retorted Harry angrily.

"Exactly, it's no big deal to have the blood of magical creatures!". Ron interjected, "Fleur and her sister are still half-breed Veelas!".

"Yeah, and Fish is a cat! Everyone still loves Fish!"

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Fish raised his head triumphantly.

But these two examples weren't very convincing, so Hagrid was still depressed.

"And Professor Flitwick!" Hermione hastened to add, "Professor Flitwick is also a half-blood elf, and no one ever thought he couldn't be a Charms teacher! And I've read about many other wizards with magical creature blood, many of whom have gone on to achieve great things."

He said, glancing unconsciously at Fish, who was standing next to him.

"There are still people who don't like Filius nya," Fish said suddenly. "Minerva used to tell Fish stories about Filius when he was young, and how he used to be discriminated against by others, but Filius used his strength to stop them."

"Well... then Hagrid can do the same! Use your strength to make people recognize you as a teacher." Hermione immediately changed her words.

Hagrid laughed bitterly, scratched his disheveled hair and said, "Thank you all for your comfort, but I'm not the same as Professor Flitwick, actually the papers were right, giants have terrible personalities, my mother... sigh... let's not mention her."

He shook his big head a little, and continued somewhat dejectedly, "Actually I know, I have a different view of magical animals than you do, and that's due to the influence of my mother's bloodline, and previous classes, which not everyone would like."

Hagrid was aware of his situation, he knew it, but he was having trouble correcting him.

"Malfoy and the others were deliberately targeting you!" Harry dismissed loudly, avoiding the comments of Parvati and the others, blurting out, "The Gryffindor students want you back, and I think the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw students do too!"

Fish eyed Harry suspiciously and was about to retort when Hermione gave him a sly nudge.

Seeing Hagrid's pitiful appearance, Hermione's heart softened again and she began to think about getting Hagrid to teach again.

In fact, she suspected that Skeeter had received Fish's letter and pretended not to have seen it, but there was no need to say anything about it.

"Thank you, thank you." Hagrid's tears rolled down his face again and he choked back a sob, "But I can't say yes yet."

Seeing Harry anxiously trying to dissuade him again, Hagrid waved his hand and interrupted, "I appreciate your support, Harry, but it's not up to you."

With a few reassuring words, Hagrid had stopped feeling sorry for himself, but he knew that his situation could not be resolved by the solidarity of a few students.

"If the students' parents resist, I'm not going to continue as a teacher even if Dumbledore doesn't fire me," Hagrid said, still sobbing, but very coherently, "He's been protecting me since my father died, when I was expelled from Hogwarts, he managed to get me a job as a Ranger...I don't want to cause him any more trouble."

Hagrid laughed again and said, "Like Fish said, I'm a lot luckier than Lupin and the others, and besides, I still have my job as a ranger, so it's not like I can't see them again."

Hearing Hagrid say that, Harry had to stop, though he could see Hagrid was still a little sad, but at least not as sad as he was at first, but he had decided to go see Hagrid as soon as he could.

Seeing that Harry and the others weren't going to leave for a while, Hagrid regained his spirits and entertained them with tea and rock cakes from the cabinet next to him....

But with the exception of Fish, who ate the rock cake, Harry and the others wisely declined Hagrid's offer.

They stayed with Hagrid a while longer, until it got dark outside, and then they left, Harry and Ron returning to the castle, naturally, and Fish taking Hermione into the Forbidden Forest.

And Hagrid...

After tidying things up on the table, he looked up at the door Fish had kicked down earlier, a dazed look on his face.