Chapter 162: A Teaching Accident (Patreon)

“Ah!”

A sudden scream rang out.

Wade turned his head and saw several students hurriedly backing away.

Inside the enclosure, Draco was lying on the ground, his robes stained red with blood.

Harry was in an equally miserable state nearby, while Buckbeak was still raging. It took Hagrid considerable effort to get the collar back around its neck.

“I’m going to die! That thing nearly killed me!”

“Don’t get worked up. It’s only a scratch.”

Hagrid was clearly flustered.

“Someone, help me! Get him out of here!”

Smack!

Wade slapped a hand against his forehead speechlessly.

He had practically spelled out the dangers for them. How had a teaching accident still managed to happen?

“Hagrid, you continue the lesson. I’ll take Draco to the hospital wing.”

“But how are you going to—”

Hagrid stopped mid-sentence.

A flash of white light swept across Griffin’s back, and a silver saddle suddenly appeared.

“What are you waiting for? Put him on.”

“Ah? Oh!”

Hagrid hurriedly picked Draco up and placed him on Griffin’s back.

Two safety straps automatically emerged from the saddle and secured Draco firmly in place.

“Stop whining, Young Master Draco. We’ll be there soon.”

Wade took off toward the castle, with Griffin following closely behind.

When they reached the second floor of the castle, Wade hurriedly knocked on Madam Pomfrey’s door.

The moment the matron saw Griffin, her eyes widened in alarm, and she instinctively backed away several steps.

“Don’t be afraid, Madam Pomfrey. Griffin is my pet.

“He’s a domesticated Griffin. He won’t hurt anyone.”

“Your pet?”

Madam Pomfrey’s voice rose several octaves, disbelief written all over her face.

“That’s a XXXX-rated magical creature! How dare you bring it into the castle?

“I wouldn’t be surprised if a Gryffindor did something like this, but a Slytherin…”

“Griffin normally lives in the Forbidden Forest, but someone was injured during Care of Magical Creatures class.

“He can transport an injured person much faster, so…”

Hearing this, Madam Pomfrey immediately looked toward Griffin and noticed Draco, whose arm was still bleeding, lying on its back.

“My goodness! Get him down at once. I’ll treat his wound.”

Wade took off, undid the safety straps, and helped Draco down.

“Griffin, you can head back for now.

“If you feel dirty, you can go take a bath in the Black Lake.”

“Hey! I’m still here!”

Draco complained irritably.

“Yes, and thanks to you, the saddle has a little blood on it.

“If I don’t clean it, I’ll feel uncomfortable sitting on it.”

Madam Pomfrey led Draco to a hospital bed and carefully rolled up his sleeve.

A long, deep wound came into view.

“Fortunately, the bone isn’t damaged.”

Madam Pomfrey retrieved a bottle from the medicine cabinet and sprinkled white powder over the wound.

Draco grimaced in pain.

“What exactly did Hagrid have you doing in class?”

“He was teaching us about Hippogriffs.”

Madam Pomfrey froze for a moment.

“I remember you’re third-years. Today was your very first Care of Magical Creatures lesson, wasn’t it?”

“Madam, I think you’ve known Hagrid a lot longer than we have.”

Madam Pomfrey fell silent.

She wordlessly applied the medicine and wrapped Draco’s arm in a bandage.

“Still, Young Master Draco, how did you end up being attacked by Buckbeak?”

Wade looked at him curiously.

“I personally demonstrated everything earlier. Even if Buckbeak didn’t like you, it shouldn’t have attacked you as long as you followed Hagrid’s instructions.”

Draco hesitated.

“I saw Potter riding that beast, so I thought it wasn’t that dangerous. So I…”

He paused.

“I only called it a single insult.”

“Ha!”

The corner of Wade’s mouth twitched violently.

Sometimes, when a person was truly speechless, all they could do was laugh.

“So, because of that one insult, you got yourself injured, Harry fell off Buckbeak’s back, and Hagrid probably feels like a complete failure after having a teaching accident during his very first lesson.

“Young Master Draco, if you ever get yourself killed because you couldn’t keep your mouth shut, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised.”

Hiss!

A sudden burst of pain shot through Draco’s arm.

“Ow! Be careful!”

“All done.”

Madam Pomfrey expressionlessly finished wrapping the bandage.

“It’s nothing serious, but you’ll need to rest here for a few days. During that time, you can’t move this arm, and you’re not allowed to bathe.”

After Madam Pomfrey left, Wade looked at Draco meaningfully.

“What are you planning to do?”

“What?”

“Don’t tell me you’re going to pretend none of this happened.”

Draco snorted.

“I’m going to tell my father. He’ll have that halfwit Hagrid expelled, and that beast should be punished too…”

Phew.

Wade took a deep breath, forcing himself not to complain.

“Listen to me. Pretend none of this ever happened.”

“But I was injured!”

“That’s because you brought it on yourself. You’re a third-year now, Young Master Draco. Stop running to your parents every time something happens.

“Daphne is also the heir to a pure-blood family, yet you’ve never heard her constantly saying, ‘I’m going to tell my father.’”

Draco felt as though he had been insulted, but he couldn’t think of a good response.

“But if I do nothing, Potter and Weasley will definitely laugh at me.”

There it is.

So that was the real reason.

Wade rolled his eyes speechlessly.

“I don’t care what else you do. I only have two requirements.

“Hagrid cannot be expelled, and Buckbeak cannot be punished.”

Draco still looked somewhat unwilling.

But after remembering what his father had told him before the start of term, he suppressed his temper.

“Fine. I’ll give you this much face.”

That night, after Crabbe and Goyle had fallen asleep, Wade did the same thing as the previous night.

He set up a barrier to block out all sound, then released a small bottle of sleeping potion into the air, allowing it to evaporate freely and deepen the two boys’ sleep.

He then moved the four-poster bed aside and continued digging his tunnel.

In fact, the previous night he had already reached the passage that connected to the Chamber of Secrets.

However, the section between the dormitory and that passage was still far too rough.

So after entering the tunnel tonight, he didn’t immediately fly toward the passage.

Instead, he took out his wand.

While clearing away loose stones and dust, he used the bricks and stones he had excavated the previous night to make the tunnel as smooth and sturdy as possible.

Every few meters, he also carved a tetrahedral recess into the wall and placed a large number of candles inside for lighting.

When one candle burned out, it would automatically ignite the next.

And whenever no one was present, the candles would extinguish themselves automatically.

They could therefore last for a very long time.

By the time Wade reached the entrance of the passage he had broken into, a bright and orderly path stretched out behind him.

Wade flew into the passage and used the Lumos Charm to create two glowing orbs that illuminated the darkness.

He then took out a Galleon and used divination to determine the correct direction.

After marking the route, he continued flying forward.

He passed through more than a dozen T-junctions.

Finally, deep beneath the castle, Wade reached his destination.

And there, he saw a gigantic snake skin that was long enough to make anyone's scalp tingle.