Starting with Harry, students one by one rode the hippogriffs flying in the sky. It was unclear why these little ones, who could clearly fly on broomsticks, were so excited. Were hippogriffs more comfortable to ride?
Sean didn't particularly like riding hippogriffs, so he deliberately moved to the back of the queue, letting others try riding the hippogriffs first, avoiding it himself if possible.
"Come on, bow to it, Malfoy, bow to it!"
"If Potter can do it, what's so difficult? This ugly thing... I don't want to bow to it. I don't think it would dare make any excessive moves, would it?"
Malfoy arrogantly slapped the hippogriff in front of him. Just then, the hippogriff named Buckbeak suddenly raised its claws and struck down at Malfoy.
Just as those sharp talons were about to strike Malfoy, Sean, standing at the back, suddenly acted. His wand flashed out, casting a spell at Buckbeak. A gray light swept past, and Buckbeak immediately froze in place, its sharp claws just in front of Malfoy's neck, missing him by mere inches.
Looking at the fierce Buckbeak, Malfoy was so frightened he stepped back and happened to trip over a stone on the ground, falling and landing hard on his bottom.
"This, this, it actually wanted to hurt me! It actually wanted to harm me! I'm telling my father!"
Just as Malfoy's hysterical words left his mouth, Sean came to his side, looking down at him and saying: "First, I just saved you. You should thank me."
Looking up at Sean from below, with Sean's head blocking the sun and casting his entire face in shadow, Malfoy suddenly felt waves of fear. He unconsciously swallowed and said to Sean: "Th-thank you."
"Mm!" Sean acknowledged, then turned to look at Buckbeak, who had just been calmed down, before continuing to Malfoy: "Second, this incident was your fault. I think everyone saw that. Now that you're uninjured, I hope this ends here. If I find out you dare cause trouble again, I'll challenge you to a pureblood duel and have you lying in the hospital wing for a week. Believe me, I can do it."
Hearing this, how could the young master possibly tolerate it? But when he wanted to retort and make threats, he saw Sean's pale gray pupils again. Inexplicably, Sean at this moment reminded him of Snape. He unconsciously swallowed; the arrogant young master became like dung, endured it, nodded, got up from the ground, and said nothing more.
If anyone else had spoken to Malfoy this way, Goyle and Crabbe might have already flexed their muscles and moved forward to intimidate. But when the speaker was Sean, Crabbe immediately shut up and looked at the sky, while Goyle unconsciously covered his crotch with an ugly expression, obviously remembering some unpleasant memories.
After the Buckbeak incident, everyone's enthusiasm for hippogriffs ended. After all, even though this was Malfoy's fault, who could guarantee that hippogriffs wouldn't suddenly attack for other reasons?
Seeing everyone's enthusiasm decline, Hagrid looked very sad, and Harry and the others felt sorry and worried that Hagrid's first class had problems.
After class, Harry, Ron, and Hermione caught up and found Sean, thanking him: "Sean, thank you. If it weren't for you, if Buckbeak had hurt Malfoy, things would have become very troublesome."
"It was nothing. There's no need to specially thank me for such a small matter.
Moreover, rather than thanking me, you should advise Hagrid. His constitution is different from ordinary people. Many magical creatures are cute animals he can handle freely without danger, but for ordinary wizards like us, they have the ability to harm or even kill us.
Of course he can introduce us to various magical creatures, but I personally don't recommend he bring out magical creatures that the Ministry rates as three-star danger level or above for close contact. Even if he wants to introduce us to highly dangerous creatures, please have him always maintain the ability to prevent them from approaching and harming us.
Otherwise, today's incident is just a warning. There will be more dangers to come. If Hagrid doesn't want to be complained about, doesn't want to be replaced, or even face Ministry judgment, I suggest he change his teaching methods."
After speaking, Sean smiled at Harry and the others and took his leave.
At this moment, watching Sean leave, Harry sighed and said to Hermione and Ron: "Actually, Sean is quite right, but how should we tell Hagrid about this? If we tell Hagrid word for word, it would definitely hurt Hagrid's feelings, wouldn't it?"
Listening to Harry's words, Hermione hesitated slightly: "I think we should tell Hagrid according to what Sean said; otherwise, Hagrid might not take our words to heart."
Blinking, Ron hesitated for a moment: "Actually... actually, Sean has been right about many things before, hasn't he?" Seeing Harry and Hermione look at him, Ron paused, then continued: "I mean, telling Hagrid these words will help him better change his teaching methods and continue teaching this course. For Hagrid, this should be the best outcome, right?"
"Then let's tell Hagrid these words. I hope Hagrid can listen."
Having said this, the three turned to find Hagrid.
Thursday morning had Potions and Ancient Runes.
In Potions class, Snape showed his power, watching Neville complete a Shrinking Solution and using Neville's pet toad as a test subject. As a result, Neville's potion was successful, and his toad pet turned into a tadpole.
Seeing this, Malfoy and others watching the excitement were immediately disappointed, while Snape used the antidote to restore Neville's pet toad to its original state and deducted five points from Gryffindor on the grounds that Neville's potion had succeeded.
"I told you, Granger, you're not allowed to help Longbottom, but obviously you didn't take my words to heart. For this, I will deduct five points from Gryffindor."
Looking at Hermione, who was almost smoking with anger, Sean shook his head helplessly. If you said it was a misunderstanding that his Head of House was disliked, just from his various behaviors targeting Gryffindor, it really wasn't a misunderstanding. If this were him, he probably couldn't bear it and would draw his wand to duel immediately.