Almost at the same time that Hagrid finished speaking, all the little wizards took a step back in unison, even Hermione and Ron stepped back simultaneously.
Lin Yue was also pulled back by Hermione, retreating a big step along with the crowd.
Only Harry, who hadn’t reacted yet, stood there in a daze.
“Ah! Harry, brave child, come on, quickly.”
Seeing Harry standing apart from the crowd, Hagrid's face lit up with a smile.
Harry was momentarily stunned, looking around in disbelief, and sure enough, there was no one beside him anymore.
He turned back to look at Hermione and Ron with an incredulous expression. Hermione's face turned slightly red as she quietly leaned her head on Lin Yue's shoulder.
Ron looked up at the sky with a hint of guilt.
Harry couldn't help but twitch his lips at the sight of his two close friends; truly... in life-and-death situations, he could absolutely trust these two friends.
But in everyday situations without danger, they were unhesitating in putting him in difficult spots.
Lyn Yue blinked and awkwardly pulled out her wand from the pocket of her wizarding robe.
She was prepared to step in immediately if Harry failed and did not gain Buckbeak's approval, ready to rescue him at any moment.
Harry was her friend, and also Hermione's friend; she didn't want anything to happen to him.
This thought instinctively arose in Lyn Yue's mind; although she still felt no emotional fluctuations, she finally had an idea.
Facing Hagrid's expectant gaze, in order to ensure that his first class went smoothly, Harry took a deep breath and restrained the fear within him as he stepped forward.
It was only when he was face to face with Buckbeak that Harry truly felt how beautiful and dangerous such a creature was.
Its feathers were sleek and shiny, its muscles well-defined, and every part of it exuded the wild beauty of nature.
But with such wild beauty, the creature, which was much taller than Harry, had claws that could visibly crush a person and a sharp beak, all of which made him feel a deep-seated fear from the depths of his bloodline.
Forcing down his fear, Harry deeply bowed to Buckbeak.
Lin Yue watched as Harry bowed to Buckbeak and almost instantly noticed the problem. Harry's bow was not at a ninety-degree angle; it was thirteen point two degrees short of that. Having been trained in the original world where one had to bow to teachers every day with a perfect ninety-degree bow, Lin Yue found it easy to spot this issue.
Additionally, there was another point: Harry's emotions were too anxious, which could easily lead Buckbeak to mistakenly think he was a potential meal. Lin Yue watched as Harry straightened up after bowing, and saw that Buckbeak remained completely unfazed.
Seeing this scene, Hagrid also felt a bit worried. He stepped forward to tightly hold onto Buckbeak while trying to comfort Harry. "Harry, don't be afraid, just back away slowly, back away slowly."
Harry swallowed hard and lifted his foot, preparing to step back. However, Lin Yue's gaze remained fixed on Buckbeak, and she put away her wand. In her mind, she had already created a muscle movement model and related analysis of Buckbeak. Based on Buckbeak's current muscle movement state, it did not seem to want to attack Harry. On the contrary, it wanted to return a greeting to Harry. Sure enough, just as Hagrid was about to pull Buckbeak back, it faced Harry and slowly and earnestly bowed its head in greeting. Hagrid let out a sigh of relief, giving up on leading it back to the Forbidden Forest, and instead looked excitedly at Harry and waved him over.
"Harry! Come on, Buckbeak has accepted you, come give it a pet!"
Hearing that he was supposed to pet Buckbeak, Harry's face visibly paled a bit more, but Hagrid was his friend, and this was his first lesson... Thinking of this, Harry stepped forward without hesitation and carefully reached out to touch Buckbeak's beak.
Buckbeak lowered its massive head, allowing Harry to stroke it gently. At this moment, Lin Yue nodded, and the tightly wound nerves in her brain began to relax. Given Buckbeak's current attitude towards Harry, it was absolutely impossible for it to attack him. In fact, if Harry wanted to, it wouldn't be out of the question for him to ride on Buckbeak and have it fly him around a couple of times. Unless Harry suddenly went mad at that moment and did something irrational or disrespectful towards Buckbeak, he wouldn't be attacked. She could analyze Harry's character and determine that he wouldn't provoke Buckbeak at that time. As Harry slowly stroked Buckbeak, he felt its cold, hard beak and its warm, smooth feathers. Just as his mood was beginning to calm down, Hagrid's words once again lifted his spirits.
"Great! Absolutely fantastic!"
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Hagrid clapped his hands vigorously for Harry, loudly praising his performance.
"I think he's ready to let you ride him and take you for a spin now."
Harry paused, stroking Buckbeak, and turned to look at Hagrid in a daze.
Is Hagrid really this excited on the first day of class? Bringing out a Hippogriff for the students to get up close and personal, and now he wants me to ride it and fly around?
This isn't a broomstick; it's a Hippogriff. If it decides to throw me off halfway, I could really be in serious trouble.
"Hagrid, I don't think I should..."
Before Harry could finish, Hagrid had already lifted him onto Buckbeak's back, and Buckbeak was extremely cooperative, not moving an inch.
Sitting on Buckbeak's back, Harry was breathing rapidly, his eyes frantically searching the crowd.
Lin Yued, leaning against Hermione's shoulder, caught Harry's gaze and nodded calmly in response.
Indicating that it was okay, that it was safe.
With Lin Yue's reassurance, Harry's anxiety quickly dissipated.
"Hold onto its neck, but don't pull its feathers; it doesn't like that."
Harry nodded and reached out to tightly hug Buckbeak's neck. Lin Yue watched as Harry embraced Buckbeak's neck, and her mind quickly began calculating the friction that would be generated by Harry holding onto Buckbeak and sitting on its back.
After comparing this with the simulated maximum flight speed of Buckbeak in her mind, she stopped calculating once she confirmed that Harry would definitely not be thrown off. She turned her head to look at Hermione, who was holding her with a worried expression on her face, her lips pressed tightly together. Lin Yue said in a tone that showed no change, "Harry won't be thrown off."
Hermione was momentarily stunned, but once she came back to her senses, she felt a wave of relief. If Lin Yue said Harry wouldn't be thrown off, then he definitely wouldn't. With that thought, she felt reassured.
"Go ahead! Take him for a flight," Hagrid said, giving Buckbeak a gentle pat. Buckbeak spread its wings and, after running a couple of steps, soared into the sky.
As Buckbeak took off with Harry, flying higher and higher, Lin Yue silently calculated Buckbeak's average flight speed in her mind to determine how long it would take to fly around Hogwarts with Harry on its back. Just as her mental countdown reached zero, Buckbeak landed back on the ground with Harry.
Hagrid walked over with a big smile and helped Harry down. "That was amazing, Harry, really amazing!"
"Ten points to Gryffindor!"
"Alright everyone, line up and take turns getting to know these Hippogriff."
Hagrid spoke as he led out several Hippogriffs from the woods. These proud creatures stood before the young wizards, holding their heads high. The young wizards organized themselves into groups and took turns stepping forward to attempt to bow to them.
Perhaps because Hagrid was present, almost all the young wizards successfully received a return bow from the Hippogriffs. Occasionally, those who did not receive a return bow were not attacked; instead, the Hippogriffs simply watched them retreat out of their line of sight.
When it was Lin Yue's turn, she looked at the Hippogriff in front of her and deeply bent at the waist, precisely and swiftly achieving the standard ninety-degree bow. At the same time, the Hippogriff seemed eager to respond, bowing deeply in return to Lin Yue, not even waiting for her to straighten up.
When Lin Yue stood up straight, she saw the Hippogriff still bowing deeply to her. Looking at the large creature that had lowered its head in front of her, Lin Yue slowly reached out her hand and gently touched its head. The Hippogriff let out a soft call and nuzzled against the palm of her hand.
Behind Lin Yue, Hermione let out a sigh of relief, a smile on her lips as she watched her stroke the Hippogriff.
Speaking of which, Lin Yue really did have a way with magical creatures; before she could even finish her greeting to the Hippogriff, it returned the gesture.
The same went for the staircase, which was incredibly obedient in front of Lin Yue. It seemed that Lin Yue was so likable that almost everyone adored her.
Harry successfully gained the Hippogriff's approval and even took a flight around on it.
Before Lin Yue could complete her greeting, she received a return gesture from the Hippogriff.
Draco watched these two events unfold before his eyes, and a fire of frustration ignited in his heart.
That Potter was one thing; he was a little wizard from a pure-blood family, but Lin Yue!
Why was she so special? She clearly had no pure-blood lineage at all.
His sense of superiority was shattered, his uniqueness destroyed, and on top of that, he had been hearing news over the past few days about his family's business coming to a standstill, almost unable to continue.
Draco felt the fire in his heart growing stronger and stronger. Looking at Buckbeak in front of him, his expression became increasingly grim. He couldn't provoke that lunatic Lin Yue, nor could he mess with Granger, who was protected by her. Was he really unable to deal with this annoying beast?
Draco slammed his hand down hard on Buckbeak, "You're not proud at all, and you have no aggression, right, you beast?"
The previously calm Buckbeak let out a sudden screech, which jolted the dazed Malfoy back to his senses. He staggered back, raising an arm to shield himself.
"No, no, no, don't do that, Buckbeak!" Hagrid shouted as he ran over, but he was too slow; Buckbeak had already raised its claws high.
In the next moment, the sharp claws came crashing down.
"Protego!"
With a loud bang, Draco trembled as he lifted his head, only to see Buckbeak's claws hovering just five centimeters from his arm. An invisible magical shield was protecting him, firmly keeping Buckbeak at bay.
"Draco!"
"Draco!"
Pansy, Daphne, and Blaise shouted as Goyle and Crabbe quickly stepped forward to pull them back to safety. Lin Yue waved her wand to dispel the spell, and Buckbeak's claws came down again, striking fiercely against the ground. Hagrid rushed forward and tightly held onto the rope that was tethering Buckbeak.
"This won't end so easily; you and your beast will pay for this!" Pansy said to Hagrid with a fierce look. Hermione frowned and retorted without hesitation, "Shut up, Parkinson. Anyone with eyes can see that it was Malfoy who provoked Buckbeak. Hagrid warned you to be polite to it!"
"Be polite to it?!" Pansy's voice suddenly became shrill. Her family had been facing significant difficulties these past few days, even worse than the Malfoys. "Only a mudblood like you would be polite to such a beast!"
"How dare you!" The other young wizards from the three other houses were simultaneously enraged, and many of them drew their wands. However, Lin Yue was quicker. Boom! A golden flame erupted around Pansy, forcing the Slytherins around her to step back several paces. It seemed that only then did Pansy remember that Lin Yue was still present, and she looked at her with a pale face.
Golden flames flickered in Lin Yue's eyes as she slowly tilted her head.
"Are you threatening Hermione, Miss Parkinson?"
"You're trying to hurt Hermione, aren't you, Miss Parkinson?"
"You are a threat to Hermione, aren't you, Miss Parkinson?"
With each sentence, the golden flames surrounding Pansy rose higher, the scorching heat almost piercing her skin, the hot air nearly burning her lungs.
"Cough cough cough..." Pansy couldn't suppress her coughing and collapsed to the ground in distress.
"Stop it!"
The Slytherin wizards reacted quickly, drawing their wands and pointing them at Lin Yue.
"What do you want to do?"
The Ravenclaws also collectively drew their wands, aiming them at Slytherin, while the Hufflepuffs circled behind them, wands pointed at the backs of the Slytherins.
This time, the Gryffindors couldn't even squeeze in.
"No, no, no, everyone calm down, just calm down."
Hagrid, who had been furious because of Pansy's words, now calmed down and stepped into the crowd, trying to soothe their emotions as much as possible.
Boom!
The golden flames shot up into the sky again, even beginning to slowly encircle Pansy, who was trapped in the middle.
Lying on the ground, Pansy could no longer make a sound; she felt pain all over her body, her throat and lungs seemed to be on the verge of shutting down.
With her eyes fixed on the spot where Pansy lay, Lin Yue's eyes held an unquenchable golden flame.
A soft, warm hand slowly covered her eyes. Feeling this sensation and inhaling the fragrant scent at her nose, the golden flame in Lin Yue's eyes instinctively extinguished.