Unfortunately, it was clear that while she thought that way, others obviously could not remain indifferent to the outside world, especially to the matters concerning people they knew. In the end, Harry couldn't suppress his curiosity and inner unease. He stood up, walked over, and tiptoed to pat Hagrid's arm. Hagrid was startled by the sudden pat. He hurriedly hid the book behind his back and sighed in relief when he looked down and saw it was Harry.

"Oh, it's you, Harry. You scared me..."

Harry swallowed hard; his sense of unease grew stronger. He raised his hand and pointed at the book Hagrid had hidden behind his back.

"Hagrid, why are you reading a book about dragons?"

"I’m not! I mean, I was just saying... how did you know I was reading a book about dragons? Did you hear something?" Hagrid said, looking a bit flustered as he stared at Harry.

Harry was confused by this response. "No, I didn't hear anything. I know you're reading a book about dragons because I asked Lin Yue; she knows a lot about the library."

Lin Yue, a well-known study fanatic among Hogwarts students, an indefatigable monster, a favorite student of the professors—Hagrid had undoubtedly heard rumors about her, not to mention they had met once before.

"Miss Lin Yue, huh," Hagrid nodded. "She really is an excellent Ravenclaw. If it's her, it wouldn't be surprising that she knows what I'm reading."

"So, why are you really reading books on this topic?" Harry asked stubbornly.

Hagrid looked around anxiously and leaned down to speak quietly to Harry, "Come to my hut tomorrow afternoon. I'll tell you all about it; it's definitely a surprise. You can bring Miss Lin Yue along; I think she would be interested too."

After saying this, Hagrid straightened up, took his book, and strode out of the library. In his view, for the studious Ravenclaws, witnessing a dragon egg in person should be something that greatly piques their interest.

Harry watched Hagrid's departing figure and sighed helplessly. He didn't know why, but he felt that things seemed to be heading in a direction he vaguely suspected.

Back at his seat, Hermione turned to him, "So, what did Hagrid say?"

Harry shrugged, "He wants us to go to his hut tomorrow afternoon. He'll tell us more then, and he said Lin Yue should come too; she might be interested."

As he spoke, Harry glanced at Lin Yue, who had heard her full name and momentarily snapped out of her studying state, looking blankly at Harry before turning to Hermione.

Tomorrow afternoon was her study time, and if it were just Harry saying it, she wouldn't go. But Hermione...

"Why don't you come with us?" Hermione said, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Lin Yue. She was very willing to do something outside of studying with Lin Yue!

Sure enough, as soon as Hermione said this, a sudden thought popped into Lin Yue's mind, prompting her to agree to Hermione. She nodded, "Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow afternoon."

"Great!" Hermione said with a happy smile, nodding. She believed that by bringing Lin Yue out to interact with the outside world and other people, there would come a day when she would see Lin Yue show some expression and learn to feel.

After finishing the conversation with Hermione and the others, Lin Yue calmly withdrew her gaze and continued reading without wasting any time.Hermione also blinked, signalling Harry and Ron to continue reviewing, while she lowered her head to slowly organize the key points and possible exam topics for each subject. Harry and Ron exchanged a silent sigh of understanding and continued to study diligently.

It wasn't until close to curfew that Lin Yue finally broke away from her studying state. By this time, Harry and Ron had already been dozing off with their heads down for a while, and even Hermione couldn't help but yawn. Having been in study mode for so long, they all felt a bit tired. Noticing that Lin Yue was starting to pack up her things, Hermione quickly shook her head to wake herself up.

"Lin Yue, are you leaving?" Hermione asked softly.

"Yeah," Lin Yue nodded and said in a flat tone, "It's almost curfew."

"Okay," Hermione closed her book and gently patted Harry and Ron on the shoulders. "Wake up, we should head back. You can sleep once you're back in the dorm."

"Uh, huh? Okay..." Harry and Ron woke up, rubbed their eyes, and slowly started to pack their things before following Lin Yue and Hermione out of the library.

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As they walked up the stairs and reached the corner where they needed to part ways, Hermione waved first at Lin Yue, saying, "See you tomorrow, good night."

Lin Yue waved her hand expressionlessly like Hermione and said, "Good night, see you tomorrow." After saying that, she walked towards the Ravenclaw tower without looking back.

Hermione smiled at Lin Yue's back, then turned to look at the two boys who still seemed unenergetic, and helplessly reached out to support them. "From now on, you guys should go back to the dormitory earlier. Alright, let's go," she said, dragging them towards the Gryffindor tower.

When they returned to the dormitory, Cho Chang and Marietta had already finished showering and were lying on their beds reading. They greeted the two in a flat tone, and Lin Yue took her bathing supplies and entered the washroom.

After a brief three minutes, Lin Yue came out of the washroom while drying her hair. After drying her hair a bit, she took a book from her backpack and sat down at her desk to read seriously. It wasn't until midnight that she closed the book and lay down on her bed.

With her eyes closed, she passed six hours in a blink. The morning classes were as usual and posed no difficulty for Lin Yue, but she still listened attentively and took meticulous notes.

After quickly finishing lunch, Lin Yue remembered that she had agreed with Hermione and the others to go to Hagrid's hut in the afternoon, so she stood at the entrance of the Great Hall waiting for them. During the wait, she took out a book from her backpack and focused on flipping through it. After a while, Hermione and the others finally finished lunch and came out. Hermione spotted Lin Yue reading at the entrance of the Great Hall at a glance and hurriedly walked over in quick steps.

"Lin Yue, have you been waiting long?"

Lin Yue looked up at Hermione, her expression unchanged. "Not long, just sixteen minutes."

Hermione awkwardly raised her hand to scratch her cheek. "Sorry for making you wait."

"Not long, no need to apologize," Lin Yue replied in a mechanical tone. "Let's go."

"Mm." Hermione nodded, and Harry led them towards Hagrid's hut.

Lin Yue followed behind Hermione, not wasting any time on the way and instead reading a book while walking.

When they arrived at Hagrid's hut, Harry raised his hand and gently knocked twice on the door.

Hagrid walked to the door, cautiously opened it to take a look, and upon seeing Harry and the others, he relaxed and stepped aside.

"Come in!"

The four of them quickly entered Hagrid's hut one after another.

Hagrid glanced outside, then swiftly closed the door.

"Hagrid, what's going on? Why are you so nervous?" Harry asked, looking at Hagrid in confusion as he returned to the room.

Hermione looked at the fireplace in Hagrid's hut, or more accurately, at the huge egg sitting in the pot on the stove, and struggled to open her mouth.

"I think... it's because of this, right?"

"Merlin's wand!" Ron exclaimed, following Hermione's gaze, his eyes filled with disbelief and excitement.

"This is a dragon egg, isn't it?"

Hagrid nodded excitedly. "Yes! I won this in a bet at the Hog's Head Inn!"

Lin Yue calmly looked at the dragon egg in the pot. "Norwegian Ridgeback."

Upon seeing the dragon egg, her brain instinctively compared it with the information she had read in books and ultimately reached a conclusion.

"That's right!" Hagrid nodded vigorously, walking back to the dragon egg and gazing at it obsessively. "It's so beautiful! I thought you Ravenclaws would love to read, so you would want to see these things in person. It's quite rare to see!"

Lin Yue spoke in a calm tone, "It is indeed rare, but privately raising a dragon violates the Wizarding Laws and also the rules of Hogwarts."

Hagrid's face turned a shade of embarrassment, and he seemed a bit flustered.

"I... I will take good care of it, and look, it's just an egg. If I don't take care of it, it will be in danger."

Hermione raised her hand to cover her face, "Hagrid... if you take care of it, you and the students will be the ones in danger."

"Dragons, even young ones that haven't reached maturity, have strong abilities—fire breathing, poisonous fangs. Their lethality cannot be ignored, and I think you haven't forgotten that you live in a wooden house?"

As the excitement faded, Harry and Ron also calmed down and realized how dangerous Hagrid's actions were at this moment. They began to persuade him to send the dragon to another place. Lin Yue's gaze was fixed on the dragon egg, her mind quickly analyzing the situation.

"At most, by the time it is two months old, your hut won't be able to accommodate it anymore, and that's assuming nothing unexpected happens, like it breathing fire and burning this place down."

Hagrid sighed heavily at this, "Alright... I will send it away, but... but it has already started to hatch. Why don't we wait until it hatches before sending it away?"

Hermione, Harry, and Ron exchanged glances. Well... who wouldn't want to see a dragon hatch with their own eyes?

"Okay, Hagrid," Ron nodded, "Once it hatches, I will contact my brother Charlie. He studies dragons in Romania and can come to take it there. I promise it will be well taken care of, alright?"

Hagrid let out a loud sob and nodded, "Okay, I'll call you when it hatches."

"Thank you." The four of them politely expressed their gratitude and then left Hagrid's hut.

"Merlin, I can't believe Hagrid really has a fire dragon," Harry said, closing his eyes for a moment, still unable to believe what he had just seen.

"He really loves dragons, doesn't he..." Ron sighed as well.

Hermione pursed her lips, "At least once the dragon hatches, it can be sent away. It should be fine, and besides, it should be quite rare to see a dragon hatch, right?"

"Definitely rare," Ron nodded, "Even professional dragon trainers wouldn't want to get close to a mother dragon while it's hatching, let alone watch the baby dragon break out of its shell. That would be asking for trouble."

"Let's hope nothing goes wrong," Harry nodded in agreement.

Lin Yue quietly listened to the conversation of the three people, her mind once again clashing with two conflicting thoughts.

Raising a dragon violates wizarding laws and school rules, which is illegal and should be reported. However, this matter involves Hermione and Harry; you shouldn't report it. The two thoughts clashed violently in Lin Yue's mind, causing her head to throb with pain. Without showing any expression on her face, Lin Yue calmly said goodbye to Hermione and the others, then walked alone on the way back to the Ravenclaw tower.

The two thoughts continued to collide, but ultimately the idea of not reporting prevailed, and Lin Yue slowly stopped in her tracks. Not reporting means she is helping to conceal someone else's illegal behavior, which means her own actions would also violate the rules, and violating the rules requires punishment.

Instinctively, she raised her right hand to press against her left arm, and suddenly a scene flashed through her mind of Hermione checking her left arm earlier. Slowly lowering her right hand, Lin Yue slightly bent down to press on her left thigh, and with all her strength, she pinched it hard. The pain instantly filled her mind, yet her expression remained unchanged as before.

After repeating this punishment ten times, Lin Yue finally released her grip. Her left leg was unconsciously trembling slightly, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead. Standing still for a moment, Lin Yue expressionlessly straightened up and continued walking towards the Ravenclaw tower, though her walking posture had slightly changed compared to usual.

Back in her dormitory, Lin Yue sat at her desk, took out the book she had borrowed from the library, and entered a state of study. She read until six in the evening before closing the book, standing up, and opening the dormitory door to head to the Great Hall for dinner. All the way, she kept her head down, reading, while the stairs of Hogwarts continued to cooperate, taking her to her destination.

However, as she stepped down one level, her left leg's muscles suddenly twitched slightly, and she lost her balance, falling forward. With a clang, a metallic sound echoed as a suit of metal armor nearby reached out to support her. Lin Yue stood up expressionlessly, kicked her left leg to confirm it was fine, then stood properly on the ground and politely nodded to the metal armor that had just helped her.

"Thank you."

The metal armor shook its head in response, seemingly indicating that she need not worry about it. Lin Yue withdrew her gaze and continued to walk towards the great hall while reading. As for why the metal armor had supported her just now, she felt no confusion about it; she simply made a possible analysis in her mind without any emotion. Hogwarts is a school of magic, so everything here is magical, including the metal armor. Therefore, it is quite normal for it to be able to support her.