Hagrid happily greeted Harry, Ron, and Hermione at the door of his hut, and seeing that Chen Yu hadn't arrived, he asked, "Why are there only three of you? Where is Chen Yu, who said he would watch the Little Dragon hatch with you?"

"Professor Sprout called him when class ended; she probably needed him for something, so we came ahead of time."

Ron quickly explained, then squeezed in first, eagerly leaning over the table, carefully staring at the dark dragon egg.

The dragon egg on the table kept shaking slightly, and a deep crack had already appeared on its surface.

Harry and Hermione also stopped talking, quickly entered the room, gathered around the table, stared at the dragon egg, and quietly waited for the Little Dragon to be born.

By the time Chen Yu rushed from the Greenhouse to Hagrid's hut, he had already missed the time when the Little Dragon pecked through the eggshell.

Pushing open the door, he only saw a small black dragon, about the size of a rooster, pecking at the eggshell on the table.

Just as described in "raising dragons for fun and profit," the newborn Norwegian Ridgeback was not pretty.

It had a long nose, horn-like bumps on its head, and curiously pecked at the eggshell fragments on the table.

Its wings were spiny, its body slender, and its appearance resembled a crumpled little black umbrella.

Especially its orange-red, protruding eyes, combined with its somewhat damp body from just being born, made it look a bit creepy.

Chen Yu watched the Little Dragon's actions; it didn't seem to want to eat the eggshell but rather crushed it with its claws or mouth as if playing.

Not much eggshell was swallowed; instead, the debris was scattered all over the table.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?"

Hagrid, lying through his teeth, tried to reach out a hand to stroke the Little Dragon's head, but the wary Little Dragon bit his finger.

Hagrid had half-giant blood, and his skin was simply too tough; the Little Dragon bit for a long time without success, only biting while emitting a low, tender hiss from its mouth, and occasionally spitting out a spark or two from its nose.

Chen Yu felt that Hagrid's aesthetic taste had always been quite unique; even the large three-headed dog, Fluffy, was a 'little cutie' in his eyes.

Perhaps in his eyes, the Norwegian Ridgeback's hatchling was indeed beautiful.

The Little Dragon's biting didn't bother Hagrid; he stroked the Little Dragon's head with his other hand and even exclaimed happily, "Oh my, oh my, look, look! It recognizes its mother!"

To Hagrid, the Little Dragon's biting of his finger was a symbol of its affection.

"Hagrid, is it biting your finger like this because it's hungry?"

Chen Yu looked at the Little Dragon, which continued to bite Hagrid's finger, and reminded Hagrid.

"Right, the newborn Little Dragon hasn't eaten anything yet, but it must be starving after being in the egg for so long, I'll go get its food now."

Hagrid tried to gently pull his finger out of the Little Dragon's mouth, but after several attempts, he didn't succeed. Fearing he might hurt the Little Dragon, he could only ask the four Little Wizards for help.

"Can one of you help me pour some food from that wooden barrel into a bowl?"

Chen Yu found Hagrid's usual large wooden bowl and poured the red liquid from the barrel into the bowl.

A smell of alcohol mixed with blood assailed him, making Chen Yu frown slightly.

This was the liquid made from brandy and chicken blood, used to feed young dragons.

As soon as Chen Yu placed the wooden bowl on the table, the Little Dragon immediately let go of Hagrid's finger, plunged into the wooden bowl, and began licking rapidly.

Watching the Little Dragon's tail wagging constantly, it seemed very satisfied with the food Hagrid had prepared.

Perhaps for the Little Dragon, brandy with chicken blood might have a similar effect to dragon's milk.

Speaking of dragon's milk, Chen Yu remembered reading in books that dragon's milk was often used by wizards to make dragon cheese.

Since there was dragon's milk, it meant that dragons were mammals, and since they were oviparous, they should be oviparous mammalian magical creatures.

In the real world, oviparous mammals are very ancient species, and few still exist. The only one Chen Yu knew was the platypus in Australia, which belongs to oviparous mammals.

Looking at the Little Dragon ravenously eating from the wooden bowl, Chen Yu also wanted to touch it, but then gave up the idea.

Although Chen Yu indeed felt the young dragon was not pretty, after looking at it for a long time, he always felt that the Little Dragon had a kind of cuteness mixed with its ugliness, like it was 'ugly-cute.'

Then he remembered that the Norwegian Ridgeback's teeth were poisonous, and when the Little Dragon bit Hagrid just now, it had revealed its long, sharp teeth.

Although he was in excellent physical condition, he didn't want to be bitten by the Little Dragon for no reason, especially if it was protecting its food.

Ron saw the Little Dragon eating so happily and thought it wouldn't bite him, so he confidently reached out to touch it.

As a result, the Little Dragon thought Ron was trying to steal its food, and the truly food-protective Little Dragon bit the end of Ron's index finger hard.

Ron cried out in pain.

Harry and Hermione quickly pulled Ron away, while Hagrid tried to pry open the Little Dragon's mouth, finally rescuing Ron's hand from the Little Dragon's mouth.

Ron looked at the row of teeth marks on his finger, on the verge of tears.

Hagrid was about to comfort Ron, saying the Little Dragon didn't mean it, but then he saw a small dark shadow peeking through the gap in the curtains outside the window, and his face instantly turned ashen.

He jumped up and quickly ran to the window.

By the time Hagrid reached the spot, the shadow had already left the window.

Harry, with his back to the window, didn't notice the peeking eyes behind him. Seeing Hagrid's sudden strong reaction, he quickly asked Hagrid, "What happened?"

"A little boy was peeking through the curtain gap just now!"

Hearing Hagrid's answer, Harry's face also turned pale.

Ignoring Ron, who was still wailing nearby, he darted to the door and looked outside.

A familiar yet annoying figure was running towards the castle.

"Oh no, it's Malfoy! He's definitely going to tell everyone about Hagrid raising a dragon!"

Hermione suggested, "How about we send the Little Dragon away? That way, even if Malfoy wants to report it, he won't have any evidence. Without evidence, no one will believe what Malfoy says!"

"No, Norbert is so small, he's too young, he'll die!"

Chen Yu carefully examined Ron's injured hand.

Fortunately, the Little Dragon had just hatched and wasn't very strong; although Ron's finger was covered in bite marks, the injury wasn't very serious.

Chen Yu used the Water-Making Spell to create two bottles of magical glacier water to clean Ron's wound, then dripped a drop of dittany on his wound.

"For now, this is all we can do. If the teeth of a newborn Norwegian Ridgeback are poisonous, you'll probably still have to go to Madam Pomfrey."

Then he turned to Hagrid and said, "I suggest you find a way to give the Little Dragon away, otherwise, if you're caught privately keeping a dragon, you'll really be sent to Azkaban."

Hearing Chen Yu's words, Hagrid reacted even more strongly. He hugged the Little Dragon tightly, allowing the Little Dragon to scratch and claw at him, and said to the Little Wizards, "No! We can't do that! What if Norbert leaves me and gets bullied outside? No one can separate us! No one!"

It seemed Hagrid's grip was a bit too strong; the Little Dragon was being squeezed uncomfortably. It furiously opened its mouth and spat out more sparks, which directly hit Hagrid's face and set his beard on fire.

Hagrid quickly freed a hand to pat out the burning beard, becoming a bit flustered for a moment.

Chen Yu again used the Water-Making Spell to pour water on Hagrid's beard, which saved part of his beard on his face.

The air was filled with the smell of burnt beard. At this moment, a small patch of Hagrid's beard was burned, making him look uneven and somewhat comical.

"Thanks..." Hagrid wiped the water droplets from his face. Chen Yu's few cups of glacier water had also calmed Hagrid down. "Norbert was just born, so he really can't be given away yet. When he gets a little older, I'll put him in the Forbidden Forest... The Forbidden Forest is so big, no one will ever find him!"

Hagrid puffed out his chest and guaranteed, "You can rest assured, I am very experienced in releasing creatures in the Forbidden Forest. No one knows better than me how to release magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest!"