Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

This can't be blamed on her. There are indeed some sloppy first-year students in Hufflepuff. Moon must not doubt that if this was in Professor Snape's class, Professor Snape would never put anything into his class. He handed a precious item into their hands and was willing to let them pass it around freely.

Because Moon started late, he stood relatively outside.He was still eagerly waiting for the jar of morning flames to reach his hands, but his shoulder was suddenly tapped lightly.

He turned around and found that the person behind him was none other than Professor Sprout. With a hint of gratitude in her eyes, she motioned for him to go out and took out two large pieces of chocolate and handed them to Moon.

Moon took the chocolate and quickly followed Professor Sprout, walking with her outside the greenhouse.

"Oh, Moon, I heard what Minerva and the others said. Thank you so much." Professor Sprout closed the greenhouse door, then gently rubbed Moon's hair. "If it weren't for you, I would Maybe something unexpected is really going to happen.”

Moon waved his hand quickly, "Don't say that, Professor, good people have their own destiny, and you will definitely be fine. I just helped you a little."

The professor didn't say anything more, because it would only make Moon more embarrassed.She paused for a moment, and then added: "By the way, Professor Dumbledore hopes that I can remind you that we will tell you what happened in the Forbidden Forest after we figure it out, but before that, He is really afraid that you, a kind-hearted child, will run away to investigate the truth of this matter because you think too much."

From the moment Professor Sprout mentioned Dumbledore's name, Moon roughly guessed what she was going to say. In fact, he wanted to say that the professors were worrying unnecessarily, because he could never be stupid. Run away and risk your life.But what he knew more clearly was that this kind of warning was entirely out of the professors' protective psychology towards him.So he nodded quickly and agreed, "Don't worry, Professor, I won't do anything stupid. By the way, is your body recovering well? I'm a little worried about you..."

Professor Sprout ruffled Moon's hair again, and then said with a kind smile: "It's okay, I've almost recovered, but I'm still a little weak. Okay, go back and enjoy the flash fire with your classmates. Mushroom bar."

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[Note 1] The dean here refers to Professor Sprout. In addition to being the professor of the Herbology course, Professor Sprout is also the dean of Hufflepuff House.Meanwhile, Professor McGonagall is the Head of Gryffindor, Professor Snape is the Head of Slytherin, and Professor Flitwick is the Head of Ravenclaw.

Chapter 39 The Revelation of the Marauder's Map

To be honest, Moon is even more confused now.

Although he did not dare and certainly would not take the initiative to explore Professor Sprout's inner thoughts, he could still passively accept some of Professor Sprout's emotions.Therefore, when the two talked in the last herbal medicine class, he clearly felt Professor Sprout's concern.

Logically speaking, Professor Sprout should have had a fight with the guy who sneaked into the Forbidden Forest, and he was rescued afterwards.According to Professor Sprout and Professor Dumbledore, the person who saved Professor Sprout must have appeared at a critical moment. In other words, whether it was Hagrid or Professor McGonagall, he might have also sneaked into the forbidden area. Lin's guy met.

In this case, several days have passed, but Professor Dumbledore and the others seem to have not found the truth yet, and may not even have figured out who the sneaky figure is.

This is by no means an easy task.

Using the cover of the "Dark Power Self-Defense Guide", Moon secretly opened the Marauder's Map again.

Professor Kangpu did not come to class today because they did not need to learn new knowledge in this class. They only needed to review the contents of the textbook honestly under the leadership of their seniors in order to prepare for the long essay they were likely to write next. A lot of homework.The other students were all staring at their books, and the seniors didn't care too much. Moon didn't have to worry about being discovered.

Huh?

Moon suddenly felt that he had discovered Hua Dian.

Think back to Harry Potter's six-year journey at school [Note 1]. In the first year, it was Professor Quirrell, the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who caused trouble; in the second year, he was also with Gilderoy Lockhart throughout the whole journey. They are inextricably linked, and he is the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher; the person who caused trouble in the third year was not Professor Lupine, but Professor Luping's good brother; the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in the fourth year was Fake Mu Dee is the executor of the big conspiracy; in the fifth year... Umbridge naturally doesn't need to say more.

What is the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor? If you look at it this way, it is not only a cursed seat, but also the source of quite a few problems in the original work!

So...will it be...

When he thought of this, Munn quickly found the Forbidden Forest and began to check the movements nearby.

Ok……

No.

Around the Forbidden Forest, he only saw Hagrid and Fang.

But what if Professor Kangpu has entered the Forbidden Forest?

Moon thought about it for a while, and then started to look for Professor Kump on the map - this was not an easy task, and it was not much better than finding a needle in a haystack.So Moon could only rule out everything starting from Professor Kamp's office.

Unfortunately, he finally found Professor Kamp in another Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Moon sighed and was about to close the map when his eyes suddenly caught sight of a name leaving the castle and heading towards the Forbidden Forest.

Victor Gray.

Adam's brother, one of the prefects of Hufflepuff, Victor Gray, whom Tonks said was the crush of quite a few senior girls.

How could it be him?

While thinking about countermeasures, Moon stared at Victor's figure, silently hoping in his heart that he would never walk into the Forbidden Forest.

Unfortunately, no matter what Moon thought, Victor's name finally entered the Forbidden Forest.

It was obviously unreliable to run to stop Victor. He had no doubt that Victor, as a top student in the senior class, could hang him up and beat him in less than two strokes.But reporting to the teacher doesn't seem to be a good way out. If Victor had any legitimate reasons, such as going to the Forbidden Forest through application, then he would be embarrassed.What's more, if he reported it to the teacher, he would have to explain how he knew that Victor had entered the Forbidden Forest while sitting in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

At present, it seems that although this discovery is a rare clue that he can catch, if he wants to further explore this matter, he must take a long-term approach.

Thinking of this, Moon put away the Marauder's Map and then read his book.

Anyway, he finally found a clue.

…………

During lunch, Yaerlin and Gal quarreled again.This is not surprising. The two of them argue every day, no matter how outrageous the reason is.For example, today, the two of them just poured a little more sauce on their pork chops because Gal.

Moon and Cedric used to find it a little puzzling because of the outrageous reasons for their quarrel, but now...

You shouldn't think about things you can't figure out. This is a consensus shared by Moon, Cedric, and even more little badgers.

"Senior Tang Ning." When they sat down for lunch, Moon deliberately walked at the front and chose a senior who was at the same level as Victor to sit next to him, just so that he could ask what he wanted to ask as if he had casually asked her during the meal. Question "Do you have Professor Snape's class this morning? I just heard someone complaining that Professor Snape is humiliating people again..."

This is not made up. Moon knew that the sixth grade had a Potions class on Monday morning.Of course, he made up the phrase "I heard someone complaining", but... Which class would Professor Snape not humiliate students who he considered extremely stupid?

Senior Tangning in Moon's mouth, the girl with short dark brown hair and an heroic face, heard the words Professor Snape and immediately rolled her eyes speechlessly, "Oh my god, Fox, don't mention it, Snape." Professor Nepp doesn’t know if he took the wrong medicine today, and his firepower was particularly fierce. Two people were scolded so much that they almost went straight to the school doctor’s office.”

This is an exaggeration - but it's not that exaggerated. According to Milton (who received the most scolding), when facing Professor Snape's firepower, he always felt like he was going to have a cardiac arrest at any time.

"Wow..." Moon showed a fearful expression in cooperation, and then asked: "Oh my God, will every Hufflepuff student be severely punished by Professor Snape several times in class? ah."

Of course not, Gabriel said more than once that Victor was almost never insulted by Snape, at most it was sarcasm, just like Moon's own experience in Potions class.

Moon looked at Senior Tang Ning expectantly, and sure enough, Senior Tang Ning immediately said Victor's name...

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[Note 1] Harry Potter, Ron, and Hermione actually only attended Hogwarts for the first six years in the original work. In the seventh year, they left in the book "The Deathly Hallows" Hogwarts.And until after the war, only Hermione among the three returned to Hogwarts to complete her seventh year of courses. Neither Harry nor Ron returned to Hogwarts.

Chapter 40 Victor in the Forbidden Forest

Well, Moon's first gain is that senior Tang Ning actually has a crush on Victor...

When Victor was mentioned, Senior Tang Ning's face almost immediately showed the smile of a sweet girl with a love brain, and her cheeks also showed a bit of blush. Even without relying on the ability to sense emotions, Moon can He could clearly sense Senior Tang Ning's full admiration for Victor.

"Of course not. Victor is very powerful. He has never been scolded by Professor Snape. Even someone as harsh as Snape can't find any fault with Victor." Senior Sister Tangning His eyes were twinkling, and little stars were about to pop out of them.

"Wow, that's really awesome. I remember that Senior Victor also applied for Professor Compo's teaching assistant? He is really outstanding." Moon praised Victor in agreement, while hoping in his heart that Senior Tang Ning would be able to do it again. Let’s talk more about Victor until we mention whether Victor attended today’s class.

In fact, if Legilimency was really used, Moon felt that with Senior Tang Ning's abilities, she probably wouldn't be able to detect her prying eyes.But unless absolutely necessary, Moon didn't want to pry into such a thing in such an...offensive way.Because he can't control his Legilimency particularly well now, if he sees something he shouldn't see, it would be a real sin.

But if it really comes to that point... for the sake of the truth, Moon has no choice but to temporarily offend him.

Fortunately, Tangning didn't give him this chance. After Moon said these words, Tangning nodded immediately and said, "Yes, that's right, Victor is now Professor Compo's teaching assistant, as of today's Potions class. , Professor Camp even asked Victor to help him get something. It was because of this that Professor Snape became more angry with us. Alas, everyone knows that he and Professor Camp are the worst, and he wants to be a gangster Teaching magic defense is not something that happens in a day or two... Really, if you have the ability, go find Professor Kang Pu..."

Is it the Forbidden Forest that Professor Kang asked Senior Victor to go to?

Senior Tang Ning was still talking nonchalantly, and Moon was replying nonchalantly like a scumbag, while his mind was spinning.

This information does not completely rule out the suspicion of Senior Victor, because he may have taken this opportunity to sneak into the Forbidden Forest to do his own thing.

But this possibility is not high, because it is too easy to reveal the secret.

The school is full of wandering ghosts and portraits. It often only takes a morning for gossip to be passed on. Once he is seen going to the Forbidden Forest, it will soon be spread everywhere.What's more, after Professor Sprout was injured, Professor Dumbledore would definitely order them to pay more attention.Taking a step back, even if Professor Snape went to question Professor Compo, it might increase his risk of exposure.

"...Professor Dumbledore is also true. If that doesn't work, what if we just ask Professor Snape to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts? Don't you think so, Fox?"

"Well, indeed, I think so too." Moon followed Senior Tang Ning's words, stuffed the last piece of pie into his mouth, and showed a big smile, "Thank you, Senior, for being willing to chat with me about this. I’m full and I’m leaving now.”

"Huh? Ah, okay." Moon's conversation changed a little too quickly, which made Tangning stunned for nearly two seconds before she reacted and nodded at him.

Moon smiled again, picked up Cedric and Arlin, who had almost finished eating, and walked straight out of the auditorium. Gal, who ate the most and the slowest, still had half a chicken drumstick in his mouth. Seeing the other three people leaving, he ignored Moon's words to let him continue eating and hurriedly followed them.

"What's wrong, Moon? Why are you in such a hurry?" Cedric asked first with a confused look on his face after leaving the auditorium.

Moon didn't want to hide it from them. The four of them went to class and finished class together every day, and ate and lived together. If he really found out something, he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.But at this moment, he had not obtained any substantive clues or information, and even if he wanted to say something, he could not say anything, so he simply explained directly: "I have some things I want to find out, and I am a little anxious, but it is not easy to say at the moment. .I’ll tell you when I figure it out later.”

Ya'erlin didn't think too much and just nodded in confusion.Gal just complained that he should have gotten two more chicken drumsticks if he had, but Cedric looked at Mu En thoughtfully, as if he thought of something, but didn't say it out loud. He just glanced at Mu En with some worry. Well, we followed together.

Children's friendship is often far stronger than that of adults.

Moon is smarter, more talented, and perhaps a little more kind than ordinary people.But it is also this kind of character that makes him have more curiosity and a stronger sense of responsibility. This is by no means a bad thing, but it will make him need more support from good friends, especially at his current age.

There is no doubt that Arlin, Gal, and Cedric are such good friends.And this was the reason why Munn was able to pull them out of the auditorium with confidence.

After leaving the auditorium, they did not go back to the dormitory, but ran directly to the lake. Cedric took Yarlin and Gal aside to chat about Quidditch and discuss the upcoming college competition.Moon sat under the tree and took out the Marauder's Map again.

I have to say, this thing is really convenient.

If Moon hadn't seen Victor enter the Forbidden Forest today, he would never have been as hurried and urgent as he is now. He dragged his three roommates out together precisely because he wanted to quickly find CommScope on the Marauder's Map. The traces of the professor and Victor - if he ran out alone, it would be strange to be seen, because he and Cedric were rarely separated.Normally, he was fine, but in times like these recently, when Professor McGonagall or Professor Dumbledore caught him in such a turbulent state, it would inevitably make them think of something.

After finally getting the clue in his hand, Moon really didn't want it to slip away easily.

He quickly searched around on the Marauder's Map, while trying to maintain his concentration so as not to accidentally miss Victor somewhere.Fortunately, Huangtian paid off. After a while, he saw Victor's name walking out of the Forbidden Forest alone and heading straight to the castle.

At this moment, Moon felt that his heart was almost in his throat.

Without a doubt, this is an excellent opportunity!

Chapter 41 Good friends

"Huh? You guys are..."

Victor, who was holding a large piece of root from an unknown plant, looked at the four little wizards in front of him and couldn't help but smile.

He is not an unscrupulous senior who would take pleasure in teasing the younger students.It's really funny how these four little guys are out of breath from exhaustion. The originally wide wizard robes on their bodies are also in a mess, not to mention their "flying and domineering" hair.

"Ha, Senior Victor." Moon leaned on his knees and showed an expression of surprise. In fact, he was somewhat disappointed.

Victor's clothes were very normal, too normal, and he definitely didn't look like he had sneaked into the Forbidden Forest.

But just in case, he still asked: "Huh... Senior Victor, we are about to visit Hagrid. Is this what you are holding...?"

Victor looked around at the little wizards, and couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Why are you running like this when you go to visit Hagrid? Looking at me from a distance, I thought it was four little deer running out. This is for The experimental materials that Professor Kamp picked up, he has a full class schedule today and is very pressed for time, so he asked me to help him go to the Forbidden Forest to take out these things."

The clues are almost completely broken again...

Although this still cannot completely rule out Victor's suspicion, based on the information currently available alone, Victor's suspicion has obviously been reduced to the lowest point.Moreover, he had just used some small methods of Legilimency, and it was almost certain that Victor was not lying.

Moon would naturally not show this disappointment, not to mention that strictly speaking, he was quite happy that Victor had nothing to do with Professor Sprout.He also has a good impression of the senior Victor.

Of course, it's not GAYGAY's kind of good impression.

"Wow, such a big piece? Is this the rhizome of something?" Moon did not answer Victor's question immediately, but asked another question because he was really curious.

Victor nodded, "Yes, this is the stem of a very rare plant. Professor Kamp and Professor Sprout discussed it for a long time before they allowed me to dig out this piece. According to Professor Kamp, After this thing is dried and ground into powder, it seems to have a very good healing effect on some of the cursed injuries."

"Awesome." Moon praised sincerely, and then said sheepishly: "We actually started running while walking just now. As a result, everyone ran faster and faster, and it became like a race."

This was the truth, but he was the first to suddenly run, because he knew that Gal and Arlin would definitely not be able to help but follow, and Cedric would eventually join them.

Of course, it was true that they were going to visit Hagrid. They originally agreed with Hagrid that it was last Friday, but Hagrid seemed to have something to do last Friday and mysteriously changed the time with them. At that time, they didn't say what the appointment was. when.Therefore, Moon brought Cedric and the others over to stop Victor for this reason.

"Hahahaha, children are full of energy." Victor teased, as if he wasn't the one who had a "sword duel" with Adam there at that time. "Okay, you guys go quickly, I have to go back to find Professor Kump." Handed over. By the way, Hagrid should be over there at the hut. After I just came out of the Forbidden Forest, I heard him scolding Fangya from behind, so you can just go over there."

The four of them agreed one after another, and after bidding farewell to Victor, they happily ran to Hagrid's hut. Even Moon put aside other things for the time being - the clues were temporarily interrupted, and it didn't matter if he thought about it any more. practical significance.

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"Ha, don't you have classes this afternoon?" Hagrid said happily while pouring tea for Moon and the others: "I really didn't expect you to come here now."

"We have class." Gal took a sip of tea, swung his legs, and picked up the rock cake that Hagrid gave him. "Didn't Mr. Hagrid have something to do last time? Moon said we should take advantage of this opportunity." Time, let’s come together and make an appointment with you again.”

"Ah-"

A strange sound sounded. Moon, Arlin, Cedric and Hagrid looked at Garr, but when they saw that he was still talking and laughing a second ago, he had already covered his mouth, and the piece in his hand There was a shallow mark on the rock cake.

"Ahem..." Even though Hagrid reacted slowly, he still realized where the sound just came from.He blushed slightly and took back the rock cake from Gal's hand. He seemed to cover up his embarrassment and said as if he was defending: "This thing may not be suitable for you little wizards. It is indeed a bit hard. Next I’ll prepare something else for you next time.”

As he spoke, Hagrid looked at the other three little badgers. Cedric and Arlin both put down the rock biscuits they were about to pick up. This was not beyond Hagrid's expectations, but Moon It really stunned him for a moment.

"Huh? Isn't that how this food is eaten? I think it tastes pretty good. It does have a bit of a bite to it, but it doesn't look like you can eat more." Moon held the rock cake in his hand that had been softened by the tea soup - He had just chosen a smaller piece of rock cake and soaked it in a tea cup for a while before eating it.

Hagrid really wanted to say that this was the right way to eat it, but obviously, he wasn't good at telling such lies to four little kids.

Of course, Moon's move still made him feel a lot happier, and he was not as sorry as he was just now.

Now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to be a big deal. At least Gal didn't lose his teeth...

Thinking of this, Hagrid covered his face again.But what he didn't expect was that seeing how Munn ate it, Gal and the others felt as if they had discovered a new world. They all took a piece of rock cake, soaked it in tea and ate it together.

Seeing the children's actions, Hagrid wanted to cry a little, but he felt very happy at the same time. In the end, he could only clumsily take the largest piece of rock cake, broke it into pieces, and stuffed it into his large teacup.

Moon snickered. When Hagrid took out the rock cake, he knew that he would never be able to stop Garr from taking a bite, so he had no choice but to make this move to get rid of Hagrid's embarrassment quickly. Unexpectedly, it seems that I got some better results.