Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"But you haven't said anything recently. You hold a book every day without saying a word. You don't joke with us after returning to the dormitory. You don't even bother to read the letters sent to you. You only show them when you are outside. A little smile." Cedric was like a little bear showing his hands. "It can't be that you have any objections to us."

Gal, Arlin, Ashley and others standing next to him also nodded.

"I just have something going on at home. During this time... you can understand that I am trying to create a spell to solve some pressing problems." Moon was grateful for everyone's concern, but at the same time a little helpless. Don’t worry, I’m really fine.”

"Really?" Gal and Cedric were still a little suspicious, but they were more concerned with Munn's 'It's okay'.

Regarding the matter of 'Creation Spell', which obviously sounded more outrageous, everyone seemed to have unanimously chosen to accept it as a matter of course.

"Really, more real than pearls." Moon played another Chinese homophonic joke that no one understood.

Now that Moon has said so, what's more, his words obviously make sense - he has been in this state for a while. If there was really any problem, Professor Snape, who was staring at him every day, would have definitely put it to the test. He was sent to keep the company of dementors.

After getting a relatively reasonable answer, everyone put down some of their worries, but they still didn't forget that one person told Munn a few more words, mostly words like 'get a good rest' and 'pay attention to your health'. , only Yaerlin ingeniously told Munn not to blow up the dormitory.

how to say……

It seems very reasonable.

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In the Defense Against the Dark Arts class the next day, Assistant Teacher Lupine took the textbook and continued to tell the story to the third-year Hufflepuff wizards using Arlin, who was wearing fangs and had a pale and haggard face, as a reference. Vampire related content.

"To correct the misconceptions some students had in last class - vampires do not only feed on blood. In fact, they can eat most human foods normally, such as the pies and steaks you had for breakfast." Lu Assistant Professor Ping said as he picked up a head of garlic from the table. "Also, there is this. Vampires are not afraid of garlic, they just hate garlic, so using garlic to expel vampires is also wrong."

"In the classification of creatures issued by the Ministry of Magic, vampires exist under two categories at the same time, one is 'human' and the other is 'living dead'. But in most cases, wizards believe that vampires are a type of 'human' .So at this point, vampires are treated much better in wizarding society than werewolves like me, at least they used to be."

Assistant Teacher Lu Ping's self-deprecating words made all the little wizards laugh. In fact, since he was able to stay in school with nearly 95% of the votes in the vote, Assistant Teacher Lu Ping's smile has been almost It never stopped, and his classes became more humorous, interesting, and energetic than before.

"If I were asked to give an example, maybe I would choose Lorcan Deis as an example." Assistant Coach Lupine waved his magic wand, and a magazine levitated out of thin air. "Perhaps some of you have heard of him? He He is a half-blood vampire who was once the most popular singer among wizards. To this day, there are still many witches who are enthusiastic about his song "By Your Side" and think it is the best song ever."

Ya'erlin stood aside, holding the non-existent microphone with his hand, and changed into a singing posture, making everyone laugh again.

"Very good, Ya'erlin. I think you can consider developing in this area in the future." Assistant coach Lu Ping couldn't help but patted Ya'erlin on the shoulder. "You seem to have good talent."

Arlin chuckled, but the fangs in his mouth almost fell off.

Two hours later, the interesting Defense Against the Dark Arts class ended again.The little wizards walked to the auditorium together. They discussed the interview with Professor Greengrass in today's school newspaper. Arlin enthusiastically talked with everyone about the cheering flags for the weekend Quidditch match. ——The performance experience in the class just now made him really want to add a pattern like vampire fangs to the flag, but this proposal was quickly rejected unanimously by the other little wizards.

Cedric also chatted with everyone, and then quickly squeezed in next to Moon, who was at the end of the crowd, and asked in a low voice: "So, you can't go to the weekend game?"

"Well, I can't go." Moon pulled his thoughts back from the complex principles of advanced restoration techniques and nodded in response. "The Ministry of Magic sent me a letter this morning telling me that the medal is ready, and the minister hopes that I can come directly over the weekend. The Ministry of Magic went to accept the medal and give an interview by the way to pave the way for the revision of werewolf-related laws that she will release next. After all, it has been some time, and the popularity of werewolves has dropped slightly."

"Oh..." Cedric seemed to understand. Fortunately, none of this mattered to him. The only thing he cared about was whether Moon really couldn't go to the weekend game. "Uh, then, then. Who can I ask to help with the manuscript? After all, I have to go to the game, and I can’t do anything whether it’s filming or recording. Nash is sick again, and he can’t be there to watch this game.”

"Let Qiu and Terrence do it, and leave the shooting to Quaid. He has been taking more and more impressive photos recently." Moon pondered for a moment and gave the candidate. "If you want to add a photographer, If so, let Larya come on, she has recently learned a lot of shooting skills from Nash."

After getting the accurate answer he wanted, Cedric nodded, then stopped disturbing Munn and continued back to the front to join the discussion by Yaerlin and others.

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Compared with Remus, who has always been in a good mood recently, Professor Snape's mood was obviously much worse, so much so that as soon as Moon walked into his office on Tuesday night, he was ridiculed by him.

"It seems you just don't know how to give up, right?" Professor Snape said with a straight face, and his tone was cold, as if he was about to throw the recently warmed weather back into the cold wave. "Is it because the victory not long ago made you too tired?" Do you enjoy the beauty of saving others too much? Or are you so arrogant that you think you can learn black magic in this tired state where you may fall asleep at any time?"

"Sorry, Professor, I also think that our recent black magic courses need to be temporarily suspended." Moon bowed apologetically. "Firstly, I really don't have much energy to devote to learning black magic recently. Secondly, , there is something I must talk to you about."

Professor Snape raised his eyebrows and said in a sinister tone, "I'm all ears."

"If I can remove the curse from my uncle's body, I mean, completely remove it. Then is there a way for you to neutralize the poison of the potion that my uncle drank? If not, can you? Delay the onset of that toxicity?”

Professor Snape's brows gradually dropped. He frowned and looked at Moon suspiciously. After a long while, he finally said, "Say it again?"

Moon naturally knew what the professor meant, and he said again seriously, "I found a way to remove the curse from my uncle's body."

As their eyes met, Professor Snape's gaze became increasingly hollow, but Moon felt a faint spiritual temptation, as if Professor Snape was trying to distinguish the truth from what he just said.Therefore, he slowly took off some of his guard.

Ten seconds later, the professor suddenly turned around, strode to his desk, grabbed an old notebook with yellowed pages, and quickly flipped through the pages until he finally found the one he needed. Page.

Then there was a long silence, as if there was no one alive in the dim office, and there was no sound for several minutes.

"Snapped--"

The notebook was thrown back on the table by Professor Snape. He turned around, looked at Moon with neither joy nor sorrow, and said in a deep voice: "There is no way."

"Is there no way at all?" Moon sighed.

"The curse in Edgar Shafiq's body relies entirely on strong toxicity to contain it. If it had been a month earlier, maybe I could have found a way to temporarily alleviate the poison and give Edgar Shafiq another life." Two years to live. But now, he only has less than a month left to live, and the toxicity has already been mixed with him, and there is no way to fight it."

"Unless..." Professor Snape's eyes suddenly shook.

"Unless?" Moon's eyes suddenly lit up.

But Professor Snape did not give an answer immediately. Instead, he took a step forward and continued to stare into Moon's blue eyes. "To what extent can you lift the curse? Edgar Shafiq was just killed by the Crow Party." Are you sure about the intensity of the curse when you throw it back?"

"No problem." Moon said firmly.

There was another long silence, and Professor Snape lowered his head and fell into thinking.

After a long time, he finally said, "You can leave. You don't have to come here next week."

Feeling the hope coming, Moon agreed without any hesitation and quickly left Professor Snape's office.

After more than two months, Moon's pace became a little brisk again for the first time.

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"Are you serious, Severus?" Dumbledore asked doubtfully without concealing the surprise in his eyes: "You have to know the dangers of doing this -"

"If we are not careful, all four of us will suffer, I know." Snape's expression remained unchanged, as if he was not discussing life and death, but eating breakfast and going for a morning run. "That's why I came to find you. Only if you take action can we ensure that if things go wrong, only the four of us will suffer."

Dumbledore blinked and became more confused. "Severus, with all due respect, when did you become so... kind?"

Snape finally showed some frustration. He lowered his voice and said irritably, "I don't. Don't use such disgusting words to describe me."

The old man burst into laughter. He gently teased the phoenix on the shelf at hand. "Otherwise, what is this? Severus, do you want to tell me that this is not kindness, but a professor's care for his students? I don't I remember that you showed 'care' to a student. Less than a month after school started, didn't you come to my place and complain fiercely about Harry?"

"..." Snape took a deep breath and turned around so that the candlelight on the table could no longer illuminate his face. "So, do you want to help me with this?"

Dumbledore looked at Snape's back, with some indescribable complex emotions in his eyes - confusion, doubt, surprise... and a little bit of empathy.

He answered quickly, "Of course, I'll be there when the time comes, Severus."

Black robes fluttered, and Snape strode out of the principal's office. He didn't say anything else until the door slowly closed again.

After a while, another door in the office was pushed open, and Aberforth Dumbledore walked out.

"It seems that I came at the right time today." When he said this, Aberforth's face was even grimmer than Snape's just now. "Otherwise, I'm afraid it will take me a long time to discover your secret, right? Come on, Albus. What are you doing? Raising a third Dark Lord? Want to add a little more excitement to your life before you die?"

Dumbledore raised his head and looked at his younger brother, sighing softly and said: "This kid Moon is very different, no matter how he compares with either of those two people."

"Oh, so you are training the next Albus Dumbledore?" Aberforth smiled sarcastically. "I understand, you are not training the third Dark Lord, but the third one." and 'The Fourth Dark Lord.'

"He is different from me...Abufu——"

"No need to say any more." Aberforth interrupted Dumbledore rudely. "If I didn't have to, I would never come over to disturb you and your 'star-making plan.' Seeing you would only make me uncomfortable." , it's of no use. I just want to tell you today that Alastor and the others encountered the Supreme Magic and the dark wizards of the Snake King Society. Those people were plotting something, and I also found traces of those bastards in the bar, and even Someone intercepted my mail."

"Dige and Dorje were both injured and have been sent to St. Mungo's. Alastor and several other people are temporarily hiding. If you have any news to convey, it's best to be as hidden as possible."

After saying these words in a businesslike manner, before Dumbledore could speak again, Aberforth had strode out of the office just like Snape had just done.

Before the door closed, Aberforth heard a thank you and a long sigh.

But obviously, he would rather not hear it.

Lest he feel disgusted from the bottom of his heart because of this hypocritical show again.

Chapter 111 Before the finals

As the reporter of the Daily Prophet pressed the shutter of the camera, the scene of Moon, wearing the Order of Merlin Level [-], smiling and shaking hands with the new minister Amelia Bones was finally preserved. .

"Excellent! This article will be named 'The Beginning of a New Era'!" A bearded middle-aged man came up and greeted the two of them enthusiastically, "I believe that everyone will read tomorrow's newspaper. Enjoy it with gusto.”

"Don't spend all your energy on polishing, Guffey." Ms. Bones warned with a straight face, "Don't write too many untrue things. The most important thing in reporting should be authenticity."

"Don't worry, Minister, I understand what you mean." The current editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, that is, the bearded middle-aged man, Barnabas Guffey nodded vigorously, then clasped his hands together, He said slightly flatteringly: "Then I will take my people and leave first?"

Ms. Bones nodded, and then led Munn all the way out of the room and onto the elevator.

"You should have confirmed the new law on werewolves? Is there anything else that needs to be revised?"

There were only two people in the elevator, Ms. Bones and Moon, but she still stood tall with a serious face, only her eyes were slightly softer. "If there is anything, you'd better tell me now, otherwise it will happen later." A bunch of people gathered around me.”

"I think it's great, Minister." Moon smiled and bowed. "You have considered it very carefully, and you have summarized all the points that should be mentioned. I believe that after the decree is officially announced, it will not be long before the werewolves People will come to the Ministry of Magic one after another and rush to sign it."

Ms. Bones finally had a smile on her face. She nodded slightly and even made a little joke, "Thanks to your arrangements and suggestions. If it weren't for the fear that Dumbledore and your uncle wouldn't agree, I would definitely do it." Let you drop out of school and become my deputy minister."

"You are too complimentary. If you need anything else in the future, you can write to me at any time. Whether it is in terms of your cooperation with my uncle or your fair and selfless attitude in governing, I will be happy to provide you with whatever I can. Help." Moon bowed again and said softly: "Of course, this is just a gesture. With your ability, I believe that the Ministry of Magic will be managed in an orderly and prosperous way by you."

"Ha, if I have the chance, I will write to you." Ms. Bones raised her hand and patted Moon on the shoulder. "Don't be so reserved. I had a good relationship with your family before. By the way, Regarding your medal, although some people do think that your performance is completely enough to receive a first-level medal, considering your age, the level was finally set at second level, I hope you don't mind."

Moon smiled and said, "Of course not. I always thought that the Ministry of Magic would only award me a third-class medal."

Ms. Bones seemed to want to say something else, but the elevator had stopped. As the elevator doors moved to both sides, it was obvious that many people were waiting for the two of them in the corridor.

These wizards are people from other newspapers. Unlike the Daily Prophet, which has exclusive rights to interview, they can only wait until the interview is over before conducting the next round of interviews and filming - and the time must be strictly controlled.

There was news a week ago that people from "New Star" and "Weekly Weird News" had been rescued by Aurors, but Moon scanned the several newspapers he came to interview, but did not find anyone from these two newspapers. Sign, it seems that they haven't recovered yet, and they should be lying in the St. Mungo's ward receiving treatment.

In this way, after going back and forth for several hours (in addition to accepting the medal and the necessary two rounds of visits, he also chatted with Ms. Bones about the bill, and by the way met with Ms. Bones on the recommendation Several senior officials from the Ministry of Magic), he was finally able to return to Hogwarts accompanied by Ken O'Gorman.

After arriving at Hogsmeade, we could only walk on the road ahead. Taking advantage of the bright moonlight that had just risen, Ken led Munn on the path and asked softly: "How is Edgar? "

"Not very good, we are still thinking of a solution." Moon responded to Ken's question.

"I hope you can find it smoothly." Ken's words were a bit sad. "He is not in the office during this period, and many people feel a lot bored. Oh, by the way, Ilya and Ekel have both been transferred. .”

Moon raised his brows and said, "That's good. Neither of them is really suitable for this job."

Ken didn't know how to answer, so he had to smile bitterly in the end.

"I'm sorry about Ecker's previous attitude. He just... couldn't accept Eric's death."

"I can understand, but I don't accept it." Moon shrugged: "This is not the reason for him to bring his personal emotions into his work and randomly define others. What's more, he also gave the definition to my uncle, who His own Auror colleagues. If he really feels that there is something wrong with that incident and that there is something wrong with my uncle, he can choose to continue to complain, report, or directly ask my uncle for a duel. Instead of asking my uncle for a duel. After my uncle's accident happened, I blindly believed that my uncle had colluded with the dark wizard."

Ken hesitated for a moment and finally said, "You're right, that's why he was transferred."

Moon responded without saying anything else, and Ken didn't say anything more. He just walked with Moon along the path toward Hogwarts Castle until the two of them successfully arrived at the gate of the school.

"Thank you for your help in this riot. If it weren't for you, it's hard for me to think about what the British wizarding world would be like today." Before saying goodbye, Ken stretched out his hand towards Moon and said, "I hope And a chance to see Edgar in the office.”

"Thank you for your good advice." Moon shook hands with Ken, then turned and walked into the door opened by Heigla.

Ken stood there, watching the two figures, one large and one small, gradually go away and disappear behind the gate. After a while, they left from the gate.

At the same time, Hagrid was broadcasting the results of today's Quidditch match to Moon.

"Ha, if you ask me, this is definitely the most exciting game this year." Hagrid said with excitement. "Harry and Cedric are two sharp arrows on the field. I dare say, if this continues, Sooner or later, both of them will become professional Quidditch players."

"Of course, the others are doing very well, really, but I mean, compared to Harry and Cedric, they're not that good, right."

"In short, when the game reached the final critical moment, the score difference between the two teams was only fifty points. The Hufflepuff players had been defending very tightly, and Gryffindor was unable to widen the point difference from beginning to end. Too big. Then, Harry and Cedric saw the Golden Snitch at the same time, and they walked back and forth on the field together - the running Gorgon, I swear, at least half of the people on the field were watching them both."

Moon listened with interest and did not feel that Hagrid was verbose at all. Of course, he did not fully accept Hagrid's beautification of the game.

In fact, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff did have some reinforcements this year, but in fact most of this reinforcement is reflected in the seekers of the two teams.In terms of other team configurations, both teams still have some gaps compared to Slytherin.Therefore, if you ignore Cedric and Harry, the game between the two teams will definitely not be as exciting as when they played Slytherin.

But there's nothing we can do about it, because Hagrid's filter is heavier.

"Then, at the last moment, Harry and Cedric rushed towards the Golden Snitch almost in parallel. I even felt that there was no way to tell who was ahead and who was behind. But Fred and George played a role at this time. , I mean, the two of them always like to cause trouble, but at this critical moment, they really did something good, ha."

"They used a Bludger to interfere with Cedric accurately, so Cedric was half a body behind Harry." Hagrid waved his hands excitedly, as if he was being distracted by the game. "As a result, Harry caught the Golden Snitch and helped Gryffindor win."

He stopped in front of the steps at the entrance of the castle, with excitement still on his face. But after he looked at Munn for two seconds, the tall giant finally realized something, because Her excited and flushed cheeks suddenly became even redder.

"Oh, sorry, Moon, uh, I mean - I'm sorry that Hufflepuff lost today."

Hagrid scratched his head in embarrassment, and his eyes began to glance to both sides in embarrassment. "Of course, Hufflepuff performed very well today. Really, if Fred and George hadn't used the Bludger, Hufflepuff would have Patch may not lose.”

Moon looked at Hagrid dumbfounded and waved his hand quickly, "It's okay, don't worry, just lose if you lose. The Hufflepuff team does still have some areas that need to be cheered up, it's okay."

"Huh..." Hagrid raised his eyebrows and wiped his forehead with his thick sleeves, "That's good, that's good, uh, we're here, go back quickly Munn, it's not too early. "

"Well, thank you for your explanation, so I don't have to wait until I get back to ask them again." Moon smiled and said, "Bye~"

Hagrid also waved at Munn, but he did not leave immediately. Instead, he waited until Munn entered the castle before returning to his hut.

A few minutes later, the facts proved to Moon that even without Hagrid's "match replay", he would definitely know that Hufflepuff had lost the game today as soon as he returned to the common room.

Because everyone's atmosphere was so obviously gloomy, the happiest person in the entire common room was Snowball - the little white cat who was diligently chasing an enchanted ball of yarn around. Moon had just finished speaking. As soon as he came in, he couldn't wait to come over, wrapped around Moon's trouser legs and started rubbing wildly.

Moon picked up Snowball, said hello to several people in the common room, and then asked Gabriel: "Hey, Gabriel, where are Cedric and the others?"

"Go back to your room after dinner. After losing the game today, the entire team members are a little disappointed, and even the common room is no longer lively." Gabriel answered Moon's doubts with a wry smile, By the way, he raised his finger and pointed at the medal on Munn's chest, "Hey, is that your medal? Ha, I've seen a few third-level objects before, but this is the first time I've seen the second-level one."

"Well - I forgot to take this thing off if you didn't mention it." Moon held the snowball with one hand, took out the wand with the other hand, tapped the medal lightly, and controlled the medal He flew into his pocket, "Violet and the others have returned to the dormitory too?"