Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"Morning moon~"

"Good morning Moon~"

There were people saying hello everywhere along the way. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't because of what happened last night. Moon himself is now considered a celebrity in the school.Whether it is his reputation as a "genius" widely praised by professors or his status as the organizer of the school newspaper, he has become famous in the four colleges.What's more, he has a good personality and everyone likes him very much. Even Slytherin, who has always been at odds with other houses, has a good relationship with Moon.

Moon also responded to everyone. It was probably Professor Dumbledore and the others who had given the hush order. No one mentioned what happened last night along the way, not even the Ravenclaws.

This is good news, but I guess the matter will not remain secret. When the truth comes out, Professor Dumbledore will always tell everything he can.

After all... the little wizard's secrecy... he knows everything.

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"Hey, Munn." The gossiping Yaerlin turned his head and moved next to Munn. "Last night..."

"Don't ask, I can't tell you even if you ask." Moon remained silent, not wanting to reveal anything. "The professors haven't told me yet whether I can tell you. I will definitely tell you when I can, okay."

"Okay..." Arlin sat up straight with some disappointment. Cedric and Gal next to him couldn't help laughing. Fortunately, the person in class today was not Professor Kamp, but Victor. He Glancing at a few people, he gave a warning with his eyes secretly, and motioned them to read carefully.

Cedric and Gal shut up obediently, and this time it was Arlin who snickered.

When class was about to end, Professor McGonagall walked in hurriedly, nodded to Victor first, and then said to Moon: "Moon, take your things and follow me."

After receiving the order, Moon quickly put away his books and quills, said hello to several roommates, and quickly walked towards Professor McGonagall.

As soon as he left the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Professor McGonagall's expression softened and he asked harmoniously: "How is your health, Moon? Are you recovered?"

"It's no problem, Professor. Madam Pomfrey's potion is very useful, but it's a bit bitter." Moon scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "I was not mentally prepared at all. I drank it all in one bite."

Hearing Moon's words, Professor McGonagall immediately laughed, but soon, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and she quickly straightened her expression and said: "Moon, I will take you to the principal's office now. Remember, When Professor Dumbledore asks you any questions later, just answer them directly. Say what you want and don’t talk too much. Got it?"

Moon was a little confused, but when he saw Professor McGonagall’s quiet look, he understood that Professor McGonagall probably had something to say that could not be said openly, and immediately nodded.

As for why, he figured he would know it when he arrived at the principal's office later.

Following Professor McGonagall's footsteps, the two walked through large and small corridors and stairs until they arrived at the door of the principal's office. Professor McGonagall cleared her throat and said a word awkwardly: "Apple exploding candy."

After hearing this command, Moon couldn't hold his nerve.

Professor Dumbledore eats all kinds of weird candies.

The stone beast guarding the door jumped away. Professor McGonagall nodded to the stone beast, led Moon up the stairs, and entered the principal's office.

As soon as he entered, Moon immediately understood why Professor McGonagall said those words - he met two "acquaintances", one was the current Minister of Magic: Millicent Barnold, and the other was the current Minister of Magic. Director, Legal Enforcement Division: Amelia Burns.

The former Moon just visited with Uncle Golov before Christmas this year. The latter is also quite familiar with Uncle Golov. They also visited and exchanged gifts during Christmas. Moon also met her niece Susan. Burns is also a little girl who will come to Hogwarts in the future.

"Oh, Moon, it's really you. I just heard Professor Dumbledore say that there is an outstanding Mr. Fox, so I guessed it might be you." Millicent Barnold said to Moon with a smile, Ah. Miria Burns also smiled and nodded at him.

Moon politely replied, "Good morning, Minister, Ms. Burns."

Seeing this scene, Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall had probably expected it, but they still relaxed a little. Only Snape, who had always had a cold face, said nothing and just stared at Moon without saying a word. Fa, which made Munn feel a little scared.

"Sure enough, I knew that Golov must have mentioned Munn to you, and maybe brought Munn to meet you." Dumbledore smiled, and the half-moon mirror reflected the fire in the fireplace. It's much easier, Munn, we called you here, mainly to ask if you found a badge on the man in black robe? It's silver, with some rubies and topaz inlaid on it, and the center of the badge has A rhombus-shaped octahedral relief.”

"Yes, Professor, I did find this thing. In order to avoid it being a magic item, I temporarily confiscated it." Munn took out the badge from the inner pocket of his cloak, along with the The wand of the man in black robe "In addition, I also have his wand."

Although everyone knew before that it was Munn who defeated the black-robed wizard, the fact that Munn took out these two things now undoubtedly confirmed this.

Minister of Magic Millicent Barnold took the badge and wand from Moon, and then looked at Munn with interest, "Moon, can you tell me how you defeated that guy, I'm a little curious. "

Moon was startled, and then glanced at Professor Snape, only to find that Professor Snape was still staring at him expressionlessly, but his eyes seemed to glance at Professor McGonagall, which made Moon immediately understand that McGonagall I also figured out some things behind the professor's words.

Judging from what happened last night when Professor Snape showed up with the medicine box, Professor Dumbledore and the others most likely used Veritaserum. If so, then they obviously understood the whole thing. Including the entire process of Moon's fight with Ian Madden and the Man in Black Robe.

But now, the minister and others don't seem to understand this, that is to say...

The minister and others were not present when the Veritaserum was used, and Professor Dumbledore obviously helped him hide something.

Such as his "wonderful" little spells.

Chapter 81 Quarrel

"Actually, it was a little clever." Moon pretended to smile shyly. "Maybe I woke up earlier than those guys expected, and their ropes were not tied tightly, so I found a way to untie them, so I I set up an ambush nearby. In addition, Yaya had already arrived at that time, and Hagrid would definitely arrive soon. The guy in the black robe was probably a little panicked, and he was inexplicably defeated by me as soon as he went back and forth."

Seeing that Moon seemed to understand what he and the other professors meant, and only talked about it without going into details, Professor McGonagall nodded with satisfaction.

Now we can only wait and see whether the minister will ask for some details. If that is the case, things will still be a bit troublesome.

Fortunately, Minister Barnold just nodded slightly, praised Moon a few more words, and then said goodbye to everyone together with Amelia Burns, and then left Professor Dumbledore's office.

"Fortunately, Minister, she didn't ask any more questions, otherwise it would have been difficult." Seeing the two of them disappear at the door of the office, Professor McGonagall breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "Fortunately."

Professor Snape sneered, "I still insist that since Mr. Fox caused the trouble himself, he should find a way to solve it himself, instead of us hiding it for him."

His sarcastic expression, which contained a hint of warning, made Moon feel quite hurt.

Professor Dumbledore shook his head and turned his attention to Moon. "Moon, I guess you already understand the current situation?"

Moon looked at Professor Dumbledore and nodded slightly, "Yes, Professor."

"That's good." Professor Dumbledore laughed, but seemed a little hesitant. Until three seconds later, he seemed to have made some determination, and his eyes hidden behind the half-moon lenses became firm again. "Look. , Moon, people always have secrets, sometimes good, sometimes bad. Therefore, people always have to pay something for the secret."

He stood up and walked to the shelf with the Sorting Hat. "I have met many children with secrets. Yes, they are all Hogwarts students, just like you. There are good people and bad people among them. , it has nothing to do with their secrets.”

"Over the years, I have come to believe more and more that throughout a person's life, the most important thing that determines the direction of our life is not his origin, but his choice."

Professor Snape's eyes turned to the portraits in the principal's office, and the expression on his face could not be defined as disdain or displeasure.

Professor Dumbledore pushed out a medicine rack from the table next to the shelf, and then twisted a medicine tube inside. When Moon looked at it carefully, he found that there was no liquid medicine in it, but only a wisp of silver. White, lingering smoke.

It was a wisp of memory.

"Mun, during the conversation with the dark wizard, the man in black robes who was defeated by you, I learned some secrets about you. It seems that you probably know something... unexpected." Means'. Oh, you don't have to worry, I think you should know that Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape already know." Professor Dumbledore turned around again, still holding the potion tube in his hand, and gently He shook it, with a warm smile on his face, but something meaningful. "I'm not sure what you think, but I hope you can use them carefully."

When she heard this sentence, Professor McGonagall's eyebrows suddenly furrowed, and she said bluntly: "Principal, I thought we would let Moon demonstrate these spells to judge whether they are some kind of magic." A special, not so correct power. Even if this is not the case, at least you should let Munn tell you how these spells come from."

Although Professor McGonagall had paid attention to the wording of her words, the meaning behind her words was very obvious - she was worried that Moon's methods were related to dark magic.

A young wizard here might actually be dissatisfied with Professor McGonagall's harshness, and might even find her a bit offensive.But Moon knew even more clearly that Professor McGonagall had no ill intentions at all, and was just out of a teacher's protection of her children, just like a mother who is afraid that her children will play with fire.

He also understood that Professor Dumbledore did not want to force him. Probably in Professor Dumbledore's view, forcing a person to reveal his or her secrets was something that would cause harm to people.

The three professors present, including Professor Snape, were actually thinking about him.Of course, Professor Snape's mouth really couldn't say anything good, and the thorn in his words was real.

After Professor McGonagall finished speaking, Professor Snape immediately refuted: "With all due respect, Headmaster, you can tell at a glance that the spells used by Fox are basically impossible to be black magic. As far as I have known for many years Speaking from experience, I’m afraid I’ve never seen such... mild black magic.”

Dumbledore did not comment on what the two said. He just looked at Moon. "Minerva, I think it is more important to give the children a little trust, especially a smart child like Moon. He is definitely They have the basic ability to distinguish right from wrong. Isn’t it because of this trust that we hide Millicent and Amelia?”

Professor McGonagall's eyes widened. "I thought it was just to prevent Moon from being arrested and interrogated by them without distinguishing right from wrong. In the past two years after the fall of the mysterious man, even though the situation in the ministry has improved a lot, there is still a lot of uncertainty. It's always been there. Headmaster, Albus, you never told me that you didn't intend to care about Moon's spells at all."

"Ahem -" Moon cleared her throat and carefully interrupted the quarrel between the three professors.

The root of their quarrel was simply whether they should explore the secrets of Munn's spells and identify whether those spells were black magic, so as to prevent Munn from going astray.The fundamental difference between them is that Professor Snape insists that those spells cannot be black magic, Professor Dumbledore does not want to force Moon to reveal anything, but Professor McGonagall feels that Moon is just a child after all, and some necessary There still needs to be some checks.

To put it bluntly, they were debating whether or not to let Munn cast spells in front of them.

But in Moon's own opinion, this is not a problem at all.

Isn't it just a demonstration of magic?That's it.

Seeing all three of them looking at him, he turned his attention to the thin vines wrapped around Professor Dumbledore's windowsill.

This is already the only plant in the principal's office.

"Follow my orders." Munn pointed at the vine and muttered softly. The next moment, the vine suddenly seemed to come alive. It began to use two leaves as arms, pinching the waist and twisting around to dance Chou Chou. dance.

Chapter 82 I don’t have time for rock-paper-scissors

"Tsk, it seems that Mr. Fox has no talent for dancing." Snape sneered, but it was not lethal. After all, in Moon's view, whether Professor Snape could dance or not was a big problem.

After demonstrating the grass and tree command, he targeted Professor Snape again. "Professor?"

Snape understood, but he was a little offended.

Although it is obvious that Moon's other spell is not suitable for casting on Professor Dumbledore or Professor McGonagall, is this the reason to use him for demonstration?

It seemed so, after all, Moon couldn't just shoot a magic blast at himself, but Snape just wasn't happy with it.

He glanced at Munn, took two steps back, shook his arm, took out his wand from his robe, and signaled to Munn that he could start.

Moon snickered and warned, "Here we come!", and then pressed his palm, without a spell or any special movement, a burst of magic energy was shot out, and he was in front of Professor Snape in the blink of an eye. .

Snape narrowed his eyes, waved his wand, and a bright silver mist emerged, directly engulfing Munn's magical energy.But then, as if he felt some push, Snape took half a step back.

If the previous demonstration of the Plant and Tree Command Technique only slightly surprised the three professors, then this time the magic energy explosion completely surprised them.

It seems to be very powerful, does not require a spell, and is quick to activate. For a first-year wizard, this spell is obviously very good overall. Even in the hands of some adult wizards, this spell is completely enough to be used as a main attack. means to use.

"These are those two spells. I can assure you, professors, that they are definitely not black magic. In addition, they are not learned by me through any strange ways or means. Instead, they are more like I... realized it myself. Yes, it's more like a talent."

Snape looked at him with some suspicion, but only a little. This time, Professor McGonagall smiled and nodded: "No wonder you are so talented in the Charms and Transfiguration classes." , it seems that you do have talents and abilities far beyond ordinary people in this area, and you can even be said to be top-notch."

Professor Dumbledore seemed to be worried about something, but that worry only passed by for a moment. Soon, he looked at Moon with interest and said, "Can you make that vine do something different?" Yes? That seems like a very interesting spell."

Of course, Mu En would not refuse. He looked at the vine, and gave a new order, causing the vine to curl up into the shape of a hand, and then compared the appearance of scissors, rock, and cloth.

He probably knew what Professor Dumbledore was worried about.

In fact, like the previous Blood Tongue Curse, the Plant Command Spell also came from COC[Note 1]. When these two spells are released, they will cause a certain loss of his spirit—to be exact, his sanity.

But this is not the case in reality. In Munn's research, these spells from COC actually have little damage to his spirit and sanity. This not only has the effect of "Grimoire", but also his soul seems to have a very strong power. His "resistance" is probably due to his uniqueness as a time traveler and his talent as a natural Legilimency.In addition, whether it is the loss of spirit or sanity, it will recover spontaneously with time and rest, so to a certain extent, he can almost ignore the negative effects of these spells.

However, "almost negligible" does not mean "completely negligible". "Minimal loss" also means "loss". Professor Dumbledore must have noticed this special and abnormal understanding of the spirit and human reason. consumption, which gave rise to some concerns.You know, this is very similar to the characteristics of black magic.

In order to dispel this worry, Moon said easily: "I think this spell is probably related to some of my special talents. It is more like requiring me to communicate with plants. This will make me a little mentally exhausted, but it consumes a lot of energy." Small, even if a dozen of them are released in succession, they will probably recover after just squinting and reading for a while."

He couldn't say it outright, but he could tell Professor Dumbledore in this way that he was fully aware of the hidden dangers of this spell, and was fully capable of controlling this hidden danger and keeping it within control.

Judging from Professor Dumbledore's concept during the argument just now, this was enough to reassure him - this professor knew that power always goes hand in hand with risk, and everything depends entirely on the character and choice of the user. .

There was no question about his choice: Hufflepuff, not Slytherin; there was no need to worry about his character, at least for now.

Sure enough, Dumbledore's worries immediately disappeared without a trace. The wear and tear of this spell was still far from "out of bounds", but it only slightly touched the realm of black magic.Besides, Moon also ensured that he could control it, so what else did he have to worry about?

As a result, this "not worrying" immediately caused Dumbledore to play rock-paper-scissors with the vines in a rather inappropriate way [Note 2].

And lose more and win less.

"Ahem, Headmaster." Professor McGonagall interrupted Dumbledore angrily, "I think now is probably not the time for joking."

Dumbledore withdrew the hand he just extended, and blinked at Munn again, "Ha, yes, but some small entertainment is always necessary, which can help us relax. Oh, yes Moon, we have nothing to do. If I remember correctly, you should have no classes in the afternoon? What a happy student time, you can go back to your friends and go out to relax. I think you should go out more. .”

Moon nodded, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he looked at the three professors curiously.

"Uh, I have some questions...well, I wonder if the professor can tell me about the general identity of the man in black robe, and why he didn't kill me and Violet, but just imprisoned us? "

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[Note 1] COC stands for Call of Cthulhu, and DND mentioned in the previous note stands for Dungeons and Dragons. Both are very well-known cultural concepts. COC has a series of novels related to the setting, and there is also a A complete set of TRPG rule books, and the same goes for DND.

[Note 2] Rock-paper-scissors is a gesture game (this is a nonsense sentence). According to current research, the origin of foreigners playing rock-paper-scissors was in the 20th century. At that time, this game gradually spread from Japan to European and American countries.As for the origin of rock-paper-scissors, one theory is that it originated in my country. The "Wuzazu" written by Xie Zhaozhe in the Ming Dynasty records that since the Han Dynasty, there were hand gestures and fists; the other theory is that it originated in Japan and was introduced during the Meiji period. China.Which one is right and which one is wrong is not yet clear.

Chapter 83 "Because I'm still alive"

"Ah, look at me, I said before that I would tell you these things when things are over, but I almost forgot." Professor Dumbledore chuckled, but he looked like an old fox no matter what.

I'm afraid I just want to fool him directly...

Moon slandered in his heart, but his face remained as well-behaved as before.

Snape stood aside and looked at the old and the young, and couldn't help turning his head and rolling his eyes.

Are you doing a drama here?

"Well, let me think about where to start... let's talk about the identity of the man in black robes first." Professor Dumbledore opened the drawer under his desk and took out two badges - and Moon The badge I just handed over was exactly the same as the one found on the man in black robe. "He is a dark wizard, from the 'Snake King's Society'. Of course, I prefer to call them 'The Basilisk Society'. [Note 1]"

"There is a large group of dark wizards gathered in the Basilisk Society. They crazily worship the despicable Herbo, a notorious dark wizard in ancient Greece, and have been doing evil everywhere. Fortunately, they never deliberately target Muggles and only follow The Ministry of Magic is against ordinary wizards. The other good news is that they have never been interested in basilisks, and they have not tried to cultivate a basilisk of their own. Of course, I always have doubts about this, and I highly doubt that they are too many. They tried several times but were thwarted by Ministry of Magic Aurors, so they never came forward to claim that the basilisk or the basilisk egg belonged to them."

"The dark wizard came to Hogwarts this time, it seems that because of the shortage of a material that can only be found in the Forbidden Forest, he had to use the Imperius Curse to control Ian Madden. He originally wanted to use Ian Madden came to obtain that kind of material, but Ian Madden's strength was a little... lower than his expectations, which led him to sneak into Hogwarts with the help of Ian Madden. As for sneaking in The method—unfortunately, we still don’t know yet, no matter whose memory it is between the two of them, that part has been completely hidden or directly erased by very clever techniques.”

"It is because of this Imperius Curse and the fact that the man in black robe has never come to Hogwarts before, so we decided to hold back for now and wait and see, hoping to find out the real mastermind behind the scenes. To prevent something like this from happening again.”

"As a result, everything went smoothly last night, but the Astronomy Tower was suddenly attacked. A blasting spell almost destroyed the entire astronomy classroom. Fortunately, it was not a class period at that time, and only a few portraits and a few ghosts were frightened. Thinking about it now, the man in black robes should have entered Hogwarts at that time, and this blasting spell was the cover he gave to Ian Madden. Ian Madden wanted to take the opportunity to set off, but happened to run into Evely Miss Na, because of her nervousness, he knocked Miss Evelina unconscious and temporarily placed her in the cabinet at the end of the corridor on the second floor."

"After attacking Miss Evelina, Ian Madden went straight to the Forbidden Forest, and the memory in the middle was erased again. When he resumed, he had returned to the second floor of the castle and met Feier who was waiting for him. Mr. Qi's Nash Brad, had no choice but to knock out Mr. Brad again and took Miss Evelina away. As for what happened next, I think you probably know Moon." Dumble Lido sighed softly, "I guess you are thinking that this matter still seems a bit confusing?"

Moon nodded solemnly, "Yes, Professor Dumbledore. I don't know if you will listen to the opinions of a first-year wizard, but I think the thing held by Ian Madden is very crucial. "

"That thing you are holding?" The three professors looked at me, and I looked at you. In the end, it was Dumbledore who thought of something first, and suddenly said: "Oh, I always thought that the memory of Ian Madden was So the confusion was caused by having a large section of his memory wiped out many times and being hit by the Imperius Curse. But now it seems that his remaining memories have also been manipulated. Moon, can you elaborate on that? Something?"

"I didn't see that thing, but Violet did. In today's class...well, our homework was already finished before today's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, so I asked her to draw a picture, She draws very well." Moon pulled out a rolled piece of parchment from the inner pocket of his cloak. On it was a simple Ian Madden standing in the corridor, holding a quilt bag in one arm. Something the size of a kettle.