Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Neither Arlin nor Cedric was embarrassed to reveal the truth - the truth is that everyone knew this.

Only Violet was obviously relieved when she saw the two people sitting eight feet apart, and both were reading their books honestly. Although she deliberately stood at the end, Moon could still see clearly. Chu.

"So you brought us dinner?" Moon snickered, then looked at the bag in Gal's hand and asked knowingly, pretending not to see Violet's reaction.

"That's right, and I brought a lot, which is definitely enough for you two." Gal patted his chest and placed the bag on an empty table.

This time, none of the four people who came with him revealed the truth, because Nash didn't go to the auditorium for dinner today. Gal had previously vowed that Nash was here, so what he brought was actually dinner for three people.

Life is already so difficult, so don’t expose some things.

Moon closed the book, walked to the table, and looked at the food inside - wrapped and oily pork chops, grilled lamb chops, sausages, bread and pudding. Judging from the amount of bread, this Apparently a dinner for three.

He didn't bother to say anything. He just took a piece of food from it and asked while eating, "Are you here to deliver food?"

The five people looked at each other, then shook their heads at the same time. Finally, Arlin said, "We also brought some bad news."

Moon was stunned for a moment. He couldn't think of any bad news that could make all five people hesitate, unless there was something wrong with the school newspaper.However, he went to the principal's office twice today, but Professor Dumbledore didn't say anything at all.

It can't be that the Daily Prophet feels that the school newspaper is a threat and openly speaks ill of the school newspaper in the newspaper.

That's too shameless.

The next moment, Cedric told the five people the bad news.

"Randall, yes, it's Randall Dempsey. He went to the school infirmary again, and... he was seriously injured."

Chapter 46 Visitation

Not only Moon was surprised by the bad news among the five people, but also Gemma.

After Moon asked her, she not only found those guys who liked to bully other students the most and warned them, but she also told her few friends, hoping that they would also pay attention to Randall. Case.

Firstly, it was because after entering the school newspaper office, although she always behaved indifferently most of the time, she was actually more emotional at heart, and she still had to help her friends.Secondly, it was because she herself hated such bullying incidents among students in the college. Although this kind of thing was always banned, she would always intervene as soon as she discovered it.

However, now Cedric said that Randall was admitted to the school infirmary again?

She knew all those bastards in Slytherin who liked to bully their classmates. After she had made it clear that she was not allowed to do anything to Randall, those guys would never cause trouble rashly.

Gemma frowned and started to walk out of the school newspaper office, not even bothering to eat.

Moon, on the other hand, just frowned at first, and then continued to eat as usual.

He knew that Gemma would definitely not forget his request for help, and although Gemma was definitely not very popular in her college, she still had some deterrence. After all, among the students, Gemma was definitely not very powerful. Poor, and he is also a prefect, a top student in the eyes of the teacher.If she opened her mouth, the Slytherin thorns would always keep their hands on her.

In other words, no matter what happened last time, the person who bullied Randall and injured him this time was probably not a Slytherin student.

But the little wizards of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and even Hufflepuff.

"Don't worry, Gemma, let's go together later. Let's eat first, otherwise our dinner will be cold when you come back later." Moon called out, and then said with a smile: "You don't look like you can People who are willing to go to the kitchen to steal food at night will probably be hungry at night if they don’t eat now.”

Gemma stopped, hesitated for a moment, then nodded, returned and continued to sit down as usual, and carefully enjoyed the hasty dinner brought by Gal and others.

"Moon, aren't you in a hurry? I remember that you seemed to have a good relationship with that Randall?" Gal sat aside, bored, and asked out of curiosity.

"What's the rush? Treatment is Madam Pomfrey's business. He has to stay in the school infirmary for so long even if I go there early or late." Moon shook his head. "And I don't have a good relationship with him. , I just helped him in the beginning. Now I pay attention to him just because of his special status and poor background, so I will help if I can. To put it bluntly, he brought this trouble on himself. Children always have a stubborn temper. It’s understandable. It’s better to suffer a little more and think more about things in the future.”

Gal and Arlin both rolled their eyes, Violet was snickering, Tonks imitated Moon and made an exaggerated face, and even Cedric couldn't help but laugh and said: "Moon, That Randall seems to be only one year younger than you."

Moon took a hard bite of the sausage and then said with a smile: "I'm precocious and talk old-fashioned. Don't you always say the same about me?"

"How can you be premature? You are almost mature enough to be a little old man." Tonks made a face at Moon.

Moon shrugged and ignored her.

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Several people finished dinner together (actually, everyone watched Moon and Gemma eat, but fortunately neither of them were thin-skinned people), and then left the school newspaper office together and went straight to the school doctor's office.

The school doctor's office at Hogwarts is built on the second floor, on the same floor as the school newspaper office [Note 1].Gemma originally planned to go back to the common room to ask, but then she thought about it. The school doctor's office was obviously closer, and it would be a good idea to go there to check on Randall's condition, in case the injury was caused by some special spell. If so, she might be able to tell based on her injuries whether those bullies from Slytherin were responsible.

As always, there weren't many people in the school doctor's office.If I had come a few days earlier, this place might have been a lot more lively - the little mandrake that had its pot broken into pieces during the Herbology class that day sent a lot of students from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw in.But at this moment, the curtains of only three beds in the school doctor's office were closed.

When they came in, they had already greeted Madam Pomfrey and made it clear that they and others were here to visit Randall.After Madam Pomfrey pointed them in the direction, she sternly warned them that the visiting time could not exceed 10 minutes, and that if Randall felt sleepy, he had to leave immediately.The young wizards naturally agreed, and then found the bed as Madam Pomfrey said.

Randall was not asleep at this moment. Whether it was physical pain or psychological pressure, he was tossing and turning, so he was also very sensitive to the sounds around him.After hearing a pile of messy footsteps stopping beside the bed, he was stunned for a moment, and then carefully reached into the pile of clothes on the bedside table.

His wand was in his pocket.

A few seconds later, a familiar voice came from outside the curtain beside the bed, "Randall? Are you asleep?"

Randall recognized Moon's voice, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face. He retracted his hand and slowly opened the curtain. "Ah, Moon, why are you here? Is your roommate hospitalized again?"

Standing next to Munn, Gal's expression suddenly froze. Randall's words undoubtedly brought back some of his not-so-good memories - the last time Munn and the others came over and met Randall, it was because He was admitted to the school doctor's office.

The reason why he moved in was quite unforgettable. At this second, he seemed to smell the smell wafting from Milton's crucible again.

Arlin couldn't hold back his laughter, and he was afraid that if he laughed like a donkey and brayed, Madam Pomfrey would be offended, so he had to cover his mouth with his hand, lie on the other bed and twitch, and he didn't know anyone else. When the person came, I might have thought he was hysterical.

Moon also shook his head dumbfounded and said quickly: "No, I just came to see you."

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[Note 1] The location of the Hogwarts School Doctor's Office is not consistent in the original work. It may have been moved, or it may be that JK Rowling forgot the previous setting when writing the later part.In the second part, the school doctor's office is located on the second floor.By the time we get to the fifth part, which is the Order of the Phoenix part, the school doctor's office has been moved to the fourth floor.This book will adopt the possibility of relocation, that is, the school doctor's office will be on the second floor in the early stage, and will be moved to the fourth floor in the later stage.

Chapter 47 Source of Injury

"Me? I'm fine." The smile on Randall's face became even brighter, but Moon could feel the unwillingness, anger and sadness in his heart. "I accidentally sprained my foot on the steps, and the result was... I accidentally rolled down the steps.”

Moon patted his forehead helplessly. This little brat can't even make up lies to make something new. He fell off the steps last time, and fell off the steps again this time. What's wrong, you are Uncoordinated hands and feet or running into the stairs of Hogwarts Castle?

He didn't say anything, just looked at Randall helplessly. Randall and Moon looked at each other for two seconds, then realized something and looked away in panic.

But Moon still didn't speak or move, just staring at Randall.The silence around him started to make Randall panic. After a few seconds, he finally couldn't help but said: "I...well...I didn't fall from the steps, and it wasn't the same last time..."

Gemma, who had been standing at the back and did not appear in front of Randall, had no expression on her face. She just moved her feet slightly and took two steps towards the curtain to avoid missing any information.

"So, who is it?" Moon asked softly: "You don't have to feel too grateful to me or worry about not being able to owe me a favor. These are not things that a child of your age should consider. What's more, even if It’s not you, but any student in the school who encounters such serious campus bullying. If I encounter it, I will still help.”

Randall's emotions were so strong that Moon didn't even need to deliberately use his talent to understand Randall's general thoughts, so he directly stated Randall's concerns—— What he wanted to deal with was the kind of school bullying that would maliciously injure the first-year wizard to fractures or even more serious injuries, instead of beating around the bush with Randall, a stubborn kid like him.

The boy in the hospital gown was silent for a while, and then he spoke, "It's two senior Gryffindor students. I don't know their names, but they did it both times."

Moon ignored the other little wizards who were all dumbfounded and continued to ask in a calm tone: "What did they do to you? Why?"

Randall gritted his teeth and clenched his hands on the bed. He opened his mouth, but his voice was already trembling. "They... they said at first that my father was a murderer and a dark wizard. , a complete devil. I didn’t talk to them and wanted to walk past them, but..."

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The first time Randall met the two senior Gryffindor students was on his way to the auditorium for dinner alone after class.

In fact, his identity is not a particularly big taboo in Slytherin. Although what his father did is indeed appalling, to the young wizards of Slytherin, just like Ashley said at the time, At least one-third to two-thirds of the little wizards in Slytherin have dark wizards in their families.Even people like Randall whose parents are dark wizards and Death Eaters are not uncommon.For example, last year's new students in Slytherin, Paddy Rolle and Gloria Selwyn, both had Death Eaters in their homes.

But after all, Randall is somewhat different from the Slytherin wizards, especially in terms of personality.Therefore, just like Gemma, Randall's relationship with his roommates is not close at all, and can even be described as "not very good".

That day, when he went to the auditorium to have dinner alone, the two senior Gryffindor students met him and recognized him.

"Hey, your name is Randall Dempsey, right?" One of the taller black-haired boys blocked Randall's path, "The son of the dark wizard?"

Randall glanced at him and wanted to lower his head and walk past, but another shorter, stronger brown-haired boy blocked the front. "Huh, dark wizard? Let me tell you, this is not an appropriate evaluation. His father is simply A complete devil, look, doesn’t this little devil now naturally go to Slytherin? Hmm, I think he might be another scum and scum of the wizarding world in the future.”

Randall still didn't reply, and even tried his best not to listen to the two people talking. Instead, he turned around and tried to go around the brown-haired boy when he was halfway through his words.

But the tall black-haired boy suddenly pulled out his wand and pressed it hard against Randall's throat.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't even think about leaving." The tall black-haired boy looked around, and when he saw no one, he pulled Randall's clothes hard and pushed him against the wall, and then said coldly: "I know. How many people did your father kill? Huh? And those trash men of his? Decay moths? I think they are a group of maggots!"

Randall pursed his lips tightly and turned away. The fear in his heart made his face turn pale and his breathing became disordered.

The tall black-haired boy seemed very dissatisfied with Randall's avoidance. While pressing Randall hard, he put his wand against Randall's face, poking him to make him turn his face back to the front. "Ha, now You know you are afraid, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will tell the truth? Your father is a piece of trash who kills innocent people. I guess your mother must also be a prostitute. Otherwise, how could you be with someone like your father? "

Randall took a breath, and then glared at the tall black-haired boy fiercely. He wanted to say something, but the tall black-haired boy grabbed him by the throat. "Don't even think about resisting! You trash! I really want to I will kill you directly, but that will be too cheap for you——"

"We'll meet again later."

The tall black-haired boy let go of his hand. Randall knelt on the ground, holding his hands on the ground. He wanted to stand up and resist. He could not tolerate the words that insulted his mother, but the previous experience of being choked made him feel uncomfortable. It was very uncomfortable, let alone standing up. The lack of oxygen allowed him to take deep breaths to slightly alleviate the dizziness in his head.

He thought the two boys would leave, and he was even thinking about how he would catch up.

But the two Gryffindor boys didn't leave. Not only did the tall black-haired boy kick him hard in the abdomen.

The pain and the lack of oxygen that had not yet been relieved made Randall fall to the ground. The two boys laughed. The other short brown-haired boy kicked Randall hard again, but because Randall Er was holding his arms around his abdomen, so the kick ended up on Randall's arm.

After kicking each other, the two boys left quickly, leaving only Randall lying on the ground, unconscious.

Chapter 48 The necessity of procedural justice

"It's the same this time." Randall finally couldn't help it anymore, and the golden peas in his eyes fell on the bed. "It's just that they didn't say anything, they just moved their hands. They didn't say anything until they finished beating me. Whenever you see me in the future, you will deal with me."

Garr and Arlin were so angry that they rolled up their sleeves and were about to curse. Tonks was holding her wand tightly in her hand, looking like she wanted to rush to the Gryffindor common room and throw those two away. Find a student and beat him up.Cedric, who has always had a good personality, was also filled with indignation and was very unhappy.

Moon still showed nothing and just waited in silence for a while. After Randall's sobs subsided a little, he said, "Why don't you go to the professors for help?"

Randall didn't speak, but his thoughts said everything - on the one hand, whether it was the stupidity of a child or the stubbornness of a young man, his age and personality made him shy about such things; On the other hand, and more importantly, is the distrust of authority brought about by his childhood experience, and the shadow of his incompetent father in his life, which prevents him from turning to elders like professors for help. , he had already developed a vague sense of fear towards the so-called "adults".

After feeling Randall's thoughts, Moon sighed softly and said solemnly: "When encountering this kind of thing, you should ask the professors for help. This is the best way. Even if not, you should choose Ask for help from anyone you can trust, rather than gritting your teeth alone. No bullying will disappear because of your tolerance. The bully will only feel your cowardice, and then intensify and do more extreme things. . You are still a child, and you can ask others for help for these things that should not be borne by you."

Randall remained silent. After a few seconds, he nodded.

Moon was too lazy to say anything more. Randall was in a state of confusion. No one knew what choice he would make next time he encountered such a thing. Moon felt that his words had been made very clear. No need to waste any more words.

Next were the two Gryffindor boys.

"Okay, Randall, you can have a good rest and leave the rest to us." Moon looked at the man in front of him with red eyes and tears clearly flowing down his face, but he still stubbornly lowered his head to avoid others. Looking at the little guy who didn't want to cry, he raised his hand and rubbed his hair, then helped him pull up the curtain, pointed to the door to the others, and took the lead to leave the school doctor's office.

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As soon as she left the school doctor's office, Tonks showed an eager expression, "Moon, how do you want to solve this matter? Why don't we find out who those two guys are, then teach them a lesson and let them eat something?" suffering?"

Gemma was left speechless by Tonks' words from behind. She couldn't understand why such a guy who likes "abuse of lynching" and seeks personal justice would want to be an Auror?

Moon rolled her eyes angrily, "I thought Gemma had used that duel last year to educate you and make you understand the importance of procedural justice - why should you do it yourself when you can find legal ways to solve things? It’s not just the name, it’s not the right thing to say, and it’s going to cause a whole lot of trouble?”

"Uh..." Tonks was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

A group of young wizards rushed to Professor McGonagall's office. Gemma originally wanted to suggest going to Professor Snape. After all, Randall was a Slytherin student.But this proposal was finally strangled in her heart by Gemma. Obviously, except for the little wizards of Slytherin, the dislike rate of the little wizards of the other three houses of Hogwarts towards Professor Snape can reach almost 90.00. %above.

Therefore, even if she made her proposal known, everyone would obviously reject it directly.

And Gemma herself has to admit that Professor McGonagall is indeed much better than Professor Snape in handling things fairly and justly.

Professor McGonagall was not having a very pleasant day.

The Quidditch team she supported lost the game, and when she heard the news in the morning, she was so angry that she didn't even eat her usual breakfast.

Then, at noon, she caught two more unlucky people trying to sneak into the Forbidden Forest. Yes, they were the two Weasleys.She scolded the two little brats severely and sent them to Filch, but Professor McGonagall knew very well that the twins who didn't care about eating and playing would still behave exactly the same, even... Something more extreme is coming.

After dinner, Professor McGonagall finally felt a little warmer, but when she arrived at the office, she found that the hands of her wall clock had stopped moving again.

A head-scratching day.

Just as she was sitting at the desk, helplessly fixing the clock, there was a sudden knock on the office door.

"Please come in." She suppressed the depression in her heart, restored her usual demeanor, and said loudly.

Moon pushed open the office door, and a group of young wizards rushed into Professor McGonagall's office, startling her.Fortunately, when she took a closer look, she realized that the people who came in were all members of the school newspaper office - otherwise she would have almost thought it was a group of little wizards fighting.

"What's wrong with your school newspaper work?" Professor McGonagall asked strangely.

"No, Professor, we are here to report to you a vicious campus bullying incident." Moon said: "Two senior Gryffindor students attacked Slytherin's Randall Temple. Xi Shi inflicted serious injuries that even caused Randall Dempsey to be admitted to the school infirmary twice. At this moment, Randall is lying on the hospital bed in the school infirmary.”

If someone else had told Professor McGonagall about this, or if Randall had not been involved in the bullying incident that Moon mentioned, Professor McGonagall might have been able to accept it more calmly.But now, Professor McGonagall's eyelids twitched and her expression became much more solemn.

It was basically impossible for Moon to lie about this kind of thing, and he was born with the talent of Legilimency. What he said with such certainty was most likely true.But when it comes to the kid Randall Dempsey, things obviously get a lot more complicated.After all, that was Forrest Dempsey's child.

Almost at the same time that Moon said these words, Professor McGonagall guessed the more likely reason why Randall was bullied.As far as she knew, some of the children of the wizards killed by Forest Dempsey were indeed attending Hogwarts.

Such as Moon.

Chapter 49 Processing methods

The Forrest case was a sensational case that year. The trial of Forrest Dempsey was also open to all wizards. Many wizards went to watch the sentencing of Forrest Dempsey. , Professor McGonagall is also one of them.

Because Forrest's long list of kills also included Professor McGonagall's students and friends.

She clearly remembered that Ola Geller, also known as Ola Shafik, was one of the many wizards killed by Forrest himself, and Ola Shafik was Moon's blood relative.

Professor McGonagall didn't think Moon wouldn't know about this.

The older woman did not react immediately. This matter was very sensitive. Randall Dempsey was different from other ordinary little wizards. Once this matter was not handled well, he would probably report it to Hogwart. This brings some big trouble.