Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Chapter 59 The Lost Giant Wolf

Hagrid lowered his voice, even though there was no one else passing by at all. "Just last night, we encountered those giant wolves - and the man with them, a werewolf. Oh, Garr, don't be stupid, of course he is He looks human, and it wasn't a full moon night last night. But I know he's a werewolf because I've dealt with him before, and that was a long time ago."

"Okay, don't interrupt Gal, where did I just say? Oh yes, I met those giant wolves, and the werewolf. Well, it should be us, and then we started fighting. I mean, you If you meet a dark wizard or a werewolf, you can't say hello to him and invite him to your house for tea, right? They are all very bad, very, very bad. How do you say that word... By the way, heinous. .”

Gal did not continue to interrupt, but Yaerlin took over the position of chief interrupter and asked curiously: "So that guy is a dark wizard?"

Hagrid, who was about to continue, had no choice but to explain: "Yes, he is a dark wizard, a long time ago. At that time... well, the mysterious man had not yet fallen, and he also followed the mysterious man. One of those werewolves, but he doesn't belong to Greyback's gang, he's more of a solitary person."

"So, who is Greyback?" Arlin asked another question like a curious baby.

"A werewolf, a bad guy, a very heinous one. Let's put it this way, hanging him ten times would still be considered a kindness to him." Hagrid obviously hated Greyback. When he mentioned him, the expression on his face It was like swallowing ten slugs alive. "Anyway, Professor Snape and I fought with the werewolf and the group of giant wolves. It was very dangerous. Fortunately, Professor Snape was very powerful. We killed all the wolves. drove away, but Professor Snape and I were both injured. Especially Professor Snape, the giant wolf that attacked him almost bit him through the abdomen - poor professor. If it weren't for my body If he was strong, rough-skinned and thick-skinned, he probably wouldn't be much better now. It's a pity that time was tight at the time, otherwise the situation would have been much better if we could have called for help."

"Then will they come back again?" Cedric asked worriedly: "It would be terrible if they broke into the school, and the students would be in great danger."

"Don't worry Cedric, if they really break through the forbidden forest and break into the school, Professor Dumbledore will be able to discover them immediately and solve them all." Hagrid said with relief. I said, if they dare to break out of the forbidden forest and break into the school, they will be asking for trouble."

"And now I also have weapons to deal with them." As he said that, Hagrid blinked mysteriously and knocked on the huge iron bucket in his arms. "If you dare to come here again, they will look good at that time."

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With Hagrid's explanation, everyone finally understood the origin of Professor Snape's injury.

If it weren't for Moon's long-term guidance, Yaerlin and Gal might be eager to hold a celebration party at this moment - many children don't actually have a deep concept of "seriously injured", grandma Breaking a leg but just thinking about being happy that you don't need to go to grandma's house to eat cabbage during the summer vacation is a common mentality of many teenagers. Some of it is because of a lack of empathy, and some of it is because they still don't understand how to correctly view emotional relationships. Far and near, thick and thin.

It's like for Arlin and Gal, Professor Snape is just an annoying professor who makes people don't want to take his class at all.For a person like this to be unable to come to class because of an injury is simply great news.

Fortunately, after living in the same dormitory for more than a year, under the influence of their ears and eyes, they are no longer so outrageous. Especially for the elders, the respect and empathy they should have are basically complete.

And Gal even went a little too far - he was actually thinking about sending some flowers and fruit to Professor Snape to see him.

This proposal was naturally rejected by everyone. If someone really did this, Professor Snape would definitely bury him and Hagrid together, without even bothering to dig a second hole.

In addition, for Moon, this news has other and greater meanings.

Previously, his divination was based on the entanglement between "Professor Snape's injury" and himself. Now that the source of Professor Snape's injury is clear, the divination results become interesting: obviously , that prophecy at least proves that the arrival of giant wolves and werewolves is not simple, and there will definitely be sequels.

So he just asked Hagrid out of curiosity about the colors of those giant wolves, as well as the general appearance and characteristics of the werewolf dark wizard.Unfortunately, all giant wolves have dark brown fur, and the clothing, hair color, and skin tone of the werewolf dark wizard completely do not fit the description of a "gray-white god of death."

It's a bit of a pity, but anyway, this is just an unexpected gain of information. Even if it doesn't help much in interpreting the prophecy, it won't be too regrettable.

Therefore, Moon quickly stuffed this matter into a corner of his mind and concentrated on chatting with his friends about various topics.

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When it was dinner time, Moon went to the auditorium to eat with a few roommates and a few girls from Violet's dormitory. Everyone suddenly discovered that many registration announcements for Wizard Chess Club competitions had been posted in the castle.

"You are sincerely invited to participate. The prizes are full of surprises, waiting for you to get them..." Gal read out the contents of the announcement, and then curled his lips in disgust, "If you ask me, that Ian might as well just put it in our school newspaper Cut that piece out and stick it on the wall. Who wrote these words? It’s like the banners posted in third-rate shopping malls during big sales.”

A group of eight people walked into the auditorium laughing and joking, but as soon as they entered, they met Ian walking out with a cheerful face.

He also saw Munn, so he hurriedly came to a few people, and then praised Munn with a smile: "That's great Munn, the school newspaper's publicity ability is simply amazing, we only announced the registration this evening I posted it on the wall and was about to start registration, but I have already received a lot of registrations. Oh my god, I must thank you very much. If you need any help in the future, just tell me. As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it. Will not refuse.”

To be honest, Moon himself did not expect how good the publicity effect would be. It is a complete surprise to have such a result now.He quickly congratulated Ian, and then quickly pulled Gal behind him to prevent him from saying anything that would make people want to stuff him into the disappearing cabinet.

Chapter 60 Cards

Tomorrow, that is, Saturday this week, will be the official day of the wizard chess competition.

For Munn, this has no practical significance. He does not plan to participate in this game. First of all, his wizard chess skills are not that good, that is, he can bully Yaerlin and Gal.Secondly, he is not that interested in Batman - personally, he respects Batman for sticking to his own bottom line and being able to stick to his no-kill principle despite the endless stream of criminals in Gotham City.But Moon doesn't agree with Batman's no-kill principle, at least he would never do that himself.

Anyway, if he participated in the competition, it was almost impossible to win a prize. The prize was not something that was very attractive to him and worthy of him spending a lot of time preparing and studying Wizard Chess. Naturally, Munn gave up the idea of ​​participating.

But Gal and Yaerin were very motivated - the afternoon spells class had just ended, and they rushed back to the common room to continue sparring with each other.

Even if they knew very well, even if they were tied together, it would be impossible to defeat Atman alone.

Fortunately, Moon and Cedric did not intend to stop the two of them, so let them work hard with such enthusiasm. Although there was no hope of winning, the spirit was commendable, at least they were indeed struggling.

But privately, Moon and Cedric would still feel a little emotional. If these two people could put half the effort into preparing for the wizard chess competition into the classroom, their results would be much better than they are now.

Gall and Arlin were not the only ones playing wizard chess in the Hufflepuff common room. The wizard chess club competition still attracted many people to participate. Fortunately, Moon had long been used to playing in the busy city. Reading, after going back to the dormitory to read the Marauder's Map for a while as usual, he ran to the common room with the book in hand, planning to read for a while first, and then finish the homework for the Transfiguration class.

That paper requires a lot of words.

Before turning a few pages of "Twenty Magic Herbs for Extinction", a slender hand suddenly handed over a stack of hard cardboard cards.

It's Violet.

Moon naturally took the pile of cards and opened one curiously, finding that it was the card that gave him the idea for the school newspaper last semester - the Crucible Cake Prince.Yes, it's the one with a Q-like portrait of him, a crown on him, and a weird dance.But this time it seems to have become a refined version. Not only has his portrait on the card become much more refined, but even his crown has become much more beautiful. The movements of the little man in the portrait have also changed from dancing to holding two crucibles. Cake smiled shyly.

Violet put her hands behind her back, hooked her index fingers together, and lowered her head slightly. The expression on her face was a little shy and a little expectant, as if she was waiting for Munn's comment.

Moon turned over another card. This one showed him wearing a Hufflepuff wizard robe, with a Hufflepuff badger squatting on his shoulders. He was waving a wand around in his hand, and said something in his mouth. He muttered words as if casting a spell.Sure enough, within two seconds, a beautiful violet bloomed on the top of his wand in the portrait.Like the Crucible Cake Prince, this card was also given a name, with "The Real Hufflepuff" written in beautiful copperplate curlicues at the bottom.

"That's great. You didn't draw a whole set, right?" Moon raised her head and looked at Violet, who quickly glanced aside, pursed her lips and nodded slightly.

The girl felt a little hot on her face. She had not originally planned to show these cards to Moon, but wanted to keep them all.But when she looked at Moon in the corner, holding a book and reading quietly, she couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

Moon blinked, lowered his head and turned over another card.

There was a tree drawn on the card, and sunlight fell on the Q version of him through the obstruction of the leaves. He was taking a nap with his eyes closed, and a hand quietly stretched out from behind the tree and tapped his shoulder. So he was woken up, looked around, then closed his eyes and fell asleep again, and the cycle started again.Similarly, a ribbon is drawn below the card, and on the ribbon are the familiar words "Light Sleeping Under the Tree".

There are seven or eight cards at the back, including him dancing stiffly at the Halloween party last year, and him sitting quietly on the sofa in front of the fireplace reading a book, patiently cooking the magic in the crucible. The person who takes medicine - there is a whole stack of cards, all of which are different versions of him.

The more Moon looked at it, the happier he felt. He flipped through the entire stack of cards with a silly smile, and then handed them back to Violet. "It's really beautiful. Really, I like it very much - I like it very much."

He didn't realize how limited his vocabulary was at this moment, and of course, it was obvious that neither he nor Violet cared about it at this moment.

Violet took the card back, put her hands behind her back, held the card in the palms of her hands in a half-holding position, and kept circling the card with her two thumbs.She finally allowed herself to look at Moon again, but she also didn't realize that she was nervously squeezing and biting her lips.

"Um...do you want to draw more?"

Neither the boy nor the girl knew what to say at this time. It seemed that they had nothing to say, and yet they seemed to want to say everything.Moon picked up a stupid question and asked it, but his brain didn't notice it at all.

Violet nodded again, "Hmm... um... okay?"

May I?What can I do?

It took Moon a full five seconds to realize what Violet's words meant. He responded hurriedly: "Of course, uh, I mean, okay."

Violet raised her feet, her body was about to turn, as if she was about to leave, but she was still a little nostalgic. She swayed slightly and tapped her toes on the ground, "Then I'll show it to you after I finish the drawing." .”

"Yes." Moon agreed, closing the book without realizing it with both hands, and even forgot to insert the bookmark that was close at hand.

"Um... should I go back first?" Violet turned around, holding the card tightly with one hand and waving at Munn with the other.

"Okay." Moon finally realized that the girl was saying to leave, but she never took a step forward. His eyes blinked several times, and his little head was turned into a puddle of muddy water by the inexplicable emotions. I thought of something in hindsight.

The wood in the fireplace was burning and making a crackling sound. Moon picked up the bookmark and a few other books, then sat on the side of the large sofa, raised his head stupidly, and asked in a panic: "How about... uh , Well, if you have nothing to do, why don't you just draw here? Anyway, I am here reading alone."

Chapter 61 Yatman is the king of the chessboard

This evening, Moon's reading efficiency was unprecedentedly low - he just couldn't control himself.

Every time he turned a page of the book, he wanted to see what Violet was drawing. Sometimes he would inadvertently see the girl's cute face and the hair hanging down by her ears.

He felt that it was not good for him to be like this, very bad.Even in a daze, he seemed to hear Uncle Da whispering in his ear, "You are miserable! You have fallen in love!"

Moon took a deep breath and forcefully returned his gaze to the book.

He didn't notice that the girl next to him had been peeking at her, so half an hour had passed and there were only a few more transactions on the brand new card.

What is there to see?

Probably because it looks good no matter how you look at it.

The book that Moon is reading is very nice, and the card that Violet is drawing is also very nice.

probably.

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The next day, Saturday came, and so did the Wizard Chess Club's Wizard Chess tournament.

The little wizards who signed up for the competition lined up to enter the classroom used for the competition - originally Ian only applied for two empty classrooms, but the enthusiasm of the little wizards to sign up was so high that in the end the two empty classrooms were completely gone. After that, he had to go to Professor Snape to apply for two empty classrooms.

Among these little wizards are also Garr and Arlin.

A total of 110 people have registered. According to the schedule, they will play four rounds of games this afternoon to determine the top eight (59 people remain after the first round, and a player from the Wizard Chess Club who did not participate in the game will be temporarily substituted. , gather 60 people, and then the top 30 and top 15 will be selected in the competition, and then the Wizard Chess Club will fill in one person to determine the top eight. Because the competition is only held out of interest and the club’s promotional needs, Ian did not arrange too much He is too rigorous, but he chooses the substitutes by name to try to ensure that no one will cheat and the level of the substitute players will not be too bad).Then give everyone some rest time, let everyone do some activities and have dinner, and then come back here at seven o'clock to continue, and start the next three rounds of competition in sequence.

Gal and Yaerlin were full of confidence at first, but when they were about to enter the classroom for the competition, they panicked and even hoped to put them into the same group so that at least one of them could hold on. Pass the first round.

As a result, the performance of the two of them was not unexpectedly bad, and they were both taken away in the first round. Fortunately, there were some young wizards who left the stage earlier than them, otherwise the two of them would have lost the courage to defend themselves.

"Wow, what I drew is really a lottery. That Slytherin is very powerful at first glance. All my offensive attacks were blocked by him." Arlin said stiffly, "I dare say, he is at least He is also a player who can reach the quarterfinals.”

Yes, Moon and the others have not left yet, because Yatman and Barton have also signed up to participate in the competition. Milton and others are there, and they plan to wait for Yatman and Barton to come out together.

We don't intend to dismantle Yaerlin. We just lost the game, so we have to save some face for him.

As a result, not long after the second round started, Yaerlin's opponent walked out with a helpless face. Before leaving, he saw Yaerlin and smiled specifically at Yaerlin.

Arlin wanted to pretend he didn't see that person - Moon and the others had never entered the classroom anyway, so they didn't know which Slytherin student his opponent was.As a result, Galjin opened his mouth and immediately shut up Yaerlin. "Hey, Yaerlin, wasn't that your opponent just now? He was saying hello to you."

Resisting the urge to seal Gal's mouth, Yaerlin raised his head with a forced smile and smiled at his opponent.

The remaining Hufflepuff badgers looked at each other, and finally they couldn't bear it any longer, and they all burst out laughing, startling those who were waiting for other contestants next to them.

Arlin raised his hand to cover his face, feeling more and more that his campus life was becoming dim because of Gal.

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A few minutes later, Button also walked out of the classroom where he competed - not feeling disappointed, but looking quite relaxed, apparently accepting his failure.Everyone hurriedly gathered around and asked a few questions, and then they found out that he had drawn Yatman in the second round.

You know, Yatman was able to fight against Ackerman, Jarling and Cedric's three-person team last year. Although Jarling couldn't make many useful suggestions, Cedric's head was very good. Still very flexible.And Yatman really likes wizard chess. When he is not bored, he almost always reads some books related to wizard chess, or tries to solve some classic endgames.So now, a year later, he can defeat the combination of Ackerman and Gabaton alone with almost no effort, and it is useless to add the other three people in Moon's dormitory.

If Artman hadn't been giving Barton a chance to hold on a little longer, Barton would have come out of the classroom a few minutes ago.

After the second round, the third round quickly began in full swing, and then the fourth round.

What everyone didn't expect was that after the fourth round started, Yatman was the first person to come out.

The seven little badgers looked at each other with regret and stepped forward to comfort Atman. Barton's glasses were only halfway wiped when he put them on the bridge of his nose.

Only Moon hesitated for a moment, while Atman didn't seem to be disappointed at all, but rather calm.

Sure enough, before the little wizards could say anything, Yatman shrugged and said: "I didn't lose, I was the first to win. My opponent is still studying the chess game inside - let's go, we can go to dinner. ”

A group of teenagers cheered in unison. Arlin also temporarily put aside his depressed mood and patted Yatman's shoulder hard. Milton swayed naively and sang a strange song that sounded like It is a newly composed tune: "Yatman is the king of the chessboard~ With him here we never need to panic~ He can always win easily~ In my heart he is the best~"

The cheers of the teenagers stopped abruptly, and everyone moved away from Milton with a tacit understanding, and cast a look of disgust.

Just celebrate, what's the point of being awkward?

A few young wizards are embarrassingly close to digging out a new basement for Hogwarts.

Milton seemed to be aware of his gaffe. He quickly calmed his expression, cleared his throat again, and said with a serious face: "Let's go, we should go to dinner."

"No, you are so stupid, we won't go with you." Barton said righteously, and then quickly broke through the defense in the next second.

for Milton charged at him with fists in the air.

Just like that, a small group of teenagers chased each other straight towards the auditorium.

Chapter 62 A banned book on the wrong set

After dinner, Moon, Milton and other eight little wizards took advantage of the break to go out to enjoy the breeze.

The moonlight is a little dim tonight, so the stars look extra bright.Moon searched for Orion in the sky for a long time. After finding it, he looked around with satisfaction. However, he happened to see Hagrid extinguish the lights of the hut from a distance, walk out of the hut with the big iron bucket, and head straight into the Forbidden Forest.

There were two sneaky little things following behind.

Just when Moon was hesitant to shout, destroying the Weasley twins' little plan that might cost them their lives, a black shadow suddenly appeared under Hagrid's feet and turned towards the Weasley brothers. The direction in which it was located started barking.

It's teeth.

Hagrid quickly looked back. It was obviously too late for Fred and George to escape. The two little troublemakers were caught by Hagrid.

It is estimated that the two of them must have been scolding each other in their hearts for a while.

After staying outside for a while, the little wizards turned back to the castle and walked towards the classroom used for the competition.

"Yatman, are you confident that you can win first place?" Gal came to Yatman's side and asked in a low voice: "With your strength, it must be easy."

Yatman shook his head very sincerely, "No, I think everyone is pretty good. There must be some wizards who can play chess better than me."

When Gal wanted to say something more to Yatman, the competition had already started again, and Gal had no choice but to let Yatman go and let him follow the other players into the competition classroom.

"You guys think, will Artman really not be able to win the championship..." After watching Artman go in, Gal muttered to everyone: "He is so good at wizard chess, if he still can't win it..." As for the championship, that championship is too awesome.”

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, no one knows what to say. After a while, it was Moon who saw that everyone remained silent, and finally said: "If you can't win the championship, you can't win the championship? Yatman is obviously just here to play chess, not for the championship. He doesn't care. Why should we have to expect him to win the championship? If we keep talking about the championship in front of him, it will affect his pure personality. This thought makes him easily worry about gains and losses and increases his stress."