Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

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An hour later, the three Edgars who finally arrived at the town that Munn had just left began to split up and search for traces of Munn in the town.

When several colleagues urgently received Edgar's notice and came to Edgar's side again, the surrounding area had been destroyed beyond recognition by magic, and there was a charred corpse lying on the ground.

"It's the dark wizard." Edgar pointed to the corpse on the ground, his expression a little ugly. "The remnants of the Decay Moths, he seems to be looking for traces of that kid. I caught him and revealed himself. He didn't want to run away, but he still He wanted to kill me and silence me, but I killed him. We have to inform the minister immediately. Not only did Forrest really start to take action, but he also seemed to have exceeded our expectations. He still has a certain degree of control over the Decay Moths, and It's not like we thought before, he has been abandoned by the group of dark wizards who once worked for him."

Chapter 92 "starman"

Cornelius Fudge now only feels that he is one head and two heads older.

Things were developing bit by bit in the direction he least wanted to see.

Edgar killed a dark wizard over there, which was good, very good.The reason why Fudge previously wanted to retry Forest Dempsey and execute him directly was because he was most criticized for his lack of prestige and iron-fisted methods.Unlike his former "political rival" Barty Crouch, who has lost power, or in fact, just the opposite of Barty Crouch, Cornelius Fudge has always presented himself as a more moderate person.Of course, he himself can indeed be said to be a moderate, but this does not mean that he can always be a moderate, especially after taking office as minister. If possible, Fudge still hopes that he can make up for his shortcomings in this area. .

If he really succeeds, then he can get rid of the ridiculous "mild" and "weak" labels on himself, establish prestige, and gain more support.Secondly, through such an operation, he can also speed up his grasp of the Ministry of Magic, and even help him confirm the political stance and alignment of some people.

The ideas are good, but things don't always work out - not even all the time.

That damn Forrest Dempsey runs away, his wife is critically ill, and then what?His 11-year-old son was also restless, and actually managed to escape from the guards of many Aurors, and even ran out of Hogwarts.

Just this series of events, coupled with the news of Cornelius Fudge's arrangements in it, is enough for Cornelius Fudge to eat a pot.There was such a big mess just after taking office, one can only imagine what kind of rumors there will be.

What now?He received new news that Forest Dempsey seemed to have reconnected with that damned dark wizarding society, the Decay Moth, which had long since declined.This is simply a fucking fantasy. When did those son-of-a-bitch dark wizards become so particular about friendship?Forrest Dempsey had been thrown into Azkaban for several years, and they would still listen to Forrest Dempsey?

Is it too outrageous?

There is no doubt that this news must be suppressed, tightly suppressed. He does not even plan to tell anyone except a few of his die-hard fans - if this matter gets out, everyone will not think that it is that person. The people in the Dark Wizarding Association have brain problems, and they will only think that it is his fault.If he, Cornelius Fudge, hadn't insisted on retrialing Forrest Dempsey, how could all these messy things have happened?

Damn the Dark Order!Damn the decaying moths!Damn you bastard!Damn rebel!

All a bunch of jerks!

However, there is nothing he can do now.What else could he do?The deal is done, the matter has become a foregone conclusion. The only way he can do now is to continue to send more people to St. Mungo's and continue to increase his efforts to find that little brat who is as damnable as his father. If there is a problem on either side of the two sides, he I could hand over the position of Minister of Magic to someone else tomorrow.

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The bus was driving slowly and leisurely on the road, and Moon was a little drowsy sitting in the back seat - he didn't sleep much last night, and now he was starting to feel sleepy.

There were still two hours until he reached the next town. Once there, he could find a place to use Floo powder to go directly to Diagon Alley.Whether it was Hogsmeade or the previous town, theoretically there was no place for him to get floo powder.The uncles and aunts in Hogsmeade would just send him back to Hogwarts, and most of the people in the previous town would do the same, because it was too close to Hogwarts.

But in the next town, the situation will be much better. "Randall" can just find a wizard bar, pretend to be a little wizard who was educated at home, borrow a handful of Floo powder and go straight to the opposite corner. lane. [Note 1]

After all, not many little wizards could run all the way to a city so far away after escaping from Hogwarts. It was simply a fantasy to spread this.

There were not many people on this bus. Apart from the driver, there were only seven people in total. One of them was his uncle Golov who was sitting in the middle of the bus.Yes, Golov and Moon boarded the bus together. If not, there is no guarantee that the bus driver would have driven the bus directly to the door of the police station and asked the police to take Moon away and try to find a way to send this person who looked so immature. children come home.

Moon took out the Discman [Note 2] from his small bag. He took his mother An to London to buy this thing when the summer vacation was about to end this summer. He has not used it a few times since buying it.Now that he has left Hogwarts, he can finally enjoy himself for a while.

"Didn'tknowwhattimeitwasthelightswerelowohhow."

"Ileanedbackonmyradioohoh."

"Somecatwaslayin'downsomerock'n'roll'lottasoul,hesaid."

"Thentheloudsounddidseemtofadeaade."[Note 3]

Golov looked back at Moon, who had put on his headphones at some point, and felt that something was a little unreal.

Someone had just died in front of his nephew, not to mention that he had just experienced a war.

Why is this kid just catching up on his sleep while listening to music like he's just a normal person?

But then he thought again, the weird things his nephew had done were not just one or two. Not to mention these, none of the magic he just used seemed like something he could learn at Hogwarts—— It's not like Golov himself didn't attend Hogwarts.

It seems like this matter has become much easier to accept.

Golov couldn't help but smile a little, but he seemed to feel that it was a bit inappropriate. He quickly stopped smiling and turned to look out the window.

The rain did not stop, but it continued to rain even more.

I wonder what the weather is like over in London and whether Forrest Dempsey has launched an attack on St. Mungo's.

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[Note 1] Young wizards in the UK do not have to go to Hogwarts for education, especially those from pure-blood wizarding families. Some of them will choose other magic schools in foreign countries (different magic schools teach There are differences in concepts and teaching content), and some will receive family education directly at home.

[Note 2] Discman, also known as CD player, is a portable player launched by SONY in 1984. It is slightly larger. Although it is a portable player, it is not very "portable", but the sound quality is very good.In addition, Discman does not play tapes, but discs.

[Note 3] This song is "Starman" sung by David Bowie, from the album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars" released in 1972.

Chapter 93 Arriving in London

"I don't know how Moon is doing now..." The quill in Gal's hand was almost hairless. "You think nothing will really happen to him, right?"

"Don't be so talkative." Cedric said helplessly: "You keep saying this over and over again, even if Moon is fine, I still have to tell you what happened. And have you forgotten that we should try our best before Munn comes back? It’s better not to talk about these things. Didn’t he specifically tell us?”

Yaerlin leaned his head over and muttered: "According to Moon, it should be... don't raise the flag (set the flag)?"

The three little guys looked at me and I looked at you, and then they laughed together, but at the same time, there was a bit of worry in their eyes.

Early in the morning, he was an Auror, he was trying to escape from the school, he was pretending to be Randall Dempsey, and he specifically asked them to keep silent about it. If Moon hadn't encountered something important, The three of them would never believe it.But the problem is, they have nothing to do. After all, don't they just have to worry about it here?

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Standing in front of the fireplace of a wizard bar called "The Magic Teapot", Moon grabbed a handful of floo powder, thanked the boss first, and then said in a straight voice: "Diagon Alley", while speaking hard to He threw Floo powder at his feet.

Green flames rose up and swallowed up Moon completely in the blink of an eye. The next moment, the figure of the young man in the fireplace suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Golov, who arrived at the bar first, lowered the brim of his hat, drank the remaining brandy on the table, threw down the coins, and walked out of the bar quickly.With a wave of his wand, he apparated to the communal fireplace in Diagon Alley.

He did not use Floo powder with Moon because Floo powder is an important means of transportation for wizards in the British magical world, and the "floo network" [Note 1] it relies on is always monitored by the Ministry of Magic.Now that Forrest Dempsey has escaped from prison, and Randall disguised as Moon has slipped away from the surveillance of the Aurors and left Hogwarts, it doesn't take much to know that Fudge will definitely order strict monitoring of the floo network. usage status.

If the Ministry of Magic indeed monitors the Floo network here, then Munn using Floo powder alone can take the opportunity to expose his position. If Golov also uses Floo powder, the effect will be greater. discount.

"Ah... I hate floo powder." Munn patted the dust from his hair. Golov looked at his nephew with a smile. After he had done his hair, he waved his wand and put the clothes on Munn. The dust on it was also cleaned.

"What's next? Go directly to St. Mungo's?" It wasn't until Moon had tidied up his clothes and turned into the neat young man again that Golov asked: "Or do you have something else? What’s your plan?”

Moon thought for a while and then said: "I think it's okay. It's good to go early, but I'm a little hungry right now. How about... let's go get something to eat first?"

"Okay." Golov waved his wand again, making the suit on his body look a lot older. At the same time, he also got a big scarf to cover his face - if he doesn't do this, he will do it later. When they pass by the Leaky Cauldron, many people will probably recognize them.

Moon also took a baseball cap and a mask from the bag, covered himself tightly, and then followed Uncle Golov towards the Leaky Cauldron.

At this moment, they didn't look like wizards, but more like two Muggles visiting Diagon Alley.

Fortunately, this change of clothes had some effect after all. At least until they left the Leaky Cauldron and came to the streets of London, the old man and the young man were not recognized by anyone.

"Wait a minute, I'll leave a message for your Uncle Edgar." Golov stopped Moon, checked that no one was paying attention, and then quickly used his wand to leave a message on a brick outside the door of the Leaky Cauldron. He made a few marks, "This way, when they get here later, Edgar will know our next movements after seeing them."

Moon looked curiously at the strange crooked symbols on the bricks - they were completely unlike any language he knew.

Golov obviously saw Moon's curiosity. He put away his wand and explained: "This is the 'secret language' that your uncle, your mother, and several other uncles and aunts came up with when we were young. , only we can understand it, it is a little trick to deal with your grandpa and grandma, if you are interested, I can teach you later."

Moon naturally had no objections to this.

They had finished leaving all the messages they should have left. At Moon's suggestion, they found a Muggle restaurant to have something to eat, then took a taxi and headed straight to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies.

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Strictly speaking, this was Moon's first time coming to St. Mungo's. Before that, he had only heard of the name but not the appearance of this place.

This time he could satisfy his curiosity.

The two got off the car a street away from the Qingzhong Department Store - St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies is located in this Qingzhen Department Store.But they can't go in immediately because they have to pick up the real Randall.

After walking around the street twice, a "ghastly old bat" finally showed up at the entrance of the alley diagonally across from Qingzhen Department Store. Yes, it was Severus Snape.

The four of them were able to meet. As soon as he saw Munn, Randall's eyes suddenly turned red.He had been worried about Moon before. In any case, Moon was risking his life by pretending to be him.Even though Moon kept talking about revenge, Randall still felt that Moon took this risk because of him.

If the person who brought him to London hadn't been Professor Snape, Randall might have asked for news about Moon countless times.

"Professor." Moon bowed to Professor Snape, and Golov nodded politely.Snape also nodded, but then said: "Let's go to St. Mungo's."

Moon was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what Professor Snape meant. On the contrary, Golov was still a little confused.

But this is not Golov's problem. The main reason is that Golov did not know that Snape was injured.

In addition, Moon then thought about the fact that Professor Snape suddenly "changed his mind" on the spot and wanted to enter St. Mungo's with him...

I'm afraid it has something to do with Professor Dumbledore.

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[Note 1] Floo network is a network of fireplaces that can use Floo powder. In the original novel, if you want to use Floo powder to travel between fireplaces, both the starting point and the destination fireplace must be within the Floo network. Only in the middle will do.

Chapter 94 St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies

According to the original plan, when everyone arrived in London and entered St. Mungo's respectively, Moon would no longer maintain the identity of "Randall", but would use his original identity under the pretense of talking to Uncle Golov. I went in on the pretext of coming to St. Mungo's for medical treatment.At the same time, the two of them would also bring Randall with them. They just said that they met him on the way here. After understanding the situation, they brought him with them.

In a sense, this is almost an open challenge to Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic.

In any case, even if uncle Edgar drives away the few Aurors who are following him, when everything settles, his case of pretending to be Randall and deceiving the Aurors this time will definitely be exposed.

In fact, if possible, it would be better to use some magic that can temporarily change the appearance, or just take some polyjuice potion.If it's not possible, let Randall go into battle in person. It would be good to replace him when the time comes.But for some unknown reason, Uncle Golov and Professor Dumbledore actually let him go into battle. According to Moon's guess, they were probably using this method to express their dissatisfaction with Fudge.

Regardless of Professor Dumbledore or Uncle Golov, these two people must have not supported Fudge's idiotic plan from beginning to end, including the retrial of Forest Dempsey, which led to the smooth escape of the dark wizard leader, and even more Including Fudge, a fool who only knows how to imprison the little wizard.

And if they had followed the method they used at the beginning, after it was revealed that Moon was pretending to be Randall, although Professor Dumbledore could still be seen among them, the people in front would be the Shafik family.

Uncle Golov didn't care much, let alone fear this kind of thing, whether it was his friendship with officials at all levels of the Ministry of Magic, or the relationship brought by Aunt Nora's MACUSA.With Fudge's courage and skill, he would never really touch anyone from the Shafiq family.

However, for Professor Dumbledore, he obviously does not want to see his "ally" acting as a shield in front of him. This is not something Albus Dumbledore can do.

Therefore, it is estimated that this is the reason why there is such a drama that Professor Snape wants to enter St. Mungo's together - Professor Snape is really injured, which can make everything more justified.At the same time, this also tells Fudge that Professor Dumbledore is also taking a stand for this matter.

After understanding the joints, Munn naturally had no objections to this. Gorlov originally wanted to ask, but after seeing the look of understanding on Munn's face, he suppressed his curiosity. My heart is filled with kindness.

He could wait until later to ask his nephew, there was no need to waste time here.What's more, it's not that he can't understand Professor Dumbledore's meaning, he's just curious about Professor Snape's reason for entering St. Mungo's.

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Even on the streets of London in 1990, Cheong Jin Department Store can definitely be called a retro building - the walls here are even made of red bricks.

There are quite a few Muggles who come and go here every day, but to them, this is just an old department store that has been closed down. The sign saying it is closed for renovation has been up for a long time.But if you want to ask them how long the sign has been hanging on it, they will hesitate to answer, because the entire building has been enchanted, and Muggles cannot leave a trace here. A very real, concrete and profound impression.

Corresponding to the sign that was closed for renovation, the entire Cheongjin department store looked dilapidated. The only few dummies in the dirty windows had defects and cracks on them. They wore wigs and were dressed in different styles. Poss, the clothes he was wearing looked like he was almost as old as Moon.

Led by Professor Golov and Snape, they came to a female dummy wearing a green nylon skirt.

Before Golov could explain his purpose, Professor Snape took the lead and said in a calm voice: "I need to go to the Biological Injury Department on the second floor to see a doctor. In addition, we have to visit a patient, Melissa Dempsey."

Moon looked at everything curiously. Although he knew roughly what the process was, it was all from novels in his previous life, not his own real experience.Next to him, Randall lowered his head slightly, obviously thinking deeply.

Unlike Moon, Randall was not here for the first time, and he was not curious about the so-called entry process.

It may even feel a little painful.

After Professor Snape expressed his intention, the dummy in the window nodded slightly and shook its five connected fingers.After all these actions were completed, Professor Snape whispered "Follow me" and then walked straight through the glass and disappeared into the street.

Golov looked back at Moon and Randall and motioned for them to go first.Mu En nodded slightly and pulled Randall through the window glass in the same way - as if he suddenly stepped into a large air-conditioned room. The moment he touched the window glass, Mu En En almost couldn't help but shudder.However, in just one second, they escaped from that feeling and entered a quite comfortable and warm environment.

It’s just that the scene in front of me is not very comfortable:

Four Aurors were lined up in a row, holding wands in their hands pointed straight at their bodies.There was also an Auror standing next to him. He also held a wand, but he did not point it at a few people, but just hung it by his side.Moon recognized the Auror standing next to him. He had dark skin, a tall stature, and a golden earring on one ear. There was no doubt that this was Kingsley Shacklebolt.

This is a waiting room, but there are not many people at the moment. I am afraid that most of the patients with less serious symptoms have been sent home, and the remaining patients with more serious symptoms should have been admitted to different hospitals by St. Mungo's. The clinic is temporarily housed.In addition to the Aurors and patients, Moon could also see some wizards wearing green robes walking around quickly, probably St. Mungo's healers [Note 1].

After Moon and Randall came in, within a few seconds, Golov also walked out from behind. To be fair, he also received a wand - the kind pointed at his chest.

"Professor Snape, Mr. Shafik." Kingsley Shacklebolt said in his calm and gentle voice: "I'm very sorry to be so rude, but under special circumstances, I have to confirm the identities of the two of you. , and of course, the identities of the two young wizards. I hope you can cooperate so that we can let the four of them in as soon as possible and do...what you should do."

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[Note 1] Wizards do not call the hospital’s medical staff “Doctors”, but “Healers”

Chapter 95 doors

Any fool could see that Kingsley had no intention of becoming an enemy of Golov and Professor Snape, and was trying his best to restrain the other Aurors.

But those Aurors seemed to be more stupid than fools, even though Kingsley had been talking to Professor Golov and Snape in a softer tone, and tried to get both parties to put down their wands and talk properly (Severus ·Snape’s hand had been hidden in his cuffs, and Kingsley estimated that he must have been holding the wand tightly), but they still pointed the wand at the four of them and refused to put it down.

The behavior of these Aurors was as if they were afraid that others would not know that they wanted to arrest the four of them and put them in a small dark room.

Those who can become Aurors are often very outstanding ones among wizards. Although there are indeed some simple-minded guys with well-developed "limbs", judging from the resumes of most Aurors, it is obvious that they cannot really be better than fools. What a stupid guy.Therefore, without even thinking about it, we knew that they must be acting this way because of Cornelius Fudge's instructions.

No matter how high his status and strength were in the Auror office, Kingsley could not compete with the Minister of Magic who could speak better, even if the Minister of Magic had just taken office a few days ago.After all, before becoming Minister, Fudge had already been a well-known and powerful official in the Ministry of Magic.

Moon stood obediently behind, waiting for Uncle Golov to handle the matter while paying attention to Randall's condition.