Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

After saying that, the boy stood up, turned towards Slytherin, and said with a smile: "Hey, those two silly guys, you are right, so you two don't have to worry about being bitten by monsters, and monsters don't eat garbage either. Yes, you should be more worried about not being swept into the trash can by Mr. Filch and thrown out together."

Several Slytherin students who were laughing and joking suddenly became silent, and they all looked at Munn with wide eyes. Hufflepuff let out a few laughs in cooperation with Munn.

Of course, if you really want to cooperate, it depends on Gryffindor. Someone over there has already started smashing the table and whistling.

Chapter 129

Nathaniel and his friends were furious.

No matter how smart you are and how popular you are with professors, why would a second-year kid dare to directly humiliate others like this?

The Slytherins looked at each other, and finally they all stood side by side.Nathaniel even said in an exaggerated tone without smiling: "Moon Fox, right? I advise you to be careful with your words. Just because the professors pamper you doesn't mean that everyone will treat you as a treasure. , beware of being stuffed headfirst into the toilet one day."

Another senior Slytherin next to him echoed, "I think the toilet in the prefect's bathroom is good - oh, sorry, I forgot that he doesn't deserve to be in the prefect's bathroom, so let him go and fight with Moaning Myrtle." Keep me company."

Before Moon could retort, Tonks and Gabriel on the Hufflepuff side, Adam and Oliver on the Gryffindor side all stood up, as well as Garforth and Nash from Ravenclaw, and even Even on the long Slytherin table, Gemma, Ashley, and Laria yelled angrily at Nathaniel and his henchmen: "Shut your mouth, idiot."

Although these were just a few leaders, the next moment, all the members of the school newspaper office stood up, and then everyone's friends, you pulled me and I pulled you. In the blink of an eye, a large number of people stood up in the entire auditorium, all facing towards Nathaniel and the others glared at each other with unkind expressions.

Ever since he came to Hogwarts, Moon has never had fewer friends. Even if we don’t talk about the inside of the school newspaper office, there are also the two Gray brothers, people from the Wizarding Chess Club, and several members of the Weasley family. brothers and a whole bunch of little Hufflepuff wizards.

A great man once said that you should have many friends and few enemies, and Moon has always believed this.

Nathaniel's friends were all startled, and their expressions became unnatural. Only Nathaniel sneered, but said with some momentum: "Why, it's in the school newspaper every day. The people who clamored against school bullying are now engaging in school bullying themselves?"

Moon curled his lips, "Why, you, a person who frequently uses magic to tease lower-grade students, are now afraid that you will be bullied on campus? If I remember correctly, you just bullied the first-year Gryffindors last week. Warren was locked up in the old classroom on the third floor all morning, right? Why didn't I see you so opposed to school bullying at that time?"

A large number of whistles sounded, and Gryffindor taunted Nathaniel directly. The person involved, Warren, nodded desperately and looked at Nathaniel, although his eyes were still full of timidity. The confidence to look directly.

"I'm a bastard. Why, do you, a glamorous guy like you, have to look up to me?" Nathaniel's face was full of shamelessness, and a smile of 'what can you do to me' was clearly hanging on the corner of his mouth. He almost ignored the gazes of others, and even when his friends pulled his hand down, he slapped it away.

Everyone in Munn was stunned. Good guy, when I was reading books in my previous life, I thought that Malfoy, a bad guy who always humiliated people, was already annoying enough. Now, he actually showed up like this, and even lost his face. Don’t want them all?

No one noticed that Gavin Travers, who was sitting next to Gemma, had his head buried in his mouth and gnawed on the pie, his eyes filled with joy.

Yes, he was glad that he and Nathaniel were not in the same group - although he always liked to bully those little brats, Nathaniel had always been at odds with him, and the two of them had always been at each other's throats. I'll do it to you, don't do it to anyone else.Of course, since he tasted the horror of Moon's Blood Tongue Curse and Legilimency, he has long since changed his ways and become an honest man.

In addition to being happy, Gavin also had other small thoughts at the moment: for example, he hoped that Moon could repair Nathaniel Carlo, who was so arrogant every day, just like he repaired himself.

"Even if I use the same method to deal with you, it's not a mistake. To deal with rubbish, it's not bad to use rubbish methods." Moon said with a smile, "You shouldn't think that I am some Huairou sect, tit for tat." I quite like the idea of ​​an eye for an eye. Of course, the school has school rules, so you can rest assured that I won't stuff you into the toilet in the prefect's bathroom - I mean, you Have you forgotten that you are not qualified to enter the senior bathroom?"

Nathaniel was about to speak, but was interrupted by Moon. "But don't forget, school bullying involves more than just stuffing people into the bathroom toilet. Since you like school bullies so much, Ling, then you should try something similar for yourself."

After saying that, Moon waved vigorously to the little wizards who stood up, smiled and thanked the student representatives who had finished their speeches, and then pulled a few roommates next to him and left the auditorium directly.

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The conflict between Moon and Nathaniel spread very quickly, and almost the whole school knew about it in less than one class.In the second-year Hufflepuff's Charms class on Friday afternoon, Professor Flitwick even took advantage of the little wizards' practice time to come over and ask a few gossipy questions.

Moon himself didn't take this matter seriously. It was just a small conflict that happened by chance. He could think of seven or eight ways to deal with Nathaniel even when he went to the toilet. For example, he Since you don't like to be shameless so much, just help him tear off all the shame.

In contrast, there are many more important things waiting for him.

Such as Professor Snape's class tonight.

however……

"Professor? Professor?" Moon knocked on the door a few times and was waiting outside. Professor Snape suddenly opened the door. The room was dark. Looking through the crack in the door, the whitest thing was actually the sallow color of the professor. face.

"Huh?" Professor Snape looked at Moon with disgust, "You don't have to knock so many times, I'm not deaf yet."

"Uh..." Moon was a little confused as to why the professor suddenly seemed to have taken the wrong medicine today. He only knocked on the door three times in total. The key is that he knocked on the door three times last time. "Professor, I It’s coming——”

"Go to Professor Dumbledore, I'm not free tonight."

Before Moon could finish his words, Professor Snape coldly said this and then slammed the door with a bang.

Moon was a little speechless, good guy, go find Professor Dumbledore, right? OK, I will go to Professor Dumbledore to learn black magic and see if Professor Dumbledore will throw me into the black lake. Field freestyle test.

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Chapter 1: Change of Face

"Haha, Professor Snape should not be free today. He may have been a little anxious recently and forgot to inform you. In fact, I told him a long time ago and asked him to tell you to come to my place tonight." Dumbledore The professor smiled happily, which was correct. Anyway, it was Moon who was rejected, not him.

Who dares to shut the door on him?

Moon curled his lips and looked at the smiling Professor Dumbledore, thinking that he would find an opportunity to slam the door in front of the old man in the future.

for sure!

The old man completely turned a blind eye to the complaints in Munn's eyes. Just as Munn thought, it was not him who was locked out of the door anyway. Besides, when he thought of Munn's wonderful expression at that time, he couldn't help but feel a little funny.

He really couldn't help it, and there was nothing he could do.

"Well, that's right." Professor Dumbledore, who smiled for a while and was finally satisfied, suddenly remembered something again and looked at Moon curiously. "I heard that you are going to bully your classmates?"

Moon smacked his lips, that's it?That's it?Is this the greatest white magician of our time? Is this what you're over 100 years old?Good guy, your level of gossip is even more outrageous than that of my aunt Susan downstairs.

"Yes, don't worry, I will never bully a child like this without sneak attack, knocking on a sap and putting a sack on it." The young man said angrily, and the hot cocoa cup in his hand was almost scratched by his palms.

"You can use it, just don't get caught." Professor Dumbledore joked, "Otherwise I'll have Professor McGonagall put you in solitary confinement."

"Shut it down, shut it down, it's best to lock it up until I graduate from the seventh grade." Moon took another big mouthful of hot cocoa. What could he do? Wasn't he just at the mercy of others?drink?It's just bitter wine... The bitter drink makes your throat hurt.

When the old man saw Moon rolling around like this, he couldn't help laughing again, which made Moon even more depressed.

"What do you want to see me for today? If nothing happens, I'll go back and read."

"Ah, when you interrupted me, I almost forgot about the main thing." Professor Dumbledore gently tapped his forehead with his finger, full of grace and elegance.

That’s it…

Why do you mean I'm interrupting?What kind of mistake did I make? (╯￣Д￣)╯èT╛I can’t help but lift the table! Hey!

"Ahem -" Professor Dumbledore looked at Moon, who was about to bite his teeth. He quickly suppressed his smile and said seriously: "Well, I still remember the place where Quirrell entered when you predicted it. Is there a Room of Requirement?"

"Remember." As soon as they got down to business, the old man and the young man suddenly became much more normal - their expressions changed at a very fast speed. "You should be talking about the room full of bookshelves?"

"That's right." The old man nodded slightly. "The night Jacob Saul broke in, his destination was exactly there. Of course, I think you must also know about this, because before I caught Saul, I was I received the summons from Fox, so I waited at the door of the Room of Requirement.”

Looking at the smile on Professor Dumbledore's face, Moon immediately understood what he meant and said in surprise: "So when you caught the werewolf, the Room of Requirement..."

"Well, it is open, and now we have taken out everything inside. Professor Snape will check the contents one by one later. Of course, you will also have to assist. Maybe your prophecy talent A smart mind can help a lot." Professor Dumbledore said: "Of course, you don't have to be too stressed. If you can find the best thing, it's not a big problem if you can't find it."

"In that case, why did Professor Snape tonight..." Moon was a little confused.

"Ah, this, I think, is probably because Professor Snape's interrogation process may not go smoothly, and if he can't find anything out tonight, Jacob Thor will be arrested by the Ministry of Magic early tomorrow morning. People took it away.”

"Wait, you said..." Moon was completely confused now. He looked at Professor Dumbledore with shock on his face. He never expected that Professor Dumbledore would give such an answer.

What does it mean that Jacob Thor is still at Hogwarts?

This means that Professor Dumbledore must have intervened in Fudge's decision, and it means that the relationship between the two people who had already become tense due to the Randall incident may now plummet again.

It means that the old man in front of him...has once again undergone some changes under his influence.

In fact, in the original work, Albus Dumbledore always refused invitations from the Ministry of Magic out of his own disgust and fear of power [Note 1], and had a considerable degree of patience with Fudge - until Harry Before Leigh was harshly criticized by the Ministry of Magic for the incident of dementors breaking into Little Whinging [Note 2], the old man still hoped that Cornelius Fudge would change his mind, and therefore left room for him to not completely break up with Cornelius Fudge. ·Fudge breaks up.If Cornelius Fudge hadn't behaved completely incorrigibly in that trial, and even clamored to change the law to hold Harry accountable, Albus Dumbledore might have left a gap between him and Fudge. Next bit of room for easing.

But now, in the short period of time when Fudge came to power, Dumbledore actually openly opposed Fudge twice. If there was no impact of his actions and words, Moon would have been beaten to death. I won't believe it either.

Of course, this does not mean that Albus Dumbledore was that easily influenced by others.To be precise, it was what Moon did and said that triggered the old man's thinking, causing the old man to re-examine Fudge's actions in the Randall incident, and therefore partially agreed with Moon's view.

"Don't be so surprised, Moon." Professor Dumbledore smiled and shook his head. "I have to say that your opinion of Fudge is spot on. Judging from his performance since taking office, he is indeed somewhat blinded by power. In this case, I think he might make some...less rational decisions, so it would be better for us to interrogate Jacob Saul first."

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[Note 1] Please note that the "fear" here does not mean that Albus Dumbledore is really afraid of power. He is actually afraid of himself after gaining too much power. Albus Dumbledore because of his past I have always been worried that once I gain power, I will gradually be blinded by the power and do some terrible things.

[Note 2] This refers to the incident in the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth original novel of Harry Potter, when Harry and his cousin Dudley encountered a dementor in Little Whinging at the beginning.

Chapter 131 The Mystery of the Marauder's Map

Moon did not respond to Professor Dumbledore's explanation, but nodded clearly.

Because he had nothing to respond to, and he shouldn't respond. Since Professor Dumbledore partially agreed with his previous views, the discussion on this matter can end here, and both parties can agree on more things to come. No need to declare it, there is no need to say it clearly.

"Besides, do you have anything else to ask me about?"

The old man nodded and said, "I have nothing to do, Moon. The point is, do you have something to tell me?"

Professor Dumbledore's eyes were quite calm, as if he was just asking a casual question. Moon couldn't help but scratch his head with a wry smile, and then said: "Yes, Professor, I do have something to tell you. "

There is no doubt that although Professor Dumbledore did not ask much about anything that night, he obviously saw that Moon was hiding something at that time, and that Moon did not learn about Jacob Thor through prophecy. Er's position, but used other methods.

In fact, since the old man chose to ask in this way, it meant that he left room for Moon to refuse to answer.Yes, Moon could refuse to answer, or he could just give him any reason to fool him, but that would be meaningless.He wanted to keep the Marauder's Map for the sake of the overall situation, but if he wanted to increase the distance between him and the old man, let the two people finally build up the layers of trust little by little. Blemishes and cracks are a small gain.

In terms of its impact on the overall situation, it is self-evident that the Marauder's Map is more important than the trust between Professor Dumbledore and the Marauder's Map.

Moon took off the velvet bag from his waist, dug out the paper with the Marauder's Map on it, spread it out, raised his wand, and said softly: "I solemnly swear that I will not do bad things."

The ink began to smear on the paper, gradually turning into handwriting, symbols and lines, criss-crossing each other. In just a moment, a complete map of Hogwarts was laid out on the paper. .

"This is a magic map called the Marauder's Map. It depicts most of the entire Hogwarts area, and can mark the locations of people in Hogwarts in real time." Moon completed the changes to the Marauder's Point. Pushing the map towards the old man, he said, "I relied on it to learn the location of Jacob Saul."

The old man did not rush to look at the map. Instead, he showed undisguised doubts and looked at Munn quietly.

More than ten seconds passed, and Moon was even a little embarrassed by the sight. Professor Dumbledore clicked the Marauder's Map with his fingertips with great interest. "I think if it were me, I wouldn't necessarily hand over this thing." For others, especially at your age - well, not to mention there are several rather hidden secret passages recorded on it."

The old man laughed at what he said, while Moon spread his hands and said helplessly: "But I did give it to you. To be honest, if this didn't happen this time, I would have I didn’t really want to hand over this thing so early. I originally wanted to hand it over next year. As for the reason... you’d better not ask. I didn’t plan to tell you if you asked me anyway. But since you have already asked, if I try to hide it again , that would be a bit excessive.”

"So, this is your little secret?" the old man asked teasingly while looking at the map.

"Yes, and for now, you are the only person besides me who knows that I have this map." Moon said bluntly.

The old man raised his eyebrows and glanced at Moon again with a smile. "Then I think I should say thank you for your trust in me, a bad old man."

After saying that, before Moon could reply, Professor Dumbledore lit the Marauder's Map with his wand again, levitating it, and then exclaimed, "It's a very sophisticated magic. I dare say even some adult wizards can do it." There is no way to make this thing, but it is probably not your handiwork. I found some interesting traces on it. These traces are obviously not something you will come into contact with-unless you have sneaked into some restricted areas of the school. .”

"Well, I did not draw this map." Moon replied affirmatively. "To be honest, I think this map is very... strange. It looks old, but the spell on it is still perfect. It remains powerful and can even capture your movements.”

"Ha, your feeling is right, Moon." Professor Dumbledore turned the map over, and then directed the map to fall back on the table. "This is a very interesting spell - the Human Traces Curse. When solidified When on the map, this spell can help show traces of human activities within the map. But as you can feel, this spell also has its limitations. If the people who appear within the map have high mana, or it is used This spell may fail in certain magical locations. And this map—"

The professor clicked on the Marauder's Map with his wand. "The reason why it can perfectly present the original appearance of Hogwarts and faithfully reflect the location of everyone in the castle without any interference is because the map maker Used a clever trick."

"The maker of the map connected it to the 'magic system' of Hogwarts Castle. In other words, a more appropriate statement should be that this map was made into a part of Hogwarts." Dumble Professor Lido waved his wand in the air, and a three-dimensional castle light and shadow appeared in front of Moon's eyes. "As you know, Hogwarts Castle has been subjected to countless complex, powerful, and interlocking magics, but making this map I think they are a few young people, because their method of casting spells is still a little immature. These young people probably broke into a room that they were not allowed to enter, found something, and got it from those He found a way to connect his magical artifacts to Hogwarts Castle."

As he spoke, Professor Dumbledore waved his wand, and a thread was pulled out of the light and shadow of the castle and woven into a piece of parchment out of thin air.

"Although they violated the school rules, I think they can be regarded as very outstanding just based on this wonderful trace spell and this kind of ingenuity."

The professor waved gently, dispelling all the light and shadow floating in the air, and then pushed the Marauder's Map back to Moon. "Okay, put it away."

Chapter 132 His shortcomings

[Additional Note] Ms. J.K. Rowling clearly mentioned in her subsequent supplementary explanation that the way the Marauder's Map tracks others is through the curse, that is, the information about the trace curse cast on the Marauder's Map is the original work. set up.However, the following two settings, "The Limitations of the Human Traces Curse" and "The Marauder's Map's powerful surveillance of Hogwarts is because the map was made into a part of this magical castle" are all original creations of the author and are patched. Behavior, because otherwise, no one can explain why the four of them didn't make more Marauder's Maps after they officially joined the Order of the Phoenix. This is already a strategic weapon, and its significance is as great as giving it to the Order of the Phoenix. A copy of Albus Dumbledore.

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"Huh?" Moon looked at the Marauder's Map that was pushed back and couldn't help but be startled.

"Put it away. This map is not only very 'useful', but it is also very dangerous. If it falls into the hands of someone with ulterior motives, the entire Hogwarts will be in danger, so you must keep it safe." Professor Lido smiled kindly and even peeled off a piece of candy and put it in his mouth. He seemed to be in a good mood.

Moon poked the Marauder's Map with his wand to dispel the magic on the map, then put the map into a velvet bag, and then said: "As you said, so, I thought you would -"

"Do you think I will take it away?" The old man shook his head gently. "Moon, will you use this map to do something that will harm Hogwarts and the professors and classmates?"

"of course not."

"Then will you use it to do something dangerous and seriously violate school rules?"

"Well, it might violate school rules, but it's definitely not serious..."

The old man clapped his hands and said, "Look, since you said so, why should I take this map away? Besides, you personally delivered it to me."

Moon scratched his itchy arm, thought for a moment, and asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will use this map to spy on you?"

"After I know its existence, if I don't want you to see me, I'm afraid you won't be able to see me." The professor said with a smile, "Ah, as for normal times, I think you will never be bored. Watch an old man pace around the office.”

"Ahem -" Moon lowered his head after being choked. Well, to be honest, he did do this. He was mainly curious about how many laps Professor Dumbledore could walk around the desk.

The old man laughed for a moment and couldn't help but joke again: "I think your little dance partner would be very sad if he knew about this kind of thing. Of course, I'm not asking you to pry into your classmates' lives."

Moon almost choked again, but what could he say?Do you want to admit that when you are fine, you really look to see where Violet is and what she is doing?

This kind of idiotic behavior would not be admitted even if he were beaten to death.

But having said that, so far, since getting the Marauder's Map, the person he has seen the most is not Violet or Professor Dumbledore...

But a certain Wormtail who became addicted to being a mouse.