The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

"What the hell is this?"

John stared at the 'monster books' in the cage and said dumbfounded.

"The Monster Book of Monsters, our new textbook for this year's Care of Magical Creatures class."

Link explained quietly, and now his expression was a little distorted.

Even though he had been mentally prepared, he was still shocked when he actually saw these books.

They are just too cruel.

"Hey! Link, are you kidding? Are we going to class with this kind of book?" John said in disbelief, "Why is Professor Kettleburn torturing us like this?"

"Professor Kettleburn has retired, so it was the new professor's idea."

Emily had a good impression of Professor Kettleburn during her previous trip and couldn't help but explain at this moment.

"Who is the new professor?"

The person who asked the question was not John or Cedric, but the clerk of the bookstore, "If you let me know who he is, I will break his legs! Merlin on top! I have been bitten five times this morning!"

After saying this, the clerk showed his swollen hand to Link and others, with a look of sadness and anger on his face.

Link smiled awkwardly and said:

"Well, I know the identity of the new professor, but I suggest you not do that?"

"why?"

"Because that guy's name is Rubeus Hagrid."

"Oh! That's really..."

The clerk muttered and stopped talking. Hagrid was a notoriously reckless man in the wizarding world of the country. Coupled with his huge size of more than four meters high, it was indeed not something that a small clerk could handle.

Cedric and others on the side also showed expressions of sudden realization when they heard this.

Indeed, as a follower who has been following Professor Kettleburn all year round, it is indeed reasonable for Dumbledore to choose Hagrid as the new professor.

It’s just this textbook…

Everyone was silent for a while, and they had a feeling that the next "Care of Magical Creatures Lesson" might become difficult.

After 3 minutes, Cedric finally raised his head and asked:

"Then do you know who the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is this year?"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone became interested.

The position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was cursed when Voldemort returned to school and wanted to take this position but was rejected by Dumbledore. That is, every professor who taught the Defense Against the Dark Arts course would not die well or would serve for less than a year.

Therefore, the identity of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is a topic of great interest to students and even many gossip wizards every year. After all, everyone wants to know who is so unafraid of death!

Although Cedric's question was addressed to everyone, everyone looked at Link when they heard it.

Everyone knows that if anyone has some inside information, it can only be Link.

Link chuckled slightly when he saw this and said:

"I can't reveal this to you in advance, but I can guarantee that his teaching level is far better than Quirrell and Lockhart. If nothing else happens, we should be able to really learn something next semester."

As soon as Link said this, except for Emily, who basically maintained unconditional trust in Link, everyone else showed an expression of unwillingness to believe it.

Link didn't explain much about this. After all, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Dumbledore hired two years ago was indeed too unreliable. It was normal for everyone not to believe him.

While several people were chatting, the poor clerk helped everyone take out "The Monster Book of Monsters" at the cost of being bitten twice more, bundled it with other books and handed it over.

After handing over the money and taking the books, everyone continued walking towards the depths of Diagon Alley, but they stopped again before they had gone far.

What attracted them this time was the display window of the Quidditch supply store.

At this moment, there is an exquisite streamlined flying broom inside.

"Firebolt..."

John was murmuring like he was dreaming, almost lying on the glass display window.

Although Cedric was not as gaffey as John, there was also an emotion called desire flashing in his eyes.

As for Link and Emily, they stood a little further away and laughed at the scene.

They don't have much interest in Quidditch.

"Link, do you think there will be anyone riding a Firebolt in games at Hogwarts this year?"

After looking at it for a while, Cedric asked curiously.

Due to Professor McGonagall's bad start, various school teams in Hogwarts are now engaged in an arms race.

Before Link could answer, John, who was lying on the window display, jumped up excitedly.

"This is impossible!"

John pointed to the description below the Firebolt and said, "The Firebolt is the most perfect competition broomstick to date, representing the highest level of craftsmanship! Every national Quidditch team around the world likes to use it! There is no mass production version of this broom. Yes, it can only be customized by appointment, and the cost is astronomical! I don’t believe that anyone can use this kind of broom to play College Cup Quidditch! Even a rich man like Draco Malfoy can’t!"

As if to prove the authenticity of his words, John also looked at Emily beside him.

Emily actually thought carefully about the possibility of Lucius buying Draco a Firebolt before nodding in agreement with John's statement.

This made John raise his head proudly.

Link on the side smiled and said nothing.

John is right, the Firebolt is indeed an ultra-high-end luxury product that far exceeds the average craftsmanship, and should not appear in Hogwarts at all.

But Harry, a son of the plane who was favored by the world, didn't care about these things.

Someone will naturally send firebolts and other arrows to him.

Just as Link was thinking, Harry's familiar voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

When everyone heard the news, they saw Harry greeting them across the street corner, with Ron and Percy standing beside him.

Harry and Ron obviously wanted to come this way, but they had just taken two steps when Percy behind them grabbed their collars and dragged them away with ugly expressions.

John sneered twice when he saw this scene.

He had been unhappy with Percy for a long time. In his opinion, the main reason why Percy refused to come over was that Cedric was much better than Percy. Percy had no way to show off in front of Cedric.

Unlike John, Cedric sighed lightly when he saw this, and said with some emotion:

"How dare you wander around outside at this time, how brave you are."

"Don't worry, he is protected by Aurors, so there will be no danger at all."

Link also said with a serious face, "On the contrary, it's us. Hogwarts is not peaceful this year. Everyone must be careful."

Hearing this, Cedric and Emily both nodded in agreement, presumably having received some news.

John was the only one at the scene who looked confused.