The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

In the messy clearing, Link stood with a gloomy expression.

Blake's escape made him feel extremely bad.

The Dementors, who are very sensitive to human emotions, have already escaped at this moment, not wanting to anger the current Link.

Even Arkham and Yo-Yo, who were closest to Link in the past, secretly found excuses to go to the Whomping Willow.

After a long time, Link took a deep breath and turned to look at Hogwarts Castle behind him.

Although the battle just now was very fierce, with the help of the super-sensory spell, he still sensed that the black shadow that rescued Black flew out of the castle.

Obviously, this is a traitor hiding in Hogwarts, and he is very powerful.

As for why the dementors suddenly appeared here.

This question is also easy to answer.

"Hiss!~" (Link, we caught a cat at the Whomping Willow!)

Arkham climbed onto Link's lap and said, while the yo-yo next to it was flying in the air, holding Hermione's Crookshank in its paws.

It was obvious that the dementors were attracted by this cat.

As for why it wanted to help Blake, only God knows.

Maybe for love?

Link couldn't help but have such an idea.

Link looked at the ugly ginger cat, nodded and said:

"Good job."

After saying that, he picked up Crooked Mountain with one hand and walked towards Hogwarts Castle.

At this moment, the lights in Hogwarts Castle were already bright, and everyone gathered in the auditorium again under Dumbledore's order.

Link caught everyone's attention as soon as he entered the foyer, and Dumbledore and other professors walked up directly.

There is no other reason. The professors have been looking for him as a missing person for a long time.

"Link! Where have you been?"

Professor Sprout was the first to bear the brunt, and immediately rushed forward and grabbed Link. As he spoke, he repeatedly touched Link's body to check if he was injured.

Link didn't resist, and just threw Crookshank into the auditorium and let Professor Sprout inspect him.

At the same time, he turned to Dumbledore and explained:

"Black infiltrated Hogwarts and attacked me. I went after him earlier."

As soon as Link said this, the crowd in the auditorium screamed in surprise.

The expressions of all the professors also changed suddenly.

Professor McGonagall looked back at the students who were getting excited again. He instinctively felt that this was not a good place to ask questions, and immediately proposed to take Link back to the office for further questioning.

But before she could really speak, Snape on the side couldn't wait to speak first:

"So you caught him?!"

"Just a little bit," Link turned to look at Snape and said, "A mysterious man shrouded in black shadow rescued him."

"who's that person!"

Snape became more excited and took two steps forward to ask.

"Snape!"

"Severus!"

As soon as Snape opened his mouth, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall stopped him.

Then Dumbledore looked back at the crowd that was already gathering in their direction, and then continued:

"Go back to my office and continue talking."

After saying that, he took Link and the professors back to the principal's office on the eighth floor without waiting for Snape to nod.

Dumbledore's office is still the same as when Link last came. The only difference is that Harry and Ron are also in it.

When everyone came in, the two of them were arguing with the portraits of the previous principals on the wall. They gave up after discovering Dumbledore.

"Harry, Ron, you can go back and rest first."

"Ah? But..."

After listening to Dumbledore's instructions, Harry stammered, obviously unwilling.

Especially Ron, who had been winking at Link with concern, as if asking why Link was brought here by such a professor.

But facing Dumbledore, the two of them obviously had no right to refuse, and they were eventually kicked out.

It was only at this time that Dumbledore finally sat behind his eagle-legged table and said to Link:

"You were not the only one who was attacked by Black tonight, there were also Harry and Ron. When Ron woke up in the middle of the night, he happened to find Black holding a sharp knife and preparing to attack him. Fortunately, Black retreated in the end for unknown reasons."

Link nodded expressionlessly. What Dumbledore said was pretty much what he expected.

The only problem with the information Dumbledore knew was that Black was not trying to kill Ron and Harry at all. His real target was the rat Scabbers who was sleeping in Ron's arms, that is, Peter Pettigrew.

After initially explaining the situation, Dumbledore finally got to the point and said with a serious face:

"Then it's your turn now. Tell me, Link, what are the characteristics of the mysterious man who rescued Sirius Black?"

"His whole body was shrouded in black mist. I didn't even see a hair on his head."

Link said this, and everyone present looked disappointed.

But at this moment, Link changed the subject and said:

"But if I guess correctly, that should be Professor Lupin."

Now everyone was excited again, especially Snape.

Dumbledore raised his hand to stabilize the situation and said:

"Why do you say that?"

"Lupin, Sirius, Pettigrew and Harry's father, James Potter, were very good friends when they were students. It makes sense that they would help each other, right?"

"But Sirius betrayed James and his wife, and it is impossible for Remus to help such a traitor!"

Hearing this, Link grinned.

Of course he couldn't tell that the real traitor was Peter Pettigrew, because he couldn't explain how he knew about it.

But that didn't mean that he couldn't prove that it was Sirius who was rescued by Lupine.

"We don't need to argue about these things." Link smiled. "If you want to know if it is Lupin, just go and see if he is still in Hogwarts."

As soon as Link said this, Snape rushed out of the office without waiting for Dumbledore's instructions.

When Dumbledore and other professors saw this, they also fell silent and waited silently.

After a while, Snape returned.

"Lupine is gone!"

He first announced the result, then looked at Dumbledore with those deep pool eyes, and said angrily:

"I told you a long time ago that you must not let that wolf cub Lupin enter Hogwarts! Are you okay now? He has become Sirius Black's traitor on our side! Dumbledore! You must Take responsibility for this!"

After speaking, Snape slammed the door and left, leaving only the expressionless Dumbledore and the silent professors.

Professor McGonagall took a few steps forward to comfort Dumbledore, but the latter shook his head in refusal.

Then he looked at Link and said calmly:

"Link, you should go back and rest first. We will take care of this matter."

Link did not refuse, but nodded and saluted and left quickly.

He returned to Hogwarts Castle this time to find out whether Lupine was still in school, so as to prove whether his guess was correct.

Now that the goal is achieved, it is natural to do serious things.

The so-called serious matter is to start the operation to arrest Blake in advance.

After all, Black obviously knew the secret of his body's past, so there was no need for Link to make a deal with Snape and the others.

But as soon as Link came downstairs, he saw Snape standing in the shadow of the corner.

The other party didn't speak, just tilted his head expressionlessly, and then walked into the unmanned classroom beside him.

Link chuckled upon seeing this and followed.

If Snape wanted to continue making deals with him, he would not refuse.

Then we can make a reference with Blake's version.

……

In the empty classroom where the Mirror of Erised was placed, Link and Snape stood opposite each other.

At this time, Snape had returned to his usual calm demeanor, obviously having activated Occlumency.

"I need you to catch Blake."

Without any politeness, Snape immediately stated his purpose.

Out of respect for Professor Snape, Link did not chuckle back as before, but also activated Occlumency and said expressionlessly:

"Of course I can do this. My lovely hounds can't wait."

Link changed the topic, "But, shouldn't you also tell me the things I want to know now?"

Hearing this, Snape was silent, and after a while he said coldly:

"Sorry, I can't tell."

"Huh!" Link moved his neck and sighed, "Then you just want to have sex for free."

"Is it free? It's an apt metaphor, but I won't do such a thing."

As he spoke, Snape took out a black notebook as thick as a dictionary from his robe pocket and said, "This is a note that summarizes all the potion formulas and experimental records I have made in the past 20 years.

You have studied potions with me for so long, so you should know its value very well.

I can give it to you right now if you promise to capture Sirius Black. "

Snape's words almost broke Link's Occlumency.

In the magical world, knowledge is power is not just a simple chicken soup for the soul, but something that can actually be seen and felt.

Theoretically speaking, with this kind of knowledge system that has a stronger sense of feedback, people should make more spontaneous efforts to learn and then become stronger.

But such a strange phenomenon often occurs in the magical world.

That is, for many wizards at the bottom of society, the moment they graduate from school is already the peak of their personal strength.

From now on, the strength of most wizards will not only not improve, but will gradually decrease as their bodies age.

Many people who are new to the magic world will think that this is due to the limited talent of these wizards or not working hard enough.

But is this really the case?

Not at all!

The reason why these people's strength cannot be improved is that all kinds of advanced magic potion knowledge (xx information) are monopolized by the Ministry of Magic and various big families!

People won’t teach you for nothing!

Take the Illusion Charm and advanced potion knowledge as examples.

Ordinary little wizards generally have only one chance to learn the above two kinds of knowledge in their lives.

Among them, the Illusion God Curse requires you to obtain NEWT excellent transcripts in at least 10 courses upon graduation, then join the Ministry of Magic and undergo Auror training before you can learn it. The difficulty is comparable to that of thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.

As for advanced potions knowledge, you need to get at least an 'exceeds expectations' score in the Potions OWL exam before you can continue to take Snape's advanced potions classes in your senior year.

Most people cannot do such a high level of difficulty.

And in such a closed environment, the notebook Snape was holding was even more precious.

This is what a potion master has learned throughout his life!

Putting such a notebook outside will definitely cause all the potion masters to rush for it.

Everyone knows that as long as you can get it, even if you don't understand the profound knowledge above, you can become the best potion master just by relying on the potion formulas in it!

But Link gradually calmed down after being excited for a while.

He suddenly discovered that if he really accepted the notebook, the nature of the transaction would have changed from a forced pursuit of the truth to a coercive exchange of interests.

This will greatly hurt the relationship between him and Snape!

To be fair, Link really didn't want this.

Because Snape was really kind to him.

Whether it was teaching him how to be a master or standing up for him at critical moments, Snape basically did the best he could.

Facing such an elder, Link really didn't want to break his heart.

So, after struggling for a long time, Link, a guy who often calls himself a refined egoist, sighed and said softly:

"Sorry, I can't have it."

"why!"

Snape was angry. He clenched his fists and said, "If you want the truth, I really can't tell you! Dumbledore and I made an 'unbreakable oath' back then!"

Snape stepped forward again and forced the note into Link's arms and said:

"This is the best thing I can give! Take it away quickly, and then catch that trash Sirius Black! You, please do it for the sake of our teachers and students!"

In the end, Snape's Occlumency could no longer be maintained.

What he said was the lowest posture he could assume.

After hearing this, Link closed his eyes in pain.

Because he found out that he had been tricked!

The Unbreakable Vow, an extremely rare wizarding contract.

Violators will be killed immediately!

After making such a terrible oath, Snape and Dumbledore certainly couldn't tell him any information.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier, nothing would have happened. Look at what you've done now. Aren't you wasting my feelings?"

Link pulled his hair and kept complaining.

But when Snape saw this, his expression was a little dull, as if he hadn't reacted yet.

"Oh! Don't say anything, I will catch Sirius Black." Seeing this, Link sighed, "Of course, I'm not doing it for this book, but because Professor Snape, you just begged me like that. ."

"Who, who begged you! Were your ears bitten by Hu Meizi and became deaf?"

Snape cursed angrily.

Link also closed his mouth at the right time.

Because he knew that an arrogant person like Snape would really hit someone if he continued to tease him.

With a grin, Link was about to stuff the notes into his seamless stretch pocket.

At this moment, Snape suddenly grabbed Link's hand and said with an annoyed look:

"Don't you want it?"

Hearing this, Link also straightened his face and asked:

"Why, some people didn't give me a Christmas gift this year. Shouldn't I be compensated?"