The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Link directly added this skill point to Occlumency without much hesitation, raising Occlumency to LV5.

At this stage, what matters to Link is still Mike's stability, which is a matter of life and death.

Afterwards, the group finally returned to Hogwarts.

At this time, the students had been gathered into the auditorium again, but this time the ones guarding the students were no longer prefects and professors, but a dozen Aurors wearing black windbreakers and standing tall.

With Aurors present, the students felt much safer.

As a result, the entire auditorium now doesn't feel like a temporary refuge at all, but more like a unique banquet with constant laughter and laughter.

Some students even surrounded the Aurors and asked naive questions about how to become an Auror.

Aurors will definitely not be able to enter Hogwarts without leadership.

And this is indeed the case. As soon as Link and others entered the principal's office, they met the chubby Minister of Magic, Connery Fudge.

At this time, Fudge looked extremely nervous and was pacing back and forth in the office.

After seeing Dumbledore again, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked a few steps over and shouted:

"Dumbledore! Has anyone been caught?"

Dumbledore didn't speak, but stepped aside slightly, revealing Sirius and his group behind him.

Fudge suddenly became ecstatic, pumping his fist and shouting:

"I knew it! I knew you could do it!"

He turned around and said evilly to Sirius:

"You can't run away this time! Such a vicious guy doesn't even have to go to the Wizengamot Council Court. I can sentence you to death directly!"

Sirius was also angry, roaring and about to pounce on him, but luckily Lupine next to him held him back.

But this also frightened Fudge so much that he hid behind Dumbledore.

"Don't worry, Mr. Minister, it's not that simple." Dumbledore pushed Fudge away speechlessly, then pointed at the crying Peter Pettigrew who had collapsed into a ball and said, "That's it, we are arresting While Black was there, he also discovered Peter Pettigrew, who had died 12 years ago. After preliminary..."

Dumbledore slowly told the whole story.

As Dumbledore spoke, Fudge's expression became more exciting.

His eyes widened, and he kept looking at Sirius and Pettigrew, and he rubbed his eyes from time to time, as if he was afraid that he was hallucinating.

"Mr. Minister, this is probably what happened. Although I think Black should have been wronged. But after thinking about it, in the end I still think that Black and Peter should be handed over to the Ministry of Magic. I believe that the Ministry of Magic should give A fair verdict for them, right?”

Seeing that Fudge had been in a daze, Dumbledore finally reminded him.

His tone was very gentle, but Link could still hear a hint of threat in it.

Fudge could naturally hear this.

He shuddered, and then a smile as bright as a daisy bloomed on his fat face.

"Of course! The Ministry of Magic under my leadership will never wrongly accuse any good person, nor let any bad person go! Don't worry, Dumbledore!"

Fudge said cheerfully.

The smile on his face was sincere, and the joy in his heart was real.

This can be seen by everyone present.

As for his thoughts, Link can actually understand them.

The first reaction of ordinary people when encountering such an old injustice case is definitely to think that something bad is going on, that it will cause great damage to the reputation of the Ministry of Magic, and may even feel that their own career will be ruined because of this incident.

But this is not the case.

Because the person who wrongfully accused Sirius and sent him to prison was not Fudge, but the former Minister of Magic.

There was no need for Fuji to help cover it up.

He even said that if he handled this matter well enough, he would come out and apologize, then sternly accuse the Ministry of Magic of the past bad habits, and finally cooperate with the Daily Prophet to publicize it.

On the contrary, the public's personal favorability towards him will skyrocket.

After all, there were too many bad things done when liquidating Voldemort's old forces (such as the acquittal of Lucius Malfoy on the grounds that he was controlled by the Imperius Curse), and the reputation of the Ministry of Magic in the hearts of the people has long been tainted.

As for whether this matter would affect his former minister, Fudge didn't even care.

It is an eternal truth that people drink tea when they leave.

With such emotions, Fudge looked at Sirius and Pettigrew with increasingly hot eyes, as if he were a hungry wolf staring at its prey.

This made Sirius and Pettigrew particularly uncomfortable, and the latter almost fainted from fear.

At this moment, Dumbledore, who couldn't stand it anymore, coughed twice and said:

"Ahem, Mr. Minister, there is something else I have to tell you."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"This operation was all planned and executed by our Professor Snape and Mr. Foley." Dumbledore smiled, "I think it is necessary to reward them."

"Reward! Must reward!"

Fudge came back to his senses, shouted loudly, and ran to Snape again, "Mr. Professor, thank you very much for your contribution to the stability of the magical world! Don't worry, I will definitely..."

Snape interrupted impatiently:

"This matter has nothing to do with me. You can just go to Link directly."

Hearing this, Fudge was stunned for a moment, then winked at Snape and whispered:

"I understand, I understand everything! I will give all the credit for this matter to Mr. Foley."

After saying this, he cleared his throat, put on a friendly look and said to Link:

"Mr. Foley! I'm surprised by your excellence! I think you should be the outstanding student in Hogwarts in the past ten years! And what our Ministry of Magic pays most attention to is talents! Don't worry, your merits will not be lost. Buried. I think only the Order of Merlin Level [-] is worthy of you!"

"Oh, thank you very much, Mr. Minister."

Link rolled his eyes and responded calmly.

He had heard Fudge's remarks about awarding him the Second Order of Merlin several times, but had never seen him implement it.

Link just thought he was farting.

Fudge didn't pay much attention to Link's unruly attitude. He accompanied Dumbledore and said some polite words, and then he couldn't wait to direct the Aurors to return to the Ministry of Magic with Sirius and Pettigrew tied up.

By the way, they also removed all the dementors.

It is worth mentioning that the dementors seemed to be frightened after experiencing Link's outburst.

Everyone has become confused.

This made Fudge very dissatisfied, and threatened to drive them out of the Azkaban guard team when he turned around.

Regardless of whether Fudge was telling the truth, the atmosphere in the principal's office had become dull since he left.

Everyone, you look at me and I look at you, but no one says anything.

In the end, Dumbledore took the lead and said:

"Link, I believe you already know something about what happened to you, right?"

"Yes, Sirius Black has told me," Link said, "albeit in an unfriendly way."

After hearing this, Dumbledore sighed and said:

"Well, although I don't know what exactly Blake told you, what I want to tell you is that your father is a great and kind man. Please don't hate him."

As soon as these words came out, Snape, who had been silent at first, was also attracted to his attention. He raised his eyes and stared at Link, waiting for Link's answer.

Unfortunately, Link didn't say anything, and just looked at Dumbledore expressionlessly.

He is not the original Link, so in theory, he can forgive the original owner's father without any pain.

But Link didn't want to do that.

He had personally experienced the original owner's great quality of being extremely kind and even willing to sacrifice for others!

Such a good boy would be treated so cruelly by his biological father!

Although according to Dumbledore, there are other hidden secrets.

But this is not the reason why the original owner’s father can be cleared!

The silence continued.

Since it was related to Link's family affairs, Emily did not speak.

She just silently grasped Link's hand and gave him support.

As if sensing Link's determination, Dumbledore's eyes flickered twice, and finally he patted Link's shoulder twice and said:

"Okay, that's it for now. Severus, please take Mr. Foley and Miss Victoria out first."

Without saying a word, Snape and Link took Emily and turned to leave.

At this moment, Harry rushed over and stood in front of them.

The expression on Harry's face looked quite ferocious.

He is not a fool and naturally understands the series of things that just happened.

When he thought about it, Link and Snape had obviously done such a bad thing, but not only were they not punished at all, but they were also commended by the Ministry of Magic and awarded the Order of Merlin Level [-]?

This made him completely unacceptable.

Gritting his teeth, Harry said sharply:

"Wait a minute, Dumbledore! How could you let them leave so easily! They are..."

"That's enough Harry!"

Dumbledore interrupted unceremoniously.

Harry was a little reluctant after hearing this, but finally got out of the way.

Link and Snape didn't have the same experience as Harry, so they left directly.

Only Emily was a little angry. Before leaving, she looked deeply at Harry and Hermione with an unkind look in her eyes, which made Harry instinctively take two steps back.

As the door was slammed shut, silence returned to the office.

Dumbledore touched his long beard, and then said to Harry and Hermione with some emotion:

"It's not easy for Link. Actually, you all misunderstood him. He..."

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After leaving the office, Link and Emily did not return directly to their respective lounges as Dumbledore ordered, but followed Snape towards the potions office.

Emily had too many things to say to Link, and she was quietly asking Link what happened before.

It's a pity that Snape's expression was ugly. In order not to irritate him, Link only said something very briefly.

In the end, he even asked Emily to go back first on the grounds that he and Snape were going to have a conversation between men.

Emily gave Link a big eye roll, and then slowly disappeared into the darkness.

And Link followed Snape into the potions office.

Snape was still in a bad mood. After entering the door, he sat at the workbench without saying a word.

Link appeared to be very relaxed. He directly pulled out the recliner he often used and sat in, even crossing his legs.

He wasn't going to go over there and say anything to Snape.

Snape must have heard countless words of comfort over the years.

If Snape had been useful, he wouldn't be like this.

From Link's point of view, all he has to do now is just to stay with Snape quietly and let Snape have a companion.

Taking advantage of this free opportunity, Link finally checked the effect of lv5 Occlumency.

Compared with level 4, the upgraded Occlumency can be turned on 24 hours a day, forming some kind of passive skill.

Moreover, the defensive effect of Occlumency and the strength of the Heart Wall have also been greatly improved.

In addition, the upgrade of Occlumency seems to have strengthened Link's soul, allowing him to actively cast the incarnation of consciousness into the sea of ​​souls, that is, the land of nothingness.

Through this ability, Link also observed Mike's current situation again.

Now he has completely returned to the timid little boy he used to be. He is currently squatting in the prison built by the wall of the heart, looking at Link pitifully, looking harmless to humans and animals.

But Link would never show him any mercy.

You must know that he went crazy before, but almost killed Link's own soul!

Mike is completely a wolf in sheep's clothing!

Link used his mental power to strengthen the wall of his heart and then exited the soul sea. He continued to examine the knowledge that had been instilled in his mind after this upgrade.

This is what he must do every time he upgrades his skills.

The system he has does not simply give him power, but is more like an assist.

All skills can only be fully mastered by Link after he understands and learned them all.

Otherwise, it will still be half-baked.

In the past, this was a difficult process, because at this stage, the knowledge that Link can obtain after upgrading is very advanced, and it seems very boring and laborious.

But this time, after just briefly reading the knowledge, Link became ecstatic.

Because in front of him, a brand new golden barrage was slowly floating by.

[Legilimency Spell lv1 has been obtained! 】

Looking at this barrage, Link almost couldn't help laughing.

'Every Occlumency Master will also be an excellent Legilimency user! '

This sentence was said by Snape when he taught Link Occlumency. It means that there are many similarities between the contradiction between Occlumency and Legilimency.

As long as you can learn one of them, you can get twice the result with half the effort when learning the other.

Therefore, Link had originally planned to learn the Legilimens spell.

Later, it was abandoned because the control over the Legilimency Curse was too strict.

Unexpectedly, today's Occlumency upgrade would directly allow Link to obtain this skill that he had been coveting for a long time.

It was a pleasant surprise.

After feeling there for a while, Link wanted to check the effect of Legilimency lv1 again.

But before he could make any move, Snape's cold voice sounded again.

"Is the way I look now so funny?"

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