The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Chatting with Cedric is actually a very boring thing. All of this guy's thoughts are now occupied by the Quidditch World Cup that just passed.

Moreover, Cedric is not a fan of either the Irish or Bulgarian teams. He doesn’t even like Krum, the popular seeker star. He is always complaining to Link about Krum along the way. So it is so outstanding because the Irish team's Seeker is so rubbish. If he were replaced, he would definitely be able to do the same thing as Krum.

Of course, he only told Link these words, and he wouldn't even say it to death if left outside.

This is not because he is afraid of any negative impact on the reputation of his perfect student, but because he is embarrassed to reveal his true thoughts to outsiders.

So this is destined to be a topic that can only be discussed between the best of friends.

Link was not interested in Quidditch or anything like that. After listening to Cedric's complaints and knowing that Cedric and his group did not face any trouble after that night, they were just separated by the Aurors. After doing a detailed investigation, he took out Arkham. One person and one snake hid in a box and talked about Emily, Fleur, and even Hermione in Parseltongue, making some dirty jokes, and then laughed. laugh.

Link does this behavior every day before going to bed. In theory, it is similar in nature to what Cedric complained to him. The only difference is that Link trusts Arkham more, because even aside from the sincere feelings between them , Parseltongue is not an ability that just anyone can master.

It was getting dark, and the train slowly stopped on the platform.

After chatting with Arkham all afternoon, Link felt refreshed and found Emily in a happy mood. Together they got on the Thestral carriage and drove to Hogwarts Castle.

The carriage was originally meant for four people, but due to the terrifying reputations of Link and Emily, others would rather find other carriages to squeeze in than get in the carriage they were in, so the two carriages became A private space for the two of them.

Looking at the night view in this kind of space is simply a waste of time, so Link very understandingly helped Emily readjust the position of the prefect badge on her chest. He adjusted it for almost 10 minutes until the carriage landed. , the sound of Hagrid's shouting came from outside, and then he withdrew his hand, rubbed his somewhat hot face, and took Emily's hand to get out of the carriage.

Very good, the light outside is very dim. Outside the foyer, Peeves is using balloons filled with water to hit the students who want to enter the castle. Professor McGonagall is there to chase Peeves away and scold him. Everyone present is paying attention. The commotion over there was attracted, so no one would pay attention to the blush on the faces of Link and Emily.

Link was very satisfied with this scene and let the cool breeze of the early autumn night blow on his face to cool him down. The commotion at the door stopped when his face became normal.

The auditorium was still as magnificent as ever, with hundreds of candles suspended above the tables, making the gold plates and glass goblets shine.

The professors have all reached the faculty seats at the innermost part of the auditorium.

Most of them were talking about something in low voices. Only Dumbledore watched with interest the students making a fuss in the auditorium.

This is his favorite thing to do. As long as he can see his students being very active, his mood will become quite happy.

Emily's eyes were very sharp, and she easily discovered that the seat next to Professor Snape on the faculty seat was still vacant.

This is usually the seat of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. This is Dumbledore's bad taste. Don't you, Snape, want to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?I won't give it to you, and I will arrange the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's seat next to you to purposely piss you off!

"Why hasn't the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor come out this year? Could it be that Dumbledore hasn't found anyone willing to teach?"

Emily said with some gloating. Due to Snape's long-term influence, she didn't have much affection for Dumbledore.

"No," Link shook his head and said, "This year's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is a very difficult guy. You have to be careful not to provoke him."

Seeing that Link was serious, Emily stopped smiling and nodded heavily.

After talking about this topic, the two separated and returned to the long table in their own academy.

There was no way, Professor McGonagall was already glaring at them because the two of them had not sat down and the sorting ceremony could not start.

The sorting ceremony was actually nothing fancy. It was nothing more than the Sorting Hat showing off a new song he had compiled after studying for a year, and then each of the four houses divided the freshmen according to the Sorting Hat's judgment.

This year's Sorting Hat song is relatively boring. It tells the story of the Big Four who founded Hogwarts. Many of the lyrics are directly plagiarized from "Hogwarts: A History of the School." Everyone is already tired of hearing this kind of story. , and finally applauded the Sorting Hat for Dumbledore's sake.

Formal sorting is more interesting.

Different from the freshmen who were scared like quails in previous years, this time there was a boy who was fearless among the freshmen. He was chattering with excitement as soon as he came in.

I heard that he fell into the river while rowing across the Black River, and was finally rescued by the giant octopus, a monster in the lake.

He was particularly proud of this experience and would brag about it to everyone, making Professor McGonagall turn pale with anger.

In the end, Link found out that he was Colin Criss's younger brother.

Colin is a weird guy. As soon as he entered the school, he followed Harry with a Muggle camera and took pictures like a paparazzi. Naturally, his brother was not a normal person.

Dumbledore has always been considerate.

He knew that everyone was already hungry after riding the train all day, so he didn't say anything after the sorting ceremony and started the dinner directly.

All kinds of delicacies filled all the plates in an instant, and everyone started grabbing them while talking and laughing.

Link had never been interested in those greasy roasts and potatoes, and the only dish he was satisfied with at the entire dinner was the syrupy pumpkin pie.

This is a new variety that he specifically ordered the Hogwarts house elves to improve, otherwise these pies would have been stuffed with other fruits.

He couldn't get enough of this stuff. After finishing his own, he naturally snatched the ones in front of Cedric and John and said, "You guys who do sports are not suitable for eating such sugary things." . ', causing Cedric and John to have veins jumping on their foreheads, but in the end they obediently contributed the pies. By the way, they also asked other people who didn't like pies to bring pies to Link.

As a result, after the dinner, Link and Arkham's stomachs were filled with syrup and pumpkin, and they became a little sleepy due to the huge amount of sugar, and they slumped in their seats.

"Okay!" Dumbledore stood up at the right time and announced with a smile, "Now that we have all eaten and drank enough, I must once again draw your attention to a few announcements."

"First of all, Mr. Filch, the administrator, wants me to tell you that this year there are several more contraband items in the castle. They are Screaming Balls, Wolf Fang Flying Saucers and Combo Boomerangs. The entire list has about 430 items. , hanging in Mr. Filch’s office, anyone who is interested can check it out.”

By the time he finished speaking, the audience was already bursting into laughter.

In fact, Filch's catalog of contraband is a big joke in itself, and no one except a few freshmen will take it seriously.

Filch's face turned purple with laughter.

Perhaps fearing that Filch would be angered to death, Dumbledore quickly continued:

"As before, I want to remind everyone that students are absolutely not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest. As for Hogsmeade, students below the third grade are not allowed to enter!

In addition, I am very sorry to inform you that the College Cup Quidditch Tournament will not be held this year. "

"what why!?"

As soon as Dumbledore finished speaking, Cedric jumped up and asked excitedly why.

He had just told Link when he was on the train that he would work hard in this year's Academy Cup and prove to everyone that he was definitely no worse than Krum as a seeker.

As a result, before his ambitions could be fully realized, Dumbledore's words knocked him to the limit.

How could he not be excited about this?

There were many people who had the same reaction as Cedric. Quidditch enthusiasts from almost all colleges stood up and asked Dumbledore why he did this.

Professor McGonagall's lips were tightly pressed together, which was a sign of how angry she was.

Dumbledore was not in a hurry, but waved his hands cheerfully and said:

"This is because Hogwarts is hosting another big event this year that will last throughout the school year. It will take up a lot of the professors' energy and time, but I'm sure you'll all have a lot of fun doing it. I'm here I am very happy to announce that this year Hogwarts will..."

When Dumbledore's words reached the critical point, there was a deafening bang in the foyer, and the door was slammed open.

Everyone was startled, and they all turned around after hearing the sound, only to find that a man was already standing at the door.

He was carrying a long cane and was wrapped in a black traveling cloak. Lightning exploded behind him, illuminating his figure even more terrifyingly.

After taking off his cloak, he limped through the crowd and walked towards Dumbledore.

Everyone's eyes followed him closely, and it was only then that everyone discovered that this guy's face was densely covered with various scars, and a gap in his mouth extended from the corner of his mouth to his cheek, making this guy look like he had been... Smiling evilly, making people uneasy.

The nose was even worse. It couldn't be described as a nose at all. It was just an ugly piece of flesh with two air holes on it, which squirmed with his breathing.

The most terrifying thing is his eyes. One eye has many whites and few eyes, and the other one is completely a huge alchemical magic eye, with bright blue light shining inside, and it keeps turning without blinking. He seemed to be secretly observing everyone present.

The man walked up to Dumbledore, stretched out a hand that was also full of scars, shook Dumbledore's hand, said something else, then sat down next to Snape, picked up a knife and started cutting the food on the plate. Eat remaining sausage.

He ate slowly and carefully, and he had to use a magic spell to test every slice of sausage before he could eat it.

At the same time, his magic eye did not stop while eating, but the object of its gaze changed from the students present to Snape and other professors around him.

Interrupting the principal's speech was a very serious matter, but he didn't care about the disadvantage and announced happily:

"Please allow me to introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor - Professor Alastor Moody!"

After Dumbledore finished speaking, he took the lead in applauding, as if he wanted the students to cheer too.

In previous years, there was no need to be reminded of this when a new professor took office. Even if Professor Lu Ping looked so bad last year, many people would applaud him politely.

But this year was different. There was silence, and only the whispers of the students could be heard faintly.

"Moody," Cedric came over and asked Link anxiously, "Do you think he is the Moody I guessed?"

"It's definitely him, there's no mistake."

Link said firmly, and after saying this, Cedric's face turned pale.

"What are you talking about? What's wrong with Moody?"

John also leaned over and asked curiously.

Seeing the confused look on his face, Link explained:

"Mad-Eye Moody, he was once the most outstanding Auror. When the Death Eaters were at their most rampant, he was the only one who dared to lead his men to fight against the Death Eaters, and won countless victories. For this reason, he lost an eye. , a leg and his nose, and also received scars all over his body, which are all medals of his past honors. However, he retired after the fall of Voldemort, and everyone respected him until he suffered from paranoia."

"Delusional disorder?"

John's eyes were already shining. Becoming an Auror was his second dream after being a professional Quidditch player. So after listening to Link telling Moody's glorious past, he naturally regarded Moody as his idol. .

Now that I heard that Moody was suffering from paranoia, he quickly asked more questions.

Link took a deep breath and continued:

"Yes, paranoia, perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it postwar psychological syndrome. In short, he became suspicious and always felt that someone was trying to harm him. Even the food his best friend gave him had to be tested for poison. Can eat, just like now.”

Unknowingly, a large number of Hufflepuffs had gathered around Link, and everyone was listening to Link's story.

Link nuzzled at Moody, and everyone discovered that Moody was doing something strange while eating.

"In addition, girls had better stay away from Mad-Eye Moody," Link warned the girls very seriously, "His blue magic eye has the ability to see through! You don't want to be seen naked by him, right? ?”

As soon as Link said this, the girls around him immediately screamed and covered their chests, and some even hid behind the boys to avoid Moody's sight.

Amidst all the noise, Link's expression was particularly gloomy.