The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

In the principal's office, the silence continued.

Dumbledore stared at the smile on Link's lips, the expression on his face was a little cold.

This made the air in the office seem to be tainted with the smell of gunpowder.

It's a pity that Link, who has already grasped Dumbledore's pain points, will not be afraid of him.

After a long time, Dumbledore finally gave up this disguised intimidation and said very seriously:

"Alastor Moody cannot leave Hogwarts."

The smile on Link's face disappeared and he lowered his hand from Phoenix's little head, causing Phoenix Fox to peck him twice in dissatisfaction.

Seeing this, Dumbledore took a deep breath and explained:

"He is the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor that I hired with great difficulty. His professional level is definitely good enough. If he is kicked out of Hogwarts, I won't be able to find a replacement for him for several months."

Link still didn't speak, but looked at Snape.

The meaning was clear, but Snape pretended not to notice and turned his head.

He had already been fooled in the past two years, helping Lupine and others who had problems along the way to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.

So he is very clear.

Although the position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts was his dream, it would be very boring to also serve as Professor of Potions.

After all, preparing for two courses at the same time is too torture.

Link turned his head in disappointment, but saw Dumbledore laughing happily and saying:

"That's it Link, I'm sorry for what Alastor did. His paranoia is indeed a bit serious, and what he did also caused a psychological shadow on you."

As he spoke, Dumbledore took out a glass jar filled with transparent liquid from the drawer and pushed it in front of Link, "But I believe that even mental injuries can be cured by Phoenix Tears. Here, there are enough It’s 5 ounces, do you think it’s enough?”

Phoenix's tears are indeed powerful enough.

After all, this can be said to be one of the most powerful healing potions in the world, and it is also the material for making many lost potions in the Slytherin Pharmacopoeia.

Best of all, it's extremely rare!

Because the only wizard in the world who still tames the Phoenix is ​​Dumbledore.

This means that except for those bitter wizard hunters who try their luck in the wild and occasionally get a drop or two, Dumbledore's place is the only place where it is produced.

Snape, who was standing next to Link, was already a little ready to make a move.

But there was no joy at all on Link's face.

That’s a full 5 ounces!

Dumbledore, wouldn't he be forcing Phoenix Winds to shed tears for him every day?

Poor little guy.

Link touched Phoenix Fox's head with compassion.

More importantly, Link could hear Dumbledore's determination from his words.

Dumbledore would never let Moody leave Hogwarts.

These 5 ounces of Phoenix Tears were Dumbledore telling Link that there was no point in blocking him in funding, because as long as he sold this bottle of Phoenix Tears, he would receive an astronomical amount of gold galleons.

Of course, Link wouldn't listen to a word the other party said that they couldn't find a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Dumbledore must have other purposes.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

"call!"

Link exhaled a breath and said to Dumbledore:

"So many phoenix tears are indeed enough. But I have some doubts that Professor Moody is someone else pretending to be Polyjuice Potion. Well, it just so happens that Professor Snape can prepare the antidote for Polyjuice Potion. Why not let Professor Moody Give it a try and drink it.”

"Link, do you have to do this?"

Dumbledore's tone was helpless.

He didn't think Moody was someone else pretending to be someone else. This was a bit too farfetched.

In his opinion, this was just Link trying to find an excuse to take revenge on Moody.

Dumbledore really wanted to refuse directly if possible.

But he also knew very well that Link was a very cautious person.

If he disagrees today, Link will definitely use other means to retaliate against Moody afterwards.

Then things might get out of control.

Thinking this, Dumbledore nodded with difficulty, looked at Snape and said:

"Severus, then go ahead and prepare the potion. When you finish it..."

"No need to go to such trouble! Ever since a few thieves stole several ingredients for Polyjuice Potion from my medicine library two years ago, I have always prepared the antidote for Polyjuice Potion with me."

Snape took out a bottle of green potion from his arms and interrupted Dumbledore with a smile.

"Well, Fox, tell Alastor to come over."

Following Dumbledore's words, the phoenix on Link's shoulder chirped, then turned into a ball of flame and disappeared.

This move relaxed the atmosphere in the office a lot, and Link also had a smile on his face.

Although he failed to drive Moody out of Hogwarts this time, it would be a gain if he could tell whether Moody was real or fake.

A few minutes later, Phoenix Fox and Moody appeared in front of everyone in a flash of fire.

"Dumbledore, what do you want from me?"

Moody asked Dumbledore directly without looking at Link or Snape.

"Well, that's it, Alastor. Mr. Foley thought that you might be someone else who drank Polyjuice Potion and pretended to be someone else, so he asked Professor Snape to prepare a bottle of Polyjuice Potion antidote for you, and he wanted you to drink it. Go down and prove yourself.”

"Nonsense!"

Moody suddenly roared, "This is Chiguoguo's revenge! Dumbledore! You should understand!"

Dumbledore didn't speak, just looked at Moody quietly.

This made Moody's expression turn gloomy, and he said calmly:

"Do you have to drink it?"

This time, Dumbledore finally spoke, but Moody's answer was a sigh.

Moody also understood. He glared at Link and Snape fiercely and said:

"Sneaky tricks, you despicable villain!"

After saying that, he raised the green bottle of potion on the table and began to conduct various inspections on it with the wand and potion.

This kind of inspection lasted for nearly half an hour, and Link was stunned.

Because Moody used a variety of inspection spells during this period, even the Scapin Appearance Curse, a magic potion analysis spell that can only be learned by those who have received high-level potion education.

But even with this level of care, Moody still couldn't find any problems in this bottle of potion.

"Damn it! Despicable guy, Merlin's beard..."

Moody muttered that he didn't want to drink it, but at Dumbledore's insistence, Moody finally drank the potion in one gulp.

After drinking, Moody's expression became ferocious.

He had been poisoned countless times when he took up the post of Auror, so even though the complicated testing methods failed to detect the poison in this bottle of potion this time, he knew something was wrong as soon as he took it into his mouth.

"you……"

Moody cursed angrily and pulled out the wand from his arms, but before he could finish his words, his skin instantly turned green, and at the same time countless thick little bumps emerged from his skin, and the sudden and severe pain was even more excruciating. He collapsed directly to the ground.

Link and Snape looked at each other with evil smiles.

No matter how careful Moody was, he still had no good way to deal with a potion master like Snape.

Dumbledore lowered his head, sighed deeply and said:

"Now that the matter has been resolved, you should go."

"Of course," Snape said with a gloating glance at Moody, who was still twitching on the ground. "This symptom will last for a full week and then subside naturally."

After saying that, Snape took Link and left the office without looking back.

After the stone monster closed the entrance to the principal's office again, Snape said to Link impatiently:

"Where are the Phoenix Tears?"

"I can't give it all to you."

"I want 4 ounces!"

"Up to 2 ounces!"

"Good! Deal!"

The two of them shared their dirty laundry without hesitation in front of the stone monster, which made Snape even happier.

You must know that with Phoenix Tears, a rare material, he can start to try to match the legendary potions in Slytherin's Grimoire.

What's more, that disgusting Moody also suffered a big loss this time, and that's enough!

Snape never expected Dumbledore to kick Moody out of Hogwarts.

"By the way, is the potion you gave Moody really the cure for Polyjuice Potion?"

Just as Snape was excited in his heart, Link's voice suddenly rang out.

This made Snape's smile gradually disappear, and he frowned and asked:

"Do you really think that Moody is not genuine?"

"You know, my premonitions are always very accurate. It's because of this ability that I can survive until now." Link said meaningfully, "But this time Moody gave me a particularly bad feeling."

Hearing this, Snape's eyes flashed, and he was silent for a while before saying:

"It seems that you are really psychologically affected by the old guy's Imperius Curse. Maybe you should drink some Phoenix Tears like Dumbledore said to see if the mental trauma can be cured."

Link didn't reply, just continued to look into Snape's eyes.

Snape must have known something, but he didn't want to say it, so he could only talk nonsense to fool himself.

Link knew this very well.

But it doesn't matter to him. After all, when it comes to intelligence, what a time traveler like him has is far beyond what a native like Snape can imagine.

Maybe he felt uncomfortable being stared at by Link.

Snape finally said after looking at Link for a while:

"What I gave Moody was indeed not the anti-polyjuice potion, but a special shape-breaking potion based on the improvement of Gringotts' Apparition Falls. Not only will the person who drinks this stuff be unable to maintain the polyjuice potion, Even the transformation and illusion techniques including Animagus cannot be maintained. So just put your heart back in your stomach, this Moody is the real thing!"

After saying that, Snape left quickly without looking back.

He had to rush back to the office to try to prepare new medicines, so he didn't have time to hang around here with Link.

Link, on the other hand, stood there, frowning in thought.

Moody's is the real deal.

This news makes sense, and it's not that good for Link.

Because he knew that the two Death Eaters, Barty Crouch Jr. and Peter Pettigrew, were still hanging around outside, not to mention that there was a greater force behind them.

If this Moody is really Barty pretending to be young, he can use this to do a lot of things, such as getting some information.

But now, this group of people has completely gone underground, and it is difficult to catch them again.

Thinking this, Link shook his head helplessly.

At this time, seeing Snape walking away, John, who had been hiding in the dark since the beginning, also emerged and began to ask Link about the results of this battle.

Link could tell from his expression that this guy actually didn't think Link and Snape could get any benefit from Moody.

So his inquiry was more of a comfort and concern between close friends.

Link didn't hide anything and told John all about Moody's miserable appearance.

Seeing John's eyes gradually widening, Link was very pleased. He smiled and returned to the Hufflepuff lounge with John.

After being disturbed by John like this, he also figured it out.

The things he was worried about were actually very unnecessary. As long as Voldemort did not appear at his peak, then with Dumbledore supporting the scene, these so-called incidents would be of low intensity.

To deal with this kind of thing, all we need to do is use the troops to cover up the water and the earth.

……

In the next few weeks, Link seemed to have completely forgotten about this incident. Apart from studying in class every day, he just spent time with Emily.

But even so, the two of them don't spend much time together.

Because every professor is frantically increasing their homework.

"You will face the OWL exam this year! This means that you no longer have time to spend your energy on meaningless things like wizard chess and falling in love! All you need to do now is to try your best to watch more Two pages of book, go and make two more papers! Now! Go immediately!"

The above passage was what Professor Sprout said to Link and the others in the first class of this semester.

After she said this, all the students in the classroom were stunned.

Because this is more like what Professor McGonagall would say than Professor Sprout.

In the eyes of all Hogwarts students, Professor Sprout has always been a good professor who is tolerant and friendly.

This can be seen from the fact that she has never given very few homework assignments before.

In fact, Professor Sprout usually does not say harsh words to his students. Even if he makes mistakes, he mainly comforts and educates them.

But all this changed after the start of school this year.

The entire fifth grade class felt the dramatic change in Professor Sprout's attitude.

She began to become restless and irritable. Not only would she leave a lot of homework in every class, but she even pulled the ears of a naughty person for the first time.

This was something that no one could even imagine in the past.

Of course, many students began to have opinions about Sprout, thinking that she was deliberately torturing them, or that she was going through menopause.

But when they take classes from other professors, they immediately don’t think so.

Because other professors’ transformations were even more extreme than Professor Sprout’s!