The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Shortly after sunset, a large number of men and women in formal attire walked out of the Hufflepuff common room and walked towards the Great Hall.

Link and Cedric walked at the front of the group, chatting and laughing.

Their speed was not fast, but none of the Hufflepuffs behind them dared to surpass them, and some even deliberately slowed down their pace.

After arriving at the foyer, everyone dispersed.

Among them, those who had already joined the dance partners stayed in the foyer, waiting for the auditorium door to open on time after eight o'clock in the evening.

The other men who had not yet met up with their female partners eagerly rushed to their respective dance partners' colleges.

Link is one of them.

But unlike other places, there weren't actually many people waiting at the door of the Slytherin lounge.

This has a lot to do with Slytherin's proud tradition.

Girls in Slytherin generally don't like boys from other houses very much.

They feel that the blood of those boys is not noble enough, their family background is not prominent enough, and their talents are not outstanding enough.

This resulted in the fact that although the boys standing at the door of the Slytherin lounge with Link were not many in number, they were all high-level elites in their respective colleges and even in the entire magical world of the country.

It's just that these elites instantly lost their airs as elites after seeing Link.

One by one, with smiles on their faces, they began to come over and deliberately talk to Link.

Their thoughts are actually very simple.

Link has now become a rising star in the circle of wizards and nobles in the country.

Everyone can be sure that with Link's talent, he will be able to achieve great things in the future when he inherits the Foley family.

If such a person doesn't step up and hug his thigh now, it will be too late!

What's more, Link is already a ceiling-level star in a circle where young people ignore nobles.

Now, if you run up to Link and look familiar, you will have more talking points to brag about in the future.

'I'm friends with Link! '

When this sentence was said in their small circle gathering, it was definitely the most shameless thing.

Therefore, Link, who understood this, was relatively gentle, but his vague alienation still made those people instinctively maintain a respectful posture.

This meaningless chat continued for more than an hour before the door to the Slytherin lounge finally opened.

The first person to come out of it was Emily.

Her hair had finally grown long now and was pulled back into an elegant bun.

She was wearing a women's evening gown made of the same material, same color, and made by the same tailor as Link.

The most important thing is that the accessories on this dress are also engraved with the crest of the Foley family just like Link.

As for the Victoria family's crest, it was placed on a small pendant by Emily, who felt aggrieved.

This small hidden detail actually announced her relationship with Link to all people in the noble circle.

As for the rest of the mud-legged people and ordinary people who have not studied the heraldry of nobles, they simply think that these patterns are beautiful and have no understanding of the hidden meanings.

This dress is very strict, even conservative.

Except for her fair neck and wrists, she barely showed much skin.

Its style is not the type that is tight-fitting and can show off the perfect body curves.

But such a dress still cannot suppress Emily's beauty.

Even with the help of this dress and makeup, Emily at this moment is not only incredibly beautiful, but also adds a sense of majesty, making people feel like they can't help but want to salute her.

This is not an exaggerated adjective.

Because the gentlemen standing next to Link really bowed instinctively when Emily appeared.

It's a pity that the respect they showed did not attract Emily's attention at all.

Her eyes were on Link from beginning to end.

She came to Link's side with a serious expression, and then took Link's arm very naturally.

"You are so beautiful today."

Link smiled and whispered into Emily's ear.

Emily didn't speak when she heard this, but the pink color and smile that couldn't help bursting out from her serious face gave Link the perfect answer.

He laughed twice, and then led Emily towards the foyer.

There were many people coming out of the Slytherin lounge with Emily.

Neither Link nor Emily paid attention to them.

But these people spontaneously followed these two people with Link and Emily as their leaders.

This scene was exactly the same as when Link came out of the Hufflepuff lounge.

The only difference between the two is that the Slytherin team is quieter, neater, and more joyful and proud than the Hufflepuff team.

Yes, instead of rejecting Link as the 'leader' at the front of their team, the Slytherins were actually a little happy!

Slytherins are actually a very special group.

Each of them is very proud and unwilling to succumb to others.

But in their hearts, they are very eager to have an absolutely strong person to lead them to do something shocking and great.

This kind of romantic fantasy that belongs exclusively to Slytherin teenagers is a bad habit left by the two generations of Dark Lords, Voldemort and Grindelwald.

But the problem is that Slytherin House has actually not produced a leader with crushing strength for many years.

Emily can barely be considered half.

But the Victoria family from which Emily came was not really powerful, and Emily's own talents were not considered top-notch within Hogwarts. Therefore, the smart Slytherins set their sights on Lin. Gram's body.

Link is really the best candidate to lead Slytherin House!

He has the strength to surpass Hogwarts and a prominent family lineage, and those things about him that should be serious stains in the eyes of other colleges are actually shining points in the eyes of Slytherins.

For example, the dark wizard family background and Snake accent.

These two things are simply the source of all evil in the eyes of other houses, especially Gryffindor House.

But in the eyes of the Slytherins, this is simply a perfect example of the root of evil!

What happened to the dark wizard’s family background?

People in Slytherin who don't have a dark wizard background are aliens!

What happened to She Laoqiang?

In Slytherin, Slytherin is a symbol of the bloodline of the founder, and is an extremely noble existence!

So after Link killed the fire dragon, many Slytherins took action.

They began to use various insidious means to continuously show their favor to Link.

At the same time, rumors are still being spread, claiming that the reason why a person like Link, who was born to be a Slytherin, was sorted into Hufflepuff in the first place was entirely due to Dumbledore's deliberate suppression.

They did this because they wanted Link to be transferred to their Slytherin hospital and become their leader.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard they tried, Link had no intention of transferring to another hospital.

Helpless, they began to comfort themselves after being disappointed.

I feel that Link and their current house bully Emily are going to get married anyway, so Link can be considered half-Slytherin no matter what.

that's enough.

Ever since, they still liked Link.

Of course, there are people in Slytherin who don't like Link.

Draco is a typical example.

All he felt in his heart was full of fear for Link.

This wasn't just because of the torture Link had subjected him to in previous years.

It was even more because Link killed the Hungarian Tree Peak Dragon.

You know, Draco's nickname is 'Little Dragon'.

His favorite animal is also the fire dragon.

Many times he fantasizes that he is a fire dragon, able to fly freely between heaven and earth, and able to coerce anyone who disobeys.

So of course, when Link fought the Hungarian Tree Peak Dragon, he put himself into the Hungarian Tree Peak Dragon's perspective.

This is a nightmare!

The bright blade that Link swung at the end seemed to really cut into his neck.

Cut open his skin, chopped his bones...

To this day, this terrifying hell-like fantasy still appears in his dreams from time to time, making him even fearful of falling asleep.

At this moment, Draco was also in the team behind Link. His dance partner Pansy was wearing a delicate and revealing bold dress, holding her head high and looking arrogant.

But Draco always stared at the broad back of Link at the front, his eyes full of fear and his body trembling.

Link knew nothing about any of this.

In other words, he wouldn't care if he knew.

Now all his mind was on Emily, and he just held Emily's arm and went straight to the foyer.

"Warriors, please come here!"

As soon as Link's large army arrived in the foyer, Professor McGonagall's voice rang out at the right time.

The originally crowded crowd in front of the foyer instantly gave way to a wide path, allowing Link and Emily to pass through the crowd and reach Professor McGonagall, who was wearing a red tartan robe.

There are four roads in the crowd on the same road.

When all the roads were closed again, the warriors and their dancing partners had all arrived.

Due to Hermione's refusal, Krum's dance partner became Daphne Greengrass, a blond beauty who came from the once glorious but now declining Greengrass family.

This dance partner was actually chosen by Karkaroff for Krum.

Karkaroff was very satisfied with Daphne. He felt that although Krum was talented, his bloodline was not noble enough, and he needed to use this declining aristocracy to improve the bloodline of his descendants.

But Klum obviously didn't think so.

He didn't like Daphne at all and stood there distracted, like a puppet.

Fleur's situation wasn't much better.

After rejecting numerous invitations, she finally agreed to the invitation of Roger Davis, the Ravenclaw Quidditch captain.

Everyone understood that Fleur's decision was just a random move to get through the dance.

Only Davis himself didn't feel so much.

Immediately after his success, he was as happy as if he had won a 500 million grand prize and ran around telling everyone.

Link felt that he must have been completely controlled by Fleur's charm magic.

And this is indeed the case, just look at the way he only has Fleur in his eyes now, and is deaf to everything else, even when Professor McGonagall calls him, it is clear.

Harry was worse.

He doesn't like Parvati and has always looked gloomy from the time she appeared.

Coupled with his old and ill-fitting attire, he looked no different from the listless ghosts in Hogwarts.

Coincidentally Parvati didn't like him either.

The reason why he agreed to Harry's invitation was just vanity.

After all, that is the title of a warrior dance partner!

How loud!

The person she really liked seemed to be Link, because she was ogling Link almost the whole time, completely ignoring Emily, whose eyes were already gloomy beside Link.

Looking at the four pairs of warriors with different expressions and their dance partners, Professor McGonagall sighed deeply.

She asked the warriors to wait on the side until all the other students entered the auditorium and took their seats. Then she led them to line up in twos and twos, entered the auditorium amidst the applause and cheers of the crowd, and faced the crowd that was already full of Triwizard Tournament judges. Go to the guest of honor seat.

For today's ball, the Great Hall of Hogwarts has been completely transformed.

The walls of the auditorium were covered with glistening silver frost, and the ceiling was a starry night sky, with hundreds of garlands of mistletoe sprigs and ivy hanging from the ceiling.

The four rough long tables in the auditorium that originally represented the four major colleges were also missing.

In their place were more than 100 small tables lit with lanterns.

Neither Link nor Emily were at all uncomfortable with such a solemn and grand scene.

In addition, Link was the one with the highest score in the first event.

Therefore, Link and Emily naturally became the first among the warriors to sit at the guest of honor seat.

Dumbledore's eyes kept drifting back and forth between Link and Harry, and he smiled very happily.

Karkaroff smiled even more exaggeratedly than Dumbledore.

He felt that he had helped Krum find a good match.

Several other referees were also dressed in costumes, sitting in their respective seats, smiling and saying welcome speeches to Link and other warriors.

The only discordant thing about the scene was that Barty Crouch Sr. didn't show up.

His replacement at the ball was Percy Weasley.

He was wearing a brand new navy blue robe today and looked a little smug and conceited.

However, his attitude of wanting to be beaten disappeared immediately after the referees finished their congratulatory speeches in the first round.

Instead, there was a face full of flattery.

"Link, you look great!"

Percy leaned closer to Link and whispered.

There was something odd about his words.

Not only did he use honorifics for Link, but he also used Link's first name instead of his last name.

It was as if he deliberately wanted to show closeness, but was a little afraid.

"You are good too."

Link said perfunctorily, but his eyes roamed back and forth over Percy.

He didn't understand why old Batty showed up.

Percy clearly guessed what Link was thinking, and he said respectfully:

"Mr. Crouch had a complicated family and was in poor health. So he promoted me to a personal assistant and appointed me to attend the ball on his behalf."

"Personal assistant? So you have already obtained an office in the Ministry of Magic from Mr. Crouch before you graduated? That's amazing."

Link's words seemed to have touched Percy's itch. Hearing the words, he spoke modestly, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up, and his eyes were filled with ambition and pride.

Link also smiled happily.

Because he found that Percy, the most special child in the Weasley family, finally showed the appearance he remembered and turned into a beast of power.

This is great.