The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

"Official business? Why didn't I remember that you also... um!"

Bagman said instinctively upon hearing this, but before he could finish his words, Old Batty glared back.

Seeing this, Dumbledore no longer pressed, shook his head and said:

"Then have a good trip, Barty."

Old Barty nodded, turned around and walked quickly along the shore of the Black Lake towards the Hogwarts Hunting Ground.

It was a cold night at this moment, and the moisture in the Black Lake escaped and was stimulated by the cold air of February. In an instant, it solidified into a thick cold mist floating in the air.

Old Batty, who was walking in the fog, felt extremely cold and couldn't help but tighten his coat.

Unfortunately, this did not give him any warmth, but made him feel even colder.

Because compared to the cold fog outside, the chill inside him was even more icy and biting.

He had a hunch.

The Death Eater attack at the bottom of the Black Lake must be related to his missing son Barty Jr.

And that Link Foley must have noticed something, but for some unknown reason he did not make it public.

This was his instinctive premonition as a father, and it was also caused by the pressure given by Link's behavior of glancing at him from time to time during the day.

This was why he was so anxious to return to the Ministry of Magic and return home.

He must go back and investigate this matter!

"call!"

Old Barty took a deep breath, then exhaled a large amount of white air, quickened his pace and trotted directly to the stables on the hunting ground.

Here, a carriage belonging to Hogwarts was already waiting according to his previous instructions.

The four Thestrals in front of the carriage were glaring at him with green eyes like will-o'-the-wisps, as if they were complaining that Old Barty came too late and made them wait for so long in the cold night.

Being stared at like this, even a person like Old Batty couldn't help but feel terrified.

After silently apologizing, Old Batty climbed into the carriage.

He did not enter the carriage directly, but sat in the charioteer's seat and pulled up the reins. He flicked the Thestrals and dragged the carriage out obediently. After briefly accelerating on the hunting grounds outside, he finally flapped his wings. Soar.

There is no cold fog in the high altitude, but it has become colder.

Old Batty stopped pretending when no one was around.

He did not deliberately control the direction of the carriage, but curled up to fight the coldness on his body.

Anyway, no matter where these carriages fly, they will eventually send him out of Hogwarts.

As soon as he leaves the confinement of Hogwarts, he can directly apparate and return to the warmth of his home.

As for the carriage, it would be dragged back to Hogwarts by the Thestrals themselves, so he didn't have to worry.

Maybe it's the thrill of the cold.

The thoughts about his son Barty Jr. in Old Barty's heart are slowly fading away, replaced by thoughts about the house elf Twinkle.

Although the house elf talks a lot and likes to make his own decisions, he is still a good slave.

If she hadn't disappeared with little Barty, now old Barty wouldn't have to drive in such a cold wind.

Unknowingly, Old Barty fell into memories. Looking back at the memory of that summer, the corners of Old Barty's mouth turned up involuntarily, without paying any attention to the passage of time.

Unconsciously, the carriage slowly slowed down.

Feeling this, Old Barty finally pulled away from the whirlpool of memories. He sighed lightly and took out his wand, preparing to cast a spell and go home.

However, as soon as his hand touched the wand in his arms, he felt a warning sign in his heart and he suddenly lay back.

call out! ~

A gray-white magic spell passed by his eyes with swaying tail flames!

'There's an ambush! '

Old Batty didn't hesitate at all, and crawled towards the car!

The carriage of the Hogwarts carriage is made of special birch wood, which has certain anti-magic properties.

Now that the carriage has obviously driven out of Hogwarts, as long as he can enter the carriage, he will have a short period of safety, during which he can completely escape by apparating away.

However, although his abacus was good, the reality was cruel.

Before he could really hide in the carriage, five huge crossbow arrows, or pointed wooden stakes, which were as thick as an adult's thigh, were shot out from different directions and hit the carriage directly, tearing it into pieces all over the sky. fragments.

At the same time, the attackers who attacked Old Batty finally showed themselves.

Those were five knights riding Nimbus 2001!

It's different from old Batty.

These knights seemed to have a lot of experience in night fighting.

Their whole bodies were covered in cold and windproof leather jackets, and even their heads were wearing sturdy, fully wrapped helmets. Judging from the blue light reflected from the helmets, these helmets seemed to have night vision, perspective, etc. ability.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Nimbus 2001 these knights ride are all illegally modified.

The place on the broom that was supposed to be flat is now erected with a huge war crossbow that is huge in size and complex in structure!

The crossbows that had just torn apart the carriage were fired by these crossbows. At this time, these crossbows had begun to wind up automatically again, preparing for the next wave of attacks.

As soon as he saw the attire of these knights clearly, Old Barty's pupils shrank to a small dot, and his heart was swallowed up by shock and anger.

Because these people are all magical animal hunters right now, and from the equipment point of view, they are the top ones!

In the entire country of Yu, there is only one family that can drive these hunters at will!

"Link Foley!"

Old Barty roared hysterically, then forced himself up his body that was shaking with anger, raised his wand and prepared to fight back.

As the former director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, he also has good fighting ability!

But it was a pity that those elite hunters did not give him this chance.

Hearing Old Barty yell out Link's name, the five hunters all smiled ferociously, and then inserted their wands into the crossbow in front of them!

Boom!

Suddenly the blue light appeared, and the violent sound of bowstrings resounded through the night sky.

But this time what was shot out from those crossbows were no longer ferocious giant arrows, but large nets flashing with blue light.

Five large nets were shot from different directions, hitting Old Batty accurately and instantly tying him into a rice dumpling.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of arcs began to travel on the Internet, and Old Barty lost consciousness in an instant!

……

"Tattoo..."

The sound of footsteps echoed in the dark corridor.

It was already midnight, and Link didn't light a lamp, so he walked slowly through the darkness to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor.

Link instinctively glanced in the direction of the principal's office. Seeing that there was no sound there, he opened the door that suddenly appeared on the wall.

The door opened.

The scene that appeared inside was no longer the training ground or ecological park that Link was familiar with, but a dark and damp dungeon. The interior was extremely spacious, and there were faint echoes as he walked.Although there was a green torch like a will-o'-the-wisp stuck in the wall, the firelight emitted from it could not reach far, and could only faintly illuminate the iron-barred cells near the light source.

Link climbed down the stone stairs and soon stood in front of the door of a particularly small cell.

In the cell, there was old Barty Crouch who had been released from all restraints but was still unconscious.

Under the illumination of the will-o'-the-wisp, Link's lips raised an evil smile.

He was really satisfied with the hunters who belonged to the Foley family.

With the intelligence support he provided, the hunters not only caught Old Barty without anyone noticing, but also directly sent him to the Room of Requirement with the help of the house elf Button.

Such a difficult operation is far beyond what ordinary dark wizards or even Aurors can do.

From this point of view, the elite level of these hunters has even far surpassed many senior Death Eaters.

Nodding with satisfaction, Link waved the wand in his hand, and a large amount of snow-white magic light was thrown on Old Barty.

Old Batty woke up quickly.

But he did not get up immediately. Instead, he lay still on the ground, silently observing the surrounding environment with the corner of his eyes and hearing.

All this seemed funny to Link.

He didn't talk nonsense. With a flick of his wrist, Arkham climbed into the cell along the iron fence and wrapped his arms around Old Barty's neck.

Feeling this creepy slippery feeling, Old Barty finally stopped pretending.

He did not dare to pull the basilisk around his neck. He sat up and glared at Link with gritted teeth:

"Link Foley! Do you know the consequences of kidnapping a Ministry of Magic official? Your entire Foley family will be destroyed because of what you have done!"

"Okay, okay, stop telling me this nonsense. It's late, let's get straight to the point."

Link waved his hand impatiently and said, "Where is your son, Barty Crouch Jr.?"

As soon as he said this, Old Batina's pupils, which had been dilated again due to the dim surrounding light, shrank again.

He stared blankly at the condescending Link, but still gritted his teeth and said:

"My son died in Azkaban a few years ago! I have no idea what you are talking about!"

"Stay tough!" Link's eyes narrowed, and he finally lost all patience, "It's heartbreaking!"

No light effects!

With just a flick of the wand in Link's hand, Old Barty's expression instantly became ferocious. The muscles exposed on his body began to spasm at a violent intensity visible to the naked eye, and his entire body continued to twist and turn. Like a caterpillar.

"Ah!~~Yeah!"

The screams suddenly echoed through the dungeon, but then stopped abruptly.

It's Arkham.

Its body suddenly grew several times larger, and it turned into a giant python and tightly wrapped around Old Barty's body and mouth, making him unable to move or scream.

The smile appeared on Link's face again.

Screaming and struggling are actually the body's instinctive reactions to relieve its own pain.

Now that Link has directly taken away these two rights of old Barty, it will inevitably amplify the pain of the Cruciatus Curse several times.

"Why bother."

Link said calmly, and sat down towards Xu Nowhere.

Following his movements, a stone chair quickly emerged from the ground and caught it firmly.

At this moment, the Cruciatus Curse effect on Old Barty finally disappeared.

The whole process lasted only a few dozen seconds, but Old Batty had lost all his strength at this moment. He looked like he had just been fished out of the water, lying weakly on the ground, his mouth constantly opening and closing to gasp for air. , like a fish that has been thrown ashore, his eyes are even more chaotic.

"Where is your son Barty Crouch Jr.?"

Link, who was sitting on the stone chair, asked again, his voice still calm and lazy.

This sound seemed to bring back old Barty's wandering consciousness. He raised his eyes with difficulty to look at Link, and struggled to say:

"I don't know...uh!"

Link didn't even think about getting any useful information from Old Barty. He knew very well that high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Magic like Old Barty had received anti-torture training. Even if he tortured Old Barty into a fool, he wouldn't do it. Can't ask anything.

The reason why he continued to ask was entirely because he wanted Old Barty to subconsciously recall the content about Little Barty.

And now is the best time!

Link didn't even give Old Barty a chance to finish what he said, and directly raised his wand again.

"Legislasia!"

boom!

A deafening explosion suddenly rang in Link's ears, and then Link felt a strong pulling sensation on Old Barty in the cell, which directly pulled his consciousness into Old Barty's brain.

The next moment, a white light suddenly appeared in front of Link's eyes, and then scenes of old and gray scenes were played in front of him like a first-person perspective movie.

The first thing that appeared was the scene where Barty Crouch Jr. officially received his NEWT results and graduated from Hogwarts.

Link saw with his own eyes that little Barty, who was still a handsome young man at the time, was wearing a Slytherin robe and excitedly rushed to him (or old Barty), shouting and waving his report card.

And on the report card, there are ten outstanding ones!

Different from the gray and white scenery around it, it was an outstanding and blood-like red.

They were so bright that Link (or Old Barty) couldn't help but turn all his attention to them.

Immediately afterwards, Link (Old Barty) felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart.

He hugged little Barty awkwardly, and the two of them laughed non-stop, with tears still streaming down their faces.

After that, it was a happy time at home.

Old Batty's wife also officially began to appear in his memory.

She was a woman who was not beautiful, but was extremely gentle and kind.

Although she also comes from a pure-blood family, she is unwilling to say harsh words to house elves.

This family of three lived a very happy time in the summer when little Barty graduated.

They travel together, eat together, visit friends together...

At the end of the vacation, Barty Jr. also directly entered the Ministry of Magic under the operation of Barty Crouch Sr. and became a member of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

Throughout this long memory, Old Batty's mood remained highly excited and nostalgic.

Through these emotions, Link could fully feel how proud and happy he was for little Barty.

However, the fun time only ends here.