The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

On the third day after Fudge left, Link and Harry were announced by Madam Pomfrey that they had generally recovered and returned to the lounges of their respective colleges.

At the welcome meeting for the two discharged from the hospital, everyone was very happy.

Not to mention Emily, Hermione and others, brothers George and Fred took the risk of being imprisoned by Professor McGonagall to get some magical fireworks that they had improved, and displayed them in the auditorium in front of everyone. It ignited, causing Filch to get angry again, but it was too embarrassing for Link to get angry.

Even Ms. Maxim and Old Barty, who had been stranded in Hogwarts because of this attack, came to join in the fun.

The only person present who didn't look very good was Harry.

Having received Muggle education since childhood, he could not ignore the fact that they had parted ways with Fudge. After all, Fudge's status as Minister of Magic was converted to the top leader of a country in Muggle society.

He really couldn't imagine what a terrible scene it would be if he offended the Prime Minister of the Republic of China in person.

The other party will definitely take revenge!

Of course, out of the arrogance and stubbornness of a young man, Harry did not reveal his true inner thoughts.

On the contrary, he was still telling people everywhere that they could still defeat Voldemort even without the help of the Ministry of Magic!

This was a complete arrogance, because apart from studying the speech that Link had given him, Harry had hardly done any substantive actions.

Dumbledore and Link were completely different from him in this regard.

After the quarrel that day, the two of them quickly accepted the fact that the Ministry of Magic would not give them any help, and would even delay them, and actively began to prepare for the upcoming struggle.

What Dumbledore did specifically was to reconvene his Order of the Phoenix and prepare to fight the Death Eaters in the old guerrilla form.

At the same time, he and Link were simultaneously following up on their original plan to find Horcruxes.

Link's approach was much more straightforward. He directly asked Old Kled to adjust the entire Foley family to a quasi-wartime state. While transferring some assets, he recruited soldiers on a large scale to expand the team of hunters.

Of course, he has not given up on the idea of ​​continuing to seize resources from the Ministry of Magic.

There are some things that Fudge doesn't want to give, so Link plans to get them himself.

"Mr. Crouch, could you please come with me?"

After the welcome party, Link whispered to Old Barty, then pushed back Emily, Cedric and others who wanted to accompany him back to the Hufflepuff lounge, and went directly to the Room of Requirement.

After the two of them officially entered the Room of Requirement, which had been transformed into a living room, the polite fake smile that had been hanging on Old Barty's face finally disappeared.

He said first with a gloomy face:

"It seems that your plan with Dumbledore failed. The person who must not even be named has been resurrected, and judging from the intensity of the attack that day, his power seems to have become stronger than 13 years ago. So, Where is my son? You couldn't kill that little beast, right? This is the agreement I made with you, and I made an 'unbreakable oath'!"

"Yes, that's right. Voldemort is resurrected, and there is another mysterious organization behind him. Its individual combat power and power are not inferior to Voldemort and the old Death Eaters. To a certain extent, they It can be considered a powerful alliance." Link poured himself coffee and said to himself, "Your filial son is indeed not dead. In fact, he is highly appreciated by Voldemort. He has contributed to resurrecting Voldemort this time. His status among the Death Eaters will probably be even higher.

Of course, none of this matters.The most important thing now is that our naive Minister of Magic still has wonderful illusions about Voldemort's resurrection.A few days ago, he came to me and had a quarrel with Dumbledore, and now we are completely at odds with each other. "

Hearing this, Old Batty nodded, without showing any surprise on his face.

In fact, even if they didn't witness the quarrel with their own eyes, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the relationship between Fudge and Hogwarts was very bad recently.

The most obvious point is reflected in the Daily Prophet.

In the past few days, the Daily Prophet had spoken highly of Hogwarts' response. In particular, Link's experience that night had been greatly praised, and he was hailed as the best young wizard of this century. , has received numerous honors, and wishes he could be directly promoted to the altar.

However, in the past two days, the conversation in the Daily Prophet suddenly changed without any warning.

They began to criticize Dumbledore's shortcomings in this incident, began to report on parents' resentment towards Hogwarts, and never mentioned Link's name again.

This is actually a very wise move, because it can not only retaliate against Dumbledore and Link, but also divert the firepower that should have been directed at the Ministry of Magic to Dumbledore and Hogwarts.

After all, Dumbledore's reputation is much greater than Fudge's.

This would normally make Fudge restless, but at this time, it was a good thing.

If a veteran like Old Batty can't figure out anything, then there's no need for him to mess around.

After closing his eyes and rubbing his temples a little, Old Batty asked a little tiredly:

"Then what are you going to do next? I believe that since you called me here, you must have already thought of a countermeasure, right?"

Link did not answer Old Barty immediately.

He lay down on the sofa very leisurely, shook the tea cup before giving Old Barty a mysterious smile and said:

"Mr. Crouch, do you want to be the Minister of Magic?"

"Um?!"

Old Barty's pupils shrank suddenly when he heard this, and he looked at Link in great surprise.

……

It took half an hour for Old Barty to leave the Room of Requirement alone.

Not many people know exactly what Link talked about with him.

But compared with the lifeless and weak man before, the old Batty seemed to be more than ten years younger at this moment, and his whole person exuded a kind of confidence and enthusiasm.

This is easy to understand, after all, power is a man's best medicine!

That's the Minister of Magic!

As early as more than ten years ago, Batty Sr. had launched a charge for this position. Unfortunately, due to a little mistake by Batty Jr., he was thrown into the quagmire by his competitors.

As of now, he has nothing.

Every night he spent, he wondered if things would have been different if he had been Minister for Magic.

After so long of deliberation, it can be said that the position of Minister of Magic has become an obsession and a fantasy for Old Barty.

Now, Link personally put this opportunity to realize his dream in front of old Barty.

As long as he has the support of the Foley family, old Batty will dare to fight again!

How can you not be excited about this?

With high-spirited steps, Old Barty gradually left Hogwarts Castle under the setting sun.

Link in the Room of Requirement was still shaking the tea cup gently, observing the swirling tea inside with interest.

Emily suddenly walked out from behind the wall. She stood behind Link and rubbed Link's earlobes with her hands. She looked at the direction in which Old Barty was leaving and asked:

"Do you really think he can become Minister of Magic?"

"how is this possible?"

Link said with a sneer, which also made Emily a little confused, and frowned:

"Then you still said you wanted to invest in him?"

"The so-called Minister of Magic is just a pretext so that he can lead the charge and bite off as much fat as possible from the Ministry of Magic for us." Link explained, "As for the Minister of Magic, under the current situation , it’s impossible for him. Even if he has a chance, I won’t allow him!”

Emily is not a little girl like Hermione who doesn't hear anything outside the window and only reads books about sages. As soon as she heard Link's explanation, she instantly understood what Link was thinking.

But this didn't completely reassure her. She frowned and continued:

"Are you sure?"

"This thing is not too difficult to operate, you just need to wait for an opportunity..." Link said slowly, but halfway through speaking, he reached out and grabbed Emily's hand, "Of course, for me at the moment Said there was one more important thing to do.”

"What is it?"

Emily seemed to have guessed something, her voice became a little twisted, and a blush appeared on her face.

"Of course it's our engagement ceremony! After this holiday, the contract specified between my mother and your father will expire!"

Link said as he smirked and pulled Emily into his arms.

The blush on Emily's face had spread to her ears. She screamed instantly when Link pulled her like this, but she showed no substantial resistance.

For a time, the entire Room of Requirement was filled with laughter and laughter.

……

It wasn't until it was completely dark that Link and Emily walked out of the Room of Requirement together and went directly to the auditorium.

Today is the leaving dinner, and Dumbledore has repeatedly emphasized that he will announce something very important, and all students must be present.

When the two of them walked into the auditorium, they noticed at a glance that all the usual decorations were gone, and what was replaced was not the flag of the college cup winner college in previous years, but a large black curtain.

Normally, this would definitely cause dissatisfaction from the Victor Academy, but this year, no one jumped out to object.

Because everyone knows that this is to commemorate the casualties in the previous attack.

Due to the long delay in the Room of Requirement, Link and Emily were still a little late.

In the packed auditorium, Professor Sprout was extremely anxious and hesitated to find Link. But when Link and Emily appeared in front of her hand in hand, she noticed that there was still a slight blush on Emily's face. Finally, the angry look on her face was instantly replaced by a meaningful smile.

She greeted him with a huge enthusiasm like "the pig I raised has finally got the cabbage", and even invited Emily to sit at the Hufflepuff long table with Link.

This scared Emily away, and the red cloud on her face disappeared, and it tended to spread further to her neck.

But in fact, because of the contract, she and Link didn't do much out of the ordinary just now.

Of course Link wouldn't explain much about this.

He held his head high and walked into the laughing group led by Professor Sprout very naturally. He even had the intention to laugh and curse with Cedric, John and others.

At this moment, Dumbledore suddenly stood up from the faculty seat.

This move instantly made the auditorium, which was already much quieter than previous school leaving banquets, even quieter.

"Another year," Dumbledore said calmly, "It's over."

Dumbledore stopped talking and focused his attention on the long table in Ravenclaw.

In the previous attack, Ravenclaw House suffered the most serious damage. Among them, a sixth-grade boy was hit by a stray arrow while assisting the professor in guiding the younger students to evacuate. He was ultimately seriously injured three days ago. Unable to cure, he passed away unfortunately.

This also made the faces at the Ravenclaw table look particularly pale and sad tonight.

The emotional Professor Flitwick even started sobbing early on.

"I have a lot to say to you tonight," Dumbledore finally continued, while at the same time his body was secretly emitting an indescribable magical power that slowly spread to the entire auditorium, " But first I must announce with deep sadness that we have lost a very good friend, who should have been sitting here, enjoying this dinner with us. I hope everyone will stand up and raise a glass to pay tribute to Michael Townley! "

Amidst the sound of stools being moved, everyone stood up one after another, raised their goblets and said in unison in a deep and deep voice:

"Here's to Michael Townley!"

The toast was accompanied by a sob.

To be honest, many people present had never even heard of this name before today, but under the current atmosphere, everyone could not help but sympathize with his death.

Link in the Hufflepuff team was also a little emotional. He sighed, lightly hammered Cedric, who had red eyes in front of him, and said:

"You should really thank me!"

Cedric, who was still immersed in the sad atmosphere created by Dumbledore, seemed a little confused and asked blankly:

"Huh? Why?"

Why?If it weren't for me, the object of everyone's silence now should be you!

Today’s leaving school dinner will also become your memorial service!

Link complained in his mind, but didn't say anything. He just rolled his eyes at Cedric, which made Cedric even more confused.

Dumbledore on the stage obviously didn't notice Link's little move. He waited for a while and continued:

"The people who lost their lives because of this attack were not only Michael Townley, but also our warriors Link and Harry, and everyone here! We all feel the impact of this attack. Bone-breaking pain!

I believe that you, as victims, have the right to know what this is all about. "

Dumbledore's tone was extremely calm, but the students in the audience were incited to explode after hearing this, and they roared and demanded to know the truth.

In this almost fiery atmosphere, Dumbledore declared with a serious expression:

"The person who actually planned and carried out this attack was Voldemort."