The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

"Eh?!"

Emily screamed, the look of resentment on her face quickly fading into pure shock.

What followed immediately after the shock was embarrassment.

She didn't think anyone would dare to come here and pretend to be Link's grandfather. It was very easy to get involved, it was pointless, and no one could bear the consequences.

So that means that he almost hit Link's grandfather just now?

After reacting, Emily quickly hid her wand behind her back and smiled awkwardly at the handsome old man blocking the way, feeling a little at a loss.

The old man opposite obviously saw Emily's embarrassment.

A smile emerged from the corner of his mouth and gradually spread.

"What a wonderful girl. Link is so lucky to be with you. Come on, don't be shy, this is my meeting gift to you."

As he spoke, the handsome old man took out a brooch placed in a crystal panel and handed it to Emily.

The brooch has a simple shape and is in the shape of a shield. It is engraved with a semi-erect lion and scorpion, and the outer ring is wrapped with a redbud flower pattern.

There is no doubt that this is an ancient noble medal!

Emily was still a little confused at the moment, and she was about to reach out to pick it up, but Link on the side held her back.

This made Emily even more confused. When she turned around, she found that Link's face was already gloomy. The ebony wand had been pulled out by Link at some point, and it was flashing a dangerous gray light.

Although Mrs. Foley has been reluctant to talk about his cheap grandfather, Link still collected some information out of curiosity.

This man's name is Ludwig von Beckmann, and he is a famous hero.

The Beckmann family he led once became one of the most powerful families in Germany and even Europe, monopolizing the entire regulated potion smuggling business in Europe.

Even though it has been defeated now, and even Beckman is the only direct member of the family, but the skinny camel is bigger than a horse, the Beckman family is still among the top five pure-blood wizard families in Germany, with the strength and heritage of the family. It is even worse than the Foley family that is now in full swing.

But despite this, Link didn't have a good impression of this grandfather.

The bad feeling came from Mrs. Foley.

Although Link didn't know what happened between Mrs. Foley and Beckman back then, judging from the results alone, the relationship between the two of them was very bad.

Under the influence of Mrs. Foley, Link did not believe that his relationship with the Beckman family and Beckman himself was not enemies, but nor relatives. At best, they were just strangers who could barely cooperate.

Just for the sake of those old German wizards who risked their lives to support him last time!

"Hmm!~ It seems you have recognized who I am."

Beckman smiled and tilted his head, seemingly indifferent to Link's aggressive behavior, and said as if he suddenly reacted, "But Link, are you jealous? Don't worry, I I also prepared a gift for you this time. A gift that is big enough to definitely satisfy you."

"I am very happy that Mr. Beckman can come to my and Emily's engagement ceremony. I don't dare to ask for any extra gifts. But the dinner party is in full swing now, so I think Mr. Beckman might as well go back to the venue and continue to enjoy it." ?”

Link shook his head.

He spoke extremely politely, but there was no trace of a smile on his face, and his eyes were even colder.

At this time, Emily finally reacted when she saw this. Her eyes looking at Beckman were no longer as respectful as before, and even the wand that was originally hidden behind her was taken out again.

Beckman took in all this, but the smile on his face did not diminish at all. He spread his arms and was about to speak when there was a rush of footsteps not far away.

Mrs. Foley and Old Creed walked quickly towards the three of them. Mrs. Foley didn't have much expression on her face, while Old Creed had a ferocious look on his face and asked as he trotted:

"Why are you here, you damn old thing!"

Hearing this, the smile on Beckman's face quickly faded, and he said lightly:

"Today is an important day for Link's engagement. As his grandfather, I naturally have to come and witness it with my own eyes."

"fart!"

Old Kreil was extremely angry, and this anger was not only directed at Beckman but even transferred to Mrs. Foley.

He hurriedly stood next to Link, and his ferocious one eye, already covered with bloodshot eyes, stared back and forth at Mrs. Foley and Beckman, "I knew, I knew it would be like this. Haha! Don't think so. I don’t know what your intentions are, and I won’t let you succeed!”

"You old immortal still has such a hot temper, just like old Foley." Beckman still maintained his elegance and said, "It was because of the bad temper of your Foley family that I didn't want to send Leo I married Ni, I didn’t expect..."

Beckman did not continue speaking, but spread his hands and shook his head helplessly.

This scene almost made Old Krei mad. Immediately, more obscene words spewed out of his mouth, and Beckman responded in a strange way.

For a moment, the two of them were in a stalemate.

Link ignored the two people who were cursing, and instead turned his attention to Mrs. Foley.

Mrs. Foley was the one who actually hosted this engagement ceremony. The scale of this engagement ceremony was not large, and it could even be said to be very hidden. The news only circulated in a small circle, so Beckman, who was far away in Germany, could Appearing here must be inseparable from Mrs. Foley.

What's more, judging from the fact that Mrs. Foley was able to help Link bring in such a group of old German wizards as foreign aid, Mrs. Foley and the Beckman family should have reestablished contact a long time ago.

Sensing Link's probing gaze, Mrs. Foley's expression was a little complicated.

She sighed deeply, and separated Beckman and Old Kled, who were already noisy to the point of fighting, and said loudly:

"Stop embarrassing yourself here. If you want to talk, let's go next door to talk!"

The dance in the auditorium is still going on at the moment. This is indeed not a good place to talk and argue. The commotion they just made has attracted a lot of curious eyes.

Old Kreil and Beckman finally noticed this. They snorted in unison, and then got into the small living room next door as if they were racing.

Naturally, Link and the other two wanted to go, but before entering the reception room, Link finally couldn't help but frown and asked:

"Mother, what on earth is going on?"

Mrs. Foley's expression was a little gloomy, but after hearing this, she still touched the heads of Link and Emily, forced a smile and said:

"Mom won't hurt you."

Link is naturally convinced of this, because Mrs. Foley has proven it countless times in the past years.

And since this time it won’t be a bad thing, it should naturally be a good thing!

Link stared at Mrs. Foley, a smile appeared on his face, and he led the two of them into the reception room with his head held high.

The reception room chosen by Old Kreil and Beckman was not large. Apart from a seat that was obviously the main seat, there were only two leather sofas on both sides.

The two of them no longer quarreled.

As a guest, Beckman naturally occupied a sofa to himself. As for Old Kret, he waited for Mrs. Foley and Emily to sit on the other sofa, and after Link sat on the main seat, he stood Behind Link, he glared at Beckman with wide eyes.

Seeing this scene, the light in Beckman's eyes became brighter, with a hint of relief in his eyes.

He could tell from the arrangement of seats alone that the real allegiance of the Foley family was no longer Mrs. Foley, but his little grandson, who had not been masked for a long time and had not even graduated from wizard school.

"Ahem, Link, this is your grandfather, my father, Ludwig von Beckmann, and the current patriarch of the Beckmann family." Mrs. Foley introduced, "This time he is listening to I told you that you were about to get engaged, so I came here on my own initiative."

Although he already knew the general details of the other party, Link still patiently listened to Mrs. Foley's introduction, then turned his attention to Beckman on the other side and said expressionlessly:

"Mr. Beckman, you and I both know that your purpose of coming here this time is not that simple. I don't think we need to continue to dilly-dally, so please tell me directly."

clap clap clap! ~

Beckman clapped his hands after hearing this. He was not annoyed at all because Link called him by his first name. He looked at Link like he was looking at a work of art and praised:

"Link, you are really outstanding. I already knew about your excellence when Leonie asked me for help to support you. Later, I saw that you won the Triwizard Tournament from the International Federation of Wizards. Champion, and after repelling the attacks of Death Eaters and Voldemort, I have further raised my expectations for you. But when I really see you now, I realize that I still underestimated you after all. I dare to say that you Definitely the most outstanding person in our Beckman family for hundreds of years..."

"My young master's surname is Foley."

Hearing Beckman's excitement, Old Klie interrupted unhurriedly, looking at Beckman with eyes full of contempt.

This made Beckman's smile disappear again.

Seeing that a quarrel was about to start again, Link waved his wand, making a burst of noise in the air and said:

"I told you, stop being pretentious! Mr. Beckman, just tell me what your purpose is. I don't have time to trade business with you here!"

Beckman obviously didn't understand what business bragging meant, but after hearing this, he still tightened his expression and said with a smile:

"I want you to inherit the Beckman family."

'it is as expected. '

Link nodded, this was pretty much what he expected.

After all, judging from the information obtained from Mrs. Foley, Mrs. Foley's remaining brothers, sisters, uncles, and uncles had already died in the First War of the Dark Lord and the subsequent purge of the Ministry of Magic.

This means that the only direct head of the huge Beckmann family is Ludwig von Beckmann. It is normal for him to want to find an heir.

But even after confirming the news, Link still didn't feel too happy.

Link has never had the illusion that pie in the sky will fall.

He didn't think anyone would be so generous as to be willing to hand over a large sum of his inheritance to a person with a foreign surname.

Even if this person with a foreign surname is his grandson by blood.

When he thought about it, Beckmann's idea was probably to change his name to Link von Beckmann, and then while inheriting the Beckmann family, he would also change all the Foley family's properties to von Beckmann. The purpose is to occupy the magpie's nest and let the Beckman family shine again.

Unfortunately, Link is very satisfied with his current family and surname, and has no plans to change it.

In this case, the matter of inheriting the Beckman family has nothing to do with him.

Link glanced at Old Kled who was obviously nervous, changed to a more comfortable position and sat slumped down, and quoted Old Kled's previous words:

"My last name is Foley, and my name is Link Foley."

As soon as he said this, the small living room fell into silence.

After a long time, old Kled, who was standing behind Link, let out a strange cry of joy, grabbed the back of Link's chair and shouted to Beckman:

"Did you hear? Did you hear?"

Beckman buttoned his ears in disgust, smiled and said to Link:

"I have no intention of letting you change your surname. Even if you take the name Link Foley, you can still inherit the Beckman family. After all, I have no other descendants."

Old Kled was like a duck whose neck was suddenly strangled, and his strange squawking suddenly stopped.

Mrs. Foley nodded towards Link.

As she said before, it was impossible for her to harm her son.

Although Beckman was her father, if the conditions offered by Beckman were not so good, she would never have let him into Forlì Castle.

Link was a little thoughtful when he heard the words, but at this time, Old Kled reacted completely. He eagerly leaned into Link's ear and deliberately screamed in a voice that everyone could hear:

"Master, this old guy is a saint! The Beckman family are all the most loyal saints!"

"what!?"

Emily, who had been silent next to her, suddenly jumped up from the sofa.

Link's slightly squinted eyes widened instantly.

The term saint also exists in the wizarding world, and its meaning is similar to that in the Muggle world. It generally refers to the disciples and followers of saints and prophets.

For example, Merlin's followers are called saints.

But after the First Dark Lord War, the meaning of the word saint changed.

It began to refer specifically to Grindelwald's followers, and they were very high-level diehards.

Link originally knew that the Beckman family had followed Grindelwald, but he did not expect that the Beckman family were actually saints.

This is more troublesome.

You must know that the International Federation of Magic is not as stupid as the Ministry of Magic. They have always implemented a high-pressure and killing policy towards saints.

If he really dared to inherit the Beckman family, then the International Magic Federation would dare to transfer all the pressure originally placed on the Beckman family to him.

"Well, it's getting late. Why don't Mr. Beckman rest at my house for a night?" Link stood up and said, "As for the matter you mentioned, I think it's better to think about it in the long term."

After saying this, Link didn't give Beckman a chance to refuse, and left the living room with Mrs. Foley and Emily.

Old Kelie was satisfied now.

He snorted arrogantly at Beckman and walked out.

Before leaving, he also turned off the magic light in the living room.

For a time, Beckman was the only one left in the brightly lit reception room, sitting alone in the darkness.

However, he was not as disappointed and angry as Old Kellie expected.

On the contrary, his expression at this moment was even a bit joyful and fortunate.

Because he found that when Old Kled mentioned the word saint, there was no disgust in Link's eyes, and he was even a little excited.