The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

"Harry, what are you doing? If I read correctly, it's only 5 o'clock!"

Link said while rubbing his temples. He was quite angry when he got up. If Harry couldn't give him a reasonable explanation, he was ready to give him a little pain.

For example, turning into a maggot is a good choice.

However, Harry didn't seem to notice Link's emotional changes at all, or it could be that he was overwhelmed by the surprise at the moment. Before Link could finish speaking, he directly thrust a copy of the Daily Prophet into Link's arms. inside.

"Quick! Link! Look at this!"

Harry said excitedly, seeing this, Link finally turned his serious eyes to the newspaper.

"Shock!A shocking reversal in the Harry Potter case!Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge became incontinent in court!Is this a distortion of human nature or a loss of morality? 》

This familiar shocking title...

Link knew that this article must have been written by Rita Skeeter without even reading it.

Because this set of headlines was accidentally revealed by Link while chatting with the other party, Rita Skeeter, a black reporter, immediately accepted it as an imperial edict after hearing it. Facts have also proved that making headlines was really popular in the 90s. Rita Skeeter became so popular that she became a contract writer for the Daily Prophet.

Forcing himself to ignore the embarrassingly vulgar title, Link continued to look down, and then nodded with satisfaction.

There is no doubt that this is a dark article that uses yesterday's secret trial as a starting point to specifically attack Cornelius Fudge.

In the article, Rita Skeeter once again showed her ability to stir up trouble and turn a deer into a horse.

Originally, Link thought it would be good to inculcate a crime in Fudge between stupid (Fudge was taken away from control of the dementors without his knowledge) and bad (Fudge deliberately assigned the dementors to attack Harry). .

As a result, Rita Skeeter directly described Fudge as a stupid and bad thing through spring and autumn writing.

Not only that, Rita Skeeter also fabricated some extremely difficult false information such as 'Fudge's Night Party Underage Witch', creating a feeling that Fudge's personal morality was also corrupt.

While Rita Skeeter was blaming Fudge, she was also very clever in secretly raising Barty's prestige. From this point alone, Link could tell that Barty must have paid a fortune for this article. Pen gold galleons.

And the Daily Prophet isn't the only newspaper doing this.

Harry then handed over almost all the wizarding newspapers that could be collected on the market. Without exception, all of them published news about yesterday's secret trial, and the general content was almost the same as that in the Daily Prophet. It's as if everyone is working on an original article to edit and publish it.

And in fact it is.

The main purpose of Lao Batty's press conference yesterday was actually to bribe the major media and unify their tone. All reports on the secret trial were provided by them. The media were just porters and processors of news.

In addition, Link also keenly noticed that the news of Voldemort's return was vaguely mentioned in some newspaper articles.

This is actually no longer a secret after Dumbledore's public speech.

But due to the suppression of Fudge, the Minister of Magic, this is the first time Link has seen relevant reports in the newspaper.

Although it was only mentioned a few times, it also proved that Fudge's authority was rapidly slipping after this battle, and was replaced by an interest group with Link as the mastermind behind the scenes and Old Barty as the superficial core.

Link handed the newspaper back to Harry.

For now, he is quite satisfied with the actions of Old Batty and a group of young congressmen.

Of course, the follow-up depends on their efforts. At best, they have only achieved a staged victory.

"Link! I never thought that Fudge would have such a day! This is really... awesome!"

Harry shouted excitedly.

He was so excited that he almost cried.

After experiencing Fudge not acknowledging the fact that Voldemort had returned and Fudge framing him, his favorability towards Fudge could have dropped to a negative number.

Although Fudge was not defeated in the current situation, it at least gave him some relief.

The reason why he rushed up to wake up Link so early was because he wanted to express his gratitude to Link.

It's a pity that Link didn't care about his thanks and just fooled the excited Harry with a few words. Link finished washing up, changed into a T-shirt and summer shorts and went downstairs.

"Link, why did you get up so early today? Breakfast is ready, come over and eat..."

Mrs. Weasley, with an apron tied around her waist, greeted Link warmly.

However, when she saw what Link was wearing, her words suddenly got stuck in mid-sentence.

Hermione, Ron and others in the restaurant also had similar reactions. You must know that Link usually wears either a Hogwarts uniform, a dress or a hunting suit for easy activities. This is the first time they have seen Link wearing one. Such Muggle-like and casual clothing.

At this moment, Link looks like the handsome neighbor in an ordinary community. His whole person gives people a sunny and trustworthy feeling.

Of course, the premise for this feeling to appear is that you must ignore the basilisk hanging on the opponent's shoulder (no way, short-sleeved Arkham is not easy to get into clothes.).

"No, although I have reported it, staying out all night is the limit of my mother's tolerance. If I don't go back soon, she will probably become anxious."

Link waved his hand to decline, and the smile he showed when he spoke made Hermione's mouth widen slightly, and she forgot to put down the fork halfway raised in her hand.

"Ma Baonan."

Sirius muttered softly. After yesterday's 'battle', the grudge between him and Link could be said to have deepened.

It's a pity that Link helped Harry, so he couldn't show too much hostility.

Naturally, what he said could not escape Link who possessed the Psychic Curse.

Link glanced at him without paying much attention, and his eyes fell on Kreacher who was serving everyone at the dining table.

Kreacher looked obviously more stupid at the moment, his eyes shining with the light of 'wisdom'.

This is the sequelae of the Forgetting Curse, and Link's proficiency in this curse can only be said to be barely usable at best.

"But before I leave, I have one more gift to give you."

Link said as he threw Regulus' diary towards Sirius Black.

This sudden move startled Sirius, who struggled for a while to prevent the diary from smashing into the soup pot in front of him.

"What the hell is this...?"

Sirius said with some disgust, but when he instinctively opened the cover, the signature on it made his expression freeze instantly.

"Regulus Black's diary was found among my father's belongings. I saw you had so many misunderstandings about this hero last time, so I brought it here."

Hearing what Link said, Harry and others became interested and gathered behind Sirius to watch together.

Sirius, on the other hand, seemed to have lost all awareness of the outside world and was completely immersed in the world of the diary. As the pages of the book turned, his body began to tremble and his eyes became red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After half an hour.

Snapped--

As the last page of the diary was closed, Sirius finally couldn't help but shed tears.

Next to him, Hermione, Harry and others also looked sad.

No one could have imagined that Regulus, who had always been scorned as a Death Eater, was actually a silent hero who planned to destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes, and in order not to harm his family, he had been enduring it alone. until death.

But at this touching moment, Moody's iconic husky voice suddenly sounded.

"So... this Regulus, did he succeed?"

Moody slowly walked out of the corner. With the magic eye, he could see clearly all the contents of the diary without getting close.

But unlike Sirius and others, Moody only cares about the whereabouts of the Horcrux.

"Of course he succeeded, otherwise I wouldn't call him a hero."

Link said as Slytherin's locket appeared in his hand.

The pupils of Moody's Demonic Eye in the distance shrank suddenly, and his whole body turned into a wisp of smoke and rushed toward the pendant box.

However, just when he was about to touch the pendant, Link flipped his wrist. The ebony wand instantly replaced the pendant and appeared in Link's hand. The tip of the wand touched Moody's eyebrows.

"Scared!~"

Arkham ejected onto Moody's body at an astonishing speed, quickly enlarged and clung to Moody's shoulder, its mouth slightly opened, revealing its fangs shining with black light.

At the same time, Yo-Yo, which had been sleeping for a long time, finally spread its wings and slowly stood on Link's arm.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense. Except for Sirius, who was still immersed in his diary, almost everyone else at the scene was shocked by this sudden turn of events.

Beads of sweat continued to appear on Moody's forehead.

Whether it's Link's wand, Arkham, or the yo-yo standing on Link's arm, they all give Moody a sense of great danger.

This reminded him of his life of fighting with those Death Eaters more than ten years ago.

The other party is really capable and willing to kill him!

"Calm down, Link. I just made a joke with you. We are on the same team. Do you remember?"

Moody said in a slower tone.

Moody's fighting style is actually very brutal. He never minds trading injuries for lives, and he fights quite brutally.

Therefore, many people who have seen him fight will feel that Moody is not afraid of death at all.

But the reality was just the opposite. Moody was scared to death.

The reason why his fighting style is crazy and brutal is simply because he knows that this will give him a greater chance of survival.

If he wasn't afraid of death, he wouldn't be suspected of having "persecution paranoia" later on.

But now faced with a life-and-death crisis again, Moody simply gave up.

Seeing his appearance, Link smiled slightly and said:

"Slytherin's pendant is a good collection. I have eliminated the Voldemort soul in it. I think you won't mind if I take it home for collection, right?"

Of course, if you have any objections, let Dumbledore come to me.You alone are not qualified to make irresponsible remarks to me. "

"Ah, I know, I will do it, so can you let your basilisk come down? It hurts me so much when it strangles me, I'm almost..."

Moody said without hesitation, but before he could finish his words, Sirius on the side slammed his fist on the table and roared:

"What the hell is going on!? If that locket is Regulus's relic, how come it is in your hands!"

"Hey, hey, hey! Blake, calm down!"

Moody shouted anxiously, with sweat pouring from his head, for fear that the impulsive and crazy Sirius Black would anger Link.

This was not only for his own life, but also for the safety of Harry and others.

You must know that judging from the current situation, if Dumbledore cannot arrive in time, even if everyone in this house comes together, they will still deliver food to Link.

Link's power far exceeded Moody's expectations!

However, what Moody didn't expect was that Link was not angry when he heard this. He just shook his head helplessly and said:

"Phew! The matter is actually very simple. You can ask Kreacher for specific details. He is one of the parties involved."

Sirius was obviously not as crazy as Moody feared. After hearing this, he did not continue to worry about Link taking away the locket. He turned to Kreacher and roared:

"Kreacher! What did Regulus do? I order you to answer me truthfully!"

As soon as he said this, the originally stupid Kreacher's expression immediately turned into one of horror.

He began to cry and bang his head against the floor crazily, as if he was repenting and punishing himself. It was not until Sirius gave another extremely strong order that he gradually calmed down and said slowly:

"Master Regulus gave Kreacher to the Dark Lord first. Master Regulus said that this was the honor of himself and Kreacher. Kreacher must do everything the Dark Lord asked him to do...and then return - -go home."

Sirius' brow furrowed.

Giving the house elves that were loyal to him to the Dark Lord first was something he could not approve of at all.

Normally he would get furious just hearing this, but now that he had a diary, he still listened patiently.

"So Kreacher went to the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord didn't tell Kreacher what to do, but took Kreacher to a cave by the sea. It was a big cave, and there was a big black lake in the cave... and... a Boat."

"There is a stone...stone basin on the island in the center of the big black lake. The Dark Lord asked Kreacher to drink...drink the potion inside..."

Kreacher's body began to tremble violently.

"Kreacher drank and saw many horrific scenes while drinking... Kreacher's internal organs were on fire... Kreacher called Master Regulus to save him and the mistress, but the Dark Lord just laughed... …He forced Kreacher to drink up all the potion…He threw a locket into an empty basin…and refilled the pot with potion.”

"Then the Dark Lord got on board and left, leaving Kreacher on the island..."

Moody's magic eye pupil has shrunk to a small dot. Only a few people in the entire Order of the Phoenix, including him, know that what Kreacher just described is clearly the scene in the cave they tried to invade last month!

The Horcrux they wanted to seize was hidden in a stone basin soaked in magic potion, but the stone basin was enchanted. If they wanted to get the Horcrux, they had to drink up all the magic potion.

Dumbledore did try to do this, but the result was not so good.

That kind of potion would not only cause harm to the body, but also cause severe pain.

This kind of pain is not something humans can endure.

Even Dumbledore, without outside help, gave up halfway through his drink of his own free will.

Even if he drinks any more, he will be completely lost. He will drink more lake water due to the extreme thirst caused by the potion, and will eventually be dragged into the lake by the living corpses in the lake and transformed into their kind.

And what Kreacher just said can almost be regarded as Voldemort testing the protection measures of Horcruxes.

With the help of an insignificant life, a house elf...

"...Master Regulus told Kreacher to go home. Kreacher was very thirsty, but he went home without drinking water."

After a brief pause, Kreacher continued.

"I told Master everything. Regulus was very worried. He told Kreacher to hide and not leave the house. Then...after a while...one night, Master Regulus came to the cupboard and found Kreacher. Master Regulus looked very strange, not like his usual self. Kreacher could see that he was very confused... The young master asked Kreacher to take him to the cave, the same cave where Kreacher and the Dark Lord went. …”

Link took a deep breath.

After hearing this, his vague memory of the plot gradually became clearer.

This led him to even imagine the scene at that time - a frightened, aging elf, and the lean, dark boy with a determined expression... Kreacher knew how to open the secret entrance to the underground cave and how to let the boat Coming up, this time he was sailing to the island containing the potion with his beloved Regulus...

"He made you drink up the potion again?"

Sirius said coldly, his expression as cold as his voice.

This approach is in line with the image of his younger brother in his heart.

Unfortunately, Kreacher just shook his head and cried bitterly.

Seeing this, Hermione seemed to have guessed something and covered her mouth, while Sirius's expression gradually collapsed.

Kreacher's sobs became harsh and harsh.

"Master Regulus ordered Kreacher to leave... and leave him alone. He told Kreacher to go home... not to say anything to his mistress about what he had done... but to destroy the locket. Then he drank... and drank it all. Potion. Kreacher replaced the real locket in the stone basin with the fake one brought by Master Regulus...and watched...Master Regulus...being dragged underwater...and then ...Kreacher betrayed Master Regulus's trust! Kreacher took the locket home, but...but Kreacher couldn't leave any trace on it."

Kreacher couldn't speak anymore, and Hermione and the others next to him burst into tears. Among them, Sirius was the most broken down. He began to stare at his red eyes and beat his head desperately. This looked very much like himself just now. Punishing Kreacher.

The only people at the scene who weren't crying were Link and Moody.

The former is because they have already known this period of history, so the impact was not that great.

As for the latter, they are simply used to the separation of life and death and are numb.

Looking at the crying crowd, Link lowered his head silently and said nothing.

But Moody secretly breathed a sigh of relief and tried to comfort him:

"Everyone, please relax. At least... at least we know that what Voldemort got is actually a fake, and the real Horcrux has been destroyed by us, right?"

After saying this, Moody smiled awkwardly, but the next moment Sirius suddenly raised his head and stared at Moody with a pair of red eyes.