The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Forlì Castle.

Underground room.

Old Kled, Old Beckman, Mrs. Foley, Emily and a large group of wizards in black combat uniforms were standing solemnly.

In the middle of them, Link, dressed in black robes, was staring at the huge Gringotts structure diagram in front of him.

Of course, this is not the original architectural drawing.

The original Gringotts design had long been destroyed by the goblins, and even the designers who originally drew the design had been turned into ashes as time went by.

The current blueprint was discovered by Old Barty's hunters who had been sneaking into Gringotts' underground vault in the name of withdrawing money in the past few months.

Of course, there will be no secret rooms such as the 'Secret Treasure House of the Goblins' in the drawings constructed in this way, but at least the various structures that appear on the surface have been included.

For now, it's enough.

After tapping the Lestrange vault that had been painted red on the drawing a few times with his fingers, the corners of Link's mouth slowly rose.

In the past few days, he had been staying at Forley Castle and had a very pleasant time with Mrs. Forley and the others.

This is necessary because Link estimates that their family will have very little time to spend leisurely and happy time like this in the future.

Another reason for this is that Link decided to use milder methods to invade Gringotts.

This will save them a lot of trouble and losses.

After all, Gringotts can be said to be the economic core of the Republic of China and even Europe as a whole, and its existence is very important.

And the wizarding world is not the Muggle world either.

If we blindly refer to the methods of robbing banks in the Muggle world to carry out a strong attack, then Link estimates that Gringotts can assemble hundreds of goblins in 10 minutes with combat capabilities that are not inferior to ordinary adult wizards.

At the same time, the Auror and Strike Force troops from the Ministry of Magic will receive the news within 5 minutes, and will be assembled in 15 minutes at most, arriving at Gringotts through the Floo Network and the Apparition Spell.

This will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of invading Gringotts to hellish levels.

Therefore, using normal withdrawal procedures to put the person underground in Gringotts first became the best way to invade.

If the killing and silencing were timely enough, this would buy them at least 20 more minutes.

While Link was enjoying the holidays with his family, Old Kled and Old Buckman were also working their hardest on this plan.

You must know that in order to reduce risks, Gringotts has limits on the number of people who can enter the underground vault at the same time.

Especially now during the Christmas holidays.

It is almost full of people who want to enter the vault to withdraw money every day, so you must make an appointment in advance.

This made the jobs of Old Kreid and Old Beckman very difficult.

Because not only do they need to reserve entry quotas on the same day and time period, but these quotas must also be applied for under false identities.

Fortunately, the most lacking thing for the Foley family now is gold galleons.

Thanks to Old Kreid's secret money-making ability, they finally secured all the withdrawal quotas from Gringotts' underground vault today.

"Ding--"

A gold coin was ejected by Link, spun in the air several times, and finally fell back into Link's hand.

The circle of numbers on the edge of the gold coin had been transformed into today's date as early as the day before yesterday.

Presumably Newland and the others have also received this message, right?

Thinking this, Link took a deep breath, turned around and said to several people with a smile:

"Everyone, are you ready?"

boom--

The dozens of wizards uniformly knocked their right fists on their left chests, and the combined sounds made a loud noise in the secret room.

Although none of them spoke, they gave the best answer!

Old Kled, who was sitting at the front of the crowd, had a trace of amusement on his face.

He glanced at Old Beckman happily, with a teasing look in his eyes - he had only trained this set of things in the past few days.

Of course, the reason why he was able to do so well was directly related to the fact that the quota was limited, so all the hunters he selected were the most elite.

Old Beckman ignored him at all, and even turned his head deliberately to hide the disdain in his eyes.

A hunter is nothing in his eyes.

Although the number of saints under his command was small and all of them were very old, they were all killed from the mountains of corpses and the sea of ​​blood.

If they really wanted to fight, he firmly believed that the saints could slaughter all these flashy hunters in a short time!

Seeing these two elders competing for the upper hand, Link felt dumbfounded.

He smiled and shook his head, then turned his attention to Mrs. Foley and Emily.

Although she concealed it well, there was still a trace of worry hidden deep in Mrs. Foley's eyes.

"Are you going?"

Seeing Link, Mrs. Foley said with a smile.

"Yes, Mother." Link replied, "But don't worry, we are fully prepared, we will definitely win this time!"

"Then I'll ask Little Button to make tonight's dinner more sumptuous, and wait for you to come back and spend Christmas Eve together."

Mrs. Foley said, and when Link nodded, the smile on her face became wider.

But then she turned her gaze to Emily, and the worry on her face finally became uncontrollable.

She smoothed a stray strand of hair at the corner of Emily's eyebrows and said:

"Emily, I don't think you need to go, right? It's not an outing after all."

Emily smiled when she heard this and put Mrs. Foley's hand on her face and said:

"I can't hide behind Link all my life, right?"

Mrs. Foley's expression was stagnant, and she was about to say that there was nothing wrong with that.

Having a man who loves you and is willing to protect you for the rest of your life is one of the greatest blessings for a woman.

But she still couldn't say this.

Because she suddenly realized that this rule did not apply to her.

After her husband died and her son became insane, she single-handedly supported the entire Foley family, and in just a few years, she quickly brought the Foley family from the danger of being divided between them by the powerful. He broke away and became stronger.

And Emily has regarded her as her idol since she was a child, and has tried hard to imitate her words and deeds, her demeanor, her way of doing things...

How could Emily like this be willing to be a little woman who only knows how to care for her husband and raise children?

At this moment Mrs. Foley had some thoughts.

The reason why her current mentality has undergone such a huge change is mainly because Link has achieved success.

This made her instinctively return to her original little woman state.

Old Kled was able to hand over the authority of the entire family directly to Link so easily, bypassing her, and there was no lack of her own hints and encouragement.

She is not a strong woman to begin with. The strength she showed before was just a matter of strength as a mother.

After so many years, she has long been tired of the cruel life of fighting for power.

But Emily is different.

Emily doesn't have to be like her.

Mrs. Foley smiled with some relief and said:

"Then, little Emily, just do what you want. I will always support you and Link."

There were faint tears in Emily's eyes, and she nodded vigorously.

Link, who was not far away, was speechless.

You must know that Emily can become the house leader of Slytherin from a foreign family like Victoria. This in itself means that Emily's talent in magic is very outstanding.

In addition, Link never hides his cultivation, and often gives precious collections such as the 'Slytherin Grimoire' to Emily to read at will, and sometimes even gives Emily personal guidance.

Therefore, Emily is actually very strong at this time.

At least not weaker than the prospective Aurors who had just graduated from Hogwarts and joined the Auror training camp.

The reason why it usually looks weaker.

That's entirely because with Link as a foil, Emily doesn't have much chance to show off.

With such a strong strength, and also being protected by hunters and saints, Emily's risk factor in this mission is actually not great.

There is really no need to make it seem as though life and death are parting.

However, he was speechless, and Link still did not interrupt the two of them. He waited until they hugged and cried for a while before he reached out and snapped his fingers.

Everyone pulled out a tube of polyjuice potion from the belt around their waists and drank it in one gulp.

Under the influence of the medicine, everyone in the secret room quickly began to deform.

The originally neat team gradually became messy due to the changes in everyone's height and shape.

"Then, let's go!"

boom--

Another burst of neat chest beating and salute sounded.

Then there was a series of crackling Apparition explosions.

Watching everyone in front of them turn into afterimages and disappear, Emily finally broke away from Mrs. Foley's arms and held Link's arm.

They both bowed to Mrs. Foley, and Link took out his wand.

"The follower appears!"

A breathless darkness swept over.

A few seconds later, Link and Emily, who had transformed through Polyjuice Potion, appeared on Charing Cross Street.

The Christmas atmosphere is already very strong on this Muggle street.

A huge Christmas tree was planted on the 'Malu Island' in the middle of the street, surrounded by colored lights. Under the tree were a large number of empty gift boxes. From further away, faint Christmas music could be heard.

It was a holiday morning, but there were not many people on the street.

There were tightly wrapped Muggles everywhere, and people were coming and going. Most of them were carrying shopping bags in their hands, and their faces were filled with enthusiastic smiles.

In comparison, the area in front of the Leaky Cauldron was much deserted.

Under the restrictions of the Muggle Expelling Curse, the crowds of people passing by did not notice this small restaurant at all. Some pedestrians would unconsciously avoid it even if they had already reached the Leaky Cauldron.

Link felt uncomfortable and touched the two newly deformed mustaches on his face, and pushed open the door of the Leaky Cauldron amid Emily's teasing laughter.

A hot air mixed with the smell of tobacco and food came from the floor.

The Leaky Cauldron was also very lively.

Countless wizards in strange costumes were coming out of the fireplace. ?

Link and Emily even saw several students they had met at Hogwarts.

Tom, the hunchbacked and toothless boss, was greeting the guests enthusiastically behind the bar, or turning his head to flip the fried meat in the pot so that more aroma could be released.

Most of the wizards who come here do their shopping in Diagon Alley, and for them the Leaky Cauldron is just a transit point.

After coming out of the fireplace, they left almost immediately.

However, under Tom's warm greeting, many wizards who had not had breakfast stayed.

"Hey! Handsome gentleman, and this beautiful lady, come and warm yourself up with some hot cocoa, it's the absolute best treat in this damn weather!"

Seeing Link and Emily come in, Tom greeted them with the same enthusiasm.

Emily didn't pay attention to Tom at all, but just covered her nose in disgust.

There is no such thing as "no smoking in public places" in the wizarding world, and what she hates most is the smell of smoke that lingers indoors, not to mention the smell of smoke in the Leaky Cauldron, which is also mixed with the aroma of food. Being together becomes even more disgusting.

Link knew exactly how Emily felt, so he just shook his head at Tom and left quickly.

Tom was not upset when he saw this.

He had seen a lot of well-dressed noble people like Link and Emily, and such people would never eat anything in a low-level restaurant like his.

In fact, there were not many people like Link and Emily who directly refused to leave. If it were the father and son from the Malfoy family, they would probably have to leave a few disgusting words.

Thinking of this, Tom shook his head and started to greet the next guest with a smile.

On the other side, Link and Emily followed the large army into the backyard of the Leaky Cauldron.

The passage on the wall here has long been opened. After the crowds poured in, a Diagon Alley that was even more lively than during the beginning of school appeared in front of Link and Emily.

The streets were bustling with people, and even though it was just time for the shops to open, there was already a long queue outside a shop. The queue was winding along both sides of the street, with almost no end in sight.

Emily stood on tiptoes and looked at the shop's sign.

I saw the huge sign clearly saying - Quidditch Boutique.

Emily lost interest in an instant. She was not interested in this rough sport at all.

Link had a look of understanding on his face.

As a national-level sport, Quidditch is the favorite thing for young boys.

Christmas Eve is coming soon, and Quidditch equipment such as quaffles, bludgers, broomsticks or Quidditch beginner kits are naturally the best gifts for your children.

Not only the Quidditch boutique, but as the two continued walking, they discovered more long queues outside.

Not to mention the Eela Owl Shop, Madam Malkin's Robe Store and Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.

These shops are already popular in Diagon Alley.

Every little wizard can't escape the process of coming here when school starts, and Christmas is no exception.

And, of course, there's the Magic Joke House.

It is also a favorite among children who like to play pranks.

Surprisingly, there was also a long queue in front of the Florin Volkswagen ice cream parlor.

Eating ice cream in the middle of winter is outrageous.

Link and Emily observed at the entrance of the store for a while, and then realized that the reason for this situation was entirely because the Florin Popular Ice Cream Shop launched a new Christmas flavor of ice cream.

The two of them were busy and naturally didn't buy it, but judging from the reactions of those who enjoyed it after eating, the ice cream must be spicy.

After all, after everyone finished eating, they couldn't help but spit out a fire dragon composed of magic flames from their mouths.

This publicity effect is absolutely packed, no wonder there are so many people queuing at the door.

After slapping their mouths, Link and Emily finally walked towards Gringotts like the other wizards who had just arrived in Diagon Alley this morning.