The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Inside the teleportation hall of Forlì Castle.

Link walked out of the fireplace while dusting himself off.

He was crazy to stay with Dumbledore to deal with that seemingly empty file.

This was originally used by Professor McGonagall to retaliate against Dumbledore for leaving without saying goodbye.

There was no need for him to get involved.

As a member of the school board, he only needs to give money and at the same time grasp the general direction of Hogwarts' development.

As for the remaining tedious work, it would be better to leave it to Dumbledore and the others.

They have been doing this for decades anyway.

I just feel sorry for Dumbledore, he probably can't sleep anymore.

I don't know how he will be tortured by Professor McGonagall.

Thinking this, the corners of Link's mouth slowly rose.

As the door of the teleportation hall opened, Mrs. Foley and Emily also appeared in front of him.

"Link, welcome back!"

Mrs. Foley said happily, while helping Link dust the ashes on his body that had not been completely removed.

After cleaning up Link, she took Link's hand and walked out.

Throughout this whole process, Link acted extremely submissive.

Because he knew very well that this was the happiest time for his mother.

At this moment, the joyful light in Mrs. Foley's eyes was so strong that others could observe it without the Legilimency spell.

Several people arrived at the restaurant chatting and laughing.

Link also kept observing Forlì Castle during this process.

The last time he came back here was at Christmas time.

At that time, the entire castle was covered in silver, and the interior was decorated with bright red Christmas decorations.

Give people a strong visual impact.

At this time, the prosperity was gone, and all that was left in Forlì Castle were the dusty brick walls and the gloomy stone statue guard in the corner that Link had previously placed.

There is a kind of ugliness that cannot be described.

Although he knew that this was a sequelae that only appeared after he saw too much of the Nicola Flamel Manor and Beauxbatons Castle in France.

Forlì Castle itself shouldn't be that bad.

But when he thought that Mrs. Foley had been stationed in such a castle for safety reasons and was not allowed to go out, Link felt a little painful.

He held Mrs. Foley's hand tightly and said:

"Mother, maybe Forlì Castle should be renovated. We saw many nice buildings in France this time, and I think you will like it."

Emily on the side raised her eyebrows, and a smile appeared on her face involuntarily.

She originally liked the decoration at Nico Flamel's manor.

If Link really wants to transform Forlì Castle into that, she will definitely support it with both hands and feet (well, in the room at night).

However, upon hearing this, Mrs. Foley sighed and said:

"I have lived here for more than 20 years, Link. In other words, this is my home. I actually don't like too many changes here. It will make me feel at a loss and my nerves will become nervous instinctively. Of course, Link, I know you mean well. But if you really want to feel that I am lonely, then come back and stay with me more often. You don’t have to use that method."

As he spoke, Link was led by Mrs. Foley to sit down at the dining table.

All the dishes on the table are made by Little Button.

This guy must have been preparing for a long time and put a lot of thought into it when he heard that Link and others were coming back.

This can be seen from the long table full of dishes.

There are even grilled Balmoral venison fillets and other complex dishes that are only available at Forlì Castle when entertaining distinguished guests.

The smile on Link's face turned a little bitter.

Although he knew very well that both Mrs. Foley and Little Button only wanted the best for him.

But he just felt that it made him a guest.

It doesn't feel like home.

This low mood continued to pervade Link until a pumpkin stew was pushed in front of him.

"Come and taste this."

Mrs. Foley smiled and said, "Home is a place to relax. There is no need to be so tense all the time. After lunch, you should take a comfortable bath and then sleep. The hot water has been heated, and the clothes Everything is ready, just go and go. There is also a bedroom for me..."

Mrs. Foley gushed.

But Link's eyes were always focused on the pumpkin stew.

He actually didn't like pumpkins much in his previous life.

This crop accounts for less than one or two percent of his diet.

He really fell in love with pumpkins on his first Halloween at Hogwarts.

The pumpkin cultivated by Hagrid with magic allowed him to taste what real sweetness is.

This kind of sweetness is not only for the taste, but also for the soul.

Maybe the pumpkin stew reminded him of his past life, or maybe the sweetness in the pumpkin caused some magical chemical changes in his brain.

In short, once he eats pumpkin stew, he will feel happy.

Since then, he has fallen in love with this not-so-expensive dish.

Link's body finally relaxed.

With a smile on his face, he scooped the pumpkin into the pot.

This is really a very simple pumpkin stew, with not even the most common ingredients such as dates, raisins or taro on it.

But Link ate heartily and even lost his usual demeanor.

Emily was so shocked that she almost couldn't hold her fork.

The last time in my memory that Link ate like this was when he was a child more than ten years ago.

Ever since Link went to school, Emily could tell that he had always been restraining himself.

Unexpectedly, this scene would happen again today.

She wanted to remind Link to pay attention to etiquette, but Mrs. Foley didn't stop her.

Mrs. Foley looked at Link silently, her eyes full of relief.

She knew very well that her son had understood what she meant.

Home is a place to rest!

Link can always have a good rest here.

Just like she said before, after eating, take a break, take a bath, and then sleep...

No need to worry about anything anymore!

……

Link's rest lasted only half a month.

In this little half a month, he once again strengthened the magic protection around Forli Castle.

In addition, Link has discovered it after actual inspection.

Due to age and aging of body functions.

Compared with the young and powerful hunters, Germany's old saints are no longer suitable for high-intensity battles.

If these two teams engage in a fierce head-on battle, the winner will definitely be the hunter group with stronger explosive power and endurance.

But when it comes to defending the city, the Old Saints appear to be even better.

Their rich combat experience and various tactical ideas that are so weird that even Link doesn't understand them can exert [-]% of their power with the support of various equipment and formations in the castle.

As a result, Link naturally mobilized three groups of old saints to garrison Forlì Castle to act as guards.

But this has almost drained away all the power from the old Beckman.

This is actually quite unfair to Beckman.

You must know that he is responsible for most of the other party's trade in the Foley family, plus the part of the industry in Germany that originally belonged to the Beckmann family.

This depends on the ancient feudal system. After all, he is also a great earl with real power.

But now, Link directly surrendered all the military power in the hands of the great earl.

How will he work in the future?

How to suppress Xiaoxiao?

Link also knew that this was a bit much.

So I thought about sending some hunters directly to supplement Beckman's strength.

Of course, it's not all good intentions.

Link still wants to add sand to Beckman's place.

But what surprised him was that Beckman refused Link's help without hesitation.

Not only that, he also directly gave up the industry in Germany.

He ran directly to Forli Castle and became the security captain of Forli Castle.

He spent the whole day either drinking and chatting with his old saint brothers, or strolling in the garden with his daughter, Mrs. Foley.

He looked like he was enjoying himself.

This left Link speechless, and in the end he had no choice but to send Old Krei to take over Old Beckman's original job.

To be honest, if he could live such a comfortable life, Link could even live it until the end of the summer vacation.

Unfortunately, a letter bearing the Ministry of Magic's wax seal broke all the peace.

Looking at the letter in his hand, Link let out a long sigh.

Emily on the side looked over and said:

"Going to work?"

Link closed the letter and nodded:

"Yes, old Barty and Percy have some new ideas, and they are eager to invite me to come and talk with them."

He really didn't want to go if he could.

Staying at home for so long.

Inertia has developed within him.

But there was no way, he could leave most of the work at Hogwarts to Dumbledore.

This is because he clearly knew that Dumbledore would not do anything to harm him or Hogwarts.

It's different at the Ministry of Magic.

Neither old Barty nor Percy is a good person.

If he really becomes a hands-off shopkeeper.

These two guys are bound to cause trouble.

Cedric and his gang are still unable to defeat old Barty and Percy.

This is the same as a migrant worker who stays at home for two whole days on the weekend and then goes to work again on Monday.

"I had guessed it a long time ago. The fact that they contacted you so late surprised me."

Emily said as she stood up and helped Link organize his clothes.

Link opened his arms and let Emily help him arrange the clothes, and then said:

"Please don't go. Help me take care of the house and comfort my mother. There's a lot of work backlogged this time. I guess I won't be able to come back for a while."

As he spoke, Link pecked Emily on the lips, then walked into the fireplace with a smile.

boom--

The flames rose.

With a sudden spin, Link appeared in the fireplace of the Minister of Magic's office.

Link didn't make many modifications to this office.

Therefore, this place maintains its original appearance when Fudge was there.

Compared to the dusty Forlì Castle and Hogwarts Castle, the Office of the Minister of Magic is obviously more gorgeous.

Under the ample light provided by the magic curtain outside the window, the entire office was shining with a golden brilliance.

Link was still not sure why Fudge made the office look like this.

But now, since he went to France, he understood.

Fudge must have been to Beauxbatons and the French Ministry of Magic.

Because the decoration style of this office, and even the entire Ministry of Magic of China, is somewhat similar to the Versailles style in France.

It’s just that Fudge failed to imitate the essence of that.

So much so that painting a tiger cannot be compared to a dog.

It smells like a nouveau riche.

Shaking his head, Link opened the door and walked out.

What he didn't expect was that there were two people standing outside the door.

"Hey, Link, long time no see!" Cedric said with a smile, "To be honest, I really envy you. We have been very busy during this time."

Link smiled and stretched out his hand to hug the other person and said:

"Please, I'm not idle either. I'm doing another extremely difficult task!"

As soon as he said this, Link could clearly feel Cedric's body stiffen.

"Yes, we all heard about it. No, to be precise, we were all shocked. Everyone came here this time because they were panicking and wanted you to give some orders." Cedric took a deep breath and said , "But before that, there is another thing."

He let go of Link, revealed the old man behind him and said:

"Amos Diggory, my father, you should have met."

"Hello, Mr. Foley!"

Mr. Diggory rubbed his hands and said excitedly.

"Oh! Cedric, what are you talking about? Of course I know Mr. Diggory." Link laughed and held Mr. Diggory's hand. "You are an amazing father. Mr. Diggory, you have cultivated outstanding talents like Sedric for the magical world of the United States! He will definitely become a bright star, and your contribution will be remembered by the Ministry of Magic and history!"

Hearing this, Mr. Diggory was so excited that he couldn't help himself.

But this is normal.

Mr. Diggory preferred to hear praises about his son than what others said about him.

After all, he knew very well that his life had failed, and he had instilled all his expectations into his son early on.

And Link is obviously the one who can decide whether his son Cedric can fulfill his dream.

This is why he must come to see Link.

After chatting with Mr. Diggory for a while, Link and Cedric got into the magic elevator.

"call--"

Cedric sighed and said, "I'm sorry Link, my father... he was a little uneasy, or in other words, a little uneasy. After all, I was promoted too quickly. According to him, this kind of fire is cooking oil." The speed of development cannot be said to be a good thing, but more like... a sign before a disaster is about to happen. Therefore, he must come to see you."

Upon hearing this, Link looked Cedric up and down.

Cedric is no longer the big brother of the students at Hogwarts.

Now he has his hair slicked back and is wearing a summer robe exclusive to the Ministry of Magic. He looks majestic and energetic.

He really should be excited.

Because in just over a month since he entered the Ministry of Magic, he has perfectly completed his assistant internship in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and the Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures, and is ready to officially become an official.

According to Old Barty's feedback, Cedric should be debating whether to formally enter the Department of Magical Law Enforcement or the Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures.

This was the source of all Mr. Diggory's worries.

It's a good thing that his son is going to be successful, but Cedric moves too fast.

There are very few people in the entire history who have risen through the ranks as quickly as he did.

This frightened Mr. Diggory's limited knowledge.

"These things should be handled by you as a son. After all, this is your family matter. No matter how much I say, your father will think that I am lying." Link shook his head and said, "And instead of talking about this, you Why don't you explain to me what happened today?"

As soon as he said this, the expression on Cedric's face tensed instantly.

He looked at Link in slight surprise and said:

"Didn't you read today's newspaper?"

"Daily Prophet?" Link said calmly, "There doesn't seem to be anything special happening there."

"No, I am referring to the International Wizarding Post. To be honest, the things published in it made us all...a little scared."

As Cedric spoke, the magic elevator had stopped.

He led Link out of the elevator and came to a huge black wooden door.

"Anyway, we actually just want to hear you say a few words of comfort, that's all."

As Cedric spoke, he helped Link open the wooden door.

A huge conference room appeared in front of Link.

Old Barty, Percy, Skeffen, Newland...

Almost all the people Link placed in the Ministry of Magic were sitting around the huge long stone table in the center of the conference room.

Seeing Link and Cedric appear, everyone stood up and said hello to Link.

At this time, Link also suppressed the smile on his face.

Nodding, he silently walked to the top of the long table and sat down slowly.

A sharp and heavy momentum instantly surged out of Link's body.

Such contradictory emotions were so overwhelming that everyone didn't even dare to take a breath, and everyone still stood there without daring to make any move.

Link's eyes flickered back and forth between them.

The Ministry of Magic is not Hogwarts. Even though Link was at home on vacation, he never relaxed his observation here.

It is precisely because of this that Link knows very well that the lives of these people in front of him have undergone earth-shaking changes in the past month or so, just like Cedric.

First up were Scofen and Newland.

These two guys were directly placed into the Auror office by Link after graduation.

He began to assist Old Barty and the other old hunters in carving up the power of the Auror Office.

For now, they have successfully reached a competitive situation with Sander.

It is estimated that in a short time, the entire Auror force will be completely owned by the Foley family.

Another person worth mentioning is Percy.

He was one of the main beneficiaries of the Ministry of Magic's restructuring.

After Fudge was tried, he showed off directly and became Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic, which was Umbridge's former position.

However, compared to Umbridge before, Percy's power is much greater.

It can be said that he is now a real high-ranking official.

Not only that, due to the restructuring of the Ministry of Magic, they began to unite with the Order of the Phoenix to attack the remaining Death Eater forces in the country.

Percy's biggest conflict with his family also disappeared.

This made Percy's family relationship much better.

According to the information Link had, when George and Fred opened the Magic Joke Shop in Diagon Alley, Percy even went directly to support them.

This can almost declare that the relationship between them has eased to the level it was when Link was in school.

And old Barty.

Link originally thought he was just a complete tragedy.

After losing his son, he will inevitably transform into a pure power beast, becoming as power-hungry as Percy was before.

But it is.

This old guy seems to have thought about it after the Ministry of Magic was reorganized and took a big piece of the cake.

Recently, he remarried a young wife. In addition to completing the huge task assigned to him by Link, he went home to have a child with his new wife.

From a moral perspective, this is actually pretty bad.

You must know that in Link's original impression, he was always a loving husband and a father who loved his children (although he failed in their children's education).

However, from the perspective of a superior, his behavior is a plus.

Because this means that he has completely let go of the hatred and resentment of the past.

Begin to prepare to start life again.

These people live very well.

So much so that they have almost forgotten the fierce and cruel competition in the past.

Only when Link appeared in front of them again in a nearly invincible posture did they recall their identities.

Became trembling and frightened.

In the entire conference room right now, only Cedric was feeling slightly better.

He sighed, took out a newspaper from the filing cabinet next to him, handed it to Link, and whispered at the same time:

"Sorry, Link, we thought you should know, so we didn't write it in the letter. However, it's not too late for you to take a look now."

Cedric's words were actually unnecessary.

Because Link's attention had already fallen on the "International Wizarding Post" early on.

As a print media founded and controlled by the International Federation of Wizards, the sales volume of the International Wizards Post is actually not good.

Generally speaking, except for officials from the Ministry of Magic and a very few private politicians, almost no one would spend money to subscribe.

After all, what is written on it is always some complicated, obscure and boring international 'big' events.

It's precisely because they are so big.

So big that it almost separates itself from the masses.

So basically no one is interested in them.

In addition, the editors and writers of the "International Wizarding Post" seem to be disdainful to change this situation. They are not even willing to slightly change the way of description to attract traffic.

This makes the articles they publish not only dry and boring in content, but also have uncomplicated titles.

like now.

The issue of the "International Wizarding Post" that Link was reading clearly contained this bold headline - 'Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry suffered a terrorist attack, killing nearly a hundred people. '