The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Regarding the panic and anxiety of other people in Hogwarts, Link appeared relaxed and contented.

To put it bluntly, Hogwarts was the place he had stayed the longest when he arrived.

This is almost his second home.

It is precisely because of this that as long as he is in this castle, he can relax more easily than in other places.

After bidding farewell to McGonagall and other professors, he did not go directly to the principal's office as he had said before.

Instead, he went to the Slytherin lounge first and reported to Emily that he was safe.

After selectively explaining what happened last night and comforting Emily, he slowly walked up the magic stairs and arrived at the principal's office.

The office was empty at the moment.

Dumbledore had obviously not returned yet. In the huge office, only the portrait of Principal Black hanging on the wall was shouting to welcome him.

As for the portraits of the other principals, they were all pretending to be asleep - they no longer wanted to see Link, the guy who implemented the restructuring of Hogwarts.

"Good morning, Principal Black. Looking at your radiant face, it seems that you had a good rest last night."

Link said hello to Black's portrait with a smile, and waved his wand as he spoke.

With the magic turning, the drawer of the hawk-leg table opened automatically, an iron can floated out, opened its cover, and poured the tea leaves inside into the teacup on the coffee table.

Then, the water level in the tea cup rose rapidly, and as the hot water vapor spread, the aroma of tea soon filled the office.

"Oh! Don't mention it, little Link, I sleep very well every day. Oh no, to be precise, I sleep very well!" Principal Black in the portrait danced and said, "You should understand, right? We These old antiques are like prisoners, locked in such a small picture frame all day long and unable to go anywhere. And you and Dumbledore are often not in the office, and even if they are, they don't talk to us much. This way Now, all we can do is sleep. Keep sleeping! Damn it, I hate sleeping! Why do I still need to sleep when I have turned into a portrait? This is not magic at all..."

Principal Black kept complaining.

Link nodded perfunctorily, but he was already sitting on the sofa obediently. He raised the hot teacup to the tip of his nose and took a deep sniff.

"what--"

After taking a long breath, Link shook his head with emotion.

The aroma of black tea is not as strong as green tea, but it still has a distinct flavor.

Just as Link was feeling the aroma of tea, Principal Black on the wall changed the subject and said:

"By the way, little Link, I want to ask you a favor."

"What's the matter? You can tell me first."

Link still spoke in a leisurely manner. Based on Principal Black's previous words, he felt that the other party might want to ask him to enlarge the frame of his painting, and then send someone to add some beautiful toys and other things to him. .

To be honest, this matter is not difficult at all for Link, it is a piece of cake.

Seeing that Principal Black was the only one among the previous principals who supported him, he was willing to help.

"Well, it's like this. I'm really lonely here, so I was thinking, can you let my only remaining great-great-grandson come to visit me?" Principal Black rubbed his hands and said excitedly, "This shouldn't be too much, right? Even criminals in Azkaban can still be visited by their families."

Hearing this, Link, who had just raised his glass to take a sip of tea, suddenly froze.

He looked at Principal Black with some surprise and said:

"You mean, Sirius Black?"

"Yes, it's this kid. He is the only child of my Black family! I want to educate him well so that he can revive the Black family!"

Principal Black spoke forcefully, but the more he said this, the weirder the expression on Link's face became.

Link pursed his lips and finally said:

"I advise you to forget it, Principal Black, you will be pissed off by him!"

There is no doubt about this.

Sirius Black was now completely focused on Harry.

He didn't care about anything but Harry.

The old principal Black wanted him to revitalize the Black family. It was just a fantasy.

It is estimated that the old Principal Black, who is looking forward to his grandson Jackie Chan, heard that the only remaining direct bloodline planned not to marry or have children in the future, and even planned to give the remaining family property to outsiders.

By then it will probably be difficult not to go crazy.

"Why do you say that?" Principal Black didn't give up yet and said in confusion, "How come I heard from Dumbledore that that kid has made great progress recently."

"Yes, that's right. A student at the bottom who has always only scored 1 in this exam actually scored 10 in this exam! This is indeed a great improvement, and his score suddenly increased tenfold!"

As soon as Link said this, Principal Black finally understood the meaning of Link's words.

His whole body began to tremble, and his white lips kept trembling. It seemed that he was extremely angry.

At this moment, a ball of flame appeared out of thin air in the office.

Principal Black's expression changed when he saw this, and he quickly lay down and started pretending to sleep.

Then Fox, the phoenix with brilliant fur, jumped out of the flames first and landed on Link's shoulder. He curiously looked at the teacup in Link's hand that was filled with the aroma of tea.

Immediately afterwards, Dumbledore also walked out.

He patted the non-existent dust on his body, and just when he wanted to say hello to Link, his eyes couldn't help but fall on the tea cup in Link's hand and the opened tea can on the coffee table.

In just a moment, the smile he had just gathered disappeared.

"This is my collection and is not for entertaining outsiders!" Dumbledore stepped forward, closed the tea can and stuffed it back into the drawer, then looked at Link's tea cup and said with an ugly expression, "Besides, you drink Don’t you add orange slices or milk to the tea? Don’t you think you don’t drink tea at all?”

Link rolled his eyes at him and said:

"A person who really knows how to drink tea will never pour such messy things into the tea."

Dumbledore was obviously unconvinced and wanted to say something else.

But Link took the lead and said:

"Professor Dumbledore, let's get down to business. How is the situation over there?"

Dumbledore did not answer Link's question immediately.

Perhaps he was addicted to it because of the aroma of tea filling the office.

He took out the tea can again, carefully grabbed a handful for himself and put it in the teapot. He added water to boil and then poured it into the teacup. Finally, he mixed in some orange slices and other things Link didn't know, and finally After stirring it for a few times, I took a small sip.

"Phew! Duke's black tea is the best tea in the world!"

Dumbledore said with emotion, while still glaring at Link provocatively.

Unfortunately, Link, who had passively activated Occlumency, was unmoved by this at all, and just continued to look at Dumbledore expressionlessly.

Seeing this, Dumbledore shook his head and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, Link, things are going well. The prisoner you captured named Karen worked very hard. He almost exposed all the details about that group of people. With his help, the International Federation of Wizards recognized We protested and promised to help us put pressure on the French Ministry of Magic. Now the pressure is back on them."

Link frowned and said with some confusion:

"What's the point of this? To be honest, I couldn't understand it when you proposed to go to the International Federation of Wizards last night. In terms of putting pressure on France, we only need to cooperate with the media to control public opinion. Really? Is it necessary to go through the International Federation of Wizards again?"

"Of course it makes sense!"

Dumbledore said categorically, "I have already discussed this with you. What the International Federation of Wizards has is not just superficial symbolism and justice. They have real military power. There are many things you can do. I have never experienced it so I can’t understand it, but what I can tell you is that even if we already have the combat power of two legendary wizards, the International Federation of Wizards will not be afraid of us because of this. Speaking of which, you You should understand, right? It is necessary to gain their support. This can at least prevent them from suddenly getting involved when we are attacking France and the Black Shadow Organization."

"Little Link, don't underestimate the International Confederation of Wizards." Principal Black, who was still pretending to sleep on the wall, suddenly said, "When I was young, I was just like you, thinking that the International Confederation of Wizards was no big deal. They could only point fingers and talk nonsense. So, I naturally didn't take them seriously. But what happened next completely changed my view.

oh!I can't tell you in detail what happened, you have to save some face for me.But I can tell you for sure that I regret that I underestimated the International Federation of Wizards.

So, little Link, be careful! "

"Well, thank you for your teaching, Principal Black."

Dumbledore took over the conversation, looked at Link's unmoved face, paused and then said with a smile:

"The attitude of the International Federation of Wizards on this matter is still to mediate and avoid further expansion of the gaffe. In order to resolve this matter, there will probably be several joint meetings. If you are really curious about the International Federation of Wizards , you can go take a look with me then."

Link didn't comment, just picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Dumbledore stopped talking and continued drinking tea with a smile.

The atmosphere in the entire office immediately relaxed.

Both of them knew that the current situation was developing in a good direction.

If there are no accidents along the way, in this battle between them and the shadow people, they will definitely be the victors.

crunch--

On the table with eagle legs, an ancient silver pendant suddenly started to move on its own.

Link and Dumbledore paused in their drinking tea, and both looked over.

Gu</span>This silver pendant is actually an early warning device for the entire principal's office.

It is directly linked to the monster stone statue at the entrance of the office through a pre-set magic spell, and can clearly convey the information at the entrance to the principal of Hogwarts.

At this moment, through the principal's authority, Link and Dumbledore could clearly sense that a person was standing at the entrance of the office, requesting entry.

That person was none other than Snape.

What does he come to do?

Link and Dumbledore frowned almost at the same time.

The two looked at each other, and after Link finally nodded, Dumbledore raised his palm slightly and made a gesture to open the door at the silver pendant.

A few minutes later, the office door was pushed open.

Snape, who was dressed in black robes like a big bat, walked in with his head held high and his face expressionless.

"Good morning, Dumbledore, and Link."

"Hello to you, Professor Snape."

Link gave up his position with a smile, and openly picked up the teapot that Dumbledore used to make tea, and poured a cup for Snape, "You should try this, this is the tea collected by Professor Dumbledore. You can’t get it anywhere else.”

Snape had no reaction to this statement.

The corners of Dumbledore's mouth twitched a few times, he coughed twice and said to Snape:

"Um, Severus, what are you here for? Is it because no one went to class this morning? I have already learned about this situation, but now, it seems that it has been solved by Link? Follow-up Punishments will be issued one after another, so you don’t have to worry.”

Snape nodded and drank all the tea in his cup.

Link followed closely and gave him another full cup. Dumbledore's eyelids jumped at the sight.

He wanted to say something else, but Snape rolled up his sleeves first.

What appeared in front of Link and Dumbledore was an arm that was so white that it could almost be said to be sickly, and the ferocious mark of the dark devil on the arm.

"The dark mark on my arm has changed a lot."

Snape said quietly, "Since the last time you announced that Voldemort was severely injured, this Dark Mark has indeed been depressed for a period of time. No, using depression to describe it is not appropriate. Its state at that time was as if it was dead.

But just a week ago, it came back to life.

Not only that, it has become softer and more rational, at least it will not sting me without any trouble.

But these are all just manifestations.

I can feel the power hidden in this dark mark.

That kind of terrifying and weird power is even more powerful than when Voldemort was in his heyday!

It's like... it's like Voldemort's control over the Dark Mark has been taken away! "

Dumbledore and Link looked at each other.

Both of them knew what the changes in Snape meant.

Those shadow people should really come out of the shadow side and start taking over Voldemort's legacy on the bright side.

But what troubled them was whether they should tell Snape these things?

While the two were hesitating, Snape continued:

"I feel it is necessary to tell you about this. Besides this, I have another thing to ask Link."

"Are you looking for me?"

Link spoke and sat down on the sofa again.

Snape paused and looked at Dumbledore aside.

He seemed to be hesitating whether to tell the matter in front of Dumbledore.

But in the end he gritted his teeth and said:

"Actually, this matter is related to Lucius Malfoy. If the information I got is correct, he shouldn't have been executed yet, right?"

"Lucius Malfoy?"

Link frowned and repeated the name.

To be honest, if Snape hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten about this person.

According to what Link recalled, this guy had been held in a special cell in the Auror Command for interrogation by the Auror troops since he was captured alive in the last battle of the Department of Mysteries.

What he is playing now is actually the role that Karkaroff played when the Death Eaters were defeated last time.

So far, through continuous interrogation, he has confessed a lot of information about the Death Eaters and Voldemort.

Through him, Link could easily clear out the Death Eaters hiding in the Ministry of Magic.

During that brutal sweep, only a small number of Death Eaters who had already fled abroad or were hiding in the wilderness escaped.

Even the reason why Link and the Ministry of Magic were able to predict the attack of the Death Eater remnants this time was that apart from having already captured a French spy who was trying to instigate Newland, Lucius Malfoy also It has achieved a good effect.

And now Snape mentioned this man.

Then the purpose of his coming this time is very clear.

The corners of Link's mouth raised slightly and he said calmly:

"Are you here to plead with him?"

Snape's expression was ugly, but he still said bravely:

"Narcissa, Lucius's wife, and his son Draco came to see me a few days ago. I hope that because Lucius has taken good care of me in the past, I can help him come to you and tell me intercede."

Hearing this, the smile on Link's face became even brighter.

Snape's speaking skills are very good.

He himself is still on Link's side, and he doesn't want to deceive Link.

So I briefly told the whole story.

At the same time, he did not directly say that he wanted Link to let Lucius Malfoy go. He did not make it difficult for Link and expressed his position clearly.

But at the same time, he also mentioned that Lucius had taken good care of him.

Through this, he expressed to Link that he still hoped that Lucius Malfoy would end well.

The most critical part is that Snape only used two short sentences to clearly convey so much information to Link.

This made Link sigh with emotion.

People with sharp tongues are never too bad in eloquence and emotional intelligence.

Otherwise, how could they accurately find other people's pain points and attack them?

"Hehehe..."

Link smiled and said, "Okay, I already know this."

Snape nodded upon hearing this.

Although Link did not give him any explicit promises, he knew that his mission had been completed.

He pondered for a while and continued:

"Is there anything you need me to do?"

This is an exchange of interests.

You let Lucius Malfoy go, and I'll do the work for you.

This seemed to Snape to be a normal thing.

This was what he did when he was a Death Eater under Voldemort, and he was like this when he was a double agent under Dumbledore.

Both Voldemort and Dumbledore were very satisfied with this deal.

However, Link's expression changed when he heard this.

The smile instantly disappeared from his face.

He stared at Snape and said in a deep voice:

"You should have the answer to what I want you to do."