The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

What did Link want him to do?

Snape already knew this problem.

But can he really do this?

Abandoning Lily's only child and letting him be swallowed by the darkness, while he was happy?

Snape didn't have an answer to this question.

But at this moment, his mind once again recalled the previous dream.

In the dream, the person who kept saying "I love you" to him had such a gentle voice and such a warm embrace.

So much so that Snape's consciousness briefly became dazed just by thinking about it.

"call--"

Snape took a deep breath.

He slowly straightened up, saluted Link and Dumbledore, and then quietly left the principal's office.

……

France.

Beauxbatons Headmaster's Office.

Compared to Hogwarts, the principal's office in Beauxbatons seems more luxurious.

It is located on top of the tallest tower in the entire school.

And like the Ministry of Magic of the Republic of China, all the windows here are also decorated with magic curtains, which can block outside prying eyes while also allowing the scenery outside the windows to be freely arranged.

At this moment, there were clouds outside the window.

Norton, on the other hand, looked through the official documents in front of him with a sad look on his face.

After Maxim's death in the battle, he naturally became Beauxbatons' new principal.

This is the result of the full support of Shadow Man No. 1 and the vote of all Beauxbatons teachers and students.

After all, except for him, there is really no one within Beauxbatons who is more suitable for this position.

This should be something worth celebrating.

However, the newly appointed Principal Norton couldn't be happier.

"Ugh--"

He sighed deeply, put down the documents in his hands, stood up and came to the window.

Through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, he could overlook the entire Beauxbatons.

Compared to when Link and Dumbledore had just left, Beauxbatons had risen from the ruins.

Shadow Man No. 1 fully fulfilled his previous promise and restored Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to its original state before the official start of school.

But unfortunately.

Some things cannot be repaired by material alone.

Link and Dumbledore's battle with Lelo that night destroyed more than just Beauxbatons' buildings.

It also severely opened a wound in the hearts of all Beauxbatons people.

Since Link and Dumbledore left, hatred has spread like poison in the hearts of everyone in Beauxbatons and even the entire French wizarding world.

Not only that, Beauxbatons' morale also fell to the bottom.

Nowadays, the Beauxbatons people no longer look as arrogant as they did when facing foreign guests.

Beauxbatons has also been labeled as unsafe.

And this label hurt Beauxbatons even more.

No parent is willing to send their children to an unsafe school, no matter how high the teaching level of the school is.

Therefore, almost all foreign students who were scheduled to enroll at Beauxbatons this year had their enrollment plans come to nothing.

Letters of reprimand and notices from their parents nearly filled Norton's letter shelf.

Not only these prospective students who have not yet entered school, but also the teachers and students who are still in school are not as loyal to Beauxbatons as Maxim expected.

In fact, a large number of them fled Beauxbatons as early as the first attack on Beauxbatons and never came back afterwards.

Today, Beauxbatons is in its lowest form ever.

The progress that Maxim had worked hard on in the previous two years and spent countless gold galleons on developing was almost brought back to its prototype that night.

Beauxbatons is now almost nothing but a gorgeous empty shell.

Not only are the number of remaining students there small, but their morale is also extremely low.

And if you want to change all this, you have to take drastic measures.

For example - revenge!

Revenge is necessary!

This can fully vent everyone's resentment and let people cheer up again.

At the same time, it can also prove to the world that Beauxbatons' strength is still there.

What Hogwarts can do, Beauxbatons can do too!

So, just a month ago, the team gathered by Norton set off for the country of Yu.

Norton had high expectations for them, and even paid them a huge sum of money to satisfy all their needs in order to allow them to complete the task with peace of mind.

And now, it's time for them to repay the favor.

"crunch-"

The office door was gently pushed open.

A woman wearing a slim-fitting, low-cut robe walked in, pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, and said excitedly:

"Principal Norton, the magical world of the United States has blocked all communication channels and even the national border. Now let alone someone trying to apparate or escape using a portkey, not even an owl can fly out. ! Therefore, we have no way to obtain the information there, but judging from their big actions, the dispatch team has already taken action!"

Norton turned his head slightly, and a smile finally appeared on his originally indifferent face.

"In this case, let the Daily Observer publish the prepared article."

Norton said quietly.

But the woman opposite was stunned for a moment when she heard this.

As Norton's most trusted secretary, she certainly knew what article Norton was talking about.

It was an article written by Norton himself, which roughly described the chaos encountered by the wizarding world of the Republic of China and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and fully expressed "sympathy" for the losses they suffered.

The entire article focuses on the eccentric world of magic and Hogwarts.

The sense of schadenfreude in this makes people even if they don't know the details of the matter, they can roughly deduce that this matter has something to do with the French magic world just by reading this article.

Is such an article really suitable for publication?

Especially in the current situation where they don't even have a clear understanding of the current situation of the magic world in the country?

After taking a deep breath, she finally didn't have the courage to speak out to dissuade him.

She has a very clear positioning of herself.

She is just a tool to help Norton do things.

As for tool people, they only need to complete the work and do not need to have their own consciousness.

After saying goodbye, she quickly left the office.

Norton was alone, continuing to overlook the entire Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

As one of the shadow people, how could the female secretary's thoughts be hidden from him?

As early as the first time the other party had doubts, all the thoughts in her head were already perceived by him.

He did not deny that the female secretary's idea had some merit.

But is that really necessary?

He absolutely trusted the expatriate team.

That group of people would definitely not betray him.

And as long as this is ensured, then the affairs in the magic world of the country will have nothing to do with him.

At least not on the surface.

Of course, the most critical point is.

Norton couldn't bear it anymore.

He has endured it for so long for revenge, and now it's time to release him!

Norton just stood in front of the window, his expression ferocious and fierce.

I don't know how long it took, but it wasn't until a large cloud of owls flew from a distance and fell to all parts of Beauxbatons that Norton's expression finally calmed down.

The Daily Observer moved quickly.

Now that the article has spread, it is time for him to appear.

Norton took a deep breath, adjusted his gorgeous robe, and walked straight towards the auditorium.

Along the way, he could clearly sense that Beauxbatons, who had been so quiet and even depressed, was waking up little by little.

Every student who received the "Observer Daily" and read the article clearly cheered wildly.

Their cheers gathered together and turned into the strongest voice of Beauxbatons!

The "Daily Observer" that is constantly delivered by owls is like a shot in the arm, constantly promoting the dying Beauxbatons to come back to life.

No, not just Beauxbatons!

Norton can even foresee that similar scenes are constantly happening throughout the French magic world.

Just imagining that scene made Norton's heart speed up involuntarily.

As he got closer and closer to the auditorium, the cheers of the students became louder and louder.

Finally, when he actually pushed open the door of the auditorium and appeared in front of everyone, the terrifying sound inside the door even made his eardrums hurt.

All the students and all the professors stood up at this moment.

They looked at Norton with great excitement, and some even had tears in their eyes.

This is Principal Norton's revenge for them.

Even though there isn’t a single letter on that article that confirms this, it’s still unquestionable!

Principal Norton is their hero!

Under everyone's gaze and cheers, Norton slowly raised his hand.

The next moment, the entire auditorium fell silent.

This was the instinctive reaction of Beauxbatons students. They all knew that Principal Norton was going to speak next.

When the principal and professors speak, as Beauxbatons students, they must stand up and remain quiet.

They were even prepared for Norton's tirade.

Normally, they might complain and curse afterwards.

But right now, no one among them is willing.

Because it was Principal Norton who avenged them!

What about Hogwarts?

What about the magic world of the Kingdom of Yu?

You can do what we do, and the pain you make us feel, we can also inflict on you!

Beauxbatons is the best magic school!

The French magic world is also the strongest magic world!

However, what surprised them all was that Principal Norton did not inherit Principal Maxim's arrogant speech habit.

Facing the excited faces in the audience, Norton's eyes were also red.

He raised his hands and simply said loudly:

"Celebrate! Classmates! Today we have a day off to commemorate Ms. Maxim and those who have passed away! Come on! Let's celebrate!"

Norton's hands kept waving.

Following his actions, the entire auditorium became completely chaotic.

Cheers and cries echoed throughout the auditorium.

The professors were also running around to tell each other, and some of them even got up and ran to the kitchen together, and began to order the chef there to prepare the banquet.

But just when everyone was immersed in the joyful atmosphere, the door of the auditorium was pushed open.

A group of wizards wearing traditional wizard robes and pointed wizard hats quickly broke into the auditorium.

They looked serious all the way and walked towards Norton menacingly.

The crowds blocking them along the way will be pushed away by a gentle but unstoppable force.

Their appearance gradually subsided the cheers in the auditorium.

Almost everyone in the auditorium looked at them with unkind expressions.

And they don't care at all.

They came straight to Norton, and then the leader pointed to the bloody W brooch on his chest and said:

"We are investigators of the International Confederation of Wizards, Principal Norton. Your suspicion of colluding with Death Eaters and planning attacks on Diagon Alley and the Hogwarts Express has been appealed to the International Confederation of Wizards by the Ministry of Magic of the United States. , this action violates Article 132, Section 4 of the International Wizarding Law. Next, please cooperate with our investigation."

After saying this, the wizard stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

This is to take people away.

After understanding this, the cheers in the entire auditorium disappeared instantly.

The faces of the people who were still jubilant all changed.

Everyone gathered in an instant, blocking the group of people and staring at them fiercely.

It can be seen that the group of pointed hat wizards did not look panic at all.

The leader continued to look at Norton and said:

"So, Principal Norton, are you going to violently resist the law? I need to remind you that this kind of behavior is absolutely intolerable by our International Federation of Wizards."

Hearing this, Norton shook his head.

The smile on his face has been completely replaced by seriousness.

The arrival of this group of International Wizards Federation personnel is enough to explain a lot of things.

At least, the attack team he sent out was not as reliable as he thought.

Some of them definitely chose to extricate him after being captured.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

Now he only wants to know one thing, and that is...

"Your Excellency, Investigator, what exactly happened to Diagon Alley and the Hogwarts Express? Did they... suffer a lot of damage?"

As soon as Norton said this, a sneer appeared on the face of the leading investigator.

He took out a copy of the Daily Prophet from his pocket and handed it to Norton, and then said loudly:

"The two attacks on Diagon Alley and the Hogwarts Express respectively ended in failure! Among them, the Hogwarts Express was led by Link Foley, the current school director and committee member of Hogwarts. Commanded the students on the train to fight back in self-defense and annihilate all the incoming Death Eaters! The attack on Diagon Alley was carried out by the Auror troops of the Ministry of Magic of the Republic of China in cooperation with Link Fowler, the current member of the Ministry of Magic of the Republic of China. Lee was calmed down and all the intruders were arrested and brought to justice. Not only that, they also formed an investigation team afterwards, and it took less than three hours to catch the French team behind the incident, and passed The confession of one of them confirmed that the man behind this incident is you, Principal Norton!"

The investigator paused and continued with a smile:

"Now the Ministry of Magic of the United States is very angry. They have publicly executed all the participants except the necessary witnesses. So I am sorry, Principal Norton, and all the students, to disappoint you."

As soon as the investigator finished speaking, there was an uproar in the auditorium.

But they are still planning to celebrate their successful revenge!

But who would have thought that the article published by the French magic circle's authoritative newspaper "Daily Observer" turned out to be fake!

The magic world of the Republic of China was indeed attacked, but unlike the French magic world and Beauxbatons, in the face of such a level of riot attack, the magic world of the Republic of China was able to do this.

It was all over immediately!

And suppressed all losses to the limit!

They are using practical actions to tell French wizards and the whole world that the magic world in China and France are different.

Everyone present felt their faces burning.

They are slapping all wizards in France in the face!

On the podium at this time, even after hearing such bad news, Norton's expression still did not change much.

But his slightly swaying body and increasingly paler face still betrayed the dramatic change in his mood at this moment.

This should have been a perfect plan.

The remaining Death Eaters in the magical world of the Republic of China cannot be considered weak.

No matter where they are placed in any other area controlled by the Ministry of Magic, that group of people is a huge force that cannot be ignored, and it is enough to set off a violent riot.

But in the country of Yu, they failed.

Oddly enough, Dumbledore and Link Foley are just too powerful!

Now, instead of igniting the entire magical world of the Kingdom of Yu as he expected, Norton's fire has burned himself.

At this moment, Norton's mood was so complicated that it was difficult to describe.

"Principal Norton, time is running out. Please don't make things difficult for us. Let's go quickly!"

The investigator captain next to him said impatiently.

After hearing this, Norton finally came to his senses slowly. His eyes scanned the dark, disappointed, or sad faces below, and finally landed on the investigator's face.

"I……"

"and many more!"

Just as Norton's voice came to mind, he was interrupted by an urgent voice.

Immediately afterwards, a thin middle-aged man trotted into the auditorium with a group of Aurors.

When he came to Norton and the investigator, the visitor wiped the sweat from his forehead, breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Mr. Investigator, we respect the International Federation of Wizards very much, but this matter was definitely not done by Principal Norton. I think there must be some misunderstanding here!"

"Mr. Minister," the investigator captain said with a sneer, "do you also want to obstruct our law enforcement?"

"No, no, no! Of course not!"

The French Minister of Magic waved his hands and said, "I'm just saying that there must be some misunderstanding here! How about this? Mr. Norton can't run away anyway. Why don't you all go back to the Ministry with me to sort it out?"

As he spoke, the French Minister of Magic smiled ingratiatingly.

This made the sneers on the investigators' faces become even more intense.

They looked at each other and then slowly left under the leadership of the Aurors.

Before leaving, they even made a gesture of cutting Norton's throat.

Obviously, the matter doesn't end there.