The Witch's Bodyguard [Comprehensive Anglo-American]

two weeks later—

This year's Hogwarts was extremely lively. In addition to the exciting sorting ceremony, the headmasters of "Beauxbatons" and "Durmstrang" brought their best students to the opening ceremony. The wonderful appearance among them made Hogwarts students amazed.

They are all here for the Triwizard Tournament.

The so-called Triwizard Tournament is actually a friendly contest between the three largest magic schools in Europe, although basically no students cared about the so-called friendship during the competition.The contestants are usually the players with the strongest comprehensive abilities in the school. Through the most fair screening, each school can only send one student to participate in the competition. There are no substitutes, and they cannot abstain before the start of the competition.

The selected students are called warriors. They not only have to have superb magic, infinite physical strength, but also need a clever mind.

The Triwizard Tournament used to be held every five years, and the three schools took turns to host it. The founders thought it was the best way to build friendship between young wizards from different countries. In fact, this is not the case. The competition is not gentle. I tend to, or like Quidditch, it's teamwork with clear rules.

In order to ensure visibility and test the combat ability of wizards, the content of the competition is divided into three sections, and each challenge is extremely dangerous and extremely difficult.You know, the Triwizard Tournament was an entertainment several centuries ago. At that time, the world was already turbulent, and wizards who had a supreme vision for battle did not consider security issues.

All the competitions are real, without even protective measures, so that in modern times, schools still follow the regulations at that time, so that the death toll of students is too many.

Not only the contestants are hit hard, but even the audience is vulnerable.

At the end of Ma Linglong's class, she was the only one who survived intact. Although she was only 11 years old (fourth grade), she showed incomparable strength (probably because she wanted to win glory for the country, not just for the school), she suffered only minor skin trauma. 【Note 1】

The other two contestants were not so lucky. They broke their legs and other parts in the second round, and finally the school had to suspend the competition.Ma Linglong failed to obtain the officially authorized trophy of the Triwizard Tournament, even though all the teachers and students present at the time were sure that the champion was none other than him.

Apparently the principals of the other two schools thought that the competition was unfair, and demanded that the results of the entire competition be revoked on the grounds that Ma Linglong was too young and the magic she used was suspected of cheating.Of course, it was impossible for Ma Linglong to cheat. The rules did not mention that spells and other paper props could not be used during the competition. What's more, the other two contestants also had magic tools other than magic wands.

Later, the competition was canceled under multi-party consultation, which means that the Triwizard Tournament 20 years ago was not really held.

However, Dumbledore still awarded Ma Linglong an achievement medal in the name of Hogwarts to show her affirmation of her ability.

That is to say, from that year onwards, the Triwizard Tournament was completely interrupted. They did not expect that after 20 years, they would restart again.

However, Ma Linglong didn't like the Triwizard Tournament at all, so she left as soon as the school opening dinner was over,

Walking through the corridor of the dormitory, Ma Linglong and Snape ran into each other at the corner. Walking to this place, the teachers nearby didn't have a good relationship with Snape either.

Except Ma Linglong.

"Are you engaged?" Snape saw the diamond ring on Ma Linglong's middle finger. He subconsciously wanted to draw the corners of his mouth that had been sagging all the year round, but he held back the next second.

"Need me something?" Ma Linglong pointed in the direction of her office, "Would you like a drink?"

"Black Bean Coffee."

"No."

"Black gluten bean coffee", its biggest shortcoming is bitterness, which is two or three times bitterer than the black coffee found by Muggles. No matter how much sugar or milk is added, it can't cover up its unusual bitterness.As a lover of sweets, Ma Linglong naturally couldn't store this drink in his own territory.

Although there was no black coffee in her office, Snape still walked into the girl's office, and couldn't help frowning when he smelled something like toast.

"Sit down." Ma Linglong waved her wand and moved the milk tea on the mural in front of her. She poured a cup for herself, as if she didn't intend to share it with Snape, "Time flies, doesn't it? It's the anniversary of Evans' death, do you come to me because you want me to pay homage with you?" Of course there is also the anniversary of James Potter's death, obviously Snape may be more concerned about Lily. 【Note 2】

Harry is ushering in his fourth year at Hogwarts, he has become more mature and deep than before, and he cherishes the time with his friends more.

"I didn't mean that," Snape said.

"Really, maybe I misunderstood. After all, you were not angry when Harry's pumpkin juice was splashed on your cuffs at the banquet just now. I thought you thought of that."

Ma Linglong still did not accept the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, so before the start of school, Dumbledore had to hire someone else to take on this important task.

Alastor Moody, everyone likes to call him Mad-Eye Moody, Ma Linglong has heard his name, and almost all British Aurors know who he is.Despite his age and gray hair, he had an unfriendly face and a stubborn temper.

Moody is a very powerful Auror. He has attacked many dark wizards. His left eyeball was lost in an operation and had to be replaced with a fake one. After that, he hunted down dark wizards crazily, and the name of Mad Eye came from this have to come.It is not ordinary, it is just an eyeball that replaces vision. It has magic power and can penetrate walls, clothes and the back of his own head. With this unique magic eye, Moody can see everything around him thoroughly without blind spots.

He has been an Auror for more than 30 years, and his weather-beaten face is covered with deep lines and scars like old rotten wood. Even his nose is incomplete. The record left by the first fight against the black magic

In addition to the eyes, Mad-Eye Moody still lacks a leg, which is replaced by a wooden prosthesis. These prosthetic organs never bring him any inconvenience in life, but instead make him look like a warrior.

Moody was about sixty years old, and he was definitely qualified to teach the advanced Dark Arts, and he must have more experience than Lupine.Although Moody has been retired for many years, his attainments in magic are still high, and his fierce appearance has never done dark deeds.He has experienced many battles and is full of justice. He can even be regarded as an old hero against Death Eaters. Parents have no objection to him being the professor of the most important subject at Hogwarts.

"Peter Pettigrew," said Snape, pretending he had come to give the tip. "He was seen in Diagon Alley."

"Do I understand that you mean to say that Voldemort is back?"

"I'm not sure, I haven't received any return notifications at the moment, but..." Snape paused, "You should know that last week after the Quidditch World Cup ended, the Death Eaters caused a **** incident. The mark of the devil, which means that it won't be too long before he appears."

Of course Ma Linglong knew the news that Snape was talking about, and the major newspapers rushed to publish the Mark of the Dark Lord as the front page, as if no one cared about Quidditch overnight.

In fact, every Quidditch World Cup is the top event in the wizarding world. This year's game is held in the south of England, and the venue is a huge stadium that can accommodate 10 wizards.Every inch of the land there has cast the Muggle Repelling Curse, and whenever Muggles approach that place, they will suddenly remember the urgent matter and rush away.

For wizards, watching the Quidditch World Cup in person is exciting enough, and even often requires the mobilization of the whole family, just like the great migration of animals.The wizards had to make a reservation half a year in advance, not only the seats in the gymnasium, but also the places to set up tents near the gymnasium were in short supply.

In order to appreciate Quidditch, almost all the wizards in Europe will go out in full force. After all, there is no such thing as TV broadcast in this world.

It happened right after the World Cup, when people gathered in the tented camp, still expressing unsatisfied excitement for the excitement of the game.A group of death eaters in black wizard robes and masks appeared at the camp, numbering at least 20 of them.The Death Eaters arbitrarily found out the Muggles (real Muggles) who were in the tent camp without any moral and legal constraints, and then killed them with cruel means. 【Story of HP4】

There was chaos at the scene, including those non-pure blood wizards who were also implicated.

The Death Eaters were very arrogant. They deliberately took advantage of the crowds to commit crimes to show their presence, and even blatantly fired the Dark Lord's mark into the sky.Whenever Voldemort or his followers killed someone, they would leave the Dark Mark on the body or house, as if in demonstration.

They disappeared before the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic arrived, leaving behind a mess and lingering fear.

This is not a good omen, most wizards recognize the Dark Mark, it is a skull composed of countless green shiny dots, a large boa constrictor emerges from the middle of the skull's mouth, like its Tongue.Although it has been a long time, people feel the same fear when they see the mark again. The speculation that Voldemort is back has become a taboo among wizards who can say but dare not.

"Voldemort will come back sooner or later." Ma Linglong said calmly, "Ten years ago people thought he was dead, but I know he wasn't, because I can't summon Voldemort's soul, which means he is not completely dead. A man who sold his body and mind to the devil, and he didn't die to show that he would come back for revenge, and Dumbledore knew it."

"What are your plans?" Snape said.

"I don't have a plan." Ma Linglong said, "I think you have one?"

"From this semester onwards, we'd better reduce the number of times we meet alone, or not meet alone." Snape thought for a while and said, "And create a relationship of mutual hatred in front of the students."

"Why, now the students are starting to hear that the two of us are as close as brothers?"

"I'm just a reminder and suggestion."

"I know." Ma Linglong added two more spoonfuls of brown sugar to the milk tea. She had already added three spoonfuls before that, "Be careful yourself, I don't want to save you, and you don't have much money." She was very casual Said seemingly heartless words, but Snape knew it represented Ma Linglong's concern.

"I don't need your transcendence."

After taking two sips of milk tea, Ma Linglong moved the cup and teapot back to the mural: "You have nothing else to do and you can go."

"Congratulations," Snape said after a moment of silence, "I mean your engagement to that man."

"Sincere?"

"No."

It had been half a month since I saw the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. again, and Ma Linglong received a call from Coulson just as he was sending off two customers who came to the bar to place orders.This time, she agreed to the meeting request made by the other party without any hesitation. It was still the farm, and it was still the time that made everyone feel uncomfortable.

"Seven people?" When Ma Linglong arrived at the farm, she found that the number of people had decreased significantly.

"Yes." Coulson said, his complexion is much better than half a month ago, and so are the others, they are no longer even afraid of approaching this weird land, "Three agents were forced to withdraw, they may need to long periods of psychotherapy."

Ma Linglong saw that each of them looked very serious, and seemed to have regarded her as a real instructor. This was a good start, but it was not something to be happy about. It meant that they did not intend to give up their plan to learn ghost hunting: "Seven is a good number," she said. "What do you want to ask?"

Barton said: "Maybe you can give us the last test again, I can guarantee that you only need to give us one minute is enough."

Ma Linglong raised her eyebrows, she didn't really want to know what they had done in the past few weeks to dare to say such arrogant words: "Yes, if you can do it, I will still fulfill my previous promise and distribute the money to You, there are only 7 people left, you can get more." Ma Linglong paused, seeing their eagerness to try: "Don't you need time to change your equipment?"

"It turns out that the equipment is redundant." Natasha said, "and it will cause unnecessary damage to ourselves, and even affect the speed."

Ma Linglong glanced at Steve, he had no objection: "Listen well, you must each go back and forth within 1 minute to be considered successful, because you are together."

Ma Linglong took out the sprayer of Niu Tear and the red rope, and let them temporarily see the appearance of the ghost again: "Let's combine freely." Ma Linglong stepped aside and started the timer after the first person opened his eyes .

The agents took a deep breath at the same time, but the scene in front of them was different from last time. There were only 7 ghosts standing opposite them, and there were no more troublesome ghosts harassing them. Even the lawn in front of the farm house was empty. of.Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the weird atmosphere was obviously much less than last time.

They no longer mess around, but orderly and quickly select the ghost partner on the opposite side. When they feel scared and cannot proceed, they will choose to close their eyes.It has to be said that the agents acted quickly and professionally, as calmly as if they were performing a daily task, and they could also assist each other.

Ma Linglong showed approval for their reaction.

Although the difficulty was reduced, the agents tried their best to calm down and overcome their subconscious fear of ghosts, but they soon discovered that these ghosts did not cooperate at all, and the other party kept circling with them or flying around them.By the end, they may have forgotten their fear and just wanted to pass the test, some people began to make some rude and impatient gestures to the ghosts, intending to force their ankles to be tied to their own, but none of them were successful.

They are different from humans. Even if you catch one, a ghost can easily slip away from your hands. If you annoy it, it will turn itself into a more terrifying appearance to scare you.

"I should have said 10 minutes of shit." Patton said, squeezing a ghost's arm. "Dude, why don't you play along?"

The ghost made a uglier expression on Barton than it did now, and then rushed towards his chest, and then pierced out from his back. Barton cried out in pain: "God, it's so hard to die." Already!"

"There are still 10 seconds." Ma Linglong said to them, "But I guess it is impossible for you to succeed, so it can be over."

"Hey, wait, Captain succeeded!" Conrad said excitedly, "eon, Captain, it's up to you!"

"There's no need," Steve says conciliatoryly, even though he's already bound to a ghost's foot, and he's the only one in the room who has made an agreement with the ghost. "We're a team."

Ma Linglong waved his hand, and the ghosts laughed and dispersed, and then disappeared into the darkness. Ma Linglong turned on their lighting equipment, and the farm returned to light.

"They're cheating." Barton protested. "I've already caught one, but it's floating around like air and doesn't listen to me at all."

Others seem to be suffering from the same problem.

Ma Linglong stepped forward and gave everyone a piece of chocolate.

"I didn't know eating chocolate after seeing a ghost would make you feel better," said Tom. He had studied ghosts for many years, but he couldn't find any books about it.

It's certainly not the usual chocolate in a Muggle supermarket. Chocolate frogs help wizards recover after encountering dementors, and it does the same for Muggles.Ghosts aren't dementors, but they do about as much damage to Muggles as dementors do to wizards, and it turns out that the agents are actually a little more comfortable after eating chocolate frogs.

"Don't ask unhealthy questions." Ma Linglong said, she retreated about 5 feet (1 meter) away from them, "Don't look around, you won't see ghosts in 10 minutes, from now until I Before the end of the story, I will ask questions and you will answer." After getting everyone's consent (Patton exaggeratedly said "Yes, sir"), she asked, "Steve Rogers, how do you do it?" Arrived."

"I said to the gentleman that I need his help," Steve said. "Before that, he asked me if I was in the military. I said yes. I told him my name and he said He knows who I am. He is willing to cooperate with me to complete the test, and, he said that he has also fought in the war." Steve's words reveal respect and humility.

Coulson and Natasha looked suddenly enlightened.

"Ghosts can still talk?" Barton said with a smile, "I thought they could only laugh."

"Did you hear that?" Ma Linglong said, "Ghosts are transformed from humans. They also have emotions and are more sensitive than when they were alive. Communicating with ghosts is very important and a compulsory course." Ma Linglong looked around, "The ghosts here are the owners and workers of the nearby farms. They are harmless and just want to play with you. Of course, it is normal that you don't know what to do. But I know you are still scared. Although you try to show Look not afraid."

"How do you know?" Natasha asked, she thought she was calm enough.

"The reaction of ghosts is clear enough, Romanov, no matter how you cover up, ghosts can feel the fear in the hearts of living people. The more you are afraid, the more frightening they are, and the easier it is for them to affect your mind. Especially You, because you have a lot of unpleasant pasts, when you feel scared, all the hopeless fears will live in and swallow you up." Ma Linglong looked at Steve and said reluctantly, "The only thing here that truly overcomes This is only Steve Rogers, from the day after tomorrow, I will arrange for you to train in the cemetery, get ready."

"It can be done today, not the day after tomorrow." Coulson said, "We can accept any form of training at any time."

"What I just said, I can only ask you to answer before I finish." Ma Linglong said in a flat tone, "I'm going back to sleep today, not to mention, your lack of knowledge about ghosts is not suitable for you." Start the special training." She raised her arms, and immediately everyone had a stack of thick copy paper filled with words in English.

"What's this?" Steve asked.

"First, memorize the content above. Second, write down your feelings about the two hells. Gather at the waiting bar at 8 o'clock the day after tomorrow and give it to me. In addition, I will give you a theory test with a total score of 100 points. , 90 points are qualified, and those who are unqualified are responsible for cleaning the bar toilet for a week."

"It reminds me of life in high school, scoring tests and so on." Barton patted the stack of copy paper in his hand.

Natasha said, "Come on, you never went to high school."

"Finally." Ma Linglong said, "Please sign your names on the first page. From this moment on, everything I say to you and everything I do must be kept secret, never Mention it to anyone, hint or write it down."

The agents glanced at each other.

"Once you sign, you agree with my rules. If someone wants to break the rules in the future, he will have bad luck in the next 50 years." Ma Linglong paused, "Don't think this is just a joke."

They didn't hesitate for too long, and finally signed. The paper on the front page was automatically suspended in the air and flew into Ma Linglong's hands.

"Why not tomorrow night," Steve asked. "We only have a month."

"So you think one month is too little?" Ma Linglong said, "First of all, I have something to do tomorrow night. Secondly, I don't think all of you can memorize these concepts in one night. My question is over."

"I have a question." Button said, and he raised his hand cooperatively, like a real student.

"ask."

"Is there any more chocolate?"

Early the next morning, Ma Linglong came alone to the hospital where the three agents were distracted by seeing ghosts. This is a well-equipped mental hospital located in Washington DC.She walked into one of them, and the other party was sleeping, and there were several bottles of sedatives piled up on the bedside table.Ma Linglong approached slowly, picked up the wand and pulled out the terrifying images in his mind, followed by the second person.

"What are you doing here?"

When Ma Linglong was about to enter the third person's ward, she heard Steve's voice.

Ma Linglong turned her head and said uncomfortably, "Are you following me?"

"What?" Steve held an empty white plastic bag in his hand, "I just came to visit a friend."

Steve's friend is not one of the three stimulated agents, but his former comrades-in-arms. It is a very luxurious thing to see living comrades in this era.Steve's comrade-in-arms is naturally no longer young. The other party is 90 years old. Because he has no partner by his side and suffers from dementia and other mental illnesses, he lit the curtains in the bedroom, and the fire burned down his house.As a retired veteran, he had to live in this government-supported mental hospital.

Steve just finished his medical visit.

"What about you?" Steve took a step closer.

"No need to tell you."

"You came to treat them, I guess." Steve said with certainty, "I read the information you gave me, and the three of them suffered serious mental injuries."

"I'm just here to see how serious they are, and I'm not a doctor."

"But you can make them forget what happened that night, I think, so they can get better soon."

Ma Linglong frowned: "It doesn't say that in the documents."

"I guessed it." Steve said, and he gave Ma Linglong a gentle smile very rarely, "I think I guessed right."

The author has something to say: the movie has already reached steel 3 and HP4, team 2 has not started yet, but it is brewing.

[Note 1]: Linglong started school at the age of 8, fourth grade at the age of 11, and seventh grade at the age of 14, but because Hogwarts stipulates that she can only graduate at the age of 17, Linglong stayed in the seventh grade for 3 years.

[Note 2] Lily's death date is 10.31, and Hogwarts starts in September.