The Witch's Bodyguard [Comprehensive Anglo-American]

Since Ma Linglong talked to Lucius in Knockturn Alley, he himself has not made any move to change. Lucius is the same as before, even more eager to spread his gold coins around, wanting to rely on wealth and His own status bought the top of the Ministry of Magic.Lucius' behavior made Ma Linglong quickly lock the target. Those Death Eaters in the Ministry of Magic should have a good relationship with Lucius, on the surface.

In the new semester, Hogwarts is no longer full of laughter and laughter, but is replaced by depression and patience. This feeling seems to return to the eve of Voldemort wreaking havoc on the wizarding world more than ten years ago.

Only this time it wasn't entirely Voldemort or the Death Eaters.

All the pressure comes from the Ministry of Magic. They firmly believe that Voldemort does not exist at all. The so-called return and rebirth are lies of Harry Potter and Dumbledore, just to incite the hearts of the people and make Dumbledore get more. Advocate.The Ministry of Magic began to pay attention to Hogwarts. They wanted to have the second most authoritative place in the UK besides the Ministry of Magic.I don't know if there are Death Eaters among these people who are fanning the flames. In short, the Ministry of Magic extended their power to the students and continued to expand.

This morning, Professor Trelawney was expelled, and while a small group of students (mainly Slytherins) gloated over it, most of them were quite outraged.

Sybill.Trelawney is the professor of divination. He has been at Hogwarts for 16 years, but most of the time, she can't really pass on the essence of divination to the students. The course itself is very difficult, not to mention Trelawney is always talking about it.What I have to say is that her appearance fits the image of a professor of metaphysics very well. She is almost inseparable from the crystal ball used for divination, and occasionally shakes out strange words from her mouth.

Although Trelawney wasn't very respected by the students, she wasn't exactly annoying, and, by no means, was she a liar.In fact, Trelawney himself does have a very powerful ability to predict. Usually, a fortuneteller must be born with the ability to predict, and it is impossible to cultivate a true prophet the day after tomorrow. This is like some kind of extra superpower.

Unfortunately, her mysterious superpower was too unstable, and Trelawney couldn't show that she was qualified for this course like other teachers.At that time, the senior officials from the Ministry of Magic did not intend to give her time to think, but asked her to give a prophecy immediately, which was obviously impossible for Trelawney.

So, how can that pink mother toad from the Ministry of Magic tolerate this, she thinks she has no real talent at all, and she is not qualified to stay at Hogwarts.

The pink toad/toad is not a real toad/toad, her name is Dolores Umbridge (Dolores.Umbridge), a middle-aged witch in her 50s, her face is The reason) looks very loose, and the thick foundation can't cover the signs of aging and pimples on the face.

Umbridge is the deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic. No one knows how she climbed to that position. It must not be because of her fat and short ugly appearance, but it must not be some legitimate means. Her reputation in the Ministry of Magic Not so much.

Fred and George laughed when Umbridge first appeared on the Sorting Hall podium, and the twins thought she looked like a giant toad, which they planned to call her all term she.

Umbridge loves to adorn herself with everything pink, with a lace-trimmed coat and a little velvet bow on her short, curly blond hair, which she probably thought would make her look girlish , however doing so did nothing except make her look uglier.

Besides, her other favorite silly thing is to raise her voice so that it's thin and smooth, like a little girl who is easily startled 24 hours a day.

The arrival of Umbridge means that the Ministry of Magic is going to restrict Dumbledore's rights, and besides not seeing Dumbledore, this pink toad also hates Harry very much, maybe because Harry always loves to be with her The mention of Voldemort's name in front of her terrified her.

What made Harry feel the most uncomfortable was that Umbridge turned out to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher this semester, probably the worst teacher he had ever had.Harry even began to miss the first-year Professor Quirrell with Voldemort's face on the back of his head. At least he would actually teach this homework, instead of asking all students to put away their wands and only study textbooks like Umbridge did. Theoretical knowledge on the subject, those aren't even mantras.

Defense Against the Dark Arts had suddenly become the least interesting of all subjects at Hogwarts, when it was once the most popular with students.

"Professor Dumbledore, you know that I have long regarded the school as my home, and I have nowhere to go if I am kicked out." Since Trelawney can still sit in Dumbledore's office and cry about what happened, she expresses that she Not really kicked out of school, "I can see some things in the future, you know I can, but I can't do it right away, but if you give me a little time..."

Dumbledore took Trelawney back to school from under Umbridge's watchful eyes before Trelawney almost walked out of the school, although this did not help, the Ministry of Magic has the right to expel any teacher, but at least Trelawney She can still stay at the school, unless Dumbledore, the headmaster, personally asks her to go.

"Yes, I know, dear, you can live here, you are still in this house and haven't gone anywhere." Dumbledore comforted sincerely, "I'm sorry, Sybil, I can't let you continue Be a teacher, but you get the perks of being a teacher."

"I don't want welfare, thank you, Professor, you are such a great person. But I just need a corner, even the kitchen." Ma Linglong handed Trelawney a tissue, "Thank you, Lillian, When I was deported, only you were willing to help me with my luggage."

"You can live in my office." Ma Linglong said, Umbridge would not allow the expelled teacher to live back in the original place.

"No, that's too rude, that's your private space." Trelawney said emotionally.

"It doesn't matter. My office is big enough to accommodate more than three people. You can take as many crystal balls as you want." Ma Linglong was dubious about Trelawney's divination at the beginning, just like all the students thought, thinking that she probably It is because of her surname that she can stay at Hogwarts. She may not have the divination ability of the ancestor of "Trelawney".

However, Ma Linglong discovered several times that her predictions had become true, and every time she predicted a real thing that would happen in the future, her voice would become extremely hoarse, as if someone Talking while pinching his neck.After finishing the prophecy, Trelawney will forget everything he just said.These unobvious prophecies require great attention to detect their clues. Some prophecies will come true in a few hours, while others may have to wait for months.

Apparently Dumbledore believed that Trelawney was the real seer, it was just that she wasn't held in the same esteem as her ancestors.

Trelawney left the principal's office, and McGonagall comforted her while taking her to her office.Although McGonagall is a serious and harsh teacher, she has a great sense of justice and love. She and Trelawney can be regarded as friends. Professor McGonagall now dislikes Umbridge by no means. A student of Gryffindor.

"What do you think?" Seeing that Ma Linglong didn't leave immediately, Dumbledore waved his hand, and the sweet milk tea flew to the table next to Ma Linglong.

"Maybe you can beat her up." Ma Linglong said, she took the cup of milk tea, the water temperature was just right for drinking.

"A good idea, but ill-advised," said Dumbledore. "You cannot be expelled."

"What's her weakness?" Ma Linglong asked, "Do you know that toad?"

"Fred and George always like to give people less pleasant nicknames." Dumbledore said with a smile, "but I think their point of view is right this time." He shook his head slightly, "I don't Familiar with her, Umbridge only became the deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic last year, and when I knew her, she was just the administrative secretary of the Ministry of Magic, but it is undeniable that Umbridge's position jumped very quickly."

A woman, a woman who is not beautiful or even ugly, has obtained a high and powerful title. It is hard to imagine how scheming she is.

"I don't think anyone will be kind to her, right, those high-level people?"

Dumbledore easily understood Ma Linglong's meaning: "Then maybe, maybe someone likes pink, after all, after the lights are turned off, no one can see anyone's face clearly."

Ma Linglong showed a disgusted expression.

"Look at Sirius," Dumbledore reminded, "I don't want him to make a fuss and get fired or... you know, Sirius is more manic than anyone when it comes to Harry, and Um Richie won't miss the chance to teach Harry a lesson, and I don't doubt she's biased against Sirius."

"Perhaps I should remind Potter to be more restrained, not Black?"

Dumbledore said meaningfully: "But Sirius will listen to your opinion, Harry may not necessarily, but think about it, who would Harry like to listen to?"

Ma Linglong nodded and said, "It's true to find a teacher to fill the divination vacancy as soon as possible. I don't want the Ministry of Magic to send another extremist over."

"Do you think children will like centaurs?" It seems that this cannot be called a question, Dumbledore has already planned, "What do you think of Firenze?"

Centaurs are undoubtedly the most suitable teachers for divination classes. Their astrology is more magical than wizards' magic, but finding a centaur to join the wizard camp will not be easier than resisting Umbridge, even if Firenze is close A wizard, nor does he mean that he is willing to take the risk of being ostracized by his own kind.

"He is undoubtedly the most qualified." Ma Linglong said.

Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully: "Linglong." Just as Ma Linglong was about to leave the principal's office, Dumbledore suddenly stopped her, "What do you think of my position?"

Ma Linglong looked at him puzzled.

"I mean, do you want to be Headmaster of Hogwarts?" said Dumbledore boldly, "You have a lot of experience in being a leader."

Ma Linglong subconsciously wanted to refuse. Hogwarts had many more suitable candidates than her, such as Professor McGonagall.But she suddenly remembered that Toni said that the only living male Ma Linglong in a certain parallel world is the headmaster of Hogwarts: "It's worth considering." So Ma Linglong said, "But I don't think you are You need to put forward the demand in this regard, after all, you are still very young."

"Thank you." Dumbledore laughed. He looked at her with those blue eyes and said, "But you still gave me an unexpected answer."

"Sometimes, I also advocate rights. After all, I graduated from Slytherin, and status can make it easier for me to do many things." This is of course a lie, but Ma Linglong does not intend to tell Dumbledore about the parallel World affairs, "By the way, I have seen Professor X, and there are wizards among the mutants."

"Yes, Charles told me that the wizard is a Death Eater, and there is no doubt about his status at this time."

"What does he want from the mutant?" Ma Linglong asked.

"Study their abilities, and make trouble for them." Dumbledore said, "I think someone knows about my relationship with Charles. Voldemort certainly doesn't want wizards to get help from mutants. You have seen them. Power, elusive."

Ma Linglong thought for a while and said: "One more thing, I met Firenze in the Forbidden Forest last winter, and he told me that Stark would bring hope to this land, I don't understand what that means, I There is no intention of letting Stark set foot in Hogwarts at all, the current situation is too dangerous for him."

"Perhaps." Dumbledore said, with an unfathomable expression on his face, "but the centaur's prophecy is never wrong."

Ma Linglong found the Bloody Baron (Bloody.Baron) at the school's observatory. On the way, she met Filch and his cat. One person and one cat cast unfriendly glances at Ma Linglong, maybe Of all the teachers, only Filch agreed with Umbridge's high-handed management policies, for which he had built a dungeon full of instruments of torture.

"I want to make a deal with you." Ma Linglong said to Barrow's back.

Barrow, the ghost of Slytherin who was feared by most of the same kind including the students, stared blankly in one direction with his empty eyes, and muttered ancient words that Ma Linglong couldn't understand.Barrow's face was thin, and he looked more serious than all the ghosts. He was called Blood Man because his robes were stained with the blood of his life.

Barrow floated in front of the girl. Although he was expressionless, he had fierce eyes: "You want to make a deal, make a deal with me? Do you have something worth my exchange? I'm a ghost, do you think I'm what do you need?"

"Need to be forgiven." Ma Linglong said softly,

Barrow is a grumpy wizard who once tried to court Helena Ravenclaw (Helena.R□□enclaw), also known as Rowena Ravenclaw (Rowena.R□□enclaw), Daughter of one of the four founders of Hogwarts.It's just that sincerity and actions are not enough for feelings. Helena doesn't love him, and it can even be said that she doesn't even want to be friends with him. Baro killed her in a fit of anger. 【Note】

Barrow felt remorse and grief for this, and later committed suicide. The blood on his chest may be his own or Helena's.

Perhaps Barrow didn't expect, or rather, didn't intend to get Helena's forgiveness, because even if the other party forgave him (almost impossible), Barrow couldn't forgive himself for his original behavior.

But Ma Linglong's words still moved him very much. At least he was willing to hear what Ma Linglong wanted to do: "What kind of deal do you want to make with me?" Helena's soul was somewhere in the school. In fact, Barrow knew where she was, but for a hundred years he had never set foot in an area with her.

"Do you know Dolores Umbridge?" Ma Linglong knew that Umbridge graduated from Slytherin, and her ambition was indeed worthy of her status.

"A Slytherin witch," Barrow said. "I heard she's back again and taught Defense Against the Dark Arts. She's the most impure Slytherin I've ever seen."

"Why?" Ma Linglong asked.

"I want to know how you plan to get me forgiven." Barton asked very cleverly, "If you deceive me, I will tell everyone in the school that you asked me about other people's secrets."

"You won't do that." Ma Linglong said with a threatening tone, "After all, the story of you killing Helena is not well known. I guess your ghost partner doesn't know either, right? If you I won't lose anything if you treat me this way. But you, you will be looked down upon by the ghosts and students, you will be unable to hold your head up in front of everyone, and you can no longer dictate to the ghosts. You don't want this to happen, do you? ?”

Baro was furious and wanted to pass through Ma Linglong's body. In fact, he planned to cut Ma Linglong's neck with the weapon in his hand, but he couldn't do it. He could only pass through the girl's thin body. Passing through like a stereographic projection.

"Calm down." Ma Linglong didn't let Baro succeed, she used her own spiritual power to force the man back, "Impulse will only cause bad things, think about how you died."

"How do you know this? You can't know!" Fortunately, Barrow is only a ghost and not a spirit body. Otherwise, with his personality, he would definitely become a bloodthirsty evil spirit, just like he was caught off guard when he was courting in his lifetime. ridiculous behavior.

Ma Linglong knew all the ghost stories, the funny and tragic ones, she knew them thoroughly 20 years ago, Ma Linglong never thought that she would be useful one day.

"I met her, and Helena told me many things." Ma Linglong said, she found a comfortable place to sit down, and Ma Linglong knew that she already had enough bargaining chips, "Now, let's talk about just now Go ahead and tell me everything you know about the person Dolores Umbridge, preferably her darkest secrets. If I think the information you provide is valuable, I'll do it for you Convince Helena to see you, or at least let her scold you, I guess that's your wish?"

The tombstones of Lily Evans and James Potter are located in Godric's Hollow in southwestern England, named after the wizard Godric Gryffindor because this is where he was born land.The villages around Godric's Hollow are inhabited by both wizards and Muggles. Muggles don't know wizards exist, and wizards never behave unkindly to Muggles.

The Potters were buried in the largest cemetery in Godric's Hollow. The place that was blown up by Lily Evans with a spell has become a ruin, but it has been preserved as a permanent memorial until now.

Ma Linglong placed a bouquet of lilies in front of Lily's tombstone, and then poured another bottle of butter beer into the ground.

Today is the anniversary of the death of the Potters. Ma Linglong brought Stark to worship them. This is the first time Ma Linglong let Stark get in touch with that dark past.

"There was once a prophecy." Ma Linglong said, "It implied that Harry, who was born before the full moon, was the key figure who could fight against Voldemort. Voldemort was afraid that the prophecy would come true, so he frantically hunted down the Potters and their children. .Voldemort failed, but it also caused a great blow to the Potter family. Now, Voldemort has made a comeback, and he still believes in that prophecy." [Trelawney's Prophecy]

Stark put his arm around Ma Linglong's shoulder, and he kissed her on the face: "Pervert always has a reason to kill, I guess it has nothing to do with prophecy, even if there is no prophecy, doesn't he still treat killing as entertainment?"

"You're right." Ma Linglong said, during the period when the European wizarding world was dominated by Voldemort, even if there was no so-called prophecy, it would be a matter of time before they would suffer.The Potters are members of the Order of the Phoenix, and Voldemort and the Death Eaters never let go of anyone who tries to resist the darkness.

"I can go to Hogwarts to accompany you." Stark said with determination, "Let me live in your office, I swear I will never run around, just stay where you are, I can pretend I am a wizard."

"I brought you here today to let you know how dangerous the wizarding world is." Ma Linglong rubbed Stark's ear, "Any spell is fatal to you, don't count on you The armor can resist the attack of magic, you have tried it with me, and there is no good result, and besides, don’t be a fool if you are a wizard, you have never looked like a wizard from the beginning to the end.”

"That's because I don't know enough, I mean magic." Stark said, and he said very seriously, "You have seen that I can invent electronic products for use in the wizarding world, and even you can't. arrive."

"I don't deny that your talent in this area and your understanding of magic amazes me. Maybe in a few decades you will really be able to deal with simple spells, but now, Stark." Ma Linglong held his He shook his head and said, "I have to admit, I didn't let you come to school because I didn't know if I could protect you."

Stark took Ma Linglong's hand, and he dropped several kisses on the girl's palm: "Then let me protect you, you have to have faith in me, you know how many miracles I have created, starting with the kidnapping in Afghanistan. Baby Son, you have protected me for more than ten years, now I have to do it."

"I'm glad you're not an ungrateful person." Ma Linglong suddenly pulled/drawn out her wand and pressed it against his throat, "Can you avoid this?"

Stark opened his mouth slightly, and his caramel-colored eyeballs were full of grievances: "I can't get so close to a strange wizard. He took out his wand at least long enough for me to fire the pulse cannon."

"Don't you understand, if someone approaches you in my likeness, you probably won't be this close." Ma Linglong put away her wand and said.

"There is always a way to solve these problems." Stark muttered unwillingly, "As long as we are together."

"I want to be with you too." As soon as Ma Linglong finished speaking, Stark kissed her lips.

The ghosts wandering in the cemetery hissed instantly.

And now, Stark is not afraid of ghosts at all.

"If it wasn't for the fact that the Ministry of Magic installed a pervert in the school, at least I wouldn't mind taking you to the Halloween party. Fred and George admire you so much." Ma Linglong said regretfully.

"What happened, sweetheart?" Stark asked softly in a low voice, "Did that woman do anything unreasonable to you?"

"She has done too much to the whole school." Ma Linglong told Stark about Umbridge, "but I have her secret in my hand, a secret she doesn't want to be revealed, so, I I want her to do something to me."

"I guess this Umbridge is still single. After all, a woman with a husband or a boyfriend will not put too much thought on torturing others." Stark said, "Maybe, we can find her Just for fun, I guess she doesn't mind handsome men courting her?"

Ma Linglong smiled softly: "I know what you want to express, you are indeed a heartthrob, but her contempt for Muggles is enough to make her ignore your looks and sweet words."

"Of course not me." Stark kissed the tip of the girl's nose, "I belong to you alone." He paused, "So I just thought of a more suitable candidate, he is very attractive, girls I like him, he even received love letters from female students who got their graduation certificates, I think his image may be more in line with the needs of female perverts, British gentlemen or something."

Ma Linglong looked at him in disbelief: "You mean Black!?"

The author has something to say:

[Helena]: It is the female ghost that Harry met when he was looking for the last few Horcruxes in the movie Deathly Hallows. The crown of Ravenclaw is one of the Horcruxes. Helena Hidden.

Your Nini will also join the Order of the Phoenix.