Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Professor Dumbledore nodded lightly and said nothing more, while Moon turned and left the office and walked into the spiral staircase.

After watching Moon leave, the old man turned his head and looked out the window.But at this moment, a portrait in the office suddenly said, "I think that Shafiq boy was right. You should think about it carefully."

After three seconds, Professor Dumbledore turned back and focused on the Muggle novel he was reading earlier. "I know, Ms. Moore, but people's habits cannot be changed in a day or two. of."

"Ha, what you said is true, but that kid is too rude." Another portrait said unhappily: "Yelling in the principal's office, twice!"

"Don't forget, Black, it was this impolite boy who saved Sirius Black." The portrait that spoke before, Eupracia Moore, rudely retorted: "Dare to point out the principal's mistakes bluntly. , there’s nothing wrong with that.”

"I stand by my opinion." The portrait of Phineas Black maintained a scornful attitude towards Moore's portrait. "He still shouldn't have yelled - at least he ruined my nap."

"You insist on your opinion, so you are the most unpopular principal in the history of Hogwarts." I don't know which portrait used his extremely heart-wrenching words to completely end the debate.

Chapter 73 Old things about the Crow Party

"So, what you are saying is that you are not going to help us find that boy from the Shafik family, are you?" The middle-aged Auror, Ekel Weaving, had an obvious look of dissatisfaction on his face. Liduo's attitude of being soft and unwilling was really hard for him to accept.

Behind him, Ken O'Gorman looked helpless, and Elijah Lee looked confused. In a small office, the three Aurors almost performed all kinds of life.

"No, Vivian, I didn't say I didn't plan to help you find Moon." Professor Dumbledore smiled and spread his hands. "The real problem is that I can't help you find Moon - unless you have some good ideas. .”

Ekel Weaving's eyelids twitched. "You can ask the professors in the school to help us look for him. The kid will avoid us, but he may not avoid the professors at Hogwarts. There are also portraits and ghosts. Don’t forget, Professor Dumbledore, I also studied at Hogwarts, and I know these common methods of finding people very well.”

"Ah, the way you said it is indeed very good, but there is a small problem." Professor Dumbledore gently raised the tea cup and looked at Ekel Weaving with a half-smile. "How do you know about portraits and ghosts?" Aren’t we looking for Moon now?”

"...?" Ekel Weaving looked at the old principal in front of him in disbelief, and his mind was instantly filled with question marks.

We went to find him earlier, didn’t you tell me earlier?Why have you been teasing me here for so long?

A faint smile flashed across Ken O'Gorman's eyes. He nodded lightly towards Professor Dumbledore, then stepped forward and patted his colleague on the shoulder, "Since Professor Dumbledore has sent out the cartoon and the Ghost Gang, We are looking for him, so let’s go look around quickly so that we can find Moon Fox as soon as possible.”

"Don't be careless here!" Ekel Weaving slapped Ken O'Gorman's hand away and looked at him angrily, "Do you think I don't know that you have been shielding that little bastard for a long time? You and them are all in the same nest of snakes and rats! Ha! Go and watch the boy from the Shafiq family take the first day of class, and then use the excuse of tempering Ilya to propose that he accompany the boy to this morning's class. You Do you think you are hiding it very well?!"

Ilya blinked his big dark brown eyes, unable to accept the suddenly tense situation.

Ken O'Gorman frowned and also lost his face. "Ekel Weaving, don't forget, I have discussed all the candidates with you in the past two days. It is not a decision I made in one word. If you don't If you are satisfied with my arrangement, you can bring it up during the discussion instead of making unreasonable troubles here. This is Professor Dumbledore's office, not your living room."

Professor Dumbledore sipped his tea, turned to the portrait of Euphrasia Moore on the wall and nodded slightly, indicating that the time was almost up. Ms. Moore understood and pulled out the portrait that had been waiting there from the edge of the frame. The portrait of the submissive little witch shouted loudly before Ekel Weaving spoke: "Principal, we found Moon Shafiq. He is teaching in the main classroom of the Charms Class."

The three Aurors looked at Ms. Moore's portrait together. Ms. Moore shrugged, "Why are you looking at me? Other portraits told me. You can go to the Charms classroom and see for yourself."

"Hmph! Thank you for your help, Mr. Dumbledore!" Ekel Weaving stopped talking and was too lazy to argue with Ken O'Gorman. After saying this in a hurry, he tugged on Elijah Lee's clothes. Xiu walked out of the principal's office together.

"Sorry, Professor Dumbledore, to disturb you." Ken O'Gorman did not stop the two of them, and said to Professor Dumbledore with a wry smile: "Ekel... he has no evil intentions, but his temper is too extreme. He still can't let go of what happened that year, so he still has such great hostility."

"I understand, you can go ahead." Professor Dumbledore waved his hand gently, "Don't worry, I don't care. But, with his behavior, I'm afraid he will harm himself sooner or later."

Ken O'Gorman nodded helplessly, then bowed and strode out of the principal's office.

After Ken O'Gorman's figure disappeared from the door and the door to the principal's office was closed again, the portrait of Phineas Black asked excitedly: "Is that Eckel Weaving just now? Is that the wizard who narrowly escaped death during the Crow Clan riot years ago?"

Professor Dumbledore waved his wand and fed Fawkes fish bones, while shaking his head slightly, "No, the Auror who luckily escaped was Moon's uncle, Edgar Shafee, who disappeared a few days ago. gram."

As the old man spoke, he looked at the wooden door of the office with a look of regret on his face, "Ekel Weaving was the Auror who died, Eric Lee's friend. They used to fight against the Death Eaters. They survived several close calls and supported each other, each of them owed the other a life."

"Ha, no wonder he hates that yelling little bastard so much." The portrait of Phineas Black nodded clearly. "Hmph, if you ask me, the Ministry of Magic is getting worse every time. I'm just afraid. It caused panic, and even refused to announce such a big mess as the Crow Party, and even wanted to hide it from the Aurors under his command, showing no sense of responsibility."

"Barnold has no choice." Professor Dumbledore sighed: "It has finally been quiet for a few years. If it is suddenly announced that the Crow Party has begun to attack and breed monsters again, I am afraid there will be another uproar in the wizarding world. It was a big chaos. Voldemort had only fallen a few years ago, and it was a critical moment for the wizarding world to regain its vitality. She must have thought that it was better to keep this matter tightly covered and it would be best for no one to know about it."

"What's more, the facts prove that her concealment was not an incorrect decision. Ever since Edgar and Eric risked their lives to destroy the activities of the Crow Party, no one from the Crow Party has come out to cause trouble again. Rain. If this incident were announced at that time, apart from causing a period of panic, it would not even serve as a warning. It would only become a dark cloud with no follow-up, making everyone feel depressed again..."

As he spoke, Professor Dumbledore suddenly stopped speaking, with a somewhat inexplicable look in his eyes.

"The Crow Party..."

The old man frowned slightly, probably thinking of something, and immediately turned to the portrait of Ms. Moore and said: "Ms. Moore, please go to your portrait in the faculty lounge immediately and see if Sirius is there. If If so, ask him to tell the members of the Order of the Phoenix immediately, and be careful, the person who captured Edgar is most likely a dark wizard from the Crow Party, and this matter may be far more dangerous than we previously thought."

Ms. Moore nodded immediately and quickly disappeared from the frame.

After Ms. Moore left, Professor Dumbledore's expression suddenly became a little uncertain again.

"Oh, Albus, you are hesitant again, right?" Delis Derwent, who was the headmaster two centuries ago, said softly: "I am worried that this news will make the Shafiq family become too Impatient and in conflict with the Ministry of Magic?”

Professor Dumbledore sent the last fish bone to Fox, and then said in a low voice: "Yes, as a school director, Golov has always had a good relationship with me. He has come to the office in recent years. You should You know, he seems to be a peaceful person, but in fact he has a blazing flame in his heart. He also knew about Edgar's encounter with the black wizard of the Crow Party a few years ago. If I told him that this incident would probably be caused by the Crow Party. People in the party did it..."

Having said this, the old man's eyes involuntarily turned to the quill pen on the table, but the hesitation deep in his eyes showed that he didn't really want to pick up the pen.

"What Moon just said makes sense. I think you should not only consider what is best in your opinion, but ignore their feelings and not trust them. You can treat some people in this way , but you cannot treat everyone this way." Derwent chuckled and said: "The Shafiq patriarch is not as impulsive as Black's great-great-grandson [Note 1]. Don't forget, he is also a mature politician himself. . Moon is not such an uncool person. It can be seen from the few times he has come here that he obviously has a maturity far beyond his age. You should believe in their abilities."

Professor Dumbledore took a deep breath. He knew that Moon was right and that Ms. Devont was right. But the problem was that due to years of habits and his own nature...he couldn't help it. Convince yourself happily to make this decision.Because he couldn't help but think about what if - what if Golov really did something too outrageous, what if Moon really ran out of school in a moment of overheating, what would happen at that time? What consequences.

Just when he was still hesitating, Ms. Moore's portrait suddenly returned to the frame, bringing with it a piece of news that instantly freed Professor Dumbledore from his hesitation.

"Albus, I went just in time. Sirius was about to rush over. He received news from the Shafiq family." Ms. Moore said quickly: "The news said, 'The Crow Party, Somerset County, around the coastline. , suspected to be a fake address, and is already under rescue.'"

"Somerset County?" Professor Dumbledore raised his eyebrows slightly, and without any further hesitation, he quickly picked up the quill, "Three Cunning Rabbits... The first time we caught their traces was in Cornwall. The second time was in Devon. If you include Somerset, the three places are just connected, and they are all adjacent to the coastline. However, these three places are not consistent with the locations where the dark wizards of the Crow Party often moved. , they must have some special intention.”

A few minutes later, messages were sent out from the principal's office.At the same time, things were not peaceful in Shafiq Manor.

"Don't worry, I have already thought of a way for the people scattered outside to continue to collect more information. Professor Dumbledore is also sending people to find ways to find Edgar. Nora is rushing back, and she will probably arrive tomorrow. Somerset County." Golov patted Ann's back gently and said in a calm voice: "Edgar himself is not an easy guy to deal with, and there will be no problems."

"Hmm." An fiddled with the teacup in front of her and asked uneasily, "Why did the Crow Party find Edgar?"

Golov shook his head, "This matter is very complicated. It's an old grudge from a few years ago. And I don't think the people in the Crow Party are specialized in -"

He was only halfway speaking when the crisp sound of heels reached the ears of the two of them. Gorov stopped talking and slowly raised his head to look at the door. Sure enough, the short, fat woman wearing a pink frilly skirt, Dolores Umbridge was walking towards the hall step by step.

"Are you okay, Umbridge?" Golov stood up, looked down at Umbridge, and asked expressionlessly.

"Cough-cough~" Umbridge adjusted her tone and spoke in a high-pitched voice, pretending to be playful, "Of course, Mr. Shafik, I think I have to regret to inform you that you and your The family must leave Shafiq Manor within three hours. According to the intelligence we have received, it is no longer safe here."

"Oh?" Golov said coldly: "In that case, everyone can leave."

"Can I take it that you have received my notice and decided to leave?" Umbridge showed her fake sweet smile as always. "This is really great, everyone is happy."

"It seems that you prefer a straightforward communication method." Golov, who had lost his usual simple and honest smile, now looked significantly more serious and arrogant. "I mean, you can bring your subordinates with you." Leaving Shafiq Manor.”

The smile on Umbridge's face was obviously unbearable. Her saggy face trembled twice, as if she was trying to maintain her 'perfect' smile. "I don't understand. I think I should have made it clear. Yes, here is——"

"Danger, yes, I don't need the protection of the Ministry of Magic, and I will not leave Shafiq Manor. Since there is danger here, you should leave." Golov's voice was always steady, without any ups and downs. I don’t want to repeat these words again.”

"Ha, if that's the case, then I guess I'm going to have to-"

"What has to happen? Let the Aurors arrest me? Are you sure? Dolores Umbridge?" Golov slowly took a step towards Umbridge. "Before making such a decision , I advise you to think about it carefully, of course, the better option is to go back and ask Fudge to see if he will give you an order to arrest me."

"You are no longer an official of the Ministry of Magic -" Umbridge finally lost her smile completely, and no longer pretended to control the tone and tone of her words, and spoke angrily, but even so, her words were still blocked again. Love interrupted without mercy.

"That's right, I'm not an official of the Ministry of Magic, but I am a dangerous goods trade advisor to MACUSA, and my name is written in the staff file of MACUSA - I'm really curious, haven't you ever thought about it? Why did the order Fudge gave you earlier only contain 'monitor' and not 'control'?" Golov turned around disdainfully and walked towards the stairs with An, who had already stood up. "Now, you go ask Fudge again. Do you want to arrest me? If so, we can have a few more chats. Before that, please take your men and leave the confines of Shafiq Manor within 3 minutes, otherwise, you will bear the consequences."

Umbridge gritted her teeth and watched as Golov and Ann walked up the stairs step by step. She was so angry that she could no longer express her anger. She could only turn around angrily and shouted louder than when she came. He left the living room step by step, as if announcing his presence.

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On the other side, when Ekel Weaving dragged Elijah Li quickly to the Charms classroom, Moon was sitting there quietly listening to the class just as Ms. Moore's portrait said. When he saw them coming in, he even smiled and nodded at them.

Ekel Weaving felt like he was going to explode.Fortunately, he still somewhat remembered that this was a classroom, unlike the school newspaper office or the principal's office, so he wouldn't disturb anyone even if he shouted loudly.

In desperation, he had no choice but to whisper to Elijah Lee to go out to find Ken O'Gorman, then he strode to Munn's side and sat down in the seat left for him by Munn.

"The little calculation is good, Moon Fox." Weaving suppressed his voice and squeezed out this sentence through his teeth, "You really succeeded, didn't you."

"I don't understand what you are talking about, but maybe you are willing to cooperate with me in practicing magic spells?" Moon smiled and said: "We are reviewing the repair spells in this class. I wonder if you have anything you can use for me. Practice stuff?”

Wei Wen quickly pulled out his wand, waved it casually, and made a few more cracks in the small handkerchief in front of Moon that he had just repaired with a repair spell. "You're welcome."

"I still have to thank you." Moon waved his wand and said, "Reparo (repaired as before) - and, thank you."

The handkerchief became intact again, and then a new tear opened under Vivian's wand.

Professor Flitwick looked at this scene and was speechless for a moment. Several young Hufflepuff wizards next to him burst out laughing. Moon repaired the handkerchief again without any haste, and then looked at it with a smile. To Ekel Weaving "Thank you for your help."

Ekel Weaving felt as if his lungs were connected to an air tube, and they began to bulge.

Then, when he was about to tear the handkerchief again, he suddenly realized Moon's hint.

"Heh." The invisible inflator disappeared, and Ekel Weaving calmed down again. "You're welcome."

He put away his wand and slowly exhaled a breath.

Do you want to use this method to tell me that no matter what I do, I can't really hinder you?You want me to give up before the difficulties?

Oh, let's just wait and see. You're just a student, I don't believe I can't keep an eye on you!

Having made up his mind and made up his mind, Ekel Weaving almost applauded his perseverance in his heart.But just three and ten minutes later, he desperately encountered a major crisis of faith.

Chapter 74 False and True

"Say it again..." Ekel Weaving looked at Ken O'Gorman in confusion, and the confusion in his words seemed as if he did not hear what Ken O'Gorman said at all.

But of course he heard Ken O'Gorman's words clearly.

He just found it unbelievable.

Why did Ekel Weaving come to Hogwarts to participate in this surveillance mission?

To accompany and take care of Elijah Lee?It is undeniable that there is indeed a reason for this. Eric is dead. For Ekel, who has divorced his wife and his parents are deceased, Elijah is almost his only relative besides his biological son. .His nephew, who he had never thought was suitable to be an Auror, was about to go on his first official mission. How could Ekel not come?

But this was not the main reason why Ekel Weaving came to Hogwarts - what he really thought about was that as long as he came here, maybe he could expose the true face of Edgar Shafiq.

That's right, his real purpose in choosing to participate in this mission was not protection, protection was just a matter of convenience.His true purpose from beginning to end was revenge, revenge for Eric Lee, and revenge for the Edgar Shafiq who killed Eric Lee in his heart.

In the mind of Ekel Weaving, Edgar had already been labeled as a "collaborator". In the entire Ministry of Magic, he was the person who believed most firmly in the matter of "Edgar's defection".Before coming here, he thought with great hope that maybe he could catch Edgar, a big fish, by fishing by spying on Moon Fox.

That's why he was willing to agree to Ken O'Gorman's first two arrangements. He had long known that Ken O'Gorman would make small moves. He hoped that Moon could pass on the news, and it would be best to really contact Ed. add.This would give him a chance to catch Edgar - even kill the pureblood bastard who killed his best friend.

He even acted out the image of an upright monitor, spoke harshly to Munn, questioned Dumbledore, and scolded O'Gorman... But in his heart, he was already happy with Munn's mid-escape. Hua, he admitted that he was indeed tricked by Moon. He never expected that this little bastard from the Shafiq family could use the stairs to escape from his surveillance. But after being tricked, he felt very happy in his heart.

How could he not see that O'Gorman was deliberately stalling for time when he was describing the situation to Professor McGonagall?How could he not realize that Dumbledore's so-called refusal to accept soft words was actually a deliberate nonsense?

Everyone is acting, including Ekel Weaving.In order to deceive everyone, he even kept telling himself in his heart that I am here to monitor Moon Fox, and I must keep an eye on him and keep an eye on him - only in this way can he guarantee that he will be there at any time. Only by not revealing the truth at any time, anywhere, or in front of anyone can you ensure that even your colleagues and nephews will think that you are really cruel.

However, this time, he was truly confused.

Under the gazes of Ken O'Gorman and Elijah Lee, Ekel Weaving's face gradually began to show a dejected look. He leaned against the wall weakly, suddenly questioning his decision.

"I said -" Ken O'Gorman repeated what he had said before. "Kingsley just sent news. About an hour ago, the Ministry found traces of Edgar and the dark wizard who kidnapped him. , those who kidnapped Edgar are very likely... the people involved in Eric's death in the line of duty. The Ministry has sent all the Aurors that can be mobilized to track those people, and we must stay in Hog Watts, exerting the strictest protection on Moon Fox, Hesper Shafiq and Quaid Shafiq. Because Edgar is still alive, the purpose of those who kidnapped Edgar is still unknown. So we want to make sure that the rest of Shafiq's family doesn't fall into the hands of those dark wizards again."

"Ha..." Ekel Weaving laughed to himself.

He found Kingsley Shacklebolt on his own, hoping that he could join him in this mission to Hogwarts to monitor Moon Fox and others.As a result, now, he was told that the dark wizard who killed his best friend had "kidnapped" that damn Edgar Shafiq, exposed his traces, and was on the run from the outside world.But because of his own request, he had to stay in Hogwarts and protect the children of the Shafiq family.

so funny.

it is ridiculous.

Ekel Weaving suddenly covered his face with his hands and squatted down.

Ken O'Gorman roughly guessed what he was thinking, shook his head slightly, took two steps back, and stood aside.

Elijah Lee was just the opposite. He walked forward, trying to comfort Uncle Ekel who suddenly became so... fragile. But before his raised hand could fall, Ekel raised it. He nodded and waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

Li looked carefully at Ekel's eyes again, and finally relaxed after confirming that there were no tears in them. He smiled bitterly and said, "Don't be sad, Uncle Ekel, although we can't catch those black men ourselves." Wizards, avenge my father, but Uncle Kingsley and the others will definitely be able to defeat those dark wizards and bring them to justice."

Wei Wen forced a smile. He didn't want to feel sad, but he couldn't control himself.He was not assigned here like Ilya, but applied for it on his own. This situation was completely self-defeating on his own.

"I'm fine, just a little...sad." Ekel Weaving rubbed his cheek vigorously again. "You guys go back. It's time for me to go in and look at the kid. Do you want to let Elijah go to Andy's place later?" Together we secretly monitor...protect the other two children of the Shafiq family?"

Ken O'Gorman nodded lightly, "Okay, I think so too."

"Then let's do it." Ekel Weaving slowly took a deep breath, then opened the wooden door of the Charms classroom and quietly returned to the seat next to Moon.

Moon turned his head and glanced at Wei Wen, feeling a little doubtful in his heart. Previously, this Auror had always been very deep-tempered, with almost no obvious emotional fluctuations, but now, his heart was filled with self-blame and pain.

Perhaps sensing Munn's gaze, Weiwen also turned his head and looked at Munn, "What are you looking at?"

Moon waved his magic wand, causing the handkerchief floating in the air to fall. "It's nothing, I just feel that you are different from when you went out."

"Nothing is different, everything is the same as before, I will not let you escape my sight anymore." Ekel Weaving said coldly, with a decisive tone.

Moon raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at the handkerchief, and did not reply. Previously, Mr. Auror always tried his best to control himself when speaking, and was extremely cautious, and this was a typical manifestation of weaving lies.

Not many people would specialize in learning Occlumency. This is because powerful Legilimency masters are rare, and the spell itself is relatively unpopular and uncommon. For things like Veritaserum, it has strong magical power. People with willpower can overcome it with their own will alone.So generally speaking, except for those who are forced to know Occlumency due to their status, and some people who like to delve into weird magic, most wizards will not learn Occlumency.

On the contrary, some dark wizards, in order to better control black magic, even if they do not specifically learn Occlumency, they must try to control their brains and emotions, because they often do not come into contact with black magic step by step, but At this time, this kind of closure of the brain and emotions can help them avoid the invasion of some related profound black magic.

Ekel Weaving had never learned Occlumency, so his restraint actually exposed himself earlier to Moon.Of course, this exposure is limited to Moon knowing that he has been trying to lie, that's all.

Moon didn't understand why Ekel Weaving kept telling lies, but now, he realized one thing.

Because what Ekel Weaving said just now was not a lie. He did not continue to cover up or try to fake his emotions, but said it sincerely.

So, since this sentence is not a lie, and given his sudden change in mood, it means that Ekel Weaving's previous statement that he would keep a close eye on him was probably a lie.But now, something happened that made him really want to monitor himself completely.

What happened?