Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

And now that Uncle Edgar has been found, he, Hesper, and Quaid can actually go to St. Mungo's to see him immediately. This is obviously not in line with the previous nervousness of the Ministry of Magic. After all, they have sent Several Aurors came to monitor the three brothers and sisters to try to prevent them from contacting Uncle Edgar.

There is no doubt that Uncle Edgar is probably in a coma and it is difficult to wake up, so the Ministry of Magic allows other people in the family to visit Uncle Edgar.

In other words, this matter is obviously not over yet.

A group of people captured Uncle Edgar, but they did not kill him. They just made him unconscious and threw him out - or they were absolutely confident and confirmed that Uncle Edgar was absolutely impossible. Wake up; or, they have longer-term plans and other subsequent plans.

In the magical world where anything outrageous can happen, obviously the second scenario is much more likely.What's more, no matter what the method is, is it more secure than killing a person directly?

Moon looked up again and glanced at Ekel Weaving. Coincidentally, at this time, Weaving also looked at Munn.

Just by making eye contact, Moon felt strong doubts and entanglements in Wei Wen, as well as the familiar anguish and self-blame from before.

He had a hunch that the entanglement between him and Wei Wen was not over yet, and everything was just coming to an end temporarily.

Moon did not look away immediately, and neither did Ekel Weaving. Not only did he not look away, he even felt a little funny and ridiculous because of Moon's calm gaze.

A few days ago, if someone had told him that he couldn't even look down on a 13-year-old wizard, he would have been teased, and would have been tricked into sneaking away and delivering information smoothly in front of him again and again. If he can't find anything wrong on the surface, he will never believe it.

The problem now is that not only does such a 13-year-old wizard appear, but he is also a child of the Shafiq family.

He had no evidence to prove that Edgar Shafiq's nephew deliberately took advantage of the disappearance of the steps to slip away. After all, how many third-grade wizards were still suffering from the constant changes in the steps in school every day.He has no evidence to prove that the girl named Violet Evelina really passed the news to Moon Fox. He used the flying curse, but the food box didn't react at all. He even used it every now and then. Go behind the girl's back and look at her painting to make sure the girl doesn't write a message on the painting for the kid to see.

It's unbelievable to say, but he seemed to have lost to this kid.

This even made him start to hate himself a little.

And now, Edgar Shafiq has been released.

It's simply the most ridiculous thing in the world - who caught him?Dark wizard!Which dark wizard would capture an Auror and not kill that Auror, but release him?

Ekel Weaving looked away and lowered his head to look at the cigarette in his hand.

He thought that those dark wizards might have other agendas, but there was no doubt that it would be more reasonable to say that Edgar Shafiq and those dark wizards had actually colluded for a long time, and that this was a ploy they jointly played. Smoother - How many curses that no one else can do can be undone with just a flick of the wand?

Edgar Shafiq…

You must not show your true nature, let alone be caught by me.

Ekel Weaving gently exerted force with his fingers and pinched the cigarette in his hand into two pieces. More tobacco leaves spilled down and scattered on the ground.

Feeling the strong hatred that suddenly erupted from Ekel Weaving's body after he lowered his head, Moon shook his head and stopped looking at him.

The hands of the pocket watch continued to rotate, and the candlelight swayed gently, stretching the silhouettes of the three people very long on the three walls facing each other.Everyone remained silent, but their thoughts were completely different.

It was like this until a few minutes later, the sound of hurried footsteps gradually came, and then, the door of the school newspaper office was finally pushed open.

Chapter 78 Disputes

As the wooden door of the school newspaper office opened, Elijah Lee, another strange Auror, Hesper, and Quaid walked in one after another. However, behind the four of them, Snee, with a sullen face and frowning brows, Professor Pu actually walked in.

Obviously he also saw the slightly surprised expressions of Moon and others in the room, so he twitched his eyebrows and a mocking look appeared on his thin face. Take it to St. Mungo's together?"

"..." The inner activities of the three people who had their own thoughts before became speechless at this time. Probably because they were afraid that Weaving would make the atmosphere too tense when he opened his mouth, Ken O'Gorman quickly said before him. I was not notified that you were going to St. Mungo's with us. Besides, it doesn't matter if we say anything about it. Whether you can go to St. Mungo's to visit Edgar Shafiq depends on whether the minister is willing to give permission. . Without the permission of the minister, you will not be able to enter Edgar Shafiq's ward even at St. Mungo's."

"That's such a coincidence." Professor Snape smiled fakely. "Professor Dumbledore should have contacted Minister Fudge just now. It won't take long for the warrant to be approved." Send it to St. Mungo's. If we continue to stay here for a while, you might be able to see Minister Fudge at the door of the ward later - but I think his face will not look any better by then."

Ken O'Gorman glanced at Professor Snape suspiciously. Although he was still a little confused, after a moment of hesitation, he nodded gently and stopped obstructing, "Okay, let's go together."

He turned around and looked at the Auror standing next to Elijah. "Andy, have you applied for the door key?"

The Auror named Andy nodded in response, took out an old denim jacket from his bag, spread it out on the table, waved his wand, and chanted: "Portus!"

The jeans suddenly began to tremble inexplicably, and there was a burst of blue light. Then, when the blue light disappeared, the jeans stopped shaking and lay quietly on the table again.

"Children, please come here and stand next to the jeans." O'Gorman waved his hand and arranged Hesper and Quaid next to Moon. "I'm counting to three, two and one. We must catch them together." Just keep this door key, you know?"

Moon nodded along with Hesper and Quaid, and then got ready.

“Three, two, one—catch!”

Everyone reached out and grabbed one leg of the denim jacket. The next moment, the blue light lit up again, and then, Moon felt as if he was being forcefully hooked on his navel by a hook hidden in his intestines. , was pulled up directly.

The whistling wind kept passing by his ears, and Moon could feel that he was flying forward rapidly. He even became a little dizzy because of the excessive speed. He opened his eyes slightly, but he couldn't see anything at all. It's unclear, there are only brightly colored lines in front of me, which look a bit similar to the traffic on the street captured by time-lapse photography.

Before he could think about it for a while, the journey of the portkey suddenly came to an abrupt end. Munn, who had no time to control his body, fell directly to the ground two seconds later. The others were obviously much better. Only Hesper and Kui De looked a little embarrassed, but at least he didn't fall.

"Uh..." Moon groaned, trying to climb up and rubbing his thigh with one hand.There seemed to be a stone where he had just landed. He was sure that his thigh must have been bruised.

Quaid hurriedly ran over to help Munn up. Professor Snape smiled happily at the side. O'Gorman laughed dumbly and waved his wand to help Munn clean up the dust on his body. "First time using a portkey?"

"Hmm..." Moon nodded. "Our family doesn't usually use portkeys for travel. We tend to apparate more. I always follow the followers. This is the first time for portkeys, but it was before Hesper and Quaid." Used it once or twice.”

"This thing is like apparating. It's always uncomfortable the first time. Once you use it more and get used to it, it will get better." O'Gorman put away his wand and looked around. "There is no deviation in the location, Andy. Collect your things, let’s go out from here and cross the street outside to reach St. Mungo’s.”

Several adults walked in the front, Moon walked in the middle with Hesper and Quaid, and Professor Snape was at the end.In the quiet night, there were not many people to be seen on the street. Only the street lights quietly emitted light, flickering twice from time to time, making some buzzing sounds.

Hesper secretly tugged at the corner of Moon's clothes and asked softly: "Brother Moon, Uncle Edgar will be fine, right..."

Moon wanted to comfort Hesper, but the fact was that he had no way to make such a guarantee.Even if he hasn't seen Uncle Edgar yet, since the dark wizards of the Crow Party who captured him are willing to let him go, there is no doubt that Uncle Edgar will have to shed several layers of skin even if he doesn't die, not to mention that he has fallen into In coma.

"I hope so." Moon also lowered his voice and responded, "I hope he can be safe."

The uncertainty in Moon's tone made Hesper tremble slightly, and he began to bite his lip with his teeth unconsciously.

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After more than a year, when I came to St. Mungo's again, there was no trace of the last war here, and it was much more lively than the last time Munn and the others came here - all kinds of weird wizards People were walking around and shouting in the hospital. Some people turned their ears into teapots, and steam would even spurt out from the spout from time to time. Some people's hands turned into feet, and their feet turned into hands, and they even stood there. He couldn't stand still; what's more, his head had swollen into two large pieces, his hair had become extremely sparse, and his entire scalp turned translucent. At first glance, he thought it was a big villain from Marvel running over. Made a cameo appearance [Note 1].

If you just describe it this way, this scene is really funny.But to be honest, when you are in it, you don't feel how funny it is at all, because although some people are indeed still reading newspapers and magazines as if nothing is wrong, more wizards are humming, He was in excruciating pain, with only despair on his face - even a dull look, and his expression would only distort when he felt pain.

They had just entered St. Mungo's, and after walking a few steps, an Auror came over. He looked around at a few people, then nodded gently and said to Ken O'Gorman: "Go directly to the fifth floor. , the ward with our people guarding the door is the one where the Shafiq family members have arrived, and they should all be in that ward, and the minister is also there."

"Okay, I understand, thank you." O'Gorman smiled at the Auror, and then led a few people straight to the fifth floor.

As the Auror said, the ward where Edgar was located was extremely conspicuous - there were two tall Aurors standing at the door, making it hard not to stand out.They walked all the way over, and after greeting the Auror at the door, they knocked lightly on the door.

The door was not opened quickly, but after about ten seconds, it was finally slowly opened from the inside.The person standing behind the door was Ann, but this beautiful witch who always had a gentle face in the past had an uncharacteristically serious face today, until she saw Munn, Hesper and Kui standing behind O'Gorman and others. Virtue, he relaxed a little.

Just when An was about to say something, Fudge, wearing a black cloak and sultry purple pointed boots, walked to the door with a hint of anger on his face.He frowned and looked at O'Gorman, and said impatiently, "Why are you here so late?"

"Sorry, Minister." O'Gorman smiled bitterly and apologized, but did not explain anything. Seeing this, Elijah Li seemed to want to say something, but was pulled by Andy beside him and secretly shook him. shook his head.

Although Minister Fudge is not very capable, in fact, he was quite graceful in front of his subordinates in the past, and he mostly didn't care about small things. The way he looks today, it is obvious that he is in a bad mood. If Li really let Li After opening his mouth, even if he wanted to continue to work with this Auror from now on, he might not have a chance.

"You don't have to come in, just wait outside." Fudge waved his hand, turned around and walked back to the ward. An passed several Aurors and looked at Moon, Hesper, and Kui worriedly and distressedly. De, pulled them into the ward together.

Without saying a word, Snape followed closely, walked in as well, and closed the door of the ward "considerately".

As the door was closed, Fudge didn't care at all that there was already a comatose patient in the ward. Three children had just walked in, and he shouted loudly again, "Don't even think about it! Shafiq! I definitely won't You may be allowed to escape the sight of the Aurors! Not even for a moment! Not only that, there must be at least one Auror guarding your brother in the ward every day! This matter is of great importance and there is no room for negotiation!"

Moon glanced at the ward - there were three beds in this ward, but the other two were empty. Only on the middle bed lay Edgar, who was pale and haggard, like a mummy. uncle.Aunt Nora was sitting next to the hospital bed at this time, watching Fudge and Uncle Golov arguing with a puzzled expression. Mother An accompanied them and pulled them to sit on another hospital bed.

In addition, there was an uninvited guest in the ward, a "pink" witch who stood behind Fudge and only glanced at them when they entered.Looking at her smiling expression, as well as her short light pink cloak and cat brooch, Moon could guess without introducing himself that this person is Fudge's most loyal confidant, Dolores... Umbridge.

"What's the point, Fudge?" Uncle Golov said coldly, "Protection? Surveillance? Have you forgotten that Edgar was not even rescued by your Aurors, but a wizard couple? You happened to pick him up on the coast and reported him to the Auror?"

"Cough-cough~" Umbridge raised her brows and deliberately looked very curious and surprised. "Ah, Mr. Shafik, you are not questioning the Auror as I understand. Do you question the capabilities of the Ministry of Magic?"

Golov glanced at Umbridge and coldly said, "You have no place to speak here." But before he could speak again, Fudge immediately sneered from the side and said, "I also want to ask. Your question, Shafiq, were you just sarcastically saying that it was impossible for the Ministry of Magic to protect the good Edgar Shafiq?"

"..." Golov was slightly startled when he was stuck, and then he smiled: "Yes, Fudge, that's what I meant."

Now it was Fudge's turn to be choked.

Umbridge's expression also changed from pretending to be surprised. She opened her mouth slightly and waited for two seconds before she couldn't help but want to speak. However, Golov had already continued, "What then?" Fudge? What are you going to do? Continue to send the woman next to you and a few Aurors to surround my manor? Or are you going to do something ruthless and directly remove the Shafiq family from the British wizarding world? Why don't you choose the latter, simply and neatly? Haven't you been wanting to get rid of your weak hat for a long time?"

"How dare you—!" Umbridge was so angry that her whole body trembled. She didn't seem to have thought about it at all. Golov had always been restrained in his secret sarcasm, even under Fudge's already quite rude attitude. It was still the same when she shouted and had no scruples. Now Gorov's outspokenness was entirely inspired by her herself.

In fact, it was difficult for Golov to find a tipping point before, because firstly, he and Fudge were not completely unrelated, and secondly, Fudge was now the Minister of Magic anyway. As a former official of the Ministry of Magic, he More or less, there should be some respect left - even if it's not for Fudge, just for this position.Who knew that Umbridge was so fond of fighting with fire, which gave Golov a perfect opportunity to turn from defense to offense.

"Let me say it for the last time, Fudge, letting your Aurors guard the door is the maximum I can accept. Do you want them to enter this ward? Don't even think about it. I have endured it for several days, Fudge, Send people to Shafiq Manor to monitor us, and even send people to Hogwarts to monitor my children? Don’t forget, Edgar has fallen into this state entirely because of you.”

Golov raised his hand and pulled out his wand, which shocked Umbridge and pulled out his own wand. Fudge could still maintain some composure, but his face was also very ugly.

However, Golov just waved his hand and lifted the soundproofing magic in the ward. "Now, please leave."

Fudge pursed his lips twice, and three seconds later, he flicked his sleeves, snorted, turned around and strode out of the room, choosing to ignore Snape's nod.

"What a farce." After Fudge left, Snape said sarcastically: "It seems that Mr. Minister still doesn't understand where the power comes from."

He slowly walked to Edgar, took out his wand with a "swish", and then softly recited a long and obscure spell that was completely incomprehensible.

Glittering white light emerged from the tip of Snape's staff, and began to flow downwards, spreading towards Edgar's whole body - until Edgar's whole body was covered by the white light mist. After covering it, a thin layer of sweat appeared on Snape's forehead.Probably because this magic was really draining, even his face became sallower.

Hesper tugged on Moon's sleeve again. Although she didn't ask in detail, the puzzled expression fully showed what she was thinking.

"I'm not sure. It's probably a detection magic." Moon whispered. "It seems that Professor Snape came here to check on Uncle Edgar at the request of Professor Dumbledore." of."

Hesper nodded knowingly and continued to look curiously at Professor Snape who was casting a spell.

Two minutes later, the layer of bright white mist suddenly and instantly converged towards the tip of Snape's wand, and completely disappeared within a few seconds, as if it had never appeared.Snape exhaled slowly and looked at Edgar lying on the hospital bed with a gloomy expression. "What grudge do those Crow Party members have against him?"

Before Golov could speak, Snape raised his hand to stop Golov with a sullen face, "Forget it, you'd better stop talking. Edgar Shafiq's current situation is very bad, very bad, to be exact. Say—I’m more curious about how he’s still alive than trying to figure out what happened to him.”

He put away his wand, tightened his robe, and whispered: "There are at least ten 'traces' left by curses on his body, which obviously includes the heart-breaking bone-cutting method that all dark wizards who enjoy torturing people love to use. I can guarantee that he has suffered more torture in the past few days than he has suffered in the past half of his life combined. I can't give you a quick answer... I will come back in two days and tell you the specific results. "

After saying that, Snape didn't bother to listen to the thanks from the Shafiq family, and turned around and walked out of the ward without saying a word - judging from his expression, he might have begun to think about countermeasures.

When Snape also left the ward, the door closed again, and finally, the only ones left in the ward were Edgar's family.

But everyone fell into silence.

Everyone heard what Snape just said, and everyone saw Edgar lying on the hospital bed, his haggard appearance.

After a long time, it was Golov who spoke first. His expression was no longer as cold and tough as when he was confronting Fudge. Instead, it became what it was before, with just a hint of worry between his brows.Looking at the three children sitting next to An, he asked harmoniously: "How are you these days?"

"Yes." The three children nodded together. Several adults in the room looked at the children up and down, and finally felt a little relieved in their hearts.

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[Note 1] Refers to the villain "leader" in Marvel, which can also be translated as "big boss" and the Hulk's old enemy.

Chapter 79 Answers

In the early morning, Nora and An took Hesper downstairs to pick up the meal. They also went through all the procedures that they had not had time to complete last night and took care of some household chores.Quaid couldn't hold on in the middle of the night, and now he had fallen asleep on another hospital bed.Golov sat on the chair, rubbing his aching neck, looking at Munn who was quietly flipping through a book on the sofa by the window, and slowly said: "Moon, these days... you have worked hard. "

Moon responded, then came to his senses, raised his head and said with a bit of confusion: "Why did you say this again? The surveillance is not because of you, but because of the incident involving Forest Dempsey last year." thing, and that thing was exactly what I brought up first, wasn't it."

As early as before, not long after Professor Snape left, Golov had already said similar words to Munn. At this time, he mentioned it again suddenly, which made Munn feel a little strange.

"But you finally..." Golov smiled bitterly. Although he did not finish what he said, the meaning of his words was already very obvious.

But Moon is only 13 years old after all.

Moon smiled softly, closed the book and walked to Golov's side. He raised his hand and gently rubbed his shoulders. "There is no need to be so rigid about age. What really matters is the heart, right. No one sets the age of 13. People who are young have to run around with their peers in school every day, and their minds are filled with questions such as what time to skip in the History of Magic class and how many pieces of beef pie should be eaten for lunch, right? Although to be honest with me I also long for that kind of life, but now it is clear that it is not peaceful. I have walked in voluntarily and have the ability to match it. There is no reason why I have to hold back my energy to study breakfast and dinner, what do you think?"

Golov leaned back in his chair, took a deep breath, and nodded with relief and distress, "You're right, but it's a pity that we adults are incapable..."

"No, the main reason is actually that there are too many bad people and they are cunning. Good and capable people always have limited energy and too many obstacles." Moon said with a smile: "In another peaceful and prosperous age, maybe Fudge could be in the position of minister. I will stay until I am very old."

Golov laughed dumbly, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.It wasn't until more than ten seconds later that he patted Munn's hand gently, indicating that Munn was more comfortable, and then said to Munn: "You have been monitored in school these days, you should have a lot of questions. Want to ask me?"

"Yes." Moon nodded, and then asked softly: "What happened between Uncle Edgar and the Crow Party back then? I started with the Auror named Ekel Weaving who was monitoring me. He learned some things about him, and the information from Sirius also mentioned something vaguely, but his source of information was Professor Dumbledore. Professor Dumbledore probably couldn't tell the whole story for some reason, so he only let Xiao Sirius told me that what happened to Uncle Edgar back then was related to the dark wizards of the Crow Party."

"So, I actually still know a little bit about this matter. However, this matter seems to involve a very wide range and is a very confidential matter. Even Ekel Weaving has no idea about the inside story. Therefore, if you feel that you cannot tell I can understand it too."

Golov did not immediately answer whether he could say it, but pondered for a moment, then locked the door of the ward with a wave of his wand, then waved the wand towards Quaid, who was still sleeping, and then said in a deep voice: " You are right, Moon. This matter is huge and involves a wide range of things. I can’t tell you everything, but I can give you a general outline. You have to remember that no matter what, you don’t have to say these words. You can tell anyone, not even Nora and An and the others."

"In fact, apart from your uncle Edgar, the only people who know the whole story are me, Professor Dumbledore, the two ministers Barnold and Fudge, and Rufus Skrein. Jay, that old lion. The rest of the people have only a smattering of knowledge at best. Even Fudge’s current most important confidant, yes, the witch you met last night, Dolores Umbridge, doesn’t know all the twists and turns. Twists and turns.”

Golov's words made Moon secretly shocked. He originally thought that this matter was just an ordinary secret, but if it was true as Uncle Golov said, not even Umbridge was aware of this matter. If Fa knew the full story, he would have to re-evaluate the weight of this matter in his heart.

But the question is...how could it happen?Didn't only one Auror die in this incident?Or is it that what Ekel Weaving knows is not actually the truth?

"I don't know how much you know, Munn, so I'll just give you a rough outline." Golov didn't know what Munn was thinking, so he nodded and agreed to his request. After that, he continued: "The main two parties in this matter are the Ministry of Magic and the Crow Party - I think you must have at least heard of this dark wizard association, right? Well, that saves a lot of trouble. Let's Let me think about it, besides that, do you know that there have been many disasters caused by smog in British history?”

Moon nodded again, "I know a few times."

"Very good, yes, in 1813, 1952... Muggles will always give corresponding reports and analyze the real causes of these catastrophic smokes. But the fact is that almost every time there are dark wizards. Shadow - it is the dark wizards of the Crow Party who do these things. They are very keen to use these tricks to 'tease' those unlucky Muggles. Unlike those who have the highest magic power, they do everything openly. The people of the Crow Party prefer to use this kind of 'disaster' that allows them to hide in the dark to complete these things of tormenting Muggles."

"The same thing happened back then, but this time, the dark wizards of the Crow Party accidentally leaked the news and were caught by the Ministry of Magic. But because the news was half true and half false, and several addresses appeared, the Ministry of Magic Most of the Aurors were dealing with other troubles at the time, so Scrimgeour and the minister discussed it for a while and decided to send out a few two-person teams to check the situation at several addresses, and then determine the next step after verifying the authenticity. Practice. And your Uncle Edgar and another Auror, Eric Lee, are members of one of the two-person teams."

"There is nothing wrong with this resolution, but... in short, the fact is that this whole thing is a trap. The dark wizards of the Crow Party did not plan any new smoke incidents, but instead bribed several senior officials of the Ministry of Magic and Aurors, He wanted to use this trap to lure the Auror troops who came to the Ministry of Magic and kill most of the Aurors in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Edgar later told me that after he and Eric Lee arrived at the corresponding location according to the information given above , Eric Li kept saying that he had noticed something, and even led him to find an extremely hidden cliffside cave that was covered with magic."

"Without waiting for your Uncle Edgar to stop him, Eric Lee rashly contacted the cave used for hiding. The dark wizard inside thought that a large force of Aurors had arrived and rushed out immediately. In the end, Edgar and Edgar Rick fought and retreated. Eric Lee was shot dead by the black wizard of the Crow Party on the spot. Your uncle Edgar also almost died. Fortunately, at the critical moment, he got into the cave and tried to take the opportunity to escape, but he happened to be hit. He arrived at the 'Crow Dragon' monster that was imprisoned by the black wizards of the Crow Party. So, he broke the shackles of the black wizards on the Crow Dragon, released the monster, and then slipped back while the Crow Dragon was fighting the black wizards. Ministry of Magic."

"When the Auror force arrives at that deserted place in a few minutes, all that will be left there will be the remains of the raven dragon and the corpses scattered all over the place, too broken to be put together."

Golov sighed deeply. "By tracing the clues in the cave, the Aurors confirmed that the dark wizards of the Crow Party had already been ambushing there. They even found the order book that distributed the mission at that time - and there were two of them. There were different versions, one was sent to the Aurors who were performing the mission, and the other was kept by the senior officials involved in the formulation of the operation. The existence of the traitor was self-evident. Minister Barnold was greatly shocked, and she was the most trustworthy. Scrimgeour hired two Auror confidants to conduct a secret investigation on almost everyone in the Ministry of Magic who had anything to do with the matter."

"But until the end, Scrimgeour only found two people, and it was absolutely impossible to get the mission book in the hands of the Auror."

"According to Edgar's description at the time, they finally believed that there should be a mole among the Ministry of Magic officials who had not yet been found, and the mole among the Aurors should be Eric Lee. He changed his mind at the last moment and decided to sacrifice She and Edgar came to disrupt the Crow Party's arrangements so that the large Auror force could survive. Afterwards, Minister Barnold made excuses and replaced all the officials she suspected, and the matter was completely suppressed. Down the line, Edgar received only private praise.”