Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"Don't be so pessimistic, Mom." Moon walked to the hospital bed and helped her mother over from Uncle Golov. At the same time, he gave Uncle Golov a look. Golov understood and waved his wand to isolate the ward. "Fudge has nothing to do. If Uncle Edgar wakes up, he will try his best to put a hat on Uncle Edgar that betrays the Ministry of Magic and send Uncle Edgar directly to Azka." Class. I think Professor Dumbledore knew this, so he rushed over and made up these lies, right?"

Professor Dumbledore blinked and smiled slightly. "Yes, Moon, very keen insight. Fudge has prepared the document. In fact, I think the document is in his left pocket, but I said Edgar won't wake up. Of course, he won't believe it all, but he has no reason not to believe it. After all, Mr. Minister's magic...well, it's not very..."

"Anyway, if I were to make a bold guess like Moon, I think the Minister is rushing back to the Ministry of Magic right now to prepare a new 'protection' file order so that you can all be monitored. For the sake of At home, keep an eye on Edgar to prevent me from telling lies. Obviously, if he has already issued and signed the document, he will not let you have the opportunity to delay it until tomorrow morning."

"So, just like Moon said, I'm afraid that Mr. Minister has no choice but to use the same methods he used before."

An patiently listened to what the old man said, and then while holding Moon's hand firmly, she said softly with a hint of joy: "Thank you very much for your help, Professor Dumbledore. In other words, Edgar can Wake up?"

"Of course." The old man laughed. "I didn't lie just now. Edgar did accept incomplete transformation, but believe me, looking at the entire British wizarding world, there are not many people who are as skilled in potions as Severus." Above all, he will not ignore what I just said. Therefore, yes, Edgar can wake up, and if what I just felt is correct, I am afraid that within two or three hours, he will wake up. He will wake up."

Gorlov closed his eyes hard, but when he opened them again, there was still a little water in his eyes. He smiled from the bottom of his heart and thanked Professor Dumbledore, "Thank you, Dumbledore." Professor Lido.”

"Ha, if you continue to take turns thanking me like this, I'm afraid I'm going to blush." ​​Professor Dumbledore looked at Moon with a teasing look. "Okay, I've said everything that needs to be said. I had some thoughts. I can help you with the final 'preparations', but it seems that Munn has already thought of the entire plan."

Moon nodded and glanced at Professor Dumbledore with the same gratitude. Although he said it lightly, in fact, the words about Edgar not waking up could only be said by Professor Dumbledore. Fudge was dubious and unable to refute directly, so the weight of those words was much heavier than it seemed.

"Professor, before Christmas vacation..."

"I have already asked for leave for you." The old man raised his hand, "Although there are still a few days, I wish you a Merry Christmas in advance~"

After saying that, Professor Dumbledore walked out of the ward slowly just as he had walked in. When he left, he did not forget to say hello to the Aurors on both sides.

"So, what's the plan?" Golov and An looked at Munn together, with relief and hope in their eyes.

"The plan is probably..." Moon glanced at the door of the ward, "Take Uncle Edgar home to spend Christmas together, and then, retaliate in kind..."

"Eye for an Eye."

Chapter 83 “Everyone is happy”

"Hey Moon:

It's been almost, I think, a week since I've seen you, but of course it's only been five days, if I'm not mistaken.

Gal's mother sent him some Coca-Cola by owl mail, and it was said that it took a lot of effort to figure out that the owl she bought from an ordinary animal dealer could not be found in Hogwarts.Many children from pure-blood families or even mixed-race families have never drank Coke. Everyone thought it was good. Gal had an idea to invent a pumpkin-flavored carbonated drink-until Arlin gave him honey. The Duke ordered two bottles of pumpkin soda before he gave up in disappointment.

The school issued new regulations last Friday, and we didn’t forget to mention them in today’s school newspaper. I think you should have seen it, but you definitely don’t know the reason, right?Do you remember that little wizard from Slytherin who was always against Harry, Ron, and Hermione?Draco Malfoy, there is a silly girl named Pansy Parkinson who is always by his side. She doesn’t know where she saw a spell that can make her beautiful (I doubt whether it really exists) Such a crude spell), so he cast a spell on himself, which resulted in his nose disappearing.It is said that Madam Pomfrey went to great lengths to get her nose to grow back.

This was the first time that the school newspaper was distributed without you, and we were all very nervous. Fortunately, Gemma and Gabrielle stepped forward and helped us with the final review.But to be honest, after reading the school newspaper again today, we still feel that it is not as good as what you did.

So, um, everybody wants me to help out and ask, are you coming back after Christmas?Sirius told us that you would not come back to school before Christmas, and also told us not to go look for you, but he did not say whether you would come back after Christmas.

If possible, please remember to reply to me.

PS Burt's transformation on Friday night was very uneventful, Remus told you not to worry. ——Violet Evelina. "

Moon read the letter twice before finally putting it away and putting it in a drawer.

In the past two days at St. Mungo's, he sent two letters to the outside world, one to Remus, asking him to help pay attention to some things, and the other to Gemma and Gabriel, asking them to help Take care of the school paper, because there was no way he was back at Hogwarts last Friday.I had originally prepared a letter to Violet, but after thinking about it, I couldn't confirm anything at the time, so I didn't send it immediately.

Unexpectedly, Violet’s letter came first now.

He gently picked up the quill pen and dipped it in ink. When the pen tip traced Violet's name on the paper, he felt that he was full of words and didn't know where to start.After hesitating for a while, Moon sighed and slowly started writing on it word by word.

At the same time, in the study, Golov was also writing a letter to Dumbledore.

On the night of the [-]th, Dumbledore sent him a secret letter. In addition to some words of comfort, it also told him to pay more attention to what was going on in the Ministry of Magic and those pure-bloods who had considerable influence. The trend among families.Sure enough, he soon discovered that Fudge seemed to have been making some small moves. Not only did he have close contacts with Lucius Malfoy, but he also probably asked Lucius Malfoy to act as his lobbyist. In the past two days, Malfoy had Fu Ke is always running around.

At that time, Golov had roughly predicted that Fudge would definitely have some follow-up moves to make - as it turned out, on the evening of the [-]th, not long after Snape had delivered the potion, Fudge arrived in a hurry.

Presumably what Fudge was doing at that time was to get Lucius Malfoy to help him lobby other pure-blood families who still had some power, so that those families would not lend a helping hand when he dealt with the Shafiq family later. .

"I have asked the people below to wait patiently and take no more action. I am afraid it will be difficult to provide intelligence assistance to the Order of the Phoenix in a short period of time. Thanks to the previous help, we returned home safely in the early morning of the 21st. Also, I feel that Fudge seems to What did he know? He came to the manor on the morning of the 21st, and alluded to the connection between the Riches and me. Moon said that it was probably the black wizard of the Crow Party who passed the news to him, but Fudge should not I did not intentionally collude with the dark wizards. Regarding this matter, I will find a way to tell you the whole story after Christmas. Perhaps this can provide some new directions for you and the Order of the Phoenix. - Golov Shafik."

After writing the letter, Golov put the note in the book and handed it to the elf Buffy who had been waiting aside. "Give this to Moon."

"Yes, Master." Buffy took the book, snapped her fingers, and disappeared into Golov's study in an instant.

After Buffy left, Golov leaned back on the chair tiredly, picked up the small pot on the side and hesitated for a long time, and finally chose to rub his temples vigorously.

Fudge, a guy who has always been weak, has rarely become tougher since he became minister. Unfortunately, he only has a temper and not much brains - he made the same mistake as the Flint family at that time. , mistakenly believing that Lucius Malfoy would be his loyal lackey like Dolores Umbridge.Old Malfoy probably made a lot of money from this incident.Because as far as he knew, Lucius Malfoy had not visited any of the pure-blood families who were truly on the same side as the Shafik family.

However, maybe Fudge is just buying peace of mind. After all, he is the current Minister of Magic. Unless the Shafiq family really intends to become an enemy of the British Ministry of Magic, the Shafiq family can only do it before he goes too far. Let's just accept it for now.

Golov couldn't help but picked up the small pot and drank a sip of the soothing potion.

He rubbed the pocket watch in his hand and looked at the photo of his family on the inside of the watch cover. He couldn't help but think of Edgar who was still sleeping in the bed. Although he was awake, he was still a little weak and spent a lot of time every day. They were all lying on the bed and fell asleep. They couldn't say anything completely, and they were even in a trance.Fortunately, he has almost recovered today. It is estimated that when he wakes up from his sleep, the family will be able to sit down and have breakfast together tomorrow morning.

Fortunately, it’s still in time for Christmas.

…………

After a lot of effort, Moon finally wrote the reply. During this period, he was interrupted once by Buffy and took time to help Uncle Golov translate the letter into a secret letter.

Instead of asking Buffy to mail the letters, he took the two letters to the Owlery himself.As soon as the Aurors guarding outside the manor saw someone appearing in the yard, they immediately stared at Moon. When he arrived at the owl hut, an Auror stopped him directly and quickly He ran over and read both of his letters.

"One is a reply to my friend, and the other is sent to the school professor, asking him to help confirm the list of magic materials. There is no problem."

The Auror handed the letter addressed to Violet back to Moon, then took the one addressed to Sirius and read it twice, "Who is this person, this Gal?"

"...That's my roommate, Gar Fuller, a third-year wizard born as a Muggle."

Auror nodded and asked: "Why are all the magic materials not marked with weight? What are you using this magic material for?"

"Just after the sentence mentioning Gal, both of your questions are answered - this is a bill of materials for potion experiments. I am trying to make some potions recently, so I would like to ask Mr. Black to help me. Confirm whether these materials are the materials for the several potions mentioned in the book he mentioned to me at that time, so there is no need to indicate the dosage on them. In fact, I didn’t even write down the steps for the potion, right?”

"Then why not ask your Potions Professor? If I remember correctly, the Potions Professor at Hogwarts was Severus Snape, not Sirius Black."

"..." Moon looked at Auror speechlessly, "Because Professor Snape can curse, especially when he knows that I can't remember the ingredients of potions clearly. In addition, these materials are not what I learned in potions class." I found it in the library book recommended to me by Mr. Black. Well, sir, if you have so much to doubt, I can let you take this letter away. , check it carefully several times, and then give it to me after you confirm that there is no problem. What do you think of this suggestion? It's not something very urgent anyway."

The Auror hesitated again and again, but took out his wand and poked the letter twice before stuffing the letter back into the envelope and restoring the paint on it. "Okay, you can send the letter now."

"Thank you very much." Moon took the letter back and Shi Shiran walked into the owl hut.

After a moment, two owls took to the air.

Moon was about to leave the Owl Cottage, but as soon as he went out, he saw Hesper being stopped by the Auror just now.

"Why did you mention Professor Dumbledore's name three times in the letter?"

"Ka-" Hesper kept a smile on her face, but the thin Christmas candy cane in her hand was broken directly by her. "Sir, that's because I was discussing the picture in the chocolate frog with my good friend. , I have more than 20 pictures of Professor Dumbledore, mentioning it three times shouldn’t be too much, right? Also, are you willing to read at least two more words when prying into my privacy?"

Moon almost couldn't hold back his laughter. Although it was a bit immoral, it was indeed the first time that he saw Hesper being so angry. And this Auror... did he have some kind of automatic machine installed in his eyes? Plug-in for extracting keywords?

"You can go and send the letter." The Auror also restored the paint on Hesper's envelope and said seriously.

Hesper took the letter and seemed to want to stamp his feet, but in the end he maintained his ladylike demeanor and restrained his impulse.

"Brother Moon, are you here to send a letter too?" As soon as he saw Moon, Hesper's bad mood suddenly improved a lot. "By the way, Brother Moon, do you know where Lava went? Dad asked Bu earlier Fei stayed in the study all the time. I called Lava several times but he didn’t show up. Finally, Booker came to help me.”

Buffy, Lava, and Booker are the three house elves in Shafik Manor. In fact, only Buffy originally stayed in Shafik Manor, and Lava and Booker were from the other two branch families. House elf.Later, after Golov adopted the children of those two families, Lava and Booker were also sent over.

"Rava?" Moon blinked. "Rava is busy with other things. I'm afraid it will have to help me in the past two days. You know, I am preparing a potion experiment."

Hesper still didn't know what Lava was doing, because she understood Moon's wink and knew that Moon was telling her, 'This is a secret, just like Uncle Edgar's return,' so she immediately clicked He nodded, "Okay, then it seems that I can only trouble Booker more in the past two days."

The brother and sister smiled together, one walked into the owl hut, and the other walked towards the small building.

What was Rava doing?

Of course it was watching the unfortunate dark wizard from his bed at St. Mungo's.

In fact, Moon didn't lie to the Auror just now, or rather - he didn't lie completely. He had indeed been brewing potion in the past two days, and the formula for the potion was indeed found in the library before, but That book was not recommended to him by Sirius.

The night Edgar took the potion, Ann left St. Mungo's first and returned home. With the help of the Riches, they found a dark wizard.In fact, they originally wanted to arrange for a subordinate of the Shafiq family, but when they thought that they might have to lie in the hospital bed for a long time and have to drink potions continuously, and the Rishis happened to know the general traces of the suitable candidate, they hurriedly made the appointment. After taking control - everything after that was very easy. After subduing him, I cast a forgetting spell and a stun spell, and then asked Lava to come over and take the guy to apparate to St. Mungo's ward, and then knock him over. Spend a lot of money on a bottle of polyjuice potion in the alley.

A lifelike Edgar Shafiq is lying on the hospital bed, and he is guaranteed to sleep even more deadly than the real one.

In fact, the person who played Edgar was not even a subordinate of the Shafiq family at the beginning, but Moon himself.Because Moon knew very well that it would take a month to boil the Polyjuice Potion, so according to Moon's original plan, he actually wanted to lie on the hospital bed in place of Uncle Edgar. Shenju changed into Uncle Edgar's appearance - it was just that Christmas had not been celebrated, but he would not be bored in the ward, as long as he read books and flipped through grimoires every day.After a month, when the polyjuice potion is brewed at home, they can let anyone come over and enjoy this exclusive ward on Moon's behalf.

However, after Munn expressed this idea, Uncle Golov took out a gold galleons and proved to Munn how tempting the gold galleons were.With the help of the big bag of gold galleons, An successfully bought a pot of freshly baked polyjuice potion in only 10 minutes.Moon finally knew the magic of Knockturn Alley, and the people there really sold everything.I guess if Moon could afford that money, the guys in Knockturn Alley might even be able to get a dementor to sell.

Just like that, the plan changed again and again. Moon no longer had to be bored in the ward, and they no longer had to worry about who would be harmed by drinking magic potion every day. Anyway, the dark wizard had more than one life on his hands, so he could live in peace. The last part of the journey is to shine a light on a truly good person, which can be regarded as a good deed for future generations - if he has any descendants.

Later, through the introduction of his uncle, Moon learned that there had always been a sales industry in Knockturn Alley that required potions to be boiled for a long time. However, the more complicated the potions were, the more the price doubled. The child's is rising.In the early years when dark wizards were rampant, this industry was particularly profitable. Many wizards would buy polyjuice potion to turn themselves into Muggles and hide in Muggle homes to take refuge.Even now, there are still some people engaged in related industries. The difference is that in the era when dark wizards were rampant, the people who bought potions were ordinary wizards, but in this relatively peaceful era, the customers who bought these potions became ordinary wizards. Became dark wizards. [Note 1]

In short, thanks to Knockturn Alley and the unlucky dark wizard, the family was finally happy. From now on, all they need is to prepare polyjuice potion and quick-acting slumber potion at home, and make sure that Lava regularly gives it to those lying on the hospital bed. The dark wizard can just take it.

Unfortunately, this "everyone is happy" is only temporary. The three-month countdown is like a sword of Damocles [Note 2], hanging high over the heads of everyone in the family who knows about this.

After returning to the room, Moon took a look at the potion being brewed, and then opened the grimoire in front of him again.

In three months, he must find a spell that can resurrect others, or a spell that can remove the power and curse of the potion in his uncle's body. Only in this way can he really bring his uncle back to life.

Looking at the powerful enemy spell in the grimoire, Munn couldn't help but sigh.

At any other time, he would definitely be happy to master this spell, but right now that's the last thing he needs.Even because it is too difficult, this spell is almost becoming a mountain lying in front of you.

But what else can be done...

Moon tapped the page of the book and read it bit by bit patiently.

Until I don't know how much time passed, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Moon stood up in confusion, walked over and opened the door, but saw Quaid with a face full of joy, and deliberately lowered his voice and said quickly: "Brother Moon, hurry up, Uncle Edgar wakes up early Yes, he is fully awake."

"!"

Moon couldn't help but be startled at first, and then he was also overjoyed. He grabbed Quaid and ran straight to Edgar's room. Sure enough, as soon as he turned the corner, he already saw the man standing at the door of the room. Uncle Golov was wearing a happy smile that could not be concealed.

Chapter 84 Edgar’s Experience

On the spacious and comfortable bed, Edgar held a cup in both hands, trying his best to hold it more steadily. When he was sure that the water would not be spilled, he finally raised his neck and poured half of the cup into his mouth.

The clear and clean water instantly moisturized his lips and throat, making him look more energetic.

Edgar looked at his family members who were staring at him nervously in the room, smacked his lips, drank half a glass of water, and then said in a hoarse voice, "I guess you are not all of them." Dead, so...I'm still alive?"

Complex emotions suddenly flooded into the minds of Moon and several adults. In the end, the joy brought about by Edgar's awakening prevailed. Golov smiled helplessly and shook his head. An took the cup from his hand. , set aside.Nora, who didn't know what to say, could only look at Edgar with a slightly complaining look, but the smile on her lips was not concealed at all.

The children were obviously more careless. Ann had just taken away the water glass from Edgar's hand. Hesper, Quaid, Ern, Oranda...a large group of small children in the family were chattering around the bed. He even climbed into bed, hugged Edgar one after another, and kissed his cheek.

Edgar was so amused that he burst into laughter. He hugged Olanda with his left hand and Dana with his right hand. He kissed them fiercely on their tender faces, and then looked at Munn narrowly: "Ha ! You are not a gregarious person, Moon. Everyone has kissed me. Come on, come and kiss me, or you can just let me kiss you~"

Moon didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and simply raised his finger and pointed at Uncle Golov, "It's not impossible, as long as you can let Uncle Golov kiss you first."

Seeing the "hopeful" look in Edgar's eyes, Golov immediately made a vigilant look, "Don't even think about it! Impossible!"

Amidst the laughter of the family, Edgar put down the two little dolls in his arms, rubbed their heads, and said: "Hey, Hesper, take your brothers and sisters to the kitchen to help me. When ordering, just order my favorite ones. It just so happens that my uncle also has something to ask your father and the others."

Hesper responded, greeted his younger brothers and sisters and quickly left the room, closing the door before he was done.

Soon, the sound of children running downstairs was heard outside the door.

"Actually, I'm not healed yet, right." Edgar leaned back on the pillow, no longer holding it in, and coughed lightly, his face becoming tired. "I just moved a few times, and I felt like I was My body is very tired and I have no strength. To be honest, I doubt whether I can stand up now. Maybe you have to bring me food tonight - or you can even turn me into a wheelchair."

Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you. In the end, it was Golov who took the lead in explaining the ins and outs to Edgar.

After a few minutes.

After hearing the whole story, Edgar blinked his eyes and suddenly became happy, "Why do you all look so sad? It made me think that I was not going to die in three months, but that I was going to be cold in 3 minutes." ."

Golov glared at him angrily, then shook his head and said: "But after all..."

"If nothing else." Edgar interrupted Golov's frustrated words, "At least you made the right choice. If it were my choice, I would definitely drink that tube of potion - than Lying in bed and comatose until death, three months of sobriety is simply the best option.”

As he spoke, Edgar said with a smile: "Don't forget, I was captured by the black wizard of the Crow Party. I was not directly turned into a monster. Instead, I was able to live happily for three months. This pair of It’s already a big surprise to me.”

"So, let's get down to business first." Edgar moved his body so that he could lean more comfortably on the pillow. "No matter what your plans are in the future, I think this information that only I know is right. It must be very useful to you."

"Remember the bill against werewolves that the minister signed in January? My secret mission this time is related to that bill..."

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In mid-October, Edgar was summoned by Rufus Scrimgeour and handed a bill signed by Cornelius Fudge.

"Enforcing the legalization of the Werewolf Code of Conduct?" Edgar looked at the director of the Auror Office in front of him with a confused face. "Mr. Scrimgeour, is this going to...?"

Scrimgeour pointed to the calendar next to him, and the pages on it flew up, circled around Edgar's head twice, and then flew back to the calendar. "In three months, this decree will Officially effective, huh, I think Fudge reversed the word order, that idiot. Anyway, Fudge came to my place and asked me to find a smart and clever person to secretly inquire about some things."

"You want me to find the whereabouts of werewolves?" Edgar frowned. "Isn't this a fantasy? Since this law appeared on the front page of the Daily Prophet last year, the total number of werewolves registered with the ministry has There are only three of them, two of them are almost dead of old age, and the remaining one is still an eight-year-old boy, brought by his parents. The remaining werewolves all try their best to survive during this one-year buffer period. They have disappeared, where should I find them?"

"And, speaking for myself, Mr. Scrimgeour, you may not be looking for a clever man, but a teething stick."

"Bang——!" Scrimgeour slapped the table hard, causing the silver teapot next to him that was automatically adding tea to the cup to tremble in fear (if that was really fear), and almost poured the tea out. go.

"I'm on a mission, Edgar Shafiq, and now is not the time to smile!"

"Yes." Edgar stood up straight, and then said with a wry smile: "But this task is indeed not something I can complete alone, Mr. Scrimgeour."

Scrimgeour sighed angrily, "Don't worry, I'm not asking you to find those werewolves - the ministry recently received news that some werewolves seemed to have illegally crossed the border. This is your task. The new law must be Implement it on time. It is probably not a good sign for werewolves to suddenly enter the country illegally at this juncture. You need to investigate how those werewolves smuggled in. It would be better if you can find their purpose. If you can't find it... you can't find it... Force it, after all, it is indeed a bit dangerous for you to do this alone."

"Hmm..." Edgar pondered for a moment. If he was just investigating how a group of werewolves entered the country illegally, it wouldn't be a big problem, so he no longer hesitated and quickly agreed, "Don't worry, leave it to me."