Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

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"Later..." Edgar rubbed his forehead, "I first followed the clues given to me in the office to find the place where the illegally entered werewolves landed in Cornwall, and found some remaining traces that led me to I found Pantoliano, who had been running around, specializing in helping dark wizards sneak into the country. I had no choice but to spend almost ten days finding traces of one of Pantoliano’s contacts. Who could have missed him? He has been running around Hogsmeade - this is why I saw Moon in Hogsmeade."

"After Moon left later, I found Mr. Greengrass, Dennis Greengrass of the Greengrass family, my teacher when I participated in the Auror training. Pantoliano's contact person has been in Hog The fact that Maud was wandering around gave me a bad feeling, so I asked him to help me tell Lupin, hoping that they could pay more attention to the movements around Hogwarts and see if those smuggled werewolves were There are plans for those newly moved werewolves in Hogwarts, Hogsmeade or the Forbidden Forest."

"After that, weird things started happening."

Edgar lowered his eyebrows and looked at his palms. From this moment on, Moon suddenly felt that his mind had become a little uneasy.

"The initial investigation experience was very smooth. In just one week, I caught Pantoliano's contact in a valley west of Hogsmeade. The guy looked tall and thick, but he was actually a softie. . Before I could threaten him, he told me all about himself - he told me that Pantoliano had been traveling back and forth between Devon and Dorset recently, and every time When I contacted him, he said that there was big business in two days. In addition, he also confessed that he was responsible for picking up the last batch of werewolves who smuggled in from Cornwall. But after those werewolves gave him the money, they all He left and didn’t know where he was going.”

"I tied him up, sent him back to the ministry, made another routine report, and then rushed to Devon and Dorset again—"

"Wait a minute." Moon frowned slightly and looked at his uncle. "Uncle Edgar, wasn't the order you received at the beginning to investigate how the werewolves smuggled in? At this point, you should have been able to determine those Werewolves smuggled in from the sea through Pantoliano. Why did you suddenly set off again? Did you receive any new orders? "

"Yes." Edgar nodded, "I have received a new mission. Scrimgeour hopes that I will find specific traces of Pantoliano before the next batch of werewolves arrive, and then capture him directly. "

"As I said before, my investigation experience has been very smooth up to this point. But from here on, Pantoliano seems to have some damn prophetic ability, and he can tell me from me every time. It slipped out of my hands several times - I swear, I almost caught him, just a second or two away!"

Edgar clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth: "After doing this three times, I realized something was wrong. Unless Pantoliano really suddenly learned prophecy, someone in the ministry was definitely tipping him off. Unfortunately, I At that time, I didn’t think about the incident with the Crow Party a few years ago, and I didn’t even think that people from the Crow Party were involved in it.”

"After confirming this matter, I stopped reporting to the ministry and directly started the fourth operation. Sure enough, this time after two days of running around, Pantoliano fell directly into the trap I set. I was caught in the trap."

"In the end, I reported the matter to the Auror office, but the Crow Party found us before my colleagues, and knocked me unconscious and took me back."

"I only have intermittent impressions of what happened next. Those people have been trying their best to torture me with various methods. At first, they used the Cruciatus Curse for a few days, and later they used other methods. More vicious black magic. I kept cursing them, almost every time I was conscious, but they just refused to... kill me."

Edgar leaned his head on the pillow slumped, and then slowly exhaled a breath, "The only thing I can remember is that there was a person in the group of dark wizards from the Crow Party who I looked very familiar to. That was a man, and he carried a long A pipe, his wand is very distinctive - it is a purple wand with a slight curve. It does not look like it is made of wood, but more like a bone or stone. Of course. , it just looks like, after all, if I remember correctly, the wands are made of different woods."

After Edgar recounted his experience in general, the room fell into a brief silence.Until a moment later, Ann said softly: "Looking from Edgar's perspective, we can clearly know that there are traitors in the Ministry of Magic who have been preventing Edgar from completing his mission and tipping off the dark wizards of the Crow Party. But. If you look at it from the perspective of the Ministry of Magic... this matter does look very much like Edgar chose to defect."

"Indeed." Golov's face was calm. "But Fudge's reaction made it clear that he knew Edgar was not a traitor. Otherwise, when Edgar was kidnapped by the black wizards of the Crow Party, Fudge should have directly He jumped out with great fanfare, claiming that Edgar had betrayed the Ministry of Magic and had colluded with dark wizards to abscond."

Moon nodded in agreement, "Indeed, judging from Fudge's performance during this period, the matter is probably very clear. The person who colluded with the dark wizards of the Crow Party is probably a high-ranking person in the Ministry of Magic, and most likely it is Fudge's." The confidant has mastered some things, so Fudge can't touch him for the time being. He can only keep covering up the matter and think of ways to pour dirty water on his uncle... This person is really indecisive and it is difficult to become a great person. "

"If he had stood up from the beginning and accused Uncle Edgar of betraying him, it would have been a reasonable move. Although it is very shameless, being in a high position and sacrificing some people for the sake of maintaining stability is exactly what politicians are keen on. It's a trick. If he didn't hesitate to cut himself out from the beginning, kill relatives for justice, expose the traitor, and then secretly assign people to quickly capture the traitor, shut up the traitor, and fake the scene of committing suicide out of fear of crime, that would be considered a good move, even It can also increase his reputation."

"It's a pity that he has both ends. He was afraid of driving us to the point of jumping over the wall, so he actually lifted the table to fight against him. He only dared to do some small tricks secretly and then thought of ways to pour dirty water on my uncle. Unexpectedly, the Crow Party The dark wizard threw the little uncle back and tricked him so that his dirty water could not be poured out directly - while the little uncle was still unconscious and had been tortured by the Crow Party, his dirty water could not touch him at all. Go to my uncle’s side;”

"Back off, he doesn't dare to really kill his cronies, and he doesn't know what shady information the traitor has in his hands."

Seeing the eyes of several elders looking at him, Moon shrugged helplessly, "Don't look at me like that, you know a little too much without knowing it, and you can guess almost everything by just pushing it." Eighty-eight, I can only blame Fudge for not even being a good politician, his ability to play with power and calculate people's hearts is too low, and he can only use the power of his ministerial position to play small tricks behind the scenes."

Golov and Nora looked at each other, and then Golov shook his head and said: "It's a pity, you are still too young, otherwise even if I find all my old friends, I will have to send you to the Ministry of Magic. Get ready to run for the next minister.”

"Spare me, I haven't even finished half of my studies." Moon intentionally or unintentionally changed the subject a little bit, then turned around and glanced at the door, "It's almost time for us to go down to eat, Ed. Uncle Jia should be hungry too, Hesper and the others probably can’t wait any longer.”

Golov nodded happily, Ann took out her magic wand and waved it, conjuring a wheelchair beside the bed. Edgar slowly got up from the bed with Nora's help, and slowly moved to the wheelchair.

"Ah, we can't let Nora push the wheelchair." Edgar looked at Moon with a smile, "Grandnephew, come here quickly, uncle needs you~"

"..." Moon was speechless. He had no choice but to let Uncle Golov and the others go out first, while he came behind Uncle Edgar's wheelchair and held the handle of the wheelchair with both hands.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to push the wheelchair forward, Edgar suddenly reached out and pulled out a photo from under the pillow and handed it to Moon, "Ahem, take a peek, take a peek, this is your future." My little aunt, how are you doing, does it look good?"

Munn couldn't help but be startled when he heard this, what the hell?Why did you suddenly get a little aunt?

He took the photo, looked down, and found that the photo was probably taken in a certain pub. A beautiful girl with short dark brown hair and a dashing appearance was sitting in front of the bar, holding a huge butter beer glass in her hand, her face Full of hearty smiles.Perhaps she noticed that Moon was looking at her, but the aunt in the photo actually shook the wine glass in her hand at him, as if she wanted to have a drink with him.

"I originally wanted to question Uncle Edgar that you can actually find a girlfriend -" Moon handed the photo back to his uncle, and closed his eyes hard while his uncle was collecting the photo "-Ahem, But after seeing the photos, I think they are a perfect match, really."

Edgar smiled heartily, then turned around and said to Moon, whose eyes were still a little red: "Actually, what you can say is, 'I must bring her back to see you if I have the chance.' "

Moon gave him a look of disgust, but a smile appeared on his face again.

Chapter 85 Christmas

"Violet:

In fact, I have to say, you've done a great job.Even though I'm not at Hogwarts, you still put out an excellent issue of the school newspaper.Of course, the quality of some manuscripts has indeed declined - I think I should give Gabriel some tips on how to select materials for spells and how to introduce them to ideas after I go back.But with the exception of this part of the manuscript that I was previously responsible for writing, you have done an outstanding job.

The new rule is very good. It prohibits the private use of spells with undetermined effects. To be honest, I think this rule should have been implemented a long time ago.But as for the effectiveness of this rule... I guess I'm pessimistic.

Don't worry, I'll be back at Hogwarts after the Christmas holidays. If you like Coke, you can tell me and I can bring you some when I go back.After all, I think you've probably discovered that you can't buy Coke by Owl mail order.Or are there any other Muggle snacks or candies you’d like to eat?I plan to give Professor Dumbledore a bag of Muggle chocolates for Christmas this year, and I can bring some back to you then.

Oh, by the way, there’s also pumpkin soda. God, I would have forgotten about it if you hadn’t mentioned it.I would like to mention in passing in my Christmas card to Professor Dumbledore that pumpkin juice can no longer be the only drink on everyone's table every day.

Finally, um, I miss you too. ——Moon Fox. "

Today is Christmas, and Violet opened Moon’s reply to her for the third time. She happily hugged her pillow and shook it again. Then she got up from the bed obediently and responded loudly: “I know, Mom! I'm already up! Come out now!"

Mrs. Evelina responded with a smile, and patted the door hard again. "I helped you put Moon's gift on top. That's the big silver box, and the greeting card he sent. Don't worry, I don't have it." Open it and take a look~"

Violet's face suddenly turned red while she was getting dressed. She covered her face with the quilt for a while before continuing to get dressed. Before leaving the room, she did not forget to turn off the TV that had been on all night. Dropped it - before going to bed last night, her favorite spy movie was playing there, the 007 series starring Roger Moore.As a result, when I woke up this morning, the program on TV had changed to morning news.

Different from the cottage in Yorkshire, their family's house in the city is much larger and decorated in a much "Muggle" way, and there is not even a trace of magic in the house. If not for Lady Evelina's knowledge, If someone who is a wizard like Violet comes here, they will definitely think that this is the house of an ordinary Muggle family.

"Remember to drink the milk first, Violet." Violet's father, Mr. Aveline [Note 1], flipped the newspaper in his hand and said softly: "Otherwise, you will get cold later."

Violet quickly agreed, ran to the table and drank the milk in one gulp. At the same time, she looked at the newspaper in her father's hand. "Is there any interesting news, Dad?"

"It's nothing interesting...at least I think it is to you." Mr. Averina shook his head. "For example, the Soviet Union is about to collapse. I'm sure you are not interested in this. Ah, but you probably Would you like to know that Freddie Mercury died - yes, the frontman of Queen."

"Ah?" Violet said with some regret: "Then I will listen to their songs a few more times in the future. I quite like them."

"I guess so." Mr. Aveline said with a smile: "There is nothing left, and there are some articles about the follow-up rescue of previous Egyptian shipwrecks. Alas, when I see such similar disaster reports now, I just can’t help but feel that it was the bad guys among you wizards who did it, the dark wizards? I think that’s the right word.”

"That's the word, Dad." Violet put down the milk glass, went straight to the Christmas tree with joy, and picked up the silver gift box on top.

Mr. Averina had already secretly glanced over. When he saw that his daughter was the first to pick up the gift from the boy named Fox, he immediately said a little sourly: "You really don't want to open dad's gift first?" Wei'er?"

"I want to open your gifts first~" Violet had already understood her father's little thoughts, turned around and laughed, "So I have to take down Moon's gifts first~"

"Ha, that's right." Mr. Aveline looked away, and he began to feel ridiculous because he was jealous of a little boy. "Forget it, you should open Moon's gift box first, and we'll do it next time." If you have the chance, you must bring him back and let me see him too. It makes no sense that your mother has already seen him but not me."

Violet was about to answer when Lady Evelina's voice came out from the kitchen first, "You were not at home last time, and you shouldn't let Mun come over next time. It should be us." It’s better to visit him at home.”

"Okay, okay, you are right." Mr. Aveline responded loudly, and smiled at Violet, and shook his head knowingly.

Lady Evelina was good at everything, except that sometimes she always took small talk too seriously.

Just as Violet was happily opening the gifts from her parents and Moon, Moon also opened the Christmas gift from Violet.

"Ah, is it just a quill?" Edgar looked at Moon hesitantly, his eyes full of suspicion. "Ha... it must not be that simple. This quill must have other meanings! Tell me quickly! Otherwise I will Just use my long sword to stab your armpit hard!"

He jumped back with his sword... He had no sword energy [Note 2], but he picked up the chopsticks on the table and really attacked Munn's armpit.

Moon helplessly pushed away the chopsticks that Uncle Edgar stabbed him, and handed the greeting card that came with the gift to his uncle. "Here, you can see for yourself."

After getting what he wanted, Edgar put away his chopsticks - of course he did not forget to do a trick with the chopsticks in his hand, then took the greeting card and quickly read the words on it.

"There is no surprise for this year's Christmas gift~ I guess you must have thought of this~ Yes, it's the quill I secretly bought when we went to Hogsmeade for the first time. It's a shorthand quill. So you can use it in the future When memorizing things, you can’t keep copying them by hand in large sections~”

"Oh~ your little girlfriend really cares about you." Uncle Edgar smiled narrowly, and while stuffing the greeting card back into Moon's hand, he didn't forget to bump Munn gently with his shoulder. "Okay. , Qualified shorthand quills are very valuable, and this one seems to be made of very good materials, it should be made of swan feathers, and the price must be more expensive. So what did you give me as a gift? Quick, secretly tell your uncle. "

"A set of paints." Moon put away the quill and decided to display it in the room for two days before using it - this quill is indeed made of extraordinary materials, and its appearance is almost superior to ordinary quills.As Uncle Edgar said, Violet must have spent a lot of money on it, and the other quill she bought at that time must have been downgraded several grades because of it.Because after that visit to Hogsmeade, Moon did find that Violet had replaced a quill that was much worse than the one she used before.

"Just a set of paints?" Upon hearing Moon's answer, Uncle Edgar immediately put on an incredulous expression, "Muen, you don't have any pocket money, right? You can't just give me a set of paints." , even if you are embarrassed to ask Golov for it, I can still give you financial assistance."

As he spoke, Edgar took off the money bag from his waist, but before he could take out the money, Moon said: "McHardin, they are all bosses, and their ultramarine is made of lapis lazuli. The most expensive tube among them is probably worth... twenty gold galleons?"

"Sorry, farewell, I was too talkative." Edgar quickly retracted his hand that was holding the money bag, turned around and yelled to go to his brother to ask for pocket money.

Moon shrugged and watched with amusement as Uncle Edgar hit a wall with Uncle Golov, and then continued to open other gifts.

Sirius finally did not give another broomstick (although Moon suspected that this was because he had already given one). This time he gave Moon a set of books instead - but they were all related to broomstick skills.Cedric gave him a large box of candies that looked like small pebbles. It was said that one piece could last in the mouth for a whole day. Moon thought that after eating this can, he might have to go and see Hermione's parents. Teeth will do.

Gal's gift is a small mirror that doesn't reflect your face, but only strange animals, such as a tiger with horns.Angelina's gift was a scarf, but the greeting card said, "Don't bring it, it will get tangled tightly. This is a prank prop."Harry gave Moon a silver knife. It was sharp when cutting other things, but became dull when it touched meat.Ron's gift was a bag of biscuits. What was unique was that the bag of biscuits tasted like beef stew in your mouth.There are also gifts from Arlin and Gemma...

After collecting all the gifts, Hesper and Quaid quickly took Moon and Edgar and ran out to build snowmen with other children in the family.If Edgar's health were better, they would actually still want to have a snowball fight, but although Edgar can barely walk normally now, his body is still a little weak.And they were also afraid that after the snowball fight started, the Aurors outside would see their uncle at home.

That's right, even though it's Christmas Day, there are still several Aurors guarding outside Shafiq Manor. Even their breakfast was delivered by Moon, Hesper and Quaid - we can't let people have Christmas. Fudge is still standing in the snow eating cold bread. Fudge has no intention of becoming a human being. Moon has not yet developed the idea of ​​​​developing in this direction, and he probably will not in the future.These Aurors were just following orders anyway, so it was always good to get some hot food and mulled wine.

The Auror who was always staring at the letters they sent, obviously felt a little guilty when he took the mulled wine from Hesper, but he quickly said righteously, "Thank you, but I...well, I won't let my guard down just because of this."

Several children were quite speechless about this, and no one had any intention of letting him do this.

As a result, after Hesper said Merry Christmas to him seriously, Mr. Auror immediately felt guilty again.

A large group of children led by Edgar built a big snowman in the garden. After everyone took photos with the snowman, Ouen suddenly said, "It would be great if Sister Quina and the others were here too." The children were quite sad.Because not only them, but also the remaining branches of the Shafiq family are all being watched by the Aurors. This Christmas, everyone will not be able to move around each other at all, let alone go to the Shafiq Manor to celebrate Christmas together.

In desperation, Moon sent the diversion method again and took the children back to the house to play with gobstones.

Two hours later, the Gobstone battle ended with the disastrous defeat of Edgar, Quaid and Moon.The three of them, who had been sprayed all over by Gobstone and became extremely smelly, wanted to continue fighting, but Nora raised her eyebrows and drank them all before taking a bath. The children who had never lost were left laughing and joking in the living room. Li laughed for a while, and then followed Ern's call and started a fight with the sofa cushions.

When Moon returned to the living room, Owen was already buried under the sofa cushions by those kids younger than him, begging for mercy.

During lunch, because of the excessive amount of exercise this morning, the children's appetites all became extremely shocking. Owen almost killed a whole roast suckling pig by himself, killing several adults and Mu. Everyone was stunned to see En.

After passing the jaw-dropping stage, Moon looked at Ouen who was munching on the pig's face. The famous scene of "three mouths and one pig" [Note 2] appeared in Moon's mind involuntarily, and he smiled inexplicably. stand up.

Of course, facts have proven that there is a price to pay for the sudden increase in appetite - by the time they finished lunch, most of the children were too full to run around, and Ouen even performed Ge You on the sofa while holding his belly. Paralysis.Fortunately, Edgar never lacks ideas for playing cards. At his suggestion, the family sat around on the ground and played cards.Of course not the kind of betting gold galleons (Edgar really wanted to do this at first, but Golov exercised his veto power), but sticking notes on each other's faces.

After the afternoon of playing cards, Edgar was already full of gratitude to Golov, because except for the children who didn't know how to play cards at all, he was the one who lost the most among the whole family.

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"Merry Christmas!"

The family sat around the dinner table, each raised his glass high, and drank it all in one gulp.

"I hope Uncle Edgar can recover soon~" Hesper smiled shyly and expressed his wishes.

"Well, I hope we can have a happier Christmas next year!" Four-year-old Dana said loudly, and drank another glass in a decent manner.If the juice in his glass had been replaced by wine, this scene might have been even more shocking.

"For sure, next year not only our family will be here, but Sister Quina and the others will also come." Ouen touched Dana's head and said happily, not noticing that the faces of several adults at the table changed. Change.

Moon took a sip of the mulled wine in the cup, then glanced at Uncle Edgar who soon smiled happily again, and silently said "I will definitely do it" in his heart.

People always have to have some expectations.

He picked up the pair of chopsticks in front of him and broke the suddenly silent atmosphere. "Okay, let's try the new dishes I shared with the elves. I learned this from a Chinese cookbook. Isn't anyone willing?" Be the first to try it out?"

Edgar's eyes lit up, and he quickly imitated Moon and picked up the chopsticks. "Ha, if Moon didn't mention it, I would have forgotten about it. If you want to try it, I must be the first one to try it~ Speaking of this dish what do you say that is?"

"Fried eggs with tomatoes." Moon raised his hands high to show everyone how to hold chopsticks, and said to Edgar: "Actually, I wanted to teach another dish, but this dish has the simplest ingredients and the color combination. It’s also perfect for Christmas, so I chose this one.”

Edgar tried two more times, but finally chose to give up the chopsticks. He stood up and poked a piece of egg with a fork and stuffed it into his mouth. "Oh, it tastes very strange. It's different from the dishes we usually eat. Is this Chinese food?" ?”

Except An, who picked up the chopsticks very smoothly, and Golov, who quickly mastered the use of chopsticks, everyone else gradually gave up using these two "magic little sticks" and switched to a fork like Edgar. After eating fresh Chinese food, An was the last one to taste it, and then nodded approvingly, "It is indeed Chinese food. Blaze has cooked it for me before. The taste is different from this one. It will be more sour, but This is not bad either.”

Moon also took a bite and immediately expressed the same opinion, "It's not sour enough. The tomatoes the elves bought are a bit bland. I'll buy the vegetables myself and cook them for you later."

"It's still delicious." Edgar put some more on his plate with a fork and said with a smile: "At least I like it very much. I didn't expect Moon to even learn how to cook."

"This is all thanks to Garr. He is my roommate whose parents are Muggles. He especially likes cooking, and from time to time we will go to Hagrid's hut and ask him to cook for us. Watch and watch. I also learned it." Moon, who had already thought of the explanation, put the credit on Gal's head. "Ha, if you ask me, Gal should really open a wizard tavern in the future. If he cooks the dishes himself, the business should be better. It’s very popular.”

"Oh, I remember that child." Golov suddenly remembered. "His mother is also a good cook, Mrs. Fuller, right. The lamb chops she grilled last time were very delicious."

Under Golov's reminder, Nora, who was still a little confused at first, immediately had an impression. Everyone started chatting with Gar, and then slowly talked about Moon's other classmates. Following a few adults, they began to recall their past. During their school days, Nora and Golov argued for a while about which magic school was better, Ilvermorny or Hogwarts...

Dense snowflakes began to drift outside the house at some point, and the wind howled. The smoke drifted out of the chimney, and was carried far away by the wind wrapped in snowflakes. In a daze, there seemed to be some laughter and laughter mixed in. It wasn't until it floated far and wide that it slowly disappeared.

Chapter 86 The best magic school

The two-week Christmas vacation passed quickly. On the evening of January 1th, Moon, Hesper and Quaid underwent a luggage inspection and were immediately sent to Hogsmeade accompanied by four Aurors. At the station, not even the Hogwarts Express has a seat.

When they arrived at the station, carriages were lined up in formation and parked quietly not far away. Hagrid was alone beside him, having fun with the Thestrals pulling the carriages. He hurriedly turned around when he heard the sound, and then hurried over. Go to a group of seven people.

"Ah, the express train hasn't arrived yet. I thought you would be a little later." He greeted the three of them, Moon, and deliberately ignored a few Aurors, thus declaring his respect for them. and dissatisfaction with the Ministry of Magic.

Moon shrugged. "We are all a bit impatient. Are there enough carriages, Hagrid? There are seven of us in total, so we may have to occupy two carriages."

"Of course it's enough. Professor Dumbledore has greeted me a long time ago." Hagrid patted his chest and led the seven people to the carriage queue. He picked up Hesper in his left hand and Quaid in his right hand. The laughter of the two people put them on the car seat one after another.When it was Moon's turn, Moon waved his hand and rejected Hagrid's kindness before several Aurors.

"I'll take another car, thank you Hagrid." Moon pointed to the Thestral carriage behind, and then walked directly over.

Hagrid was a little confused at first and didn't understand why Moon didn't sit in the same carriage as Hesper and Quaid. After the two Aurors walked around him and got into the carriage, he curled his lips and shouted to a few people. Sit tight and shout loudly to make the Thestrals run.

After the Yeqi carriage ran out for a while and gradually entered a darker section of the road, Moon suddenly asked for no reason: "Two gentlemen, do I still need to sleep in the school newspaper office during the next period of time?"

The two Aurors looked at each other, and then one of them, Elijah Lee, an old acquaintance of Munn, replied with a wry smile: "No, you can go back to the dormitory to sleep. In addition, we will only wait outside during class. Yes. In fact, the reason why we came here this time... is more to protect the safety of you and your brothers and sisters. As for the purpose of surveillance, it doesn't actually mean much... Besides, we originally... forget it. "

Although Elijah immediately stopped talking and did not continue speaking, another Auror sitting next to Elijah still raised his elbow and bumped him to signal him not to talk so much.

Moon looked at Elijah, then at the other Auror, and suddenly said: "Then I wonder if I can ask you two to help me be a guarantor. I want to stay in the school newspaper office for two days before I leave. One issue of the school newspaper.”

"...?" Elijah and the other Auror were both stunned. After a while, they finally answered: "This is not something we can decide. You should go to Professor Dumbledore to apply."

Moon nodded lightly, and then said the last sentence half a minute later, "If you are transferred out in two days, which department will the Ministry of Magic send to continue... um, protect us?"

"Transferred?" Ilya was completely confused. "Why were we transferred?"

The Auror next to him heard the meaning of Munn's words, and his expression suddenly became a little ugly - but it didn't seem to be directed at Munn or Ilya.