Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

It seemed like he was really the last one in the family to know about it.

Owen picked up the quill pen from the table, dipped it in ink, then came over and handed the pen to Moon, "Here, it's right here, just sign your name here!"

Moon responded, held the quill, and wrote his name on the childish contract with the same seriousness. But just as he finished writing, the ink marks left on the paper were blurred by water drops. A blurry patch.

Chapter 100 Mutual Benefits

On the 21st, Moon's wanted order was finally revoked by the Ministry of Magic. In that day's Daily Prophet, Scrimgeour, as the head of the Auror Office, officially announced the news.

Of course, what was also announced was the lifting of the ban on the Shafiq family, and their unremitting efforts to successfully capture a large number of werewolves and a dark wizard with the help of "civilians". The formal public trial will be held this month. unfolds on Saturday.

It's a pity that the wizards still haven't waited for the announcement of Fudge's resignation.

So, just like yesterday, they once again sent a large number of letters of complaint and abuse to the Ministry of Magic, including even shouting letters.

No one cares whether Fudge will see these letters, they don't even care whether these letters will be burned as soon as they are sent to the Ministry of Magic. In fact, to put it bluntly, the wizards just want to vent their dissatisfaction.

In fact, they thought they could see some more exciting content in yesterday's "Hogwarts School Newspaper", but unfortunately, the school newspaper was empty, and the whole article was about things happening in Hogwarts.Fortunately, most people quickly remembered that Moon was still wanted over the weekend, otherwise the school newspaper might have been regarded as the new lackey of the Ministry of Magic, and would have been criticized in the same way.

Although the wanted order was announced early Tuesday morning, Moon still had lunch with his family at home, and then went to Diagon Alley - he wanted to meet the werewolves, those who were killed during the war. The heroes who had made great efforts were still staying in the gold satin leather shop.Although their werewolf transformation has ended, their period of weakness is still there.In addition, they didn't really care about the environment they lived in, so they simply decided to rest here for two more days.

After all, although they sleep on the floor just like when they were nesting in the cave, if they sleep here, they will have plenty of pillows, quilts, etc., as well as plenty of meat and fish to eat.

When Munn arrived at the Golden Satin Leather Shop, the werewolves were holding up wine glasses and sharing a whole roasted lamb. Seeing Munn walking into the room, Rubeo immediately loudly invited him to sit down and eat together, and walked from beside him. I received a large glass of beer from the beer keg.It wasn't until his wife slapped him on the back of the head that he realized that Moon was not yet an adult.

"Ahem, I'll drink, I'll drink." Rubeo smiled awkwardly at Munn, and then poured the entire glass of beer directly into his stomach.

Moon smiled and waved his hand, and then said to the werewolves: "I guess everyone should be paying attention to the news in the past two days?"

Rubeo and Galvin looked at each other, and Galvin finally nodded and responded, "Indeed, after all, for us, 'renaming' is the thing we have always longed for most. But..."

The old man paused and glanced at the other werewolves beside him one by one. "In fact, we have also talked about this matter. If it really doesn't work, we can accept it. After all, in the past two days, Diagon Alley Many merchants have come to see us. They are still far away from each other as before, but we did get their thanks. Even these barrels of beer, food and items there were sent by them. "

"Even if we only have the approval of these people, we are satisfied." Galvin grinned, showing yellow teeth full of smoke stains, and his face was almost wrinkled. "At least our efforts, There are real rewards.”

It seemed that most of the werewolves had the same view as Galvin. They nodded one after another and even comforted Moon - for two whole days, they were not mentioned at all in the Daily Prophet and the Evening Prophet. Until that battle, he only said "civilians".

Even if the businessmen in Diagon Alley kept trying to talk about it at the wine table and spread the word about the righteous deeds of their werewolves, they still couldn't compare to the official recognition of the Ministry of Magic.

Only Rideout did not nod along. He was looking at Munn nervously, looking forward to hearing better results from Munn.

Unlike other werewolves, most of them are nearly middle-aged or even old. They have long been accustomed to being treated badly and like to think of the worst in everything.Rideout is still young, and he still likes to hold on to hope.

"You don't have to be so pessimistic." Moon nodded at Rideout, and then said to the other werewolves, "What I promised you before will definitely be completed, but you have to wait a little longer." God. The Ministry of Magic has a lot of affairs recently, and they will not reveal all the truth until the public trial is over."

"The reason why the public trial is set for Saturday is not because of you, but because the public trial requires the minister's appearance, and the Ministry of Magic is about to undergo a change of power, so the period in between is actually for them to choose For the new minister.”

"Next Monday at the latest, you will be able to see your appearance in the publications of the Daily Prophet, Hogwarts School News and other newspapers. The photos I took for you were used here."

"Of course, if you really want to see relevant articles this morning, you can ask the boss here to help you pay attention to Nova Newspaper and Weird News Weekly. The black wizards of the Crow Party will definitely mention you there. . But I don’t recommend doing this, because there may be some...not very good descriptions on it. After all, those two newspapers are now under the control of the dark wizard."

Moon finished all the news in one breath, and watched as the werewolves changed from normal expressions to bewildered, to ecstatic - Rideout even jumped up and hugged him, and even I almost kicked over the roasted lamb standing there.

"Thank you! Thank you! Moon!" Rideout was probably in tears, because Moon could feel his collar slowly getting wet.

Of course, not only Rideout, but also most of the werewolves present started crying. Even Galvin, a cautious and cunning old man, turned into tears.Only Mr. Rubeo opened his eyes wide and tried hard to prevent himself from crying, but unfortunately he could not avoid the redness of his eyes.

Oh, and Remus, he didn't cry either - at least not in front of Moon, because he had already turned his head away when he heard it halfway.

Moon, who had withstood Rideout's sudden attack, was somewhat at a loss. He hesitated for a while before he decided to pat Rideout's back gently and whispered: "Okay, okay, Ryder." Otto, if you hold me harder for a while, I will think you like men."

Rideout laughed through tears and finally let go of Moon. He punched Moon on the shoulder and said loudly, "Even if I really like men, you have no chance. I like men who are older than me." kind."

Moon also laughed, "That's really lucky."

The werewolves happily pulled Munn to sit down, and finally gave him a large glass of beer. Everyone clinked their glasses with him, even Remus.Fortunately, everyone still remembered his true age to some extent and did not get carried away because of this great news.So I just let him take a sip, and the most drinkable Rubeo did the rest.

After talking about the business, everyone's chat started to become irrelevant again. Moon sat with them for a while, then said goodbye to everyone, and left the Golden Satin Leather Shop with Remus.

As soon as he left the store, Remus, who had been in the house for two days, subconsciously raised his hands to cover his face. The weather today was very good, cloudless, and the bright sunshine made his eyes a little uncomfortable. adapt.After he had calmed down a bit, he followed Munn forward and seriously added the thank you he had just left unsaid, "Thank you, Munn. Really, you will be the hero of all werewolves."

Moon didn't want to bring up the topic so seriously - he already had enough things that were bothering him, so he didn't pick up the topic. Instead, he joked in a nonchalant way: "Assistant Lu Ping, don't you want to come up too?" Give me a hug."

He turned to look at Remus, only to find that Remus just smiled, and then said: "If you pay any price for this, please tell us and don't bear it alone. In your opinion , this may be a deal, we bleed, you clear our name..."

"But as Galvin said, in our opinion, by the time the people in Diagon Alley thanked us for this transaction, it had completely offset our efforts in that battle."

Although the news brought by Moon made them very happy, several werewolves, including Remus, realized that this matter was obviously not as easy as Moon said.The Ministry of Magic's policy of discrimination and opposition to werewolves that had lasted for so many years was about to be reversed in one day. How could this be achieved by fighting a battle without even the sacrifice of werewolves?

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Moon took a deep breath helplessly.

"Don't worry, Remus, I really didn't pay an exaggerated price. To be precise, it was more like a mutual benefit." He paused. "You should know that Amelia Bones also She is the current Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and Rufus Scrimgeour's direct boss. She wants to run for the next Minister of Magic, but because she doesn't like compromise or maneuvering, she can foresee The support rate will not be very high.”

"So, the former minister who campaigned for her, Millicent Barnold, went to Shafiq Manor, hoping to get the support of my uncle and aunt. After understanding her needs, my uncle called me He came over and asked me to ask for the chips. So while I was asking for the chips, I also took the opportunity to offer this condition that was beneficial to both parties."

"Amelia Bones stands up for werewolves and proposes to amend the existing laws. It seems like she is going against years of tradition. But with the support of public opinion and the evidence of facts, there will undoubtedly be a big wave of criticism of werewolves. It's getting better. The so-called tradition is nothing in the face of the truth that can be seen with the naked eye. Only those who hope to make profits from it will object - those people are a minority and will not be able to make any waves after Fudge steps down."

"In other words, as long as the argument of 'good werewolves and bad werewolves' is successfully accepted by the public, Amelia Bones can take the opportunity to issue more moderate laws and vigorously promote the development of various pharmaceuticals to help werewolves. It seems like the werewolf is benefiting from everything, but behind the scenes, the real winner is Amelia Bones."

"Think about it, once her gentle decree is recognized by the werewolves and you battle heroes respond one after another, she will immediately gain a lot of political achievements;"

"Immediately afterwards, we will pull and beat the werewolves who are still uncooperative, absorb the moderates, and arrest the opposition. With your help, this will progress more smoothly, so another political achievement will be recorded;"

"The werewolf problem that has existed for thousands of years has been greatly alleviated during the period when she took charge of the Ministry of Magic. Not to mention the crotch-shaped Cornelius Fudge in the front for comparison. There is no doubt that Amelia Bone Si's reputation can basically reach its peak instantly. Not to mention that if the development of subsequent potions can progress under her leadership and orders, and I remind her to slightly promote the employment issue of werewolves, then she will still need to worry about her position being unstable. ?"

"The main thing is that nothing goes against the principles and justice of Amelia Bones."

"And all we need to pay is for the werewolves to respond to a decree that is reviewed by me and can ensure safety. By the way, my uncle and Professor Dumbledore will come forward to support Amelia Bones as the minister. That's all. That’s all. Of course, both of them should have preferred Ms. Bones to take over.”

Remus listened to Moon's story carefully and patiently, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and laughed heartily, "If that's the case, then I'm relieved. Thank you, Moon, just like I said. Likewise, you will be the hero of all werewolves."

"Then I will shamelessly admit it." Moon spread his hands. He had no choice but to accept it. After all, the Ministry of Magic has not found anyone from the two newspapers, "New Star" and "Weekly Weird News". It is already certain that he will be sold. Something happened.

The next moment, under Moon's surprised gaze, Remus burst out laughing - to be honest, he had known Remus for a year, and he had never seen Remus smile like this. Usually his smile was They are all reserved and restrained, just like the character he has always displayed.

But he soon felt relieved, thinking about it, after all, it won't be long before Remus can walk in the sunshine openly and no longer have to hide his werewolf identity.

Even if it were Munn himself, the situation would probably be the same.

It was a bit hard to bear the surprised looks from those around me.

Moon rubbed his hair, pulled Remus aside, and then pointed to the exit of Diagon Alley not far ahead, "The Leaky Cauldron is here. I will wait there for Professor Dumbledore to pick me up later." Hogwarts, do you want to go back with us?"

Remus coughed twice, with an unstoppable smile still on his face. He shook his head and responded: "No, I want to stay with Galvin and the others for two more days, so I'd better wait to rest. Okay, let’s go back.”

"Okay, then I wish you a happy these two days."

The two waved goodbye, and it wasn't until they watched Munn walking out of Diagon Alley step by step that Remus turned around and looked at the clear sky, took a deep breath, and walked towards where he came from.

1 Secrets I Have to Tell

"Aha, it seems you just went to see a werewolf?"

In the private room of the Leaky Cauldron, Professor Dumbledore was sitting on the sofa, holding a large blueberry sundae in his hand. He looked at Moon who was brought in by the bar owner with a smile on his face. "I noticed that your collar is still there." A little wet, did someone hold you and cry a lot? How about it, does she look good-looking? "

"..." Moon looked at Professor Dumbledore speechlessly, raised his wand and poked it at his collar, quickly drying the area, and said: "Can you gossip a little more? In addition, I want to correct you. The mistake is not 'she', but 'he'."

Professor Dumbledore's eyebrows suddenly raised. He looked at Moon with a bit of surprise, and then quickly ate a big spoonful of sundae to calm himself down.

"This is the first time I know that your... um, orientation is so broad."

"???" Munn wanted to dig out three question marks from the void and slap them all on the face of the old man in front of him.

"I don't like men, and I won't like men in the future. I have no interest in men." Moon sat down opposite Professor Dumbledore and picked up another sundae placed there. "Are you going to finish the meal?" Sundae before leaving?"

Professor Dumbledore nodded with a smile, "Of course, sweets can make people happy. Moon, you have too many things accumulated in your heart, so you should eat more sweets."

Moon hesitated for a moment. He was very sure that Dumbledore had not peeked into his mind just now, so there was no doubt that he might have unconsciously revealed some depression, which happened to be caught by this insightful old man.

"Sweets not only make people happy, but also make people fat. Generally speaking, getting fat makes people unhappy. Therefore, happiness and unhappiness cancel each other out, and eating sweets becomes meaningless." Moon He replied feebly, and by the way changed the topic from 'Unhappy Moon Fox'.

"No." Professor Dumbledore took another spoonful of sundae and said in a brisk tone, "You gain weight unconsciously. It is true that you will be unhappy after gaining weight, but before that, you The happiness is all real, so..."

The old man with a silver beard and silver hair looked into Moon's blue eyes and said seriously, "You should not use future unhappiness to offset the happiness of the moment, Moon. There is no way for the two to offset each other unless they happen at the same time."

Moon heard the implication of the old man's words, but he also knew very well that Uncle Golov would never tell Professor Dumbledore what happened at home two days ago. In other words, Professor Dumbledore was probably worried that he was going too far. Caught up in Edgar's countdown to death, he became sick with worry.

In fact, he was right to worry. Most of the negative emotions in Moon's heart came from this.For him, he had accepted the matter of taking over the Shafiq family intelligence network without any hesitation from the time Ooun took out the "contract" seriously.It is true that there is a deep shadow in his heart, but it has nothing to do with Uncle Golov and the others. It is the injustice he suffered in his previous life.

That's why he signed the contract.

Faced with the unreserved trust of his family, how could he not be moved? How could he not be willing to take over this responsibility and continue to refuse?

His refusal stemmed from his disgust and hatred for the rift between brothers caused by power, because he had been a witness to such 'brotherly antagonism'.But when he saw Ouen and the signatures of his younger brothers and sisters, he knew that no matter what changes might happen in the future, at least at that moment, he let go of this worry.

If something that worries him is still going to happen in the future, then let it happen.

But Uncle Edgar...

Moon sighed softly. He could not let go. Hope was in his hand, even as close as only a few pieces of paper away.

He must push himself, and push himself again.

The cold and sweet sundae fell from the tip of the spoon to the tip of the tongue, and then gradually melted. Moon silently put down the sundae and spoon, looked back at the old man, and spoke softly: "But if I take every bite, Are you thinking about the possibility of gaining weight in the future?”

The old man sighed and stopped talking.

After a long while, Moon's sundae was completely gone. Professor Dumbledore finally put down the empty glass bowl with satisfaction, stood up, and stretched out his arm towards Moon.

Moon walked to the professor's side, raised his hand and grabbed his forearm, and then heard the professor say one last sentence, "Actually, I know I probably can't persuade you, but I still want to try, ha, it seems The result was no different than what I expected.”

The next moment, the two disappeared into the box of the Leaky Cauldron together.

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After class, the little wizards cheered and headed straight to the auditorium. After all, for most children, dinner time is always the best time of the day, because it is undoubtedly a reflection of their hard work throughout the day. Reward.

Among them, the third-year Hufflepuff wizards were especially happy.

There are two reasons. One is that Professor Flitwick has been taking them to review the Happy Charm recently, and because he is worried that they will "get each other into the school hospital", in addition to the routine attempts to cast spells, they also want everyone to experience Flitwick themselves. A happy spell cast by Professor Levi.

Although this was not the first time (they had learned the Happy Charm before), after experiencing the spell personally, everyone inevitably became emotionally high again.

As for another reason...

Of course, Moon's arrest warrant has been revoked. Ever since someone loudly shouted the good news this morning, everyone has been happy all day long. Fred and George were throwing up Ron's Christmas receipts. Wearing a woolen hat, cheering, he took the opportunity to open a game - Moon would pay two for one when he came back from lunch, pay one point and a half for every one who came back for dinner, and three for one when he came back tomorrow.

Among them, Moon's classmates in the third year of Hufflepuff are the happiest. The reason is obvious. In addition to missing Moon, they also have someone to copy their homework, and they can go to things they don't know. I asked Moon.

The main thing is a truth.

Therefore, when Moon actually walked into the auditorium, the entire auditorium was boiling.Malfoy had the foresight to let Crabbe and Goyle sit on both sides of him in advance. Sure enough, in this way, when the other Slytherin wizards beside him also participated in the cheers in boredom, he would not be overjoyed. The raised elbow hit his head.

The other Slytherin students sitting opposite him were as listless as him. To be honest, what they wanted to see was not that Moon Fawkes' wanted order was revoked, but a picture of Moon Fawkes lying in Azkaban. Photos of people crying in a cell.

Obviously, at the moment when Moon appeared, their waiting finally turned into a pity.

But from the bottom of his heart, Malfoy actually thanked Moon somewhat "somewhat".

Nowadays, young wizards like them who discriminate against Muggle students and believe that there should be a distinction between high and low among colleges, and even more among wizards, are actually a vulnerable group.However, in the two days after Moon became a wanted criminal, Malfoy was so proud that he actually showed his excitement.

Even he himself realized how stupid he was at that time. He dared to vouch for it. If it weren't for the fact that campus bullying is no longer so common in Hogwarts today, just based on the few words he said at that time. Thinking about his brain, he should probably still be lying in the school hospital now.

While most of the young wizards cheered, clapped loudly and whistled, at the teachers' table, Professor Dumbledore was applauding softly. Professor McGonagall had an uncontrollable smile on her lips. Professor Flitwick was relieved. Sirius whistled louder than the Weasley twins, and Professor Greengrass sitting next to him had to laugh and cover his ears.The other professors were also obviously relieved - except for Professor Sprout who drank too much in the afternoon and forgot to come here, only Professor Snape sat there with a straight face and an expressionless expression.

But in fact, it's already great that he can come and "join in the fun".

Moon looked at the thunderous applause in the auditorium and felt a little numb for a moment. To be honest, if he had just returned from Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets and killed a basilisk, he would definitely return to his seat waving his hands majestically. superior.But right now, what he is doing has basically nothing to do with Hogwarts...

This applause made him feel a little bit ashamed.

Well, actually just a little bit, because at least he could walk to the Hufflepuff table without blushing or heartbeat.

Obviously, this applause is not because of "what he has done for Hogwarts", but simply a compliment for his "braveness to confront authority".

But it's still pretty embarrassing.

After he sat down in his seat, the applause finally stopped, and everyone began to eat dinner with high spirits and laughter. Almost every second, people at the other long tables looked at Munn.As for the little wizards on the Hufflepuff long table, not to mention, since Munn sat down, both ends of the Hufflepuff long table were empty - everyone was moving towards Munn.

Everyone was asking questions, and there were all kinds of questions. Yaerlin and Gal simply gave up interjecting. After all, they still had a lot of time to question Moon after they returned to the dormitory later.Violet raised her head and looked at Munn dealing with everyone's doubts one by one. The smile on her face contained some indescribable peace of mind.

Demi bumped Violet's elbow lightly, snickering and joking: "You should be able to sleep at night now, right?"

Violet blushed and patted Demi's arm, saying angrily, "My sleep quality has been a bit poor these past two days."

"Oh~" Demi drawled out deliberately, and then laughed with Violet's other two roommates, attracting a lot of confused looks.

As a last resort, Violet could only quickly lower her head and pretend to be eating.However, the moment their eyes crossed just now made her realize that Moon definitely saw the blush on her cheeks just now.

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"Huh? They actually attacked the Ministry of Magic?!" Garr's eyes widened. "Oh my God, these dark wizards are so rampant!"

He was so surprised that he didn't even notice that Arlin secretly took the bag of sizzling honey candy from his hand.