Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

It's no wonder that we can achieve good results after repeating this process over and over again.

However, facing the criticism from his teammates, Malfoy also experienced a feeling of "pain and happiness".

Because Harry's team also failed to advance - he chose his teammates primarily based on whether they liked each other and their friendship, but he was least concerned about the strength of the team, which caused them to stumble in answering the questions. , the number of questions answered correctly can only rank fifth.

After the game, Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at me and I looked at you. Everyone was a little embarrassed.

Before the game started, Ron felt that Harry and Hermione should be fine, but he only needed to work hard.As a result, now that the game is over, the person who needs to work hard is the only one who needs to continue working hard, and the remaining two "should be fine" don't even have the chance to work hard.

The most embarrassed person was obviously Ron. He didn't expect that he was so lucky that he could actually pick all the Bibi multi-flavor beans correctly, allowing him to move forward in the maze at an incredible speed.

"Hmm." Ron's blush almost caught up with his hair. He pretended to look away casually. "If you ask me, I'm just lucky."

Hermione puffed up her cheeks, making herself look as if she had put on some weight, but this made her messy hair less inconsistent. "You are indeed lucky, which is a bit too much. I asked, what happened today?" So far in the competition, only two people have picked all the Bibi's All-Flavour Beans correctly."

Harry was so shocked that he didn't even have time to comfort Ron and tell him not to be shy, so he asked repeatedly: "Is there another one?"

Hermione nodded and pointed at Neville Longbottom, who was standing under a tree not far away, having a silly time with his teammates. "Neville picked them all right too."

Ron's eyes widened at this time. He and Harry looked at each other and asked in unison: "Neville?!"

"Yes, Neville."

"Merlin's beard..." Ron covered his forehead in disbelief, "I didn't even think that Neville could come out of that maze - well, I mean, to be honest, that maze was a bit... Difficult."

Hermione was speeding up her pace back to the castle in annoyance, but when she heard Ron's words, she burst into laughter again.

Seemingly realizing that it was a bit unethical to laugh at Neville like this, Hermione raised her book and waved it at Ron, "Don't say that, you can win, isn't it normal for Neville to win? Don't forget, Spoo Professor Lauter said personally that Neville is very talented in herbal medicine."

Ron nodded in response, raised his arm and nudged Harry secretly, and whispered: "She seems to have forgotten how much she hated Neville when he was scolded by Snape last week."

Harry was amused again, but the laughter was caught by Hermione sensitively. She turned around suddenly, frightening the two of them to stop and tighten their faces, not daring to laugh anymore.

Hermione rolled her eyes, turned around and started walking stubbornly again. At the same time, she secretly thought that she must choose some good teammates next year and read more senior books.

She doesn't want to be eliminated in the first round next year.

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"So this means I have to pick a teammate who can play Gobstone?" Not even 5 minutes after returning to the Gryffindor common room, Hermione shouted angrily, "No, I have to find Munn." , why would there be an item like Gobstone in the school competition! This is unfair! How could a little Muggle-born wizard like me have ever played with something like that!"

Fred and George spread their hands together and fled the scene quickly - they were the two who reminded Hermione of this just now. When Moon was explaining the competition system, Hermione was discussing transfiguration with Percy, so that Except for the rules of the first round, she basically didn't listen to them in the next three rounds.

Ron and Harry looked awkwardly at the other students in the common room who had caught their attention, and quickly pulled Hermione, who had just stood up, to sit down again.

"Hey, Hermione, you can at least learn. Gobstone is not a difficult game anyway. Even children from wizarding families can play it." Ron explained: "It's very simple."

"But shouldn't we focus more on studying? I think the first round of the competition was very good, entertaining and educational." Hermione threw the thick tome in her hand on the sofa , startled the kitten lying on the same sofa. "This proves that they can design the game very well. Why would they add a game like Gobstone?"

In the common room, several people who attended the Gobstone Club looked over, their eyes clearly showing a bit of discomfort.

Ron patted his forehead helplessly and gave Harry a look, hoping that he could help. Harry understood and quickly said: "Well, actually it's not enough to just pick one teammate. It should be four of them." We're going up there for a Gobstone duel..."

Seeing Hermione's eyebrows raising higher and higher, and Ron's expression becoming more and more desperate, Harry realized that he had completely missed the point. He cursed himself in his heart, and then quickly tried to make up for it, "Actually, my It means that the two of us can learn together. You see, I haven’t played Gobstone before, and we still have a whole year to practice, and neither of us has advanced anyway.”

Ron gave up despair, with an expression on his face that said "Forget it, let's do it, love it as it is."

Judging from his appearance, he probably wanted to jump directly into the fireplace at this moment rather than sit between the two of them.

Fortunately, the next moment, Hermione directly chose to go back to the dormitory with the book in her arms - for Ron, this was indeed good news.

"Well..." Harry, who understood that he had completely made up for his loneliness, turned his head and looked at Ron. He didn't say anything for a long time, but he wanted to jump into the fireplace right now.

"That..." Ron chose the same opening remarks, and the same bewildered silence.

After holding it in for a while, the two of them sighed together, and then said in unison again: "How about we go and congratulate Neville."

Neville, who happened to pass behind the two of them, was stunned for a moment, with the same confusion on his face.

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After all six rounds of competition were over, the twelve teams that advanced to the next round were officially determined.

Because the next game is scheduled for the first week of February, the time difference is not that far away, so those teams that have advanced naturally start to discuss matters about the next game, and those who have not advanced, or The little wizards who had not participated in the competition at all also chose to participate in Fred and George's bet - just like last year, each little wizard bet at most one Silver Sickle.

In addition, the public trial held today also had its results. In the evening, the Daily Prophet was the first to inform the wizards of the results of the public trial. At the same time, it also released another blockbuster news:

Amelia Bones officially takes over as Minister of Magic.

The Sunday night newspaper directly adopted the design of the two Chase pages [Note 1]. In the photo, Ms. Bones has a stern face, a serious expression, and a sense of calmness and self-power.If it were the former Fudge, everyone would feel somewhat inconsistent.It seems especially suitable when applied to Ms. Bones, who always strives to be fair and strict.

The news published on the second Chase page that followed was naturally the result of this public trial - starting with George Sargent, the Ministry of Magic found out that a total of twelve officials, big and small, were related to dark wizards. All those who were implicated and found guilty were imprisoned in Azkaban as a warning to others.

At the same time, officials from the Ministry of Magic, headed by Umbridge, who had made inappropriate remarks or behaviors were also punished, including demotions and salary deductions.Among them, Umbridge, who was the most popular, was simply demoted three levels in a row and kicked out to the official Gobstone Club of the Department of Magical Sports and Sports.The charges were clearly stated, and the two major crimes of abuse of power and bending the law for personal gain were firmly covered, and there was no place to complain.

Moreover, after the results of the public trial, this press release was also attached to Ms. Bones's public reflection after the public trial. She fully admitted the negative role played by the Ministry of Magic in the previous werewolf riots, and frankly admitted that this was completely This was caused by internal problems within the Ministry of Magic, and we sincerely apologize to the public.After this operation, Fudge finally regained some of the trust he had lost at the beginning.

In addition, at the end of this review, Ms. Bones also expressed the Ministry of Magic's previous rigidity, stubbornness and lack of progress on the werewolf issue, and incidentally mentioned the outstanding contributions made by some werewolves in the werewolf riots. , and the subsequent intention to amend the old laws related to werewolves and introduce more new laws.

As soon as this "Daily Prophet" was published, it immediately caused an uproar.Many people are discussing the changes in the Ministry of Magic and the information about werewolves mentioned by Ms. Bones. Some people are scolding the Ministry of Magic for having so many traitors. They are afraid that it is rotten to the core.

No matter what people outside said, when the werewolves who were still staying in the Golden Satin Leather Shop saw this night's Daily Prophet, they were almost overjoyed.There is no doubt that this fully proves that the Ministry of Magic at least recognizes the contributions of the werewolves, and whether it is the time when this message appears or the general rhetoric, it is very different from what Munn mentioned to them at the time.

Therefore, they naturally realized that what Remus said about the "new werewolf law" when he came back after sending Moon away was obviously true.

And all of this shows them that the day when the werewolf's name will be rectified is not far away.

That night, all the werewolves in the Golden Satin Leather Shop were extremely drunk. Remus dragged Sirius directly to Hogsmeade and drank the entire night at the Werewolf Night Tavern opened by the Riches. After drinking three bottles of Firewhiskey, the two simply slept in the tavern all night.Even the werewolves who were still wandering and hiding everywhere cried with joy after seeing this news.

At the same time, the Aurors in the Auror Office were also holding a farewell ceremony.

Starting today, both Ekel Weaving and Elijah Lee will officially bid farewell to their Auror jobs and transfer to other departments.

The difference was that Elijah's face was full of reluctance and relief. While he felt sad about leaving, he also understood that he was really not suitable for Auror work, so he felt relieved.

On the other hand, Ekel showed no expression and remained calm, as if the person who was to be transferred to another position today was not him but someone else.

No one asked them what they thought, they just raised their glasses and took a sip of wine together, as a way of putting it into practice for the two of them.

"Unfortunately, Edgar was not able to be there, and it is very likely that he will never have the opportunity to be there again." After drinking the strong drink, Ken O'Gorman said tentatively, wanting to see Ecker. Reaction.

But Ekel still looked normal, as if he hadn't heard anything. He put down his glass, said goodbye to everyone, and walked out of the office with Ilya.

Seeing this, Ken sighed softly, then shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and continued busy with the other Aurors.

Chapter 1 "Bacon" Moon

On Sunday night, many people were actually happy about the changes in the Ministry of Magic, but at the same time they felt a little bit regretful.

From their perspective, even dark wizards have published articles saying that the biggest contributors to the werewolf rebellion were not the Ministry of Magic, but Moon Fox from Hogwarts and those folk wizards and good-hearted people. Werewolves, but the Ministry of Magic article only mentioned werewolves in passing for political purposes.

What does this represent?

This means that your Ministry of Magic still wants to take credit!

But just when everyone had written the letter and was about to send it to the Ministry of Magic the next morning for another round of criticism, the "Daily Prophet" and the "Hogwarts School Newspaper" began to work simultaneously - although they were not as powerful as the "Hogwarts School Newspaper" "New Star" and "Weekly News" publish exactly the same articles, but the news published in the two newspapers is similar. The first half of the article introduces Moon, the werewolves, the wizards of the Shafik family, and the two Hogwarts The assistant teacher made outstanding contributions in the battle, and the second half...

Basically, it was all used to introduce Moon.

How did a third-grade wizard foil the dark wizards' plot?With excellent strategic vision, he not only saw the shortcomings of the Ministry of Magic's laws, but also understood the dark wizard's conspiracy, contacted the werewolves in advance, and organized combat forces.Not only did he successfully protect the shops and wizards in Diagon Alley, he also captured a large number of smuggled werewolves, and even protected the Ministry of Magic from being damaged by dark wizards.

To put it bluntly, except for some information that must not be disclosed, these two reports almost told all the ins and outs of the entire battle, shocking those who read the newspapers.

Of course, these two reports are obviously not to simply praise Moon to the sky and the earth, but to Moon's "self-destructing truck" strategy.

If anyone is interested in doing statistics, they will find that in these two reports, the person mentioned the most is indeed Moon.But then, the second most mentioned one was the Crow Party.

This is Moon's counterattack - don't you want to praise me so high that you can avoid being in the spotlight and show that you didn't lose unjustly?

No problem, I admit that you did not lose unfairly. Not only do I admit that you did not lose unfairly, I also think that you are a respectable opponent. I will give you a boost of reputation and presence every three sentences.

I'm so embarrassed to let you compliment me unilaterally. Come on, let's have a harmonious and friendly round of complimenting each other.

Do you understand what business mutual bragging means, brother?

Not only that, at the end of the article, the Daily Prophet also claimed that the Ministry of Magic is discussing within the Ministry of Magic to award Moon Fox the Order of Merlin. The current level is tentatively set at Level [-], and is expected to be upgraded to Level [-].In recognition of his foiling the plot of the black wizard of the Crow Party and saving the huge losses that might have been caused by the werewolf rebellion.

While countless people applauded and marveled at Moon, Rodriguez was still defending himself.

"I admit, I really didn't expect that he would use such an extreme method to drag us down. From my perspective, that kid should obviously be a person who doesn't like fame and wealth, and even has some resistance. Otherwise, believe me, he even You don't need to go to Hogwarts to become famous. So, at first, I thought he would find a way to suppress his own reputation instead of dragging us to the top."

He sat on his seat, stroking the end of his long pipe. "This is my mistake, but don't forget that you also agreed with my decision at the beginning."

"When it comes to mistakes and responsibilities, I was punished and none of you can escape."

The old man sitting at the top slowly opened his eyes, looked at Rodriguez, and said in an extremely hoarse voice, as if two pieces of rough metal were rubbed together: "Now is no longer the time to discuss who is responsible. We are all monsters who rely on the Crow Party to exist. We both prosper and lose with the Crow Party. There is no practical significance in trying to argue who has a problem and who does not. What is more important is what we should do next. "

A young woman with a beautiful appearance and a charming smile played with her wand and said in a frivolous voice, "What else can I do? Keep it secret and continue to pretend to be dead." The great opportunity Rodriguez mentioned was obviously It doesn’t belong to us, and now that things have reached such a situation, we can’t do anything except pretend to be dead.”

"Then continue to pretend to be dead." The middle-aged man sitting on the seat to the right of the old man, wearing a black suit and with an ordinary appearance and temperament, said his opinion lightly, "It's not the first time anyway. It’s just right, I can continue to do what I want to do.”

There was only the last old man left around the round table who had not spoken. The remaining four people all looked at her. Then she slowly opened her cloudy and white eyes, as if she was so old that she was too late to think. He looked at the empty place in front of him for several seconds, then finally nodded.

Rodriguez raised his eyebrows and stood up with a bit of dissatisfaction. "Okay, then everyone can continue to pretend to be dead. I'm going home. I wish you a happy life in the next few years."

"Also, remember what I said, Voldemort is dead. Even if he really comes back one day, with his madness, I'm afraid he will no longer value the so-called 'contract'. By then, no matter what Whether he wins or loses, it will not be of any benefit to us. You can also imagine what situation the Crow Party will be in by then."

He held his pipe in his mouth, put on his hat, tightened his feather-patterned robe, and strode out of the dim room.

The middle-aged man in a suit followed closely and left the room, followed by the gorgeous young woman.Within a moment, only the two oldest people were left in the room, sitting quietly in the room without talking or communicating. They were like two mummies, maintaining the same posture as before.

It wasn't until a long time later that the old man at the top finally stood up and left for the fourth time. After walking out of the room, he turned around and closed the door of the room.

As a result, the room where one person was still sitting was completely dark, without any light left.

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"I really hate talking to them." Rodriguez sucked on his pipe, puffing out dark smoke. The piano not far away was clearly playing strange music despite being unplayed.

"A group of people just talk empty talk, holding on to their own petty thoughts or outdated old ideas all day long..." Rodriguez's tone was filled with dissatisfaction. He looked at the "Daily Prophet" on the table, wondering. He was thinking about something, "I've forced them to this point, and they still just want to pretend to be dead. Hey, the Crow Party, why not change their name to the Corpse Party tomorrow?"

Debra stood nearby, not daring to say even half a word.If possible, she wished she had never heard these words at all.

"Tell me, Debra, will this kid guess something again..." Rodriguez knocked on the newspaper on the table and said softly: "The people at the Ministry of Magic are still as stingy as ever, this kid You’ve seen through every move I make, and you’re actually worth a second-level Medal of Sir Merlin?”

Debra knew that she would not be able to avoid Rodriguez's question, so she could only answer helplessly: "I don't know, you and him are both smart, and I can't figure out your thoughts. But I think the other four people at the top probably guessed what you were thinking."

"Don't belittle yourself, Debra, you are also very smart." Rodriguez lowered his eyebrows and took a deep breath from the pipe. Wisps of smoke escaped and floated as the tobacco burned. "You are right, they Of course, it can be seen that I am forcing the Crow Party to show up completely. That kid dares to personally get involved in this matter, how can he not even dare to bear a mere reputation? As a result, today this group of people suddenly appeared again He changed his mind at the last moment, haha, the little abacus made an alarming sound, and it almost came to my ears!"

Just after saying this, Rodriguez was suddenly startled, then raised his head and looked at Debra, with a little joy in his eyes, "Oh? Debra, I just said you are very smart."

Debra looked confused, wondering what Rodriguez had thought about.

"You are right, dear Debra..." Rodriguez waved his hand and stopped playing the piano, stood up and quickly walked to his desk. "Since the four of them have seen this obvious inconvenience, Conspiracy, how could that kid not see it..."

In fact, of course Moon guessed it - not so thoroughly, not so clearly, but he did guess it.

Just as Munn said at the time, the dark wizards of the Crow Party will definitely push Munn to the forefront in the future to whitewash themselves, and at the same time use Munn to replace them and be at the forefront of public opinion.But this trick is so simple, so simple that Moon can come up with countermeasures at his fingertips.It would have been understandable for someone else to use this trick, but after all, Rodriguez had seen him use the school newspaper to manipulate public opinion, so how could he not have thought that he would easily find countermeasures?

This was the underlying reason that Moon did not tell at the time. The reason why he guessed that Rodriguez would use public opinion to push him to the front was because all the black wizards of the Crow Party who took action that day were all wearing black wizards of the Crow Party. The iconic robe.

This means that although Rodriguez pushed the werewolf out as a scapegoat, he did not intend to make the Crow Party completely invisible. Instead, he deliberately wanted to expose that the matter was related to the Crow Party, so that even the Ministry of Magic could not suppress the news. .

Otherwise, if it is really just to force Fudge to step down, there are still werewolves charging ahead anyway, and the dark wizards of the Crow Party can just put on ordinary black robes and act.In this way, the Ministry of Magic is likely to choose not to announce that this matter was the work of the Crow Party, but only to say that it was a conspiracy by a group of dark wizards in order to maintain stability and cover up the dirty work within the Ministry of Magic, as before.

And this completely conflicts with their approach of selling the werewolves and letting the werewolves attack Diagon Alley on their own.If the Crow Party intends to both force Fudge to step down and take the opportunity to expose themselves, their best option would be to directly lead the werewolves to attack the Ministry of Magic or attack London. Not only would this cause greater harm, but the exposure would also be lower. higher.

Therefore, there is only one reasonable explanation left, and it is also the real reason why Moon's black wizards will use the power of public opinion to push him to power, which Moon has not told anyone else.

The original plan of the Crow Party was to act in secret, remove Fudge and replace them with one of their own.However, the person in charge this time wanted to let the Crow Party come to the forefront, so he deliberately made his own arrangements in many matters.In this case, the dark wizard of the Crow Party will definitely push him up.At this time, Moon will definitely pull out the Crow Party. After all, the person in charge, Rodriguez, has already seen that Moon is not afraid of taking responsibility and making a statement, and will definitely take the opportunity to dig out the Crow Party. A "cancer" is exposed to the sun.

Although Moon didn't know why and what the differences of opinion and partisanship among the Crow Party originated from.But there is no doubt that the enemy intends to hand over the knife, and he will naturally have to catch the knife to death.

In business, exaggerating and exploiting each other is nothing more than playing one more round with the defeated opponent.

What's more, the target of this defeated general in the new round is not himself.

Moon shook his head, put the two newspapers into his bag, and then drank the milk in one gulp - he didn't want to drink it in such a hurry, but he found that several people around him seemed to be about to drink the report from the Daily Prophet Finished reading it too.

So he must drink faster, otherwise...

"Thank Merlin and his whole family!" Arlin turned sideways, grabbed Munn's shoulders, and shook him hard, "Mounn! You are going to receive the Merlin Order of Merlin!!!"

Everyone looked at Moon with excitement. For the first time in the past few days, the Hufflepuff table became the center of attention in the entire auditorium.

Some young Muggle-born wizards who were not sure what the Order of Merlin was, hurriedly asked around, and then joined the shocked group after they found out.

"I think you'd better get used to it. Maybe there will be more and more of these things in the future." Gabriel finally understood, and he started to persuade others, "Think about it, maybe Munn will come up with it every now and then." Come up with something, publish it in newspapers, win awards, we can't be shocked here every day."

"I think Gabriel is right." Gal nodded thoughtfully, "So we should do a celebration."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

“How about tossing and catching?”

"I think it's fine."