Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"Keira cried so hard that she didn't even go to eat dinner. Violet and the others were probably comforting her in the room." Gabrielle spread her hands, "After all, today's game was such a pity. "

"Okay..." Moon shook his arm, and Snowball pushed his head into his arm twice more in dissatisfaction. "I'm going back to the room first."

Gabriel waved his hand, and then pulled up his parchment, and saw that the writing was almost five feet long. He was probably catching up on homework in the Potions class or the History of Magic class.

Moon walked through the door in the common room and returned to the room. Before he could push the door open, the dormitory door was opened from the inside.

"Hey, you're back?" Gal carried the lunch box. "I'm going to the kitchen to get some food. Do you want to come with me?"

"I won't go. Snowball is already on me." Moon shook the cat in his arms again. This time, Snowball didn't move at all and seemed to have fallen asleep.

The two of them got out of the way, one walked into the dormitory, and the other went straight to the kitchen.

As a result, it was almost an hour later that Gal finally came back with a dark face - and the lunch box in his hand disappeared.

"Merlin's beard! When will Professor Dumbledore fire Filch!" He angrily sat down on the bed and shouted dissatisfied, "I just came out of the kitchen and he bumped into me. Damn it! Filch didn't patrol the upper floors properly, why did he suddenly run downstairs!"

"So your lunch box was confiscated?" Yaerlin leaned on the bed and muttered in a half-asleep state: "How long have you been in confinement?"

As soon as the word "confinement" was mentioned, Gal suddenly turned into a frustrated ball. He threw his head back on the bed and murmured with dull eyes, "I have to clean up those in the corridor for a whole week." The statue of the knight - can you imagine? He even asked me to polish the armor until it shined."

"I just said you'd better not go." Yaerlin probably buried his face in the pillow, so his words were a little unclear.A few seconds later, he finally touched the box of milk shortbread on the bedside table, but when he threw it, he threw it in the wrong direction, and the box of shortbread almost hit Moon's face.

Moon helplessly threw the shortbread to Gal, and then said casually: "Just wipe it, who told you to go to the kitchen after dark? Next time, you can consider bringing some food back for dinner. "

Unable to refute, Gal had no choice but to spit all his breath on the shortbread. He bit the shortbread so loudly that it sounded like a mouse had entered the dormitory. Even Snowball in his sleep couldn't help but chew on it. Looked over there twice.

This venting ended with a pillow thrown by Arlin.

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With the fourth Quidditch match over the weekend, the remaining two games will not officially start until May, which allows the young players of each academy team to finally get some breathing space.

Except, of course, Harry.

He has now begun to regret that he caught the golden snitch in the last game - the victory in this game against Hufflepuff meant that they only had the last opponent left, which was the oldest of the four house teams. Weak Ravenclaw team.But the problem is that Wood has no intention of letting him rest at all, and even intensifies his training.

In Wood's words, "You can't relax just because your opponent is weak."

Harry couldn't help but wonder if Wood would have given him two less extra training sessions if he hadn't caught the golden snitch.

It's a pity no.

If it had been a few years ago, after last week's game, the little wizards would have entered a relatively boring stage.For the next month and a half, they had no exams to review for and no games to watch.

But things are different now. Before entering the "boring period", they can still enjoy a wonderful duel.

That's right, the last game of the Final Four.

Although almost everyone thinks that the Qingshui team has already won the championship, everyone is still talking about whether the Trolls can win a victory or be helplessly given a clean sheet by the Qingshui team.

While discussing, everyone also did not forget to ask the professors for their opinions - such as Professor Flitwick, Professor Greengrass, Assistant Professor Lupine and Assistant Professor Black.

Milton asked Assistant Teacher Black this question during the Defense Against the Dark Arts class on Monday morning.

"Ha, it seems that everyone is very concerned about this matter." Assistant Teacher Black looked at the curious little wizards below with a teasing look, and said with a smile: "I have to say, you asked the right person. I Unlike you, Assistant Lupine, I will not give you ambiguous answers. In my opinion, Clearwater will definitely win, but Gavin Travers will probably get a victory from Clearwater. If you don’t believe it, you can see if that’s the case then.”

Many young wizards' eyes widened. The meaning of Assistant Black's words obviously proved that he had some inside information. However, no matter how many people asked, Assistant Black refused to respond, which whetted the appetite of the young wizards.

In desperation, everyone had no choice but to turn their attention to others, but as Assistant Professor Black said, the other professors refused to even give them an accurate opinion, let alone answer the doubts left by Assistant Professor Black.

In this way, under the eyes of the little wizards, the final match of the Four-wizard Tournament finally arrived.

Chapter 112 Life

The final duel of the Four Powers Tournament finally kicked off under the spotlight.

Before taking the field, many people were cheering for the players of the Trolls, hoping that they could play with dignity and excitement - of course, and more importantly, to truly prove that they can really do what Assistant Coach Black said. That way, we can win a victory from the Qingshui team.

Because after discussion, everyone finally came to the same conclusion: Unless Gavin, the strongest of the Trolls, can compete with Penelo, the weakest of the Clearwater team, on stage, the Trolls will definitely be eliminated with 0 points.

After all, Gavin's academic performance is obvious to all. The highest score in this subject can only be an A. He has only received a handful of E's in the past few years. The stupid big Slytherin is no match for the other two members of the Clearwater team. .

To be honest, he may not even be able to win with Penelo.

The little wizards watching the game slowly gathered in the makeshift dueling venue on the lawn. While contributing to the enthusiastic discussion, everyone suddenly discovered that the person standing next to Professor Flitwick and presiding over the game today was not actually... Moon, but Gemma.

Of course, this incident only made the little wizards curious for a moment. It didn't take long for the little wizards who were interested in the game to completely forget about Munn's absence.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet -" Because the surroundings were really too noisy, Gemma had to cast a loudspeaker spell on herself, and said loudly: "Captains of the Clear Water Team and the Troll Team, Penelo, Gavin, please come to the front and submit your order of appearance——"

Penello walked up to the commentary table with a relaxed expression and handed a note to Gemma.Then, after high-fiving his teammates one by one, Gavin also walked up and placed the sweat-soaked note in his hand next to Gemma's hand.

"Come on." Gemma nodded towards Gavin. Although her expression was still indifferent, the encouragement in her tone was obvious.

Gavin grinned and smirked, looking a little more like a troll.

Professor Flitwick chuckled beside him. Gemma shook her head and didn't know what to say. She simply ignored Gavin and unfolded the piece of paper with the order of appearance of the Trolls. strip.

After confirming the players of the two teams, Gemma stood up again and announced: "The second Hogwarts Four-Quarter Finals - start now! Invite the players from both sides to come on stage!"

The sixth-grade Slytherin girl from the Clearwater team walked onto the duel field. On the other side, a third-grade Ravenclaw wizard finally summoned up the courage and stood opposite her with a stubborn face.

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At the same time, in Shafiq Manor.

"What?" Golov looked at Dumbledore, Snape and his nephew in front of him in disbelief. Edgar next to him looked even more confused.

Today is March [-]th, and Edgar's life has come to an end without any surprise.Frankly speaking, for the rest of the week, Edgar just wanted to stay at home and wait to die.

According to his own ideas and arrangements, he plans to leave the manor next Monday - Edgar does not want to die in the place where he was born. In contrast, he would rather go outside and wander around, and finally die in a certain place. On a barren mountain that no one knows about.

In Edgar's words, "I don't want to die and see you walking around me crying every day."

Moreover, Edgar didn't want to show panic or attachment in front of his brothers, sisters, and other juniors.

Of course he doesn't want to die. If he can live well, who would want to die?

But doesn’t this mean that he has to die?

However, just ten seconds ago, three people suddenly ran up to him and told him that he could still be saved.

What's more, these three people are the greatest wizard today, the potion master who restored his life, and his nephew who barely has the word "miracle" tattooed on his face.

He felt that his entire worldview had been smashed to pieces by thousands of troops.

Dumbledore turned aside and handed over the explanation of the whole matter to Snape.

Although this person is a bit slow to talk, after all, he is the one who came up with this plan.

"I say, Edgar Shafiq can probably be saved." When he said this, Snape's expression was quite solemn, as if he was not announcing good news now, but announcing mourning - he didn't even think about it because of himself. He repeated a sentence twice without showing any helplessness.

"How to save? How do we need to cooperate?" Golov immediately stood up excitedly. "Do you need me to call An back? In addition, although Nora is not here, I can still find some other people who can help."

"This matter is not suitable for too many people to be involved. Apart from me and Fawkes, I only need the help of someone who knows enough about dark magic and curses. Professor Dumbledore can't help with this, because he wants to Responsible for ensuring the final finishing work. In addition-" Snape raised his head slightly and looked at Golov "-you'd better not get involved."

Golov was startled when he heard this, and his brows immediately wrinkled. "Can you tell me the reason?"

Snape straightened the collar of his robe unnaturally. "Because the success rate of this matter depends entirely on the will of Edgar Shafiq and how powerful Moon Fox can exorcise the curse. If the plan If I fail, I can only save my own life, and all three of you... will die."

The other people's attention was focused on Snape, so no one noticed that Dumbledore raised his eyebrows and glanced meaningfully at Snape.

"I don't agree -" After listening to Snape's words, the confusion on Edgar's face disappeared almost immediately. He stood up suddenly and said loudly: "There is no need to risk three lives for one life! "

Golov also hesitated. His eyes stayed on Moon, and he even forgot to respond to Edgar for a moment.

If he had to exchange his life for Edgar's life, he would not hesitate at all - even if he died, he was confident that Moon could lead the Shafiq family to live smoothly for a period of time, and even return to the family again in the future. rise.Edgar was younger and the exchange was totally worth it.

But if this involves Moon...

His lips trembled twice, and the words in his heart swirled around his mouth twice, but in the end he still couldn't express them.

"Have some faith in me, uncles." Moon said with a chuckle. He had a good sleep last night to make himself look particularly energetic. "I can guarantee that there will be no problem in dispelling Uncle Edgar's curse. So - Uncle Edgar, you just need to make sure your willpower is strong enough."

"Ahem -" To Moon's surprise, Snape did not stand on his side, and even interrupted him, saying softly: "Why are you so hasty and reckless because of Moon Fox? Before making a decision, I think it's best for me to tell you my plan."

"In fact, the reason Edgar Shafiq is alive today is because the curse in his body was weakening as he was getting weaker, which allowed me to use powerful potions to curb it. The curse within him prevented the mingling of curses from continuing to take Edgar Shafiq's life."

"However, this relies almost entirely on the toxicity of the potion. In other words, what I gave you at that time was a poison that was far more than ten times more powerful than the 'bone-eroding potion' [Note 1]."

"That's why I said at that time that as long as he drank that tube of magic potion, Edgar Shafiq would only have three months left to live."

"Not long ago, however, Moon Fox came to me and said that he had a way to break the curse on Edgar Shafiq, even if it was as strong as it was at the beginning - which I highly doubt. But it does give me a little hope to make the impossible possible.”

"With the cooperation of another person, I can find a way to stimulate the black magic remnants in Edgar Shafiq's body. Those black magic remnants are closely connected with the curse contained in his body by the magic potion. As long as he receives a little stimulation , the curse will grow stronger again. And then, when the curse grows stronger, the medicinal properties and toxicity in Edgar Shafiq’s body will be completely destroyed and eliminated.”

"Then, as long as Edgar Shafiq can resist the double destruction of his spirit and body by the curse, and always keep himself awake and not transform into a monster - I have said it long ago, Edgar Shafiq The reason why the curse in Fick's body is so difficult is because he was once tried to transform into a monster by the Crow Party. If the curse becomes stronger now, the unfinished transformation process is likely to continue again."

"As long as Edgar Shafiq can bear it, Moon Fox can dispel the curse in time when the medicine and poison in Edgar Shafiq's body disappear..."

"Edgar Shafiq's life will naturally be saved."

Except for Dumbledore and Moon, who already knew the entire plan, Golov and Edgar were all shocked by Snape's bold idea.

Not to mention how shocking it is to "actively promote the curse and make the power of the curse grow again", the intensity of the curse that Munn needs to dispel is enough to make people feel outrageous.

what does this mean?

This means that what Moon wants to dispel is the curse that made all the healers in St. Mungo's helpless three months ago, and even Severus Snape could only use potions to solve it.

If Moon hadn't stood in front of them confidently, they would have thought that this was a fantasy and that Snape was telling a completely unfunny joke.

"Theoretically, we only need to worry about Uncle Edgar's willpower. After all, he is someone who can cheat even when having a snowball fight with a child." Moon said jokingly, trying to make the atmosphere less tense. "As for my That part, Uncle Golov and Uncle Edgar, you should all know that I will not boast about things that I can't do, especially if it is related to Uncle Edgar's life."

No one paid attention to his teasing. Golov was still hesitating. Edgar lowered his head. He didn't know what he was thinking, but judging from his facial expression, he still resisted.

Moon also knew that talking more would be useless, so he simply left all his time to his two uncles.

Then, before Edgar raised his head again and was about to refuse, he said again, "If you still have questions about this part of dispelling the curse, I can demonstrate my method first."

As he spoke, he stood among several people, "Professor Snape, I'm sorry."

Snape stared at Munn until three seconds later, when he suddenly pulled out his wand and whispered something to Munn.

The next moment, a jet-black light penetrated into Munn's body. Almost instantly, Munn's face began to turn black, and even his pupils showed signs of being dyed black.He groaned in pain, his feet became unsteady, and he knelt down on one knee.

Dumbledore had already prepared his wand, and he stared firmly into Moon's eyes - if the color had changed more than half, he would never have been able to endure it until the end before taking action as Moon had said before.Golov and Edgar's hands holding the wand even shook slightly. If Golov hadn't stopped him, Edgar might have started trying to break the curse.

Under the nervous gazes of the four people, Moon raised his palms, struggled hard to keep his posture stable, and then put his palms against his chest.

The soft white light suddenly covered Munn's entire body, even faintly twinkling with stars. Then, the darkness on his face was immediately cleared away, as if it had never appeared before.

"Huh..." Moon breathed out, stood up steadily, and showed a smile to several people, "Look, it's like this."

Golov's face was filled with joy, and Dumbledore also smiled softly. Edgar's mind, which had finally calmed down, immediately fell into entanglement again.

Snape put his wand back into his sleeve and stood silently, saying nothing.

"Are you really sure that you can remove the curse from Edgar's body?" After Moon turned around and faced him, Golov asked in a deep voice: "This is no child's play, Moon."

"Don't worry." Munn looked firm and solemnly made his promise.

"Okay, I agree." Golov smoothed his hair with his hands and straightened his clothes. "If you are really so sure, then I will personally go into battle. After all, looking at the entire Shafiq family, it is impossible. There are people who are more proficient in black magic and curses than I am.”

Moon understood what Uncle Golov meant, but he obviously had no position to stop it.

Edgar still wanted to refuse, but when he raised his head and saw his brother's eyes, he knew that he had no reason to refuse.

How to refuse?

After all, it is nothing more than "for the family", or as even a primary school student can understand, "three lives for one life, no gain in blood."

But Moon's assurance was unequivocal, and Golov's eyes showed that he had completely accepted everything.

"I...I'm going to wash my face." Edgar swallowed, feeling the struggle in his heart. At this moment, he no longer had the carefree look in the past. Instead, there was a sudden, A heavy sense of responsibility.

Golov said nothing. He knew very well that the heaviest and most painful thing in his heart was still Edgar.

Because for Edgar, if he doesn't accept it, he will be abandoning all the efforts, dedication and sacrifices made by his family and friends for him; but if he accepts it, he will become a completely unworthy attempt. the sole beneficiary.

There are two forked roads on the left and right, and no one can tell which side has the more expensive tolls.

So Golov just tapped Edgar on the shoulder.

Edgar forced a smile and walked into the bathroom with difficulty.

He turned on the faucet, but did not start washing his face immediately. Instead, he raised his head and stared at himself in the mirror.

His face was sallow, his face was thin, and even his eye frames were already showing a bit of gauntness? - The man in the mirror looked nothing like him three months ago, no high-spirited, no boyish lightness, even All confidence is gone.

He wants to live.

Edgar closed his eyes, suddenly raised his hand, and punched the mirror.

The flat mirror instantly shattered into cracks, and the ugly and haggard face in the picture was directly divided into dozens of equally broken parts. In the middle of the cracks, blood spread bit by bit.