Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Ms. Bones and Professor Dumbledore looked relieved. Although the old lion Scrimgeour tried his best to keep a straight face, it was obvious that he was no longer tense.Behind the three of them, further away, Professor Snape looked here expressionlessly, showing no emotion.

An is not here. It seems that the uncle has not gone to the basement to call her and the children at home.

And Cornelius Fudge, the former minister who had narrowly escaped death and completely lost his face tonight, was looking at them with a complicated expression.

Resentment, depression, frustration, sadness...

Moon sighed inaudibly, and after Golov let go of his arms, he whispered: "It's okay, everything is over, at least for now."

"So, what happened?" Scrimgeour took two steps forward and came to the side of Ms. Bones. "Why did Ken O'Gorman suddenly take you away? Also, I didn't seem to see it. he."

"That's not the real Ken O'Gorman." Moon shook his head. "It's Ekel Weaving. The real Ken O'Gorman has probably been imprisoned by Weaving. I'm afraid you have to find a way to find him." Once found. As for Ekel Weven himself...he is dead."

"Dead?" Scrimgeour frowned suddenly. He wanted to ask more questions, but Ms. Bones held out her hand to stop him.

"Okay, Scrimgeour, tonight is not the right time to continue these questions. I think neither Moon nor Edgar will refuse to go to the Ministry of Magic tomorrow and explain everything to us there."

After saying that, Ms. Bones turned to Golov and Professor Dumbledore and nodded: "Since Moon and Edgar are back, let's not bother you for now. If there is anything, If necessary, you can send someone to inform me again, and I should sleep in the ministry tonight."

The two of them naturally had no objections to this. After bidding farewell to Ms. Bones, they watched Ms. Bones lead Scrimgeour out of the main hall, and left with the Aurors under surveillance around the manor.

"The ministers have left, let's leave too, Severus." Professor Dumbledore laughed, "leaving the rest of the time to their family——"

As the old man spoke, he glanced at the big clock hanging on the wall, "——I just haven't finished reading my book yet, not to mention that I have to notify others to stop the search and rescue. It seems that there is still plenty of work to do tonight."

He said one sentence to the left and the other to the right, but just like Ms. Bones, he didn't even mention Fudge.

But what can Fudge say?Do you want to say "Don't leave, don't leave me alone"?

The former minister really wished he could stand up and say goodbye as easily as others.

But he couldn't do it, because he was just a former Minister of Magic who was kidnapped by a dark wizard.

When Professor Dumbledore left with Snape, Edgar was also sent to the basement - Ann and the children at home were still staying there. Now that the dust had settled, someone had to inform them.Although it would be fine to arrange for house elves to do this kind of thing, it is obviously more inappropriate to leave Edgar here.

"You are the only ones with me now." Fudge sat dejectedly on the sofa, his face pale and his eyes dull. "You can humiliate me as much as you like."

"No one wants to humiliate you, Connelly." Golov sighed and pulled Moon to sit opposite Fudge. "Never."

"But you have been humiliating me." Fudge clenched his hands together, and his knuckles were obviously blue from excessive exertion. "Always, all the time. Since I just took over last year, I want to review Forest Dempsey's case. From then on, you have tried every possible means to obstruct me and cause me trouble. Whether it’s your Shafiq family or that guy Dumbledore, you all want to be my enemy!”

"Now you are satisfied, I stepped down, you have solved all the troubles, you are heroes, I am a scum abandoned by the times."

"But I can't figure it out! Why? Why do you have to go against me? Will my handling of Forest Dempsey affect you, or will my handling of the werewolf chaos affect you?"

The more he talked, the more excited he became. Later, he couldn't help but punch the coffee table between the sofas. "Why can't you just watch from the sidelines!"

"Looking at you causing chaos in the wizarding world, until there are fires and smoke everywhere, we will stand up to answer your call and act as firefighters?" Moon asked calmly, "Is this what you want? We Why don't we support you? Isn't it because you did something wrong and you were unqualified? If you were a qualified Minister of Magic, we would have to deal with you if we were full?"

Fudge glanced at Moon, and then moved his gaze back to Golov's face. "Is this what you meant? Golov? Or is this what Albus Dumbledore meant?" "

Golov looked at Fudge in surprise, and finally stopped laughing after a long while. He seemed to be sighing, but also seemed to be disdainful and said: "Fudge, haven't you understood it yet? No one meant it, we all thought so. , if you have to say who meant this...then you can understand that this is what Moon meant, we just understood his thoughts and saw through your hypocrisy, so we supported his decision."

"Just for a little kid? A kid who was 12 years old last year and 13 years old this year?" Fudge was furious. At this moment, he was more energetic, and his face was no longer as pale as before, but turned purple. , blue veins showing, "What does he know! I am the Minister of Magic!"

"First of all, you are just a former minister, and secondly, it was me, a 13-year-old kid, who stopped Rodriguez's entire conspiracy." Moon waved his wand, controlled the kettle on the table and poured three glasses of water. "Of course , if you have to worry about this, you are right, I am just a 13-year-old kid, but this does not prevent you from being incompetent as the Minister of Magic."

He raised his hand to stop Fudge from speaking, and continued: "Mr. Fudge, you have been in office for more than a year. What achievements have you made? The retrial of Forest Dempsey resulted in the old Dempsey being hacked. The wizard kidnapped him. What solution did you come up with? It was to prevent Old Dempsey’s son, an 11-year-old child, from seeing his mother, lest he and his mother be killed together, which would harm Old Dempsey. Xi’s wish and make you lose face.”

"What else? Regarding werewolves, a law was issued that was obviously forcing the werewolves to rebel, and the result was such a big mess."

"The only commendable things you have done in the past year or so are only two things - catching Voldemort's former subordinate, Jacob Thor, and rehabilitating Sirius Black. But what are the facts? The facts are , you don’t have half of the credit for these two things.”

"You have not developed the economy and industry, you have not correctly improved existing laws and regulations, and you have not promoted academic research. I even suspect that you do not have a correct leadership policy at all. Political, economic, cultural, academic... What have you done? Or what have you done? What have you done? No, not at all. For more than a year, you have only clung to your ministerial position from beginning to end, relying on crooked ways to gain political achievements for yourself."

"On the one hand, you feel inferior to your own incompetence, and on the other hand, you are unwilling to be just an ordinary Minister of Magic. You are not enterprising enough, and you are unwilling to stick to your standards. When you first took office, you were willing to write two letters to Professor Dumbledore. Ask for your opinion. As soon as the old Dempsey incident came out, you started to keep a tight face and decided that we were all your enemies. You refused to admit your mistakes or admit defeat, and gritted your teeth and immersed yourself in studying the things on the wrong path."

Moon picked up the water glass, took a sip, and then whispered: "We have already reached this stage, and you don't even dare to admit how wrong you are? Wake up, even Rodrigo Even dark wizards like this look down on you, thinking that you are just a piece of dough that he can shape and flatten."

The emotional Fudge was like a broken bellows, breathing loudly, and his face turned red and white.He clenched his fists tightly, as if he wanted to come up and punch Moon twice in the face.

After all, he was also the former Minister of Magic, but now he was reduced to listening to a 13-year-old little wizard commenting on his worthlessness.

But in the end, he loosened his fist and his head drooped.

"What if there are no such things?" After a while, Fudge finally muttered in a low voice: "I am trapped in the Ministry of Magic, and I can be a puppet minister with peace of mind. I listen to Dumbledore on everything. You guys Will they not oppose me? But are those still my decisions? When I become the Minister of Magic, will I have to be Dumbledore's dog? I can't have any ideas of my own and must obey others honestly. Manipulating?"

"No one wants you to be a puppet, Mr. Fudge. You can have your own ideas, but they can't be wrong, at least they can't be so wrong. Any wrong decision made by a person in a high position will have negative consequences for others. A huge disaster. If your law this year is really implemented smoothly, how many werewolves will be forced to rebel? How many casualties will it cause? If Rodriguez hadn't intervened this time, without our help, How many people do you think will die?"

"People can't, at least they shouldn't make mistakes again and again. Doing the wrong thing insistently is the real reason why you are forced to step down, not because you are unwilling to be Professor Dumbledore's puppet - not to mention that he never took you as a puppet. Over the puppet.”

Fudge didn't speak any more. He picked up the water glass on the table and drank all the water in the glass without leaving a drop. Then he lowered his head, shuffled his steps, and walked out of Shafiq Manor dejectedly.

"Do you think he can realize his mistake?" Golov said as he leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest.

Moon shook his head, "That's not important, and it has nothing to do with me. What I said was actually just to criticize him."

Golov suddenly laughed. He turned his head, looked at Moon's profile, and put his hand on Moon's shoulder. "Indeed, it's not important anymore."

There were noisy sounds outside, and you could vaguely hear the children at home chattering around Edgar asking questions.Edgar kept talking nonsense as usual, teasing these brats, and then was defeated under Hesper's leading condemnation.

The rain was still falling, and a small river was flowing in the drainage ditch. The street lamps created a rainbow-colored halo in the rain, trying to emit their own weak light, trying to illuminate the darkness of the entire night.

The big clock sounded a dull sound when it turned to the hour.

The night had come to an end without even realizing it.

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The next day, according to what Ms. Bones said, Edgar took Moon to the Ministry of Magic.

The two first explained everything that happened after the battle last night - of course, the kind of confession they had made together.

In order to find out who the betrayer was, Ekel Weaving attacked Ken O'Gorman, used polyjuice potion to pretend to be Ken O'Gorman, and participated in the Aurors' actions. And at the end, Edgar is taken away with a portkey.

Moon stepped in, and he and Edgar were taken to an open field by the portkey. After a fight, Moon, who was still secretly injured, was held hostage by Ekel Weaving. Edgar was forced to take away the old man. The truth was revealed.Unable to accept the huge blow, Ekel Weaving directly apparated away, leaving only Moon and Edgar to return to Shafiq Manor.

After the explanation, while accompanying Edgar through the reinstatement process, the two of them met Ken O'Gorman, who had been rescued early this morning.He looked a little pale, but there were no injuries on his body.Perhaps Scrimgeour told him what happened last night, which made him apologize to Edgar and Moon for a long time.

After the three chatted for a while, O'Gorman also told what happened to him - two days ago, Ekel came to him and said he wanted to buy him two glasses of wine and talk about his concerns.As a result, before reaching the bar, Ekel suddenly attacked, and a stun spell sent him to sleep for a long time.

Finally, Aurors from the Ministry of Magic found him in the basement of Weaving's house.

Because everyone still had something to do, everyone left without chatting for too long.

After walking out of the Ministry of Magic, Edgar took Moon to find a Muggle restaurant and ordered some hamburgers and fries. Then while eating, he casually asked, "I thought you were going to say that Ecker was in cahoots." Rodriguez’s thing.”

"It's not necessary." Moon shook his head. "He is already dead. Exposing this matter will only affect his family. His fault has nothing to do with his family. It is always good to be less involved. If I If I remember correctly...he said before that his son will go to Hogwarts next year."

"You remember correctly, Daley Weaving, the last time I saw that boy must have been four or five years ago." Edgar sighed, "That boy is much kinder than Ekel, and he is very bookish. , Wearing a pair of thick glasses, once the glasses are taken off, nothing can be seen clearly."

Moon was about to talk when he noticed that Edgar's eyes suddenly lit up and he waved towards the restaurant window.

Moon was startled for a moment, then realized. He was still curious about why Uncle Edgar didn't take him home, but went to a Muggle restaurant to eat. Now it seemed that Uncle Edgar was obviously waiting for someone.

So he also turned around and looked out the window, and at a glance he saw a beautiful woman wearing a black leather coat, with short dark brown hair, a heroic appearance and a high nose, smiling brightly at the two of them.

The face in front of him quickly matched a certain photo in his memory. Moon nodded politely to the woman, and then looked at Edgar with a narrow face.

As Edgar stood up to greet him, he bared his teeth at Moon confidently, "I promised to take you to meet my aunt, and now you have met~"

Chapter 122 Visit

In the blink of an eye, the Easter holiday is already halfway over.

After breakfast, Ern yelled and dragged Hesper, Quaid, and six-year-old Richard into the garden to catch gnomes - a kind of gnome that is only one foot tall but has a big head. Surprisingly little things that like to dig holes under plants and live inside them.Recently, a small part of the flowers in the garden have withered. It doesn't take much thinking to know that it must be the fault of the goblins.

Normally, it was Lava's job to take care of the garden, and Lava could always quickly detect the invasion of goblins when only one or two flowers showed abnormalities.But unfortunately, it has been sent out by Golov to deliver some important letters recently. It has not returned since it went out the day before yesterday.So Owen volunteered to take on this "important task".

An didn't stop them. After all, goblins are easy to catch. These gadgets have very bad minds. When they realize that the owner of the garden is getting rid of goblins, they will pop up from the ground to watch.

Moon had always thought that goblins were probably the stupid roe deers of the wizarding world.

The younger Olanda and Xiaoni did not dare to catch the goblin with their own hands, but they did not want to be abandoned by their brothers and sisters, so they followed behind secretly, peeking around the corner and looking like two little thieves. of.

Originally, Ouen wanted to call Munn, but he knocked on the door twice and was directly rejected by Munn.

There was no way, Moon had more important things to do.

He was sitting astride a chair, staring at his wardrobe with a frown on his face.

This set seemed too formal, that one seemed too old-fashioned, and I finally found one that suited the style. However, the style was too restrictive, and I felt a bit awkward after wearing it.

Of course he wouldn't have such troubles in normal times. He would just pull out a suit from the closet and wrap it around him. Anyway, he has a handsome face to support the scene, so he doesn't have to pay too much attention to the occasion when he goes to school or travels.In school, you have to wear a robe every day, and it doesn't matter what you wear underneath.Besides, no matter how he wore it, it was much better than wearing a hospital gown every day in his previous life.

But today is clearly different.

It wasn't until 10 minutes of searching that he finally picked out a black shirt and casual pants of the same color. After putting them on, he looked in the mirror and played with his hair.

He didn't understand why he had to worry about this. Anyway...it was always right to pay attention.

After finally finishing taking care of himself, Moon breathed a sigh of relief and was about to find a book to read for a while when he heard a loud scream suddenly coming from downstairs.

Moon opened the door curiously and walked outside. As soon as he leaned on the railing and looked down, he saw Richard walking in with a gnome hanging from his hand and tears streaming down his face.And the goblin was still looking sideways with his big eyes rolling, probably because he didn't quite understand his situation and situation.

Ann, who was also changing clothes, walked out of the room with her hair down. She waved her wand helplessly and knocked the goblin off Richard's hand, and then hurried downstairs. "It's okay, it's okay, Richard." , let Buffy apply some ointment on you, otherwise it will swell up later. Buffy! Buffy!"

The house elf appeared in response and took Ann and Richard out of the main hall, leaving only Owen, Hesper and Quaid staring at each other.

Moon smiled and shook his head, waved to Olanda and Xiaoni who were hiding outside the door and looking in, and then said to the three of Owen: "Okay, don't stand there stupidly, go quickly Wash your hands and tidy up, I'll take care of the remaining goblins."

The three of them ran towards their rooms as if they had been granted amnesty. Olanda and Xiaoni also showed their heads, opened their hands and asked Munn for a hug.

Three minutes later, Edgar finally woke up and opened the window of his room. He was about to look out at the beautiful scenery in the garden, but suddenly he found a funny scene in the garden - Moon was walking in front, and behind him There is also a rope following, and every few steps forward, a goblin will be picked up from the ground using a weird spell and handed to the rope.Then the rope will tie up the goblin by itself, for Olanda and Shawnee to poke left and right with their eyes wide open for wanton study.

Although it should be a scene of harmony and friendship, Edgar still felt that the goblins strung on the rope were a bit... miserable.

Then he quickly straightened his pajamas and rushed downstairs to join the team poking the goblins.

…………

At the same time that Edgar, Shawnee, and Oranda were following Moon's butt and teasing the goblins crazily, someone was experiencing the same predicament that Moon had experienced a few minutes ago.

"Violet, have you chosen your clothes?" Mrs. Evelina knocked on Violet's door helplessly, "We are going to be late."

"It'll be ready soon!" Violet responded repeatedly, struggling to choose the most suitable one among three sets of clothes of different styles, and then stuffed the other two sets back into the closet.

Outside the door, Mrs. Evelina shrugged at Mr. Evelina. Mr. Evelina shook his head, dumbfounded and stared at his watch, estimating the time.

Theoretically, they could actually Apparate directly there. Anyway, they spent the night at Violet's grandmother's house last night, and the distance to Shafiq Manor was not far at all.But the problem is that Mr. Averina has not experienced disembodiment a few times so far. If he really uses this method to rush, he will most likely vomit at the door of Shafiq Manor.

It would be extremely embarrassing then.

As for Floo fans…

He was obviously going to be a guest at someone's house, but he ended up being ejected from the fireplace in disgrace - this was too weird.

Only Violet's grandmother, Mrs. Euphemia, remained calm, and even teased the couple, "Okay, don't rush me. I remember when you two were dating, Melissa almost always It takes an hour or two to prepare clothes and makeup.”

While the three of them were talking, Violet, who had already put her clothes together and tied her hair, hurriedly pushed the door open and walked out of the room.Wearing a white shirt, a brown rhombus plaid cardigan, an over-the-knee pleated skirt of the same color and full brogue leather shoes, it looks girly.

"Mom, is my robe outside? I remember I hung it on the clothes hanger at the door last night."

"I'll get it for you, Melissa. Go and tie Violet's hair. I think she's almost overwhelmed." Mr. Averina responded with a smile, and checked the time one last time. Then he quickly got up and fetched Violet's robe.

After a while, the door lock of the cabin was clicked, and Violet and her family stepped out of the door.

On the other side, Edgar rounded his arms and threw the long string of goblins far away with a "whoosh~" sound.

Shawnie and Olanda clapped excitedly, as if they had seen something extraordinary. Edgar smiled mischievously and even raised his eyebrows at Moon.

"Stop being so pretty, uncle, go back and change clothes quickly." Moon looked helplessly at Edgar, "Violet and the others should be arriving soon. You don't want to see people in your pajamas."

Edgar's eyebrows immediately drooped, and he deliberately pretended to be reluctant. While pulling Shaunie and Olanda back, he muttered, "We haven't even gotten together yet and we started talking to each other." Your uncle is being picky. If you really get together in the future, then there will be no place for me in this family."

Moon rolled his eyes behind him, listening to his uncle talking about things like "I was obviously the one who came here first" and "How could this be like this"? He was thinking about whether he should take time to do it for his uncle. A banner of "outstanding Bai scholars".

How can one learn this thing without a teacher?

However, Edgar's "grievance" did not last long, because not long after, Golov, who had finished his family affairs, quietly appeared at the door of the main hall and glared at Edgar with a stern face.

Facing the extraordinary pressure from his biological brother, Edgar was naturally unable to resist at all, and could only sneak back to the room in despair, even his two little nieces were abandoned.If Moon hadn't been behind, Shawnie and Olanda would have cried to Edgar every minute.

The minute hand of the clock quietly passed ten spaces amidst Moon's expectation. Seeing that the time was almost up, Golov nodded lightly to An, and An responded, and his fingers were still a little swollen. Richard temporarily handed it over to Hesper, then stood up and led Moon towards the gate of the manor.

"How are you, are you nervous, Moon." Walking on the stone road of the manor, An glanced at Moon lightly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's normal to be nervous. This is the first time your father asked me out. By that time, I couldn’t even speak English well.”

She seemed to be in a particularly good mood today. Even though Richard was unfortunately bitten by a goblin, her mood was not negatively affected at all.

"Stop teasing me, Mom." Munn raised his hand to rub his hair out of habit, but when he raised his hand halfway, he remembered that he had just finished combing his hair when he left the room in the morning - it was best not to do it so quickly. He messed up his hair and lost it. "We are only 13 years old, and our relationship is not that close yet."

An smiled softly and tightened the fox velvet shawl she was wearing. "What's wrong with being 13 years old? Mom supports you. You know, there are many pure-blood wizards from well-off families and long-standing heritage. When they were 13 years old, Start choosing a wife and husband and get ready for the engagement.”

Moon subconsciously wanted to complain about what era this happened, but suddenly remembered that he had indeed seen a similar description in a book introducing wizard customs in the library, and it was not that long ago. Today, there are still a few wizard families who still adhere to this habit.

He was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say, so he could only laugh awkwardly, which earned An a teasing look.