Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"Don't talk nonsense. I've been to your office so many times, but I've never kicked the door down once. I use my hands seriously every time."

The old man and the young man looked at each other, with smiles on their faces at the same time.

"But -" Professor Dumbledore raised a finger "-you should understand what this means?"

"I understand, I understand very well." Moon nodded in response, and said clearly and neatly: "It's a class, Horcruxes, it's not a big deal, I've dealt with all the living dark wizards, including a half-dead Voldemort."

Professor Dumbledore suddenly laughed. "Even if he is half dead, Voldemort is not comparable to an ordinary dark wizard. Don't be careless."

"Don't worry, after all, I won't be careless." Moon leaned back in his chair. "In terms of caution, I feel that I am very reliable."

"Then it's settled." Professor Dumbledore picked up another candy from the candy tray, and this time, Moon did not refuse. "Starting next week, or every Friday, remember to come. No matter what Anyway, we always need to make more preliminary preparations. In addition-"

After Moon took the candy, the professor opened the drawer and took out a batch of approval notes. "These are all the books about Horcruxes that I can think of in the library. I need you to browse them all during this time." . Only by knowing as much as possible about Horcruxes can you follow the course later and find out how to really deal with Horcruxes."

Moon peeled off the transparent candy wrapper, threw the gummy inside into his mouth, then took the note happily, and quickly glanced at the long row of book titles on it, "Okay, I understand, no problem."

"Okay, let's go back, ah... I didn't realize it was so late. I've been running around for more than a month. I have to have a good rest in the next few days." The old man yawned and said with a smile: "I really envy you. These young people are full of energy and have the physical strength to keep up.”

"Indeed, we just have little time." Moon stood up and bowed to the old man, "Then, I'll go back first, Professor."

"Well, see you next Friday."

Watching the young man slowly leaving the door, Dumbledore was silent for a moment, and his right hand unconsciously rested on the edge of the unclosed drawer.

There was a book inside, a very important book about Horcruxes.

After thinking for a while, he finally chose to close the drawer again.

Chapter 21 Duel Club that responds to everything

On Sunday afternoon, when he arrived at the large classroom that had been cleared out on the fifth floor, Moon was in a very relaxed mood.

The homework was finished, and the manuscript for the school newspaper was also finished. In the next afternoon, he only needed to help complete the admissions, and then go to the school newspaper office to do the final review of the manuscript, and then he could go back to the common room to read in peace. .

Although it sounds like he is still very busy, compared to Moon's initial weekend arrangements, it is actually very good.

Of course, in this world, although quality is not conserved, happiness is often conserved.

What does that mean?

That is, when one person feels extra happiness, it is likely that others will feel unhappiness at the same time.

This is the so-called "There are no quiet years, but there are people who are carrying the burden for you."

At this moment, everyone in the school newspaper office was "carrying forward" for Moon.Although they had experienced Moon's absence for a short period of time last semester, the problem was that the managers of the school newspaper at that time were Gabriel and Gemma.And now, both Gabriel and Gemma have successfully graduated from Hogwarts...

"How many more manuscripts are there? Ah... forget it, you don't have to answer me. Gal, have you finished writing the manuscript about your handmade blueberry cheesecake? Merlin's old pants! Don't worry about which cheese anymore. More appropriate! Write both!" Nash pulled his hair painfully, looking at the manuscripts spread out on the table, wishing he could split himself into ten or twenty parts. "Other sections Is everything basically ok? Violet, have you finished drawing the picture for the front-page news?"

"It's almost there. It will be done before three o'clock." Violet gestured with her left hand while her right hand continued to wave on the canvas.

"Okay, okay." After finally getting some satisfactory news, Nash couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. "I'll take another look... Hagrid's manuscript about the Chinese Fireball Dragon. How are you polishing it, Garforth?"

"Half done."

"Already? Half of it?" Nash's eyes widened. "You seem to think this is fast?! Didn't you get the manuscript yesterday morning?"

Garforth shrugged his shoulders, "This is the same speed in the past. Hagrid's submission is late. What can I do? Why don't you give it a try? Let alone polishing it, just understand what Hagrid wrote and then give it to me." It took him a long time just to pick out the misspelled words. Did you know that in a manuscript with such complicated wording, Hagrid didn't write as many correct words as he did wrong?"

"Okay, okay..." Nash scratched his head irritably again. He exhaled slowly, his expression full of helplessness. "I'm too anxious... Hey, I really miss Gabriel's presence last semester." At that time, he was much better at handling these things than I was.”

"Don't worry, you are just holding on temporarily." Ya'erlin said with relief: "Anyway, you graduated earlier than us. When we and Moon graduate, the school newspaper will not be in your hands."

Nash nodded, and said happily, "Indeed, it's okay, okay. Tsk, to be honest, I'm better suited to taking pictures everywhere. Managing the school newspaper is really beyond my ability." It’s out of scope—unfortunately, I was still thinking about whether I could use my resume of working on the school newspaper to find a job as an editor.”

On another table nearby, following Nash's suggestion, Gal finally chose to include both cheeses in the manuscript, allowing interested readers to ponder and choose for themselves.He stood up and handed the manuscript to Nash, then raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, "Huh? It's almost two o'clock, and the duel club's recruitment should start soon."

"Recruitment starts at two o'clock?" Demi, who was finalizing the rough layout of the existing manuscripts, raised her head and looked at Gal. "What time does it end at that time? Can we have time to sign up?"

"Don't worry, Moon said he would leave some registration forms for us." Violet said with a smile: "I asked him last night. There is no limit on places anyway, so I filled out the registration forms and gave them to him tonight. That’s it.”

"Okay, I admit that I actually just want to join in the fun." Demi blinked her big eyes and responded to Violet, but her eyes were always looking at Gal. "So, can we make it in time?"

"Of course." Gal patted his chest. "If it doesn't work, we can still take turns. Anyway, there is only so much work, so there is no point in everyone staying here, right, Nash."

When Nash heard this, he immediately showed a fake smile on his face. He nodded, gathered the manuscripts on the table into a pile, and pushed them towards Gal. "Then I'll go first. Can you help me for a while?"

Gal's face darkened visibly - are you kidding me, asking him to do a job that would drive Nash crazy?No matter what he was doing, it would be more satisfying to let him bring a pot and cook a meal for everyone on the spot.

But on the one hand, there was a job that was so difficult that Gal was daunted, and on the other hand, there was Demi's gaze full of longing.

Now he finally understood what Munn meant by "riding a tiger but not getting off".

Fortunately, before he could make a final decision, Nash was the first to let go.He sighed and put down the manuscript in his hand, "Forget it, you are right. When the time comes, those who want to go can take their turns. Just keep a few people here to help at any time. There are too many people." There is no use in doing more... I just hope that Doreen can come back soon, she is more suitable for this kind of work than me."

Gal gave Nash a crazy thumbs up in his heart, then turned back to Demi and showed a smug smile.Demi also cooperated, and immediately responded with a happy smile, which made Gal unable to control his expression, and his back teeth were almost exposed when he smiled.

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On the other side, in the large classroom on the fifth floor of the castle, with seven or eight minutes left before the official start of recruitment, Professor Flitwick finally rushed over with the two prefects of Ravenclaw's sixth grade.

At this time, the entrance to the large classroom was blocked.

"Give way, give way!" Professor Flitwick, who was too short, tried hard to raise his voice, and finally separated the crowd with the help of the two prefects behind him, and strode towards the door - of course, he I didn't feel dissatisfied with this, but I was very happy.

The more people we have, the better. The more people we have, the more we can prove the great charm of a duel.

He took the trouble to respond to the greetings of the children as he passed by, and promised everyone over and over again that the door would be opened soon. It was not until he reached the door with difficulty that he finally reluctantly pushed the door open and entered, finding the person who was being installed inside. Moon was flipping through the book quietly.

"Ha-ha~ It's so spectacular, so spectacular! Did you see it? Moon, there are people everywhere who want to sign up for our new duel club. It's even more popular than the duel club I founded back then!" The professor's steps were a little unsteady, and he quickly walked to Moon's side, almost tripping over his own robe on the way.But he didn't care at all, he just vigorously patted Moon's arm who had already stood up. "It seems that our efforts have not been in vain!"

"This is all your fault, Professor." Moon smiled, put the book into his bag, and said, "If you hadn't mentioned the duel club, I might not have thought of taking the opportunity last year to apply again. "

As he spoke, he did not forget to say hello to the two Ravenclaw sixth-year prefects—the male prefect was not familiar to him, but the female prefect was an old acquaintance.

Penelope Crevat, Percy's "secret girlfriend" and the winning captain of the previous two Hogwarts Four-Wizard Tournaments.

"Ha, this is probably the wisdom of the old man~" Professor Flitwick waved his hand, but the smile on his face could not be stopped. "So, should we start recruiting new students earlier?"

"It's up to you to decide." Moon waved his magic wand and quickly stretched and flattened the two training dummies next to him, turning them into four short tables and matching armchairs, plus two large The drop box for “I can do it all.”

Professor Flitwick was not surprised by Moon's Transfiguration. After all, he had already been surprised when he came to decorate the classroom yesterday.Penello and the other Ravenclaw male prefect, on the other hand, brightened up at this and looked at Munn in surprise.

"In that case, let's start now, so as not to keep the students waiting too long." Professor Flitwick took out his wand, first touched his throat lightly, then flicked his wrist and pulled the classroom door inward. Open "Recruit new people to start, everyone should line up in front of each long table, come one by one!"

Seeing that the little wizards could no longer resist the urge to rush forward, Professor Flitwick hurriedly added the most important words, "In addition, I am very sorry, first-year wizards are not allowed to participate in the duel club. Therefore, first-year wizards are not allowed to join the duel club." The little wizards can go back now, and you are welcome to participate again next year!"

There were no complaints from the crowd - after discovering that Professor Flitwick had forgotten to add this important content to the notice, Moon immediately informed the news.

Judging from the level of gossip among the young wizards at Hogwarts, it didn't even take a day for this request to be already known to almost everyone.

There were only one or two first-year kids who wanted to give it a try and want to try their luck. They sighed in disappointment, comforted each other helplessly and left the registration site.

Behind them, Penello and the two had taken out the registration forms and placed them on each table. The pens used for signing were also placed on the storage box next to Professor Flitwick.

So next, the long and long registration time began immediately.

In fact, the registration process is not complicated. Everyone will come up and receive a registration form, which contains the four most important rules about the Duel Club:

1. You must undergo spell training and testing by any one of Filius Flitwick/Sirius Black/Moon Fox/Penelo Crevat/Dwayne Cold, and you can only start after passing it formally participate in a duel;

2. Only those spells that are expressly allowed to be used in duels such as - petrification spell, disarming spell, armor spell, obstacle spell, summoning spell, confinement spell, etc.;

3. The duel must be started under the supervision of one of Filius Flitwick [Honorary Professor]/Sirius Black [Honorary Assistant Professor]/Moon Fox [President of the Duel Club];

4. If you violate the above regulations, you will be deducted points, warned or dismissed.

These are not all the rules of the Duel Club, but they are the four rules that are most likely to be unacceptable to some young wizards and must be explained in advance.The so-called registration is just to use these four regulations to restrain yourself in advance to avoid any problems later.If the little wizards who come to register can accept this, then they can take their own registration form to sign, and then throw the registration form into the storage box.

There were many acquaintances who came to sign up. In just a few minutes, Moon had already waved to three people and had a brief chat with two more people.As far as he knew, Oliver originally applied for today's Quidditch pitch and wanted to provide an extra training session for the little wizards of Gryffindor.In the end, because almost everyone wanted to sign up for the Duel Club (even Oliver himself), the additional training had to be put on hold for the time being.

After saying countless hellos, Fred and George came to Munn.

"Hey, Moon~"

"haven't seen you for a long time."

"Although we just met the day before yesterday."

"But still - long time no see."

Seeing the two people playing tricks on each other, Moon pointed behind them in a fit of laughter, "Long time no see, but there are still many people queuing up, so you'd better hurry up."

Fred and George looked at each other, and then said with playful smiles: "We mainly want to know."

"If I make my opponent do a hot dance in a duel."

"But this is probably not among the allowed spells."

"So - will we be asked to leave?"

Moon pointed at the registration form, "No, although it is not written in the regulations, the use of dance spells is allowed."

"Perfect!" The brothers gave a quick high-five, then high-fived Munn together, and immediately rushed to the locker with the registration form without even the slightest hesitation.

Not long after Fred and George, Angelina also came to Moon's long table. After browsing the terms on the registration form, she ran over and signed her name - of course, she did not forget at the same time. Tell Moon that other people from the school newspaper office are also on their way.

Sure enough, Qiu Zhang and Cedric soon appeared side by side, and vividly described to Moon how "painful" Nash's entire day was.

In this regard, Moon could only express regret.And added with a deep heart: Continue next time.

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An hour passed quickly, and one after another, the queue of people had become much smaller, and it was estimated that it was almost over.Moon was about to take some time to stretch his waist, but as soon as he raised his hand halfway, his eyes were dazzled by a flashlight that came from nowhere.

There were fewer people in line, so the noisy noise naturally became quieter. Because of this, the sound of the camera immediately seemed exaggerated.

To be honest, Moon was very shocked when he was caught by the flashlight - when did Hogwarts have such amateur paparazzi?I stretch my waist and you take pictures too?

And in just the next second, he immediately realized that Hesper and Quaid had taken several photos when they left. There was a high probability that these photos were not taken by friends in the school newspaper office.

So, besides the people in their school newspaper office, who is the most popular person in Hogwarts right now with a camera everywhere?

Of course it’s Colin Creevey, the second in command of the Harry Potter fan club.

Now this matter has spread almost throughout Hogwarts. One Ginny Weasley and one Colin Creevey, two first-year little devils, rely on their loyal love for Harry Potter to join hands. Created a magical club that does not exist, but actually seems to exist in every corner of Hogwarts - the Harry Potter Fan Club.

It doesn't exist because no one went to Professor McGonagall to declare the club;

It exists in every corner of Hogwarts because... no matter where Ginny meets Harry, she will immediately become extremely flustered and blushing (according to Ron, Ginny is actually very restrained now, at least she is not scream again); no matter where Colin meets Harry, he will immediately raise the camera in his hand and start a tail-shooting shoot that makes Harry Potter ecstatic (×) and extremely painful (√).

Sure enough, just as Moon thought of this, he heard Harry's voice suddenly coming from the door of the large classroom, "Oh...Colin, can you stop filming..."

"Ah, sorry, I forgot again!" The voice of the 11-year-old wizard was crisp and childish, but the tone of voice... really sounded like "unrepentant".

"So, Harry, do you want to sign up for the dueling club with your friends? Do I have a chance to see you participate in a duel?" Colin said cheerfully and loudly, attracting everyone who was still queuing up. A series of low laughs.

Harry immediately blushed, and Ron decisively stood far away from Harry to avoid being accidentally hurt.

"Yes, Colin, and first-year wizards cannot sign up for the Duel Club, so you should go." Harry's voice sounded quite tired.

But Colin didn't seem to notice, so he immediately said: "It's okay, Harry, I can watch you sign up."

Now everyone was laughing completely, and Harry felt his stomach tightening, as if someone had punched him hard in the stomach.

Ron finally couldn't stand it anymore. He quickly stepped forward, stood between Colin and Harry, and said crisply: "No, Colin, you should leave."

It turns out that Ron's emotional intelligence led him to make an absolutely correct judgment: for Colin, this kind of direct shot was far more effective than a tactful rejection.

But the price is that Colin's young mind will inevitably suffer a little setback.

Watching Colin leave dejectedly, Harry felt a stomach ache and seemed to feel a little unbearable.

Chapter 22 Dead Enemy

At this moment, there were only about ten people left in the large classroom who were still signing up. Moon thought for a while, and simply discussed with Professor Flitwick, canceled the queue, and handed the registration form directly. Sent to the hands of the remaining people.Anyway, there are not many people, so there is no need to worry too much about order. In this way, not only the young wizards who come to sign up will no longer have to waste time waiting in line, but Moon and the four people responsible for recruiting new people can also take a break.

Harry and Ron naturally came over and took away the two registration forms, but they did not go to the side like other little wizards, but stayed at the table and chatted with Munn.

To be precise, they were complaining to Moon about the trouble that little guy Colin had caused them these days.

"If possible, I really hope that I can go to class with a mask on every day. Maybe in this way, Colin can let me go temporarily..." Harry rubbed his stomach, which was still aching, but there was no What a feeling of improvement, it seems that the cause of this pain is indeed his psychological factors.

Ron glanced outside the door of the large classroom and confirmed that Colin was not lingering at the door secretly, unwilling to leave. Then he finally patted Harry on the shoulder and said, "Don't think about it, buddy. It’s not enough for you to wear a mask alone. If you really want to hide from Colin, I must also wear a mask.”

There was no way, Colin had already mastered the trick of finding Harry Potter - usually, wherever Ron was, Harry would usually be nearby, not too far away.

"That's right, Ron, we both have to put on the mask." Harry sighed bitterly, with an expression of embarrassment and some resentment on his face. "Oh, Moon, you know the most annoying thing. What is it? What I hate most is that Colin doesn't seem to understand what I say at all. Maybe he doesn't listen at all. Even if you lose your temper and tell him to stay away, he will only remember it. A day, or even just an afternoon.”

"Then, the next day, Colin would appear again somewhere I didn't notice, and suddenly press the shutter of the camera towards me. Ah... I really had enough..."

Moon smiled as he listened to the two chattering about these things. He wanted to respond, but suddenly realized something strange.

"Hmm...? Wait, why are you two the only ones here today, where is Hermione?"