Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Munn is obviously more inclined to the former. After all, this diary is just a Horcrux. It would be too outrageous to create such a realistic and lifelike illusion.

Since Moon thinks this is a real memory, why does Moon still say that the diary has a "big heart"?

Of course it's because...

I don’t know if it was because Moon’s statement that “the secret room has been opened” shocked the diary so much. In short, this diary accidentally made a huge mistake.

Therefore, after breaking away from the memory shown to him in the diary, Moon directly stated that 'Daniel's' young mind was frightened, then closed the diary and went to sleep, intending to give the diary a period of cold treatment.

However, this is just a foreshadowing - if Moon does not treat the diary coldly for a period of time, it will be difficult for Moon to ensure that he can let the diary feel what is called "the shock of being exposed" while maintaining the character of 'Daniel'.

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The next day, Sunday, Susan found Moon with tears in her eyes.The girl's heart seemed to be filled with negative emotions. She repeatedly asked Moon to find her lost diary with the help of the school newspaper.

"It's very important to me, really, Moon. It's full of my secrets. It's of no use to anyone else. It's just an old notebook, but it means a lot to me. "

Susan's words were so sincere that Moon became more determined not to return the diary to her.

If she had been allowed to keep the diary for a while, this little girl would have been unlucky earlier than Ginny in the original novel.

However, Susan's visit was indeed a good opportunity. By constantly asking about the details of the diary, Moon talked to her about her situation with her roommate - Susan's answer was, probably Because they discovered that her condition was particularly bad, those around her began to care about her.

Obviously, this is good news, but for Susan herself, before she can completely get rid of the bewitching dependence on the diary, when talking about her interpersonal relationships, she is like being possessed by Zhou Shuren.Although the expression was much more straightforward, the meaning of her response to Moon was clearly that "people's joys and sorrows are not connected to each other, I just think they are noisy."

"Well, I hope you can find this... precious thing as soon as possible." Moon shrugged and sent Susan out of the school newspaper office with regret.

I just don’t know when Susan will discover that the truly precious thing to her shouldn’t be the fake diary.

That thing only wanted her body and her life.

In any case, the lost and found still has to be arranged for Susan to be posted in the school newspaper. Anyway, no one else except Moon and Violet can know the whereabouts of the diary - Moon not only carries the diary with him , and even dressed up Tom Riddle (the diary).

At almost four o'clock in the afternoon, Nash, Hesper and Li, who were still in the school newspaper office, were filled with emotion again.Facts have proved that they still work more efficiently when Munn is here. Although Munn can't make them work faster (in fact, Munn can make Garr work faster - using his own homework as an example) (Just chips), but at least the work can be arranged in a very orderly manner and what everyone has to do is coordinated.

The reason for this feeling is that they finished the work ahead of schedule again today, and others even finished it earlier, so they left first.

Everyone chatted casually while waiting for Moon to print the newspaper that would be published tomorrow.After a while, Fred and George suddenly rushed in, grabbed their good friend Li and ran out immediately, leaving only three figures behind Moon and the others.Judging from the wet clothes on their bodies, it looked like Oliver had dragged them out for another practice session in the drizzle today, and it was probably just over now.

"Oh my god, Oliver is so desperate." Nash's face was full of pain. "It seems that there is no hope for Ravenclaw this year."

Hesper snickered on the side and said softly: "Don't worry, Nash, at least in the match between you and Hufflepuff, Cedric will definitely show mercy."

When he first heard this sentence, Nash was stunned for a moment, but soon he realized what Hesper meant, and grinned happily, "Yes, at least we have one game where we can lose less ugly. And This year we should at least not be the bottom team. Several of Slytherin's mainstay players have either graduated or are no longer participating in the team selection because of NWET. Even Terrence plans to prepare for OWLs with peace of mind. I guess Slytherin This year’s team should be much weaker than before.”

Moon waved his magic wand and divided the printed newspapers into piles. At the same time, he mercilessly attacked Nash's self-confidence. "If you are talking about 'player strength', then yes, this year's Slytherin team is not as good as the previous ones." It has been so strong in [-]; but if you are talking about 'team strength', then unfortunately, almost all the disadvantages in terms of players have been paid back by money."

"Huh?" Nash looked at Moon confusedly, not understanding what Moon meant.

"I mean, Draco Malfoy also joined Slytherin's Quidditch team this year and brought money to join the team. His father spent a lot of gold galleons to give Slytherin this year's team every Everyone is equipped with the latest Nimbus 2001." Moon spread his hands, "I originally wanted to publish this news in the school newspaper, but the captain of Slytherin's team this year is the former Chaser, Derry Ann Pusey didn't agree, saying it was a disgraceful matter, after all, he held his nose and agreed to Malfoy joining the team."

"Everyone has one hand... Nimbus 2001?" Nash's eyes widened, and his whole body felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

The reason why it was previously said that Cedric would be merciful to Ravenclaw was because they also had a talented seeker this year, yes, it was Qiu Zhang.

But compared to Harry and Cedric, two seekers who were almost talented monsters, Qiu Zhang was a bit lacking.

Originally, Nash thought that at least when dealing with Slytherin without Terrence Higgs, who was also a good friend of the school newspaper office, Qiu Zhang could bring them back to Ravenclaw, but now it seems...

There is no hope again.

"Yes, you have a lot of people. Otherwise, why do you think Pusey would agree to Draco Malfoy joining the team? You know, Pusey is one of the most staunch 'rules' players in Slytherin [Note 1], He has never committed a foul on the court. If Malfoy's father hadn't spent such a large sum of money, Pusey would not have allowed Malfoy, a young man who did not perform well in this year's Seeker selection, to join the team. "

The more Nash listened, the more he became restless. In the end, he simply stood up and walked towards the door without stopping. "No, no, I have to tell the people on the team about this quickly and let them prepare early." ——Otherwise, when the time comes to play, they will be in big trouble.”

Before Moon and Hesper could speak, Nash had already left the office in a hurry.

Brother and sister, you look at me and I look at you. Finally, Hesper said with a slight embarrassment: "Brother Moon, do you think Nash has forgotten... The first game of the Quidditch game is Gryphon?" How many Slytherins?"

"Obviously." Moon patted the piles of newspapers beside him. "Okay, it's all done. We can go."

"Well..." Hesper sat at the table with his chin propped up, and said boredly: "Quaid hasn't come back yet, how about we go to the duel club again? Otherwise, it would be too boring for me to go back to the common room alone."

Moon shook his head quickly, joking. He had just been busy at the Duel Club all morning, demonstrating and explaining the use of the disarming spell to the young wizards over and over again, until Professor Flitwick arrived belatedly. , he was able to return to the school newspaper office to handle matters here.Let him go back now, and he probably won't have to eat the dinner later.

"It's better to say goodbye. Anyway, the first official duel won't start until at least after Halloween. Now that Professor Flitwick is there, there is no need for me to go there." Moon rubbed his hair, thought about it, and then his eyes As soon as he lit up, he said: "If you don't want to go to Quaid by yourself, why not come with me to meet Hagrid? It just so happens that I have something I want to talk to him about."

"Okay." Hesper answered very crisply. She picked up her handbag and walked to the door ahead of Moon. "I'm ready."

Moon responded and picked up his things. After a final check that everything in the office was OK, he led Hesper towards Hagrid's cabin.

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Halloween was approaching, and Hagrid was a lot busier at work. When Moon and Hesper came to his place, he was secretly using his little red umbrella to cast a swelling spell on the pumpkin.The sudden arrival of the brother and sister startled him, and he thought that his affairs were going to be exposed by the little wizards (in fact, many people had already guessed that Hagrid was secretly casting spells on his vegetables). It wasn't until he discovered it was Moon and Hesper that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah, Merlin's beard, you two scared me, huh - I can't let others know that I used the expansion charm on the pumpkin." Hagrid turned around and pointed at the two of them. Raising an eyebrow, "Right, you understand."

Hesper hid under Moon's umbrella spell and laughed softly. Moon nodded helplessly, giving Hagrid his assurance.

Hagrid nodded with satisfaction, carrying the little red umbrella in his arms, and led the two of them towards his house.Probably because he smelled the smell from far away, before reaching the door, Yaya had already pushed open the door and rushed out in the rain. While shouting and spinning happily around the three of them, he grinned and poured saliva on them. Moon swung on him - a little gross, but very toothy.

Moon dodged Yaya's saliva without leaving a trace, and at the same time quickly whistled in a low voice: "Yaya, go back!"

Yaya barked, turned around and ran towards the house, only to react after taking a step, and turned around to look at Hagrid.When Hagrid raised his finger and pointed at the door, Yaya ran back in a hurry.

After entering the room, Hagrid made a habit of making some hot tea for the two of them, then sat down on his large chair, holding the tea cup, and asked with a smile: "So, tell me, why did you run away suddenly? Come to my place, and I plan to find you in two days to see if you have any good ideas for Halloween this year, and I can also cooperate with you in advance."

These words didn't sound like they were coming from Hagrid's mouth. Moon was startled when he heard the words and looked at Hagrid curiously, "Huh? What are you cooperating with?"

"Professor Dumbledore asked me to do this. He said that you made Halloween so lively last year. This year I can go over and ask you in advance. If you have any ideas about Halloween, I can also - that sentence What do you mean, let me think about it... Ha! I can give you some support and help you prepare." Hagrid scratched his messy hair in embarrassment, "After all, you guys helped me in the past few years. Getting those pumpkins, well, that’s it, yeah.”

"Well... I have to think about this and discuss it with you later. If we have any ideas, I will tell you again." Moon secretly complained about Professor Dumbledore in his heart. Wu had just gone to the principal's office for class. The old man didn't take advantage of that moment to tell him in advance. He still had to wait for Hagrid to come to him. It was really...

"Of course, of course." Hagrid responded twice, then asked again, "So, why are you here..."

"Ah, I have something to ask you." Moon glanced at Yaya and took a sip of the tea in the cup. Unexpectedly, the enemy took out the wand he had just withdrawn from his pocket. "I heard that you used to Have you ever raised an Acromantula?"

"Cough——!" Hagrid's originally inconspicuous black eyes widened in an instant. He coughed loudly. He didn't know whether he really choked on the tea or was trying to cover it up. Own embarrassment "Sorry, Moon, what did you say? I think I may have heard wrong."

Moon breathed a sigh of relief and put the wand away again - unexpectedly the enemy plane failed first. He originally thought that Hagrid would spit out the tea directly.

"You heard me right, I asked you if you had ever raised an Acromantula before."

"How do you know..." Hagrid swallowed, and then looked desperately at Munn, who looked calm, and Hesper, whose face was shocked. "Oh, damn, I should just say that I have never raised one, right?" !”

"No, you shouldn't." Moon rubbed Hesper's head, indicating that the little girl didn't need to be so surprised. At the same time, he said to Hagrid: "It's only right to tell me directly, because you are the only one who admits it to me. This is how I can give you the power to use your wand again."

"Boom-"

The tea cup that Hagrid had just lifted suddenly fell on the table, and the two wooden objects collided together with a dull sound.

"What did you say?" As if history was repeating itself, Hagrid asked the question he just asked again.

"I said, only if you admit this to me, can I give you the power to use the wand again." Moon sighed, thinking that Hagrid was probably the one who guessed the enemy plane first - he took out his wand Hagrid told him not to use his wand; he put it away, and Hagrid dropped the teacup.

He took out his wand, waved it at Hagrid twice, and then with a gentle wave, he cleaned up the mess on the table, and also cleaned up Hagrid's clothes that were soaked by the tea. I didn't seem to have any reaction at all about my clothes getting wet.

"What - I mean, uh, sorry." Hagrid mumbled unwritten words and covered his face with his hands, as if to help himself think "Oh, damn. …Damn, let me think about it… Phew!”

After removing his hands again, Hagrid's expression did look more natural than before. "Sorry, I just wanted to say, how is this possible? My wand was broken when I was expelled from Hogwarts. This is magic." It was a joint decision made by the Ministry of Education and the former principal, Professor Dippet. Huh? I don’t care where you found out something, but this is already doomed. I will never be able to use my knowledge again in this life. The wand."

When he said this, Hagrid's hand was tightly covering the inner pocket of his clothes. His voice was slightly trembling, and he sounded like he was about to cry.

"I don't think so, Hagrid. Don't forget, the vast majority of wizards in the wizarding world thought werewolves were heinous creatures a year ago, and all the wrong laws about werewolves were issued by the Ministry of Magic." Moon sighed, controlled the teapot and filled Hagrid with tea. "I just need you to admit this, and then tell me exactly what happened that year, and of course, the one that led to your expulsion." Acromantula, I need to know where it is now."

Hagrid fell into a long silence. He didn't speak again for a while. He just kept twiddling his fingers and staring at the tea cup in front of him.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that Hagrid sniffed suddenly, and the loud sound startled Fang who was sleeping beside the fire.

"Okay, I can tell you everything you need to know, but I must first state that back then... Aragog definitely did not kill that girl back then, and I was completely wronged."

These powerful words made Hesper fall directly into shock - Acromantula, murder, unjust case...

Looking at the honest and simple Hagrid in front of her, Hesper couldn't come back to her senses for a long time. When she heard Hagrid's words clearly again, Hagrid had already talked about the things between him and the young Voldemort.

So Hesper was immediately shocked again.

Chapter 30 Debunked

As far as Hagrid's statement about that incident is concerned - if you remove the "embellishing" caused by Hagrid's personal emotional problems, it can almost be concluded that at least the diary shows the aftermath. Half of the content is indeed a true memory.

In other words, Hagrid once snatched Voldemort's wand and punched Voldemort, knocking him over.

Even though it’s just a young version of Lord Voldemort, and he’s still at Hogwarts, he’s still... hot in Thai pants!

Moon decided to go back and borrow a pensieve from Professor Dumbledore to extract the memory of what he saw, so that everyone could see this scene in the future - preferably for Voldemort himself to appreciate.

What is the No. [-] Boxing Champion of Hogwarts?

Of course, Hagrid was always reluctant to say anything about Aragog's subsequent movements. After all, putting his Acromantula in the Forbidden Forest didn't seem so honorable.Although the Forbidden Forest was inherently unstable, Hagrid knew very well that this should not be a reason for him to "exacerbate" the dangers of the Forbidden Forest.

However, after Moon's persuasion to show affection and reason (referring to bringing up the name Albus Dumbledore in the conversation with Hagrid), Hagrid finally chose to tell the truth. .

In fact, when he was just expelled from school, Hagrid had no intention of raising Aragog in the Forbidden Forest.When he finally found the escaped Aragog, his original plan was to take this "little guy" with him.

However, on the one hand, the professors in the school were looking for Aragog everywhere and planned to execute him; on the other hand, with the efforts of Professor Dumbledore, although Hagrid was expelled, he could still stay in Hogwart. tz, as gamekeeper.So, Hagrid had a rare idea and gave Aragog a wider world - the Forbidden Forest.

Not only is there a spacious territory for Aragog to build a nest at will, there is even an endless supply of prey for Aragog to devour.

Well, at least that's how it seemed to Hagrid.But when Hesper learned that there was probably a whole nest of Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest, one of which had lived for a full 50 years, she immediately swore that she would never go near that ghost place again.

Hagrid's answer to this was just a very weak "Aragog won't hurt anyone".

It's strange that Hesper would believe it.

Saying goodbye to Hagrid who was mumbling about Aragog's safety over and over again, on the way back to the castle, Moon and Hesper emphasized again that today's conversation must not be told to anyone - in fact , even if he didn't say it, Hesper was very aware of the seriousness of this topic. Unless she got Moon's approval, there was absolutely no way she would take the initiative to say it, even to Quaid.

In fact, if he hadn't known that Hesper understood the importance of keeping secret, Moon wouldn't have brought her along.The reason why I still mention this is just out of habit.

In the following three days, Susan Bones had been looking forward to receiving a letter, a parcel in the mail, or a sudden visit from a classmate.In short, she was so looking forward to getting back Tom Riddle's diary that she almost couldn't think about food or tea.

But this was just her own feeling. In the eyes of her roommates, Susan ate much more than in the past few weeks, and at least Susan would no longer leave the table inexplicably and angrily in the middle of the meal.

It was a celebration of the whole world.

Moon and Violet also discovered this, and there was no doubt that this made Violet's guilt feel much lighter.

"So...it seems that that notebook is really harmful." Violet, who was sitting next to Moon at the dinner table, commented: "Susan has been looking forward to that thing every day, but her condition is getting worse day by day. Have a good day.”

"Indeed, it does a lot of harm to others." Moon nodded in agreement, "However, if it harms others, it will ultimately harm itself. It will have its retribution."

Violet couldn't help laughing, and almost choked herself. While moistening her throat with pumpkin juice, she said angrily, "It's just a notebook, what retribution can there be."

"Well... I'll tell you later." Moon chewed the pie, and a smile appeared on his face.

Of course the notebook will suffer retribution, and the time is almost up, so today should be a good day.

After dinner and returning to the dormitory, Moon put down the bed curtains and took out the diary from his bag.

I haven't chatted with Tom for several days, and I still miss him a bit.

He unscrewed the ink bottle, took out the shorthand quill, and quickly wrote "Hey" on the paper.

"Hey." The diary replied almost instantly, "I thought you forgot about me."

"How could it be? I was just frightened by your memory." Moon responded: "So, the monster in the secret room is the thing that ran out of the box? That ugly thing is Salazar Slater The monster Lin left in the secret room? Hagrid released it? And used it to kill a girl?"

It seemed like a series of questions, but the diary answered them all in just one word.

"Yes."

Sure enough - Moon was stunned. At this moment, the score of the diary in his heart fell directly to negative.

"But I asked Professor Kettleburn, Tom, that monster is a young Acromantula - guess how big an Acromantula of that size should be? The answer is one to three years old! What a loss! I thought you were really my new friend! You actually lied to me!" [Note 1]

This was the mistake the diary made. It shouldn't have shown that memory to Munn at all. Although the Acromantula is not something you can see every day, as long as you put a little thought into it, in Hogwarts Their information can be found in the library, and it is easy to determine the age of Aragog in the memory of the diary.

Now, the diary will either hand over the initiative directly to Moon, or it will have no choice but to fall into self-isolation again.

However, it is obvious that Diary chose to resist.

"It was hatched in the secret chamber. There was a whole nest of Acromantulas there. Hagrid just used this one to kill people because it was smaller and more hidden."

"You are still lying to me, Tom. Professor Kettleburn also told me something related to the accident 50 years ago. He was also teaching at Hogwarts at the time. The name of the girl who died was Myrtle Warren. , her death method was not caused by the Acromantula at all! If you do this again, I swear, I will never pay attention to you again!"

This time, the diary fell completely silent and did not answer again for a long time.

Chapter 31 Interlude

Revealing the diary seemed like it would only embarrass both parties, and even cause the diary to go on strike out of anger - but in fact, doing so had several very significant benefits for Moon.

First, this straightforward revelation can change the situation between 'Daniel' and the diary.

The person who originally had the upper hand in the conversation was Voldemort's diary. Because 'Daniel' was just an ordinary little wizard who was bullied, he could only passively receive the information given by the diary most of the time. , even if you raise questions, you will be easily dismissed by the diary's specious cover-up.Before the diary makes no mistakes, it has absolute authority. The only way to resist this authority is "I won't play anymore."