Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"Indeed, Professor, I am a little more impatient this time." Moon bowed.

"Did Tom tell you?" The old man turned his head, looked at Hermione lying on the hospital bed quietly, and asked softly: "About the secret room?"

"Yes."

For more than ten seconds after that, Professor Dumbledore did not speak again. It was not until more than ten seconds later that he finally sighed quietly and said in a somewhat disappointed voice: "Actually, I have long suspected that back then, The person who opened the secret room was Tom, and he was also the person who killed Myrtle and injured so many students. The last time you came to me and talked to me about the diary, you said that you discovered that Hagrid was just raising When I saw the Acromantula, I became even more determined in this idea.”

"But now that I know the truth for sure, I still... feel a little bit sad."

"Huh, maybe people tend to be sentimental as they get older."

The professor pursed his lips, then took a deep breath and patted the railing gently. "Is there any other progress in the investigation of the diary?"

"That Horcrux is trying to corrupt me by teaching me black magic, luring me into his trap, and gradually intensifying his testing of me." Moon responded: "My disguise should still be there It will take some time to be exposed. Before that, maybe I can see more 'Voldemort's exclusive memories'. For example, just yesterday, I saw him and a group of his friends discussing dark magic. things, and how they committed crimes, killed people, and tortured Muggles."

Professor Dumbledore shook his head slightly. "At that time, many professors thought that Tom was a unique child with outstanding talent and mature mind. Many professors regarded him as their successor, even Professor Dippet. During my contact with him, I developed a good impression of him and thought he was a smart and polite child."

"When they first learned that Tom Riddle was the later Voldemort, many people couldn't accept it and speculated whether he had been treated unfairly after leaving school or encountered something difficult to solve. Difficulties."

"If they learn about the existence of these memory fragments, and learn that Tom has been there since he was a teenager... well, I'm afraid many people won't be able to accept it."

Moon rubbed his hair and said frankly, "That guy's disguise is indeed very good. He is polite and not impatient. If I hadn't already discovered his flaws, just based on the exchanges in the diary, if I were a People who don't know anything about it will probably treat him as a very good friend step by step. Just a fragment of his soul can do this. I think it's normal for Voldemort back then to be able to do this."

"Yeah..." The old man turned around, glanced at Munn, and then patted his shoulder. "Pay attention to safety, Munn. You must always be extremely vigilant about Voldemort's Horcruxes."

"Don't worry." Moon responded: "I know what's going on."

"Okay, okay, now, it's time to talk about another important thing at the moment." Professor Dumbledore patted the railing of Hermione's hospital bed again. "Although I feel a little uncomfortable saying this, I I think I have indeed lived up to expectations and successfully found the solution to the Dream Weaver Curse."

"But... before I undo the curse on the two of them, Moon, I want to do an experiment first." As the professor spoke, he waved to Lockhart's hospital bed next to him, and the clamps on the bed suddenly It automatically popped open and gradually slid to the side of Hermione's hospital bed. "This may not be a good experience for you, so I want to ask for your opinion first."

After hearing Professor Dumbledore say this, Moon already had a rough idea. He did not hide it, but asked directly: "Do you want... let me try to break the curse for them first? Let's see. Let’s see if my method of breaking the curse can break through the defense mechanism of the Dream Weaver Curse and directly lift the curse for them?”

"Yes, Moon, that's exactly it." Professor Dumbledore snapped his fingers, folding the quilts on the two patients neatly and falling aside. "But in this way, if you fail, you will also be pulled into the dream of the Dream Weaver Curse. Although I am very sure that the method I found to break the curse is effective, I think it is always right to ask you in advance - do you think it is necessary to try this? Woolen cloth?"

Chapter 53 Hermione's Dream

It can be said that Professor Dumbledore's proposal was almost exactly what Moon wanted - in fact, he had always wanted to try this.

Now, since he had a perfect opportunity to test whether the advanced restoration technique could violently break the restrictions of the Dream Weaver Curse, while ensuring his own safety, it would be perfect.

Therefore, facing the old man's question, Moon nodded and agreed without hesitation.

"Okay then" Professor Dumbledore took two steps back and moved away from the bedside. "You can start at any time. Remember, no matter what happens, don't panic, just..."

He winked "Have faith in me."

Moon naturally knew that this was the professor comforting him, so he smiled heartily, then slowly walked to Hermione, raised his hand and touched Hermione's forehead.

The next moment, the advanced restoration technique was officially activated.

A white light flashed in front of Moon, and the next moment, he suddenly felt a strange feeling pouring into his body along his fingers, and then in the blink of an eye, his mind was completely occupied.

There is no doubt that this means that this experiment has been officially declared a failure as soon as it started.

Before he could say anything, or even turn his head to look at Professor Dumbledore, Moon's body had already collapsed limply - it looked like Lockhart's on the day Hermione was attacked. Kind of charm.

Maybe... this can be regarded as a kind of "we will eventually become what we hate".

As the sudden dizziness ended, when Moon saw the surrounding scene clearly again, he had already run into a strange space.

To be precise, this should be the interior of a house, and it probably belongs to a wealthy Muggle family. Whether it is the way of decoration or the modern appliances that can be seen everywhere, this is fully demonstrated.

After glancing around, Moon clearly realized something. He turned to look at the cabinet on the wall. Sure enough, there were several photo frames on it. Most of the photos in the photo frames were of a family of three, one with disheveled hair and slightly "outstanding" front teeth. "The girl smiled quite happily accompanied by her parents.

Hermione Granger.

It seems that probably because this is Hermione's "dream", and he and Lockhart are both latecomers, the entire dream environment is completely based on Hermione's house.

But strangely, he didn't see Hermione or Lockhart here.

Either, although he was pulled into Hermione's dream, it was actually an independent dream; or, the two people were in other rooms, outside or upstairs.

Professor Dumbledore would soon rescue them from the dream, so Moon did not rush to find those two people, but studied the dream with great interest.

The location where he is now seems to be the living room of the Granger family. It has a large and soft sofa, a brand new TV, a coffee table, a bookcase and a wall cabinet. There is also a large window with the curtains on the inside of the window drawn. It was open, but looking out the window, all I could see was a mist.

So, is the scope of the dream limited to the inside of this house?

Moon walked curiously towards the exit of the living room, trying to find the location of the door to the house.But just two steps away, he noticed a squeezing sensation coming from his body, as if a pair of invisible hands were trying to push him out - at first he thought it was Professor Dumbledore. He was about to pull himself out of the dream, but as soon as he stopped, this feeling disappeared again.

"Um……?"

The young man blinked and took another step forward.

This time, he could see clearly. As he took this step forward, a familiar faint white light suddenly appeared on his body - almost the same as the white light when the advanced restoration spell was cast.

This probably means that his advanced restoration technique has not completely failed?Although he was dragged into the dream by the protective mechanism of the Dream Weaver Curse, he also carried part of the spell effectiveness of the advanced restoration spell, so his situation in the dream was unstable and he might be "expelled" at any time. "?

Moon, who was a little uncertain for a moment, took a few more tentative steps. Sure enough, the more he moved, the stronger the squeezing feeling came from his body.

After confirming this, he felt a little more settled and began to search for the door of the house.

Facts have proved that the Grangers did not make any weird design when they built the house. As soon as they walked out of the living room, they could see the entrance and the door at a glance.Munn walked quickly to the door and tried to press the door handle and push the door open. The door opened in response, but what appeared in front of Munn was not the white mist like when looking out the window, but A bottomless cliff.

The scope of the dream was indeed limited to the inside of this house.

Moon looked down into the abyss, but found nothing. Just as he was about to look away, he suddenly felt a wave of heart palpitations, as if something was looking at him from afar under the abyss.

This sudden change made the hairs on Moon's back stand up instantly. He calmed down and continued to look down. However, the feeling disappeared again, as if it had never appeared before.

But Moon was very sure that the feeling just now was definitely not his imagination.

In other words, the dream created by the Dream Weaver Spell... may not be as peaceful as it seems on the surface.

Moon thought for a moment, and it took less than a second to completely eliminate the idea of ​​"jumping down" in his heart.

After all, this is someone else's territory, so it's better not to jump too much until you really encounter any danger.

As for the operation of "the abyss is staring at you, and you take off your pants"...

Forget it, it's still not sure whether Hermione is upstairs or in another dream. It would be really embarrassing if Hermione came out of nowhere just after taking off her pants.

He might even be called a "dead pervert" after today.

Just think about it.

He closed the door obediently and was about to explore other rooms on the first floor when he suddenly heard a girl's scream coming from upstairs.What followed was a frenzied banging on the door and a male roar.

It's Hermione and Lockhart.

Munn didn't dare to hesitate when he heard the sound. He quickly followed the sound to find the stairs upstairs, and ran all the way to the source of the noise.As a result, he had just climbed up to the second floor and turned the corner of the stairs when he saw an unshaven, slovenly and haggard Gilderoy Lockhart furiously banging on the wooden door in front of him, not to mention his usual demeanor. Pianpian, now he can't even maintain basic appearance.

More importantly, Hermione's screams came from that door.

"Damn it! You idiot! Stupid girl! Open the door for me! Do you hear me! Open the door!"

Perhaps the only thing that can prove that Gilderoy Lockhart was not taken away by some bridge homeless man is that when he cursed people, he did not say it too harshly, and even seemed a little "gentle".

"Hey! What are you doing?" Moon raised his voice and spoke to draw Lockhart's attention to him. "Have you forgotten that you are a professor? Mr. Lockhart?"

When he first heard Moon's voice, Lockhart was struck by lightning - he seemed to think he had heard wrongly or was hallucinating.It wasn't until he turned back and saw Moon standing in front of him that Lockhart finally opened his eyes wide and immediately became ecstatic, "Moon Fox! Ha-ha! You came in too?! Ha! Hahahahahaha !Welcome! Welcome! Welcome to hell!”

He was talking crazy and unintelligible words there, and then kicked the door fiercely, glaring at Munn with a ferocious expression, "Let me guess, ah, I know, be a hero." It's been too long. You want to try to save this stupid girl this time, right? You sneaked into the school hospital? After a few months, do you think the spell that made us comatose has become weaker? Do you think you have another chance to be a hero and save us?"

"You know? Fawkes? I've been wondering who will be the next unlucky guy to be pulled in. Is it Albus Dumbledore? Or Minerva McGonagall? Or maybe someone who is always gloomy and pretending to be serious? Is this Severus Snape?" Lockhart laughed exaggeratedly, "Or is he the one who really thought he was omnipotent after being praised for a few words? Moon Fox from Boy Prodigy?”

"Everything has an answer now, right? It's you! Ha! It's you!"

How many months have passed?

In Gilderoy Lockhart's words, which were full of venting negative emotions, Moon struggled to find the only key point.But it was obvious that the Lockhart in front of him might not be a suitable partner for communication.

Therefore, Moon quietly took out his wand and pointed it at Gilderoy Lockhart. "Although I don't know what happened to you and what happened to you, I advise you to walk away from that door." Leave. Or do you want to be hung up again? Like in your 'spectacular' Defense Against the Dark Arts class?"

"Hang me up!" Lockhart opened his arms and shouted loudly, even the veins on his forehead bulged. "Come on! Wave your wand! Idiot!"

"I'm telling you! Even if you throw out the broken stick, you can't even use half of the spell here! You can't get any results other than monsters!"

"Come on! Try it! Let's become a feast for monsters together!!"

At the end, he roared violently again, and in fact, he did not really stand there waiting for Munn to cast the spell as he said, but after roaring, he rushed straight towards Moon, it seemed like he was planning to strangle Moon directly.

Unfortunately, although he is physically weaker than adults, Moon's mind is much clearer than Lockhart's.He simply turned sideways, stretched his legs, and successfully tripped Lockhart, who could only charge, to the ground.

"Uh……"

This fall was obviously a bit harsh, and Lockhart almost hit the ground directly.After groaning twice, Lockhart tried to get up from the ground again. However, Moon's next words made him freeze completely.

"Unfortunately, Mr. Lockhart, although I did come here because I was trying to help you break the curse, the reason why I tried to break the curse for you is because Professor Dumbledore has found someone who can definitely save you. method, I just want to try my own method, so I will take the lead in undoing the curse for you."

Moon put away his wand. According to what Lockhart said, using magic here seemed to attract monsters. Before he didn't know what the so-called monsters were and what consequences they would lead to, he thought it was best to put away the wand first. It's better to put it aside.

"In other words, it won't be long, maybe in a few minutes, we will see you outside."

Lockhart's breathing stopped completely. He didn't even dare to breathe again. He just lay there, wondering if he was thinking about the credibility of Moon's words.

"I hope that when you go out later, you can repeat what you just said. Otherwise, it would be a pity." Resisting the urge to kick Lockhart again, Moon shook his head gently. Shaking his head, "If I were you, I would run to the side and calm down, or..."

The young man stared at Lockhart's body lying there. "You can also try to kill Hermione and me here first? You have to challenge yourself, right?"

Even if the wand can summon monsters, since he can be protected by advanced restoration techniques and does not cause any abnormalities, it means that at least the spells he learned in the "Magic Book" can be used here.If Lockhart really did this, he could reasonably and justly hang Lockhart from the rafters and whip him first.

Unfortunately, Lockhart remained silent, as if frozen.

But it doesn't matter, Moon shrugged. He can still go to Hermione to talk about what happened just now. If it is confirmed that it is Lockhart's problem, he can still hang Lockhart reasonably and legitimately. Get up and smoke.

To be honest, even without the help of any magic, he didn't think Lockhart, who was out of his mind, could beat him in physical combat.He even felt that in Lockhart's current state, he might sprint and hit the wall by himself.

Leaving Lockhart lying there and posing possibly, Moon walked alone to the door that had been silent for a while, and knocked lightly, "Hermione? It's me, Moon, Moon..." Fox.”

Two seconds later, a trembling, somewhat hoarse girl's voice came from the room, "Moon? Is that you?"

"..." If it weren't for the fact that Hermione is probably spending a different time here than in reality, and living under the same roof with a crazy Gilderoy Lockhart every day, Moon would really be... I wanted to reply to her, "It's not me."

"It's me." He tried to make his voice softer. "I don't know if you heard what I said to Lockhart just now. I tried to help you break the curse and came in here. But you don't have to worry, Dumbledore." Professor Lido will take us out soon. He has already found a way to save you, so he asked me to try to break the curse for you first."

"Really...really?"

"Really, I promise."

Hermione didn't respond any further, but there was a rustling sound in the room. After a while, the door handle of the room was turned from the inside. Soon, the wooden door painted white opened. There was a gap, and Hermione, who was also looking haggard and whose hair was even more messy than before, quietly looked out of the gap.

It wasn't until she finally confirmed that the person standing outside the door was Moon that Hermione's nervous and vigilant expression relaxed slightly, and tears suddenly shone in her eyes.She opened the door and cried loudly: "I've been thinking about when someone will come to save me... It's so scary here... There are monsters everywhere! Lockhart also seems to be crazy. !”

To be honest, even if Hermione didn't say these words, Moon could almost guess that Hermione might have experienced a lot of... not-so-good things here.After all, being trapped in a desolate dreamland without any hope for 20 days, not to mention a 12-year-old girl like Hermione, even some strong and brave adults may not be able to bear it.

If you add in the possible existence of monsters and a crazy Gilderoy Lockhart, boy, most people in this world would be very uncomfortable being thrown into it.

Not to mention...she might have stayed here for more than 20 days?

Moon glanced at Lockhart, who was still thinking about life. After thinking about it, he said to Hermione: "I think you may not want to go down and chat now, but before Professor Dumbledore wakes us up, Maybe you’d like to go in and have a chat?”

Seeing Moon comforting her softly, Hermione couldn't bear it anymore. She sobbed, nodded and let the door open.Then, after Moon entered the room, she immediately closed the door and locked the door.

It is estimated that Lockhart left a great psychological shadow on her during this period.

But Moon didn't notice this - on the contrary, as soon as he entered the room, he was immediately attracted by the robe on the table next to the bed.

It was the autumn school robe of Hogwarts. Judging from the fact that Hermione was only wearing casual clothes, but she was wearing a robe in the outside world, this should be the one she was wearing when she entered the dreamland.But at this moment, the school robe spread out by the table was torn open one after another, densely packed, probably more than a hundred.

And if Moon's guess is correct, combined with Lockhart's previous words, I'm afraid...

It should be Hermione's "diary tool".

Chapter 54 Waking Up

After seeing Moon, Hermione quickly calmed down. Although she had not yet completely returned to her usual composure, at least there were no major obstacles to communication.

"So... how long have you been here?" Moon pointed to the clothes on the table. "It looks like those holes on it were used by you to record the date?"

Hermione glanced at the robe that had been torn into a curtain with a complicated expression, and whispered: "A total of 120 and six days."

Although he had already had this expectation in his heart, when he actually heard Hermione say it, Moon still felt horrified in his heart - after all, he had calculated that outside, the two of them had only been in a coma for less than a month. It’s just time.

This is already nearly four times the time difference.

Hermione also saw Moon's shock and confusion, so she added: "Although it's hard to see it, there is actually a difference between day and night here. During the day, looking out of the window, It’s just as white outside as it is now; at night, the sky outside will become very dark, so pitch black that you can’t see anything clearly.”

"And...that spider monster will also come out and wander around at night."

"Spider monster?" Although the fear on Hermione's face was almost visible to the naked eye, in order to confirm the situation, Moon still asked in a low voice, "What kind of spider monster is it?"

"I can't tell. They are very big. The smallest one is as big as an adult wolfdog. Although they usually don't come into the house, at night, they will wander around the house like crazy. From then on, Crawling around on the window, the sound of spider legs tapping on the window glass..." Hermione crossed her arms tightly, buried her head between her knees, and said in a muffled voice: "I do it almost every night. I can’t sleep well, for fear that one day they will suddenly break the window and rush in to eat me..."