Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Moon curled his lips and said, "No way, this seems to be the best for you."

"Ha, then you are wrong, Moon." Professor Dumbledore returned to his seat complacently, and took a sip of his steaming honey black tea. "It's just like you said. , I am already an old man over a hundred years old, and even Severus’s poisonous tongue cannot hurt me.”

Seeing the smile on the old man's face again, Moon really wanted to drag Professor Snape out of the floor and have them confront him.

"Okay, tell me, why did you come here today?" The professor put the tea cup back on the table, crossed his hands, and showed his classic action, "I really thought you would come two days later, even your clothes are gone." There was no time to change. Just what happened to Miss Granger shouldn’t be enough for you to make a special trip in advance?”

Moon shrugged, "I can't help it. I thought about it. Instead of being so busy on the weekend and having to run in both directions, I might as well take advantage of the opportunity to come over today when I should be in class, so that I can concentrate on working in the school newspaper office on the weekend." It’s the school newspaper this week—there’s big news, and I can only write it.”

"Oh? Big news?" Professor Dumbledore was startled for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "Ah... Miss Lockhart and Miss Granger woke up. This is indeed a big news. After all, there is not always a faint in the school hospital." Just a patient who fainted for half a month."

"Yes, not to mention that Lockhart is still the nominal Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and... the 'man of the moment' in this school."

"Then I can probably understand." The old man nodded lightly, but then showed a joking look in his eyes. "But, according to this, your workload may be even greater tomorrow."

This time it was Moon's turn to be stunned. He looked at the old man in confusion, and for a moment he didn't think about what the old man meant.

"Since we are all going to write about big things, how about you take this opportunity to announce another recent big thing in the school," Professor Dumbledore blinked, "Although I don't plan to do it for you this time. An 'award ceremony', but don't forget, not only did you find the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets that had been sealed for many years, but you also solved a huge threat, a giant basilisk that had lived for an unknown number of years. Anyway, I I think this is enough for you to win another special contribution award."

"Oh, this matter..." Moon patted his forehead. If Professor Dumbledore hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten about it.

However, he did not refuse, but readily agreed - this kind of thing would be enough to cause a sensation even outside of Hogwarts.

Just for his cooperation with Rodriguez, as well as the entire plan to deal with the Crow Party, this matter must be written down in detail.

The behemoth of the Crow Party has been dormant for a few more months, and it’s time to find them out and give them a slap in the face.

"Huh? Moon, you are indeed a little bit beyond my expectation today." Professor Dumbledore pursed his lips and straightened the beard on his chest. "I thought you would be more or less polite about something like this." Two sentences."

"It's not the first time you've become famous anyway, so just write." Moon spread his hands and glanced at the cup in front of him. "By the way, I can also pull out the Crow Party and step on it, which is pretty good."

"Well, the Crow Party...that's what they said, so it's decided." The old man clapped his hands and gave Moon a new cup of hot milk. "Is this one of the signs of maturity? You're not even direct. Said he wanted a new drink."

Moon hummed twice while holding the glass of milk, accepting it all - it seems that the two months before he was out had probably made Professor Dumbledore very depressed, and now there were only two of them chatting in this office, so the professor's teasing The frequency has increased significantly.

Have I changed or have you changed? Hey...

"Okay, let's get down to business." Perhaps the old man himself felt that his teasing today was a bit too much. He straightened his expression, sat up straight, and said, "I guess you want to ask why I deliberately let Miss Granger to find a way to expose Lockhart's lies?"

"Yes, I am very curious about this matter." Moon said frankly: "To be honest, there are actually many simpler and more direct methods. I don't quite understand your intention of doing this."

"Well, actually, the root cause of this matter still lies with you, Moon." Professor Dumbledore's two index fingers slowly crossed in front of his chest. "It was you who gave me this idea."

Moon frowned, and became even more confused when the old man said, "Because of me? You don't mean to say that because of my performance, you feel that there is a lot of potential in cultivating little wizards, right?"

"Of course not." Professor Dumbledore shook his head dumbfounded. "Remember, you went to the Chamber of Secrets with Harry and Ron Weasley. And if I heard it from Professor McGonagall If the paraphrase is correct, you took Harry to the Chamber of Secrets because you heard Harry mention that he had talked to a snake before, which made you judge that Harry was probably a Parselmouth, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Moon almost immediately understood the old man's intention and his thoughts. He nodded and responded, confirming what the old man said.

"Unfortunately, I know Harry's father and mother..." When mentioning Harry's parents, the professor's fingers paused for a moment, as if he still felt a little sad. "They all They are very brave and intelligent wizards, but more importantly, I happen to know a little bit about their life experiences. No matter which one of them, I am afraid that neither of them can give Harry the talent of 'Parseltongue' ."

"And this provides me with an idea, an idea that can explain many things."

Fox on the wooden shelf had quietly fallen asleep at some point. The wind howling outside the window brought a slightly unpleasant and shrill sound.

"I think that on that night 12 years ago, when Harry faced Voldemort for the first time and narrowly escaped from Voldemort, when Voldemort recited the death curse to young Harry, and because of Harry's mother, When some extremely powerful and ancient magic left behind was repulsed..."

Professor Dumbledore looked down at the slightly messy desk in front of him.

"Harry was probably unconsciously made into a new Horcrux by Voldemort."

Moon picked up the milk and took another sip, and took this opportunity to ponder for a moment, and then said: "I have to admit, your idea... is very bold."

"Yes, yes, I was shocked by this idea at first, Moon."

Professor Dumbledore stood up from his chair and started pacing in his office - this was the first time that Moon saw the common scene on the Marauder's Map happening before his eyes.

"But the more I thought about it, the more I thought it was possible. Voldemort would make Horcruxes, and he disappeared without a trace after that night. There is no doubt that he should have been hit by the rebounding death curse. Then what? Harry is a Parseltongue, and neither his father's relatives nor his mother's blood family have ever had any rumors of Parseltongues. In fact, his mother simply came from a Muggle family."

"If it's not such a coincidence that Harry activated the Parseltongue bloodline after so many generations, then the most likely thing is that Harry himself is a Horcrux of Voldemort, so he inherited some of Voldemort's characteristics. .After all, a piece of Voldemort’s soul might be residing in Harry’s body.”

To be honest, even if Moon didn't know that Harry was indeed one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, he was about to be convinced by Professor Dumbledore at this moment.Indeed, for things to be such a coincidence, it is something close to a fantasy.

So he immediately agreed: "If you say so, then it is indeed possible. Moreover, when we entered the Chamber of Secrets that night, I also found that Harry's use of Parseltongue was very crude and unfamiliar, as if... …It’s not like he was born with a talent.”

"Haha!" The old man clapped his hands. "That's even more correct, Moon. So, Harry is probably Voldemort's Horcrux, and between Horcrux and Horcrux -"

As he spoke, Professor Dumbledore walked to the table, rummaged through the table to find a piece of paper, and handed it to Moon.

Moon took the page and glanced at it, and found that there was only one sentence written on it: "There may be some vague connection between Horcruxes and Horcruxes, because they inherently carry the soul of the same person."

"How's it going? Do you have any ideas? Munn?" The old man looked at Munn with burning eyes, as if expecting Munn's answer.

And Moon, as always, did not disappoint.

"That is to say, do you think that if we want to deal with Voldemort who is bound to come back, Harry is likely to become a vital helper. He may be able to help us find more deeply hidden Horcruxes, thus Destroy these Horcruxes and destroy Voldemort. So you plan to find a way to provide Harry with some trials from now on. And Hermione has a very good relationship with Harry, so assigning Lockhart's affairs to Hermione is actually quite The arrangement was given to Harry..."

"That's it." The old man smiled with satisfaction. "It's not bad at all, Moon, that's it. I have no doubt that Miss Granger will take Harry and Ron to find evidence of Lockhart's crime, and this is obviously It’s a good start, right, after all, their real target is just a liar who has nothing but the Forgetting Curse.”

"Well, aren't you afraid that one of them will accidentally be hit by a Forgetting Curse? You know, Lockhart can take away so many people with the Forgetting Curse. Even if he can't do anything else, at least his Forgetting Curse is still Familiar and powerful enough." Moon said softly: "And a forgetting spell that is too powerful will cause serious irreparable damage to people's memories."

Professor Dumbledore spread his hands, "Don't forget, Moon, this is Hogwarts, and I am the principal here. Of course, more importantly, before leaving the school hospital yesterday, I secretly gave Lockhart The magic wand was under a spell, it wasn't very powerful, but it was enough to prevent him from casting a complete spell."

"This is really a good idea..." Moon rubbed his hair and said sincerely, "With Lockhart's ability, it is probably impossible to detect it at all. And for him to be unable to cast a spell... it seems It’s not a strange thing at all.”

"That's right, Moon." Professor Dumbledore returned to his seat and sat down, contentedly drinking the still warm honey black tea. "But just in case, I want to ask you something." thing."

"You say."

"I hope you can use that Marauder's Map to help me pay more attention to Harry and the others to avoid any uncontrollable situation. If there is a crisis, you can rush over directly to help Harry and the others."

Moon, who once again guessed the old man's thoughts in advance, readily agreed - not to mention, he was really curious about how Harry and Hermione would expose Lockhart's scam.

After all, these three people can neither know Legilimency nor obtain Veritaserum, nor can they "torture" Lockhart to extract a confession. If they want to solve the problem, they can only think of more thoughtful and sophisticated ways. OK.

"Then, it's settled." The old man put down the tea cup, raised his finger, and called a book on the bookshelf next to him into his hands. "Next, let's finish this week's lessons first. Since you There are other things to be busy with after that.”

The wind outside the window was getting louder and louder, but it did not affect the principal's office at all, nor did it disturb the two people's classes at all.Instead, Fox became a little impatient due to the noise, and simply stuck his head under the wings, which looked very weird.

However, it turns out that the wind did not blow in vain.

That night, a cold sleet fell from the sky, easily covering the entire Hogwarts with chill.By the next morning, the sleet had turned into downright snow. So, when the little wizards had finished their sleep, crawled out of bed and came to the auditorium to enjoy their meal, this familiar place The campus has been coated with a beautiful and holy snow-white.

"What?! You secretly did such a big thing without telling us?!"

On the empty long Hufflepuff table, Arlin stared like a bullfrog, "Moon! You are not a friend enough!!"

Seeing the scattered glances from the long tables next to him, Moon hurriedly tugged on Yaerlin's sleeves, and then said helplessly: "I don't know what's down there, how could I be so careless?" Take you there?"

"Then why did you bring Harry and Ron with you?!" Garr stepped in and pulled Cedric along with him - but Cedric seemed to be willing, because the kid also looked indignant at the moment.

"Those two are just door-opening tools..." Moon sighed, "Otherwise the special contribution award to the school would be divided between the three of us, and neither of them would even see the basilisk."

This is actually not quite accurate, after all, Harry and Ron still saw the snake skin.Moreover, before Moon left Professor Dumbledore's office last night, he indeed proposed to give this award to Harry and Ron, but Professor Dumbledore rejected it.

Of course, when he asked about this matter, Moon also discovered something was wrong - when he announced this award, he also wanted to punish the dark wizard association of the Corpse Crow Party. In this way, Harry and Ron It's not appropriate to appear in this matter.

"Then they went with us after all." Cedric couldn't hold it back in the end and muttered with his face crossed: "And we didn't know about it until today."

"Okay, okay, all the mistakes are my fault." Munn, who really couldn't withstand the siege of three people, had to raise his hands and began to apologize, "But you have to believe me, after this year, you will all be in the Duel Club. Li Luo has achieved something, and I will definitely take you with me in whatever matters I can bring you with me in the future."

"Really?"

"you promise?"

"you swear!"

Three people, three mouths, said three completely different sentences at the same time, but there didn't seem to be much difference.

And something's not right...

Moon looked confused at Violet, who had come over at some point (she was just laughing at Moon from the side before). Among the three sentences just now, one of them seemed to be said by Violet?

After speaking out, splashing water, and facing four pairs of eyes staring at him, Moon naturally did not dare to hesitate at all.

Fortunately, this was indeed his original plan - after being trained in the Duel Club, he could find something less dangerous and let everyone have a preliminary glimpse of the "world".

After all, no one can predict what will happen in the future, but when there is a battle to be fought, there is always no running away. Starting from the age of 14, I started to get in touch with these things little by little. The timing was just right.

Chapter 58 Duel

On Sunday, the first official duel in the Duel Club was about to begin, and Hermione, who was repeatedly confirmed by Madam Pomfrey to have no side effects from the Dreamweaver Curse, was finally discharged from the hospital.

There is no doubt that the first thing she did after being discharged from the hospital was to join the Duel Club at the instigation of Harry and Ron.

Originally, the reason why she was unwilling to join the Duel Club was just random nonsense - just like what Moon, Harry and Ron said at the time, there are new things to learn, and no matter how many such things come, Hermione will always refuse. Will want to refuse.The reason why she refused to join the Duel Club at that time was simply because she resisted Moon and also had objections to Harry and Ron.

Now that she has learned that her Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this semester is a complete liar who needs to be exposed urgently, Hermione is certainly willing to join the dueling club.

In this way, on Sunday afternoon, when the duel was about to begin, the three little wizards hurried into the large classroom on the fifth floor.

The long seats that had been arranged at the edge of the classroom were now overcrowded and could not be seated at all. The little wizards who came later like the three of them could only stand around.However, this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the little wizards at all. Basically everyone was chatting enthusiastically about the upcoming duel, guessing which two little wizards would be the first pair to duel.

Looking at the exaggeratedly lively scene in front of her, Hermione secretly gasped, and quickly followed Harry and Ron to find where Quaid and Hesper were standing, and got together with them.

"Hey, Ron." Fred and George appeared out of nowhere. They patted Ron's shoulders one on the left and the other on the right. They also said hello to Harry and Hermione, and then smiled. He said to Ron: "We are planning to go back and describe today's situation to Ginny."

"I bet she will definitely regret why she didn't come to Hogwarts with you for a year."

"But George and I think differently. I think Ginny will keep chasing us and asking Harry if he has competed on stage."

"So do you want to participate in our bet?" At the end of his turn, George ended with a classic question. By the way, he extended a hand towards Ron, "You can bet as much as you want."

It's okay not to mention "bet". As soon as this word was mentioned, Harry next to him immediately shrank his head, fearing that he would also be targeted by Fred and George.He really wanted to warn Ron. After all, it was because Ron participated in Fred and George's bet last time that he couldn't even afford a decent outfit for Halloween - of course, this matter Only he, Fred and George knew about it.

So he quietly glanced at Ron, hoping that his friend would reject the matter outright.

Unfortunately, Ron didn't. Not only that, he also hesitantly took out his latest pocket money.

Since Mr. Weasley was promoted, his salary has also increased, so Ron and his brothers finally have pocket money that they occasionally send.

Harry had to suspect that Fred and George suddenly made this bet with Ron because Mr. Weasley had sent them pocket money a few days ago.

Before Ron gritted his teeth, stamped his foot, and slapped the money into George's open palm, Harry had an idea and quickly pulled Ron's sleeve and shouted: "Look! Ron! Professor Flitwick coming!"

After all, the duel was the top priority today. As soon as Harry said this, not only Ron, but also Fred, George, and even the other little wizards around them all turned their attention to the door of the large classroom.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Harry quickly said to Ron, "Just think, Christmas is coming soon."

This sentence suddenly separated Ron from the gambling fun brought by his twin brother - he had previously told Harry that he planned to use his extra pocket money this Christmas to give to his good friends. Choose a decent gift carefully.

However, when Ron woke up, Harry became the target of public criticism and was bombarded with complaining looks from many people.

After all, Professor Flitwick didn't come at all.

Looking at Harry who kept explaining that he was wrong, and looking at Ron who suddenly changed his behavior and covered his wallet tightly, how could Fred and George not guess that Harry had just secretly Something happened?So, while the two brothers complained that Harry was messing up their game, they said with "vicious faces" that Harry must feel the price of offending the batter in the next Quidditch match.

Hermione, who had always stood aside and had a panoramic view of everything, lamented the childish and exaggerated behavior of these guys, and couldn't help but look away and snickered.

Of course, she didn't actually have to turn her head, after all, the messy hair was enough to cover her smile.

Hesper quietly bumped Hermione's arm and whispered: "Hermione, are you really not considering using the detangler I recommended to you last time? It's really useful."

"Well..." Hermione grabbed two handfuls of her disheveled hair. After hesitating for a moment, she still shook her head and rejected Hesper's proposal.However, just when she wanted to explain the reason, the door of the large classroom was really pushed open from the outside - the next moment, Professor Flitwick walked in with Penello and Dawn.

The little wizards were overjoyed at first, and then many of them fell into despair.Because the door of the large classroom was quickly closed again by Professor Flitwick waving his wand, which obviously meant that neither Moon nor Assistant Black would be here today.

Sirius has always been popular because of his good teaching quality and handsome face, and has even been favored and favored by many girls; needless to say, Moon is a top student with outstanding talents and exaggerated personality. He is well-known, and as he gets older, his increasingly handsome face naturally earns him a large number of secret admirers.

There are still many people who are looking forward to showing off in front of the two of them today.

However, everyone in the school newspaper office was not disappointed, because they already knew that Moon would not be here today - their classmate Moon had two important articles to write today.

However, no matter how disappointed, the joy of starting the duel was real.Although it can't compare with the enthusiasm of the card guy who's eyes light up during a duel, and many people are unable to compete today, the little wizards did a good job in setting up the atmosphere.

"Quiet! Quiet!"

Facing the enthusiastic applause, Professor Flitwick had to cast an amplifying spell on himself, but the smile on his face fully proved that instead of being unhappy at all, he was very happy about it.

"Before we start today's duel, first of all, I have to announce something - the next duel club assessment will officially start before Christmas. Students who want to participate can start preparing now. "

The applause that had just subsided erupted again. In desperation, Professor Flitwick waited for a few more seconds before continuing: "Then, um, let me see your registration list..."

"The first pair of young wizards to duel today are - George Weasley and Harry Potter!"

For just a moment, Harry, George, Fred, and Ron, who had been talking and laughing just now, were all dumbfounded. Quaid couldn't control himself and burst out laughing.

Just a second before Professor Flitwick announced the candidates for the duel, Fred and George were still swearing that they must try to control their bats in the next game to avoid using them to deal with Bludgers. The bat accidentally flew out after Harry.

Harry, with the help of Ron, said heroically that he would definitely find two people to duel after the game.

Great, now we don't have to wait for the postgame or whether George and Fred will really lose control of their bats.

Please start your show!

Amid the envious eyes and thunderous applause of the onlookers, Harry and George came to the middle of the venue with strange expressions on their faces. They even vaguely heard Fred's whistle that was not afraid of causing trouble.