Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Although Golov has long since lost his position in the Ministry of Magic, almost no one would not realize that this popular man now has a huge influence on the Ministry of Magic, even more than the previous Lucius Malfoy. Win.

After all, they are both people who do not work in the Ministry of Magic, but can influence the decision-making of the Ministry of Magic and have close contacts with officials. The original Lucius Malfoy did not have a brother who was an Auror in the Ministry of Magic, let alone one who worked in the Ministry of Magic. The wife who holds real power in the United States Ministry of Magic.What's more, compared to Moon Fox, who is in the newspaper every now and then, the Malfoy children are obviously a bit unsatisfactory.

Therefore, anyone who is thoughtful will never miss a good opportunity to express their feelings like Christmas.Send a few gifts commensurate with your status, sit down and chat and drink tea, maybe one day the current friendship will be put to use.

Of course, opportunities like this always require competition - as is the case every year, first-class tickets can visit Minister Bones on the first day after Christmas; second-class tickets can visit on this day. Important officials in the Ministry of Magic, as well as people like Golov Shafik and Albus Dumbledore who can exert great influence on the Ministry of Magic.

So Mr. Dumbledore had to hide away and spend Christmas alone every year. Otherwise, he would have to refuse too many letters coming to visit him.

In this way, day after day, until three days later, the family finally found some leisure - although there will be people coming to visit in the future, they will only be those who are relatively close on weekdays and can not be too formal. The receptionist was gone.

However, such days cannot last more than a few days, because after these people have arrived, Golov will have to take a few family members to visit others.

In short, as one's status rises, such things are inevitable.

In fact, they were supposed to visit Minister Bones on the first day, but Moon had an appointment with Susan first, and they had to go directly to Susan's house then; in addition, the two parties also had personal contacts, so Ge Love was able to escape danger and join Minister Bones's "less formal guest list."

"You see, this is the benefit of power." Edgar collapsed on the sofa and laughed and said to several children: "Look at Golov, I'm sure he wants to take over the entire Shafiq Manor right now. Move to America.”

Uncle Golov glared at him, but then sighed softly and said: "Don't say it, it's true, Nora, why don't we go directly to the United States for Christmas next year."

Aunt Nora smiled brightly, nodded gently and said, "No problem, there are enough rooms over there anyway. However, even after going there, the situation is not much better. You don't think that people from MACUSA care about this." The level of fanaticism about this kind of thing can't be any better than that of people from the British Ministry of Magic, right?"

"It can get better." Uncle Golov habitually tapped his recovered leg. Although the pain has long since ceased, this habit developed over the years will still remain. I do it subconsciously when my mind is tired.

It wasn't until Aunt Nora patted his arm slowly that he reacted and laughed to himself, "I've been so tired these two days. I hope I can have a good sleep tonight."

Hesper, who had just finished arranging his clothes, came down from upstairs and asked, "Dad, are the Weasleys coming over later? Ah, there is also the Tonks family."

"Yes, they will probably arrive soon." Uncle Golov responded, then looked at Moon, "I remember you said earlier that Percy really wanted to work in the Ministry of Magic, and he was a little bit obsessed with power... …fanaticism?"

"Yeah." Moon smiled bitterly: "Percy's obsession with power is nothing like that of a Weasley."

Uncle Golov nodded, not knowing what he was thinking about there, but his uncle Edgar smiled and said: "Arthur and his wife have given birth to so many children, it is quite normal to have two aliens. From then on, In terms of the number of children, the Weasley family is almost the hope of a pure-blood wizarding family. And the twins Fred and George are also quite unusual. I dare say that those two little guys have the best brains. There are more clever ideas in it than all their brothers and sisters combined.”

Quaid, who had been chewing an apple silently, suddenly coughed, and then said in a funny tone, "They both have a lot of clever ideas. Just before the holidays, Mrs. Weasley sent a shouting letter because of this." Letter. Didn't Brother Moon create a new dueling club? They made a lot of gold galleons by betting on the outcome of duels and changes in rankings, but Professor McGonagall discovered them. In the end, they didn't make any money. He even got scolded by Mrs. Weasley with a shouting letter - in front of all the little wizards who were eating."

"Fortunately, it was Fred and George. If it had been anyone else, like Ron, they would have been embarrassed and crawled under the table."

"Hey, are they playing so big?" Edgar's eyes widened. "I thought the things I did at Hogwarts were outrageous enough."

Several other elders were also interested, especially Ann. She pointed out the key to the matter almost immediately: "Didn't Mr. Weasley get promoted? Even if there are many children in the family, everyone should still have some pocket money." , they don’t need to be as strapped as before, why do they still use this...not so good way to make money?"

Quaid shook his head, indicating that he didn't know, but Moon thought of something thoughtfully.

Although there are no traces of Fred and George's prank products on a large scale in the school, these two people... must have started to study those things.

The twins did engage in gambling in the past, but it was always just because they didn't have pocket money and wanted to buy some novel gadgets.

Like this time, he was amassing money so much that he even got it right under Professor McGonagall's nose. It really makes no sense to say that there wasn't some special need for gold Galleons.

Chapter 63 Investment

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the Weasley family was the first to arrive at Shafiq Manor.As soon as they arrived, the adults and children gathered together clearly.The only exception was Percy - he apparently preferred sitting at the adults' table.

Neither Bill nor Charlie came. Except for Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny all quickly joined in the smiling chatter of the little Shafiqs.The twin brother seemed to be "recovering" very well, but Mrs. Weasley would still glance over and glare at him from time to time, which looked a bit scary.

About ten minutes later, Mr. Tonks and Mrs. Tonks also arrived at the manor. Unfortunately, Tonks did not appear.

Of course, Dana, who had been scared to tears by Tonks using her cock mouth, was relieved.

Thinking of Tonks, poor little Dana still has lingering fears.

While Aunt Nora greeted Mr. and Mrs. Tonks warmly, she casually asked why Tonks hadn't come. Mrs. Tonks explained helplessly: "She just wanted to be an Auror, so she's still While attending Auror training, she sent a letter back several days in advance, telling us that she would not be able to come back for Christmas this year."

"Ah, Auror training." Edgar nodded with concern. "It's normal not to come back. When I went to train after graduation, I was really tortured."

If it were other people who said this, most people would just think of it as casual comfort.But after Edgar, who had never been a serious person, mentioned it, everyone immediately felt that this Auror training was indeed not a joke.

"It's right for Tonks to be tempered a little. Maybe after Tonks completes the training, she will be more stable and practical when she comes back, and will no longer be as jumping-off as before." Mr. Tonks smiled gently, looking like this The words can be said to come from the heart.

Well, if Moon hadn't known that this was the man who taught Tonks how to pick Muggle locks, Moon would really believe him.

"I always feel that as soon as the children leave Hogwarts, they have less and less chance to see each other." Mrs. Weasley was knitting a sweater while talking, and her thoughts were rarely revealed. A little sad "The same goes for Bill and Charlie. One went to Egypt to work as a curse-breaker in Gringotts; the other went directly to Romania to study dragons."

"Bill hasn't been back to spend Christmas with us for several years. Charlie encountered some traces of wild fire dragons this year. He was so busy tracking them that he didn't even have time to send the letter back immediately. The last time I received his letter, it was too late. It was almost two weeks before Christmas."

Mr. Weasley smiled apologetically at everyone, and then gently patted Mrs. Weasley's leg, "Don't say that, Molly, children have their own directions and pursuits, and this is something we should be happy about." "

I don’t know whether Mr. Weasley’s comfort really worked, or whether Mrs. Weasley herself was not used to this sad mood. She quickly showed a proud smile again, "That's right, at home. These two kids who graduated are very promising——"

Then, Fred and George suffered another glare from Mrs. Weasley.

"The rest of the family are not so good. Except for Percy and Ginny, well, especially Fred and George. They wave their wands around all day long. If it weren't for me and their father to control them, these two This boy will go to heaven."

In this regard, the twins obviously have nothing to defend or refute. Besides, this is not the Burrow. They can be more unscrupulous.So the two brothers had no choice but to turn around and laugh at the non-existent joke, pretending not to hear a word said.

Of course, the most innocent person is Ron.He obviously didn't get into any trouble or did anything bad, yet he was scolded by Mrs. Weasley in passing.If he hadn't been used to his mother's behavior for a long time, and there were no very strange people here except Mr. and Mrs. Tonks, Ron's face might have turned the color of liver at this moment.

After talking about the children, the focus of the adults' conversation and laughter gradually began to shift towards some matters in the wizarding world, such as the new policies of the Ministry of Magic, and some academic scandals that broke out somewhere...

By this time, the children had almost no motivation to continue listening.When the adults talked about them before, they could still have fun and listen to the fun, but these messy things were so far away from their world that almost no one wanted to sit here stupidly anymore.So, at Moon's suggestion, the little ones lined up in a row and walked outside the living room one by one, intending to go outside to breathe fresh air and see the snow scene.

The only exception was Percy. He sat there the whole time. Except for a slight hesitation when Moon asked him if he wanted to go out, the rest of the time, he didn't even move his buttocks, and he was quite applauding. In line with everyone's conversation, laugh when you should laugh and sigh when you should sigh.

Like a robot.

As he was about to leave the living room, Moon also heard Percy mention his twelve OWLs certificates again, as if unintentionally, and then intentionally or unintentionally brought the topic to the officials of the Ministry of Magic, the current minister's style and employment requirements. superior.

To be honest, even if Moon hadn't mentioned Percy's strong desire for power before, just because of his current behavior, not to mention Uncle Golov, even his uncle Edgar could tell him that little bit of power at a glance. His mind was read.

Moreover, probably because graduation was approaching, Percy seemed to be possessed by the idea of ​​power.He didn't even realize that his behavior of constantly changing the subject to such a serious and boring topic had begun to make every adult except Mrs. Weasley feel helpless.

The reason why Mrs. Weasley was the only exception was actually because Mrs. Weasley was still immersed in pride for Percy.

Later, Percy said something again, and Moon stopped listening. Although Percy was indeed very different from ordinary little wizards to him, this did not mean that he could turn Percy around. This passion for power.Because no matter how special he is, in Percy's eyes, Moon is just a little wizard smaller than himself.

Therefore, no matter what Moon said, Percy would only understand it as "this man is still young and does not understand the importance of power and position."

If you really want to change his mind, you still need adults to come, or wait until he hits the wall himself.

After leaving the main building, Hesper couldn't wait to pull Ginny and Shawnie and trotted towards the garden, and the other children followed in a hurry.Seeing that the timing was right, Moon stopped Quaid and handed him the Oranda in his arms. "You go over there first. I'll get something over there - Fred, George, you guys come with me. You just happened to help me move some things."

The twins didn't think of anything else for a moment, and readily agreed to Munn's request. As soon as they turned a corner, Munn directly asked, "Hey, Fred, George, did you mention the Duel Club members earlier?" The handicap is so big, is there any place where money can be used directly?"

This sudden question stunned both Fred and George. They looked at each other, and then shook their heads in unison.

“Where can we use the money.”

"Actually, I just got too big and didn't stop for a while."

"What's wrong Moon, could it be possible..." Fred laughed evilly.

George supported from the side and completed what Fred had left unfinished. "Is it possible that you also want to participate?"

"It's a good reason to play big." Moon nodded gently as he led the way, and said with a smile: "Then why did we not play big in various things every year before, but why did we play big this year? Oh, are you trying to say that we didn’t have such a good opportunity before? That’s weird. Why do I think that just for the next person to be accidentally tricked by Peeves, you can find a way to mess with it? Is it particularly big?"

From the beginning to the end, he had no intention of talking in circles or making circumstantial remarks with the twins. The two of them were very smart and had a good relationship with each other. It would be better to go straight to the point.

"That's a good idea." Fred blurted out subconsciously - on the one hand, he really felt so, on the other hand, and more importantly, he wanted to continue to cover their "great cause".

But George obviously realized that Moon was not just asking out of curiosity. He did not answer Fred's words as usual, but patted Fred on the shoulder and shook his head at his brother.

The two brothers had the same mind. Just a look from George had already made Fred roughly understand what he meant. Therefore, Fred sighed and honestly told the real reason between the two of them.

"Okay - actually we are going to study a little - something."

"Yes, something interesting."

"The reason why I didn't want to tell you before was because our relationship is very strong."

"No worse than us and Li."

"But sometimes you are too 'upright'. Sometimes you will advise us if our pranks go too far."

"If you find out that we are researching this exciting gadget, we are worried that you will tell mom."

"Or just tell us not to do it anymore."

After hearing that the two finally told the real reason, Moon stopped and looked back at them, "Oh? What are you studying?"

Fred dug into his pockets and pulled out a few small items - a small bunch of keys, a few coins, a postcard from nowhere, and two toffees wrapped in colorful candy wrappers. .

"This is it." George helped Fred pick out the two toffees inside and handed them to Moon's hands. "We plan to call these 'Fat Tongue Toffees'."

"Literally, after eating it, your tongue will "pop" and become much bigger."

"But there are still some minor sequelae. When your tongue returns to its original size, you may feel a little uncomfortable."

"The last time George ate a piece, his tongue was numb for almost half an hour."

Moon looked over the two pieces of Fat Tongue Toffee over and over, then peeled off the packaging of one of them, tapped it lightly with his wand, checked the spell inside, and then said with interest: "The expansion spell? It is solidified to the point where it only affects the local area, and the duration of the spell is controlled to a similar time? It's really a good idea - but you should try it when you cast the spell..."

He pushed the fat tongue toffee in his hand to his fingertips, then waved his wand and clicked on the candy again, casting a puffing spell "...don't make the spell so destructive, for It can make the spell work better in real time, but you have made the spell more of a curse, and this is the main reason why your Fat Tongue Toffee has sequelae."

"Ha! It seems that my idea is absolutely right." Fred waved his hands excitedly, "I thought this might be the reason last week!"

George seemed to have guessed what Moon might have doubts, and he spread his hands helplessly, "Professor McGonagall returned all our 'illegal gains', and my mother stopped and we only got a few months of pocket money. Ron and Ginny were also strictly ordered not to lend us money. We haven’t thought of a way to defraud Ron of the money, so until now——”

"—Until now," Fred took over, "we are both too poor to afford a new toffee."

Moon looked at the two people dumbfounded, "Just buying toffees obviously doesn't cost as much money as you got from the gambling ring. Tell me, you must have other reasons."

"Ha, if you want to talk about this, then you are still the culprit." Fred and George looked at each other, and they both raised their hands and put their hands on Moon's shoulders, making Moon stunned for a while.

What?What's going on?What the hell?Why are you still involved with me?

Fortunately, the two brothers didn't give in and soon revealed the answer to the mystery. "Do you remember that bar in Hogsmeade?"

"Fred and I had been there once before, and an idea suddenly popped into our heads."

"We're definitely not going to stop at the little Fat Tongue Toffee, or two or three small products that we haven't finished researching yet."

"Then what will we do when we have more products in the future?"

"Of course I have to open a store like you."

"To be honest, we have even thought about which alley in Diagon Alley we want to open the store in."

"Actually, it's not impossible to open it in Hogsmeade."

"In short, money is needed to open a store, and money is also needed for research. When I had no money before, I thought that a small amount of pocket money, plus the two of us thinking about it here and there, was enough."

“Now that we have more pocket money, we feel like we don’t have enough money.”

"so……"

Moon nodded knowingly, "I understand, so after you saw my bar in Hogsmeade, you wanted to open your own shop, and then you felt that the money was not enough, so you need to make more money..."

As he spoke, he suddenly changed into a vicious face, "This is what you two said that I am the culprit, right? If that bar is opened by Professor Dumbledore, are you two still planning to say that it is Professor Dumbledore?" The gambling game that Professor Bullido ordered you to set up!"

The two brothers smiled narrowly at Moon, "It does have something to do with you."

"Okay, I probably understand." Moon sighed and stuffed the Fat Tongue Toffee back into George's hand. "But - don't blame me for talking about using gambling to get the little wizard's money. The punishment given to you by Professor McGonagall and Mrs. Weasley is considered light. Many people don't know how to restrain themselves when gambling. The money you earned like this is not clean, and it is a good thing to be returned."

"As for the money for your follow-up research and store opening... don't worry, I can invest it for you."

"Investment?" Fred and George looked at each other, and then their eyes lit up at the same time. "Are you sure?"

"Of course, I think this thing you are studying is actually quite fun. The little wizards might like it very much. As long as you grasp the speed well, you can have great business prospects." Moon said bluntly: "But, Don’t be too happy too early, I can give you a lot of investment, but if you want to earn this investment, you must have real ability, and you must agree to a few small conditions."

"You said it." George answered neatly.

However, Fred rolled his eyes and spoke with a little uneasiness: "If you want us not to make such a prank product, then forget it."

"No, no, no, my request is -" Moon raised a finger, "First, you can no longer conduct human experiments, including you two, unless I confirm that there is no harm. Products, and even if it is such a product, you can only experience it yourself, you cannot use it to fool the little wizard and use it as a test subject for you."

"As for how to determine the effectiveness of your products, leave it to me and I will help you with the review."

This first request really made Fred and George hesitate, especially Fred.He had indeed thought about using little wizards to help try out some relatively large quantities of products before, and he thought it was a very good idea. Anyway, as long as he was sure that there would be no incurable or permanent sequelae.

But compared to Moon's investment, this condition seems less unacceptable.

After hesitating for two seconds, they both finally nodded.

"Okay, then secondly, you must not sell any product to others before confirming the effect to me." Moon raised his second finger.

"No problem, no problem at all." With the first request in mind, the two brothers accepted it very happily.

"The last one, actually, this can only be regarded as an add-on - now that you have my investment, you two can finally stop engaging in gambling and draw gold and galleons out of the pockets of the little wizards at school." Mu Mu En curled his lips, "So, don't engage in any more gambling games in the future. At most, you are allowed to engage in small fights and bets. There is no need to discuss the big handicap like this duel standings."

Chapter 64 Secret Meeting

After some negotiation, everyone was happy.