Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

After all, it was the young man in front of her yesterday who completely subdued her in just the blink of an eye.

But after she raised her head, Moon did not talk to her for the time being. Instead, he just looked into her eyes quietly. After a while, he said, "So, this attack has nothing to do with Rodriguez."

Debra's expression was suffocated, and the fear in her heart spread crazily at this moment. She didn't even realize when Moon used Legilimency to invade her memory.She instinctively looked away again, but her head was completely fixed by the approaching stone thorns, unable to move at all.

"He should be lucky that he at least still has some brains, and knew that when giving advice at the beginning, he advised those people to only attack the eye-catching places to avoid being caught by me." Moon waved his wand again, making all the stone thorns retreat. " But Rodriguez was completely unaware of the attack two months ago?”

Without the restriction of the stone thorn, Debra immediately lowered his head, and then said in a trembling voice: "Yes, we don't know who did the attack on the wizard gathering in July, but Rodriguez thinks it was A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In addition to you and him, there is a third party who also wants to force the Crow Party to show up. So he immediately contacted the people from the Snake King Society and asked them to pretend to be the dark wizards of the Crow Party and attack Diagon Alley. They launched an attack in a similar place. But...the people from the Snake King Association attacked other places for some unknown reason..."

In Moon's view, the answer is actually obvious - there is no doubt that the Snake King will not completely trust Rodriguez.Launching an attack, but not from the direction suggested by Rodriguez, on the one hand, can achieve the goal of forcing the Crows to enter, on the other hand, it is also a test for Rodriguez.

The people in the Snake King Club obviously know something.

The question now is whether Rodriguez overestimated the trust relationship between him and the Snake King Society, or was simply doing the opposite, knowing that the people of the Snake King Society would not adopt his suggestions, so he What about a deliberate reverse induction?

He tightened his grip on the wand in his hand.

He still remembered what he said to his uncle back then.

In the process of dealing with the Crow Party, death and blood will inevitably come. Rodriguez is left behind in order to minimize death and blood as much as possible.

But even so, if there really is a problem planned and led by Rodriguez, then no matter what the situation he laid, he should stand up and be the one who bleeds at the forefront.

"Tell Rodriguez that since the time is coming, let's meet. He will decide the time and place. The sooner the better. And..." Moon put away his wand, and the stone prison quickly disintegrated and disappeared. The rope that tied Debra was suddenly pulled away and fell aside.

Debra fell to the ground, and her wand was gently raised by Moon and brought to her. "...I hope he is still a smart person."

"Okay..." Debra nodded hard, took the wand, and got up from the ground.

"You know Sonia Floris, right, that Gryffindor girl." Before Debra was about to transform into the emerald green bird again, Moon suddenly asked.

Faced with this question, Debra answered even more hesitantly than all the previous questions. Until nearly half a minute later, she said resignedly: "Yes, I know her. She is my sister. My full name is." Debra Flores'."

"I understand, you can go." Moon left the last words, then turned around first, with his back to Debra, and left the increasingly dark cave step by step.

Until this time, Debra finally started breathing heavily, as if she had just escaped from the mouth of a giant python that was devouring people.She tried to calm down and raised her head to look in the direction where Munn left——

Suddenly, a little light called 'hope' emerged from her eyes.

Chapter 41 The first private party

"Relax, Debra, I'm not angry."

In a small room that was so dim that one could barely make out the outline of the person in front of him even though he was only three meters away, Rodriguez spoke softly.His voice was unusually hoarse, as if he had been walking in the desert for a long time and was extremely dehydrated.

"I'm not your stubborn father who gets angry even if the child comes home late, right. Debra? I've always been... very kind to you."

Debra didn't answer, she just stood there honestly, her movements were reserved, and her body was stiff.

"O-oh, I understand." The dark smoke began to spread in the room. Instead of making people feel choked, it revealed a strange sweet aroma, which seemed to attract everyone who smelled it. It's like being drunk. "You are afraid that I will be angry because of what our young master Fox said, aren't you? Don't worry, I don't want to be angry with you, so how can I be angry with him?"

Rodriguez leaned on the sofa, holding a long pipe in his mouth, with a faint smile on his face. "On the contrary, dear Debra, I am very happy, very happy."

"Because our sweet little friend is trying his best to prove to me with words and actions that he is still a good person, a good person through and through - as always."

"And good people, you remember, Debra, what I taught you, good people can never defeat bad guys like us who do all kinds of evil, just because they have a bottom line."

Debra still didn't give an answer, partly because of her long-standing fear of Rodriguez.On the other hand, she also knew very well that although Rodriguez carried her name in every sentence, in fact, Rodriguez was just talking to himself.If she really answers the call, then waiting for her end will definitely not lead to a happy situation.

She just needs to be there like a doll and listen obediently.

"I have to say, I have a little bit of regret. It would have been better if I hadn't been so smart. Anyway, the goal has been almost achieved. It seems like a good thing to meet him early and kill him. Son."

"Ah! You must be looking forward to seeing me fight him to the death, aren't you, Debra? If he dies, you will be rewarded for your contribution and my happiness; if I die, you Just the right time to escape from this huge prison.”

At some point, Rodriguez was standing in front of Debra.He reached out a hand and gently touched Debra's beautiful cheek.

"I'm really sorry to disappoint you."

The feedback from his fingertips made Rodriguez really feel Debra's trembling. He laughed, suddenly took two steps back, took another hard puff of cigarette, and then said softly: " Go ahead and send me another message to meet you in Hogsmeade. A month or so will allow me to observe the situation again."

Debra nodded and silently exited the room - although she was inevitably a little disappointed with all this, at the moment, it was obvious that she still had to obey every order given by Rodriguez.

…………

On the other side, inside Hogwarts.

After leaving the cave, Moon did not immediately go to Professor Slughorn's banquet. Instead, he went back to the common room first, put down his bag and other things, and then took a nap against the bed. It took about half an hour or so.It wasn't until his energy eased a little and the evil thoughts in his chest receded a lot that he got up, changed his clothes, and officially set off.

Surprisingly, however, he was not the only one late to the party.On the way, he also met Hermione holding a small stack of books.

The two looked at each other and immediately realized what the other was going to do.

"What are you...?" Moon glanced at the books Hermione held in her hands. There were no textbooks, and most of the covers were very old. They looked more like they were borrowed from the library.

Hermione hurried forward two steps and walked side by side with Moon. At the same time, she explained, "I went to the library earlier and borrowed a few reference books for my History of Magic homework. But just now I actually borrowed some books from McGonagall." Came from the professor's office - you were right before, the divination class was obviously not suitable for me, so I went to Professor McGonagall to discuss it. The professor scolded me for a while, but finally agreed to help me. Change the divination class to arithmetic.”

Moon nodded lightly. This is normal. The elective courses for third-year wizards are all chosen at the end of the second grade. Naturally, they cannot be changed casually.Professor McGonagall was willing to help Hermione change her curriculum, which was nothing more than a privilege of a legendary good student.

He had no intention of saying anything more, but Hermione seemed to have finally found a good target for her complaints. Taking advantage of her time on the road, she poured out everything they had experienced in the Divination class.

"Oh my God, I have never seen such a talkative person. Even among the many weird things in Hogwarts, the Divination class and Professor Trelawney are definitely the weirdest of the weird. '." When she said this, Hermione's face was full of indignation. "It's to scare Neville, and it's to scare Parvati - what about breaking the tea cup? Isn't it just that Neville was found to be clumsy and nervous easily? And be wary of red-haired men, haha, why doesn’t she speak more clearly?”

"And Lavender, I have to say I don't like that girl, but I will never curse someone like Professor Trelawney did. 'The thing you fear will happen on Friday, October [-]th'... ...Ha! If I were Lavender, I would never take a divination class again in my life."

Hermione had a sullen face, which made her overly large front teeth more obvious, but she obviously didn't care about it and was still saying, "You don't know, she was even in Harry's teacup." I saw a lot of inexplicable things, such as a falcon that symbolized the mortal enemy, a skull that symbolized danger, and some "terrible omens". If I hadn't also seen the teacup, I would have almost believed it! "

To be honest, Hermione's words did make Moon a little surprised - if Professor Trelawney saw the ghostly vicious dog omen in Harry's tea bowl in the original book, it was because of Sirius' Absconding caused Harry to have this omen in his teacup, but Professor Trelawney misread it.Now that Professor Trelawney can still see the big dog, it is obviously serious nonsense.

After all, Sirius is currently in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.

"Forget it, just get used to it. Professor Trelawney predicts the death of at least one student every year. This is a common occurrence for her. But in fact, until this year, her death predictions have never come true. Passed." Moon smiled and shook his head, "Don't pay too much attention to this matter, let alone death, her other prophecies are rarely successful."

Hermione suddenly turned her head, looked at Moon, and asked in confusion: "Then why do you still want to take divination? Since Professor Trelawney is a 'fake', then you can take other courses, I I think Professor Sprout will be happy to help you revise your electives."

"Of course there are other reasons." Moon didn't explain the matter too clearly. Obviously, the things here were not suitable to be explained clearly to Hermione, so he just explained in a nonchalant manner. At least, even if the accuracy of Professor Trelawney's predictions is worrying, that is only her problem, and it does not mean that divination itself is a subject of deception."

"Okay." Hermione shrugged. "Anyway, I have asked Professor McGonagall to help me change divination into arithmetic divination. I borrowed a book from a classmate who took that course. In comparison, , Arithmetic divination seems to be much more reliable and reasonable than divination."

The two walked while talking, and before they knew it, they had arrived at the door of Professor Slughorn's office.

Moon raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door. Within 2 minutes, the door was opened from the inside, and Cedric stuck his head out. When he saw Munn, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Phew, You're finally here, I thought you were going to break your appointment."

"I wrote a reply to someone, and I was delayed for a while. How was the party? Was it fun?" Moon smiled and let Hermione enter the room first, and then he followed in and closed the office. door.

Before Cedric could answer Moon's question, Professor Slughorn, who saw him and Hermione coming in, immediately stood up and said loudly: "Ha! Boy, I knew you were definitely not the type to break an appointment. People, come and make it quickly, I’ve prepared the mead for you.”

"Thank you, Professor." Moon bowed apologetically, "I'm very sorry about being late. I have some urgent matters that I need to deal with quickly."

"Stop saying those silly things, I won't blame you." Professor Slughorn's face was full of joy, and he even smiled so much that his beard stood up, and his eyes narrowed into slits.While he motioned for Munn to sit next to him, he handed a glass of light golden mead to Munn. "Okay, where did we just talk?"

Percy, who was sitting not far away, was sitting upright, holding a wine glass. It looked as if he was not at a private party of a professor at Hogwarts, but at a high-end cocktail party filled with dignitaries. "You just mentioned At the Daily Prophet, sir."

"Ah, yes, the Daily Prophet..."

While Professor Slughorn continued his narration, Moon slowly took a sip of wine, and then looked at the little wizards who were here tonight.

Chapter 42 Nott

Most of the people attending the party tonight were acquaintances. For example, all the people who had appeared at the express train lunch banquet that day were all present today.In addition, most of the people who attended another small gathering later on the day of homecoming were also in attendance.Such as Blaise Zabini, Theodore Nott, the Greengrass sisters, and Orsino Sluston and Terence.

Of course, Hesper and Quaid obviously can't escape.

However, what is slightly different from that time is that based on what I have witnessed in the school these days, Professor Slughorn has apparently added several new places:

Hermione, who has excellent grades and performs extremely well in Potions class;

His academic performance is also very good, and he is also a good athlete. He is called a genius seeker with Harry, and he even has Cedric who is the founder of the school newspaper;

Coupled with this is Oliver Wood, who is also a good Quidditch player and is said to have received invitations from some teams and is just waiting to join them as soon as he graduates.

Obviously, for Professor Slughorn, these people also have considerable investment value.

Then, perhaps because his office was already "overcrowded", after recruiting new people, Professor Slughorn did not forget to kick out two more people - Neville Longbottom and Marcus Bellby. Didn't show up at today's party.

Of course, Neville didn't need to say much. He always looked blank and couldn't even speak fluently when he was nervous.Let alone Professor Slughorn, even if it were anyone else, he might not think that Neville would have any future prospects.As for Marcus - he was very honest and actually told Professor Slughorn directly that he was not very familiar with his famous uncle, and he was obviously not good enough for the professor to allow him to enter in a private capacity.

Therefore, it is actually not a surprise that these two people were kicked out.

When Professor Slughorn finished telling an interesting anecdote about the "Daily Prophet" again, most of the little wizards laughed in laughter.Moon didn't laugh, but he also clapped his hands together - as if what Professor Slughorn had just said was really wonderful.

In fact, Moon's attention was not on Professor Slughorn at all. While applauding, his eyes were always fixed on the other young wizard diagonally opposite.

He was a tall and thin boy, wearing a Slytherin robe, with a slightly pale complexion. He couldn't be said to be very good-looking, but he had quite a temperament, and he looked like he was quite smart. people.

Although he had not interacted with him much, Moon knew this guy's name - Theodore Nott, from the pure-blood Nott family, the only son of the Death Eater Old Nott, and he was the same age as Malfoy this year.

The reason why Munn paid attention to him was obviously not because he didn't smile or applaud, but because this guy always frowned and looked tired, and even had a hint of impatience between his eyebrows. He looked like I've been feeling very tired and miserable lately.

Although he had already heard that Theodore Nott was a somewhat withdrawn and unsociable person, Moon still felt that this guy's behavior was a bit... weird.

The emotions emanating from Theodore Nott seem to be related to family affection. However, his father Nott Sr. was one of the Death Eaters who escaped the fate of being imprisoned in Azkaban, and has been staying outside well. Here we are today.Lucius Malfoy was arrested some time ago, but Old Nott was not implicated.Otherwise, Theodore would not be sitting here right now.

So what is he worried about?Disharmony in family relationships caused by adolescents’ rebellious psychology?

It's not impossible... but Moon always felt that this boy didn't look like he would have a bad relationship with his family.

Professor Slughorn on the side was turning to ask Violet about the school newspaper. Moon slowly raised his eyes, and happened to meet Theodore's eyes in mid-air.

When their eyes met, Theodore's brows immediately frowned slightly.

Although he has not joined the pure-blood supremacy "camp" organized by the Slytherin minority, in fact, under the influence of his father, Old Nott, he is also an out-and-out pure-blood supremacist, but His always solitary temperament makes him unwilling to interact with any small groups.

Therefore, his sense of touch with Munn is not very good - he cannot be said to be an enemy, but there is no doubt that Munn must be his ideological opponent.

Therefore, he was even more confused about what Fox was looking at. Did he have flowers growing on his face?

Or is this some kind of provocation?After dealing with the Malfoy family, will Fox start to attack their family now?

Thinking of this, Theodore's eyes became a little colder, but the next moment, Moon slowly looked away as if he chose to avoid the sharp edge temporarily.

Theodore looked at Moon's side face in astonishment, but Moon never looked back, as if the previous meeting of eyes was just Theodore's illusion.

After a while, he sighed softly, and then his face returned to the previous expression of silence mixed with a bit of worry, and he began to continue thinking about the trivial matters in his heart.

On the other side, Moon was also digesting the news he had just learned from Theodore Nok's mind.

Old Nott has actually been away from home for a long time.

Moreover, not only that, before leaving, Old Nott even specifically warned Theodore many times, including where the gold galleons at home were hidden... what things needed to be taken away from the manor in time... and what What needs to be destroyed immediately...

Anyone who is not a fool can probably tell from this that Old Nott's trip away from home was definitely not for a vacation or something.

So, a senior Death Eater who successfully escaped the last trial, what else can he do in this...interesting moment?

Moon rubbed the armrest of the seat beneath him, already having a clue in his mind.

"Ha, hearing what you said, I kind of regret not coming back to teach you earlier." Professor Slughorn stroked his gray beard, "Bill Weasley...it seems like this You are your role model, Percy, right? Like your brother, you have obtained twelve OWLs certificates. This is not something ordinary people can achieve. It seems that I really need to get to know you Weasleys. I have a child, let me think about it, if I take some time to visit your home, you won’t have any little emotions, haha.”

It turns out that Professor Slughorn is really good at talking - at some point, everyone's topic turned to the Weasley family again.After hearing Professor Slughorn's words, Percy suddenly showed joy. "Of course, of course, Professor, we will definitely welcome you."

As for the weird look on Ron's face, neither Professor Slughorn nor Percy just pretended they didn't see it.

Professor Slughorn raised his glass to Percy with satisfaction, and then briskly poured a whole glass of mead into his mouth.

It happened that at this moment, someone said something out of nowhere, "If I remember correctly, the Weasley family has almost stepped on the Malfoy family and moved up a level this time."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole office immediately became silent.

If someone else had said such words, even if Professor Slughorn didn't tell him to get out directly, he would probably never leave a good look on his face.Unfortunately, the person who said this was Cormac McLaggen, who seemed to have muscles in his head.And this guy - there is more than one person in his family who holds a high position in the Ministry of Magic.

Therefore, Professor Slughorn still had to remain polite to him.

Compared to Professor Slughorn's look of just wanting to laugh, Percy clearly showed a bit of displeasure and embarrassment in his expression. It was just because he was in Professor Slughorn's office that he didn't take it immediately. He uses his reputation as student union president to overwhelm others.Ron didn't have such doubts, so he retorted directly, "Then you are so wrong. Don't forget, it was my father who got promoted first and successfully caught old Malfoy."

Cormac sneered and planned to continue to retort, but Terrence, who saw the tension between the two people, stood up at this time. He stopped the two people from continuing to argue and said loudly: "Okay. , you two, if you want, you can go to the Duel Club, there is a special place for you two to have a good fight."

Ron and Cormac glared at each other, then turned away, neither of them wanting to pay attention to the other.

Feeling the increasingly awkward atmosphere, Terence looked helplessly at Munn, but Munn seemed completely unaware of all this. He didn't look here at all. Instead, he lowered his head slightly and studied his steps. That beautiful crystal cup inside.

It was obviously impossible to count on Moon. Terrence rubbed his thighs and finally found a new topic from Cormac McLaggen's words just now.

"Speaking of which, I feel like I've rarely seen Malfoy recently. Have you seen him? It feels like he doesn't even want to stay in the common room now. Every time I see him, he's either in a hurry I go to class in a hurry, or I go back to the dormitory in a hurry, rarely staying outside."

Hearing Terence's words, Harry immediately nodded in agreement, "That's true, and to be honest, I think he has become a lot quieter even in class, and he doesn't like it as much as before..."

Harry originally wanted to say "likes to make trouble", but after thinking about it, he felt that such wording might not be appropriate here, so he changed it to "I don't like to be in trouble as much as before". I was yelling in class.”

At this moment, Blaise Zabini, who had been listening quietly without interrupting, suddenly affirmed Terrence and Harry's views, "Yes, Malfoy has indeed been staying in the dormitory every day recently and doesn't come out much. He walks around like a different person. If he hadn't occasionally seen Crabbe and Goyle wandering around, and also seen Malfoy during class, I would have almost thought he had dropped out of school."

Chapter 43 Zabini