Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Both Ron and Harry were dumbfounded. They stared at Hermione with wide eyes, especially Ron. His mouth was bulging and he didn't forget to give Hermione a thumbs up. Hermione's face turned red as she sat down.

"Ahem -" Professor McGonagall cleared her throat and suppressed everyone's noise. At the same time, she glanced at Fred and left a gentle sentence: "Okay, Mr. Weasley, please pay attention to your speech." .”

Then, the professor's eyes fell on Cormac, who was sitting there with gritted teeth.

"However, I think, McLane, at your age, you should at least learn to be more responsible for what you say. In terms of your family background, there is nothing wrong with using officials from the Ministry of Magic as your role models, but it is best It’s better not to choose the wrong people. As for the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, unfortunately, I did see it, and Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout also saw it.”

A sudden force appeared on the Slytherin table. Randall stared at Cormac and said loudly: "I saw it with my own eyes when Moon saved me, but I have never seen the two fire dragons you defeated! You have no experience. Idiot!"

After that night at Professor Slughorn's party, on this day, Cormac's face turned into a cooked prawn again.He held his book and suddenly felt that the photo of Moon on the cover looked so hateful. He simply threw the book on the long table, picked up his backpack and hurriedly left the auditorium.

"Alright, enjoy your lunch. It's better not to read books like this that are full of nonsense." Professor McGonagall said casually, then walked to his seat at the teacher's table and sat down.

However, having said that, there was actually a bit of worry in the professor's eyes.

In fact, after seeing the relevant advertisement yesterday, Professor McGonagall immediately submitted a mail order order to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.As soon as the book came into her hands today, she read it for a while, and then hurriedly took the book to the principal's office.

When the door to the office was opened, she immediately saw Professor Dumbledore, who was also holding the book and flipping through it with a solemn expression.

They all know that, unlike them, no matter what kind of evaluation Rita Skeeter gives, it will never be achieved. Except for a small number of Rita Skeeter's die-hard fans, not many people will think that Albus ·Dumbledore is insane.But for Moon, he is young, has an unstable foundation, and is too well-known after more than a year of unremitting publicity.

A biography like this would do Moon a huge disservice.

"Albus, I think we need to do something... We can't let such rumors spread freely outside." Professor McGonagall spoke very quickly at the time, "That kid Moon has been a little weird this semester. If he lets it happen again, There are rumors flying around and questions surrounding him - God, I can't even imagine what that's going to do to him."

However, facing Professor McGonagall's doubts, Professor Dumbledore just silently turned another page of the book, and then shook his head slightly.

He is not going to do anything.

After trying to argue two more times but still to no avail, Professor McGonagall had to give up temporarily.

This is why she seemed so straightforward when she came to the auditorium and heard those roars of laughter.

If Professor Dumbledore is not willing to let them interfere in matters outside the school - maybe Professor Dumbledore has his own considerations.But at least, she can still control the school and prevent Hogwarts from being filled with rumors about Moon.

From Professor McGonagall's point of view, at least the performance of most of the little wizards made her very happy. Everyone unanimously believed in Moon and felt that Rita Skeeter was a crazy woman.But she still couldn't help but think that the rumors from the outside world would never be as friendly as those in Hogwarts. If Munn learned the latest evaluation of him from the outside world, then Munn...

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The two little wizards who were rescued by Munn from Peeves failed to tell Munn what happened in the great hall at that time, so Munn naturally knew nothing about it.But when he walked past the auditorium door at three o'clock in the afternoon two hours later and could still vaguely hear the sounds of arguments coming from it, he could still feel everyone's trust in him.

This made him feel a little better.

However, on the other side, the mood of other people in the school newspaper office did not get better at all, but in fact terrible.

"Look what she wrote here - 'Some people claim that Moon Fox personally destroyed the remnant soul of the devil who must not even be named. This is indeed an amazing feat. But in fact, after I verified it in many ways, , a terrible thing appeared in front of my eyes. Even among the reporters who were present at the time and took the photos themselves, no one could confirm whether there were other people hiding next to them, and no one could prove the so-called Is the remnant soul just an illusion?'"

"'As a writer with a sense of responsibility, professional ethics and moral standards, I certainly cannot make any judgments. But according to people familiar with the matter, Moon Foxx used it to destroy the devil who must not even be named. When the soul was remnant, the spell used was the legendary fierce fire. Unfortunately, the spell of fierce fire belonged to the current head of the Shafik family, Golov Shafik. A specialty, not a fourth-year wizard's specialty.'"

Arlin almost laughed out loud. He slammed the book on the table, picked up the quill and shouted: "Why didn't she just say it directly, Professor Dumbledore, Mr. Shafik, Mu En and En worked together to put on a good show. Did Mr. Shafiq burn the mysterious man's remaining soul with fierce fire? That's what she clearly meant! This damn vicious woman!"

"You're right, Ya'erlin, that's what she meant." Nash sighed and said with the same unswerving look on his face, "But she would never write the content out so straightforwardly, only like She writes in this way to mislead her readers to the greatest extent."

Hayley Sorrell, a new member of the school newspaper office, rarely argued with Arlin, but shared the same hatred with everyone: "She actually has the nerve to say that she is responsible, professional and ethical. I think even Professor Snape is 1 Filch better than her in this aspect."

Doreen temporarily stopped her hand that was writing rapidly, stretched her waist slightly, and then looked at Violet's drawing board not far away, and saw that Violet had already stacked several drawings in her hand. Paper.Although each picture is relatively simple, it fully uses the side as a reference. The artificial and exaggerated expression of Rita Skeeter in the photo is vividly displayed.

Gal handed several newspapers that he had roughly read to Demi, then took out one and handed it to Hesper's desk. "Ha, I found another copy. In it, she said that the old man from the Ministry of Magic Barty Crouch is too extreme, less like an official and more like a spy for the Dark Wizard."

Chapter 51 Dumbledore’s illegitimate son

The new issue of "Hogwarts School Newspaper" released on Monday morning immediately raised Moon's discussion to a higher level - but there is nothing that can be done about it. For the little wizards in the school newspaper office, this is probably It can be regarded as a kind of labor pain that has to be endured.

After all, whether they intend to refute the content of Rita Skeeter's article, or use Rita Skeeter's dark history to try to prove that this woman is a vicious woman who specializes in slandering others, there is obviously no way around it. Moon.Therefore, all day on Monday, Violet, Cedric and others carefully observed Moon.

Fortunately, Moon didn't seem to be affected at all, because he was just like last week. He had no expression and didn't talk to others. During meals, he only sat at the end of the long table closest to the door and attended class. When I was there, I was sitting alone by the door.

Therefore, after the last astronomy class in the evening, Yaerlin looked at Munn who had disappeared in the blink of an eye, and couldn't help but ask Cedric and others a question that struck a chord:

"No, you can tell at a glance whether he has changed for the better or not, but who knows whether he has changed for the worse!"

Cedric shrugged helplessly, and then covered his face with his hands, "Don't mention it, okay? Professor Slughorn wants to hold another small party before the Halloween holiday, and told me that Mu is going to be there no matter what." I still don’t know how to deal with Professor Slughorn... The most terrifying thing is that I am a little worried that Professor Slughorn will go to Moon on his own, and then be rejected directly by Moon... …”

Everyone looked at each other and immediately shook their heads together.

Unlike the positive public opinion in Hogwarts, in the entire British wizarding community, Moon's evaluation has almost changed from "rave reviews" to "mixed reviews" in just two days. It's a mixed bag.Moreover, the fact that the social reputation can no longer continue to decline is thanks to the superior social credibility of the "Hogwarts School Newspaper".

If you have to think on the bright side, this at least proves how much controversy the two names of Rita Skeeter and Moon Fox can set off when put together.Even in a short period of time, the popularity of this matter has surpassed the recent signs of attacks launched by dark wizards.

So, inexplicably, Rita Skeeter's book kept the Ministry of Magic alive for a few days.

Amelia Bones hadn't had a good night's sleep in days.Although the content written in this book is extremely hateful - in the writing of the woman Skeeter, she, the person who witnessed Moon burning the diary with fierce fire, seemed to be just a decoration.Normally, she would be very happy to help the Moon Gang in any way she can, such as holding a press conference or interfering a little with the Daily Prophet.

But now, in another week at most, if the Ministry of Magic still cannot find a public explanation for the previous attacks, she, the Minister of Magic, will really have her spine stabbed.

In a sense, her current situation is no better than Moon's.

But the problem is that the memories of those arrested dark wizards are all a mess, and no meaningful information can be found at all. Even the dark wizards arrested later are the same.Albus Dumbledore has been studying this for quite some time, but he still hasn't given an answer. The people in the ministry are completely blind and can't figure anything out.

The only useful thing she knows now is what Dumbledore told her at the beginning - this kind of curse that destroys a person's memory in a certain way at a specific time, much like the Bloodsworn method.

Ms. Bones couldn't help but pinch the bridge of her nose, and then sighed heavily.

Although it was a bit immoral, to be honest, she vaguely hoped that the craze about Munn could last a little longer. By the way, she hoped that those dark wizards who appeared out of nowhere would stop causing trouble.

Maybe this way, the Ministry of Magic can hold on for another two weeks.

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Three days later, in the Werewolf Night Bar in Hogsmeade, a tall wizard held a copy of the "Hogwarts School Newspaper" in his hand and muttered: "I still think the Hogwarts School Newspaper is... What the newspaper said is absolutely true - what are you laughing at? I mean, even if what Rita Skeeter said is true, then what's the reason? Albus Dumbledore, Golov Shafik , Amelia Bones...which one of them is not a famous person?"

"Such a group of people pushed out a teenage child and worked hard to make him a big star and a big hero. So what's the reason? It can't be because they want Moon Fox to become the Minister of Magic as soon as he graduates. Bar?"

The red-faced wizard sitting opposite him took a swig of beer from his glass and said disdainfully: "Stop talking nonsense, Truman, you have almost torn through that Hogwarts school newspaper in the past two days. Wake up, Moon Fox is a puppet and a liar. Besides, as you said, if Moon Fox can enter the Ministry of Magic after graduation, will there be any threshold? If there is no Li These ruthlessly revealing words from Tower Skeeter?"

The tall wizard suddenly frowned. "You can't say that. Even if he doesn't have such a reputation, will there be any obstacles for him to enter the Ministry of Magic with the influence of his uncle Golov Shafik?"

The red-faced wizard snorted and said nothing.The other purple-robed wizard at the same table showed an expression of 'knowing everything' and said with a sneer: "Truman, Boros, with all due respect - haven't you discovered it yet? Moon Fox is actually a A tool, a tool to overthrow Cornelius Fudge!"

The purple-robed wizard did not suppress his voice at all when he said this, and it naturally reached the ears of others.

The wizard sitting on the round table next to him remained expressionless, but he couldn't help but pause when he picked up the wine glass. Little Richie, who was standing at the bar, accidentally failed to control his strength, and the wand in his hand almost hit him. Just poke it into the cabinet under the bar.Even some people at the other long tables looked over involuntarily.

The purple-robed wizard probably drank too much tonight, so he was completely unaware of the surrounding situation, and shouted: "Think about it carefully, Albus Dumbledore, Golov Shafik, and Amelia Bones, Merlin, who among them is suitable to stand up directly against Cornelius Fudge, who was still the Minister of Magic at the time? Huh! Of course they are not satisfied with Cornelius Fudge's command, so Because Fudge doesn't want to obey Albus Dumbledore in everything!"

"So? To protect their reputation! Moon Fox was pushed out like this, ha! Conspiracy! They just saw that Cornelius Fudge was too weak! Think about it, the Shafiq family at that time The boys were about to openly rebel, but what about Fudge? He actually only sent a few people to Hogwarts to arrest and arrest him, but in the end he didn't even get any results, so he just let it go."

The wizard sitting on the round table next to him continued to drink, and decided to treat what this guy said next as nonsense that only an idiot could say.Xiao Lixi listened with great interest. He had been working here for a while and had seen something abstract - this was the first time he had seen something as abstract as this.

Of course, it could also be because those people in the past never showed it.

The purple-robed wizard continued to speak impassionedly, "Then what? It didn't take long before they used the chess piece Moon Fox to overthrow that softie Fudge! Look at the current minister, tsk tsk tsk, tsk tsk tsk, she almost wants to go directly I have posted the words 'I am the puppet minister of Dumbledore and the Shafik family' on my face! I discuss everything with them! Rita also mentioned it in her book, do you all think so? Aren't you careful?"

The two people at the same table were obviously not satisfied with being questioned like this by their partner, and they soon started arguing non-stop.

The tall wizard known as Truman insisted that if Albus Dumbledore really wanted to be Minister for Magic, all he had to do was stand up and say he wanted to run, and he would get enough votes; Ross's red-faced wizard vaguely began to agree with the purple-robed wizard's point of view, saying that Dumbledore just wanted to maintain his own aloof and perfect image and personality, and did not really have any desire for power.

As for the purple-robed wizard...he quickly made another shocking point: "Ha! You didn't notice! You didn't guess! It's just me! I know that after reading Rita's book, I guess Got some shocking news?!"

He stood up with a clang, his body bumping against the table and chairs at least four or five times, but he seemed to feel no pain at all and raised his wine glass high.

"Moon Fox is not a child of the Shafiq family at all!"

Xiao Lixi's eyes suddenly became as if he wanted to kill someone. The wizard on the round table next to him put a hand into his pocket, with a bit of sarcasm and disgust in his eyes. More people looked at it expectantly. To the purple-robed wizard.It's just that some people look forward to his high opinions, and some people look forward to his abstraction.

"In fact, Moon Fox is Dumbledore's son! He is an illegitimate son! He was just fostered in the Shafiq family! That's why Albus Dumbledore spared no effort to cultivate him! Let him be the light A great tool man character!"

Chapter 52 Explosion

The entire floor of the Werewolf Night Bar became silent at this moment.

Xiao Lixi put away his wand in silence - when he heard those words just now, he was actually thinking that if this man dared to say that the young master was a bastard, he would rather be sent to Azka tonight. As a result of going to class, this man must know what it means to drink alcohol and not to talk nonsense.

But when he heard the man say "Moon Fawkes is the illegitimate son of Albus Dumbledore", Little Rich immediately fell silent.

He felt that for such a person to enter Azkaban, even if the young master himself found out, he would only call him stupid.As for Rideout...I'm afraid he will laugh at him for the rest of his life because of this incident.

Immediately afterwards, I don’t know who was the leader in the bar, and bursts of exaggerated laughter began to emerge.

It's a pity that the purple-robed wizard himself couldn't hear it - because after shouting these words, he was already lying on the floor completely drunk.

In this debate surrounding Munn that encompassed almost half of the British wizarding community, "The Quibbler" firmly stood on Munn's side.In other words, at least partially on Moon's side.Mr. Lovegood, Luna's father, firmly believed that Moon was truly extraordinary and that all those things were done by Moon himself.

Of course, this was mainly because he always felt that Moon was an old vampire who had lived for many years.Yes, he still thinks so to this day.

In contrast, some newspapers fully demonstrate their attitude of recognizing money but not people.Seeing that major events have continued in the past few months, and Moon has not contributed much to them, and has not come up with any exclusive news, they immediately changed their previous attitude of supporting Moon and started to have this incident. A hot "meal".

One of the newspapers immediately published this news the day after the farce at the Werewolf Night Bar:

"According to informed sources, Moon Fox is actually the illegitimate son of Albus Dumbledore, the current principal of Hogwarts."

Although there are several newspapers that are not so abstract, they have also copied the large paragraph of the inference before the purple-robed wizard in their own newspapers, and it is directly on the front page of the headline, without even knowing where it comes from. I found a photo of Professor Dumbledore with a serious face in an old photo album and used it as a picture to accompany the article.

It can be said that he is very capable.

Professor McGonagall couldn't bear it anymore. In the class that day, she always cherished her classes like gold, and she actually took a full 10 minutes to criticize these newspapers.Her angry look frightened the fourth-year Ravenclaw wizards who were in class at the time, fearing that the professor would rush out of the campus and light all the newspapers on fire with a wave of his wand.

However, what was unexpected was that one day later, something big happened that surprised everyone.

Early on Saturday morning, as soon as Cedric and others entered the school auditorium, someone rushed over with a copy of the Daily Prophet and shouted to them: "Rita! Rita!"

Cedric, who had tried countless times to find the missing Moon in the auditorium but to no avail, had a stiff face - he had felt some physical discomfort when he heard the name recently.However, what the little wizard said next made him instantly confused.

"Rita Skeeter's house was blown to the sky!"

It was only at this moment that Cedric and the others discovered that most of the few young wizards in the auditorium were looking at newspapers with blank faces.I think everyone must be feeling the same as them, not understanding how such an outrageous thing happened.

Yaerlin asked dumbfounded; "What did you say? Say it again?"

"I said - Rita Skeeter's house was blown up to the sky." The little wizard repeated his words. "Oh, but the newspaper said there were no casualties, and Rita Skeeter seemed not to be at home. "

Cedric's kindness made him relieved, but his friendship with Moon made him feel a little secretly happy.

But soon, he thought of another problem. When he looked back, Violet was indeed aware of this matter, and there was no trace of happiness on her face.

And Yaerlin, he took a deep breath and said with a wry smile: "It's over now..."

The reaction of several people stunned the little wizard who hurried over. Isn't this a good thing to relieve anger?

In fact, several people who have followed Moon over the past few years have naturally learned a little bit about the "dirty tricks".What's more, they have been thinking about how to help Munn clear his name these days, and their thoughts are almost entirely on this matter, so as soon as they learned the news, they immediately discovered the problem——

No matter who blew up Rita Skeeter's house, Moon was more or less responsible for it.Although no one would think that Munn did it himself, everyone would definitely feel that the person who did this must have a lot to do with Munn.After all, if there is anyone who wants revenge on Rita Skeeter the most right now, it must be Moon.

Originally, Moon has not personally come forward to publish any clarifying remarks or articles, which has already made many people think that Moon knows that he is wrong and does not dare to speak.Now that Rita Skeeter's house has exploded, boom!The questioning and criticism of Moon will definitely usher in a wave of explosive growth.

To be honest, even they themselves couldn't help but wonder whether the explosion was really the work of one of Moon's extreme fans.

After all, who can say for sure about this kind of thing?

At the same time, in the cave in the Forbidden Forest.

Moon, who had not been able to sleep well all night, sat on the ground tiredly. Compared to the time at the end of September, he had become slightly thinner.

Since Monday night, whenever he falls asleep now, he will wake up quickly and keep falling, falling, and his ears are filled with weird and twisted roars, cries, and laughter. and random noises.Those illusions about the past life appeared in his dreams in various ways, including death, mourning, sadness, despair...

He had been living in this cave for some time - in fact, he was completely afraid to go back to the dormitory to sleep.Not only was he afraid that his situation would disturb Gal and the others, but more importantly, he was convinced that one day he would be unable to control his emotions. There was no point in breaking out with Cedric and the others. Hurtful quarrels and even more violent conflicts.

When he woke up the morning before yesterday, he even found that there were many inexplicable potholes on the stone walls around him, as if he had bombed the surroundings in his sleep.

Of course, the more important thing before him right now is whether he should apply to take a break from school for a while and find a place to hide by himself - in the last Potions session on Friday, when Professor Slughorn When he found him, he almost pulled out his wand at the chattering professor.

Or, maybe he should let Professor Dumbledore use Legilimency on him. Maybe the memories that cannot be extracted from the Pensieve can be seen by Professor Dumbledore through his superb Legilimency skills.

Compared to exposing something, Moon felt that it was much more dangerous to be completely out of control.

He picked up a handful of water from the stone pit he had made and splashed it on his face, then stood up despite being sleepy.

He probably only slept for less than two hours last night, and the night before was not much better.

He should seal the entrance to the cave, get a good sleep, and then talk to Professor Dumbledore.If there is still no good way, then he must make the final choice.He will meet with Rodriguez at the end of the month. In his current state, he may not need Rodriguez to say a few words before he can't control himself and start a fight with Rodriguez on the spot.

Damn nightmare.

Moon sighed and took two steps towards the entrance of the cave. Then he was shocked to find that the floor under his feet turned into smooth tiles.

"Moonlight? Moonlight?"

He raised his head in horror and looked to both sides. Sure enough, identical doors in the hospital were neatly arranged on the wall.Faintly, the sound of "beep-beep-beep-beep" came from every door.

He swallowed and instinctively wanted to step back, but when he raised his legs, he stepped forward completely uncontrollably.

He knew what was about to happen to him.

One step, two steps, three steps.When he reached a certain door, he stretched out his arm and opened the door.