The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

Regarding the panic and anxiety of other people in Hogwarts, Link was relaxed and freehand.

To be honest, Hogwarts was the place he had stayed the longest since he came here.

This is almost his second home.

It is precisely because of this that as long as he is in this castle, he can relax more easily than in other places.

After bidding farewell to McGonagall and other professors, he did not go straight to the principal's office as he said earlier.

Instead, he went to the Slytherin lounge first and told Emily that he was safe.

After selectively explaining what happened last night and comforting Emily, he slowly walked up the magic stairs to the principal's office.

There is no one in the office at the moment.

Dumbledore obviously hasn't returned yet, and only the portrait of Headmaster Black hanging on the wall in the huge office welcomes him with shouts.

As for the portraits of the other headmasters, they were all pretending to be asleep—they didn't think much of Link, the guy who implemented the reform of Hogwarts, anymore.

"Good morning, Principal Black, look at your radiant appearance, it seems that you had a good rest last night."

Link greeted Blake's portrait with a smile, and waved his wand while speaking.

Accompanied by the rotation of magic power, the drawer of the eagle foot table opened automatically, and an iron can floated out, lifted its lid and poured the tea inside into the cup on the coffee table.

Then, the water level in the teacup rose rapidly, and the hot water vapor diffused, and the aroma of tea soon permeated the office.

"Oh! Don't mention it, little Link, I sleep very well every day. Ah no, to be precise, I sleep too well!" Principal Black on the portrait said with dancing, "You should understand? We These old antiques are like prisoners, locked in such a small picture frame all day long, unable to go anywhere. And you and Dumbledore are often not in the office, and even if you are, you don’t talk to us much. In this way Now, all we can do is sleep. Sleeping non-stop! Damn, I hate sleeping! Why do I need to sleep when I'm turned into a portrait? It's not magical at all..."

Principal Black kept complaining.

Link nodded perfunctorily, but his body was already sitting on the sofa obediently, holding up the hot teacup to the tip of his nose and taking a deep sniff.

"what--"

Taking a long breath, Link shook his head emotionally.

The aroma of black tea is not as strong as that of green tea, but it does not have a bit of charm.

While Link was feeling the aroma of tea, Principal Black on the wall changed the subject:

"By the way, Little Link, I want to ask you something."

"What's the matter? You can talk about it first."

Link was still talking unhurriedly. Combined with Principal Black's previous words, he felt that the other party might want to ask him to expand his picture frame, and then send someone to add some beautiful toys for him. .

To be honest, this matter is not difficult for Link at all, it is a matter of little effort.

Seeing that Principal Black is the only one who supports him in the portraits of previous principals, he is willing to help.

"Well, it's like this. I'm really lonely here, so I thought, can you let my only great-great-grandson come to visit me?" Principal Black rubbed his hands and said excitedly, "It shouldn't be too much, right? Even if they are criminals in Azkaban, their family members can still visit them."

Hearing this, Link, who just raised his glass and wanted to take a sip of tea, suddenly froze.

He looked at Principal Black in surprise and said:

"You mean, Sirius Black?"

"That's right, it's this kid. He's the only child of my Black family! I want to educate him well,

So that he can revive the Black family! "

Principal Black spoke aggressively, but the more he said this, the weirder the expression on Link's face became.

Link pursed his lips, and finally said:

"I advise you to forget it, Principal Black, you will be pissed off by him!"

There is no doubt about this.

Sirius Black was now preoccupied with Harry.

He didn't care about anything but Harry.

It is purely whimsical for the old principal Black to let him revive the Black family.

It is estimated that the old principal Black, who is looking forward to Sun Chenglong, heard that the only remaining direct blood planned not to marry a wife, not to have children, and even to give the remaining family property to outsiders.

At that time, it is estimated that it will be difficult not to go crazy.

"Why do you say that?" Headmaster Black still didn't give up, and said in a puzzled way, "I heard from Dumbledore that the kid has made great progress recently."

"Yeah, that's right, a student who was always at the bottom of the exam who could only score 1 in the exam actually scored 10 in this exam! This is indeed quite a big improvement, and the score has increased tenfold!"

As soon as Link said this, Principal Black finally understood the meaning of Link's words.

His whole body began to tremble, his white lips trembled constantly, it seemed that he was extremely angry.

And at this moment, a group of flames appeared out of thin air from the office.

Principal Black's complexion changed when he saw this, and he quickly lay down and began to pretend to be asleep.

Then the colorful phoenix Fawkes jumped out of the flames first and landed on Link's shoulder, curiously looking at the teacup in Link's hand that was smelling of tea.

Immediately afterwards, Dumbledore also came out.

He patted the dust that didn't exist on his body, and just wanted to say hello to Link, but his eyes couldn't help falling on the teacup in Link's hand and the opened tea pot on the coffee table.

In just a moment, the smile he had just gathered disappeared.

"This is my collection, and I don't entertain it!" Dumbledore stepped forward, closed the tea pot and stuffed it back into the drawer, then looked at Link's teacup and said with an ugly expression, "And, you drink No orange slices or milk in the tea? You don’t know how to drink tea at all, do you?”

Link gave him a blank look and said:

"People who really know how to drink tea will never pour such messy things into the tea."

Dumbledore was obviously not convinced, and wanted to say something more.

But Link took the first step and said:

"Professor Dumbledore, let's get down to business, how is the situation over there?"

Dumbledore didn't answer Link's question immediately.

Maybe it was hooked by the smell of tea in the office.

He took out the tea pot again, carefully grabbed a handful for himself and put it in the teapot, poured water into the teacup after boiling it, and finally mixed some orange slices and other unknown things Link, finally After stirring a few times, I took a small sip.

"Huh! Duke black tea is the best tea in the world!"

Dumbledore said with emotion, and while speaking, he was still staring at Link with provocative eyes.

It's a pity that Link, who had passively activated Occlumency, was completely unmoved by this, and just continued to look at Dumbledore expressionlessly.

Seeing this, Dumbledore shook his head, smiled and said:

"Don't worry, Link, things are going well. The prisoner you caught named Karen worked very hard, and he almost revealed the details of the group of people. With his help, the International Federation of Wizards recognized accepted our protest and promised to help us put pressure on the French Ministry of Magic. Now, the pressure is back on them."

Link frowned, and said in a puzzled way:

"What's the point of this? To be honest, I couldn't understand when you proposed to go to the International Federation of Wizards last night. In terms of putting pressure on France, we only need to cooperate with the media to control public opinion. Really Do I need to go through the International Federation of Wizards again?"

"Of course it makes sense!"

Dumbledore said decisively, "I have already talked to you about this. The International Federation of Wizards has more than just superficial symbolic meaning and fairness. They have real military power. Many things you I haven't experienced it, so I can't understand it, but what I can tell you is that even if we already have two legendary wizards on our side, the International Federation of Wizards will not be afraid of us because of this. Speaking of which, you You should be able to understand, right? It is necessary to obtain their support, which can at least prevent them from suddenly intervening when we are attacking France and the Shadowmen organization."

"Little Link, don't underestimate the International Federation of Wizards." Principal Black, who was still pretending to be asleep on the wall, said suddenly, "I was the same as you when I was young, thinking that the International Federation of Wizards is no big deal. They can only point fingers and talk. So, I naturally didn't pay attention to them. But what happened afterwards completely changed my opinion.

Oh! I can't tell you in detail what happened, you have to save me some face. But I can tell you with certainty that I regret it, and regret that I have underestimated the International Federation of Wizards.

So, little Link, be careful! "

"Well, thank you for your teaching, Principal Black."

Dumbledore took the conversation, looked at Link's unmoved face, paused, then smiled and said:

"The attitude of the International Federation of Wizards on this matter is still to mediate and avoid further expansion of the gaffe. In order to resolve this matter, there will probably be several joint meetings. If you are really curious about the International Federation of Wizards , when the time comes, you can go and have a look with me."

Link didn't deny it, but picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Dumbledore stopped talking, and continued to drink tea with a smile.

The atmosphere in the entire office immediately eased down.

Both of them are very clear that all the current situation is developing in a good direction.

If there is no accident in the middle, in this battle between them and the shadow people, they will definitely win.

crunch--

On the eagle-legged table, an old silver pendant suddenly moved by itself.

Link and Dumbledore stopped drinking tea and looked over together.

This silver pendant is actually an early warning device for the entire principal's office.

It is directly linked to the monster stone statue at the entrance of the office through a pre-set spell, which can clearly convey the information at the entrance to the headmaster of Hogwarts.

At this moment, through the authority of the principal, Link and Dumbledore could clearly sense that there was a person standing at the entrance of the office, requesting to enter.

That man was none other than Snape.

What is he here for?

Link and Dumbledore frowned almost at the same time.

The two looked at each other, and finally after Link nodded, Dumbledore raised his palm slightly and made a gesture to open the door towards the silver charm.

A few minutes later, the door of the office was pushed open.

Snape, dressed in black, looked like a big bat, striding forward with a poker face.

"Good morning, Dumbledore, and Link."

"Hello, Professor Snape."

Link gave up his seat with a smile, picked up the teapot Dumbledore used to make tea openly, and poured a cup for Snape, "You should try this, this is the tea from Professor Dumbledore's collection, You can't drink it anywhere else."

Snape didn't respond to this remark.

The corners of Dumbledore's mouth twitched a few times, coughed twice and said to Snape:

"Uh, Severus, is there something wrong with you? Could it be because no one went to class this morning? I have already learned about this situation, but now, it seems that Link has resolved it? Follow-up The punishment will be issued one after another, you don't have to worry."

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Snape nodded, gulping down the tea in his cup.

Link followed him and gave him a full glass, and Dumbledore's eyelids twitched when he saw this scene.

He was about to say something, but Snape rolled up his sleeve first.

What appeared in front of Link and Dumbledore was a white arm that was so fair that it could almost be said to be sick, and the hideous Dark Demon mark on that arm.

"The Dark Demon mark on my arm has changed a lot."

Snape said quietly, "Since you announced that Voldemort was seriously injured last time, this Dark Mark has indeed been depressed for a while, no, it is not appropriate to describe it as depressed. It was in a state at that time, as if it was dead.

But just a week ago, it came back to life.

Not only that, but it has also become softer and more sensible, at least it won't sting me for nothing.

But these are all just performances.

I can feel the power hidden in this dark mark.

That terrifying and weird power is even stronger than when Voldemort was in his heyday!

It's like... like Voldemort's control over the Dark Mark has been taken away! "

Dumbledore and Link looked at each other.

Both knew exactly what the change in Snape meant.

Those shadow people should really come out of the shadow side and start to take over Voldemort's legacy on the bright side.

But what confuses them is, should they tell Snape these things?

While the two were hesitating, Snape continued:

"I think it is necessary to tell you about this matter. Besides it, I have another thing to ask Link."

"Looking for me?"

Link spoke and sat down on the sofa again.

Snape paused, and looked at Dumbledore beside him.

It seemed that he was hesitating whether to tell the matter in front of Dumbledore.

But in the end he gritted his teeth and said:

"Actually, this matter is related to Lucius Malfoy. If the news I got is not wrong, he should not have been executed yet?"

"Lucius Malfoy?"

Link frowned and repeated the name over and over again.

To be honest, if Snape hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten about this person.

According to what Link recalled, since this guy was captured alive in the last battle of the Department of Mysteries, he has been held in a special cell at the Auror Command and interrogated by the Auror troops.

What he was playing now was actually Karkaroff's role when the Death Eaters were defeated last time.

Up to now, through continuous interrogation, he has confessed a lot of information about Death Eaters and Voldemort.

Through him, Link can be said to have easily wiped out the Death Eaters hiding in the Ministry of Magic.

During that brutal sweep, only a small number of Death Eaters who had already fled abroad or hid in the wilderness survived.

Even the reason why Link and the Ministry of Magic were able to predict the attack of the remnants of the Death Eaters this time, aside from the fact that they had already captured a French spy who was trying to instigate Newland earlier, Lucius Malfoy also played an important role. To a good effect.

And now Snape brought up the man.

Then his purpose of coming here is very clear.

The corner of Link's mouth raised slightly, and he said lightly:

"Are you here to intercede for him?"

Snape's expression was ugly, but he still bit the bullet and said:

"Narcisha, Lucius' wife, and his son Draco came to see me a few days ago. I hope I can see that Lucius has taken good care of me in the past, and come to you for him. intercede."

Hearing this, the smile on Link's face became brighter.

Snape had great speaking skills.

He himself is still on Link's side, and he doesn't want to deceive Link.

So I will briefly explain the whole story.

At the same time, he didn't directly say that he wanted Link to let Lucius Malfoy go, and he didn't make it difficult for Link to do so, and clearly expressed his position.

But at the same time, he also mentioned that Lucius had taken good care of him.

Through this point, I expressed to Link that I still hope that Lucius Malfoy will have a good end.

The most important thing is that Snape only used two short sentences to convey so much information to Link clearly.

This made Link feel emotional.

A person with a poisonous tongue has never been too bad in eloquence and emotional intelligence.

Otherwise, how can they accurately find other people's pain points and attack them?

"Hehehe..."

Link smiled and said, "Well, I already know about this."

Snape nodded upon hearing that.

Although Link didn't give him any clear promises, he knew that his mission had been completed.

He pondered for a while and continued:

"Is there anything I need to do?"

This is the exchange of interests.

You let Lucius Malfoy go, and I'll help you with the work.

This seemed normal to Snape.

He used to be like this as a Death Eater under Voldemort, and he was like this when he was a double agent under Dumbledore.

Both Voldemort and Dumbledore were very satisfied with such a deal.

However, Link's face changed when he heard the words.

The smile disappeared instantly from his face.

He stared at Snape, and said in a somewhat deep voice:

"What do I want you to do, you should have an answer to this point."