The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

On the third day after Fudge left, Link and Harry were announced by Madam Pomfrey that they had generally recovered and returned to their respective college lounges.

At the welcome meeting to welcome the two of them out of the hospital, everyone was very happy.

Emily, Hermione and others will not talk about it. Brothers George and Fred took the risk of being locked up by Professor McGonagall and got some magic fireworks that they had improved, and they were in the auditorium in front of everyone. The interior lit up, causing Filch to get angry again, but it was not good for Link's face.

Even Ms. Maxime and old Batty, who had been stranded at Hogwarts because of this attack, came to join in the fun.

The only person on the scene who didn't look very good was Harry.

Having received Muggle education since childhood, he could never ignore the fact that they had parted ways with Fudge. After all, Fudge's identity as Minister of Magic was converted to Muggle society, that is, the highest leader of a country.

He really couldn't imagine what a terrible scene it would be if he offended the Prime Minister of the country so face-to-face.

The other party will definitely take revenge!

Of course, due to the arrogance and stubbornness of young people, Harry did not express his true thoughts in his heart.

On the contrary, he was still going around telling people that they could still defeat Voldemort without the help of the Ministry of Magic!

This was a complete stubbornness, because Harry hardly did anything substantial except to study the transcript of the speech that Link had given him.

In this respect Dumbledore and Link are very different from him.

The two of them soon accepted the fact that the Ministry of Magic would not be of any help to them, or even held them back, soon after their quarrel that day, and began actively preparing for the fight that was about to begin.

What Dumbledore did specifically was to reconvene his Order of the Phoenix, ready to fight the Death Eaters in the old-fashioned partisan form.

At the same time, he followed up with Link's original plan to find the Horcrux.

Link's approach was much more straightforward. He directly asked Old Kled to adjust the entire Foley family to a quasi-wartime state. While transferring some assets, he recruited troops on a large scale to expand the team of hunters.

Of course he didn't give up the idea of ​​continuing to grab resources from the Ministry of Magic.

There are some things Fudge would not give,

Then Link decided to get it himself.

"Mr. Crouch, would you please come with me?"

After the welcome meeting, Link whispered to old Batty, then backed away Emily, Cedric and others who wanted to accompany him back to the Hufflepuff lounge, and went directly to the Response Room.

After the two officially entered the responsive room, which had been transformed into a living room, the polite smirk that Old Barty had been hanging on his face finally disappeared.

He preemptively said with a gloomy expression:

"It looks like your plan with Dumbledore has failed. The man who can't even be named has been resurrected, and judging from the intensity of the attack that day, his power seems to be higher than it was thirteen years ago. What about my son? You couldn't kill that little beast, right? This is my agreement with you, and I made an 'unbreakable oath'!"

"Yeah, that's right. Voldemort is resurrected, and there is another mysterious organization behind him. Whether it is individual combat power or power, it is not inferior to Voldemort and the old Death Eaters. To a certain extent, they It can be considered a powerful alliance." Link said to himself while pouring coffee for himself, "Your filial son is indeed not dead. In fact, he is very appreciated by Voldemort. This time he resurrected Voldemort. The status among the Death Eaters is expected to rise to a higher level.

Of course, none of this matters. The most important thing now is that our naive Minister for Magic still has good fantasies about the resurrection of Voldemort. He came to me and Dumbledore the other day and had a fight, and now he's completely torn. "

Hearing that, Old Barty nodded, but there was no surprise on his face.

In fact, even without witnessing the quarrel, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Fudge's relationship with Hogwarts has been very bad recently.

Most notably in the Daily Prophet.

A few days ago, the Daily Prophet had a very high evaluation of Hogwarts' response this time, especially Link's own experience that night was greatly praised, and he was directly praised as the best young wizard of this century. , has been crowned with countless honors, and can't wait to be directly on the altar.

In the past two days, the words of the Daily Prophet have suddenly reversed without any warning.

They began to criticize Dumbledore's inadequacy in the incident, began to report parents' grievances at Hogwarts, and never mentioned Link's name again.

This is actually a very smart move, because it can not only retaliate against Dumbledore and Link, but also divert the firepower that should have been on the Ministry of Magic to Dumbledore and Hogwarts.

After all, Dumbledore is much more famous than Fudge.

This used to make Fudge restless, but at this time, it was a good thing.

If the old fritters like Old Barty can't see anything, then he doesn't need to mix.

Closing his eyes and rubbing his temples a little, Old Barty asked a little tiredly:

"Then what are you going to do next? I believe that since you called me here, you must have already figured out what to do?"

Link didn't answer the old Barty for the first time.

He lay down on the sofa very leisurely, shook the teacup and smiled mysteriously at Old Barty:

"Mr Crouch, do you want to be Minister of Magic?"

"Um?!"

When Old Barty heard the words, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked at Link in astonishment.

...

It took half an hour for old Barty to leave the room alone.

Not many people knew exactly what Link had talked to him.

But compared to the dead and weak person before, the old Barty now seems to be more than ten years younger, and the whole person is exuding a kind of confidence and blood.

This is easy to understand, after all, power is the medicine for men!

That's the Minister of Magic!

As early as ten years ago, the old Barty had launched a charge to this position, but unfortunately, due to a little fault of the little Barty, he was beaten into the quagmire by his competitors.

Until now, he has nothing.

Every night he'd been wondering if things would have been different if he had been Minister for Magic.

After much deliberation, the position of Minister of Magic can be said to have become an obsession and a dream of old Batty.

Now, Link has personally put this opportunity to realize his dream in front of old Batty.

As long as he has the support of the Foley family, he will dare to go up and fight again!

How can you not be excited when your name is old Barty?

With a high pace, old Batty stepped on the sunset and gradually left Hogwarts Castle.

In the responsive room, Link was still shaking the teacup gently, observing the swirling tea inside with great interest.

Emily suddenly came out from behind the wall. She stood behind Link and rubbed Link's earlobe with her hand. She asked in the direction where old Barty was leaving:

"Do you really think he can be Minister of Magic?"

"how is this possible?"

Link said with a sneer, which also made Emily a little confused, and frowned:

"Then you said you wanted to invest in him?"

"The so-called Minister of Magic is just a pretext, so that he can lead the charge and bite as much fat as possible from the Ministry of Magic for us." Link explained, "As for the Minister of Magic, in the current situation , he is impossible. Even if he has a chance to be, I will not allow it!"

Emily was not a little girl like Hermione who didn't listen to things outside the window and only read the sage books. Just listening to Link's explanation, she instantly understood what Link was thinking.

It just didn't make her feel completely relieved. She frowned and continued:

"Are you sure?"

"It's not too difficult to operate, you just need to wait for an opportunity..." Link said slowly, but he reached out and grabbed Emily's hand in the middle, "Of course, for me Said there was one more important thing to do."

"What is it?"

Emily seemed to have guessed something, her voice became a little distorted, and there was a blush on her face.

"Of course it's our engagement! After this holiday, the contract between my mother and my father will expire!"

As Link spoke, he pulled Emily into his arms with a smirk.

The blush on Emily's face had spread to the roots of her ears, and she screamed instantly when she was pulled like this, but she didn't have any substantial resistance.

For a time, the entire Response Room was filled with laughter and laughter.

...

It was not until it was completely dark that Link and Emily walked out of the Response Room and went directly to the auditorium.

Today is the school leaving dinner, and Dumbledore has repeatedly stressed that he will announce a very important thing, and all students must be present.

When the two of them walked into the auditorium, they saw at a glance that the usual decorations were gone, and instead of the banner of the Academy Cup Winners Academy in previous years, there was a large black curtain.

This would inevitably cause dissatisfaction in the Victor Academy, but this year, no one jumped out to oppose it.

Because everyone knows that this is a tribute to the casualties of the previous attack.

Link and Emily were a little late after all because of the long delay in the Response Room.

In the packed auditorium, Professor Sprout was very anxious, hesitating whether to find Link, but when Link appeared in front of her hand in hand with Emily, and she found that Emily's face was still a little flushed After that, the angry look on her face was instantly replaced by a meaningful smile.

She greeted her with a gigantic zealous gesture of 'the pig's finally got to the cabbage', and even invited Emily and Link to sit at the long Hufflepuff table.

This scared Emily away directly, and the red cloud on her face disappeared and returned, and it had a tendency to spread further to her neck.

But in fact, because of the existence of the contract, she and Link didn't actually do much out of the ordinary just now.

Of course, Link won't explain much.

With his head held high, he walked into the laughing team under the leadership of Professor Sprout very naturally, and even thought about scolding Cedric, John and the others.

At this moment, Dumbledore suddenly stood up from the staff seat.

This move instantly made the auditorium, which was much quieter than previous years, even quieter.

"Another year," said Dumbledore calmly, "it's over."

Dumbledore stopped talking and set his eyes on Ravenclaw's long table.

In the previous attack, Ravenclaw College suffered the most serious damage. Among them, a sixth-year boy was hit by a stray arrow while assisting the professor to guide the retreat of the younger students. He was seriously injured three days ago. Died, sadly passed away.

This also made the faces at the Ravenclaw long table look extra pale and sad tonight.

The emotional Professor Flitwick was even sobbing early on.

"I have a lot to say to everyone tonight," Dumbledore finally continued, and at the same time, his body also secretly exuded an indescribable magical power, which slowly spread throughout the auditorium. " But first of all I have to announce with great sadness that we have lost a very good friend who should have been sitting here enjoying this dinner with us. I hope you all stand up and raise your glasses to Michael Townley! "

In the sound of the stools moving, everyone stood up one after another, raised the goblet, and said in unison in a deep and rich voice:

"To Michael Townley!"

There was a sob in the sound of the toast.

To be honest, many people present hadn't even heard of this name before today, but under the current atmosphere, everyone still couldn't help but sympathize with his death.

Link in the Hufflepuff team was also a little emotional. He sighed and lightly hammered Cedric, who had red eyes in front of him, and said:

"You should really thank me!"

Cedric, who was still immersed in this sad atmosphere specially created by Dumbledore, seemed a little confused, and asked in a daze:

"Ah? Why?"

Why? If it weren't for me, the object of everyone's silence now should be you!

This school leaving dinner will also be your memorial service today!

Link complained in his heart, but he didn't say anything, just gave Cedric a blank look, which made Cedric even more inexplicable.

Dumbledore on the stage obviously didn't notice Link's small movements. He waited for a while and continued:

"It wasn't just Michael Townley who sacrificed because of this attack, it was our warriors Link and Harry, and everyone we were there! We all felt this attack. Absolute pain!

I think you, the victims, have a right to know what this is all about. "

Dumbledore's tone was extremely calm, but when the students in the audience heard the words, they were instigated to fry the pot, chattering and roaring to know the truth.

In this almost fiery atmosphere, Dumbledore declared solemnly:

"It was Voldemort who actually planned and carried out this attack."