The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

In fact, it is not surprising that Grimmauld Place is so dilapidated.

Because the area where Grimmauld Square is located is the old town of South London, many of the buildings here are old antiques with a history of hundreds of years, and the main functions of South London are industrial, commercial and ordinary residential areas. In the 1990s, the London government did not invest much in repairing and rebuilding, and it was normal for it to be bad.

In fact, there are many more old towns like this in London, the world's first echelon to industrialize and urbanize.

Many foreign tourists and some literary and artistic youths in the country may also think that this is a part of Chinese culture and classical art, and it is very valuable to watch.

But for the residents who really live in this area, everything here is simply rotten.

If you have to describe it, it is the same as many so-called ancient towns in the Jiangnan area of ​​the later dynasties.

Tourists and scholars think that things such as blue-brick bungalows and corridors are historical relics and have a lot of charm, but residents only think that this is a rural village.

"Professor Snape, are you sure this is here?"

Emily frowned and looked around, and said with some disgust.

She felt that the famous Black family's ancestral home, known as the oldest and noblest, could not be located in such a Muggle-inhabited area. You must know that the Black family is a famous pure-blood supremacist. They treat Muggles like Qiu Kou came.

"This is it, the Black family's pursuit of pure blood supremacy is only the beginning of these generations, and they liked to mix with Muggles earlier.

Of course, by bullying I mean using magic to bully Muggles and rob them of their belongings. "

As Link spoke, he stood in front of a row of neatly arranged townhouses. The villas here had their own numbers, but the two villas in front of Link were quite special. They were No. 11 and No. 13, it's as if someone has stripped No. 12 out of it, it's very strange.

Seeing this, Snape gave Link a deep look and said:

"Okay, come to me soon, some Muggles have begun to notice our side!"

Snape wasn't lying.

When Mrs. Foley heard that Link was going to visit Blake's house, she made two French dresses with black velvet interior for Link and Emily regardless of the hot weather. Lily was more fancy than when she attended the Christmas ball last year, and she looked out of place in Grimmauld Place,

It's normal to be surrounded by people.

Link didn't care about the Muggle eyes.

He knew very well that a large number of complex Muggle banishing spells had been placed around the old house at No. 12 Grimmauld Place, not to mention that they went in in their dresses, even if they rushed in at noon, those Muggles would not have in their minds afterwards. make any impression.

But after hearing Snape say this, Link still obediently brought Emily closer to Snape.

A small piece of parchment was pulled out by Snape.

Link and Emily could clearly see the words on it:

The Order of the Phoenix headquarters is located at 12 Grimmauld Place, London.

Link silently said to one side, keeping it firmly in his heart.

Then a tattered door came out of nowhere between 11th and 13th, followed by filthy walls and gloomy windows that looked as if an extra villa had suddenly swelled, smashing the sides Everything is squeezed out.

"This is……"

Emily's mouth covered by the veil opened slightly, looking a little surprised - this was the first time she had come into contact with a house that was so closely guarded.

Upon seeing this, Link explained:

"The Fierce Loyalty Charm, a super-difficult protective spell that is often used in top safe houses.

The principle is to keep a secret, such as the location of a safe house, in the soul of a living person forever. After that, as long as the keepers don't reveal it, they won't be seen even if the intruder sticks his nose to the glass of their living room.

I'm not quite sure whether the Faithful Charm on this old Black house was originally there, or whether Dumbledore placed it later.

But since it has now become the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, the secrecy here should be..."

"Link!"

Snape interrupted Link angrily.

He was really pissed off.

You know, Harry is hiding here now.

Link directly revealing the information of the confidential person outside like this is likely to lead to the leakage of information at 12 Grimmauld Place.

"Okay, okay, I won't say it."

Link spread his hands and said helplessly, but turned his head and silently said a name to Emily - Dumbledore.

All this was seen by Snape, he couldn't help taking a deep breath, and then suppressed his anger, took the lead to set foot on the tattered stone steps, and pressed No. 12 Grimmauld Place. doorbell.

...

At the same time, the atmosphere inside 12 Grimmauld Place seemed a bit dull and depressing.

Harry, with his hair in a mess, was alone in a dilapidated room on the second floor, covering his face with his hands.

Only in this way can he be able to suppress his sullen mood.

This is his fourth day at 12 Grimmauld Place.

He was actually quite happy when he first came, after all, although he had to face Voldemort's pursuit and the upcoming trial of Wizengamore, he also had Hermione and Ron here, and others such as Lupin and Sirius. Accompanying acquaintances.

As long as they were around, Harry felt like this place was heaven - at least better than staying at his aunt's house and being bullied.

Accompanied by Hermione and Ron, Harry has basically explored 12 Grimmauld Place these days.

Although this centuries-old wizard's ancestral house is a bit run down, it contains a lot of secrets. For example, they found it in a room full of dust and debris the day before yesterday that had not been sorted out. A finger bone of an unknown creature, which Sirius explained should be the relic of his great-grandfather, said to be the material for a black magic ritual.

Such an old house is almost the paradise of Harry, a group of Gryffindor 'explorers'.

But as the Judgment Day of Wizengamore approached, anxiety finally filled Harry's heart.

Although Hermione and Ron had tried their best to appease Harry, when Harry thought that he was about to be stripped of his spellcasting ability and even his memory as a wizard, and put back into that Muggle correction school as a second-rate, he The emotions will explode in an instant, and there is no way to persuade them to come back.

With a change in mentality, many of the original advantages of 12 Grimmauld Place have become disadvantages.

For example, the dim and bad decoration in the villa, the musty smell in the air, and the meetings that Moody and Sirius and other members of the Order of the Phoenix hold every day, almost all of which are bad news.

All this makes the whole of 12 Grimmauld Place dead and unpleasant.

Oh, and the most unpleasant one was the house-elf named Kreacher.

As a house elf from the Black family, the guy is insane, talking to himself all day, cursing every single person he sees, turning his head and pretending to be pathetic The appearance makes it difficult to teach him a lesson.

In such an environment, Harry thought he might go mad without the Wizengamore Council trial.

Jingle Bell--

Suddenly, a piercing doorbell rang from downstairs.

Harry blocked his ears irritably, and the experience of the past few days told him that there would be more terrifying noises to come.

What he didn't expect was that a violent knock came from outside the door of his room not long after, and at the same time, Hermione's excited voice also sounded:

"Harry! Come down, Link is here!"

"what?!"

Hearing this, Harry jumped up from the bed, his face full of surprise.

He really knew Link's strength too well, as Professor Lupin had been saying over the past few days, Link and Minister Fudge had always had a good relationship.

If Link is willing to help him talk to Minister Fudge, maybe the Wizengamore trial can be cancelled!

Of course, compared to these things, all Harry wants to do now is just meet his powerful and close friend and complain about the bad things that happened to him recently!

...

On the steps outside the door.

Link was surprised to find that after Snape rang the doorbell in the shape of a viper, the whole of Grimmauld 12 became lively.

I could only hear the roar of a man inside, then the thumping sound of stepping on the wooden steps, and then another strange ding ding sound, and finally, the door opened, and Sirius Black's face appeared. in front of several people.

Sirius' expression at the moment looked very unpleasant, and when he found out that it was Snape who was ringing the doorbell, this unpleasantness immediately turned into rage.

He lowered his voice and roared:

"Damn slugs! Dumbledore's letter to you must have mentioned telling you not to ring the doorbell? It's all over!"

"Oh, it seems to have been mentioned, but I forgot."

Snape said slowly, but there was no apology on his face, but rather a bit of schadenfreude.

Emily looked at Link suspiciously, she didn't understand why Sirius would have such a big reaction just by ringing the doorbell - even though the doorbell was really hard to hear.

The corners of Link's mouth rose without explanation, but gave her a calm look.

And this is Sirius finally found Link and Emily standing behind Snape, he frowned, as if he wanted to say something.

But at this moment, a hysterical scream came from the hallway behind him.

"Damn! She was woken up by you!"

Sirius's expression changed, and he rushed back to the house scolding.

Link and the others looked at each other and followed.

Although the summer sun outside is still bright, the light in the whole house is extremely dim. The lighting can only rely on the candlesticks in the corners. Even the air of the whole house is filled with a sweet and rotten smell. People feel like this is an empty house that has been abandoned for a long time, and there may be disasters such as termite and mouse nests in it.

What made it even more unpleasant was the constant screams and curses of women in the depths of the hallway, covered by two velvet curtains.

Sirius looked a little exasperated, and he rushed up and pulled the curtain down.

Inside was a life-size portrait of an old woman in a black hat struggling and screaming desperately, as if she was being tortured.

The old woman was drooling, her eyes were rolling, and the yellow skin on her face was tensed from screaming.

Perhaps because the curtains were lifted, the volume of her screams became louder, causing the other portraits in the hall to start screaming. To be deafened.

"Shut up for me!"

Sirius swung his wand angrily, and one after another stun spell was precisely shot at the portraits in the hallway, and the accompanying screams soon subsided.

Only the portrait of the old woman, that thing seemed to have some kind of protective spell on it, and it had no effect on it fainting.

Snape, standing at the entrance to the foyer, looked extremely happy.

He pointed to the portraits in the foyer and introduced Link and Emily one by one:

"These are the ancestors of the Black family, for example, this Sirius Black is the great-grandfather of the black dog, and this Arcturus, he is the uncle of the black dog.

Check this out! Why does Phineas Nigellus Black, the great-great-grandfather of the Black Dog and former headmaster of Hogwarts, have a hole in his face? Oh! I guess it was because the black dog was too hard when he cast the fainting spell and damaged all the portraits of his ancestors. Poor Phineas had such an unfilial son.

and this……"

Snape kept introducing, with a happy smile on his face.

At the same time, the meaningless screams of the portrait of the old woman in the deepest part of the hall began to become clear words.

I saw her roaring to Sirius with a ferocious face:

"Prodigal son, disgrace to the family, the wicked seed I gave birth to! Get out of here with your grotesque friend! How dare you defile my ancestor's house—"

Hearing that, Sirius was shaking with anger, but Snape introduced with a wide-eyed smile:

"That was Sirius Black's mother, Walburga Black, a typical old-fashioned nobleman who advocated pure-blood supremacy and was a staunch supporter of Voldemort.

I saw her in the early years, when she was still an elegant and noble woman. But now...

You also saw that this poor woman was tortured mad by his prodigal son. "

"Snot! If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute!"

The chaotic Sirius finally heard Snape's words and roared angrily.

"And you!" After speaking, he looked at the portrait again, "Shut up, you terrible old witch, shut up!"

Sirius's order didn't have any effect, and the portrait of his mother screamed louder when he heard that.

However, what is strange is that when Walburga Black in the portrait glanced at Link and Emily in the entrance hall, he suddenly became quiet.