The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

The next morning, Link, who had only returned to the Hufflepuff lounge late at night, got up early again and walked out of the bedroom.

At this moment, he still maintains the state of using Occlumency, but unlike before, the expression on his face is still not as rigid as before, and it has become a little more vivid.

This is one of the effects of Occlumency to LV3.

The upgraded Occlumency is not only more defensive and lasts longer, but also has the ability to camouflage.

Although this does not seem strong, it is very effective in actual use.

After all, the original Occlumency is too obvious, you can tell by looking at your expression if you open it or not.

Now, this kind of thing that is seen through at a glance is very difficult to happen again.

And it is said that after practicing Occlumency to the depths, false memories can be forged in one's own brain, and then deliberately other people's Legilimency can get false information through defense, thus deceiving the opponent.

Of course, Link estimated that he would have to at least reach LV4 to master this kind of advanced technique.

Hufflepuff's lounge was very lively. Although it was Saturday, everyone surprisingly did not sleep in, but gathered in the lounge to discuss something intensely.

However, when Link appeared in front of everyone, the entire lounge suddenly became quiet.

Almost everyone lowered their heads in fear, pretending that they were reading or doing homework, and some even took the book down.

This scene made Link's footsteps pause for a moment, but then he continued to walk out of the lounge with a cold face.

At this moment, Cedric and John walked up quickly, and the two directly protected Link in the middle.

"Link, something went wrong."

"Let's go out and talk."

Cedric and John whispered, and then accompanied Link out of the lounge.

"Crack!~"

As the barrel lid-shaped door of the lounge was closed again, everyone in the lounge became active again.

They poked their heads and looked in the direction Link left, with fear on their faces.

At this time, outside the Hufflepuff lounge, Cedric looked at Link with a sad face and said:

"Link, someone borrowed "Hogwarts - A History of the School" and "The Great Men Who Made Hogwarts" shortly after what happened last night, which details the information about the Chamber of Secrets. "

Speaking of which, Cedric's expression was very tangled, and he seemed to be unable to continue.

John on the side gritted his teeth and continued:

"They say that one of the Big Four, Salazar Slytherin, always believed that only pure-blood wizards were qualified to enter Hogwarts to learn magic, and he left Hogwart because of this idea and the other Big Three. He had set up a secret room somewhere at Hogwarts before he died."

"There is some kind of terrifying monster hidden in it! As long as the true heir of Slytherin opens the secret room, the monsters inside will rush out to purify Hogwarts and clean up all the people in Hogwarts who are not worthy of learning magic, That's a non-pure blood like me!"

When it comes to the second half, John's body is already shaking.

It was obvious that he was also afraid of it.

Seeing this, Link took a deep breath and said:

"So now they all think I'm the heir who opened the Chamber of Secrets? Just because I'm a Parseltongue, and almost all Parseltongues are descended from Salazar Slytherin."

Cedric and John were silent.

After a long time Cedric said:

"This view is actually very stupid, because after years of marriage, almost all pure-blood families in the country have become relatives in the real sense. Strictly speaking, I can actually count..."

"All right,

You don't have to comfort me anymore. I don't really care what other people think of me. Link interrupted Cedric's words with a wave of his hand. "

After saying that, Link turned around and walked towards the floating stairwell.

Behind him, Cedric and John looked worried.

In their view, Link's performance was clearly a force of strength.

Sighing, Cedric shouted at Link's back:

"Link! Don't worry! I'll try to persuade them again!"

Hearing this, Link did not agree.

He didn't lie, and now he really has something very urgent to do.

As for Cedric's concern, that was superfluous.

From the very beginning, Link was very clear that although Hufflepuff's labels were integrity, loyalty, and fearlessness, the Hufflepuff students were still ordinary people after stripping off this shining halo. .

And as long as it is a human being, it is inevitable to do something that is not noble like prejudice.

So Link didn't intend to get too close to the rest of the Hufflepuffs or even the passers-by in Hogwarts.

In his opinion, as long as his friends like Cedric John don't misunderstand him, it's enough.

Clenching his fists, Link quickened his pace.

Soon he was on the eighth floor of Hogwarts again.

But this time, his destination was not the room of responsiveness, but the room of the principal.

The principal's room is located further inside the corridor on the eighth floor, and there is a peculiarly shaped stone monster statue standing at the door.

The duty of this statue is to guard the principal's office.

Normally, it would have been blocking the entrance to the principal's office until someone spoke the correct password before giving way.

But today it stood aside, leaving the arched passageway open.

Link tentatively swayed his hand in front of the monster statue. Seeing that there was no response from the other party, he walked in quickly.

The passage was not long, and Link circled up the passage for a while before entering the principal's room.

"Link, here you are."

In the headmaster's room, Dumbledore, who was sitting behind a table with eagle feet, said with a smile.

He didn't seem surprised by Link's arrival.

On the sofa opposite him, Snape, who was wearing a black robe, also turned his head and looked blankly at Link at the door.

Dumbledore's office is huge.

There are many strangely shaped silverware here, and on a shelf behind Dumbledore stands a beautiful big bird in fiery red.

It was a phoenix, a divine bird with extraordinary magical abilities, and the Ministry of Magic gave it a rating of XXXX.

Of course, the most striking thing in the office is not it, but the row of magical portraits hanging on the wall.

These are portraits of the old headmasters of Hogwarts, and like the magical portraits elsewhere in Hogwarts, they all have the way of thinking and most of the memories of their original owners.

At this moment, they are all like Dumbledore, looking at Link without saying a word.

Under their gaze, Link took a step forward and said solemnly to Dumbledore:

"Headmaster Dumbledore, I know where the Chamber of Secrets is."