The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

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The scene in the Leaky Cauldron at this moment is very strange.

A panting guy was waving a newspaper in his hand, and opposite him was a large group of guests with bright eyes, whose heads were constantly swinging along with the movements of his arms.

In the end, the guy seemed to have noticed this, and began to consciously wave the newspaper in his hand, directing the people in front of him to make some funny moves.

This made the atmosphere a bit funny.

"Don't tease the guests!"

As Old Tom spoke heavily, he slapped the clerk on the head with a chestnut. He covered his head and screamed back as he was doing the work, and almost fell into the fireplace again.

And the newspaper that was still warm from printing in his hand was snatched by Old Tom.

Everyone gathered around and looked up at the newspaper, only to see that the logo of "Daily Prophet" was clearly printed on the brand-new newspaper, but the content on it was simpler than the issue just published in the morning.

Declare war!

Or in more detail.

The Ministry of Magic declares war on the French magic world!

Just looking at the huge W-shaped emblem of the Ministry of Magic in the center of the newspaper, everyone felt dizzy for a while.

"It's really declared war? How is this possible? How dare they?!"

Apu muttered to himself in a trance.

He was still wondering why the Ministry of Magic of the U.S. released all the information about the Hogwarts attack so simply this time, even ignoring the content classification policy.

This approach is bound to arouse public outrage!

But now it all makes sense.

The Ministry of Magic of the Nation is trying to arouse the anger of the people, and then vent this anger on the French wizards!

But how dare they?

Aren't they afraid of protests from anti-war people in China?

Aren't they afraid of sanctions from the International Federation of Wizards?

Isn't it normal to negotiate when encountering such a thing?

Why didn't they follow common sense?

Apu felt like his brain was about to burst.

He has grown up so much, and usually he has studied the history of magic, and he has learned a lot of impulsive and even weird deeds of rulers in books.

But he really never thought of being so reckless!

"Good! Great!"

"Long live the Ministry of Magic!"

"Long live Lord Link Foley!"

...

Deafening cheers broke out after a brief silence.

The burly man with a big beard had torn off his clothes, baring his chest hair and roaring continuously.

Beside him, Adam, the editor-in-chief who has always been gentle and gentle, also took off his suit, cheering and shaking.

This action is a bit funny when paired with Adam's thin body.

But no one in the room laughed at it, because the others were even crazier than him, and everyone's emotions had already been detonated by the simple headline in the latest issue of "Daily Prophet"!

Apu swallowed hard, the crazy scene in front of him made him feel bad, and he wanted to leave the Leaky Cauldron as he stepped back.

But before he took a few steps, the big callused hands grabbed his neck.

"Old Tom, let me go, I suddenly remembered that the machine in my workshop is still running, I have to go back now!"

Apu said anxiously, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at the crazy Adam.

But Old Tom's hands were still tightly gripping his neckline like iron pliers, and he looked at him with a smile.

For some reason, Apu felt that the way old Tom looked at him was not much different from looking at a lot of Galleons.

"As you saw just now, the Ministry of Magic of the Nation has declared war on the entire French magic world. This means that the entire magic world of the Nation has now entered the highest level of war, and military control is also in place."

Old Tom said softly, "And in this military control, any Chinese wizard has the responsibility and obligation to report foreign spies.

"

Hearing this, Apu's heart skipped a beat.

But he still managed to squeeze out a smile and said:

"You say I'm a foreign spy? How is this possible? I'm not French, but an out-and-out Chinese wizard! Old Tom, I warn you, don't mess around! The military control and reporting measures of the Ministry of Magic of China have If it is clearly explained, the false accuser will be guilty of the same crime!"

"Yeah, that's right, I also remember very clearly that those who falsely accuse and conceal the crime are all strictly enforced in black and white. But I didn't say that you are French, right? Are you telling yourself? "

Apu's face was ugly.

His hand had sneaked into the wand sheath.

In the current situation, I am afraid that it will be useless to say anything, so he can only forcefully break through.

But just as his hand touched the wand, a fist as big as a cauldron suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

"Boom—"

A Pu was punched out by the bearded burly man, smashing the bar down.

"Sorry for breaking your ancestral bar."

The bearded man said in embarrassment.

Old Tom laughed and stretched out his hands to hold the bearded fist still frozen in the air and said:

"Ha! It's okay, it's okay! I was already planning to replace it, but you saved me the effort. What's more, you are here to save me, and I have to thank you!"

Hearing this, the bearded man finally heaved a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, Adam on the side shouted, and led a large group of guests towards the fireplace of Floo Network again.

This scene made Old Tom's smile stiff for an instant, and he hurriedly shouted:

"Merlin's beard, where are you going!"

"Does that even matter? To the Ministry of Magic, of course!"

"But... why? Isn't war already declared? Your requirements should have been met, so what are you going to the Ministry of Magic for now?"

Adam turned his head and looked at the anxious old Tom with some doubts:

"Of course I'm going to join the army! It doesn't matter whether it's an Auror or a striker! In short, I want to go to France to avenge my son!"

"That's right! I want to take revenge too!"

The bearded strong man also roared, and followed behind Adam.

The rest of the people also joined in.

Under Old Tom's sluggish eyes, in a short while everyone was clamoring and pouring into the floo fireplace, disappearing in the rising flames.

In the huge Leaky Cauldron, only Old Tom was left standing in the mess.

Even the guy hired by old Tom had already quietly followed Adam.

Outside the Leaky Cauldron, Old Tom could faintly see the crowds in Diagon Alley.

More and more people have received news about the Ministry of Magic's declaration of war.

Everyone raised the flags with the emblem of the Ministry of Magic of the Kingdom of China, waving them while roaring.

And more people are rushing to every store that has a Floo fireplace.

Some impatient ones even directly used the apparition spell in violation of the regulations on the street.

There is no doubt that the destination of these angry people must be the Ministry of Magic.

Old Tom was also on fire.

But after seeing the mess in his bar, his heart quickly cooled down again.

Now the Leaky Cauldron might have to learn from the newly opened taverns outside and start a wave of complete renovations.

How many galleons would it cost?

Old Tom could hardly bear to calculate the question.

But fortunately, there is still an Arpu that can be used to make up for the loss.

"For the whole decoration, 5,000 Galleons should be enough, right?"

While talking to himself, Old Tom punched Apu hard in the ruins.

...

At the same time, the spider tail alley thousands of miles away.

Link was leading Mrs. Foley and Emily along the dilapidated streets towards the river bank.

Dozens of people walked on the road in silence, and the people in the houses on both sides of the street were also looking at the group of men in black curiously.

Of course, most of these people's eyes still fell on the black coffin inlaid with silver patterns that was pulled by a carriage in the middle of the team.

It is too eye-catching to have such a gorgeous and luxurious coffin in this street full of human excrement and all kinds of garbage.

In terms of comfort and luxury, the broken brick house they live in may be more like a coffin than the coffin.

Therefore, many people secretly followed this mysterious funeral procession, wanting to see where the coffin was buried.

As for what these people will do after knowing the location.

That was already obvious.

However, Link and the others didn't care about it.

A group of people continued to advance along the turbid smelly river, and then at a certain point in time, they suddenly disappeared.

The residents of Spider's End Alley who followed after watching this scene were stunned.

They searched around the river bank unwillingly, but found nothing.

In the end, he could only flee from the river bank in horror, leaving another frightening rumor in Spider's End Alley.

But what they didn't know was that Link and his party were on the shore not far from them.

What covered Link and his party was a spherical barrier.

The radius of this barrier is about a hundred meters, and it covers the sky and the soil underground in a spherical shape.

Outside the barrier, there was a lifeless gray.

The dirty snowflakes falling from the thick black clouds kept hitting the ground, and a thick layer of brown-gray snow had already accumulated on the river bank, but it melted silently when it fell into the lake.

The turbid sewage mixed with a lot of chemicals and garbage seemed to have lost the ability to freeze, and it was still surging smoothly in the cold winter.

But within the barrier, there are large expanses of green.

It's as if spring has arrived here ahead of the surrounding world. As far as the eye can see, it is full of green grass.

On the highest slope in the center of the entire barrier area, there is an ancient willow tree.

This is the only large living plant within a radius of several kilometers.

His existence is nothing short of a miracle.

Because the environment around Spider's End Alley is really not suitable for the growth of such a large plant.

Living in such a bad environment for a long time has caused serious yin and yang problems.

Not only is the skin dry and cracked, but even the branches are crooked, looking twisted and absurd.

But even so, the willow tree that came to this land with tea and porcelain decades ago is still alive, and new green branches have burst out without any intervention from Link and others.

To achieve this, the willow must be fighting every moment.

"However, now that you can finally rest, you should feel much better in the days to come."

Link stroked the rough skin of the willow tree, whispering to himself.

Hearing this, Sceffen, John and the others behind him lowered their heads silently.

They actually couldn't understand why Link had to bury Professor Snape in such a place.

According to their thinking, Hogwarts is the best burial place.

Only the honor of 'Buried at Hogwarts' is worthy of Snape's sacrifice.

Or, it is not impossible to be buried with Lily.

That sounds a little insulting to the dead.

After all, if you really want to do this, you must first dig out the joint tomb of Lily Potter and James Potter, and then rebury James Potter's body aside.

This behavior is expected to attract collective protests from many people, including Dumbledore.

But so what?

With Link's prestige at this moment, even if he did that, no one could do anything to him.

However, in the end, Link chose a location such as the river bank outside Spider's End Alley.

In addition, a huge sum of money was spent to build a large barrier centered on the willow tree.

The soil and air inside the barrier have all been evolved by magic, and the climate control system is exactly the same as that in the Durmstrang School of Magic. The temperature and humidity in this area are all set to spring all year round.

The barrier itself is composed of dozens of protection spells, such as all protection spells, anti-apparition spells, Muggle repelling spells, and loyalty spells.

This level of protection is already comparable to the current commissioner's office of the Ministry of Magic.

If that's the case, it's actually nothing.

After all, these measures are all for the beauty and safety of Professor Snape's cemetery.

But the problem is that after Link made major changes to this 'cemetery' environment, he only kept the malnourished crooked-necked willow tree.

In such a paradise-like place, his existence is really too unpleasant.

Is this really appropriate?

"Link, it's almost time."

Dumbledore's voice sounded at the right time, waking up everyone who was in a state of contemplation.

Link nodded, and silently came to the carriage. With a tap of his wand, the entire coffin floated and landed in the marble tomb that had been dug in front of the willow tree.

As the oldest person present, Dumbledore spread out the black notebook in his hand and began to make a statement.

Everyone also quickly lowered their heads in accordance with the etiquette, and Emily had already thrown herself into Mrs. Foley's arms and sobbed.

Only Link was still standing in front of Professor Snape's coffin, staring at the big willow tree expressionlessly.

Others might feel that Link should be in a state of great grief at this point.

But in fact, only Link knows that at this moment, his heart is peaceful, and even his brain is blank.

This state is similar to the consciousness that has not completely returned to the body when a person just wakes up.

But this is not the effect caused by Occlumency, but Link's most authentic and original emotional reaction at this time.

His body instinctively refused to absorb any meaningful information, and focused all his attention on the willow tree in front of him, observing the mottled marks on his body, observing his branches swaying with the wind.

Link knew very well that it was his body that was instinctively protecting his consciousness.