The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

"Link, are you sure you want to go there alone?"

Mrs. Foley said while looking at Link, who was standing in front of the fireplace and had finished dressing.

For Mrs. Foley, sending Link to school is a very important thing, and it is also an opportunity for her to enhance her relationship with Link.

However, today Link suddenly said that he wanted to go to Hogwarts alone, which made her very dissatisfied.

"I'm already so old, and it's time for me to go to school alone. You don't want to raise me to be a child like Draco, do you?" Link stepped forward and hugged Mrs. Foley and said, "Okay, Don't be sad. I'm still wearing a double-sided mirror (Note 1), and I'll contact you when I get to Hogwarts."

Hearing this, Mrs. Foley nodded helplessly and could only give up.

Link smiled, took out a handful of Floo powder, and walked into the fireplace.

"Oh!"

With a burst of green flames igniting from the fireplace, Link's figure disappeared into the flames.

And when he found his feet on the ground again, he was already in a small room in King's Cross Station.

There were also two Aurors in long trench coats standing in the room. They were sent by the Ministry of Magic to maintain order and prevent Muggles from discovering the back-to-school wave at Hogwarts.

The two of them saw Link standing in the fireplace staring at them, so they stepped forward to help him out.

"Kid, don't block the road, others will come out."

Link looked back after hearing this, and sure enough he saw a flash of fire in the fireplace, and a child appeared.

But the child acted even more confused than Link, and had no intention of coming out at all.

Upon seeing this, the two Aurors looked at each other and stepped forward helplessly again.

Link was not upset after being left behind. He smiled and said "Thank you" to the two Aurors, then passed through the phantom wall pillar alone and boarded Hogwarts via platform nine and three-quarters. express.

Since many students chose to stay at Hogwarts over Christmas, the Hogwarts Express was a little empty compared to when school started.

These students instinctively gathered together, each with a serious expression, as if the place they were about to go to was not their favorite Hogwarts, but a certain battlefield.

At first, Link thought it was because of himself. After all, he was now carrying the identity of a suspected Slytherin heir. It was normal for these students to react like this when they saw him.

But he soon discovered that things were not that simple.

Because except for Slytherin, the students from other houses all smiled and greeted Link after seeing him. This kind attitude was ten thousand times better than the previous time at Hogwarts.

This is obviously not the attitude you should have toward a suspected Slytherin heir, because there are many Muggle students among the people greeting Link.

And just after Link sat in the Hufflepuff carriage with a puzzled look on his face, a big hand patted his shoulder as expected.

"Merry Christmas, Link."

Cedric smiled and sat across from Link, and Link nodded and replied:

"Merry Christmas to you too, Cedric."

After finishing the courtesy, Link was not polite to Cedric and pointed directly at the solemn-looking Hufflepuffs around him and said:

"What happened to them?"

Hearing this, a trace of solemnity flashed across Cedric's face.

He popped his head and looked around. When he saw that no one was paying attention, he closed the carriage door.

"Link, don't you know? The heir of Slytherin launched another attack during Christmas."

Slytherin leaned in front of Link and lowered his voice.

After hearing this, Link jumped up instantly and said:

"Who was the person who was attacked? Is he dead?"

Cedric hurriedly pressed down on the excited Link and made a quieter gesture.

In fact, you can't blame Link for being too excited.

Hermione and John both chose to spend Christmas at Hogwarts this time. It would be something Link could not accept if any of them were attacked by the basilisk Arkham.

Because the mandrake resurrection potion in his hand has been exhausted, and he has not purchased new mandrakes this time, which means that the people who are now petrified can only wait for Sprawling. Professor Te's mandrakes are ripe.

As for being attacked and killed by a basilisk, that's even worse.

After a while, after Link calmed down again, Cedric showed a smile and said:

"Don't worry, I know what you're worried about. John and Hermione are both fine. The one who was attacked this time was a girl named Lavender Brown. She didn't die either, she was just petrified."

After saying this, Cedric suddenly realized that it was not good for him to gloat about others' misfortune, and he quickly put away his smile.

Link was not as kind as he was. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this and slumped down in his seat.

Cedric, who had been mourning for Lavender for a while, came up to him again and said:

"Don't worry Link, I believe we will be safe with Dumbledore here, and the heir will be caught soon. And this incident is also a good thing for you. You are back home. It’s the perfect alibi.”

After saying that, Cedric smiled and patted Link on the back, asking Link about the magic snow globe he gave.

Link responded to him wordlessly, with the expression on his face still solemn.

Cedric and the other students were still too naive, and they were the only ones who would find this alibi useful.

For Link and Dumbledore, who knew the details of the basilisk, this didn't mean anything at all, because Link could use Parselmouth to preset the time for the basilisk's attack.

But it was hard for Link to tell Cedric and the others about these things.

The two of them arrived at Hogwarts just chatting.

"Okay, get out of the car quickly, Dumbledore is already waiting for you in the auditorium!"

In the Yeqi parking lot outside the castle, Professor Kettleburn was still directing the 'parking order' as usual. Link noticed that there were a few fresh scars on his face. Judging from the size, they should be This is Nobel's masterpiece.

After a quick greeting with Professor Kettleburn, Link followed most of them back to the auditorium.

Although Christmas has passed, a large-scale dinner was still held in Hogwarts to welcome the students back.

Normally, this would have been a carnival, because after tonight everyone would have to go back to homework and study.

But this year, due to the relationship between the heirs, everyone was very reserved, and they were very alienated from those students who stayed in school, which made the whole banquet very boring.

Link was not in a good mood either. After finishing his dinner in a hurry, he took the lead to leave.

But to his surprise, as soon as he walked out of the auditorium, Harry and Ron stood in front of him.

"Is there a problem?"

Link said as he rubbed his temples, sitting for a whole day as a firebender made his body feel a little uncomfortable.

When Harry saw this, he looked at Ron and then gritted his teeth and said:

"Link, we already know who the heir is!"