The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

This sudden turn of events startled Link.

He instinctively stepped back, and at the same time pointed the kerosene lamp and wand in his hand.

Then Link was stunned, because what appeared in front of him at this moment was a skinny cat with dark gray fur.

This cat seemed to like Link very much. When he saw Link running away, it tilted its head, and soon came up and rubbed Link's trouser legs.

"Hoo!~"

Link breathed a sigh of relief and leaned down to stroke the cat twice. It made a comfortable purring sound.

"Mrs. Norris! Mrs. Norris! Where have you gone?"

At this moment, a suppressed and anxious shout came from the distance. Link heard the sound and turned around, only to see a hazy and dim light source approaching quickly.

The cat obviously heard the sound. It stiffened for a moment and seemed to be hesitating whether to leave, but soon continued to rub against Link's hand.

"Ha! Mrs. Norris! Look what you found? A student who sneaked out without sleeping at night!"

After getting closer, the voice suddenly said in surprise, and then under the light of the kerosene lamp, Link saw a slightly hunchbacked old man walking from the darkness with a grin on his face, holding a lantern in his hand.

Hearing this, Link looked a little helpless.

When he was reading the diary just now, he had read that every time the original owner left Snape's office in the middle of the night, he would meet Filch, the caretaker of Hogwarts. This old bastard recognized by all the students was always eager to read. The students were punished, so even though he knew that the original owner had permission to travel at night, he still made things difficult for the original owner every time.

"Come on, you scumbag who violated school rules, I can't wait to see your expression when you are punished!"

Filch said excitedly, but after hearing this, Link shook his head and took out the night travel permit slip.

Filch's eyes, which glowed green like wild beasts at night, suddenly widened. He stretched out his hand to grab the note, but Link moved faster and took it back in an instant.

"Okay! Okay! It's like this again, you're lucky!" Filch muttered a few words unwillingly and turned to leave, but before he took two steps, he seemed to remember something again, turned his head and called softly Said, "Mrs. Norris! It's time for us to leave, come here quickly!"

The cat named Mrs. Norris ignored him and continued to rub Link's arm.

Filch let out a strange cry of unwillingness, and took out a small dried fish from his pocket. It took a long time to finally fool Mrs. Norris.

Watching the man and the cat gradually go away, Link shook his head helplessly.

He couldn't understand why Filch was doing such meaningless things day after day.

However, this obviously did not have much to do with his current situation, so after sighing for a while, Link set off again, looking at the infirmary.

In order to prevent students from getting sick suddenly in the middle of the night, the Hogwarts infirmary is on call 24 hours a day.

Of course, this does not mean that Madam Pomfrey does not need to sleep. If you disturb Madam Pomfrey's rest in the middle of the night because of a trivial matter, Madam Pomfrey will definitely let you know why the flowers are so red.

Fortunately, Madam Pomfrey had not rested when Link arrived at the infirmary. With the sound of slippers making contact with the ground, Madam Pomfrey, who had not yet changed out of her work clothes, soon appeared next to Link. before.

"Little Link, it's so late, what can you do?"

Pomfrey knelt down and spoke kindly.

After hearing this, Link extinguished the kerosene lamp and said:

"Mrs. Pomfrey, it's like this. I just came out of Professor Snape's place..."

Before Link finished speaking, Madam Pomfrey's expression suddenly changed. She grabbed Link's arm and helped him to a soft chair nearby, and then began to get busy.

"Oh! Little Link! You sit down and rest for a while. Here, I'll give you hot cocoa, which will make you feel better. And a hot towel, please put it on your forehead."

Looking at Madam Pomfrey's busy figure, a trace of surprise flashed in Link's eyes.

Because the other party would react like this because he obviously knew about Link drinking the potion.

"Wait a minute, Madam Pomfrey. I feel very good now and don't have any of the adverse reactions I had before." Link asked quickly, "I'm just a little confused as to what kind of potion Professor Snape gave me. ? Why does he have to feed me something to drink?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Madam Pomfrey's body froze, she turned her head in disbelief and said:

"Did you just say that you won't have those adverse reactions anymore?"

"Yeah, I just took a nap after the pills and I felt fine."

"Oh! Merlin! This is so good!"

Madam Pomfrey clapped excitedly like a little girl, which made Link even more confused.

"What the hell is going on here?"

"I believe Professor Snape has already explained this to you, but I will say it again." Madam Pomfrey said with a smile, "Something terrible happened to you, which caused your body to appear problem. The potion you drank was made to improve this situation. This was your mother's request and one of the conditions for Dumbledore to allow you to enroll. In the past year, Snake Pu has made countless improvements to this potion, but all of them have no effect. But things are different now. Your recent performance is enough to prove that our efforts are effective."

Link's brows furrowed. Although Madam Pomfrey's words answered some of his confusions, they also raised more questions.

After thinking for a while, Link continued to ask:

"So what is wrong with my body and what are the horrible things that are happening to me?"

"I'm sorry, Link, I can't say. Talking about these things will only make your situation worse."

Madam Pomfrey said apologetically, and upon hearing this, Link shook his head and insisted:

"You also said that I am doing well now, so I thought maybe I no longer need to take medicine. You said..."

"No! You must not stop taking the medicine!" Madam Pomfrey said categorically, "Link, listen to me. Your condition has indeed improved recently, but no one can tell what will happen in the future. And you don't have to Worry about the side effects of those drugs. I can assure you in the name of St. Mungo's that that magic potion will only work on patients. For normal people, it is just a simple tonic. Not only will it not make normal people It produces side effects similar to dependence and limb weakness, and it can also continuously improve your mental and physical strength. So be obedient, okay? We won't harm you."

Looking at Madam Pomfrey's sincere eyes, Link's mouth moved for a while, and finally he said word by word:

"It's not impossible for me to drink medicine, but I have a request! That is, Professor Snape will drink as much as I drink!"