The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Near noon the next day, Link and his party returned to Forlì Castle through the long-distance international floo network.

Only Link, Emily, Old Kled and Snape returned from Germany this time. As for Beckman and the other hunters, they are still stationed at Beckman Castle - the situation in Germany has not yet stabilized, and Beckman not only needs Going to Durmstrang to take classes, you still need to stay there to guard the wealth you just snatched.

It was just this kind of grinding behavior that made Snape a little dissatisfied.

He dared to use his identity as a potion master to guarantee that Link's body was only a little weaker and was far from the stage where he needed to rest for a night before setting off.

Looking at Link and Emily who were laughing and joking as if they were returning from an outing after walking out of the gilded fireplace in Forlì Castle, Snape curled his lips with a slightly resentful expression.

Link, who was playing with Emily, seemed to have noticed this gaze, and turned back quickly to look at Snape.

"Ha ha."

Smiling softly, Link turned his gaze back.

Snape had already told what happened as early as last night.

To briefly summarize, Harry Potter, the unlucky kid, was staying at his aunt's house, enjoying his not-so-pleasant summer vacation.

Then he and his fat cousin Dudley were attacked by dementors.

Although the relationship between the two of them was not good because Dudley often bullied Harry, Harry still couldn't help but watch Dudley being killed by dementors, so he used the method Lupine had taught him. The Patronus Charm drove away the Dementors.

The most dramatic scene occurred next.

Harry's behavior of saving his Muggle cousin was not commended by the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Instead, the Ministry of Magic regarded Harry as a young wizard for openly using magic in front of Muggles, which violated the regulations on underage wizards. A notification letter was issued to Harry on the grounds of the Reasonable Restraint Act and the International Confederation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy.

He was required to undergo a public trial before the Wizengamot Council and be punished according to the outcome of the trial.

And according to what has been mentioned in the notification letter, the penalties for these two crimes include but are not limited to expulsion from Hogwarts, breaking the wand and depriving the power of casting spells, and life imprisonment in Azkaban...

Harry was about to collapse after receiving this notification letter.

You must know that for Harry, who has always been dependent on others and enjoyed unfair treatment, the student life at Hogwarts is his white moonlight and the biggest source of motivation for him to persevere.

Now because of this little thing, everything will be taken away!

This made him unacceptable anyway.

Fortunately, just when he was about to do something drastic, members of the Order of the Phoenix sent by Dumbledore arrived.

They successfully moved Harry from his home to 12 Grimmauld Place, the old home of the Black family and the current home of the Order of the Phoenix, under guard and protection.

Things seemed to have stabilized here, but Link knew very well that this was just the beginning.

The dementors that attacked Harry and Dudley were basically spies sent by Voldemort to capture or investigate Harry's situation.

It is not difficult to understand at all. It is only a matter of time before Dementors, as pure black magic creatures, are recruited by Voldemort, the Dark Lord.

Dumbledore had already warned Fudge in this regard, but it was a pity that the other party completely ignored him.

As for the notification letter Harry received, it was entirely Fudge's work.

Fudge was slapped in the face by Dumbledore earlier regarding the attack on the Triwizard Tournament, and now he must find a way to get it back.

Harry happened to give him this opportunity.

It can be said that the current predicament that Harry is encountering is entirely the result of the unconscious cooperation between Voldemort and Fudge.

This gave Harry and Dumbledore a huge problem.

Because they now have to face Voldemort's possible attack at any time, and they also have to face Fudge's legal blow.

The reason why Dumbledore was so anxious to summon Snape and Link back was that he wanted Snape, a 'blatantly loyal' being, to protect Harry, and he wanted Link, a member of the Foley family. The heir to the Ministry of Magic mobilized his power to help relieve the pressure on the Ministry of Magic.

Link was quite dissatisfied with Dumbledore's arbitrary assignment.

In terms of status, he is Dumbledore's collaborator, not the group of guys in the Order of the Phoenix who obey Dumbledore's words.

And this time, Link knew very well that even without him and Snape joining, nothing major would happen to Harry, but Dumbledore's ability was enough to solve the problem.

So when he came back this time, it could be said that he did it entirely for the sake of Snape and Harry.

Unfortunately, Snape didn't seem to appreciate it at all.

Shaking his head, Link walked out of the teleportation hall with Emily and others smiling.

Mrs. Foley, Mr. Victoria and others had already been waiting outside. Seeing Link and the others appearing, Mr. Victoria's eyes turned red and he couldn't help but quickly stepped forward and hugged Emily.

Yelled with tears in his eyes.

This scene is as if Link is not his son-in-law, but a criminal who kidnapped his daughter.

On the other hand, although Mrs. Foley misses Link very much, especially when she heard that Link had an accident in the spell training room a few days ago, she was extremely anxious. But now that the two met, Mrs. Foley was unexpectedly restrained. Stand still with a smile on your face.

"Mother, I'm back."

Link ignored Emily's look for help, and as he spoke, he stepped forward and gently hugged Mrs. Foley.

The two separated quickly. Mrs. Foley held Link's hand and kept looking at Link up and down. After a while, she choked and said:

"You have grown taller and stronger."

Hearing this, Link could only laugh twice.

He felt that Mrs. Foley's idea was a bit different. If an ordinary person saw their child returning from a long trip, shouldn't the first thing he said would be, 'You are suffering outside.'Look how thin you have become. 'Something like that?

Why is it the other way around when it comes to Mrs. Foley?

Mrs. Foley didn't care what Link was thinking now. Now that she had confirmed that Link was fine, she quickly turned her attention to Emily who was being held tightly by Mr. Victoria.

There was a hint of expectation in her eyes, and her eyes focused on Emily's belly and the pace of her legs.

But after just looking at it for a short while, this expectation turned into a strong disappointment.

"It seems like you didn't gain much from your trip to Germany."

Mrs. Foley sighed and even let go of Link's hand as she spoke, obviously very disappointed with Link.

At this time, Link couldn't even hold back a smile and was completely speechless.

You must know that during this trip, they completely took over the entire Beckman family, and also took advantage of the collapse of the Despicable Alliance.

Although Link had left all these matters to Old Creed, he was still surprised to find when he finally checked the accounts that the Foley family's wealth had almost doubled after this battle!

This is nothing. After integrating the Beckman family, the power that the Foley family can use to fight wars and their influence in Europe have also increased tremendously.

If Mrs. Foley's hard work over the years has resulted in the Foley family growing from a small family that was on the verge of collapse after being purged by the Ministry of Magic to a local leader in the magic world of the country.

So the result of Link's trip to Germany is to turn the Foley family from a local smuggler whose influence is basically limited to the United States to a ruthless character who is well-known throughout Europe and cannot be underestimated.

I can’t say who has achieved greater success between the two, but they can’t be regarded as without gains.

Link secretly glanced at Old Kled.

Old Kled was already somewhat unhappy with Mrs. Foley because of the previous incident, and now Mrs. Foley has directly denied the results of his work in Germany. Link estimates that Old Kled's temper is about to explode by now. The edge.

However, what he expected was that instead of being angry after hearing Mrs. Foley's comments, Old Krei lowered his head in shame.

Obviously, Old Kreid quite agreed with Mrs. Foley's words and blamed the fault entirely on himself.

"That's a good thing!"

At this moment, Mr. Victoria suddenly spoke.

His voice was weak, sounding like hesitation, but his body was firmly between Emily, Link and the others, like an old hen protecting its young.

As soon as this statement came out, Mrs. Foley and Old Krei both glared at him.

Especially Old Kled, his expression was ferocious, as if he was ready to go up and tear Mr. Victoria to pieces in the next moment.

"Don't you think you are too greedy? Mr. Victoria!" Old Klei gritted his teeth and said, "We gave you a full [-]% of our profits in Germany this time. This is the hush money for you. I think you should Only when you are satisfied!”

Mr. Victoria's expression changed when he heard this, and he quickly defended:

"I don't want that money, you forced it on me..."

Before Mr. Victoria could finish his words, he was interrupted by the sneers of Old Clay and Mrs. Foley.

When Link saw this, he cast a look of pity on him.

Judging from what he knew about Mr. Victoria, although he still had a bunch of squibs to feed in his manor, what he said should be the truth.

Link sighed silently. He guessed that Mr. Victoria would be tortured very badly by Mrs. Foley and Old Clay in a while.

These two people are already going crazy with their thoughts about Little Foley, and anyone who tries to stop him will receive their most ferocious revenge.

At this time, Snape, who had been silent all this time, finally couldn't help it anymore and said:

"I said, have you had enough? Dumbledore and Harry are still waiting for us, Link. We have been delayed for too long. It is time to get over."

After hearing this, Link's expression suddenly returned to indifference, and he said calmly:

"As far as I know, their situation is far less critical than you said."

"Yes, Severus," Mrs. Foley also helped, "my poor child has just come back. Don't you want him to leave immediately after seeing me?"

Snape took a deep breath and said:

"In that case, please help yourself, I'll go over first!"

After saying this, Snape turned to leave, but before he could get far, he heard Link say calmly:

"I told you, Professor Snape, don't be anxious. The situation there is far less dangerous than you think. If you rush to join in like this, it will only make people look down upon you and think you are being mean. This is not in line with your behavior." Personality will expose you even more.

Anyway, let's stay and have lunch together, and then we'll go there together.

By the way, mother, lunch should be ready, right?I miss the pumpkin casserole made of little buttons. "

"Of course, come with me."

Mrs. Foley said with a smile, and after that, she led Link, Emily and the others towards the restaurant happily.

Seeing this, Snape froze on the spot and hesitated for a while before following Link and the others with a gloomy expression.

The first meal when a traveler returns home is always sumptuous, regardless of nationality or race, this is basically the case in every family around the world.

Accompanying this is naturally countless concerns and conversations from parents.

Mrs. Foley did just that.

He completely ignored Snape, who was looking at him intently, and held Link and Emily's hands and chatted all afternoon.

To be honest, this made Link regret not running to Harry and Dumbledore's side with Snape as soon as he came back.

Because the main idea of ​​Mrs. Foley's speech is-you'd better have a baby as soon as possible.

Emily was okay with this, and generally showed a shy but welcoming attitude.

But for Link, this was a complete torture.

In his previous life, he was a little afraid of marriage and childbirth due to the harsh social environment. After time travel, he met Emily, whom he really liked, and finally overcame his fear of marriage. However, before he could get over it, Mrs. Foley asked him to have a child. .

Link was really scared.

It can be said that he knows nothing about parenting. If you ask him to fight the Ministry of Magic or Voldemort with a wand, he may happily agree, but if you ask him to give birth to a child, he is really afraid.

It was not until late in the evening that Link was finally freed from the combined persuasion of Mrs. Foley and Old Kled, and took Emily to Grimmauld Place under the leadership of Snape.

Link, who came to this important location in the original work, felt disappointed.

Because Grimmauld Place looks small and shabby, its central location is not the common fountains or statues in other squares, but an overgrown wasteland.

Even during the rush hour near dinner time, there is not much traffic in this small square.

Except for the sporadic passing vehicles and pedestrians, there were only a few homeless people in tattered clothes lying casually on the uneven road that had become uneven due to frequent repairs. The patches were gray and black, as if they were filled with patches.

Not only that.

Perhaps because the large chimneys not far away were spewing thick smoke, the entire sky here was dusty.

After such a combination of sky and road, the entire area was cast into a dusty and dilapidated feeling.