The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

The Delacour sisters hugged each other and cried for a long time.

Link and his friends were beside him, waiting silently with complicated emotions.

The Beauxbatons sisters, who were once the pride of heaven and whose scenery was as dazzling as the bright moon, ended up like this.

This is really sad.

It wasn't until the sisters' moods calmed down that Link sighed and said:

"Your sister has been telling us that you have a very high status in Beauxbatons, and you have even become the highest-ranking person in your grade, so we always feel that you are doing well.

But now it seems that it’s actually not good, right? "

Gabrielle struggled to get out of Fleur's arms, rubbed her red eyes and said hard:

"Who says I'm not doing well? Principal Maxim values ​​me very much, and my credits are very high. I can be said to be the highest in the grade! My sister should have told you that credits mean a lot in Beauxbatons. What?"

means direct status.

Link nodded, but still said:

"Then why did something like this happen today? Judging from that Laura's attitude, they don't seem to like you very much."

Gabrielle said weakly:

"That's because Senior Sister Laura is a senior, and she will soon be entering seventh grade this year. As for the fact that everyone doesn't like me, it's true. But there's nothing we can do about it, who can let..."

Gabrielle stopped talking, but glanced at Fleur intentionally or unintentionally.

This sight made Furong lower her head in pain.

It was clear that her reputation as a Beauxbatons warrior had rubbed off on Gabrielle.

The entire Beauxbatons malice against her did not end with her graduation, but was instead transferred to her sister.

How cruel is this?

Fleur couldn't help but cry again.

But Emily, who had been silent, stood up at this time, looked at Gabrielle condescendingly and said lightly:

"You just called that Laura Senior Sister Laura? Why are you so polite? Did they also give you other warnings?"

After hearing this, Fleur, who had cried just now, suddenly stopped and looked at Gabri with a horrified expression.

Emily's words reminded her.

School bullying is never a rare case.

Even magic schools are like that.

The group of people who hated her, perhaps because of their strength and status, did not dare to do anything to her, so they could only say a few words and use cold violence.

But it was different when facing the weak Gabriel.

Under the gaze of everyone, Gabrielle slowly lowered her head and said in an inaudible voice:

"She...they are in a higher grade..."

All the people present were smart people.

This answer is enough.

Beauxbatons implements not only a credit-based system, but also a grade-based system.

This is somewhat similar to the prefect system at Hogwarts.

That is to say, prefects theoretically have the power to manage students in the entire school, but at the same time they are also restricted by the prefects who are higher than them.

Such a system will give birth to another kind of 'grade suppression'.

That is to say, the prefects of lower grades will gradually lose their control over ordinary students of upper grades.

Because the senior students don't buy their account at all, these senior students are only willing to listen to the orders of their prefects and the prefects of higher grades.

The exercise of power in the entire prefect system is compatible with the lower levels, but incompatible with the upper levels.

In Beauxbatons, this 'grade suppression' has become even more extreme.

Because Beauxbatons' concept of superiority and inferiority has been deeply rooted in his bones.

This is a school where all students must stand up and say hello when they see the principal!

Gabrielle was obviously 'suppressed' by her grade.

Even though she is doing very well in this grade and has even reached the top 'prefect' level.

But she is only in second grade.

There are too many people who can bully her and want to bully her.

This is the 'legacy' left to her by her sister.

So Gabrielle was having a really hard time.

Looking at it this way, it is very easy to understand why Gabrielle would feel resentful towards Fleur.

After all, being in this environment for a long time will inevitably produce symptoms similar to Stockholm Syndrome.

For example, instead of hating the perpetrator, he blames himself and Fleur for all the injustice and pain he has endured.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Gabrielle has more extreme thoughts that have not been revealed.

Sighing, Link smiled and said:

"Gabriel, in fact, in my opinion, the environment of the entire French magic world has undergone tremendous changes. It is no longer suitable for a young wizard like you to live. So, are you willing to transfer to another school? No matter it is the United States. Falconry is still the Hogwarts of China. As long as you are willing, I can let you successfully enroll as a transfer student in the next semester. I believe that you will definitely like these two places. The environment there , much better than here.”

After saying this, Link smiled at Fleur.

This was the last effort he could make for Furong's sake.

If Gabrielle behaved cooperatively, he wouldn't mind using gentler means to take her away.

Although this will be more troublesome.

Fleur also knew that Link's move was not easy, and cast a grateful look at Link.

But when Gabrielle heard this, her expression suddenly turned cold.

"I will not leave Beauxbatons!"

Gabrielle said categorically, " Beauxbatons is my home! Principal Maxim is also my elder! I want to stay here and prove to everyone that the daughters of the Delacour family are not all trash. ! Those things I have lost, I will get them all back one day! Rely on my own strength! "

This is no longer possible.

Gabrielle was paranoid to a point where words alone could not convince her.

Link shook his head at Fleur, his eyebrows filled with helplessness.

Furong, on the other hand, had already burst into tears.

Gabrielle's pain and paranoia are largely due to her.

When Gabrielle saw this, she moved a little away from Link with a strange look on her face, and said rather vigilantly:

"Why do you ask me such a question? There should be no reason for you to spend so much energy getting involved in our sisters' affairs, right? Could it be that, just like Senior Sister Laura said, sister, you have really become Mr. Washington's... …”

"Cough-cough-"

Link coughed crazily, interrupting Gabrielle's words, "Didn't you say you were going to take us to the auditorium for the banquet? Let's go quickly."

As he spoke, Link took the lead and walked out.

Only Fleur, whose face was flushed, and Gabrielle, whose eyes were full of suspicion, were left.

……

Due to being delayed for too long by Laura and others, when Link and others arrived at the Beauxbatons Auditorium, the banquet had already begun.

Beauxbatons Auditorium at night looks even more magnificent than during the day.

When the magic lights in the auditorium are fully turned on, the entire auditorium is reflected with a layer of dense light, like a fantasy.

Beauxbatons' emphasis on etiquette was fully demonstrated at this dinner.

The seating arrangement they adopted was not divided equally by house like Hogwarts, but was deliberately divided into several different sections based on age, identity, credit status, etc., and the decoration and seat size levels in each section were Also completely different.

One of the most intuitive standards is.

The lower the dining area, the dimmer the light.

The top one among them is naturally the chair where the professors sit.

They were almost at the highest position in the entire auditorium.

The professors at the table looked majestic against the stained glass behind them.

As Beauxbatons' distinguished guests, Link and others were placed in small, scattered seats slightly below the professors.

Thanks to Link and others, Gabrielle was not forced to sit in the slightly dark and crude student seats at the bottom, but sat among Link and others.

As members of the mysterious 'Washington Family', the arrival of Link and his team attracted the attention of many people.

Especially the other noble guests who belong to the guest seat area with Link and others.

The attitude of these people towards Link and others can be described as eagerly awaiting.

Even before Link and others had even sat down, they all raised their wine glasses in respect.

It's a pity that Link didn't bother to pay attention to them at all.

Valley</span>His entire attention was directed to the faculty seats higher up.

To be more precise, it was actually Maxim and Professor Lillo beside her.

Compared with the last time we met, Ms. Maxim looked more solemn and older.

Like most of the professors and guests present, they all put on exclusive attire.

After sitting in the center of the main seat, his huge body and serious face instantly made the others look extraordinarily small.

However, when his majestic expression glanced at Fleur among Link and others, there was a rare hint of movement.

From a distance, Link also saw Maxim standing up slightly, as if he wanted to come this way.

Unfortunately, Professor Lillo, who was sitting next to her, just whispered to her for a while and then asked her to sit down again.

Then, Maxim began to welcome all the guests.

This made Fleur extremely disappointed.

Although she had a quarrel with Ms. Maxim before, she still hoped to have more exchanges with Maxim.

Dumbledore and Link also moved their eyes slightly.

They were not interested in Maxim's stereotyped speeches. Dumbledore completely ignored Maxim on the stage and turned to Link and said:

"It seems that these guys have a deeper control over Beauxbatons than we expected."

"Yes, looking at it like this, Ms. Maxim has almost become their puppet." Link said lightly, "But that's okay, everything will change after tonight."

Dumbledore said nothing, but looked deeply at Link.

Although he agreed to assist Link in executing the hunting plan for the Black Shadow Man.

But that doesn't mean it's just Link's point of view.

Freezing three feet is not a day's cold.

In his opinion, simply hunting down a shadow man would not be able to change Beauxbatons' current situation.

The opposite of.

This hunting plan may make Beauxbatons' situation even worse.

In the secret communication between the two, Maxim's relatively brief speech had come to an end.

Then, the originally empty table in front of everyone began to be gradually filled with steaming dishes.

"Well--"

Dumbledore said with a half-smile, "This way of serving food seems familiar."

Link knew exactly what he wanted to say. Out of love for his old principal, Link followed suit and said:

"Yeah, I really want to hear that this is how meals are served at Hogwarts."

Dumbledore turned to look at Link, his face filled with a teachable light.

Gabriel snorted coldly when he heard this and said:

"Yes, this way of serving meals is indeed the experience we at Beauxbatons got from Hogwarts, but we are better at this than Hogwarts!"

"Oh?" Dumbledore was a little unconvinced and said with a smile, "What's the good thing about it?"

"You should know it if you know a little bit about it. Hogwarts' food is served out of thin air through house elves. They arranged the kitchen under the auditorium, and then the house elves raised in the kitchen served the food. . But this method is too original!”

Gabrielle said proudly, "Our food serving system does not require any house elves. The reason why our food serving system is implemented is a simple phantom specially designed for us by the president of the French Alchemy Association. Manifestation spell system.

It is not an easy task to deploy such a system in a place like Beauxbatons where the anti-Apparition spell is fully covered!

Also, you haven’t been to the Hogwarts dinner, so you can’t feel it.

The dishes we serve are all cooked by professional chefs from the French magic world.

In terms of level, it is much better than Hogwarts! "

Dumbledore's lips pursed tightly again.

Because he really had no way to refute.

Calling China a food desert is a bit exaggerated.

But the local cuisine chefs of the country are so hot!

Even Hogwarts uses house elves who are very good at cooking.

But in such an environment, the level is actually just that.

The food presented at the Beauxbatons dinner was much better than the food at Hogwarts in terms of appearance.

Frowning slightly, Dumbledore instinctively turned his gaze to Link next to him.

He also expected Link to help him say a few more words like he just did.

Unexpectedly, Link and Emily had already picked up the knife and fork and launched a fierce attack on the dishes in front of them.

While eating, he would pause from time to time to express his praise for the dishes in front of him.

Dumbledore's expression changed instantly.

Staring at Link and Emily as if they were betrayers.

However, Link remained unmoved.

joke.

With delicious food now, who has time to help you, an old man, get jealous?

When Fleur and Gabrielle saw that Link was eating happily, they finally had smiles on their faces.

He even pushed some dishes that he thought were good from time to time in front of Link and Emily for them to taste.

Link and Emily are also very cooperative.

Even if some dark dishes such as French snails are obviously not to their taste, they will still give a compliment, and the smiles on the faces of Gabrielle and Fleur will become brighter and brighter, and the atmosphere of the entire banquet will also change. It's getting better and better.

"call--"

As the last empty plate in front of everyone was transported away, Link took off the napkin around his neck and let out a long breath.

"Mr. Washington, are you satisfied with your enjoyment?"

A slightly familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind Link.

Link turned around and saw that Maxim had arrived behind him without knowing it, and was looking at him with a smile.

And the so-called Professor Lillo was standing next to Maxim.

"Overall, I'm quite satisfied." Link raised his eyebrows, stood up and said, "French cuisine can be said to be the most delicious food in Europe. Even in the world, there are only Authentic Chinese food is comparable.

Thank you very much for your hospitality, it is a great honor! "

"It's great that you are satisfied!" The smile on Maxim's face became more sincere, "Please rest assured. Although this is a banquet, except for the etiquette process of the banquet, in terms of dishes, we In fact, it was not done according to the standards of the highest banquet.

In other words, what you just enjoyed is actually just a daily meal at our Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

If a descendant of your family can attend Beauxbatons one day in the future, then what he can enjoy every day will be the same standard of dining as today. "

"Really?" Link said slightly surprised, "If that's the case, I'm a little envious of that kid's future life."

Maxim laughed out loud after hearing this, looking very happy.

At this time, Emily on the side said coldly:

"Ms. Maxim, you mean that all the children here enjoy the same food?"

As she spoke, Emily glanced disdainfully at the student dining area in the darkest place below.

Maxim followed Emily's line of sight and glanced over there, and instantly understood:

"Don't worry about this. Beauxbatons' daily food is actually divided into levels. It can be divided into daily and banquet levels. If students are not satisfied with the food standards in front of them, they can also apply to upgrade to the banquet level. food.

Of course, this upgrade is conditional.

To make this upgrade, you must reach a certain number of credits.

Or, you can submit a portion of your sponsorship to Beauxbatons to become an honorary school director of Beauxbatons. "

"Money has never been an issue."

Emily breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As long as my child can enjoy the best, that is enough.

To be honest, I would be bored if you really let my children eat the same things as those low-life people. "

Hearing this, the corner of Maxim's mouth twitched, and the smile on his face was almost unbearable.

Because she knew very well that if she completely followed the ideas of Mrs. Washington in front of her, she, Maxim, a giant hybrid, was also an inferior human being.

Taking a deep breath, Maxim finally forced himself to smile and said:

"This is natural. Please believe that Beauxbatons will never disappoint you. In addition, there will be a dance to be held here later, please don't miss it. That is specially prepared for all our guests. of."

After saying that, Maxim bowed to Link and others, and left the auditorium together with Professor Lillo, who had always been silent.

Link, on the other hand, silently watched their departing figures.

There was an inexplicable smile on his face.