The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

This Christmas dinner, exclusive to the Hufflepuffs, lasted until late at night before finally ending.

Everyone had a great time.

Especially those on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.

The Nimbus 2000 that Link gave to Cedric was a timely help for the entire Hufflepuff school team.

They finally saw a glimmer of hope of winning the championship.

But soon they stopped laughing.

Because Cedric got up before dawn the next day, got into their dormitories one by one and pulled them out for training.

This made them complain incessantly. You must know that it was cold and windy outside, and training in this weather was simply torture.

But Cedric didn't care so much.

In his words, since everyone has unanimously decided to accept Link's gift after discussion, they must produce some results and not let Link and all the Hufflepuffs down.

This hilarious scene happened to be seen by Link.

Looking at the team members who were dragged out into the snow by Cedric, Link felt somewhat sympathetic.

Because he also needed to get up early and go to Snape's office.

"This is really a living hell!"

Link, who was agitated by the cold wind outside the lounge, complained.

In his opinion, only a warm bed is his eternal destination in winter.

Of course, this is just a luxury.

Sighing, Link finally rubbed his hands and walked to Snape's office.

Snape's office was still in the same shabby state, no different from when Link left last night.

Snape was still sitting at the workbench, boiling the potion. Under the influence of the bubbling cauldron, the temperature in the basement was actually quite high.

It's just that the air here is filled with a strange smell caused by not opening the windows for too long, and Snape's head and face are also greasy, which makes Link wonder if Snape has become an immortal. .

This is a very reasonable guess. You must know that Snape has refreshing potions and nutritional supplements to satisfy his hunger. For him, cultivating immortality is as simple as eating and drinking.

After taking off his heavy coat and hanging it on the hanger, Link silently moved away from Snape.

Anyone who had just had an all-nighter didn't smell good, even if it was Snape.

When Snape noticed that Link had arrived, he glanced at the hourglass in the corner. After finding that Link was not late, Snape continued to lower his head and said:

"Okay, start practicing by yourself."

"Shall I practice by myself?"

"Yes, first use Shen Feng Wuying to cut a small cut on the back of your hand, and then practice the counter-curse."

Snape said impatiently, but Link's eyes lit up when he heard this.

When he masters Shen Feng Wuying's counter-spell, the experience value of these two skills will be increased through this process.

Link is a straight up guy!

This method... wonderful!

Link nodded, and impatiently raised his wand and pointed it at the back of his hand.

Then... Link obviously overestimates his proficiency in the Divine Edge Shadowless Curse.

An undetectable light flashed, and a large gash deep into the bone appeared on the back of Link's hand.

"Forehead!"

The sound from Link's side attracted Snape's attention. He glanced at Link quietly, but his eyes suddenly widened.

"You're a genius, Mr. Foley!"

Snape said mockingly with emphasis on pronunciation.

"Okay, stop making sarcastic remarks. This amount of bleeding is terrifying, okay? Give me a counter-curse!"

Link said dissatisfiedly, and while speaking, he raised the back of his hand, which was still bleeding, towards Snape.

Unexpectedly, Link's movement was a bit too big, and the blood beads flying out of the wound were actually thrown out and almost fell into the crucible.

"My potion!"

Snape immediately cried out with his head in his arms.

He immediately pushed Link away and held the crucible for inspection for a while. After confirming that the potion inside was not damaged, he looked at Link with a gloomy look.

"What a stupid fool you are!"

Snape cursed at Link, but Link stood there with his hands folded in silence.

As a young wizard with excellent grades in Potions class, he naturally understood that if his blood had splashed into the crucible just now, the pot of potion would definitely be scrapped.

That was a treasure that Snape worked on all night long. It was normal for the other party to behave like this.

Snape looked at Link's aggrieved look, then looked at Link's still bleeding hand, and finally raised his wand, panting, and swiped it towards Link.

Something magic happened.

The deep wound on Link's arm quickly disappeared like a zipper being pulled, leaving only a faint trace in the end.

"Practice yourself! Stay away from my crucible! You unlucky boy!"

Snape cursed and walked away, while Link rolled his eyes at Snape's back, then raised his wand again and started practicing.

The practice of the Shadowless Counter-curse did not go well. Fortunately, although Snape cursed a lot, every time Link failed to release it, he would turn around and curse Link a few times, and then pointed out An error occurred during Link's spellcasting.

Under this different kind of education, Link finally made the mark on the back of his hand disappear.

[Shen Feng Wu Ying: Anti-lv1 has been obtained! 】

Looking at the information in front of him, Link also had a smile on his face.

He happily approached Snape, and this move startled Snape. He was already prepared and quickly picked up the pot lid and placed it on the crucible.

"I succeeded."

Upon hearing this, Snape turned his head and glanced at the back of Link's hand, and sure enough he found that the mark had completely disappeared.

"Tsk!"

Snape clicked his tongue, with a complicated expression on his face.

He looked at Link's slightly satisfied expression and moved his mouth slightly as if he wanted to say something.

But in the end he closed his mouth and hesitated for a moment before saying coldly:

"continue!"

After saying this, Snape lowered his head and continued to brew the potion.

Link, on the other hand, did not walk away. He secretly observed Snape's expression and saw that Snape did not look angry, so he slowly said:

"Professor Snape, should you teach me Occlumency?"

"Ok?"

Snape raised his head suddenly, stared at Link with his deep and empty eyes for a while, and then said:

"When did I promise to teach you Occlumency?"

"Just yesterday."

Link said, pretending to be surprised.

Upon hearing this, Snape looked at the cauldron expressionlessly.

What Link didn't know was that what was brewed there was a special sedative for him to drink. This special customized potion has a very complicated procedure. Even a potion master like Snape needs to stay up all night. Only then can he complete it before Link drinks the medicine.

The liquid in the crucible was still bubbling, and Snape quietly asked:

"Why do you want to learn Occlumency?"