Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"Hahahaha" Gal and Cedric laughed together, and Moon couldn't help but reach out and hit Arlin on the shoulder. "Can't you say something nice? Why do you think about doing such bad things all the time?"

Amidst the laughter, the carriage also moved farther and farther along the path.

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After getting off the Hogwarts Express, Moon immediately saw his mother Ann and Uncle Golov and Uncle Edgar in the crowd. What surprised him even more was that his aunt Nora Shafiq He actually came too.

No one in the Shafiq family disliked Moon, just as Moon liked them all.Although his aunt is extremely strict at work, she is quite good to children like Moon, and even has a sense of "clear rewards and punishments" - when she makes no mistakes, as long as there are no excessive demands, she will This aunt has always been responsive to requests.

Although Munn was really happy to see his family, he did not rush over immediately. Instead, he waved to them first, and then said to Cedric, Gal and Arlin: "Don't forget Our agreement is that we can use owls to deliver letters more often. We will meet at my house after Christmas. I have already written the address to you, so don’t lose it."

The three of them nodded quickly, and the four little wizards bumped fists with each other, and then each ran towards their families.

An and Nora walked in the front without any doubt. Before Munn could reach them completely, An quickly came up to meet Munn and hugged Munn. Aunt Nora also gently rubbed Munn. He said jokingly: "Oh, my little nephew Moon, I haven't seen him for a year and he has grown so tall~ His hair has also grown a lot, but he hasn't gained weight yet."

Moon chuckled, and after hugging his mother An, he went to hug his aunt Nora, who had red hair that was as bright as fire, even a bit dazzling, and then uncle Golov, only the one who kept smiling strangely. Uncle Edgar was deliberately ignored by him.

"Oh my god Moon, your little uncle will be sad if you look like this." Edgar Golov exaggeratedly covered his chest, "You hugged everyone, but why did you stop hugging me? "

The whole family was made to laugh, and Moon replied without hesitation, "Because your smile is so weird, it's hard for me not to understand that you are laughing at me, uncle."

After saying that, Moon himself couldn't help laughing. He took a step forward and hugged his funny little uncle. Then he took the hands of his mother An and his aunt Nora, and followed them out of the station. , while asking curiously: "Aunt Nora, when did you come back?"

Chapter 52 Family

From Aunt Nora's mouth, Moon learned that her aunt had known about Hogwarts' Christmas holiday time in advance, and then asked for leave in advance and rushed back with Hesper, Owen and Quaid until after Christmas. will leave.

On the way home, Moon also told several elders about the agreement he had made with his roommates.There is no doubt that neither Uncle Golov nor Mother Ann would have any objections to this, but rather agreed with it.

After leaving the station, several people took Moon and apparated directly back to Shafiq Manor [Note 1]. Several children at home had been waiting early, and Buffy had prepared a large table of dishes in advance— —It happens to be lunch time, so everyone can enjoy chatting while eating.

"Brother Moon!" In addition to the four little kids still lying in the stroller, Hesper, Owen and Quaid were all sitting at the table. Before Moon could put down his salute, Owen and Quaid De then rushed forward and hugged Moon on both sides. As a girl, Hesper was more reserved, and he ran a little slower, so he could only worry beside him for the moment.

Moon smiled and put down his suitcase, patted Owen and Quaid on the backs, and then ruffled Hesper's hair. Then he looked at Quaid in amazement and said, "Wow, Quaid, you are so tall. You are almost catching up with me, I guess in two years I won’t be as tall as you."

Quaid, who had the darkest skin and the strongest build among the brothers and sisters, laughed a little embarrassedly when he heard Moon's words.

"Oen, you have to work hard. If your height is reduced too much, no little girl will like it." After Quaid finished speaking, Moon patted Ouen's head again, "You have to eat more." Order something, you know?”

"I know~" Ouen, who was just six years old, said in a sweet voice, "You should talk more about your sister, she eats less than me."

"Haha, Hesper is a girl. I don't have as much appetite as you." Moon glanced at Hesper, who looked exactly like Aunt Nora and was already very charming at a young age, and said with a smile: " Hesper is about to become a big girl."

Hesper smiled brightly, and then gently tapped Owen and Quaid on the backs - apart from Moon, Hesper was the eldest among the children in the family, and even Quaid, who was the same age as her, was younger. for several months.

"Okay, okay, stop hanging around Brother Moon. He should be hungry too. Let's go eat quickly."

The two boys nodded together and took Moon's arm to walk to the table together. Moon did not disappoint them and chose to sit among the three children.

"Halfway through the first semester at Hogwarts, how do you feel, Moon?" Uncle Shafik cut a large piece of sausage for Moon and asked casually.

"Thank you, uncle. Well...it's not bad." Moon responded while cutting up the sausages, "The library is much bigger than I thought before. The students and professors are very interesting, and the courses are also very similar." Got it. Oh, by the way, Uncle Golov, have you told Professor Dumbledore about my situation?"

Golov nodded lightly, "Well, in a special situation like yours, a born Legilimens, if you want to go to Hogwarts to study, you must explain it to Professor Dumbledore in advance. This will cause some problems. He is better able to deal with emergencies, whether it is you or other students. Why do you suddenly think of asking this?"

"It's nothing. It's just that when I entered school, I found that Professor Dumbledore didn't seem to be that strange to me. I felt a little curious." Moon laughed.

"Oh, that's it, haha. In fact, even if I don't tell Professor Dumbledore, with his level of magic, he will soon discover your extraordinary qualities." Uncle Golov looked at Moon happily, "You too You don’t need to be so modest. I have been exchanging letters with Professor Dumbledore. He often praised your rapid progress in school courses and your ability to control Legilimency. You know, although Professor Dumbledore often praises others, but He rarely uses comments like 'rarely talented', and even your Uncle Edgar's intelligence has never been praised like this by Professor Dumbledore."

"Moon is much better than me." Edgar rolled his eyes at Golov and complained: "While he can accurately cast magic with Ann's wand, I can't even figure out a few spells."

"These are all trivial matters. The important thing is, Edgar, when will you quickly find a wife to get married?" Aunt Nora started her daily urge to get married again. There was no other way. Uncle Moon was really too careless. , if you don’t push me more, I might just idle around and become an old bachelor one day.

"Tsk... I just don't want to find it. I really want to find a witch who is willing to marry me and can circle around my family's manor." Edgar bit the mutton chop and said vaguely.

"Really? I don't believe it." Aunt Nora looked at him with a smile, her dark brown eyes clearly filled with "Then you should find one back." '

Edgar was speechless for a moment, and had no choice but to vent all his resentment towards his sister-in-law on the mutton chops in his hand. The children sitting opposite him were made to laugh, and even the children in the stroller laughed. Everyone started dancing.

"Hmph, I can't stay in this house for another day..." Edgar muttered, and tore off another piece of meat.

"Where else can you go if you don't stay here? Going to the street alone to be a bachelor?" An looked at him doubtfully, as if he was really confused.

"...?" After being bombarded by his sister-in-law and sister one after another, Edgar gave up resistance completely, raised his hands and chose to surrender. "I'm looking for you. Isn't it okay for me to look for you? I will definitely get one back for you by Christmas next year at the latest." .”

"This is what you said. You can't go back on it." Golov made the final decision, blocking Edgar's escape route. "If you can't bring your girlfriend back next Christmas, then don't spend Christmas at home." , go to the bar for a day of drinking.”

This is of course a joke. It would be best if Edgar could bring his sweetheart back next year. If he really failed to bring his sweetheart back, it would be impossible for Golov to really kick him out.

But at this moment, at least for this moment, everyone was laughing in a funny way.

Edgar took advantage of Golov's lowered head to cut the meat and made faces at the children opposite him, imitating Golov's speech.

Isn’t this how a family should be?

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[Note 1] Apparition and Apparition are actually two stages of the same magic. Apparition refers to the process of disappearing from the same place, and Apparition refers to the process of appearing in a certain place. During the process, you can use either of the two statements.

Chapter 53 Flint’s visit

The day after Moon and the others came back, it started to snow in Shafiq Manor.The heavy snow started to fall at two o'clock in the morning. By the time everyone got up at about eight o'clock in the morning, the manor had become covered in snow.

After breakfast, Ouen excitedly dragged Moon, Quaid and Hesper to the yard and kept clamoring for a snowball fight. As a result, before Munn and the others could agree, a snowball fell from the sky. Owen's face was full.

Ouen wiped the snow off his face with a confused expression and tried to look forward, only to find Uncle Edgar leaning back and forth with a smile.

How can adults be allowed to interfere with children's battlefield?When Edgar started a fight like this, the four children suddenly became interested in fighting, and they all picked up snowballs and threw them at Edgar.Edgar screamed and dodged snowballs one after another, throwing back snowballs from time to time - compared to Ern and the others, Edgar, as a genuine Auror, was obviously better in terms of flexibility and reaction speed. One chip.Therefore, after dozens of snowballs that went back and forth, nothing happened to Edgar, but each of the four little ones was hit several times.

At this moment, a sudden force appeared, a round snowball that did not look like it could be pinched suddenly came from an extremely tricky speed, stuck in the blind spot of Edgar's sight, and accurately hit the back of Edgar's head.

The sudden unknown attack caused a moment's delay in Edgar's dodge action. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Quaid, the main force of the children's side who is good at throwing, threw a snowball and hit Edgar in the chest - pinched by his hand. Don't throw snowballs in the face, everyone still has this rule.

Edgar, who was hit twice in a row, quickly turned sideways to avoid the successive attacks of Moon and Hesper. Taking this opportunity, he turned around and looked back, only to find two "beautiful big sisters" An and Nora. Holding wands respectively, they were snickering and preparing new snowballs.

"It's not fair! You guys are cheating!" Edgar deliberately widened his eyes and looked angry. He also took out his wand from his robe with his backhand and flicked it lightly, and a circle of snowballs came directly. A 360° indiscriminate attack.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, the children rushed towards Munn. Munn stepped forward and used his armor to protect himself and easily caught the snowballs that hit several children.As for Ann and Nora, they certainly wouldn't be stumped by such little tricks. They didn't even bother to use serious magic and just waved away the snowballs thrown by Edgar.

In this way, the original snowball fight gradually turned into six adults and children besieging Edgar.Needless to say, Edgar's final result was that within 10 minutes, he was buried by a lot of snowballs.In the end, he had no choice but to fight to the death. He turned over and jumped into the snowdrift with Owen in his arms - finally having a backing.

After playing happily for a while, we went back to have some morning tea, and then took a few little ones who were still lying in the strollers out to relax in the wind for a few minutes. By the time everything was completed, it was almost ten o'clock.

"Okay kids, stop playing, it's time to go back and change clothes." Aunt Nora clapped her hands, "Don't forget, the Flint family will come to visit later, and you can't use this messy picture then. Look like a guest."

"Flint? What are they doing here?" Upon hearing the word 'Flint', Edgar's brows immediately furrowed. "Are you here to offend me?"

The other children didn't know much about this, but Moon, who also knew a little about the Flint family, also frowned slightly.Although he had never interacted with the two Flints in Slytherin's senior year, he didn't hear much about them.

Sixth-grade Clyde Flint is Tonks's arch-rival. He enjoys teasing others and is one of those bastards who enjoys school bullying. When school first started this year, Tonks locked him in a cupboard. Only then was he taught a lesson by Professor McGonagall.

Marcus, who is in third grade, and his brother Clyde are modeled after each other. Even the means and methods of doing bad things are exactly the same. However, in terms of magic learning, Marcus is much worse than his brother Clyde. Young Master, with the way he is now, whether he can graduate successfully or not is a matter of course.

"Andrews Flint of the Flint family was promoted to a key position in the International Magical Cooperation Department two days ago and became the vice president of the International Magical Trade Standards Association. Golov's own influence is not small. Plus, since I'm here, of course Andrews Flint will come over and show off." Nora was explaining to Edgar when she suddenly noticed Moon's expression.

"What's wrong Moon? Why do you seem to have some opinions against the Flint family?"

Moon was startled when his name was suddenly called, then smiled and shook his head, "No, it's just that their family has two children who are also studying at Hogwarts. I don't like their behavior very much, but... ...Children's matters may not necessarily have anything to do with adults. I just think that if there is really something to cooperate with them, aunt, you and uncle had better think about it more. After all, no matter how you say it, you will be punished if you do any unjust things. There is some truth to the saying "kill."

Nora nodded thoughtfully, then clapped her hands again, "Okay, okay, we'll talk about these things later. Now go back and change clothes. They will arrive at 10:30."

Naturally, no one had any objections, even Edgar. No matter what, the master's appearance must be shown.Several children also went back to their rooms to change clothes. Although hosting guests essentially had nothing to do with them, whether it was to look good or because they might need their help in hosting Flint later. It is impossible for the children at home to come to see people wearing clothes that are wet from snowball fights.

About half an hour later, just as the clock's hand had just reached 10:30, there were several slight pops from outside the gate of Shafiq Manor - the Flint family had arrived.

As the former Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation and a member of the Wizengamot, it was naturally impossible for Golov to go to the gate to wait for someone like Andrews Flint who was inferior to him in every aspect. He said he was a guest, but Everyone knew that this was just a visit and flattery.From the perspective of etiquette and personal relations, it was most appropriate for Golov to wait in the drawing room.

The house elf Buffy had been waiting here a few minutes in advance. At this time, the five Flint family members had just arrived. She snapped her fingers, opened the door for them, and welcomed them into the manor.

"Welcome guests, Mr. Golov is in the living room, please come with me."

Chapter 54 Private Conversation

Although he was actually just here to show his hospitality, it was still nominally a "Christmas visit", so Andrews Flint still brought his family with him.

His wife's name is Lelia Flint. She is the same age as Andrews Flint. She is nearly 1.9 meters tall and very beautiful. However, her aesthetics seems a little unique. I don't know why she keeps it. A bald head.

Compared to his wife, Andrews Flint himself is a bit hard to describe. He is half a head shorter than his wife, his facial features are too wide, and his mouth is a bit protruding, so that he always looks like he is His mind probably isn't very bright.

Andrews' two precious sons perfectly inherited his appearance. In other words, there is almost no shadow of their mother on Clyde and Marcus' faces - they are just as ugly as their father. If one ignores the marks left by the years on their faces, some people would definitely think that these three people were triplets standing together.

The only good thing is that the little daughter of the Flint family who is just seven years old this year and always greets people happily does not look like her father, but more like her mother, but her facial features look a bit different at first glance. A little bit stingy, a little more like Xiaojiabiyu.However, it is still unclear what the little girl, who is just seven years old, will look like in the future.

This is the Flint family, and it is these five people who came to Shafiq Manor to visit as guests today.

They followed Buffy through the main road and gardens of the manor. When they reached the branch road where the garden was, Nora and Ann were already waiting here with their children.

"Oh, hello, Mrs. Shafiq, and Ms. Shafiq."

While greeting Nora and An, Andrews smiled, bowed, and began to introduce his wife - which made him completely ignore An's expression that suddenly became extremely bad.

It stands to reason that after Ann married her husband Hu Yan, Andrews should call her Mrs. Fox instead of Ms. Shafiq.Now that Andrews calls her this way, it is difficult for An to feel his respect, whether for An herself or for An's late husband Hu Yan.

Andrews didn't notice this, but Nora and Lelia did. Therefore, Nora's originally polite smile suddenly shrunk greatly, and Lelia secretly used it when Andrews turned around. He winked.

Lelia is very familiar with Andrews. This man has always been the easiest to get carried away, not to mention his personality is also a bit rude and rude. Now that he can do such a thing as calling him a wrong name, Lelia is really not at all. I feel strange.But she was really worried. If he still looked like this when he went in to talk to Golov Shafik in detail later, then there was a high probability that today's matter would be ruined.

Unfortunately, Andrews saw Lelia's eyes, but did not understand what Lelia meant. He hurriedly introduced Lelia, Clyde, Marcus and his little daughter Carila , and then looked at the house elf Buffy, obviously hoping to see Golov quickly.

Naturally, Buffy would not act rashly. It was not until Nora nodded lightly after thinking for two seconds that Buffy raised her hand to signal Andrews to follow her.

So, Andrews quickly confessed his crime to everyone and followed Buffy away.This family of elves walked along the side road and passed through two more doors before finally arriving at the door of the living room.

"Mr. Golov is inside, please come in, Mr. Flint." Buffy bowed down humbly, indicating that Andrews Flint could enter on his own.

Naturally, Andrews would not open the door in a hurry and rush in. He first arranged his clothes and combed his hair until he felt that there should be no problem, then he gently knocked on the door of the reception room.

"Come in." Golov's voice sounded in the door. Andrews quickly opened the door and walked in, then turned around and closed the door.

Watching Andrews enter the door, Buffy snapped her fingers and disappeared.

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"I'm really sorry, Mrs. Fox. My husband is always careless and often says the wrong things. I hope you won't be angry with him. I apologize to you on his behalf." On the other side, in the tea room of the main building of the manor, everyone had just sat down. Lelia quickly apologized to the press.

After hearing this, An's face improved a lot. She was gentle by nature and didn't often get angry with others. If Andrews hadn't made her feel that her husband didn't get the respect he deserved, she wouldn't have done it because of a man. I feel angry for calling such a trivial thing.

But An's soft character doesn't mean that Nora will let this matter go over at will - in her opinion, since An is angry, she must at least let the other party be beaten twice.

"Then Mrs. Flint should carefully advise Mr. Flint later. As the vice-president of the International Magical Trade Standards Association, her words and deeds represent the image of the British Ministry of Magic. If something happens on some important occasions, In this kind of thing, the embarrassment is small, but screwing up the work is very important." As the hostess, Nora used her wand to control the teapot to pour tea for everyone, and said in a neutral tone, "You Is that right?" [Note 1]

The thorn in these words could not be more conspicuous, but firstly, it was Andrews who said the wrong thing just now, and secondly, their family had already asked for help from Golov Shafiq and the MACUSA in front of them today. of real power figures.Let alone the thorn in the words, even if someone really got angry with them, wouldn't they just have to endure it?

In desperation, Lilia had no choice but to agree with a smile.

Just like that, the atmosphere became a little cold for a while.It wasn't until a few minutes later that Nora began to greet Lelia and the Flint children enthusiastically again that the atmosphere at the table finally began to warm up.

About half an hour later, Golov and Andrews Flint walked into the tea room one after another.Both of them had a bit of a smile on their faces, but Golov's smile was more polite, while Andrews was obviously beaming with joy.

There is no doubt that the two of them have finished talking about their business.

Since they chose to come in the morning instead of the more standard social time - tea time, it was obvious that the Flint family did not intend to disturb them for too long, which saved Nora the time to think about dinner.Not long after arriving at the tea room, Andrews took the initiative to say goodbye and left in a hurry with his family.

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[Note 1] Because it is not a standard afternoon tea time, we just arranged to sit in the tea room because of the snow. Therefore, there is no standard dessert, but some small biscuits and other snacks are placed.

Chapter 55 The sinister Gorlov

"How was the conversation?" Nora stood up and walked behind Golov, gently squeezed his shoulders twice, and then helped him sit down together.

He had been dealing with various matters since he got up in the morning, and he finally had some free time until now.If Andrews hadn't come to visit with his family, Golov might have stayed in the study longer.Therefore, the Flint family had just left at this moment, so Nora naturally hoped that Golov could rest for a while, and she could not let work completely occupy her rest time.

Golov poured himself a cup of tea, took a few biscuits from the plate, and then said slowly: "Ignore him, he won't be the vice president for long, and he will be pulled out in two months at most." .”

After saying that, he took a sip of tea, knowing in his heart that his wife would definitely want to hear the reason, so he turned to look at the children, "Hesper, take your two brothers to play, there is no need to continue here. Sit down - Moon, if you want to listen, just drink two more cups of tea with me here."

Hesper nodded obediently and left the tea room with Quaid and Owen who were in high spirits. Moon began to hesitate.

In fact, although the blood of the Shafiq family flows in his body, he is not qualified to inherit the power of the Shafiq family in terms of reputation and status. What Uncle Golov will say next , it is likely that there will also be some content involving the fundamental interests of the Shafiq family.

If it looks like this, he should actually leave.But if you think about it carefully, no matter what, his label as a member of the Shafiq family cannot be erased. If Uncle Golov expresses this attitude and hopes that he can slowly learn more about the family, Why does he have to estimate so much that it gives the impression that he wants to cut off from the Shafiq family?

Thinking of this, Moon no longer hesitated and sat down obediently.

Golov took another sip of tea, and then gently tapped his sore neck. "This guy is too shallow and has poor skills. He is not someone who can play office politics at all. Not to mention that the Flint family itself is not good enough." They have been confused with the dark wizards for many years. When the mysterious man was so powerful, they still had a vague intention of turning over. In terms of personality, background, and background, Andrews was not involved in any of them. Now he can be a leader in the international magic trade. The vice-president of the Standards Association is nothing more than spending a lot of gold Galleons. Wait two months, and the eager wolves in the Ministry of Magic will tear him off his chair."

Speaking of this, Golov seemed to find it a little funny. "Just now, Andrews Flint actually told me that Lucius Malfoy has clearly expressed his support for him. Ha, Lucius Malfoy , that old fox, always likes to play with people's hearts and stir up troubles behind his back. Let me tell you, even after Andrews Flint is brought down later, he will probably still feel that Lucius Malfoy is treating him very badly. It’s interesting enough.”

With a sound of "Pa!", Edgar, who had disappeared for a long time, suddenly appeared on a chair. As soon as he appeared, he looked at Golov curiously, "I just seemed to hear Lucius Marr. Fu’s name?”