The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

"Freshman! This way please!"

Accompanied by Link's voice, a group of Hufflepuff freshmen came shyly from the aisle in front of the Hufflepuff table and the wall.

One by one, they all shrank back as much as possible, not daring to stand out, looking weak and shy.

Cedric and the others were not in a hurry to leave, but stood and watched not far away.

They all felt that Link must have some deep meaning in suddenly taking over the job of guiding freshmen.

Link didn't care about these people's onlookers. He led the Hufflepuff freshmen through the noisy crowd, out of the auditorium, into the winding corridor, and finally stood at Hufflepuff's resting place. Stop before the entrance to the room.

The entrance to the Hufflepuff common room is down the same corridor as the Hogwarts kitchens.

Among them, Hogwarts' kitchen entrance hangs a huge still life, and a little further inside is the entrance to the lounge-a stack of wooden barrels placed on a dark stone trough.

This is not a secret in the eyes of the old students, but to the freshmen, this corridor is just a dead end with wooden barrels and hanging portraits, and there is no passage at all.

Confusion appeared in the eyes of many freshmen. They began to whisper, but they didn't dare to ask the leader Link and the two prefects who were obviously followers.

This is impossible.

Link, who looked like a big shot, put too much pressure on them.

Seeing this, Link chuckled and came to the entrance of the kitchen to explain:

"Now I want to introduce to you first, the kitchen of Hogwarts, which is also the place where the house-elves work. The food you enjoyed just now is the result of their hard work.

As for house-elves?

Regarding this issue, I believe that many people who come from wizarding families have already known it in advance. But I have to tell you again solemnly. "

Link's expression became serious, "The house elves are our Hufflepuff neighbors, and they are also the hardworking staff for the entire Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, not slaves! I don't care if you used to be How do you treat the house elves, but starting today, if someone dares to wantonly insult and order the house elves in the kitchen, then you will definitely suffer the most severe punishment! For example—exit from school!"

Link's admonition made everyone who stood in front of Link turn pale.

Some even started shaking with fright.

Seeing this, Link nodded in satisfaction, reached out and scratched the pear pattern on the huge still life, and a green handle suddenly emerged.

Linka pulled the handle, and the huge still life was opened like a door, and a hot air mixed with the smell of food and detergent came over.

Many young Muggle-born wizards were stunned by this scene, and couldn't help poking their necks out to look inside the door.

At this moment, a house elf wearing a pillowcase with the Hogwarts school emblem suddenly trotted out of the kitchen.

He slammed on the brakes, barely stopped in a posture that almost fell, and then panted and saluted Link:

"Oh! Mr. Foley! What brought you here? Is there anything the old coat-hanger needs to do?"

The house elf who called himself Old Hanger surprised many freshmen, but Link ignored him and smiled at Old Hanger:

"Nothing else, I just want to thank you, the food tonight is really great! Of course, by the way, I also want to introduce to you, these are our new Hufflepuffs."

"Oh! Oh! It's...it's such an honor! The old coat hanger is really...really..." The old house elf, the old coat hanger, began to wipe tears excitedly, but it was a pity that his big eyes were too watery Big, because his little arms and legs can't be wiped clean at all, "There's another group of little Hufflepuffs. Ms. Hufflepuff will be very happy to see them!"

Old Hanger finally adjusted his mood, forced a smile and said to the freshmen, "Masters Hufflepuff, please come and tell Old Hanger if you have something to do in the future! No matter what it is, Old Hanger and his colleagues will be there Help! Here's to Lady Hufflepuff!"

Link also turned to look at the group of freshmen.

These freshmen were warned by Link just now, and now they were stared at by Link, they immediately reacted, and began to salute and thank them in a mess, making the old hanger so excited that he was about to start crying again.

Afterwards, Link led the freshmen to chat with the old coat hanger and other house-elves for a while, and closed the kitchen door after harvesting a lot of late-night snacks.

"What a bunch of good house-elves!"

Many freshmen expressed their sincere sighs, the contrast is too great, who would have thought that the house elves with weird looks would be such a group of extremely enthusiastic creatures?

And another small group of freshmen from wizarding families have complex and weird expressions. Naturally, not many of them come from wealthy backgrounds and have house elves at home, but they still feel that their three views and cognition have been distorted .

Obviously, the house elves are a group of slaves.

Every time they think of this, the freshmen will instinctively look at Link, and then lower their heads even faster, daring not to say anything.

At this time, Link walked to the stacked wooden barrels, and said to the freshmen again:

"The next thing I want to introduce is the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room. Like the other three colleges, our Hufflepuff common room entrance naturally has a secret mechanism."

Link took out his wand while talking, and pressed it against one of the barrels, "If you want to successfully open the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room, then you need to face the middle row of the second row from the bottom. The second barrel hits a certain melody. Just like me."

thump thump——

After a burst of rhythmic knocking, the lid of the wooden barrel suddenly opened, revealing an uphill dirt road on one side.

The Hufflepuff freshmen stared at each other, and they didn't know what to say.

Of course, it's not that the scene in front of them is too surprising, but that Link typed too fast, and most of them didn't remember it.

"You should have learned it, right?" Link said with a smile, "You should have learned it, otherwise, if you tapped in the wrong order..."

Link didn't continue talking, but the freshmen began to imagine various killing mechanisms in their brains, and their faces paled instantly.

A few more courageous freshmen immediately seemed to ask questions, but Link didn't give them a chance to speak at all, and directly called everyone and got into the barrel passage.

Seeing this, the freshmen look at me and I look at you, each face is ashen, and in the end they can only keep up.

And the old students who had been surrounding the freshman team were a little gloating when they saw this.

What happens if you tap in the wrong order?

The answer is that the lid of the other wooden barrel will explode, and the uninvited guest will be covered in vinegar!

This kind of old vinegar can acidify people's teeth, and the pungent smell will not dissipate for a whole week!

They couldn't be more aware of this!

Because almost everyone of them has been drenched in vinegar, this can be regarded as one of the welcome (trapped) rituals for newcomers!

After being led by Link through the dirt road and formally entering the circular common room, the tense nerves of the freshmen gradually eased.

The entire common room is decorated in a lively, bee-like black and yellow color scheme, with honey-colored wooden tables and round wooden doors.

The colorful plants and flowers inside make the lounge even more warm.

Link first let the freshmen look around the lounge, and then stood in front of the fireplace engraved with dancing badgers, which is directly below the portrait of Ms. Helga Hufflepuff, and said to everyone:

"First, I would like to welcome you all again to the Hufflepuffs.

I know that before this, you may have heard bad rumors about Hufflepuff from many places. But what I tell you is that Hufflepuff is no worse than any other house!

Look at Slytherin, they are now gradually declining, who claim to be noble! They fight each other and never know what unity is!

Look at Gryffindor again! The brave qualities they are proud of are more reckless in daily life! Since the establishment of the college, they have always been the most troublesome existence for the professors!

As for Ravenclaw, ha! "Extraordinary ingenuity is the greatest wealth of human beings", this motto of Ms. Ravenclaw has been carried out by them until now. And the smarter people are, the more they want to take shortcuts when they encounter difficulties! Their ingenuity always allows them to pass the test with a more relaxed attitude than others! This makes them extremely proud, and it will also make them develop the habit of taking shortcuts and avoiding danger!

But what they don't know is that there are no shortcuts to many things in this world!

If you want to achieve a great career, ingenuity is just a plus!

Tenacity, self-improvement, unity, and fearlessness of hardships are the most important qualities!

And these are precisely the most basic of our Hufflepuffs!

With these qualities, we have more Hufflepuff alumni than the other three houses combined! Across all walks of life, and have achieved great success!

When you encounter difficulties outside, you can always ask the people around you for help!

Because that waiter, that shopkeeper, that Ministry of Magic official standing in front of you at that time was most likely a Hufflepuff!

And as a united and loyal Hufflepuff! We will never abandon our companions!

I must stress again here that Hufflepuff is no worse than any other house!

Please don't feel sorry for yourself, joining Hufflepuff is not your disgrace, but your luck!

We are not the nothing they say, on the contrary, we are the indomitable badgers! We are weasel badgers united! We are the mighty and invincible wolverines! We are the Honey Badgers who will never leave us! We are Hufflepuffs! ~"

Link's hoarse voice echoed in the circular Hufflepuff common room.

Everyone standing in front of Link stared blankly at Link, and after a while, thunderous applause and cheers broke out.

"We're Hufflepuffs!"

"We are the invincible Hufflepuffs!"

"Although there are thousands of people, I will go!"

...

"That's great, Link!"

Cedric also stood up.

His eyes were flushed, his body was trembling, and he could see that he was very excited.

But he still roared in a trembling voice:

"Students, don't feel sorry for yourself! We are who we are, we are Hufflepuffs, and we don't need to compare ourselves to anyone!"

Now the old students are all crazy!

No one knew better than them the poignancy of being slighted as a Hufflepuff.

Over the years, Slytherins despised them and Ravenclaws ignored them.

As for Gryffindor.

Indeed, the people of Gryffindor were friendlier and more sympathetic to them.

But in many cases, this kind of friendliness actually hurts the Hufflepuffs more than simple contempt!

Many of the old students are used to it, at least on the surface, they don't care.

But after listening to Link's speech today, the fire that had been extinguished in their hearts finally ignited again!

Yes, how are we worse than you?

Can't you see what happened to your own college?

The most perfect student at Hogwarts (Cedric) is our man, and the most powerful student at Hogwarts (Link) is also our man!

Why do you look down on us! ?

The old students were all red-eyed. Although the new students were a little at a loss, their emotions were finally moved.

Looking at the fanatical crowd, Link nodded in satisfaction.

He'd never thought of Hufflepuff as a bad house.

Just like what he said before, those Hufflepuffs who were regarded as idiots in school directly occupied a huge majority of the entire country's magical world by virtue of their tenacity, unity, and large number of advantages after graduation. .

This is quite a huge force, but they don't know it.

Link felt that it was necessary for him to use this power as a Hufflepuff.

This was as much about fighting Voldemort as it was about cheering up the Hufflepuffs.

Let the world see their power!

Of course, this is something he needs to do later.

And now Hufflepuff, which is about to be devoured by the flames he ignited, will be the other three colleges!

The excited crowd started a new round of carnival. The 'night snack' they just got from the house elves became the best prize for the students. Everyone gathered around Link and Cedric, cheering and screaming.

Driven by this kind of enthusiasm, and pulled by Cedric and others, a sincere smile appeared on Link's face.

Suddenly, he raised his head as if feeling something, and looked at the wall behind him.

I saw Helga Hufflepuff in the huge portrait silently watching the students below whom he loved and gave everything for.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but under the light of the flickering fire in the fireplace, Link always felt that Helga Hufflepuff seemed to be smiling at him, smiling happily and proudly.