The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

[Mission - Hufflepuff's Glory! completed! 】

[Title - "Integrity, Loyalty, Honesty, Fear of Hardship" has been obtained! 】

[Effect: When cultivating herbs, the quality increases by 20%, when making dishes, the quality increases by 20%, and when making potions, the quality increases by 20%. 】

This is Link's reward after offering the Hufflepuff Gold Cup.

But that's not all. When the golden cup hummed, Link could clearly feel that Helga Hufflepuff in the portrait seemed to come alive and cast a gaze on it.

The other party's gaze carried a magical power, which made Link feel as if his whole body and mind had been seen through.

Link never thought of himself as a good guy.

It is precisely because of this that Link felt guilty when he was 'watched' by Helga Hufflepuff.

This feeling is like a wanderer who has been away from home for many years and still has nothing to do, and is suddenly asked by his mother how he is doing.

That strong sense of disappointment made Link close his eyes instinctively, and lowered his head.

But when Link couldn't bear it and opened his eyes, he only saw the distressed expression on Ms. Helga Hufflepuff's face.

Not only that, Ms. Hufflepuff seemed to have driven something invisible into his body somewhere.

This is not a curse, nor is it a panacea that can enhance strength.

If it is described in the game terms of the previous life, it is more like some kind of spiritual power that can restore sanity value (san value).

After being washed by this force, Link only felt relieved.

The haze, pressure and all kinds of negative thoughts that oppressed his heart like a mountain melted away like spring sun melting snow! ?

This shocked Link.

Because of what he has done, he has already broken away from the teachings of Hufflepuff College.

In terms of integrity, the people who died directly or indirectly because of him can almost fill the entire Hogwarts Great Hall.

Of loyalty,

He is now planning to seize the foundation of his ally Dumbledore.

In terms of honesty, in order to achieve his goals, Link has long forgotten how many lies he told.

Among all the qualities, there is only one who is not afraid of hardships, and he may barely be called it.

Even if he has become like this, is Ms. Hufflepuff still willing to accept him?

As soon as this question came up, Link already had the answer in his mind.

The so-called integrity, loyalty, honesty, and fearlessness of hardship are actually just the qualities that Ms. Hufflepuff expects from her students.

And the real value of Hufflepuff is that they treat everyone equally!

No matter how poor your talent is, no matter what your character is, even if you are rejected by the other three colleges, as long as you are willing, the door of Hufflepuff will be opened for you.

Hufflepuffs are kind.

She would never be able to make up her mind to let a child come to Hogwarts full of hope, but leave disappointed because no house would accept him.

Ever since, she opened her arms to every child.

And to infuse them with the most sincere and beautiful blessings and expectations!

Link panted heavily, looked up at the portrait of Helga Hufflepuff above.

The excitement and excitement in my heart are almost indescribable.

Fortunately, this kind of Link is not noticeable among the equally excited classmates, so no one noticed his abnormality.

"Okay! Now everyone back off!"

Professor Sprout's voice calmed the crowd down a little.

Everyone stepped back a little as ordered, making room for the golden cup on the fireplace.

Professor Sprout took out his wand with a solemn face, and a golden light curtain shrouded the golden cup after a few waves.

This scene made many people's eyes widen.

But that layer of golden light quickly faded away.

"Leave the cup right here. I just cast a spell around it, and unless Dumbledore is there, there's no way for anyone to get it out of the Hufflepuff common room without me knowing declared Professor Sprout, "But it's not enough! The Gold Cup is the honor of Lady Hufflepuff and the treasure of all of us Hufflepuffs! I need you to keep it safe no matter what happens .can it be done?"

Immediately there was a resounding echo from the crowd, and Professor Sprout nodded in satisfaction when he saw this and said:

"Since this is the case, everyone should go back quickly! Be obedient, don't hang around the golden cup, you will have plenty of time to watch it in the future, and you have class tomorrow!"

The excited students were a little reluctant now.

But under the scolding of the prefects and Professor Sprout himself, everyone finally rushed to their dormitories slowly.

At this moment, Professor Sprout grabbed Link's arm alone.

"Oh! Merlin! Hufflepuff's gold cup is back. I can't believe it. I still feel like I'm dreaming!"

Sprout said with emotion, "Link, thank you for your contribution to Hufflepuff! I will go tomorrow, oh no! I am going to tell Flitwick the good news! Of course, there are other graduates Dear alumni! They will all appreciate you!"

Link smiled and said:

"No need, Professor Sprout, I'm a Hufflepuff too, this is what I should do, isn't it?"

Professor Sprout was obviously stunned for a moment, and after reacting, he laughed and said:

"Yes, yes, what you said is really good! But there must be a lot of thanks! Don't worry, I will never let you down!"

After all, Professor Sprout ignored Link and ran out of the common room at a trot.

Watching Sprout's rather burly back gradually disappear, Link did not return to the dormitory like everyone else, but waited in place for a while before going out, stepping on the dark all the way to the Room of Requirement, and It switched to the form of the potion production room, and began to place the "Slytherin Grimoire" and various potion equipment that he used to use on the workbench one by one.

He needed to test the effect of the title "Integrity, Loyalty, Honesty, and Hardship."

In the current Link's combat system, the effect of potions has become smaller and smaller.

Like the several buff potions that Link took a lot of effort to reproduce before, Link basically no longer uses them. For this reason, Link even gave up the extra benefits that may be brought by their level-up.

This is not because of any difficulties encountered.

It's simply because the effects of these potions don't have much benefit for Link's current battle.

Not just these potions.

To be precise, the entire potion system in the modern wizarding world has basically abandoned the research on combat buffs.

Those potion masters are now more inclined to make logistical potions that detoxify, heal, restore spell damage, or have other effects.

This is a helpless move caused by material properties.

Because those materials with powerful beneficial properties have basically been exterminated by their senior potion masters.

But now, the title of "Integrity, Loyalty, Honesty, Fear of Hardship" gave Link a new chance.

A chance to bring back those powerful buff potions of yesteryear to the modern age!

"call--"

He took a long breath, and the magic power generated by Occlumency was wrapped in a cool feeling, and gradually spread from the top of Link's head, and finally made Link enter a state of almost absolute sanity.

After that, Link opened the "Slytherin Codex", and took out two folders from it and slowly unfolded it.

I saw that it was written respectively - "Spiritual Stimulation Elixir", "War God's Roar Secret Medicine".

These two potions were selected from the "Slytherin Grimoire" by Link after careful selection. They were buff potions that took into account both effects and achievability.

Among them, "Mental Stimulation Elixir" can improve the body's tolerance to the operation of magic power within a certain period of time after taking it, so that wizards can cast spells faster and more efficiently, which is equivalent to reducing the cooling time of casting spells.

"Battle God's Roar Secret Medicine" is much more straightforward.

This potion can directly increase the strength of magic power in a short period of time and increase the effect of magic power.

Of course, since the ingredients in the original formula are extinct and need to be replaced, even Link, who has a new title, is not sure whether he can reproduce these two potions.

And even if it is reproduced, the specific effects and duration caused by the new materials still need to be tested in actual combat.

In the Room of Response, which was as bright as daylight, Link didn't hesitate for too long, and soon threw himself into the potion making.

Link at this moment is focused and has no emotion.

Black root grass, crab claw orchid, spider eggs, lionfish spine powder, salamander blood...

All kinds of materials were continuously turned into juice or powder in his hands wearing dragon leather gloves, and then they were thrown into the hot crucible.

The whole process was crisp, quick, and smooth, without any hesitation.

There is no need to hesitate.

The production process of these two potions has already been virtualized countless times by him, and every process in it has been strictly considered, and it has long been instinctively engraved in Link's mind.

This kind of busyness lasted for nearly an hour before Link was a little free.

He covered the crucible filled with various materials, and while counting the time with his own pulse, he began to observe the shape of the smoke floating from the gap of the crucible very carefully.

This step is very important. The cooking time and firepower will directly affect the final finished potion.

But at this moment, the door to the Room of Requirement opened again.

Snape, dressed in the same clothes for thousands of years, walked in.

Link ignored him, and didn't even look in that direction.

Snape also didn't speak immediately.

He wriggled his nose, took a big breath of air mixed with the smell of medicine, and then frowned.

"You shouldn't continue to bother about those ancient prescriptions. Past experience has already told us that it's just a waste of effort!"

Snape's dispassionate voice echoed in the Response Room.

But Link still acted like he didn't hear it.

After a strange silence, Snape moved closer and said:

"Did you promise Harry Potter to teach him Occlumency?"

"Yes."

Link spoke softly, but Shi Shi still stared at the cauldron.

"Who allowed you to do that?!" Snape finally showed some emotional changes on his face, and he raised his voice and growled, "You know all about those things, but now you just did it again. Such a decision!"

Link frowned, as if he didn't like Snape's yelling.

He lifted the crucible rod and stirred it clockwise twice with a quartz stirring rod before answering the question:

"Where did Dumbledore go?"

Snape fell silent.

Link's question seems to be bringing him out of his anger.

The expression on his face gradually faded, and finally turned into the same indifference as Link.

"Link, what do you want to do?"

"Do what I have to do."

"What are you supposed to do?!"

Hearing that Link finally turned his head, looked at Snape and said:

"Save your life."

"what!"

Snape couldn't help laughing, he looked at Link with some relief and regret, waved his hand and said:

"I've done too many wrong things in my life, I deserve to die long ago! Link, promise me not to hurt Harry, it's me..."

"Boom!"

Link at the workbench suddenly jumped up, and rushed to Snape in a dodge, grabbed his collar with both hands and lifted him up against the wall.

"Whether you should die or not is no longer up to you! If I don't allow you to die, you will never die! Do you understand?" Link roared with a ferocious expression, "As for those old sesame seeds and rotten millet I don't care about you! I just need you to live!"

Snape was not offended at being treated so roughly.

On the contrary, there was a gratified smile on his face.

He smiled and stretched out his hand to touch Link's head and said:

"You are so selfish."

Link didn't answer, he just turned his head to avoid Snape's hand, then put it down, returned to the workbench to help pour out all the liquid medicine in the crucible - the action just now delayed the stirring, the pot of medicine was already useless up.

Snape also seemed to have gotten the answer he wanted.

He sighed softly, walked to the door with his head down and a little lonely.

"Crack——"

The door to the Room of Requirement was opened, but Snape did not go out.

He hid himself in the shadows and said in a hoarse voice:

"Dumbledore went to Germany during the Christmas holiday, and has returned to China. He is currently staying with members of the Order of the Phoenix, and he probably won't be returning to Hogwarts in a short time.

In addition, Voldemort and the others are preparing to take over Azkaban, recruit dementors, and rescue the Death Eaters imprisoned there.

Link, even I can see some of the things you are going to do, there is no reason why Dumbledore can't detect it.

The reason why he hasn't moved yet, but deliberately made space for you, is probably just sitting and waiting for you to let go, or he has his own plan.

So, be careful. "