The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

"John? Isn't John here?"

On the podium, Lockhart said with a puzzled look on his face, still looking around as he spoke.

But no matter how he searched, he could never find John.

Sighing, Link stood up and said:

"Professor Lockhart, John is not feeling well and is in the infirmary."

"Really? That's such a pity!"

Lockhart showed regret, but Link had a look of disgust.

There was actually nothing wrong with John's health. He just bought quick-acting truant candy from the George Fred brothers and pretended to have a nosebleed to deliberately skip class.

And the reason why he did this was completely forced by Lockhart.

There is no way, Lockhart seems to particularly like to let John cooperate with him in class. According to incomplete statistics, since the beginning of the school year, John has played the role of a werewolf three times, a vampire once, and a female ghost twice.

Of course, the highest holder of this record is not him, but Harry Potter.

Imagine being caught pretending to be a monkey on stage every day and being laughed at by your classmates.

No one can stand this stuff.

After a moment of silence for John, Link prepared to sit down again.

However, at this moment, Lockhart on the podium seemed to suddenly think of something, his eyes lit up, he pointed at Link and said:

"Link! Since classmate John can't come, will you cooperate with me today?"

"Are you sure?"

Link asked, narrowing his eyes after being stunned for a moment.

You must know that ever since Link moved out of the Foley family and gave him a severe beating, Lockhart never dared to provoke Link again.

But today, Lockhart uncharacteristically asked Link to act opposite him on stage. Link really couldn't understand his brain circuitry.

"Of course! There may have been some misunderstandings between us in the past, but as members of Sir Merlin, I think we need to communicate more in the future!" Lockhart said with a smile, and opened his arms to everyone in the audience. Announced loudly, "Students, don't you know? Under my careful guidance, Lin Kefuli has been awarded the Merlin Knights. Now, like me, he has become a glorious Merlin." A recipient of the Order of the Knights, Third Class!"

After saying this, Lockhart deliberately puffed out his chest, revealing the shining Order of Merlin, Level [-] on his chest.

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the audience.

Thanks to Lockhart showing off every day, everyone present knew what the Order of Merlin, Level [-], represented.

For a moment, even the Ravenclaws couldn't help but stop what they were doing and cast disbelieving looks at Link.

The Hufflepuffs couldn't help but scream.

Although usually they are quite aloof from the world, or rather aloof.

But this does not mean that they are not competitive.

How could they not be excited now that Link had achieved such a high level of achievement as a member of Hufflepuff.

"Link! Can I touch your medal?"

"Link! You should be the youngest recipient of the Order of Merlin in history, right?"

"Link! You are so strong!"

……

Link was instantly overwhelmed by the excited Hufflepuffs. He hurriedly responded to everyone's inquiries, but his dissatisfied eyes kept drifting towards Lockhart.

He now knew why Lockhart specifically asked him to cooperate with him.

This is because I want to rub off on his enthusiasm!

This made Link marvel at Lockhart's shamelessness.

After a period of commotion, Lockhart finally stopped the commotion in the audience.

He took the initiative to welcome Link to the podium, patted Link on the back and said:

"Classmate Link has lived up to my expectations, and I am very touched by this. I have decided to write the story of how classmate Link and I overcame obstacles together and deserved the Medal of Merlin in my latest novel. I believe this will be a A very touching story! If you are interested in the details, you can go to Flourish and Blotts Bookstore to buy the new book after it is released!"

After saying this, Lockhart took the initiative to applaud, and the audience was also led to cheer.

For a time, the atmosphere in the entire classroom was extremely heated.

But the expression on Link's face was a little gloomy.

He can already imagine what an embarrassing story Lockhart would write. After all, these authors can write any kind of bloody plot for the sake of storytelling!

Gritting his teeth, Link had the urge to rush out of the classroom right now.

But Lockhart grabbed his arm hard and continued:

"Okay, then let's get back to the topic! Link, I need you to play the role of a vampire ghoul!" With that, Lockhart took out a zombie hood and handed it to Link, "Remember me? Is it mentioned in the book? The cry of vampire ghouls is different from that of ordinary ghouls. Their cry is 'woo~ah~woo' instead of 'ah~ga~ha'."

Seeing Lockhart's funny imitation in front of him, Link almost broke the floor with his toes in embarrassment.

"I! I won't wear that damn thing!"

Link spoke word by word.

Hearing this, Lockhart was a little unable to get off the stage, but looking at Link's tightly clenched fists, he finally lowered his voice and said sincerely:

"It's okay, Link. If you don't want to wear it, don't wear it. I will put a tripping spell on you in a while as written in the book. You just need to fall down obediently."

After saying this, Lockhart winked at Link.

Link, on the other hand, suppressed his nausea and smiled ferociously at Lockhart:

"Ah, of course, I will cooperate with you! Professor Lockhart!"

It ended in the same Snape-like tone again, but Lockhart didn't seem to realize anything and said to everyone in the audience as if no one else was around:

"Students, do you remember what I said in the last class? Due to the presence of rigor mortis, the ghouls are not particularly sensitive in their movements. To address this weakness, the tripping curse is the best way to deal with it! At this point, , the same goes for vampire ghouls! So let’s get started!”

Lockhart slowly took out his wand, made a pose under everyone's expectant eyes, and then read the lines in the book.

"Ugly monster! I will never allow you to hurt my Lilia! Trip quickly!"

"biu!"

A dim beam of light suddenly appeared and shot towards Link, causing everyone in the audience to scream in surprise.

However, the next moment, a jet-black wand appeared in the hand of the grinning Link.

"Armor protection!"

"Om!~"

A translucent shield instantly appeared in front of Link, directly deflecting Lockhart's tripping spell.

Lockhart's pupils shrank rapidly when he saw this, and he moved as if to avoid it, but it was already too late.

The leg tripping spell accurately hit his knee, and a strange force suddenly emerged, directly causing Lockhart's two legs to be entangled together at a strange angle.

"thump!"

Lockhart lost his balance and fell straight forward to the ground. A pool of bright red blood slowly spread from the ground.

The audience fell into silence again.

Everyone looked at Lockhart on the ground, who was in high spirits just a second ago, and didn't know how to react.