harry potter book of crimes

Augusta Longbottom, a low-key but strong woman.

Throughout the history of the Longbottom family, both the descendants of each generation and the women who married into the family were overwhelmingly Gryffindors, with very few exceptions.

But it happened that Augusta National was one of those "very few exceptions".

Yes, as an outstanding student who also graduated from Hogwarts, she was once a little badger who was not inferior to the talented girl Minerva McGonagall back then.

As we all know, the badger, the representative animal of Hufflepuff House, actually has many types.

Most of them are good at survival, living in groups, and are never picky about food. However, they often have different natural habits due to their main living environment, predatory competition among biological groups, etc.

Among them, there is a kind of badger that is not only smart and thoughtful, but also fearless of death when faced with challenges, daring to show off its power to ligers, tigers, and cheetahs that are far larger than itself.

This kind of animal, which is also a badger, has a frosty back and a black belly, and its name is "honey badger".

And Neville's grandmother, Augusta Longbottom, is probably the "honey badger" that is not common in Hufflepuff House.

Perhaps due to age, even Augusta, Hufflepuff's "eldest sister", has become more like an old badger as she gets older.

Although Neville was often scolded and scolded by her, Neville didn't know that his grandmother was a hundred times more powerful when she was young than she is now.

Now, when Neville showed his courage in front of his grandma for the first time, he finally got a glimpse of the true style of this grandma who always likes to wear strange decorative hats.

"Neville, go take them both into St. Mungo's—"

Neville, who had just noticed that his grandma suddenly appeared next to him, was dragged behind him before he could react.

He looked at the figure who was not tall and even a little fat, but he could only feel the aura from it like a wild beast.

Augusta is a true Hufflepuff. Although her courage is even greater than that of many Gryffindors, anyone who has seen her cast the Patronus Charm will never doubt her sorting origin.

Because the patron saint she summoned was a silver-white little badger.

At this moment, I saw the badger guardian spirit leaping left and right, jumping nimbly among the monsters. Its sharp front claws were like blades, slicing through the monster's strong body again and again, bringing up wisps of black mist.

It was clearly just a small patron saint, but it was able to contain so many terrifying monsters with its rapid and uninterrupted attacks, and it was still causing damage to them all the time.

Whenever a monster tries to approach here, Augusta will continuously release high-intensity magic spells without hesitation, directly blowing it back into the fighting range.

For a time, nearly ten monsters were blocked by her at the corner of the street.

Although containment does not mean direct combat, it is definitely not something that ordinary wizards can do to stop those monsters like the old lady.

While Neville called the two young wizards who had just escaped to run back, he also cast concerned glances at his grandmother from time to time.

To be honest, he had never thought before today that his grandma could be so powerful!

"Dong dong——"

Neville knocked on the window glass and was about to ask the mannequin inside to open the entrance, but unexpectedly the mannequin spoke before him:

"It has been verified that the hospital has been transferred to the hospital. Those seeking asylum can enter immediately. Those who are seriously injured and unable to move should shout for help at the place where they are."

Before he finished speaking, Neville put his hand on the glass and immediately found that he could enter.

The entrance to St. Mungo's Hospital of Witchcraft and Wizardry originally had identity verification and event verification. Now, the hospital has implemented temporary standards and transferred the latter verification to be completed internally.

As for the identity check of the visitor, the dummy had already done it when Neville knocked on the glass.

"Hurry in! You go first--"

Upon seeing this, Neville immediately took a step aside and gave way to the entrance to the passage. The two refugees following him did not show any pretense. They nodded to express their gratitude and immediately rushed in.

But after that, Neville didn't follow along.

"grandmother--"

"You go in first!"

Augusta's words are always unquestionable, especially in front of Neville. However, Neville is no longer the obedient grandson he used to be.

"Grandma, you have to come here first."

After all, it is a bit reluctant to contain several monsters alone.

If she could be more than ten years younger, she would even be sure to stop more monsters like this. But now, time is not forgiving, and not every wizard can be like Dumbledore, who gets stronger with age.

The moment Neville insisted on asking his grandmother to retreat, those monsters were getting closer and closer to Augusta. What made him break out in a cold sweat was the situation on the other side of the street.

Monsters are starting to gather over there too!

But as for Mrs. Longbottom, when she thought that her grandson was behind her, she would not allow herself to take even a step back.

"Don't talk too much, go in!" the old lady said without looking back.

However, Neville was not willing to leave first.

He knew that it was the most difficult situation to get out of a situation like this where one person was resisting an attack.

Because now what grandma has to face is not just the group of chasing monsters - she has already handed it over to her own patron saint. And I don’t know when she started, but she herself had to use a non-physical patron saint.

The curse fended off the two monsters on the other side.

However, they saw that between the silver-white light mist, gray-black flames began to fly continuously. Most of them were blocked by the light mist, but after all, a small amount escaped, forcing the old lady to move cautiously to avoid them.

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If he had been a little slack and had been contaminated by that weird flame, he would probably be like the Auror he saw earlier, and he could only fall miserably in the snow and howl in pain, right?

But just to avoid those flames, Augusta became farther and farther away from the entrance of St. Mungo's.

"Call the gods to protect you!"

Neville also released a large cloud of solid light mist, trying to disperse the black flames that fell on the street but were still burning. Unfortunately, the effect was not very obvious.

Seeing this, Neville stopped doing these useless actions, and instead controlled the light ball to rush towards the two monsters that grandma was blocking.

"Bang!"

One of them was knocked backwards and flew away, while the other one was also rubbed because it was too close and swayed in place.

A mouthful of black flames spit out and landed on the ground in front of it.

"Grandma, use Apparition to come here! I'll cover you——"

While shouting suddenly, Neville pulled the wand back violently, turning the flying ball of light back and hitting the monster's back.

"Are you really old?"

Mrs. Longbottom smacked her lips, and then threw out a cloud of silver mist, slapping back the monster that had been knocked forward by Neville.

After that, she glanced behind her again, and then took this opportunity to disappear and disappear.

And almost the moment she left the place, her patron saint finally failed to completely interfere with a monster spitting gray flames, causing a gray-black fireball to explode in the street.

Seeing this, the old lady who appeared next to Neville again couldn't help but flash a sharp look in her slightly cloudy eyes. If she had run a little later, the consequences might have been serious.

"Walk!"

Immediately afterwards, the old lady grabbed Neville's clothes again and rushed towards the entrance of St. Mungo's.

However, just a few steps away, the possibility of accidents still cannot be avoided. No matter how high Augusta's wisdom and experience are, it is impossible to predict at this moment that a monster will actually come from the roof above.

One side flew out.

"Roar--"

A soul-stirring roar chilled the heart of the old lady who could barely hold on... As for Neville, he had suffered such a close-range impact on his soul, and he had fallen heavily onto the thin snow on the ground.

"boom!"

Relying on her strong mental will, the old lady suddenly raised her hand and managed to interrupt the sudden roar.

When the light mist flew away, she held up the monster directly above her that was trying to rush down, while holding on to Neville's clothes tightly. Her hand did not let go just because Neville fell to the ground, but used all her strength to hold it back.

He dragged it towards the display window.

However, no matter how much she doesn't want to obey her old age, her grandson, who has grown tall and powerful, is no longer something she, an old woman, can drag around. Even though she can usually drag Neville back and forth, she still has to.

Neville's own respect and obedience.

However, right now, she couldn't stop casting the Patronus Charm, so she had to drag it out on her own.

"This little coward finally got tough today... It's a pity that I won't be able to see him become a hero in the future."

After trying several times without success to pull Neville, Augusta shook her head. She complained sadly, but her eyes became sharper.

The next second, the old lady suddenly withdrew the Patronus Charm, and then swept it over Neville's body at her feet. With a soft "bang" sound, Neville, who was in a daze, was struck by a blow.

The stock pushed hard and rolled straight into the window glass.

A ripple spread out, and Neville's figure disappeared.

And almost at the same time, the monster that had no resistance immediately rushed towards her, its gray hands immediately gathered together, and tightly strangled the old lady's neck.

"boom!"

There was another muffled sound, and Augusta actually suppressed the suffocation in his throat and almost released a crushing curse while pressing his wand against the monster's chest.

The power of such a powerful explosion at such a close range was not one-sided, and even she herself would inevitably suffer considerable damage. But she still did it, even though she was well aware of the consequences.

This badger from Hufflepuff has never been afraid of anything, even when facing death. (To be continued)