The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

"Um?"

The old man's words made Link's expression a little puzzled. He tried to look at the old man, trying to identify the old man's identity from his appearance and clothes, but it was just useless.

Because no matter how you look at it, this is just an ordinary old man.

If you insist that there is something special about him.

That must be the medal on his chest, a Merlin First Class Medal of the same rank as Fudge.

Link's expression also fell into the eyes of Dumbledore and the old man. The two smiled at each other, and Dumbledore introduced with a smile:

"Link, this gentleman is Newt Scamander, think about it, I think you must know him."

As soon as Dumbledore said this, Link's eyes lit up instantly.

Newt Scamander, of course he knew.

Newt Scamander wrote their textbook "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" for this year's Conservation of Magical Creatures. Link is very interested in magical creatures, so he also inquired about Newt Scamander. .

Then, he was taken aback.

The Newt Scamander is not just the author of the magical book Fantastic Creatures and Where to Find Them, but a great man.

During his life, he made a very outstanding contribution to the research of magical animals. In 1947, he also established the Werewolf Registry, and won some basic rights and interests for the werewolves.

Although these rights are trivial, and most of the time they are actively ignored by Ministry of Magic officials.

But there is no doubt that this still turned the lives of the werewolves upside down.

Just like Lupin, whom Link met in his first year, the reason why he can still come out to work is entirely thanks to Newt Scamander.

And in 1965 he also prompted the Ministry of Magic to pass the "No Feeding for Experimental Purposes" order, effectively curbing the prevalence of the creation of new untamable animals in Britain.

With the above two achievements, he directly won the highest honor in the wizarding world - the Order of Merlin, First Class.

"Are you Mr. Newt Scamander?"

Link said excitedly that he actually liked Newt more than Dumbledore.

"Yes, boy, you don't need to be so formal, just call me Newt."

Newt said with a smile, he was really happy as a Hufflepuff to see such a young Hufflepuff receive the Merlin Order today.

"Then have you really subdued the first-generation Dark Lord Grindelwald?"

Link asked eagerly.

This is a question that has been lingering in his mind for a long time, and it is also a question that is quite controversial in the magical world.

Although many well-known people have publicly stated that Newt Scamander has done such a shocking thing, many people still think it is just Newt Scamander's self-bragging.

Hearing this, the smile on Newt's face froze.

He turned his head and glanced at Dumbledore, and after seeing the latter nodded with a smile, he scratched his nose and said:

"It's true to a certain extent, but if I say it, it's something we all worked hard to do, even though Mr. Grindelwald soon escaped from the Magical Congress of the United States."

After saying that, Link's face showed such an expression as he expected. He always felt that with Newt Scamander's character, he should not do such a thing that the king's wife sells melons and brags.

It seems so now.

On the other side, Newt didn't seem to want to continue on this topic, and quickly changed the topic and said:

"By the way, Link, oh, your name is Link, right?"

"Yes, sir."

"How did you get the idea to wear your Hogwarts uniform to the awards ceremony? From what I know about Mrs. Foley, she doesn't seem like she's going to forget the one who made your dress for you."

"This is..."

Link glanced at the school uniform on his body, and the words in his mouth paused.

It was actually Mrs. Foley's idea to wear a school uniform to the awards ceremony. She felt that wearing a school uniform would highlight Link's student attributes, which would make other people look at Link even more.

And it was indeed the case. From the moment when everyone was surrounded by the crowd, everyone's topic had revolved around Link's youth and status as a student, which made Mrs. Foley's face greatly sullen.

That's obviously not the case with Newt, though.

After thinking for a while, Link continued to explain:

"Mother did prepare dresses for me, but... you should also know that those dresses are too troublesome and uncomfortable to wear, so..."

Link didn't continue, but Newt's face was full of smiles.

He is also a person who is afraid of trouble, and he also hates those tedious and twisted quaint dresses.

"Not bad! Good boy!"

Newt patted Link's shoulder kindly. Before coming here, he had heard Dumbledore introduce Link's excellence, and now he fell in love with Link even more after seeing the real person.

This is indeed an excellent child!

But at the next moment, Newt's movements suddenly stopped.

"Is this... the Winged Demon?"

Newt pointed to the carapace ball around Link's neck curiously.

"Ah, yes, this is my friend, yo-yo!"

Link said with a smile, and then took the yo-yo off his neck.

Newt's eyes lit up. It was the first time he had ever seen someone who wore the Winged Demon as a pendant.

Even he, back then, just kept the Winged Demon in his pocket, and when he encountered an enemy, he would throw it out as a hidden weapon and attack it.

"Can I touch it?"

Newt said with an arm gesture, looking a little restrained.

When Link saw this, he did not refuse, and directly put the yo-yo in the opponent's hand.

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But perhaps he was frightened by being suddenly put into the hands of a stranger, and as soon as the Winged Demon yo-yo fell into Newt's hands, he gestured to spread his wings, and at the same time revealed his pair of fire dragon skulls. Wearing sharp fangs.

This shocked Link. Although he knew very well that he would not injure others if he was in charge of the yo-yo, the sudden appearance of a dangerous creature with a danger level of XXXX during the award ceremony was bound to cause panic on the scene. and subsequent troubles.

"Little darling, I'm sorry to scare you, go to sleep."

Newt Scamander spoke softly, rubbing his thumb just a little below the yo-yo's fangs.

Under his actions, the Winged Demon, who was just about to fly high, became quiet again.

This made Link's mouth open in surprise.

"Kid, do you know? There is a piece of soft meat on the upper part of the chest of the Winged Demon. Adult Winged Demon mothers often lick here to comfort their children. This makes the Winged Demons get used to it. You can quiet them down just by rubbing them in here."

While explaining to Link softly, Newt handed the yo-yo to Link and blinked mischievously.

Hearing that, Link also nodded again and again, this kind of trick has not even been taught by Kled and Professor Kettleburn.

At this moment, the crowd not far away suddenly dispersed with laughter.

Mrs. Foley also came out, accompanied by Fudge, and waved to Link.

Seeing this, Newt leaned down and helped Link tidy up the neckline that was messed up when he took off the yo-yo just now, and then said:

"Okay, kid, get ready to go up and receive the medal, and we'll stop here first. Of course, I'd like to invite you to my house if I can, and then we might have a good chat about magical beasts. ."