Augusta Longbottom, a low-key but strong woman.
Throughout the history of the Longbottom family, whether it is each generation of descendants or each generation of women who marry into the family, the vast majority are 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 as good as the talented girl Minerva McGonagall back then.
As we all know, the badger, the representative animal of Hufflepuff House, actually comes in many types.
Most of them are good at survival, living in groups, and are never picky about food. However, among them, various natural habits often appear due to the main living environment, predatory competition of 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 its power to ligers, tigers and cheetahs that are far larger than itself.
This kind of badger-like animal with a frosty back and black belly is called "honey badger".
And Neville's grandmother, Augusta Longbottom, is probably the "honey badger" that is not common in Hufflepuff College.
Perhaps due to age, even Augusta, the "eldest sister" of Hufflepuff, became more like an old badger as she got 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 get 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 back of 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 exceeds 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 flexibly among the monsters. The sharp front claws were like blades, slicing across 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 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 should enter immediately. Those who are seriously injured and unable to move should shout for help 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 evacuees following him didn't show any pretense. While nodding in gratitude, they immediately rushed in.
But after that, Neville didn't follow along.
"grandmother-"
"You go in first!"
Augusta's words were always unquestionable, especially in front of Neville. However, Neville today 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 were more than ten years younger, she might even be sure to stop more monsters like this. But nowadays, time is not forgiving, and not every wizard can become more powerful with age like Dumbledore.
The moment Neville insisted on asking Grandma 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 on Mrs. Longbottom's side, when she thought that her grandson was behind her, she would not allow herself to take 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 hardest 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 patron saint. And I don't know since when, she herself had to use the non-entity Patronus Charm to resist the two monsters on the other side.
But between the silver-white light mist, gray-black flames began to fly continuously. Most of them were blocked by the light mist, but in the end, a few of them escaped, forcing the old lady to move cautiously to avoid them.
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, but 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 hit and flew backwards, and the other one was 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, apparate over 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 next 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.
When the old lady who appeared next to Neville again saw this, her slightly cloudy eyes couldn't help but flash a sharp look. 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, there is still the possibility of accidents. No matter how high Augusta's wisdom and experience were, there was no way he could have expected it at this moment - a monster actually flew out from the other side of the roof above.
"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 mist of light flew away, she was holding on to Neville's clothes while resisting the monster directly above her that was trying to rush down. Her hand did not let go just because Neville fell to the ground, but she used all her strength to drag him toward the display window.
However, no matter how much she refuses to obey her old age, her grandson, who has grown tall and powerful, is no longer something she, an old woman, can drag around. Thinking that what she could usually pull Neville around was 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 several unsuccessful attempts to pull Neville away, Augusta shook his head. She was complaining sadly, but her eyes became sharper.
The next second, the old lady suddenly put away the Patronus Charm, and then swiped it at Neville at her feet. With a soft "bang" sound, Neville, who was in a daze, was pushed by a strong force and rolled straight into the window glass.
A ripple rippled 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 is not one-sided, and even she herself will inevitably suffer considerable damage. But she did it anyway, even though she knew the consequences.
This badger from Hufflepuff has never been afraid of anything, even when facing death.