Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 192 I know the smell of cockroaches

Seeing this, Mike hurriedly closed the bag, so as not to let the cockroaches in the bag crawl out.

The name of the cockroach pile means a bunch of cockroaches, but it is not a real cockroach, but a candy made in the shape of a cockroach, which is a very heavy-tasting candy.

Feeling the wonderful touch of the cockroaches in the bag constantly wriggling, Mike frowned disgustedly, pinched the mouth of the bag with his index finger and thumb, and returned it to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore was not surprised by Mike's reaction. In fact, he had given this "food" to many people, and it has long been no surprise.

He took the bag and took out a pile of cockroaches that were still crawling and threw it into his mouth and started eating. Not only that, Dumbledore also showed an extremely intoxicated expression while eating, as if he was eating What a peerless delicacy.

After eating one, Dumbledore took out another pile of cockroaches and handed it to Mike who looked on the other side with a shocked expression.

"Is there an old saying in the far east called a person by his appearance, which means we can't judge a person just by his appearance?" Dumbledore said, "Come and have a try, I guarantee you will not be disappointed."

Looking at the cockroach-shaped candy that was still alive and kicking in front of him, Mike was a little at a loss.

To be honest, Mike thinks that he still has a relatively strong ability to accept this kind of heavy-tasting food, like the disgusting-colored heavy-tasting food called preserved eggs that is widely rumored in the ancient oriental country, he has eaten it, although Only one time.

He had tried insects before, but they were fried, and he ate the relatively clean bee pupae. To be honest, the taste was not bad.

But looking at the pile of cockroaches that were still alive and kicking in front of him, even though he knew in his heart that it was just a piece of candy, Mike still didn't dare to do it.

It's like putting a chocolate-flavored shi and a shi-flavored chocolate in front of you and asking you to choose one to eat.

After hesitating for a while, under Dumbledore's eyes full of encouragement, Mike finally stretched out his hand to the cockroach-shaped candy.

To be honest, he is quite interested in this famous heavy-flavored candy.

Of course, he didn't take the whole cockroach directly, but just broke off a leg.

Putting this slender leg in front of his eyes, Mike found that there was still a difference between this candy called cockroach pile and real cockroaches.

Although the real cockroach legs can remain active for a period of time after being broken off, the flexibility and range of motion will be greatly reduced.However, the legs on the cockroach pile were the same as when it was on the body after being broken off, and they were all shaking violently.

Gritting his teeth, Mike threw the cockroach leg into his mouth, then closed his eyes and began to chew.

After taking a few bites, Mike opened his eyes, with a look of surprise on his face.

The smell of cockroach feet is not bad!
Unlike the real cockroach legs, the legs of the cockroach pile are hard, and Mike's mouth is full of the aroma of coffee after biting it.

If you insist on using an ordinary candy to describe it, the legs of the cockroach pile taste like hard coffee candy, or the top-notch kind.

Seeing Mike's shocked expression after eating, Dumbledore quickly handed over the pile of cockroaches with broken legs, his eyes full of expectation and encouragement.

And after trying cockroach piles of legs, Mike's attitude towards this kind of candy, which is completely like a live cockroach, has greatly improved. He hesitated to take the candy from Dumbledore's hand, and finally closed his eyes and put this kind of candy that was still struggling Heaps of cockroaches were thrown into his mouth.

As soon as the pile of cockroaches entered his mouth, Mike started chewing desperately. He didn't want to feel the feeling of live cockroaches crawling in his mouth, so he wanted to kill the pile of cockroaches quickly in this way.

However, the pile of cockroaches is just candy, it has no life at all, and there is no such thing as death.So no matter how Mike chewed, the pile of cockroaches in his mouth was still crawling.

Mike resisted the goosebumps in his mouth and chewed quickly, and as he chewed, a stronger and stronger aroma of coffee permeated through his throat, until Chong nasal cavity.

Mike was surprised to find that, aside from the horrible feeling of live cockroaches constantly crawling in your mouth, the cockroach pile tastes really good!

The wings, limbs and shell of the cockroach pile are made of hard coffee candy, while its abdomen is made of soft candy. Once you bite down, the milk chocolate syrup inside will gushes out, releasing a rich sweetness that will make you feel delicious. A small amount of bitterness in the hard coffee candy is neutralized, leaving only the strong aroma of coffee.

Mike didn't make a swallowing movement at all, and the cockroach piled up under his chewing and it didn't take long for it to completely melt.

"Would you like another one?"

Seeing that Mike had finished eating, Dumbledore took out another pile of cockroaches and handed it over, his eyes full of expectations.

"Not the principal, I think one of this delicacy is enough for a day." Mike quickly refused. Although the taste of the cockroach heap was not bad, it was too creepy to eat, and Mike didn't want to try it again.

"You're right, the more delicious the food, the more restraint we need, just like human beings, we must remain rational in the face of temptation." Seeing this, Dumbledore stopped persuading and collected the cockroaches. I got up and said, "Thank you for being able to accompany me to dinner, Mr. Townley. To be honest, I haven't eaten so happily in a long time."

Dumbledore's words were extremely sincere, and Mike couldn't tell the truth from the fake at all, so he could only reply with a routine polite sentence.

Dumbledore didn't lie, he really enjoyed this dinner today.

Often the older the elderly, the more they like children, and Dumbledore is no exception. What he likes to see most is the smiles of children, so he always invites the students who come to his office to eat desserts and candies. He thinks Sweet things can make people feel happy.

However, I don’t know why, maybe it’s because I’m too nervous in front of my headmaster or some other reason, only a very small number of students are willing to taste the candy given by Dumbledore, and there is no student in the cockroach pile. Dare to try, which made Dumbledore very disappointed.

But today Mike not only ate his cake, but also tried his pile of cockroaches, much to the delight of Dumbledore, a candy lover and kindly grandfather.

Of course, Dumbledore also once suspected whether Mike ate those things deliberately to please himself.

But when he saw how Mike was eating, he dismissed the idea and came to the conclusion that the kid was really hungry.

Of course, Mike didn't know anything about what Dumbledore thought. As Dumbledore concluded, the only reason he would eat what Dumbledore gave was simply because he was hungry.

Mike also once wondered whether Dumbledore would put some potions such as Veritaserum in his food, but he rejected this conjecture in an instant.

What are you kidding?A great wizard like Dumbledore needs to drug himself if he wants to deal with him?
After that, the two chatted about the Hogwarts campus for a while before Dumbledore finally got to the point.

"Mike, can you tell me what happened last night?"

As soon as this remark came out, Mike's expression froze, and the atmosphere in the office suddenly became gloomy.

"Okay, Principal Dumbledore." Mike heard the words and said slowly, "I was suddenly awakened in my sleep that night, and found a piece of parchment next to my pillow, which said 'Penello is in my Here, now come to the Forbidden Forest alone, and don't tell anyone.' So I went to the Forbidden Forest.

I believe you already know the following things. The person who sent me the letter was Percy, and it should be Voldemort to be precise.He subdued the acromanders and centaurs in the Forbidden Forest and attacked me, and I was forced to fight back. "

Dumbledore looked directly into Mike's eyes while Mike was talking, as if he could tell from Mike's eyes whether Mike was lying or not.

Mike knew that wizards of Dumbledore's level didn't need to chant spells and wands when releasing Legilimency, so he also ran Occlumency with all his strength, hoping to deceive Dumbledore.

"What about the parchment? Mr. Townley." After a long silence, Dumbledore looked away and asked.

"It just ignited itself after I finished watching it."

After finishing speaking, the office fell into silence.

I don't know how long it took before Dumbledore said again: "Okay, Mr. Townley, thank you very much for coming here with your injuries today. I am very sorry for what happened to you. I failed to protect you as the principal. dereliction of duty."

"I should apologize to you for your serious words, the principal. If I had told you about this at the first time, perhaps the matter would not have caused such a big trouble."

"Okay, let's stop being so modest to each other. I think it's time for you to go back. If you don't go back, your friends may be in a hurry." Dumbledore said with a kind smile, " I hope you can resume your studies as soon as possible, and wish you good grades in the next exam."

Mike was quite surprised to hear Dumbledore mentioning his friends, knowing that there was no one around him when he just woke up.

But Mike didn't think much about it. Dumbledore's gaze just now gave him a lot of pressure. Now he didn't want to stay in this place for a second, so he got up and left.

But when Mike was about to leave the office, Dumbledore stopped him again.

"One more thing, the diary has been tested and confirmed to be Voldemort's horcrux, and as a reward for you who destroyed the horcrux and saved the classmates, I decided to add 100 points to Ravenclaw, and awarded Your Hogwarts Special Contribution Award." Dumbledore smiled, "Finally, I hope you can forgive Hagrid's rudeness, he is actually a very good person, but he doesn't know enough about some things whole."

"Thank you very much, Principal Dumbledore, this is what I should do." Mike turned around and looked at Dumbledore in surprise and said sincerely, "As for Hagrid's matter, I didn't take it seriously from the beginning. Hagrid and I are also friends, and it was outrageous to say that we should be held accountable."

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On the way back to the ward, Mike had a bright smile on his face.

What Dumbledore just expressed was very clear. He awarded Mike a special contribution award and added [-] points to Ravenclaw in exchange for Mike not to pursue Hagrid's responsibility.

The price given by Dumbledore is not too small, and adding 100 points is not a big deal, but this special contribution award is amazing.

As far as Mike knows, the review of the Hogwarts Special Contribution Award is extremely strict. Once the winner's name and trophy are obtained, they will be placed in the Hogwarts trophy showroom forever, and will be accepted by generations of young wizards. worship.

At the same time, this award can also add points to the wizard rating exam in the future, and it can also play a considerable role in future job hunting.

This transaction can be said to be beneficial to Mike, so Mike agreed without any hesitation.

Mike hummed a ditty all the way back to his ward, and just as he opened the door, he found that his ward was already full of people.

Penello was lying on Mike's bed in pain, and there was a dinner on the bedside table next to her, while Mrs. Weasley squatted beside her and patted her back gently, saying words of comfort to her.

Meanwhile, Harry, Franklin and others, as well as the rest of the Weasley family, looked anxious, guessing where Mike might be.

When Mike saw this scene, he understood it. It turned out that when he woke up, there was no one around him because Penello and the others had gone to dinner. Now they should bring food for Mike, but they found that Mike was gone, so they were in a hurry .

"Wow, I didn't expect my room to be so lively?"

Mike said this in a very exaggerated tone on purpose, but suddenly he heard Mike's voice, and the eyes of everyone in the room were attracted.

Penello raised the delicate face of Yudai Lihua, and looked at the door with a pair of red and swollen eyes.

Penello's eyes lit up the moment he saw Mike, and he quickly got up to say something.

But someone was faster than her.

"Mike, I'm so grateful to you!" Mrs. Weasley stepped forward and held Mike's hand in three steps and said with a choked voice, "Thank you for saving Percy, really, if the child dies What's the matter, his father and I really don't know what to do!"

"Yes Mike, it's really thanks to you this time." The Weasley brothers also gathered around and said gratefully, "Principal Dumbledore told me what happened, Percy is really lucky this time!"

Mike looked at Mrs. Weasley, who was holding his hand and was crying, and the three Weasley brothers who were grateful, and their father, Mr. Weasley. He didn't know what to say. good.

At this moment, Madam Pomfleur's voice suddenly came from the corridor:
"Weasleys, come here! Percy is awake!"

(End of this chapter)