Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 203

With excitement, Mike pushed open the wooden door and entered the room.

I saw that Professor Flitwick was talking to the old man with white beard in the room. When they saw Mike coming, they stopped to talk and looked over in unison.

"Mike, let me introduce you." Professor Flitwick said with a smile, "This is the elder of our Raven's Nest, Randall Woodcutt."

Mike nodded towards Randall and greeted him respectfully.

"Hehehe, what a wonderful kid." Randall smiled blindly, pointing to a large sofa in the room and said, "Come, come, stop standing, sit down."

Mike was also polite, and sat down with Flitwick.

At this time, the conversation really entered the topic. I saw Randall's little brown eyes kept looking at Mike, and said after a long time:

"Mike, on behalf of all the members of Ravenclaw House, I would like to thank you for recovering the long-lost crown. Perhaps a little wizard like you can't understand what it means to us, but we can't take advantage of it. Yours is cheap."

Randall paused here, observed Mike's expression carefully, and then continued after seeing that there was nothing wrong:

"So after some discussion, we've decided to gift you two house-elves."

After all, Randall stretched out his hand like a chicken paw and snapped his fingers in mid-air, and then two house elves appeared in front of Mike.

The two house elves were very similar in height and build, and they were also very similarly dressed, both wearing plain white pillowcases without any symbols.Unlike the dirty look of the house elves in Mike's impression, these two house elves were very clean, even the pillowcases they wore as clothes were spotless.

And they also wear berets on their heads, the one on the left is wearing a red and black plaid pattern made of cloth, while the one on the right is the same as the one on the left except that the pattern is black and white.

These two berets are very new. If Mike guessed correctly, they should have been given to them by their master not long ago.

(There is an implicit contract between the house-elf and the wizard. If a wizard wants to give the house-elf he owns freedom, he only needs to give it a piece of clothing. The clothing mentioned here includes Extremely wide, ranging from small to handkerchiefs to tablecloths and curtains.

In history, there are very few cases of voluntary termination of contracts with house elves. On the one hand, wizards are unwilling to lose such a free labor force; Clothing given by the owner is like exile for them. )
As soon as the two house elves appeared in the room, they bowed deeply to Mike and couldn't bear it for a long time. They directly smashed their huge heads to the ground, making a dull sound of the wooden floor colliding with the forehead. .

"This is a pair of twin brothers, who are only 10 years old this year. The elder brother who wears a red and black hat is called Shuke, and the one who wears a black and white hat is Beta. From now on, you will be their master."

Randall introduced these two house elves to Mike, and the two little guys immediately raised their heads and looked at Mike in surprise. In their society of house elves, a house elf without an owner The elf is a disgrace to all elves and should kill himself immediately.So these two little guys are very happy to hear that they have new owners so soon.

"Master, master! I'm Beta, I can do everything, I promise I won't let you down."

The house elf in the black and white hat roared and began to express his loyalty, while Shu Ke beside it was much calmer, not as impulsive as his younger brother, and just bowed to Mike again.

"Okay, you guys go down first, we still have business to talk about."

Randall waved his hand and gave orders to Shuke and Beta. However, what was surprising was that Shuke and Beta, who had been obedient to Randall before, did not obey his orders, but just looked at him with inquiring eyes. Mike.

Mike naturally understood what was going on. Shuke and Beta were now their own house elves, so naturally they would no longer follow Landleton's orders.

So Mike nodded slightly towards Shuke and Beta, which made them disappear into the room again.

Randall was not annoyed when he saw this, the fiery temper he had lived for so long had long since faded away, not to mention that the house elf itself was such a rigid creature, and he couldn't afford to get angry because of such a trivial matter.

Seeing that the two house elves had disappeared, Randall smiled and took out a piece of parchment and a bunch of copper keys from his pocket and handed them to Mike.

Mike took it instinctively, and Randall explained when Mike was puzzled:

"Filius told me that you are looking for a house, right? Then this house will be given to you."

Hearing this, Mike was taken aback for a moment, and then he was pleasantly surprised.

This is really a pillow when I fell asleep. I was still considering whether to find someone to buy a room or build a new one directly. Now Raven's Nest directly gave me a ready-made one.

After opening the parchment, it was clearly a magic contract.

This magic contract is different from the one signed by Mike and Lockhart before. This is the highest level of magic contract, and its effectiveness is second only to the strongest and oldest contract magic: the unbreakable oath.

The deed clearly indicated that the location of this house was exactly the same as Professor Flitwick's home, in Godric's Hollow, but the house number was 518 Godric's Hollow.

It seems that this is what Professor Flitwick and Randall were discussing before, and it is very likely that this house was chosen by Professor Flitwick, in order to let Mike live closer to him. He can be there immediately.

Mike felt that a certain string in his heart was touched. In the past two years, Professor Flitwick has been kind to Mike. He has nothing to say, and he is raising Mike as his own son.And Mike's heart is not made of stone, so he is naturally very moved at this moment.

Taking a deep breath, Mike bowed deeply to Professor Flitwick and thanked him. Although Mike didn't say anything provocative, the heart he expressed was completely conveyed to Flitwick's heart, directly Let Flitwick, a sentimental person, shed tears.

Randall on the side watched all this with a smile, and continued after Mike and Flitwick calmed down:
"This house was originally a safe house set up by Raven's Nest when Voldemort and Death Eaters ravaged Britain. Now that Voldemort is dead, his Death Eaters have dispersed, so this safe house is also There is no longer a need for it to exist, and it is considered to make the best use of it if it is given to you.

Since it was once used as a safe house, the protection ability of this house is very good. Not only has a large number of defensive magic and basic Muggle expulsion spells been set up, but also hidden magic has been applied.This kind of concealment magic is not as good as the Fidelity Curse, but it is also very good. Although it cannot prevent great wizards like Dumbledore, it is enough to prevent ordinary wizards.

As long as you sign your full name on this contract, then this house belongs to you, and you will have the highest authority for all the magic devices in it. "

After listening to Randall's explanation, Mike immediately took out the black prickly pear wand. This kind of high-level magic contract cannot be written with ordinary pen and ink. It is the same as the magic signature of Gringotts as one of the withdrawal vouchers. Both require the use of magic to write.

Since everyone's magic breath is different, this signature can be said to be unique and extremely difficult to imitate.

Mike signed his name on the contract with the wand as the pen and the magic power as the ink.

After Mike wrote the last letter, the parchment ignited spontaneously, and turned into ashes and disappeared in a short while.And there was something more in Mike's mind, which was the specific address of a house.

This specific address is like the car navigation in Mike's previous life, marking all the routes that Mike needs to walk from his current location to the house.

After slowly digesting the sudden extra information in his mind, Mike told Randall and Professor Flitwick that he was done.

At this point, Mike's purpose of coming to the raven party today has been successfully completed, but the raven party is not over yet.

When Mike and others walked out of the room and returned to the hall, there were still a steady stream of wizards coming in through the gate, and then excitedly ran to the display stand in the center of the hall to visit the crown.

As a great contributor to recovering the crown, Mike has naturally become a hot existence in the eyes of these people.People kept coming up to say hello to Mike, and said that they could go to them if they encountered any difficulties in the future, and they would definitely give Mike the greatest help.

Among them are senior officials of the Ministry of Magic, direct members of old families, and many new heirs and even patriarchs of new families who started their businesses.The strength of Raven's Nest can be seen from this.

The people who came to say hello to Mike from early morning until noon finally calmed down. Raven's Nest is a loose member mutual aid organization, and the control of members is not strict.

So when it was almost meal time, although the raven party was not over yet, most of the people left the hut in twos and threes to carry out other activities.

This is actually not surprising. Although these people have a good relationship, they usually work all over the world. Now that they have finally met together, they naturally want to be happy.

Perhaps for them, the main purpose of coming to the Raven Gathering this time is not to see Ravenclaw's crown, but simply to get together with old friends they haven't seen for a long time.

And Mike also received many invitations, but Mike declined all of them.

Because he had already promised Uncle Mario to eat at his house.

In the hall, Mike, who finally got rid of those grandpas and uncles, let out a long breath. This kind of entertainment made Mike feel very tired, even more tired than the battle with Cedric.

Abt, who had been waiting for a long time, saw that Mike had finally calmed down, so he came up and said, "Is it over? I'll go to the Ministry of Magic when it's over."

"Come on, I'm ready."

Hearing this, Abbott showed a smile on his face, turned his head and shouted at Uncle Mario who was chatting with Flitwick and others:
"Dad, Mike and I will go to the Ministry of Magic and be home before lunch!"

Uncle Mario obviously knew about Dolphin's patent, and he was chatting with his old friends very enthusiastically, so he waved his hand without looking back, signaling Abbott to get out of here.

After receiving the response, Abt hurriedly dragged Mike out of the hut, fearing that some uncle or aunt would find him.

Since there are no fireplaces and other equipment in the Raven Lodge, and Abbott, the new Auror captain, naturally does not have a Portkey that can directly reach the Ministry of Magic, so Abbott and Mike first used the Portkey to return to the In the manor of the Foley family, and then use the fireplace in the manor to teleport to the Ministry of Magic.

The British Ministry of Magic is located deep underground in Whitehall in central London. The entire Ministry of Magic has a total of ten floors, which contains a large number of offices, courtrooms and a Wizengamot court. It can be said that this is the center of the rights of the entire British wizarding community. .

When Mike stepped out of the fireplace, he saw a hall far more magnificent than Gringotts.

The floor of the hall is a polished dark wooden floor, and there are many gold-plated fireplaces embedded in the walls on both sides. Countless wizards are lining up to enter the fireplace on the wall directly opposite Mike and leave the Ministry of Magic. , and on the side where Mike was, there was a steady stream of people coming out of the fireplace.

It seems that the fireplace on Mike's side is specially used to reach the Ministry of Magic, while the opposite one is specially used to leave.

Perhaps because Mike stayed at the fireplace for too long, there were many dissatisfied voices from the fireplace behind Mike.When Mike looked back, he realized that the back of him was already full of people, so he hurriedly got out of the way.

Abt also laughed when he saw Mike's rare embarrassment, and introduced to Mike:

"This is the main hall of the Ministry of Magic, located on the eighth floor underground. And that is our current Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge."

Looking at the place pointed by Abbott, they saw a huge magic portrait hanging above the crowd.This portrait depicts a rich middle-aged white man. At this moment, he is smiling and looking down at the people coming and going in the hall below him.

And directly below this portrait, which is also the center of the entire hall, is a huge fountain.

In the very center of the fountain is a group of statues consisting of wizards, witches, centaurs, goblins, and house-elves.The tallest of them was a noble and handsome wizard, holding his wand up and pointing at the sky.Surrounding him are a beautiful witch, a centaur, a goblin and a house-elf.

At this moment, the statues of the centaur, the goblin and the house-elf are looking up at the two wizards with infinite admiration, glistening jets of water shoot out from the tip of the wizard's wand, the arrows of the centaur and the ears of the house-elf, A graceful arc was drawn in mid-air, and finally fell into the pool.

(End of this chapter)