Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 208 Flitwick's old friend?
Mike had already added Professor Flitwick to the white list of the protection system on the day he got the villa, so Flitwick could enter and exit the villa at will.However, based on Mike's understanding of Professor Flitwick, even if Flitwick has something to come to the door, he will notify himself first, unless it is a major event.

event?

Thinking of this, Mike's heart trembled, and then looking at Professor Flitwick's rare serious face, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

At this time, Professor Flitwick saw that Mike had almost recovered, so he said:
"Mike, I have already contacted you about finding a swordsmanship teacher, and the other party said that he can teach you."

Hearing this, Mike was overjoyed at first, but then became nervous again.

If it was just like this, Professor Flitwick would not be so serious, there should be a turning point after this.

Sure enough, Professor Flitwick paused for a while and then continued: "But my old friend has one condition."

"What conditions?" Mike asked nervously, swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

Professor Flitwick was silent for a while after saying this, and the expression on his face gradually became a little awkward.

"Uh, you know that when I was young, I was a bit perverse, I didn't care about what I did, and I liked to show off, so I offended many people." Flitwick said, "The swordsmanship teacher I found for you, He lost to me back then, and I said some very outrageous things at that time, so he has always held a grudge."

"so what?"

"So he wants to fight again!" Flitwick's expression changed from embarrassment to seriousness, "But because he was injured for some reason before, he has become crippled now, so this time the duel will be between you and him." disciples, and only if you defeat his disciples, will he be willing to teach you."

Mike, who was a little nervous because of Professor Flitwick's serious expression, froze for a moment after hearing Flitwick's words, and then his body that had become a little tense due to nervousness relaxed, and patted his chest. Professor Flitwick said:
"Hey! I thought it was something! Isn't it a wizard duel? I will definitely win it for you! Don't forget that your student is the Hogwarts duel champion!"

However, Mike's chest-slapping assurance did not make the expression on Professor Flitwick's face relax, but became a little more serious, as if because of Mike's underestimation of the enemy, he was even more unfavorable to Mike.

Mike knew that something was wrong when he saw it, so he sat on the sofa opposite Flitwick and asked, "Could it be that the other party is very powerful, the kind of wizard who has been famous for a long time?"

"That's not true, the other party is only three years older than you, and should be the same age as Penello now." Flitwick said with a sigh, "But the other party's path is a bit strange, his cultivation system is completely different from yours and mine. .To be precise, what the other party is practicing should be a system that specifically restrains wizards and magical creatures."

Hearing this, Mike showed doubts on his face. During the two years since he came to the wizarding world, he has been absorbing the knowledge of the wizarding world. From his understanding, the most mainstream and powerful extraordinary cultivation system in the world is wizard.

Now suddenly there is an extraordinary system that specifically restrains wizards, which really makes him incomprehensible.

But then, Mike's pupils shrank suddenly.

Strictly speaking, he has indeed been exposed to another cultivation system, and the other party is indeed quite good at resisting magic, that is, the special mirror image holding a long sword in Ravenclaw's final trial, which only existed for a few minutes .

Speaking of the mirror image named Geralt, Mike was very impressed.

The opponent is really too powerful, with instant spells, exaggerated magic resistance and physical fitness, plus that gorgeous swordsmanship.To be honest, if Mike was not lucky enough and the other party only existed for a few minutes, Mike would have been beheaded to death by him.

Shaking his head, Mike temporarily threw this idea out of his mind. He hasn't even met the other person yet, so it's still too early to draw conclusions.

And even if the other party really followed Geralt's path, so what?
Even an opponent like Geralt can beat himself a few times, and the opponent is only in his teens. If he kills Mike, he doesn't believe that he can beat him.

After contemplating for a while, Mike regained his confidence, smiled confidently again and said to Professor Flitwick, "Don't worry, Professor, I won't lose!"

Seeing this, although Professor Flitwick was still a little worried, in order not to dampen Mike's enthusiasm, he still showed a smile on his face.

To be honest, he really didn't have much confidence in Mike this time. His old friend took the Godric-Gryffindor duel path, which is also the oldest kind, holding a sword in one hand and a sword in the other. The Ancient Dueling of Wands.

This duel method is very strong, but it has a lot of disadvantages.

First of all, he needs extremely high swordsmanship talent and great perseverance.

Needless to say about perseverance, practicing body and swordsmanship is much more difficult than practicing magic.And if you don't have talent, it's useless to rely on perseverance alone. In the end, you can only be half-baked. After all, the battle between wizards is mainly based on long-range artillery fire. You foolishly ran over with a long sword Be careful and you will be killed by a kite.

In addition, people who take this path also need a magic weapon.

Otherwise, even if you get close to the opponent and have a chance to shoot, but your weapon is too bad to cut through the opponent's armor, what's the use?
The population base of wizards is small, and there are even fewer people who are talented and willing to work hard to practice. In addition, during the goblin rebellion, goblins lost the technology to create magic-breaking silver swords, resulting in fewer and fewer good silver swords. So this genre gradually declined.

As for the old friend Professor Flitwick mentioned, although he had gained some fame in the international dueling circle of wizards by relying on the ancient dueling method with a wand in one hand and a long sword in the other hand, he defeated many powerful wizards.But that's mostly because this genre has been lost for a long time, and everyone is not very familiar with it. His own strength and talent are actually not strong, so he was quickly defeated after his way was figured out, and he became like Professor Flitwick is a stepping stone for such budding duelists.

But his apprentice was different. His apprentice was said to be a true genius who had already shown his strengths in the dueling circle. Most of the new generation of dueling wizards were not his opponents.

Mike, who was sitting opposite Professor Flitwick at the moment, saw a smile on Flitwick's face, and he relaxed a lot. After adjusting his sitting posture to make himself more comfortable, he asked, "Then what?" Where does the sword master live? Let's visit him sometime."

"Emmmm, actually...they are at my house now..."

The hand that Mike stretched out to help Flitwick pour water from the teapot suddenly froze in mid-air. He looked at Professor Flitwick in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe what he said.

"Phew! Let's put it this way, my old friend is a bit impatient. So he didn't choose to reply after receiving my letter, but directly brought his apprentice to the UK from the US." Flitwick The professor sighed and said, "I also met them today, so I came to your house non-stop to look for you."

Mike withdrew his hand to grab the teapot, and sat on the sofa in silence.

He didn't really feel that Flitwick said that he was a little short-tempered before. After all, there are too many people with short-tempered faces these days.

But what he didn't expect was that this old friend of Professor Flitwick's temper was so anxious that he rushed across the ocean from the United States to the United Kingdom as soon as he received the letter.

It seems that Professor Flitwick has a lot of grudges with his old friend.

What are the two major enemies in life?
The hatred of killing one's father and one's mother, and the hatred of taking one's wife away.

Looking at this posture, the hatred of killing father and mother is not enough, so is it the hatred of taking away his wife?
Immediately afterwards, Mike thought that the country he was in now was Britain, which is known as a corrupt country, so could it be because of love and hatred like Dumbledore and Grindelwald?
If this is the case, then everything makes sense. No wonder a person like Professor Flitwick who has both strength and money is not married yet. It turns out that it is...

Mike thought about it crazily, and his mind was full of words such as man who is difficult for others, men who are superior to men, and men who know men are superior, and the eyes he looked at Professor Flitwick became more and more strange.

And Professor Flitwick, who was opposite, obviously didn't notice the brainstorm in Mike's head. He sighed and greeted Mike to go with him to meet that old friend.

Ten minutes later, Mike and Professor Flitwick appeared at the door of Flitwick's house.

Professor Flitwick walked very slowly along the way, and the 5-minute distance was delayed by him for 10 minutes. Everyone could see that he was extremely repulsed to meet that old friend. Presumably, if it wasn't for Mike this time, he would Absolutely will not contact the other party.

Finally, Flitwick gritted his teeth and made up his mind, and pushed open his door.

What appeared in front of Mike was the living room of Flitwick's house. Mike was very familiar with this place. He had lived here for several months.

During that time, Mike's favorite thing to do was to lie on the huge sofa in the living room and read a book.

At this time, an old man with mottled and knotted hair and torn clothes was sitting on Mike's favorite sofa. He hadn't bathed for a long time.

Even though the old man was sitting on the soft sofa, his waist was still straight, his eyes were closed, and he looked like he was meditating with his eyes closed.

But Mike and Flitwick are both wizards, and they are still the kind of wizards with extremely powerful spiritual power.The stronger the mental strength, the stronger the five senses, so at this moment they could clearly hear the slight snoring from the old man's mouth and nose.

And beside the wine rack on the other side of the living room, a young man about 175 in height and dressed in the same style as the old man was staring at the top of the wine rack intently.

Mike originally thought he was studying the precious spirits on the wine rack, but after a closer look, he discovered that the boy's gaze was on a magic wall clock hanging above the wine rack.

The shape of this magic wall clock is the same as that of ordinary wall clocks. However, the dial and hands inside the wall clock are cursors made of pure magic power. This cursor can emit light, so people can see the time clearly at night. It's the electronic clock of the wizarding world.

It seems that the research was too engrossing, the boy didn't realize that Flitwick had brought Mike back.

So he slowly stretched out his hand to touch the wall clock, but because the wall clock was hanging too high, he climbed onto the wine rack.

Seeing this, Professor Flitwick finally couldn't bear it anymore, and coughed lightly to remind the two people in the room that the master has returned.

Flitwick's cough wasn't really loud, but it was heard by both people in the room.

The first is the old man sitting on the sofa. Almost the moment Flitwick coughed, Mike saw his slightly lowered head suddenly paused, and then turned his head to look at the door.

It was only at this moment that Mike could see the appearance of the old man clearly. This was an old man with a dark complexion and looked extremely old. Most importantly, this old man was missing an eyeball.

Generally, people who are blind in one eye will wear blindfolds, sunglasses and other decorations for the sake of appearance, but this old man is different, he does not have any decorations on his face.

His right eye is intact, and his sharp eyes give people a sharp feeling, but his left eye is hollow, and the sunken deep pit combined with wrinkled skin and long black and white mottled hair gives people a very strange feeling. good feeling.

In layman's terms, this guy is not a good person at first sight!
On the other side of the living room, the teenager who was climbing the wine rack was startled when he heard the sound of coughing. His body shook suddenly, he lost his balance and fell off the wine rack.

However, the boy with short dark brown hair forcibly adjusted his posture in mid-air without being able to borrow strength, and landed on the ground smoothly on one knee in a superhero-style action.

I have to say, his action is very handsome.

It's just that he was fine, but the wine rack suffered.

Driven by his movements, the huge wine rack tilted unexpectedly. Although it didn't fall completely, a lot of the wine on it still fell down.

Professor Flitwick's pupils shrank suddenly. The wine on the wine shelf was his collection for many years, and he was usually reluctant to drink it.

The boy also noticed the abnormality on the top of his head, jumped up again with a jerk, and the boy in mid-air stretched out his hands again and again, and took all the wine near him into his arms.

But after all, he is still a human being with only two hands, so he is still a caught fish instead of two bottles of wine.

Just when the wine bottle was about to fall to pieces, a crisp finger snap echoed in the living room.

Then I saw Lolo, the house elf of the Flitwick family, holding his right hand high in the gesture of snapping his fingers, while the two bottles of wine that should have been broken were floating in midair.

Seeing this, Professor Flitwick breathed a sigh of relief, and gave Luo Luo a thankful look, in exchange for Luo Luo's excited smile.

The young man also carefully put down the wine bottle in his arms, turned around and smiled embarrassedly at Professor Flitwick at the door, scratching his head.

But the moment he turned around, Mike's brows suddenly frowned.

Because, the boy's pupils turned out to be golden, and they were vertical pupils.

Just... like snake eyes...

(End of this chapter)