Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 252 Snape's Weakness
Mike looked at Peter Pettigrew with a flattering smile in front of him, completely ignoring the hand he was reaching out to him.

Before, he always thought that the transformation of Animagus was simply to turn people into some kind of animal. Now it seems that even this kind of mature human body transformation will have a certain degree of influence on the caster.

For example, Peter Pettigrew and Sirius Black in front of him.

Because Blake often maintains a dog form during this period, even now he still shows some movements exclusive to general animals, such as likes to use his nose to sniff others at every turn.

It was even worse for Peter, who had been in mouse form for more than ten years.

This makes him approach the mouse both in appearance and behavior.

'It seems that the risk assessment of Transfiguration has to be raised to another level. '

Thinking of this, Mike kicked away Peter who wanted to hug his thigh.

"Mr. Peter, can you explain why you are still alive?"

Fudge is obviously in a very good mood now, he squatted down with difficulty, examined Peter's hand carefully, and asked kindly after finding that his hand was indeed missing a finger.

Peter also clearly noticed the change in Fudge's mood at the moment, and quickly grabbed Fudge's windbreaker, and explained:
"Mr. Minister! It's great to see you again! I heard that you even awarded me the Medal of Merlin. Is this true? And my mother, how is she?"

"I'm sorry, your mother passed away shortly after your 'sacrifice'." Fudge broke Peter's hand away in disgust, and then took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, "Please answer my question, Peter. Why are you alive? Why are you here?"

"I was just afraid, afraid that You-Know-Who and his men would continue to hunt me down! So I hid!" Peter screamed. "By the way, Blake! That madman! Have you caught him yet?"

"It looks like you're not going to tell me the truth."

Fudge was very dissatisfied with Peter's answer, which was not at all the answer he needed.

But he didn't bother to write with Fudge anymore. There are special interrogators in the Auror army, so it's better to leave it to professionals to find the truth.

So he patted his hands after he finished speaking, and then the two Aurors escorted the crying Peter to the prison inside Hogwarts.

Yes, there are prisons inside Hogwarts.

This was originally the place where Hogwarts was used to imprison enemies at the beginning of its founding. After the war in the European magic world stopped, it became a place dedicated to punishing students who made mistakes. It was not completely abandoned until Dumbledore became the headmaster. .

However, it was abandoned, and the various facilities in the prison, including the instruments of torture, were well maintained.

It's all thanks to Filch, the Hogwarts Squib cleaner who's been looking forward to reopening the prison to punish the students who've been against him.

Now, half of Mr. Filch's wish was finally fulfilled. Although the students who were punished were not the ones who made mistakes, at least these things he carefully maintained were put to use.

When Mike and Fudge came to the prison, they saw that the Aurors were torturing Peter Pettigrew.

Their interrogation method is very simple, that is water boarding.

Hence the meaning of the name, waterboarding is the use of water to carry out the criminal law.

The interrogation subject is restrained to a slanted table with the subject's head low.

Then he covered his face with a wet towel, and poured water on the towel continuously.

The most painful way to die in the world is drowning, and this criminal law can make the prisoner feel the feeling of drowning without taking his life, thus forcing the prisoner to feel the pain that life is worse than death .

This criminal law is very useful, but in fact wizards have better interrogation methods.

Like Veritaserum and Cruciatus.

But the former will make the interrogator mentally retarded, and obviously cannot be used on people like Peter who are not yet sure whether they are criminals.

The latter is one of the three Unforgivable Curses, and it is the most notorious one. Of course, law enforcers like them cannot use it.

As for Legilimency, unless it is a legendary wizard who has reached the level of Dumbledore, it can only be used in interrogation to obtain some memory fragments, which is not very effective.

The ice-cold water was poured on Peter's face at an extremely slow speed, but it caused him great pain. He screamed miserably, but because his face was still covered with a wet towel, other people could only hear some muffled words. ring.

It was these muffled noises that made Black, who was imprisoned in the next cell, extremely excited.

He kept banging on the iron door of the prison, and yelled some strange voices that were inhuman.

The guard at the side probably thought he was too noisy, so he whipped him in the face.

A deep bloodstain instantly appeared on Black's face, and fine blood beads kept oozing out of it, which was very painful at first glance.

But Black seemed to have no pain at all, sticking out his tongue to lick the blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, and then became even more excited.

Fudge obviously wasn't used to this kind of scene, he turned his head away in disgust, and at the same time covered Mike's eyes with his hands, and said:
"Oh, Merlin! Stop it, how can you use such a rough method!?"

The guards in the prison curled their lips when they heard this. These are basic operations for them, and every prisoner they catch suffers like this.

Minister Fudge knows all about this!
However, although they kept complaining in their hearts, they all stopped their movements after seeing Mike whose eyes were covered by Fudge.

"Mike, there is no need for you to come down with me. You are a good boy, and you are destined to have a bright future in the future. Be good, go up and find your classmates to play."

Fudge said to Mike in a calming child's tone, he really had a headache for Mike, wouldn't it be good to just stay up there?Why do you have to follow yourself all the way?
However, Mike was obviously not ready to give up just like that. He pulled away Fudge's fat hand and asked:
"What are you going to do with Black and Lupine?"

Fudge heard the words and turned to look at the guards wearing iron masks. Seeing that they shook their heads, he said to Mike:

"Peter is still unwilling to confess, so I plan to transfer him, Black, and Lupine to the Ministry of Magic for the next interrogation as soon as possible. There are still too few tools here."

When Fudge said that there were too few tools here, Peter, who was lying on the table like a dead dog, suddenly struggled violently again, but then, a pair of big hands wearing dragon leather gloves covered his mouth.

Fudge glanced at him before continuing:

"But you don't have to worry. Please trust us. With the ability of our Ministry of Magic, we will soon investigate the truth of the matter. If the matter is really what you said, then we will return Black to his innocence."

"In that case, I'm counting on you."

Mike thanked him, bid farewell to Fudge, and left the gloomy prison.

And shortly after he left, Peter's screams of pain sounded again in the prison.

When Mike came to the auditorium again, Harry was sitting in a corner sullenly, while Hermione on the side kept comforting him.

The curious Mike immediately stepped forward to ask what happened.

Harry obviously didn't want to talk about it, and Hermione just poured it all out.

It turned out that the Christmas present Harry had received this morning: the Firebolt had been taken away.

"Don't be unhappy. I have already asked Professor McGonagall. The Firebolt was not given by her at all. A gift of unknown origin like this must be used to harm you! Think about it! When you used that Firebolt to go up to the sky, it suddenly lost control, and then you fell down and turned into a pulp..."

Facing Hermione's persuasion, Harry's lips twitched. Although he didn't speak, his disdain was beyond words.

Mike knew what Harry was going to say. He had received an Invisibility Cloak in the first grade, which was his father's relic, one of the three Deathly Hallows.

Although it was also a gift of unknown origin, there had never been any accidents in Harry's hands for so long.

With Hermione's EQ, she obviously didn't notice Harry's dissatisfaction, she continued:

"You don't have to worry too much, those Aurors just took your Firebolt away for investigation, and they will return it to you after the investigation is complete!"

"Hey! You are so naive, Miss Know-It-All!"

An annoying voice came, and the three turned their heads to find that Malfoy was looking at them arrogantly.

"The Firebolt is the work with the highest level of alchemy today. It is easy to disassemble something of this level, but it is very difficult to reinstall it. I am afraid you will only get a bunch of fragments by then! Scarhead Potter!"

Hermione and Harry glared at Malfoy.

But Malfoy completely ignored their cannibalistic eyes, looked at Mike maliciously and said:

"Professor Snape wants you to come to his office, Townley!"

After that, Malfoy laughed twice and left the auditorium with his two followers.

"Snape must be looking for you!" Hermione said.

"Yeah, that old bat is the worst!" Harry echoed, "By the way, do you know what happened today? Why are there so many Aurors in Hogwarts?"

Mike smiled smartly, made a victory gesture to Harry and Hermione and said, "Don't worry, he can't do anything to me. I will explain the rest to you slowly when I come back."

Then he left the auditorium under the worried eyes of Harry and Hermione.

The furnishings in Snape's office were the same as when Mike came last time, all kinds of bottles and specimens made the place look very eerie.

It's just that the only difference from the last time I came was that there was still a furious Snape in the office at this moment.

Just as Mike stepped into the office, a slender hand poked him in front of him. If he hadn't raised his head in time, he would have been directly poked to death by it.

Then Snape's angry voice came over.

"give me!"

Mike took a step back, straightened his collar and said:

"I don't know what you're talking about, Professor Snape."

"You know! You thief! Give me back what I stole from my storage room!"

Mike curled his lips. If he returned the Half-Blood Prince's note to you, wouldn't he also admit that I stole something from you?
Then you still have to punish me for confinement?

Thinking of this, Mike decided to continue playing stupid.

"Professor Snape, you can't slander me, I've never stolen anything." Mike picked out his ears, and then made another movement of flicking earwax away.

Snape was furious when he heard the words, grabbed Mike by the collar, pressed it to Mike's ear, and said in a voice suppressing his anger:
"Don't play dumb with me! Since you have mastered the magic, you must have got that thing!"

"Oh, I learned the Shadowless Curse from a Potions textbook I picked up. Is this book yours?" Mike smiled meaningfully, "But the owner's signature on that textbook It’s about the Half-Blood Prince, are you the Half-Blood Prince?”

The expression on Snape's face froze, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Mike broke free from Snape's big hand.

"That Half-Blood Prince is simply the most talented wizard I've ever seen! I tried to make some simple potions according to his notes, and found that his recipes were even better than those in the textbook!" Mike pretended Said, "It's just that he is a bit too high school, and he even named himself the Half-Blood Prince!"

Snape was a little guilty, and instinctively wanted to echo Mike's words to prove that he was not the half-blood prince.

But he reacted immediately after seeing Mike's beating expression that contained a teasing look.

fk!This kid already knew I was a Half-Blood Prince, and now he's just humiliating me!

"Fuchsia!"

Snape shot angrily, but Mike, who had been vigilant for a long time, easily blocked it with his wand.

"Wow! Professor Snape, you actually attacked the students for no reason!" Mike said exaggeratedly, "What about the quality and upbringing of your teacher?"

"Don't talk nonsense! I'm going to kill you brat today!"

Snape felt that he was about to explode with anger. At this moment, he had already decided that even if all his past in secondary school was exposed, he would severely teach this nasty kid in front of him a lesson he would never forget.

And Mike and even Snape had been pushed to the limit by him, so he quickly confessed:

"Stop! I'll give it back to you!"

Snape just lowered his half-raised wand.

"It's just that you have to give me your other notes. You need the lower grades. I can't read them because they are too advanced."

Snape's wand was raised again.

"Don't! Even if you're not afraid of others knowing about the half-blood prince, aren't you afraid of being known about the snot-nosed man?"

Snape's hands froze again.

Mike was relieved when he saw this, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said:

"I know everything about your past from Black and Lupine. To be honest, I still admire you. The poor boy who was once bullied has become a world-famous master of potions, while the rich second-generation who once bullied you Dead dead, useless, useless, what is this? This is a dick's counterattack!"

"Shut up! What the hell are you trying to say!"

"I want knowledge, as long as you can give me knowledge, I will keep a secret for you!" Mike said seriously, "Think about it, if Harry finds out about you and his mother, what will he think of you ? How will your students laugh at you in private when they know about your past?"

(End of this chapter)