Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 253 The end of the holiday
In the Room of Response, Mike and others were sitting around a round table, carefully looking through the notes provided by Snape.

Everyone studied very seriously, and the room was quiet except for the sound of pages turning and the occasional crackling sound of burning candles.

In the confrontation between Mike and Snape not long ago, Mike finally won.

After Snape took back his Secondary [-] notebook, he took out several textbooks again, which were densely filled with many notes, and in many places, the original content in the textbooks was directly written out and then rewritten.

It seemed that Professor Snape was very disdainful of the content in the Potions textbook.

It's just that the quality of these textbooks is quite new compared to the Half-Blood Prince's textbooks, and the handwriting on them is also very different from the Half-Blood Prince's textbooks.

So these should all be written by Snape later.

Moreover, Mike could tell from the contents of these textbooks that these were actually Snape's personal lesson preparation materials and research materials.

This is a bit powerful.

Snape was able to improve many high-level potions including Felix Elixir when he was a teenager. Now that he is middle-aged, it goes without saying how much his personal research data will be?

What's more, because of Mike's request, the range of materials provided by Snape is from Grade 1 to Grade 5. These things plus Snape, a senior professor's professional lesson preparation materials, Mike and others can fully understand .

This led to a geometric coefficient increase in the potion level of Mike and others.

In addition, Mike also plans to rely on these materials to open a potion factory, specializing in the manufacture of these high-quality potions.

Of course, the establishment of the factory still needs a long-term plan, at least it needs to be certified by the Ministry of Magic for pharmaceutical production.

Among those present who were studying such a precious document, in addition to the three original members of the Freemasonry, there were also three new members, the Weasley Brothers and Soraka.

Mike held a swearing-in ceremony for the three of them as soon as the Christmas holiday ended, and after the ceremony, several people began to study the materials non-stop.

Regarding these materials, Soraka was the happiest to read, this perverted medical girl who disemboweled herself even regretted not joining the Freemasonry earlier.

You must know that wizard medicine is a complex technology that combines healing spells, potions and herbalism, so the significance of this Snape's information to Soraka far exceeds that of everyone present.

On the other hand, in the first few days after Black and others were taken away by Fudge, there was no news, which made Mike think that something unexpected happened to his plan.

Fortunately, on the fourth day, public opinion in the wizarding community exploded.

All the media, including the Daily Prophet, are scrambling to report on this incident. Among them, the official mainstream media, the Daily Prophet, is quite restrained. It only speculates and hints about the truth about Black, saying that Black has been arrested. We can rest assured that there is no outright statement of Black's innocence.

But other tabloids don't care about that much.

The gossip media, mainly "The Quibbler", which has been acquired by Mike, has fully reflected the nature of the so-called stinky media in a 'democratic' society, and began to use various extreme speculations to whitewash Blake from various aspects. and attack the Ministry of Magic.

Among them, "The Quibbler" has gone too far, and his title on this matter is directly named:

"The Incompetent Ministry of Magic!A hero who has survived for more than ten years in front of the dementors! "

Throughout this article, there is no substantive evidence at all to prove that Black is innocent, and there are only mockery and ridicule at the Ministry of Magic's incompetence.

But it was just such a bullshit report that doubled the sales of "The Quibbler" that week!
Mike is not surprised by this at all. He has seen this kind of thing too much in his previous life. Readers and viewers don’t need any rationale in your article at all. They just need an opportunity to release their long-standing hatred for the Ministry of Magic. dissatisfied.

To put it bluntly, they themselves want to criticize the Ministry of Magic, and this article is just an excuse.

Coupled with some spectators who voted with their feet, the two topics of the truth of the Black case and the incompetent Ministry of Magic became the biggest melons that people can eat recently.

As a result of such a great pressure of public opinion, Professor Lupine, who was a 'Blake's party', was released that night.

This made the Hogwarts students cheer, but also disappointed Snape.

The students could no longer stand Snape's teaching methods, and this guy's class would only let them learn about werewolves.

And because the knowledge of werewolves is the content near the end of the textbook, it is relatively advanced, so it has caused a situation where many people can't learn it at all.

But Snape insisted on going his own way, and even assigned a lot of homework, all of which made the students miserable.

To be honest, Mike thinks that Lupine's teaching level is actually the same, but how to say?

It all depends on the peers!

Mike is not at all surprised by the Ministry of Magic's approach. Under many deliberate exaggerations in modern times, the law has become justice in the hearts of the people!

But actually?
As long as you search for the word "law" using any search engine on the Internet, you can see from its entries that "the law is a tool to truly maintain rule".

According to this theory, most of the time, public opinion is absolutely greater than justice.

In the current situation where the whole society is supporting Black, even if Black is really guilty, he will not be punished in any way.

No way, the public opinion is so.

Even Mike thinks that the Ministry of Magic did not declare Black innocent immediately after the explosion of public opinion, which is the result of poor Mr. Barty Crouch's hard work.

In fact, this is exactly the case, Fudge has not been idle these few days.

Peter Pettigrew didn't last long at all under the even more horrific torture by the professional interrogators of the Ministry of Magic to reveal the whole truth.

Fudge, the Minister of Magic, is lacking in other aspects of ability, but he is really good!In terms of true knowledge struggle, he is definitely at the professional level.

In the past few days, Fudge has used this incident as an opportunity to attack Barty Crouch many times, and asked Barty Sr. to retire.

And old Barty is not jealous either, he has accumulated a lot of contacts in the high-level of the Ministry of Magic for so many years, and relying on these contacts, he managed to survive in this adversity, which led to the fact that the matter was faintly turned into a big one. The trend of trifling.

Although Fudge's original goal has been achieved at this point, Fudge is not satisfied. He wants to make old Batty have no future!
Ever since, public opinion exploded under the impetus of a big hand.

Mike believed that Batty Sr. was really screwed this time.

If this happened, even if he didn't plead guilty and retire, at least his position as director would not be secure.

"Jingling, beeping, beeping..."

A live oriole suddenly flew out of the magic clock in the Room of Requirement. The oriole sang a magical tone and flew around the round table where Mike and the others were. Back to the clock again.

Hearing that Mike and the others also put down the textbooks in their hands, they walked out of the Response Room and came to the auditorium, talking and laughing.

At this time, the Christmas holiday is over, and the auditorium has resumed its usual bustle.

It's just that in this auditorium full of joy, the rescue trio headed by Harry looked very depressed.

Harry and Ron sat side by side, staring at the empty plate in unison, as if they were waiting for the teleportation magic to transfer the food in the kitchen to the plate, but from their eyes like dead fish eyes You will be able to find that they are completely in a daze.

Both of them knew the truth about Black and Peter's incident through Mike and various newspapers, and this incident hit them too hard.

Ron couldn't accept that his cute mouse Scabbers turned out to be Peter Pettigrew. Thinking of how many times he slept with a middle-aged greasy uncle over the years, he even kissed it...

Then seeing the disgusting and hideous photos of Peter published in the newspaper, Ron lost his appetite at all, and he even felt very nauseous.

The situation on Harry's side was not optimistic either.

First of all, the most important point is that his Firebolt is finished. Malfoy really told the truth. The group of Aurors didn't have the ability to restore the Firebolt at all. What was returned to Harry was just a pile of fragments!
If that's all there is to it.

The key is that Mike also told him the truth.

Blake, the villain whom he cursed countless times, turned out to be a good person?My best friend Ron, his pet mouse turned out to be the one who killed my parents?

Not only that, but Blake is actually my godfather?Even this Firebolt was actually a Christmas present from him?
Wait, things turned a little hastily, and Harry said that I couldn't react at all.

And not far from the two of them, Hermione, who had dark circles around her eyes, her face was pale and even her hairline seemed to have raised a little bit, was holding a dictionary-like law book and reading it seriously, and from time to time Will take out a pen to make a note.

In order to help Hagrid fight the lawsuit, it can be said that she spent her life studying during this period of time. The Christmas vacation that could have been a good rest was used to study law.

As a result, her body has gradually become overwhelmed due to long-term lack of adequate rest.

It's a pity that what she did was completely useless in Mike's view.

Because she, like many people, did not understand the essence of the law at all.

When Mike came in front of the three of them, what he saw was such a scene. Harry and the others didn't even notice Mike's arrival.

Mike didn't care about it either. He beckoned, and Franklin put a cage with an owl on the table in front of Ron.

This owl was specially selected by Mike, so it is extremely handsome. With its gray and brown feathers and those big sharp eyes, it looks even more handsome than Harry's owl.

The appearance of such an owl in front of Ron's eyes naturally drew his attention back.

I saw Ron's originally slack pupils condensed again, staying on the owl for a while and then falling on Mike.

Seeing Ron's mouth wide open as if he had never seen the world, Mike smiled slightly and said:

"This is for you, do you like it?"

As soon as this remark came out, Ron's eyes lit up immediately, and he stood up and asked excitedly:

"Really?"

"Of course, I'm sorry for what happened to Scabbers." Mike said sincerely, "So this little guy is my apology, and I hope it can make you happy again."

There were faint tears in Ron's eyes. He hadn't used any new things since he was a child. No matter what he wore or used, they were all second-hand goods replaced by his brothers. Even the mouse Scabbers were eliminated by his brothers. down.

He really felt that Mike was a really nice guy.

Seeing Ron feeling speechless, Mike didn't say much. He patted him on the shoulder and turned his attention to Harry.

At this moment, Harry's mood became tense, and he even had some expectations in his heart.

You must know that Mike is a local tyrant now, so will he take out another Firebolt and give it to himself?

Harry felt a little ashamed at the thought.

I shouldn't think so. Although Mike is rich, he is not obliged to give him such an expensive gift for free. The damage of the Firebolt has nothing to do with him.

"Harry, I also have good news for you." Mike said, "You should already know that Black is your godfather, right? In fact, he should come out soon, so you don't have to worry about your fire." Crossbow Arrow is sad, he will definitely give you another one when he comes out.

oh!Don't worry about money for him, as long as you inquire a little, you will know how long the history of the Black family is. As the only remaining direct heir of this family, Sirius has more gold Galleons than can be used up in this lifetime . "

After Mike finished speaking, he stopped looking at Harry's somewhat complicated expression, and turned to look at Hermione.

Although Hermione was still reading at the moment, what happened to Mike just now still attracted her attention.

Out of curiosity, she instinctively glanced at Mike. She thought she would not be discovered, but unexpectedly, she was caught by Mike at this moment.

In a hurry, Hermione could only continue to pretend that she was reading a book, but her trembling hands had already betrayed her heart.

'Will Mike give me something too? '

As she thought about it, she realized that Mike had come to her and placed a long box in front of her.

"I noticed you started wearing necklaces, Hermione." Mike opened the box, and saw a gleaming gold necklace inside, "But let me tell you, the one you're wearing now really matches the necklace." Your temperament doesn't match, so I prepared this for you."

Hermione instinctively touched the chain around her neck.

She is very clear that the pendant hanging around her neck is not an ornament at all, but a time converter!
'Mike knows?No?This is impossible! '

Hermione was screaming crazily in her heart. You must know that Professor McGonagall had made an agreement with her. If someone else knew the existence of the Time Converter, then she would take back this treasure.

However, the next moment Mike stuck to her ear and whispered:

"It's better to use the Time Converter less. This thing achieves its effect by overdrawing your life. The most important thing you should do now is to take a good rest. To be honest, you look terrible now."

(End of this chapter)