Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 449 The Professor's Invitation

After finishing the negotiations with the Muggle Prime Minister, Mike ushered in the Hogwarts school season.

When he and Franklin stood again at the bustling nine and three-quarters station with their luggage, it felt like a world away.

He did too many things this summer, especially the contract he signed with the Muggle Prime Minister at the end, which directly blew up the Freemasonry.

Most of the people headed by Franklin were extremely happy.

After all, Mike has won them exaggerated privileges, which means that regardless of their previous family background, their family can live a good life for a while.

But there are still a few people who expressed concern about this matter.

Because this is simply treating the International Wizarding Secrecy Act as non-existent, and this organization will definitely come to the door afterward.

Mike sneered at this completely. At this stage, all wizards are terrified of Voldemort's raging country. Even with the courage of the International Federation of Wizards, the other party would not dare to step here again.

Thinking of this, a hint of sarcasm appeared on Mike's face.

Franklin on the side said a little strangely:

"Mike, are you okay? The train is about to leave, let's go up."

Hearing this, Mike immediately restrained his expression, nodded and walked quickly ahead of Hogwarts.

There were a lot of people on the platform, and everyone was trying their best to squeeze towards the entrance of the train, fearing that they might not catch up with the departure of the train, and they didn't know what they were doing earlier.

But when Mike appeared in front of them, they unanimously got out of the way, respectfully sent Mike into the car, and then continued the previous congestion.

This scene made many freshmen look surprised. It was hard for them to imagine that those seniors with grim faces would treat a person with such respect.

"Mike, everyone respects you."

Franklin said with a smile, but Mike shook his head with a smile.

Due to age issues, many senior members of Freemasonry and Mutual Aid Society, including Benjamin, have graduated. Before Franklin came, he had been worrying whether their influence in Hogwarts would be affected by this, but now it seems that , Mike's reputation not only has not been affected, but has even become wider.

Because Mike was going to enter the prefect's car as a prefect, Mike and Franklin separated and walked to the prefect's car alone.

Everyone on the road is paying attention to him respectfully, and many bold people will come up directly to greet him every day.

Mike was a little tired of this, and couldn't help but quicken his pace, wanting to enter the prefect's office to get rid of these annoying flies.

But things obviously wouldn't go so smoothly. When he stepped into the prefect's carriage, everyone in the carriage except Slytherin stood up and looked at Mike with excitement.

"Mike, you're here!"

"You finally came!"

"Senior Tangley!"

……

The dense greetings surrounded Mike in an instant, and Mike could only squeeze out a smile and respond to everyone over and over again.

Fortunately, the prefects of the three major colleges are not fools with single-digit EQ. They didn't pester Mike and quickly returned to their positions.

It's just that the eyes they looked at Mike were still hot.

Of course, not everyone likes Mike.

After Mike sat down, he turned his gaze to Slytherin, where Draco, who replaced Chris as prefect, was sitting side by side with Pansy, looking at Mike indignantly.

And perhaps aware of Mike's gaze, they quickly turned their gazes to the side again.

Seeing this kind of behavior, Mike wanted to laugh a little. Compared with Chris, Draco was really far behind.

"Mike, have you read the report of the Daily Prophet called "The Savior"?"

A somewhat unfamiliar voice came, and Mike turned his head to look, and saw a familiar-looking blonde girl wearing a Ravenclaw school robe, who should be the new Ravenclaw prefect, looking at him with a flushed face .

"Of course, I read every issue of the Daily Prophet."

Mike said with a smile.

He knew exactly what the girl was going to say.

The cause of the incident was a report in the Daily Prophet in August, which made some speculations about the prophecy between Harry Potter and Voldemort, and proposed that since Harry Potter was able to defeat Voldemort when he was an infant , so now he can still save the country's magic world again.

It’s fine if it’s just like this. After all, people who understand the truth understand that this group of people in the Daily Prophet can only talk nonsense, and everyone just laughed and let it go.

But the problem is that the Daily Prophet broke an explosive news in order to prove his point of view is correct.

That was the battle in the Ministry of Magic at the end of June, in which it was Harry Potter who defeated the Death Eaters and Voldemort.

The people were dubious about this matter. After all, the troops of the Ministry of Magic were not vegetarians. They were more willing to believe that those powerful Aurors defeated Voldemort than a young wizard who was not yet an adult.

Everyone is waiting for the Ministry of Magic to release a statement to refute the rumors, but what is surprising is that the Ministry of Magic did not even fart in such a situation!

This incident gave the people great confidence, and everyone made Harry Potter the hope of defeating Voldemort, and gave him the title of "Star of Hope".

It stands to reason that Harry Potter should be treated like a hero no matter where he goes, and in fact it is, but it is different at Hogwarts.

As personal experiencers of the night attack on the Ministry of Magic, many people have a deep understanding of this incident, and they are also very clear that the biggest contributor to that action should be Mike and all of them.

Harry Potter now takes all the credit for himself, which is undoubtedly a thief's act in everyone's eyes!

Ever since, a boycott campaign against Harry Potter began, and Mike could almost imagine it. Except for a few buddies like Ron and Hermione, the rest of the people, no matter how good their relationship with Harry was before, are afraid now. It wouldn't make Harry look good either, let alone the others.

What Mike expected was not bad at all. When Mike said that he had read the report, the little face of the Ravenclaw female prefect flushed and said angrily:

"Harry Potter is a thief, he stole your honor!"

The girl was very excited, but Mike just smiled lightly.

He didn't take this matter to heart, after all, he already had enough honors, and besides, this kind of honor had no effect on him other than attracting the attention of Death Eaters and Voldemort. Harry gave it to Harry, and let him help him attract attention.

On the contrary, he looked down on the Daily Prophet, the Ministry of Magic, and even those who pushed Harry to the position of "star of hope".

Facing a strong enemy, they not only tried their best to defend their homeland, but even expected an underage child to defeat the strong enemy!
This kind of behavior made Mike feel sick!

But Mike doesn't care, but it doesn't mean that others don't care either.

As soon as that girl's words were spoken, everyone in the carriage was gc'd. Everyone, even the senior seniors in Gryffindor, scolded Harry Potter for stealing them. Kudos to everyone.

On the contrary, the people of Slytherin did not participate in this criticism, they just looked at everyone with a sneer, quite a feeling of laughing at a dog biting a dog.

Ron and Hermione in the crowd blushed when they saw this, and trembled with anger, finally participated in the scolding battle and spoke out for Harry.

It's just that their strength is too weak. Facing the conquest of so many people, their voices are easily drowned out.

Hermione was so anxious that she was about to shed tears, but Pansy, Draco and the others on the Slytherin side laughed even louder when they saw this.

Mike just watched with cold eyes. The previous conversation with the Muggle Prime Minister made him understand one thing. The masses are always forgetful. If you want to erase something, the best way to deal with it is to deal with it coldly. And go in, maybe things will make more trouble, and the longer it will stay in people's minds.

However, at this moment, a snow-white envelope got in from the door of the prefect's carriage, which was not considered a secret room, and floated into Mike's hand.

The other people in the car also saw this scene, and they all stopped and quarreled at the same time, staring at Mike intently.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Mike opened the envelope and saw clearly written on it.

Mr Mike Townley:

I would be very happy if you could have lunch with me in box c.

your faithful
Professor Sgrahorn.

Mike's brows twitched. It seemed that Professor Sgrahorn was very confident that he must know his identity, so he didn't mark his new Potions Professor's identity on this letter at all.

And looking at Mike's expression, everyone's curiosity was also aroused.

Especially those Ravenclaw prefects sitting next to Mike, they have been restraining themselves from peeking at the contents of Mike's letter out of politeness, which is not a good feeling.

The Ravenclaw girl who talked to Mike before probably felt that her previous behavior had won Mike's favor, so she boldly asked:

"Senior Townley, what's written on it?"

"It's nothing." Mike generously handed the envelope to everyone for them to read in turn. "It's just an invitation, sent by the new potions professor."

Everyone circulated the invitation, and after seeing Professor Slughorn's autograph on it, their admiration for Mike deepened.

Most of the seniors sitting here have some strength in their families. Most of them have already heard from their parents and elders about the character of this famous potion world leader who likes to curry favor with powerful and famous people.And now the other party sent an invitation to Mike before he even arrived at Hogwarts. This impatient behavior just showed how extraordinary Mike was.

And at this moment, several more letters came in, and they fell into the hands of the girl sitting next to Mike and a Slytherin boy respectively.

However, Draco and Pansy were not included.

This made the faces of the two people not very good-looking, while muttering something that Mike couldn't hear, they were secretly watching the door of the carriage from the corner of their eyes.

It's a pity that the letters in this carriage seem to have been delivered, and everyone waited for ten minutes without seeing any other letters flying in.

Seeing this, Draco's complexion became even darker.

But the girl next to Mike was very happy. She jumped up and took Mike's hand and said excitedly:

"It's getting late, let's go, Senior Tangli!"

"Ok, no problem."

Mike readily agreed, and walked out of the car first, but he shook off the girl's hand calmly.

The girl looked a little disappointed, but quickly adjusted her mood and continued to follow Mike's footsteps.

After Mike and the girl left, the entire carriage became silent. The Slytherin boy who received the invitation looked at the time and said righteously:

"Draco, don't worry, something must have happened to your invitation. I'll ask Professor Slughorn for you now."

Hearing that Draco had black lines on his face, he said angrily:
"Go, go! It's just an invitation from a bad old man, I don't want to go yet!"

However, the Slytherin boy didn't listen to Draco's words at all, and left the carriage without looking back.

Seeing this, everyone in the car burst into laughter, and Draco's face also turned red.

Mike knew nothing about the farce in the carriage. At this moment, he was walking with the Ravenclaw girl on the way to box C.

The girl is a very talkative person, and obviously has a crush on Mike.

Ever since, Mike learned a lot of information about her from her.

For example, her name is Emma Walker, the only daughter of the Walker family.

Another example is that her family is engaged in beauty and hairdressing products, focusing on the low-end market. Many famous low-end magic cosmetics on the market are produced by her family.

Since then, Mike has probably understood why she has such great hostility towards Harry.

The fact that Harry stole everyone's honor is probably just an excuse, and the main reason is probably because Harry's grandfather invented the hairdresser.

This cheap and easy-to-use hairdressing product has hit the Walker family's business very hard.

They are feuds!

Mike and Emma walked into carriage C talking and laughing. At the moment, only a chubby old man was sitting in this huge carriage.

With a gleaming bald head, walrus-like beard and a big belly, he looks festive.

"Good afternoon, Professor Slughorn."

Mike and Emma said hello with a smile.

Only then did the latter discover the two of them, and quickly stood up with a smile, and greeted warmly:
"Oh! It's Mike and Emma! You are No.1, come and sit down."

The corner of Mike's mouth curled into a smile, and Shi Shiran sat down opposite Slughorn.

Today, he wanted to see what kind of medicine this old man Gourd was selling.

(End of this chapter)