Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 485 Bird Taming
Slughorn looked across the crowd again to the entrance of the auditorium, and this time, a familiar figure appeared in his vision.

It's Mike!
Slughorn was shocked, and he stuffed the goblet in his hand into the arms of a boy next to him, and then greeted Mike with a smile on his face.

Everything he did today was to be able to communicate with Mike. After all, what Mike showed was really amazing, which led Slughorn to directly put Mike in a very high position.

Slughorn opened his hands as he walked, as if he wanted to hug Mike, and at the same time muttered something like you are finally here.

But as soon as he got close to Mike, Slughorn's body froze, and at the same time the gentle smile on his face stiffened.

"Good evening, Professor Slughornhorn."

Mike nodded and greeted the other party very politely.

On the other hand, Slughorn's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and the corners of his mouth were constantly twitching, as if his muscles had stiffened from laughing for too long.

After a while, Slughorn stammered and said:
"Late... good evening, Mike."

Mike chuckled, passed Slughorn and walked towards the center of the auditorium, but at this time Slughorn let out a long sigh of relief.

He took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his brow tremblingly.

Although Mike was smiling just now, there was no smile in his azure blue eyes, instead, they were cold and without any kindness.

It's an indescribable feeling to be stared at by those eyes, it's like... as if you will be eaten by the other party in the next moment!
Slughorn shuddered, remembering those blue eyes.

Turning his head and looking at Mike's back, Slughorn secretly made up his mind that he must not get too close to Mike in the future, as long as he maintains the current relationship.

This guy Mike is definitely not a kind person. It's better not to get too close to such a person.

Caution, that's Slughorn's secret to survival!

While Slughorn was thinking about it, Mike had already arrived at the very center of the auditorium.

Without him making a sound, everyone in the auditorium fell silent, staring at the blond boy in the center of the auditorium with piercing eyes.

"Everyone, you have worked hard."

Mike's voice was not loud, but it reached the ears of everyone present.

A burst of deafening applause erupted in the auditorium. Looking at the formation, it seemed that Mike had given a heart-warming speech just now.

The corner of Mike's mouth raised, and he raised his right hand, and then the whole auditorium became quiet again.

He looked around, looked at the expectant faces around him, and continued:
"This time, everyone who participated in the operation will receive a bonus of 10 Galleons. You can go to Franklin to collect it tomorrow. Then I will take my leave first. I wish you all a pleasant night."

After all, Mike walked out of the auditorium without looking back, and behind him, there was another burst of cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

Mike is definitely a good boss. This is almost the consensus of everyone present. He doesn't talk about ideals at all. Instead, he stuffs money when they meet. You know, ten Galleons is their salary for a whole week. Such a boss is not a good boss. , so what is it?
For a while, the atmosphere of the banquet in the auditorium became even more heated. If this momentum continued, they might have to go all night.

And Mike left the auditorium and walked into the darkness again.

At this time, there was no smile on his face, but only endless chill.

The behavior of the man behind Clark really angered him, but it also made Mike confirm one thing, that is, apart from him and Voldemort, there is indeed a third-party force on the field right now.

This made Mike have to rethink his next plan. After all, the third-party force was obviously hiding in the dark and waiting to become a fisherman.

"Mike!"

Hermione's slightly anxious voice suddenly came from behind, Mike stopped in his footsteps, then put a smirk on his face again and turned back to ask:

"Hermione, is that you?"

"Of course it's me!" Hermione came up to Mike panting, "Whoa! You ran so fast, I almost missed it!"

"Sorry, what can you do for me?"

While Mike was talking, he looked towards the light again, where Harry and Ron were running wildly.

"How is the assassin named Clark now?" Hermione said cautiously, "Or, what are you going to do with him?"

"You are..."

Before Mike finished speaking, Hermione continued:
"I think you should not lynch him, but hand him over to the Ministry of Magic and let the law sanction him. This is the most correct choice!"

In the darkness, the smile on Mike's face gradually disappeared. He pursed his lips and continued to say in that gentle tone:

"He almost killed me."

"I know, I'm sad and angry about this too!" Hermione said excitedly, "But..."

"Nothing but!"

Ron's voice suddenly came from behind Hermione. He and Harry grabbed Hermione's arm and covered Hermione's mouth.

"Don't worry about it, Mike." Ron continued, "Hermione wants to work in the Ministry of Magic after graduation, so she has read a lot of books on this topic recently, and people who read them are a little silly."

Mike nodded at Ron. He has changed a bit towards Ron now, and the other party's EQ may not be as low as it appears on the surface.

There was also a smile on Ron's face, but the smile on his face didn't last long before it became distorted, and finally opened his mouth wide and started screaming.

"what!"

Ron yanked away the hand covering Hermione, and there were still two rows of deep tooth marks on it at the moment.

"Mike, listen to my advice, hand Clark over to the law for trial, otherwise you will be in trouble... woo woo woo!"

Before Hermione finished speaking, Harry on the side covered her mouth again.

"Hiss! Mike, you should go back first." Ron covered his hands and gasped, "Let's deal with it here."

Mike nodded and disappeared into the darkness without speaking.

He is also in a bad mood now, and doesn't want to continue talking with Harry and the others.

As for Hermione, it was impossible for Mike not to be angry. Although the other party's actions were not wrong, they were certainly inappropriate.

This is like you picked up a priceless antique, and then someone persuaded you to exchange pennants.

But it's not enough to say how angry it is, after all, they have been friends for such a long time, and Hermione has such a personality, and she is still young, so it is understandable.

……

The next day, when the students who got up early came to the auditorium, what caught their eyes was a messy venue and students all over the floor.

These people really had a carnival last night.

This made Professor McGonagall's nose crooked. Not long ago, there was such a big chaos at Hogwarts. Now that he has just gotten a little angry, someone started to openly do these things again?

This is simply challenging their authority!

Must be severely punished!
Otherwise, you will not be able to convince the public!

As a result, the hourglass of the four colleges that had just acquired some gems was emptied again.

And all students who spent the night in the auditorium received a seven to 7-day confinement.

On this day, the sky outside Hogwarts was cloudy, as if it would rain cats and dogs at any moment, and this weather was just like the mood of these students at the moment.

But this is not the worst. What really makes these students feel miserable is that Mike, as the boss of the Los Santos Group, also issued a series of training tasks for these new recruits. Part of the extracurricular life.

Those who are locked up are naturally unable to participate in training, and Mike's approach to absentees is also very simple.

If you don't participate in training, you won't get paid.

Mike is not a philanthropist. Naturally, he wants to see results after spending money. Those people want to take money and not work?That is daydreaming!
As for leave?Labor rights?
You tell me these things are useless at all. You must know that the wizarding society does not even have basic social security. Usually, these labor disputes are mediated by the Ministry of Magic, but now the Ministry of Magic itself is difficult to protect. How can I have time to take care of it? These trivial things.

In other words, Mike is actually quite conscientious, because in the current period when the Ministry of Magic is basically ineffective, he can even earn a lot of money by squeezing employees desperately!
But he didn't do that, he just didn't pay his salary.

Although the experience of these people is a bit miserable, other people in Hogwarts are very happy.

Because Hogwarts has finally calmed down at this stage, except that Hogsmeade is still unable to go, everything in Hogwarts has returned to its previous appearance-calm and peaceful.

Everyone went to class every morning with a sad face, and then ran out of the classroom laughing and laughing in the afternoon, reviewing for exam preparation, playing wizard chess for those who should play wizard chess...

The tense hearts of Mike and others also temporarily slowed down. Mike did not issue any new tasks to others, but let them take a good rest for a while.

This should have been a good thing, but Benjamin and Zhou Hong were very disturbed.

You must know that Mike has always been a black-hearted capitalist who desperately squeezed his employees in their impression, but this time this black-hearted boss actually showed mercy and gave them a big vacation?

Does this mean that there will be more work directly on them in a short period of time?

For a while, Benjamin and the others all started running away from Mike, fearing that he would do something wrong again.

For this situation, Mike didn't care at all. He went to and from class every day like a normal student, enjoying this rare leisure time.

Sometimes he would choose an auspicious day to enter the secret realm of the Masonic Society, and have a love date with Penello.

And when Mike and Penello are dating, basically no one will stay in the secret territory. After all, everyone doesn't want to be a light bulb, except Franklin and Victor.

Among them, Victor is a ten-thousand-year dead house, which is nothing to say, but Franklin is different. He doesn't play Quidditch now, and whenever he has time, he will come to see the captured Thunderbird!
Mike already knew that Franklin liked bird creatures.

He remembered that Franklin had thought about a laughing owl, the kind of owl that sounds like it's laughing at you.

When Franklin first got the owl, he put it on his head all day long to show off. Finally, Mike couldn't stand the mocking laughter and gave him advice. Franklin gave up and kept the owl in the owl tower. Go see it every day.

And now, he apparently has a new love again.

It's just that his new love is not in a good state at this time.

After being defeated by Mike, this thunderbird was not good as a whole. It looked like a bird that had nothing to love and lay there all day without moving. At the beginning, it didn't even eat anything, which made Mike think that The bird was depressed and suggested killing it and selling it.

You must know that Thunderbird is full of treasures. Its feathers are extremely popular as the core material of wands in North America.

This adult ptarmigan is quite large, and it is quite a fortune in this era when ptarmigans are endangered.

For this suggestion, the Weasley brothers both raised their hands in favor. They had been shocked by this Thunderbird before, and they wanted to taste what Thunderbird meat was like for a long time.

It's a pity that Franklin jumped out to stop it. He hugged Thunderbird's thigh, crying and saying that please give him a chance, he will definitely cure Thunderbird.

Seeing this, the bird killing plan of Mike and others can only be postponed.

Of course, it was only a delay, because no one believed that Franklin could cure the Thunderbird.

But what surprised everyone was that after two days and two nights of persuasion by Franklin, the Thunderbird, whose pupils had dilated due to lack of sleep, finally ate its first bite of meat.

Mike strongly suspected that the thunderbird was annoyed by Franklin, after all, anyone who was annoyed and couldn't sleep for two days and two nights would succumb.

But Franklin didn't think much about it. He proudly became the Thunderbird's bird trainer with dark circles under his eyes, claiming that he had found the trick to tame the Thunderbird, and that he would soon be able to make the Thunderbird as obedient as his family's owl !
Seeing Franklin and Thunderbird's listless and drowsy appearance, Mike and Benjamin both had strong doubts about this, but since Franklin said so, they were willing to let Franklin try it.

As for the Weasley brothers, the two of them have been looking at Franklin with resentful eyes these days.

The two of them haven't given up their plans to eat bird meat, and even have the idea of ​​secretly killing the Thunderbird.

It's a pity that they didn't have the slightest chance under Franklin's guard.

And the most important thing is that under Franklin's unique domestication method, Thunderbird has become thinner and thinner, and now it is almost skinny!

Mike just smiled after knowing this. He didn't mean to stop it at all. On the contrary, he really wanted to see who would succeed in the end, Franklin or the Weasley brothers.

After all, although Hogwarts is safe and happy, it always makes people feel a little boring.

(End of this chapter)