Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 143 Large blind date scene
At this time in the Foley Manor.

Large tracts of flowers and lawns covered the entire perimeter of the manor. Children were playing freely on the lawns, and sometimes a glowing firefly flying by would cause them to exclaim in surprise.

The refreshing fragrance of flowers filled his face, and the scene before him almost made Mike think he had traveled back to spring again. The scenery here formed a sharp contrast with the snow-covered Hogwarts Castle.

"Our family's manor is pretty good, isn't it?" Abbott pointed to a sculpture in the distance and said to Mike, "There are more than 22 magic sculptures in the entire Fuli Manor. The heat-insulating magic patterns on these sculptures keep the temperature here at a pleasant degrees all year round."

Mike used his magic perception to look at the sculpture, and sure enough, he found a large number of magic patterns shining with magical light on the sculpture, which surprised him.

"With such a large area, how much magic power does it take every day?" Mike exclaimed, "Is this how much money the deputy director of the Auror Office makes?"

To Mike's surprise, Abbott showed an embarrassed look on his face after hearing what Mike said.

"Ahem, we are friends so I won't hide it from you." Abbott coughed twice and said, "In fact, these magic devices consume too much energy, so they are only activated when there is a large banquet in the manor. The lawns and flowers you see now were actually just arranged yesterday."

Seeing the surprised look on Mike's face, Abbott quickly changed the subject and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. I'll take you to see my father. He has been talking about you for a while."

After that, he pulled Mike straight into the villa in the manor. Along the way, many gorgeously dressed guests cast curious looks at Mike. They didn't understand who had such a big face to be personally brought into the villa by today's host, the eldest son of the Foley family.

The interior of the villa is even more luxurious than the outside. The huge magic chandelier emits a soft light, providing light for the young men and women in the hall.

Although Uncle Mario's invitation said it was a dinner, in fact, this dinner was more like a buffet-style tea party.

A large number of delicacies were placed on a huge long table for guests to help themselves to. And every time someone took a plate of food, another plate of the same food would reappear.

Young men and women in luxurious dresses gathered in groups of three or four to chat. When they got excited, they would take the wine handed to them by the waiters and toast each other.

Mike also found familiar faces in the crowd. Draco and Chris, who had fought with Mike in the first grade, were also at the party. Next to them was a girl with short hair who was looking at Draco with infatuated eyes. This should be Pansy.

Unlike other boys, due to their age, Draco and Chris did not actively approach the girls at the party to chat, but the three of them gathered together to chat and laugh.

I don’t know if Draco was born with a strong sixth sense, but he actually noticed Mike’s gaze.

When their eyes met, Draco's face suddenly turned dark. He instinctively glanced in one direction and then returned to his bossy look, smiling at Mike with a somewhat provocative smile.

Following Draco's gaze, Mike discovered that Draco's father Lucius and mother Narcissa were talking to Uncle Mario.

"Dad, Mike is here." Abbott greeted Uncle Mario from a distance.

Uncle Mario was stunned for a moment when he heard his son's voice, but then he quickly reacted and ignored Lucius and his wife. He quickly walked over and hugged Mike. "Oh! Our handsome boy is finally here!" Uncle Mario patted Mike on the back and said, "Is your teacher still unwilling to come this time? He is such a stubborn old man. I was thinking of finding him a wife."

Mike was already a little breathless from being hit by Uncle Mario, and when he heard the second half of his sentence, he couldn't catch his breath and started coughing violently.

Now he finally understood why Professor Flitwick was unwilling to attend the dinner party. It turned out that Uncle Mario, the eccentric old man, wanted to help him introduce a wife.

"What's wrong with you? Do you have a cold?" Uncle Mario asked nervously when he saw Mike coughing, and then he patted Mike's back even harder.

Mike, whose back was hurting from being slapped, was about to stop it when a pleasant female voice came over.

"Mr. Foley, is this the Charms genius you were talking about?" Narcissa said with a smile, holding Lucius' arm. "What a talented person. I heard that you are a sophomore this year like our Draco. You must teach him well. He is doing very badly in Charms."

"Yeah, Draco only thinks about Quidditch all day and has neglected his studies." Lucius said with a fake smile, "Draco, your classmates are here, why don't you come over and say hello."

Draco, who was not far away, had been watching Mike silently. He was extremely displeased to see that his parents, who knew that he had a grudge against Mike, were still friendly to Mike. Now that he heard his father calling him, he could no longer bear it. He walked forward angrily and was ready to ask his father why he didn't help him.

No one knows a son better than his father. When Lucius saw Draco's angry look, he knew that his son's temper might flare up again, so he quickly gave him a vicious look, which made Draco look like a quail.

Seeing how scared Draco was of his father, Mike wanted to laugh. However, it was not appropriate to provoke Draco at this time, so he smiled and said, "Uncle Lucius, you must be joking. Draco's grades in school are not the best, but he has always been at a first-class level. I'm afraid I can't teach him anything. Of course, if he quits playing Quidditch, I believe Draco will be able to make further progress in his studies."

"Yes, Uncle Lucius, Draco's grades are good enough. At least better than mine, right?" Chris continued what Mike said and shook hands with Mike after that.

Hearing Mike and Chris praising their baby son, Narcissa covered her mouth and laughed happily. Infected by this laughter, the expressions on Draco and Lucius' faces became much more natural.

Lucius was just about to continue praising Mike and Chris in response to their previous business compliments when he heard a commotion not far away.

"You filthy bastard! You are worse than a Mudblood and yet you dare to disgrace yourself in a place like this!"

Everyone looked in the direction where the sound came from, and saw many people gathered in the middle of the hall, and in the center of the crowd were two girls.

One of them had an average appearance and a few freckles on his face. At this moment, he was glaring at the other girl and swearing at her.

The other person had a pair of deep blue eyes and long, waterfall-like silver hair that sparkled with starlight under the light.

The Pansy in this book adopts the image of Pansy in the movie version of "Prisoner of Azkaban", that is, the black-haired little girl played by Genevieve Gaunt, instead of the ugly one in the original book and subsequent movies.

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