Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 18 Penelope

A week had passed since Mike discovered magic. During this time, Mike would run to the Room of Requirement almost every night. With the secret passage that the Weasley brothers took him through, the time spent traveling between the two places was greatly shortened.

I have to say that the Room of Requirement is a really great place. With it, Mike can finally experiment with magic without any worries.

There are also a large number of magic books hidden in the Room of Requirement, some of which are not even available in the Hogwarts school library, including many books about dark magic.

There was a lot of dust on the surface of these books, and it looked like they had not been flipped for a long time. Only a few of them had less dust, and it seemed that they had been flipped recently.

There are also many books on Defense Against the Dark Arts that are not included in the textbooks.

It was like someone handed me a pillow when I was sleepy. Mike was worrying about how to improve his knowledge of the Dark Arts. You know, the professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the past two years was basically a waste. Quirrell only read from the book in class, and Lockhart next year was a complete waste.

It was not until the third year when the werewolf Lupin came that they were able to have a few real Defense Against the Dark Arts classes.

After searching around and finding no records of the specific process of casting black magic in these books, Mike put them aside. His top priority now was to improve his combat effectiveness. The plot of the first-year Philosopher's Stone had already begun.

He must get a good ranking in this game that Dumbledore arranged for Harry, so that he can have a chance to show his face in front of all the students in the grade. Of course, it would be even better if he could help Ravenclaw win the house cup, so that all the students in Ravenclaw would remember his name. This would be very helpful for his plans for the senior year.

Mike's training focus was not on magic perception and meditation, because he found that the increase in his strength in a short period of time from magic perception and meditation was almost negligible. Although his perception of the magic in his body would increase a little after each meditation, Mike could not control the magic at all in a short period of time.

And meditation is not like what is written in those wizard novels, which can even replace sleep. Meditation is very mentally exhausting.

Mike can only meditate for about half an hour a day now. He will feel exhausted if he meditates for more than that. Therefore, he puts meditation after spell training, otherwise he will not have the energy to use spells.

Every day before going to bed, he would drink a glass of drink he got from the unlucky Hufflepuff. Mike found that this drink was very helpful in restoring his spirit. Drinking a glass every night helped him recover his spirit as soon as possible.

"I have to find a way to get the formula from Hufflepuff when I have time." Mike thought to himself.

On this day, when Mike and Franklin were doing their homework in the Ravenclaw common room as usual, they were found by Ravenclaw's celebrity Penelope.

"Hey, Mike. How are you guys enjoying your time in Ravenclaw?"

"That's right! Senior Penelope. I get to meet so many beautiful seniors every day. My friends in Gryffindor envy me. Most of the girls there are not that good-looking, far inferior to our seniors in Ravenclaw."

Penelope was so amused by Mike that she was shaking with joy. It turned out that women always like to hear others praise them no matter when and where.

I have heard of Penelope Mack for a long time. This Muggle-born witch is truly worthy of the word "incredible". Almost everyone in Ravenclaw praises her. Not only is she beautiful, she is also very talented in magic, and most importantly, she is a person with a very high emotional intelligence. She is very good at dealing with people. Young wizards from grades one to four are willing to follow her orders, and even many students in the senior grades respect her very much.

"You are such a smooth talker. I don't know how many girls' feelings you will deceive when you grow up." Penelope finally stopped laughing. "I'm here to tell you that Professor Flitwick wants you to go to his office." "I'm not a smooth talker. Besides, you are the one I respect most in Ravenclaw. Not only are you beautiful, but you are also so capable. I can't believe you are also a Muggle." Mike flattered again.

When Penelope heard the word Muggle-born, her smile froze.

"I'm nothing. I'm going to graduate in a few years, and I don't know where to go. Maybe finding someone to marry would be a good choice." Penelope felt that she had lost her composure. "I won't say any more. You should pack up and go to Dean Flitwick's office. Don't keep him waiting. I'll leave first."

Watching Penelope's leaving figure, Mike couldn't help but glance at Franklin, who looked confused, and smiled. Franklin was still wondering why Penelope was still talking and laughing with them the moment before, and then walked away the next moment.

Penelope is a smart man and also an ambitious one.

The best place for such a person in the future is the Ministry of Magic. However, the Ministry of Magic does not recognize Muggle-born wizards. They can accept recruiting some Muggle-born wizards to become cannon fodder such as strikers and Aurors, but recruiting a Mudblood as an official of the Ministry of Magic? Or a witch? Don't dream.

In fact, most Muggle-born witches choose to marry pure-blood or half-blood wizards after graduating from Hogwarts. Only in this way can they receive fair treatment in the British wizarding world, such as working in the Ministry of Magic. After all, after getting married, they represent their husband's family instead of themselves. You know, in the UK, you have to change your surname when you get married.

Some people may think that pure-blood wizard families would not allow family members to marry mudbloods in order to maintain the purity of their bloodline. Such families do exist, and there were many of them in the beginning, but now they are all old news.

Those families that insisted on blood purity either declined and died like Black and Gaunt, or were forced to accept these mudblood witches.

But don't think that these witches will have an easier life after they get married. Most wizard families still discriminate against these witches based on their bloodline, and these wizard families are all paupers. In fact, most of the wizard families in the wizarding world are extremely poor, and the only rich ones are a small group of people like the Malfoy family.

Some families even have to rely on those mudblood witches to go out and work to earn money to support the entire family. In their words, how can a noble pureblood go out and embarrass himself? Only mudbloods like you are best suited to do these things.

That’s right, not only do I have to earn money to support the whole family, but people don’t appreciate it.

A small number of witches will suffer from domestic violence or even have some ethical issues. I won’t go into details about these, or I will be banned.

That's why Penelope chose to fall in love with Percy in the original book. If we put ourselves in her shoes, we can understand why the Queen of Ravenclaw would fall in love with someone like Percy.

First of all, the Weasley family is one of the 28 pure-blood families, which will be of great benefit to her in the future when she enters the Ministry of Magic. In addition, the Weasley family is known as the pure-blood traitors, and is one of the very few wizard families that have a favorable impression of Muggles. After she marries Percy, at least she will not be discriminated against at family gatherings.

From this perspective, Hermione marrying Ron could be considered marrying above her station, at least that's what the pure-bloods thought. After all, a Mudblood witch marrying into a pure-blood family would instantly turn from a dirty Mudblood into Mrs. Weasley. That's marrying above her station.

Unfortunately, Percy was an unreliable guy. In the end, Penelope couldn't stand him anymore and broke up with him.

(End of this chapter)