Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 186 Percy Disappears

"That's great, the Duel Champion Badge." Ron murmured as he looked at the badge in Mike's hand, "It's a pity that it's a joint championship, otherwise I could win money."

Ron had just finished speaking when he realized that he had let the cat out of the bag and immediately covered his mouth.

"What do you mean by winning money? You guys are still playing the game?" Mike asked as he put down the badge.

Hearing Mike's question, Hermione jumped out from the corner and said, "Yes, it was Lockhart who started the bet! Professor Flitwick, you have to take good care of them! As a student of Hogwarts, they actually went to study for a doctorate!"

Hermione originally wanted Professor Flitwick to teach Harry and Ron a lesson, but to her surprise, Professor Flitwick didn't seem to care about it.

"Um, Hermione, actually I placed a bet on this game as well, 10 Galleons, on Mike to win." Professor Flitwick said somewhat awkwardly, "But Ron, it's not right for underage wizards like you to place bets. Don't do it again."

As soon as these words were spoken, Hermione's face turned dark, and finally she stomped her feet and ran out of the ward.

Ron and the others breathed a sigh of relief. It was too stressful to be caught by the professor while studying for a doctorate.

"Did you all bet on me to win? How much did you bet?" Mike asked expressionlessly.

"I bet five Knuts, which is all I have. Actually, I only wanted to bet one Knut, but to be honest, I feel very sorry for you. I misunderstood you last time in the Gryffindor Common Room." Ron said, "Franklin bet one silver Sickle, Penelope five, and Harry, he bet a full gold Galleon. Unfortunately, you tied, and now it's all gone."

After Ron finished speaking, everyone in the ward showed a look of pain on their faces, even Professor Flitwick's face was no exception. He had bet 100 gold Galleons to support his student.

Although Mike's expression remained unchanged, a fire was burning in his heart.

He should have thought of it long ago. No matter what kind of sport or competition, after it develops to a certain scale, there will definitely be a blogging industry, from traditional football and basketball to the emerging e-sports competitions.

In this match, he and Cedric ended in a tie. It was obvious that Lockhart must have made a lot of money as the banker.

'You're a real idiot for using me as a money-maker, Lockhart!'

Mike thought so in his heart, but still kept a straight face. He decided to have a good talk with Lockhart after his injury healed.

Let’s talk about his share of the profits in this matter.

"How's Cedric?"

After making up his mind, Mike finally thought of his opponent Cedric.

"I'm sorry, but Mr. Cedric's problem is very difficult. His condition is much more serious than yours." Madam Pomfret curled her lips and said, "I think that duel competition should not be held at all. It was just a bunch of people who were looking for trouble!"

When they heard her say this, Franklin and others showed curious expressions on their faces, but Professor Flitwick showed an embarrassed expression on his face. He was also one of those people who were looking for trouble as Mrs. Pomfret mentioned.

It's not that no one has visited Cedric in the past few days, but Madame Pomfret refused all visits on the grounds that the patient needed to rest, so no one knew how Cedric was doing now except Madame Pomfret and the people involved in the treatment.

"The injuries he sustained in the game are not serious, but they are just physical injuries." Madam Pomfret sighed and said, "The problem is his Transfiguration. He used the Transfiguration technique that he has not yet fully mastered without authorization, and it is a complete transformation. Even Professor McGonagall cannot recover from this Transfiguration immediately. So he still looks like a honey badger."

The atmosphere in the ward suddenly became gloomy. Cedric was well-known for his popularity in Hogwarts and had a good relationship with everyone present. Now, everyone felt uncomfortable when they heard that Cedric's problem was so tricky.

"Uh-huh! Alright everyone, visiting hours are over and you should leave. The exam is coming up soon and you should study hard!"

Perhaps noticing that the atmosphere in the ward had suddenly become quiet, Professor Flitwick ordered everyone to leave.

Although Penelope and the others were still reluctant to leave, they did not dare to disobey Professor Flitwick's orders. After saying goodbye to Mike, they followed Madam Pomfret and Soraka out of the ward.

As the door was closed, only Mike and Professor Flitwick were left in the ward.

"Professor, do you have anything to say?"

"Um, yes, I have some bad news for you." Professor Flitwick said awkwardly, "Percy is missing..."

"What! Escaped!" Mack interrupted Professor Flitwick before he finished speaking, "Isn't he under close surveillance by the professors? How could he run away?"

"Don't get excited. Listen to me. We have indeed put Percy under very close surveillance, and have also tested and questioned him.

But his behavior was normal, so we relaxed our surveillance on him. After all, you know, professors are also human beings, and they also have times when they let their guard down. "

Although what Professor Flitwick said made sense, Mike didn't buy it.

"Please! Don't we have Legilimency? Wouldn't it be enough to use it on him and he would know everything? If that doesn't work, we can always ask Professor Snape for Veritaserum!"

"That's the problem, Mike! After we got the information about the Horcrux from you, we used Legilimency on Percy right away, but to no avail. That's why we relaxed our surveillance on Percy." Professor Flitwick explained, "As for the Veritaserum, although Snape also proposed to use it, Dumbledore did not agree to use it on Percy because it has the side effect of turning the user into an idiot, because he is still a student at Hogwarts."

Mike was speechless as soon as these words were spoken. This was indeed Dumbledore's style. He was extremely caring towards his students and couldn't bear to let them suffer any harm.

But this kind of kindness is good when it is shown to oneself, but it is a bit stupid to show it to the enemy.

Mike began to understand the frustration that Snape, the decisive double agent, felt when staying with Dumbledore. Sometimes, things could be solved by just taking a dose of truth serum, but Dumbledore forced them to go through a big detour to solve them.

"It seems that Percy has mastered the art of Occlumency, and his level is not low." Professor Flitwick saw that Mike was silent and continued, "I really should have used Veritaserum directly at the beginning. Unfortunately, it's too late to say it now."

"So what are you going to do next?"

Mike said expressionlessly that he had just figured it out. Although Percy's escape was troublesome, it was just troublesome.

Because his act of running away has proved what Mike said before, Dumbledore and others will definitely do their best to find him.

How terrifying is it to be hunted by a legendary wizard?
Mike didn't know. But Mike knew very well that with his current strength, he would not be able to escape. Similarly, Percy would not be able to escape either, even if he had the help of Voldemort's soul.

"You don't have to worry too much. Percy doesn't know that you told us about him, so he won't necessarily come here to attack you." Professor Flitwick forced a stiff smile and said to Mike, "Even if he comes, you don't have to be afraid. We have arranged people to protect you. If he really comes, he will fall into a trap.

Well, I won't bother you anymore. I wish you a speedy recovery. Don't forget that the exam will be in a little over a month. I don't want to see you fail then."

After Professor Flitwick finished speaking, he patted Mike on the shoulder and left the ward, leaving Mike alone lying on the bed.

As soon as Professor Flitwick left, Mike used his magical perception and saw two senior Ravenclaw students standing on the left and right of the ward door after Professor Flitwick walked out of the ward. It seemed that these were the people Professor Flitwick mentioned as being sent to protect Mike.

After regaining his perception, Mike showed a disdainful smile on his face.

He saw the strength of the two people outside the door clearly. Although they were considered good among the senior students of Hogwarts, they were still far behind Macedric. If Percy really came to attack him, then these two guys would have no way out. And it seemed that these two people were arranged by Professor Flitwick because he was worried about him.

This means that Dumbledore had no intention of arranging anyone to protect himself.

What does he want to do?

Does he really not care about his own safety or is he using himself as a bait to lure Percy into attacking so that he can catch him without any effort?
Either way, it's a joke on Mike's life.

"Haha, this really seems like Dumbledore's style."

Mike sneered. In fact, he was not afraid of Percy launching any attack on him, because although he was injured, they were all physical injuries, which meant that the magic power in his body was still at its peak.

And he also has the Duel Champion Badge, Battle Wand Sheath, and Papi the Raven.

With so many backup plans, it would be completely useless if Percy attacked him. After all, the soul in the notebook in Percy's hand was just made by Voldemort when he was a teenager, and its strength was not strong.

Thinking of this, Mike sneered and put on all the equipment including the greed pendant, combat wand sheath, and the newly acquired duel champion badge.

"Pappy."

"Eh!"

A light mist floated out from the Greed Pendant and quickly condensed into a black raven in mid-air.

The raven Papi circled in the air for a while, and finally landed on the edge of the wooden bed, looking at Mike quietly.

"Papi, enter the Mist Crow state and guard the room. If anything strange comes in, attack it directly." Mike yawned and said, "I'm a little tired. I need to sleep for a while."

"Got it, you troublesome human!"

Raven Papi replied to Mike impatiently, then shook his body and turned into a ball of light mist and floated into the shadows of the room.

Mike picked up the magic wand and waved it towards the window. The thick curtains on both sides of the window opened up and blocked out the warm spring sunshine outside.

As the room returned to darkness, Mike nodded slightly, rolled up the quilt and closed his eyes.

The series of events that happened before caused Mike's emotions to fluctuate greatly, which consumed a lot of his energy as a wounded soldier who had not yet fully recovered from his injuries. So it didn't take long for Mike, who was lying on the hospital bed, to fall into a dream.

However, what Mike didn't know was that outside his ward, a little mouse was quietly staring at his door in the corner of the corridor.

The little mouse ran quickly in the corridor, avoiding the people coming and going and rushed directly to Mike's door.

But just as he was about to squeeze into the room through the crack in the door, a big foot stepped on his tail.

These are the guards sent by Professor Flitwick to protect Mike. Professor Flitwick gave them the order that no creature is allowed to enter Mike's ward without his permission.

They never took any liberties with Professor Flitwick's orders, so they would not let even a mouse enter Mike's room.

"Merlin's beard, a dirty rat, so disgusting!"

The guard who stepped on the rat's tail shook his head and drew out his wand, ready to make the disgusting rat disappear from the world.

But before he could utter the spell, another guard next to him grabbed his hand.

"Wait, this might be someone else's pet, just chase it away, don't kill it."

"Merlin's beard, who still keeps a mouse as a pet these days?"

The guard objected, but after thinking about it carefully, Ron, the follower of the savior Harry, just kept a mouse, so he raised his other foot and kicked the mouse that was struggling madly with its tail stepped on.

With a scream, the little mouse was kicked away, while its tail was still under the guard's feet.

The security guard who kicked the rat away seemed to have done something very funny and burst into laughter. The other security guard next to him looked at the broken rat tail under his friend's feet and shook his head helplessly, but did not say anything else.

However, the little mouse that was kicked away did not run away as they imagined. Instead, it returned to the corner where it was at the beginning and continued to stare at Mike's door with its little eyes, as if looking for an opportunity.

Time passed slowly. The daylight hours in the early spring in England had not yet become too long and the sun soon set.

As night fell, the flow of people coming and going in the Hogwarts Infirmary disappeared, and only the two competent guards were left in front of Mike's ward.

Of course, there is also our little Mr. Mouse.

(End of this chapter)