Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 199 Conversation in the Carriage
The next day, Mike slept until almost noon before finally waking up.

Although today is the summer vacation at Hogwarts, Mike was not in a hurry. He got up slowly, brushed his teeth and washed up. He only picked up his suitcase and left his dormitory until Franklin knocked on the door to urge him.

Unlike Harry and the others, Mike had packed his luggage early, so he could be neither hurried nor slow now.

In fact, Mike didn't have much luggage to pack. His small suitcase was filled with Traceless Stretching Spell bags. Most of them were filled with gold Galleons, and the rest were filled with daily necessities.

Today he will leave school on the Hogwarts Express with other classmates.

That's right, he didn't plan to continue living in Professor Flitwick's house this year.

This is not because Professor Flitwick did not invite Mike to live in his house this year, but because Mike felt that he needed a private space that was completely his own. After all, there were some secrets about him that he really could not reveal to Professor Flitwick.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Franklin looking at him anxiously. There was a huge suitcase more than half a person's height on the ground next to him.

"Let's go, the train is about to leave!"

Seeing that Mike finally got up, Franklin shouted loudly, then picked up his suitcase and rushed out of the lounge.

Mike shook his head helplessly as he watched Franklin dragging the giant suitcase at great speed. This is the biggest difference between wizards of Muggle origin and wizards who have lived in the wizarding world since childhood.

Muggle-born wizards like Franklin have not yet subconsciously adapted to the fact that they have become wizards, so when faced with many things that can be easily solved with magic, they will instinctively use the Muggle's clumsy methods to deal with them.

Just like carrying the luggage now, if it were those little wizards who have lived in the wizarding world since childhood, they would have used the levitation spell long ago, but Franklin still foolishly used his hands to carry it.

When Mike arrived at the station, it was already crowded. Franklin, who had arrived earlier, was already sweating profusely and was now sitting on the ground gasping for breath in an ungraceful manner.

Mike arrived at the perfect time. Right after he arrived, the Hogwarts Express blew its whistle. The whistle's whistle sounded throughout the entire station, letting all the little wizards know that it was time for them to get on the train.

After helping Franklin, who was like a dead dog, up, Mike followed the team and slowly entered the carriage.

Franklin, who had rested for a long time, gradually regained some strength. He obviously felt embarrassed to be supported by Mike to walk in public, so he broke free from Mike's hand.

Mike didn't care. He slowly followed the team onto the train, and then found a compartment and walked in.

As soon as Mike opened the door of the compartment, he was slightly stunned. He saw two men and one woman sitting steadily in the small compartment. They were our savior trio.

When Harry and Ron saw Mike and Franklin come in, they immediately showed excited smiles on their faces, but Hermione's reaction was completely opposite to these two. The moment she saw Mike, her face turned extremely bad. She stood up and ran out of the box. When she passed by Mike, she bumped into him, making Mike a little at a loss.

After calling Hermione twice, she didn't even turn her head, so Mike ignored her and got into the carriage with Franklin.

Everyone helped Franklin put his luggage away, and it was only at this time that Franklin asked Mike about his luggage.

"Why did you only take such a small suitcase?"

After he asked this, Harry and Ron's attention shifted to the small suitcase in Mike's hand. Harry and Franklin had similar reactions, both wondering why Mike's suitcase was so small, while Ron just looked at Mike with envy.

Although Ron, who was born into a pure-blood family and was poor, was relatively familiar with the Traceless Extension Spell Container, so he asked:

"Is this your Traceless Stretching Spell Box?"

Mike didn't say anything, just smiled and nodded.

He couldn't say that this was just an ordinary box filled with bags of Traceless Extension Charms, right?

You should know that this type of space container is generally quite expensive because it is very difficult to cast the Traceless Extension Spell.

A Traceless Extension Spell Suitcase with 1 cubic meter of space inside would cost at least three-digit gold Galleons, which is a huge sum of money for an average wizard family.

And because it is much more difficult to cast the Traceless Stretching Charm on a bag than on a suitcase, the price of a Traceless Stretching Charm bag of the same volume is almost twice as expensive as a Traceless Stretching Charm bag.

It is worth mentioning that you cannot buy a highly portable space container like the Seamless Stretching Spell Bag with a volume of more than 10 cubic meters on the market.

Because these large-capacity containers have been monopolized by large families, ordinary people cannot access them at all.

If Ron knew that there were more than a dozen bags of Traceless Extension Charm in Mike's box, and that the bags were all filled with gold Galleons, he would probably be holding Mike's thighs and unable to speak.

Mike didn't want to talk more about this, so he put down the suitcase and started to change the subject.

"Hermione, what happened just now?" Mike asked, "Did you guys have a fight again?"

"Actually this time it's because of you."

Ron's answer made Mike a little overwhelmed. He had hardly met Hermione during this period of time, and he couldn't even remember when he offended Hermione again.

"Didn't you kill a lot of Acromantulas and Centaurs in the Forbidden Forest last time?" Ron said as he stuffed some Every Flavour Beans into his mouth. "Hagrid has already told us all about this. Hermione is angry about this."

As soon as these words were spoken, Mike immediately changed his expression to a black question mark face. He didn't understand what was so good about being angry.

Seeing that Mike still didn't understand, Ron explained, "Hagrid said a lot of bad things about you at the time. Hermione must have been convinced by him. After she came back, she dragged us and said a lot of weird things like magical creatures and humans are equal. Oh, and she also said you are a butcher!
Of course, I think you did the right thing, Mike. Those Acromantulas are so scary! Only Hagrid and Hermione would think they are harmless. You were right to kill them all!"

Hearing this, Mike also understood why Hermione had such an attitude towards him now. To be honest, Hermione was a little too saintly, and she had compassion for creatures weaker than herself. To put it nicely, she was kind-hearted, but Mike thought that Hermione had never been beaten by society. Not to mention creatures like centaurs and acromantula that were obviously hostile to humans, let alone humans, you sympathized with the weak without any bottom line, and to a large extent, you would only get ingratitude in return.

As the saying goes, a little bit of rice is a thank you; a big bit of rice is a grudge. Human beings are never satisfied. If you help others without limits for a long time, others will just take it for granted. Once you stop helping them, others will not understand you.

In their minds, "I am weak but I am right" is a very common idea.

However, what Mike found strange was why Ron was so supportive of him in this matter. You know, Ron and Mike didn't have a very good relationship, and they even had a big fight because of Percy.

But after seeing the look of fear that unconsciously appeared on Ron's face when he talked about the eight-eyed giant spider, Mike understood.

I once heard the Weasley brothers mention that their little brother Ron was most afraid of spiders, and their favorite thing to do was to scare Ron with spider toys. So for Ron, Mike's killing of so many giant eight-eyed spiders this time really helped him a lot.

Otherwise, Ron might not be able to sleep at night knowing that so many giant spiders were active within a radius of less than 10 kilometers from him.

"Thank you, Ron." Mike said with a smile, "I don't think I did anything wrong. Those eight-eyed giant spiders are completely evil creatures, and with their astonishing reproduction speed, if we continue to leave them alone, other creatures in the Forbidden Forest will suffer, and the casualties will be even greater."

"That's right!"

Ron's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he excitedly agreed with Mike. In his opinion, all spiders in the world should go to hell.

At this moment, Mike also noticed that Harry seemed to be hesitant to talk since they started talking about the things in the Forbidden Forest, so he asked about Harry's situation. However, Harry's answer surprised Mike.

"I know that the Acromantula is an evil creature that shouldn't exist in the Forbidden Forest. But why did you kill those centaurs?" Harry asked with a frown. "Hagrid said that those centaurs posed no threat to you at all. Even when he arrived, those centaurs were already running away. But you still killed them all."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the box immediately became dull. Franklin stopped teasing Alfu above his head, and Ron also put down the snacks in his hand. Everyone looked at the silent Mike.

"Harry, my situation was very critical at that time. My injuries had not healed yet, and after a fierce battle with Percy who was controlled by dark magic, both my physical strength and magic power had reached the limit." Mike said sincerely after a long silence, "and the support from Hogwarts was nowhere in sight, so I didn't have time to distinguish which centaurs were enemies and which were friends one by one. What if I let the enemy go and it brought more enemies back?"

Mike's explanation was reasonable and well-founded, and Harry was convinced by him. Although he was still in a bad mood, he had let go of the grudge in his heart and stopped talking about this matter. Instead, he talked about other topics.

Mike felt relieved when he saw this. In fact, the situation was not as critical as he told Harry. With the strength of those centaurs, even if they had twice as many troops, they could not do anything to Mike.

In fact, the reason why he killed all those centaurs was because he was angry.

Anger at the centaurs for attacking him first.

Harry and Hermione may sympathize with centaurs because they are both intelligent creatures like humans, but Michael does not think so. In his mind, centaurs are enemies just like those giant spiders. And when it comes to enemies, Michael will never show mercy.

Time passed quickly as the four of them chatted. In the second half of the journey, Penelope completed her job as a class leader to maintain order and came to the box where Mike was and joined in the chat with Mike and others.

Oh, right.

There were only four seats in the ordinary compartment of the Hogwarts Express, so I should not need to explain where Penelope sat.

Franklin is better. Since he is often with Mike, he has eaten enough dog food from Mike and Penelope, and his resistance has greatly improved.

It was the first time for Harry and Ron to encounter such a situation. Seeing Mike and Penelope being so affectionate in front of them, they were obviously not used to it and even spoke less.

Mike naturally noticed the two men's abnormal behavior, but he did not restrain himself at all. On the contrary, he even intensified it. The sweet words and bold actions made Harry and Ron, who were still innocent boys at the time, blush and feel like every second was a year.

Fortunately, the Hogwarts Express was indeed very fast and arrived at the finish line quickly.

Harry and Ron picked up their luggage almost the moment the train arrived at the station, said goodbye to Mike and others, and rushed out of the carriage.

Penelope and Mike burst out laughing when they saw their performance.

"You are too bad."

Penelope poked Mike's cheek lightly and said coquettishly.

Mike just chuckled and said nothing. Just kidding, isn't it normal for couples to be intimate? If they have the ability, they can find one themselves. Otherwise, don't blame others for feeding them dog food.

Look how well behaved Franklin is. He has been playing with Alfred since Penelope arrived, and simply ignored Mike and Penelope beside him. It is obvious that he has much more experience in fighting than Harry and Ron.

At this moment, Franklin picked up his luggage and said to Mike, "Okay, I'm leaving too. Mike, if you don't want to live at Professor Flitwick's house, you can come to my house. Or, do you want to live at Penelope's house?"

After saying that, he glanced at Penelope with an ambiguous look, which made Penelope shyly bury her head in Mike's arms.

"I have my own arrangements, so you don't have to worry about it."

Franklin's eyes suddenly widened when he heard this, and he said in surprise, "You're not really going to live in Penelope's house, are you?"

"Fuck off!"

Mike kicked Franklin angrily, but the latter dodged the kick with a jump and ran out of the car laughing.

(End of this chapter)