Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 237 Drunk Harry

Because he hadn't seen Cedric for a long time, and Cedric was too enthusiastic, Mike finally compromised and agreed to have a couple of drinks with Cedric.

But Cedric seemed to be afraid that Mike would sneak away halfway, so he held Mike tightly all the way. Finally, after Mike repeatedly stated that he would never run away, he reluctantly let go of his hand on Mike's shoulder.

The two of them walked together in the direction of Hufflepuff.

Of course, their destination was not the Hufflepuff common room, but the Hogwarts kitchen.

Compared to the Hufflepuff common room, the kitchen is obviously a more suitable place for drinking. The house-elves in it not only cook delicious food and provide attentive service, but also speak nicely.

Cedric said he loved being in there.

It is worth mentioning that the two met Harry halfway.

Just from his gloomy expression, it can be seen that Harry is in a very bad mood. If it were the old Cedric, he would at most just go up and say hello.

But now Cedric actually dragged Harry to the kitchen and claimed that he would treat him to afternoon tea.

Mike fully agrees with this!
Although he was in a bad mood, Harry still maintained basic manners. He kept saying along the way that he had to attend Quidditch training later and had no time for afternoon tea.

However, Harry, with his tiny arms and legs, was obviously no match for the two big men, Michael and Cedric, and was carried by them to the kitchen of Hogwarts.

It was obvious that Cedric must have come to the kitchen often to eat and drink.

So when Cedric, Mike and others came to the kitchen, the house-elves inside ran to prepare food without even asking, while Mike and others found a small round table and sat down.

"Mike, Cedric. Seriously, I really need to go to training later..."

After arriving in the kitchen and being released, Harry wanted to find an excuse to leave, but before he could finish, Cedric got angry.

"What's the point of training today when it's raining? Stop making excuses!" Cedric angrily pressed Harry into the chair, "If you dare to leave today, you don't consider me your friend!"

Cedric's angry look obviously frightened Harry. Harry sat in his seat pitifully, stealing glances at Cedric from time to time, fearing that he would lose his temper again.

Mike smiled and patted Harry on the shoulder, saying, "Don't be nervous. Cedric means no harm. Besides, it's raining today, so it's really not suitable for Quidditch training."

"I don't want to go either, but Oliver is crazy. He forces everyone to get up at five o'clock every morning for a morning meeting and to train every day, regardless of the weather!"

Harry deliberately emphasized the last four words, and it seemed that he was very resentful of their Quidditch captain.

The smile on Mike's face became even brighter. He originally thought that Roger was crazy enough to pester him to participate in the competition all day long, but he didn't expect that the Gryffindor Quidditch team would do something even more excessive.

Unlike Mike, Cedric, who was originally smiling, immediately became serious after Harry finished speaking. He said to Harry with a complicated look:
"Don't blame Wood. He should be graduating this year. To be honest, he is quite pitiful. Wood's dream is to become a champion, but Gryffindor has not won the Quidditch Cup for at least seven consecutive years. If they can't win the cup this year..."

Cedric stopped talking midway, lowered his head with a serious expression as if he was mourning for Wood.

When Harry heard this, he lowered his head and said nothing, which made Mike feel a little embarrassed.

The eerie silence between the three did not last long, as the incredibly efficient house-elves began serving the food.

Cedric, who was awakened from some complicated emotions, returned to normal. He took out a bottle of whiskey from a hidden corner next to the round table, opened the bottle cap, covered the pattern on the bottle with his hand, poured a glass and handed it to Harry.

"Come on, I said I would treat you to afternoon tea." Cedric said with a smile, "Hufflepuff special black tea!"

When Harry saw the cup of liquid whose color was very similar to black tea, an expression resembling a black question mark emoticon appeared on his face.

"This doesn't seem to be... black tea, right?" Harry lowered his head and sniffed it, "Ahem! It doesn't smell like tea! Isn't this wine?"

Seeing that Harry was not fooled, Cedric's smile quickly faded. He picked up the bottle again and poured wine for himself and Mike before continuing to persuade him:

"You're mistaken. This is black tea, but it smells a bit like alcohol. Try it. My black tea has effects that ordinary black tea doesn't have."

Cedric paused here before continuing, "It can make people forget their worries and sorrows. To be honest, this thing is very expensive. If I hadn't seen you looking so sad, I wouldn't have let you drink it."

Harry began to doubt his life. Since he had never drunk alcohol or even smelled it, he was not sure about the truthfulness of Cedric's words and could only look at Mike helplessly.

It is always a bad behavior to trick a child into drinking strong liquor, but Mike really wants to see Harry's reaction after being tricked.

So Mike pretended not to see it and lowered his head to eat the snacks brought by the house-elf.

This is a very common side dish in the UK, with fried pork skin, Scottish fried eggs, beef jerky and some pickled cucumbers.

When many foreigners talk about Britain, they think of well-dressed gentlemen and gay men, but in fact, the favorite thing for most British men is drinking.

Britain can be said to be a place that produces many alcoholics. Everyone says that the fighting nation is good at drinking and drinks vodka every day.

But in fact, when it comes to drinking, the British are even worse than the fighting nation.

In fact, the United Kingdom is the country with the largest alcohol consumption in the world (in terms of amount). With a population of more than 60 million, it ranks first on the list. You can imagine how much the British love to drink.

In a country where drinking culture is prevalent, the side dishes are naturally not bad.

Not to mention beef jerky and pickled cucumbers, the fried pork skin snack also has an unexpected flavor after being simply fried.

There is even a shop specializing in fried pork skin that has been awarded three Michelin stars, so you can imagine how delicious this snack is.

The preparation of Scottish fried eggs is more complicated than fried pork skin. It is worth noting that this egg is not the same as that of fried pork skin. As the name suggests, this dish is fried eggs.

The only difference is that the eggs fried here are already cooked eggs, and before frying they are wrapped with a layer of seasoned ham, coriander, onions and other ingredients.

This dish was a bit devilish. Mike wasn't very interested in it. It felt like a mixture of boiled eggs and fried meat, and it tasted weird and greasy.

As Mike was busy eating, Harry's eyes left Mike and returned to the cup of "black tea".

He was not a fool, so he naturally knew that the cup of something that looked like black tea in front of him was actually wine.

But the minor's curiosity about the wine prevented him from exposing Cedric's clumsy lie, and he even lowered his head and took a sip.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

For Harry, a rookie who had never drunk alcohol, the 43-proof whiskey was too strong. As soon as the liquor entered his throat, Harry began to cough violently, which made Mike and Cedric laugh uncontrollably.

As if to celebrate their success in deceiving Harry, Cedric and Mike clinked their glasses together, then drank the small amount of whiskey in the glasses.

"Ha, what a good wine." Cedric said happily, "How about this water of life, Harry? Is it delicious?"

"I can't do that. This wine is too strong!" Harry quickly shook his head and waved his hands, indicating that he could not enjoy such a delicacy.

However, he was no match for Cedric. Under Cedric's constant persuasion, he finished his glass of whiskey without realizing it.

Harry, who was drinking for the first time, obviously couldn't drink much. After drinking that one glass, his little face turned red, his eyes were wide open, his body kept swaying in the chair, and even his voice became much louder.

Obviously drunk!
Mike and Cedric were certainly not as bad as him. They were eating snacks and talking about interesting things that happened recently, and they were drunk.

After getting drunk, Harry was obviously much bolder. Seeing that Cedric and Mike were chatting happily and were reluctant to pour him a glass of wine, he refilled his own glass. After taking a small sip, he burst into tears.

The heart-wrenching cry scared the house-elves who were working in the kitchen, and Mike and Cedric also looked towards Harry.

Before the two began to comfort him, Harry cried and said:

"It's so hard for me! Mike! I've been under a lot of pressure lately!"

Cedric and Mike looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

But in fact, they didn't need to say anything. Harry, who was drunk, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass again, hugged Mike's arm and said:
"You know what, Mike? I really want to go to Hogsmeade, but the registration deadline is the day after tomorrow, and Professor McGonagall still won't sign for me!"

"Well, maybe she did it for your own good. You know, Blake is looking for you all over the world."

"It's for my own good! If it's for my own good, you should let me go to Hogsmeade!" Harry shouted and pushed Mike away. "And Hermione and Ron, they've been having a falling out recently. Ron said Hermione's cat always wanted to eat his mice, and Hermione said her cat wouldn't do that... Oh my God! How could there be so many troubles!"

"I'm not happy in class! The old woman in the Divination class looks at me with pity all day long, as if I might die at any time! It's the same with Hagrid, he now asks us to take care of caterpillars all day long! ..."

It can be seen that Harry has been under a lot of pressure recently. He has been talking for a long time. Mike and Cedric are a little overwhelmed. They have never seen Harry like this before.

At this moment, the kitchen door was pushed open violently with a loud bang.

When Mike heard the voice, he looked and saw Snape walking towards him with his head held high like a big bat.

"Aha! Three underage students gathered to drink! You are really capable! Ravenclaw, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff will each be deducted 50 points!" Snape's cold eyes swept over the three of them and finally landed on Harry. "Mr. Savior! I didn't expect to see you here again. I originally planned to put you in detention, but now it seems that expelling you may be the right choice."

After saying this, Snape looked at Harry with smugness, expecting to see an expression of being bullied but helpless on his annoying face.

Every time he saw this face he always felt as if he had taken revenge, which made him very happy.

Things change! James, you bullied me when you were in school, so now I will bully your son.

However, Snape might be disappointed this time. Harry roared with red eyes and pounced on Snape. He hugged Snape's waist and started beating and kicking him.

Snape was startled by Harry's audacity, and although Harry's small arms and legs couldn't hurt him, it still embarrassed him.

"The Upside Down Golden Bell!"

Snape didn't even use his wand. After a loud roar, Harry was lifted up by a huge force and hung upside down in the air.

"Harry attacks the professor! Gryffindor loses another 50 points!"

"Professor! Don't you think it's too much not to do this?"

Under the influence of alcohol, Mike felt his head getting hot and he stood up suddenly, questioning Snape, and the blackthorn wood wand appeared in his hand.

As a friend, Cedric of course supported Harry and Mike. Seeing this, he stood up and said:
"Snape, if you want to punish me, just punish me. I was the one who invited Mike and Harry here!"

Snape completely ignored Cedric, staring at Mike with his venomous eyes, and said word by word: "Do you want to attack the professor too? Mike! Townley! It seems that I really have to teach you a lesson today!"

After saying that, Snape drew out his wand. Mike's pupils shrank. Although he had never seen Snape take action, judging from Professor Flitwick's level, he should not be his opponent.

Just when the battle was about to break out, a somewhat shrill but extremely majestic voice was heard.

“Who wants to teach my students a lesson?!”

Behind Snape, Professor Flitwick was approaching with Professors McGonagall and Sprout.

The three professors had different reactions, and Professor Flitwick was staring at Snape.

Professor McGonagall pursed her lips tightly, her face was frosty, and her expression became even colder when she saw Harry falling in the air.

As for Professor Sprout, she ignored everyone else and quickly walked up to Cedric and started asking him if he was okay.

Ever since Cedric was injured, Professor Sprout has felt very guilty and thought it was his responsibility, so he took extra care of Cedric.

No one knew what Cedric said to her. When the two finished their conversation, Sprout looked at Snape with extremely sharp eyes.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the kitchen became extremely strange. Everyone was silent. Even the house-elves stopped their work and hid aside.

Only Harry, who was hanging in the air, was obviously completely drunk and was still cursing Snape.

This made Snape's expression even uglier.

"Lock the tongue and seal the throat!"

Snape, unable to bear it any longer, cast a tongue-locking curse to shut Harry's mouth.

But this action seemed to detonate the scene, and Professor Sprout and Professor Flitwick both drew their wands and pointed them at Snape!
Everyone is the dean of their own college, so there is no question of who is afraid of whom.

Snape's body stiffened when the two men pointed at him.

"That's enough!" Professor McGonagall yelled, "What are you doing! Harry! You are all grounded! For a semester!"

Although Professor McGonagall was very powerful, the other two head teachers did not listen to her at all and continued to stare at Snape covetously.

Seeing that a conflict between professors was about to begin, Mike and Cedric began to persuade the professors of their respective colleges to put down their wands.

Seeing this, Professor McGonagall snorted coldly and told everyone to disperse quickly before leaving. She didn't even let go of Harry. It seemed that what happened today really made her very angry.

Mike naturally couldn't bear to see Harry hanging upside down there, so he dropped a golden bell and stopped the spell right in front of Snape, thus removing the spell that Snape had placed on Harry.

After doing all this, Mike followed Professor Flitwick and slowly left. Before leaving, he looked at Snape meaningfully.

What appeared before his eyes was a gloomy and stinky face.

(End of this chapter)