Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 241: Together in the same boat
Fudge was right, he was the Minister of Magic. Although Dumbledore could easily overthrow him as the Minister, he would still be the Minister until he was overthrown.

So when the students in the auditorium woke up, they were surprised to find that the Dementors hovering outside the castle had not disappeared, but had increased in number.

Mike sat cross-legged on the sofa in the Room of Requirement. He was not surprised that this happened.

As he had previously believed, the wizarding world was too small, which made it difficult for truly outstanding masters and great figures to emerge among them.

And Fudge is obviously an incompetent person.

Mike smiled, reached out to pick up the teacup on the coffee table and prepared to take a sip, but found that the tea in it had been finished long ago.

Franklin came over very servilely and refilled Mike's tea.

What happened last night proved that it was right for Mike to ask them to learn the Patronus Charm and the Spell of the Dark Knight. Franklin's admiration for Mike has now reached the sky!

"Thank you."

"You're welcome! You're welcome! Is there anything else I can do?"

"Please take a seat. I have something very important to say."

Upon hearing this, Franklin immediately sat back in his seat, and Penelope also sat up straight.

Seeing that the two were ready, Mike said, "What do you think about the future?"

Franklin was confused when he heard this. He was living a comfortable life and had no time to think about the future. But Penelope's face darkened. She was not a simple guy like Franklin. She had made a very careful inference about her future, and the result was not good.

"We are all Muggle-born wizards. Our future is bound to be thousands of times more difficult than others! It may not be obvious in school now, but once you enter society, you will understand that the discrimination against us by pure-bloods is engraved in our bones, and it cannot be changed without unforgettable pain!" Before the two of them could answer, Mike continued, "A single arrow can be easily broken, but no one can break a hundred arrows put together. So I think we should unite, unity is strength! This strength is steel! This strength is iron! This strength can defeat all darkness!"

“I want to bring together all talented people and form a mutual aid organization to achieve greater benefits!”

"The name of this organization is Freemasonry, which means to work together in times of difficulty! And now, I sincerely invite you to join Freemasonry."

After saying that, Mike took out two gold Galleons and threw them at the two people. The two gold coins quickly changed shape in the air, and when they fell in front of the two people, they had turned into two olive branches covered with emerald green leaves.

Franklin looked at Mike with admiration, and without hesitation raised the olive branch above his head with trembling hands, and sang in an excited and almost distorted voice:

"I will follow you forever, sir!"

Penelope, who was standing by, seemed to have not yet reacted. She stared at the olive branch in front of her with her eyes wide open. After a while, she smiled sweetly, picked up the branch and said, "I am willing to do that too!"

"Very good! Then I will give this to you as a token of trust!" Mike waved his magic wand, and the olive branches in the hands of the two turned into gold coins again. "This gold coin has the functions of positioning and communication. Be sure to keep it well."

"Next, let us make an unbreakable vow!"

After Mike finished speaking, he motioned for the two to hold hands together, and then placed the wand on their hands.

"Repeat after me!" Mike said while urging his magic power, "I volunteer to join the Freemasonry, support the interests of the organization, fulfill the obligations of members, implement the organization's decisions, strictly abide by the organization's precepts, and keep the organization's secrets. I will never regret it!..."

Since the 'Unbreakable Vow' required every oath to be detailed to the extreme, Mike read it out for a long time with great enthusiasm.

Every time Mike recited a sentence, Franklin and Penelope followed suit. As they recited, a golden flame appeared from the tip of Mike's staff and wrapped around their connected hands like a chain. Moreover, as the recitation continued, the tongue of fire continued to stretch, gradually covering their bodies, binding them tightly together.

As the two uttered the last note, Mike retracted his wand, and the flaming chain instantly disappeared, continuing to exist in a more bizarre way.

Seeing the two of them sighing with relief and separating their clasped hands, Mike said with a smile:

"Now, we are a team."

Franklin smiled like a child and said loudly: "That's right!"

"From now on, all the knowledge I have will be open to you. I will build a small library here for you to consult. At the same time, I will provide you with the resources you need as much as possible!" Mike said, "In addition, I will also establish an external organization, which will absorb all those who want to join. After that, we will select those who have the same ambitions as us, who are talented and trustworthy to join our Freemasonry."

"And what we have to do next is to do our best to expand the influence of this peripheral organization and recruit more people to join!"

"I understand! I will go to the first and second graders to promote it tomorrow. I believe many people will be willing to join!"

Franklin said excitedly.

"No, no, no, you just need to follow my instructions on this matter." Mike stretched out a finger and shook it in the air, saying, "People are cheap. If you beg them to join, they will think you are cheap, so we have to set a proper threshold. After all, it is much easier to find gold from a pile of gold ore than to pan for gold in the sand."

Franklin and Penelope looked at each other, excitement flashing in their eyes.

……

"Harry, are we really going to have classes here?" On the eighth floor of Hogwarts, Ron grabbed Harry's arm and said with some fear, "It looks gloomy here."

"I'm not sure, but this opportunity is rare. As long as we learn the Patronus Charm, we won't have to be afraid of Dementors anymore!"

Harry cheered Ron on, glanced at Hermione who was deliberately lagging far behind them, and sighed unconsciously.

He felt that the friendship between his two good friends was coming to an end.

Because of the Crookshanks and Scabbers incident, the relationship between Ron and Hermione became very strained. Although Harry has tried his best to reconcile, things are still developing in a bad direction.

Now Ron and Hermione no longer talk to each other! Even when they bump into each other by chance, they pretend not to know each other!

Harry felt that if Hermione had not been very interested in the Patronus Charm, she would never have come with him and Ron today.

Just when Harry was worrying about his friendship, a door suddenly appeared on the wall in front of the three of them. Then the door opened, and Mike walked out with a gentle smile on his face.

"Welcome, my friends!"

The three were startled by the sudden appearance of Mike and the door. Ron quickly hid behind Harry, and only after hearing Mike's voice did he timidly stick his head out to take a peek.

When Ron saw that the person who was talking was Mike, he was no longer afraid.

After what happened last night, Ron regarded Mike as his idol and spread the fact that he and Mike were friends, gaining the admiration of many little girls. I heard that a girl named Lavender seemed to have some other ideas about Ron.

By the way, Hermione was extremely disdainful of Ron's behavior. Mike led the three people into the Room of Requirement. Everyone was very surprised by the existence of this secret room, and even Hermione looked around with her mouth wide open, looking at the layout inside.

Penelope and Franklin were sitting on the sofa and watching Mike and others.

Franklin was playing with the gold Galleon that Mike gave him. The gold coin bounced up and down in his hand, and with a smile on his face, the meaning of showing off was self-evident.

Unfortunately, Harry and the other two were all paying attention to the Room of Requirement. Even Ron, the most greedy person, didn't pay attention to Franklin's actions, which made him very disappointed.

"This is the Room of Requirement. It can transform into whatever you want according to your wishes. We will practice the Patronus Charm here in the future." Mike said, "But please be careful not to reveal the secret of this secret room. This is our secret base."

After Mike finished speaking, he looked at Ron and said, "Especially you, Ron. I hope you can keep the secret."

"I won't..."

Ron felt a little embarrassed. He knew he had a big mouth, so he could only stammer a few words.

"As far as I know, the Patronus Charm is a very difficult spell. I'm curious how you learned it in the third grade!"

Compared to Ron, Hermione's concern was a little peculiar. After being slightly surprised for a moment, she withdrew her attention from the Room of Requirement and turned her attention back to the real purpose of this trip, the Patronus Charm.

Mike was not surprised by this, as he had a deep understanding of Hermione's thirst for knowledge. So he waved to Penelope and Franklin and began to explain the key points of the Patronus Charm again.

The Patronus Charm sounds simple, but there are actually many little tricks involved. After Mike reviewed it for these people, time had unknowingly approached curfew.

During the teaching process, Mike also noticed that there was a real strain between Ron and Hermione. This could be seen from the fact that Ron always stayed farthest away from Hermione, intentionally or unintentionally, and Hermione always interrupted Ron's speeches.

It is actually very simple to resolve the conflict between the two people. All you have to do is give Ron a new pet.

It is true that it is sad to break up with your girlfriend, but if a girl who is a thousand times better than your ex-girlfriend falls in love with you right away, will you still be sad?

I'm afraid you will forget your ex-girlfriend in a very short time?

This is true for adults, and it is also true for teenagers like Ron.

Mike was confident that if he could give Ron an owl, or even a magical creature, then his mouse Scabbers would soon be forgotten by him.

But Mike wouldn't do that.

In fact, he hoped that Hermione and Ron would completely break up.

In the original book, Hermione, the designated female protagonist, ended up marrying Ron, which made him feel uncomfortable for a long time. Now that he is here this time, he will not let this happen again.

At the very end, Mike asked several people to try to cast the Patronus Charm one by one.

As he expected, Franklin did the best, followed by Penelope and Hermione, while Harry and Ron could only emit an extremely weak white light, which could not even be seen in bright places.

I have to say that Franklin and Hermione's magical talents are really good, and in terms of the Patronus Charm alone, Franklin is obviously more talented, and his simple nature adds a lot of points to him in this regard.

As for Penelope, although she is not very talented, Mike has no intention of training her to be a female warrior.

Mike positioned her as a senior business talent and administrator so that she could help him manage his growing industry in the future.

The day after Mike taught Harry and others the Patronus Charm, things began to develop in the direction Mike had expected.

It was impossible to keep Ron, such a big mouth, from revealing any secrets. From the next day, he started to spread the news of last night all over Hogwarts.

Basically, he told everyone almost everything except the secret base of the Room of Requirement.

He even found a dark place to cast his mediocre Patronus Charm on others.

Harry was very unhappy about this. He felt that Ron had betrayed Mike's trust by doing this.

Ron obviously didn't think so. He felt that he was helping Mike expand his influence and Mike should be grateful to him.

In fact, what Ron said was right. Mike had decided from the beginning to let Ron be his publicist and spread the news without even Ron's knowledge.

This worked very well. Since Ron's main target of showing off was his peers and juniors, many junior students soon found Mike, hoping that he could teach them the Patronus Charm.

Many people here are not interested in the Patronus Charm at all. They come here just for Mike, and some people even come here simply to join in the fun.

But Michael accepted everyone who came, and with Professor Flitwick's permission, he borrowed the Charms classroom and taught these students the Patronus Charm in the evening.

Mike originally thought that only lower grade students would come to listen to his lectures for the time being, but unexpectedly an old acquaintance also came.

"Hey! Mike! I heard you organized a class, so I brought some people here to show my support!"

After his personality change, Cedric looked like a gang leader. He walked into Mike's classroom with a group of Hufflepuff students and said.

Time was running out, so Mike agreed, hugged Cedric and let them find a seat.

Mike's first class went smoothly, and basically everyone present got what they wanted. It was not until after class that Mike and Cedric had time to sit together and start chatting.

"I appreciate you, Cedric."

"Don't say that. We are brothers!" Cedric waved his hand proudly and said, "And your lectures are really good. I am fascinated by them! Hahaha!"

Mike couldn't tell whether what he said was a compliment or the truth, so he could only laugh it off.

When the clock in the classroom rang, indicating curfew, Cedric said goodbye to Mike and returned to the Hufflepuff common room with a group of people.

Before leaving, Cedric suddenly paused, turned around and said with a smile:

"My first Quidditch match of the year is about to start! You must come and watch it then!"

(End of this chapter)