Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 246 Peter
Ever since Fudge left Hogwarts, the Dementors began to disappear slowly and in an orderly manner, which made those students who were learning the Patronus Charm very disappointed, because the main purpose of most of them learning the Patronus Charm was to be able to show off. Now that the Dementors are gone, they naturally have no place to show off.

As a result, the Patronus Charm courses conducted by Mike gradually became deserted.

However, the 'Los Santos Student Support Program' is going very well.

Generally speaking, Muggle-born wizards are all poor. No matter how much wealth their families had before they entered the wizarding world, it is impossible to convert it into gold Galleons.

As a result, Mike's student loan business became very prosperous.

After applying for these loans, capable and self-disciplined people will use the gold galleons to improve themselves, while more people will use them on food, drink and entertainment. Mike is happy to see this, because he knows very well that with the magic contract, those people can't default on his loans at all.

If he couldn't repay the loan in the future, it would be natural for him to become a laborer in a factory under the Los Santos Corporation.

Even if Mike agreed to cancel their debt, it would not be impossible to ask them to do something life-threatening.

So Mike completely ignored Penelope's suggestion to tighten loan review and instead invested more gold galleons into this business.

Actually, Penelope's worries are not unfounded. Los Santos Company was established not long ago, and currently only has Dolphin Magic Drink as its pillar industry. A large amount of cash flow being diverted to Hogwarts will definitely affect the company's profits.

Mike wasn't in a hurry about this.

During his time at Hogwarts, Mike had been remotely controlling the Los Santos Corporation through Shuke and Beta. Every gold coin produced by the Dolphin Magic Drink Factory was used wisely by Mike, allowing them to produce more gold galleons.

Others only know that Los Santos Corporation has a company called Dolphin Magic Drink, but in fact, there are many subsidiaries under Los Santos Corporation now, such as Los Santos Construction, Los Santos Fashion, etc.

Although these companies are not large now, Mike believes that the profits they will generate in the future will be astonishing.

Because their senior leaders are almost all wizards of Muggle descent, or the kind of Muggles who returned to Muggle society after finishing their studies at Hogwarts to continue learning various Muggle knowledge.

They are all high-level talents, architects, fashion designers, senior salesmen...

After seeing the wonders of the wizarding world, they have been longing for the life of wizards, but the bloody reality has given them a heavy blow. They are insignificant in the wizarding society and they can't even find a decent job here.

As a result, they could only live in all walks of life in Muggle society and could no longer use spells under the supervision of the Ministry of Magic.

When Mike found them and promised them high salaries, they gave up their original jobs without much hesitation and re-entered the wizarding society.

And, this time they vowed to prove their talents!

With such a group of people working hard every day, Mike doesn't worry at all about not making money.

Seeing Penelo's tired look, Mike smiled and reached out his hand to gently pinch Penelo's face, saying softly, "Don't worry about this anymore. Go get some sleep. You already have dark circles under your eyes."

Seeing that she couldn't change Mike's decision, Penelope sighed and returned to the dormitory.

She stayed up all night last night working on this matter and now she really needs a good rest.

Mike avoided the others and came to Hogsmeade village alone through the secret passage under the statue of the hunchback witch.

Today is the last day out before the Christmas holidays, so the streets of Hogsmeade village are particularly busy, and everyone is choosing suitable items to take home as gifts.

Normally, Muggle-born wizards would not make such large-scale purchases. Their pitiful exchange quota each year could only support them to buy some worthless candies at most.

But this year is different, thanks to Mike's student loan, many Muggle-born wizards also came to Hogsmeade village to shop today.

People were coming and going on the streets, chatting and laughing, increasing income for Hogsmeade village today.

Many shops on both sides were also crowded with people, among which Bee Duke and the Joke Shop were the busiest, with long queues extending into the street.

Many shops whose business was not as prosperous as these two sent their employees to the streets and shouted desperately to attract more customers.

Mike felt that everything in front of him was no different from those large commercial streets in Muggle society that held events before Christmas.

But he doesn't have time to go shopping now, he has a more important mission this time.

Peter Pettigrew.

This mouse is so cunning that Mike decides to take preemptive action to prevent it from suddenly disappearing one day!

Scabbers, a mouse who had been with Weasley for more than ten years, became extremely panicked after hearing that Black had escaped from prison.

To be honest, Mike really couldn't understand what the Weasleys were thinking.

According to Ron, his rat Scabbers was picked up by his brother Charlie and was just an ordinary rat.

But can an ordinary mouse live for more than ten years? This is really not very scientific!

If it were Mike himself, he would have started to suspect whether his pet was a mutant species a long time ago, but the Weasley family didn't care at all, as if it was a very normal thing for an ordinary mouse to live for more than ten years in the wizarding world.

Whether Mike understands it or not, he cannot change the fact that Scabbers, the mouse transformed by Peter Pettigrew, is Ron's most important friend. Ron loves Scabbers, the pet who has been with him since childhood, to the core. After Hermione got a big ginger cat as a pet, he began to consciously keep Scabbers away from the ugly cat.

After he and Hermione had a complete falling out over this incident, Ron hid the mouse Scabbers on his body and was inseparable from it every day.

This time when we came to Hogsmeade to shop was no exception.

Mike looked at Ron who was lingering in Zonko's Joke Shop and the mouse in his arms who was looking around vigilantly, and a nice curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Got you!"

After muttering to himself in an almost inaudible voice, Mike drew out his wand, and after waving it for a while, a piece of gravel on the road twisted and expanded, eventually turning into a dirty black dog.

When Mike controlled the big black dog to squeeze into the joke shop, Ron was still drooling at the many prank props on the shelves, and the vigilant mouse Banban was the first to discover it.

"squeak!"

After the mouse Scabbers made a shrill cry, he tried his best to get into his owner's arms, hoping that his owner would protect him. However, he was disappointed. Ron, who was absorbed in watching, ignored him and continued to focus on the shelf. He stroked his head with his fingers and comforted him, "Don't make trouble. I'll give you food later."

The black dog's eyes were fixed on the mouse Banban as it kept approaching. Its expression became more and more ferocious, with its sharp teeth exposed, as if it would pounce on the mouse and bite it at the next moment.

Scabbers couldn't stand it, he thought the dog was Blake.

It twisted its body flexibly and got out of Ron's arms, fell to the ground and disappeared quickly.

It was at this time that the shop assistants discovered that a dirty black dog had come into the store, but when they wanted to drive it away, they saw that the dog suddenly turned into a piece of gravel. In the end, they could only shake their heads in confusion and kick the stone out of the store.

On the other side, after Mike successfully used the black dog to scare Scabbers away from Ron's arms, he used his magical perception to start tracking Peter Pettigrew.

The reason why Peter had to scare it away from Ron's arms before taking action, besides not wanting to conflict with Ron, was that Peter might have mastered a spell with great lethality.

Judging from the information provided by Blake, the explosion created by the spell that Peter mastered should be able to kill all living things within half a kilometer, and he would only have to pay the price of half a finger.

And this spell may not require a wand!
If he were to release this spell in the crowded Hogsmeade village, the consequences would be very disastrous.

Mike tracked Peter all the way out of Hogsmeade village. When they arrived at the only way back to Hogwarts, Peter stopped, found a bush and began to rest.

It seems that Peter doesn't want to leave his little master Ron for the time being. He wants to reappear halfway when Ron returns to Hogwarts and return to Ron's side.

To be honest, Mike was a little confused by his behavior. If he were Peter, he would have left home the moment he knew Sirius Black was nearby. Could it be that he really had developed feelings for the Weasley family over the past decade?

But this had nothing to do with him. Mike slowly pulled out his wand, aimed it at the bushes where Peter was hiding, and cast a petrification spell.

After turning into a mouse, Peter naturally possessed all the abilities of a mouse, including super vigilance.

This guy reacted within a second after Mike shot the spell, turning into a black afterimage and rushing towards the wilderness in the distance.

However, this was useless, as Mike had already locked onto him through his magical perception. The translucent petrification spell made a strange turn in mid-air and hit the black afterimage.

The petrified Peter flew far away due to inertia. Mike quickly stepped forward to pick him up, and saw that he was still running, but there was a very human look of fear in his big eyes.

"OK! Call it a day!"

Mike grabbed Peter's tail, swung it around twice and then put it into an ordinary bag. He had no desire to communicate with Peter. This guy was a complete terrorist and he couldn't be given any chance.

After a long detour, they returned to Hogwarts Castle and saw Ron arguing with Hermione in the great hall.

"Where's that stinky cat of yours? I'm going to kill it!"

Ron's eyes were red, and it seemed that he had just cried. At this moment, he was roaring at Hermione angrily.

The situation on Hermione's side was not good either. She didn't have many friends to begin with, and now Ron, whom she regarded as a friend, was accusing her like this, which made her very uncomfortable.

"Listen Ron, I didn't bring Crookshanks with me when I went to Hogsmeade today!" Hermione tried her best to explain, "And he's a good boy, he won't eat your Scabbers!"

"How do you know? It's a cat! It's its nature to eat mice!"

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Originally, the topic of the argument between the two was still about Crookshanks and Scabbers, but as the temperature escalated, Ron's words became more and more unpleasant, and the focus of his curses was also on Hermione herself.

Faced with this situation, Hermione remained silent. Her eyes were red and it looked like tears would flow out of them at any time, but she pursed her lips tightly, trying hard not to cry.

There were a lot of people gathered around, and everyone was watching the fun.

Soon Ron's two brothers heard the news and rushed over. When they arrived, they saw their younger brother pointing at a girl's nose and scolding her. This made them very angry, so they each carried Ron on one side and left the auditorium.

Before leaving, he gave Mike a look, the meaning of which was unclear.

After Ron left, Hermione could no longer hold back her tears. She covered her face and rushed out of the hall.

Mike looked at Hermione who was rushing out the door, then looked at his cloth bag, and finally sighed and chased in the direction Hermione left.

Hermione ran very fast, and Mike had to chase her all the way from the hall to the library before he caught up with her.

Hermione was surprised by Mike's sudden appearance. She pulled her sleeve and wiped her face, trying to hide her tears.

Mike didn't waste any words when he saw this. He took out a fizzy bee candy and handed it to him, saying, "Put it in your mouth, and you'll feel much better."

Hermione's hands, which were covering her eyes, opened a little, and after secretly taking a look at the object in Mike's hand, she cried, "No eating in the library!"

"It's okay, I'll block it for you, no one will notice."

Although Mike said this, he was very contemptuous in his heart.

You didn't think about the rules when you put the water-proofing and moisture-proofing charm on Harry's glasses the other day.

Facts have proved that it is human nature to love delicious food. With Mike's insistence, Hermione finally ate the Fizzy Bee Candy in Mike's hand in one bite.

This rule-breaking behavior seemed to make Hermione very excited. She didn't even care about crying. Her big red eyes rolled around and she looked around vigilantly.

"So why did you come to the library?"

Seeing that Hermione had almost recovered, Mike continued the topic. He did not continue to persuade and comfort Hermione about Ron's matter, nor did he intend to act as a mediator between them.

If possible, Mike even hoped that Hermione and Ron would never have any contact with each other again.

Hermione naturally didn't know what Mike was thinking at the moment, and said shyly:
"Buckbeak might be executed!"

(End of this chapter)