Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 253 The vacation is over
In the Request-Granting Room, Mike and others were sitting around a round table, carefully looking through the notes provided by Snape.

Everyone was studying very seriously. The room was completely silent except for the sound of turning pages and the occasional crackling of burning candles.

Not long ago, Mike and Snape had a confrontation and Mike won in the end.

After taking back his junior high school notebook, Snape took out several textbooks again. These were filled with many notes. In many places, the original content in the textbooks was even crossed out and rewritten.

It seems that Professor Snape is very disdainful of the contents of the Potions textbook.

However, the condition of these textbooks is quite new compared to the Half-Blood Prince's textbooks, and the handwriting on them is also very different from that in the Half-Blood Prince's textbooks.

So these should have been written by Snape later.

Moreover, Mike could tell from the contents of these textbooks that these were actually Snape's personal lesson preparation materials and research materials.

This is a bit awesome.

When Snape was a teenager, he was able to improve many advanced potions including the Felixir. Now that he is middle-aged, there is no need to say how impressive his personal research data must be, right?

What's more, because of Mike's request, the materials Snape provided covered content from grade 1 to grade 5. With these materials, plus the professional lesson preparation materials of Snape, a senior professor, Mike and others were able to fully understand them.

This resulted in a geometric increase in the potion levels of Mike and the others.

In addition, Mike also plans to use this information to open a potion factory specializing in producing these high-quality potions.

Of course, the establishment of a factory still requires long-term planning, and at least it needs to obtain certification for drug production qualifications from the Ministry of Magic.

Among those who were studying such precious information, in addition to the three original members of the Freemasons, there were three new members, the Weasley brothers and Soraka.

Mike held a swearing-in ceremony for the three people as soon as the Christmas holiday ended, and after the ceremony, they immediately began to study the information.

The person who enjoyed reading this information the most was Soraka. This medical girl who specialized in cutting open the chest with a bit of perversion in her heart even regretted not joining the Freemasonry earlier.

You have to know that wizard medicine is a complex technology that combines healing spells, potions and herbology, so Snape's information means far more to Soraka than to anyone else present.

On the other hand, there was no news in the first few days after Blake and others were taken away by Fudge, which made Mike think that there was another accident in his plan.

Fortunately, by the fourth day, public opinion in the entire wizarding community exploded.

All media including the Daily Prophet were scrambling to report on this incident. Among them, the official mainstream media, the Daily Prophet, was relatively restrained. It only speculated and hinted at the truth about Blake's case, saying that Blake had been arrested and the public could rest assured. It did not directly say that Blake was innocent.

But other tabloids don't care.

The gossip media, led by The Quibbler which had been acquired by Michael, fully demonstrated their nature as the so-called stinky media in a 'democratic' society, and began to use all kinds of extreme speculations from various aspects to whitewash Black and attack the Ministry of Magic.

Among them, "The Quibbler" went the furthest. He directly named the title of this incident as:

"The Incompetent Ministry of Magic! A hero who has been struggling against Dementors for more than ten years!"

There is absolutely no substantial evidence in this article to prove Black's innocence. There is only ridicule and mockery of the Ministry of Magic's incompetence.

But it was such a ridiculous report that doubled the sales of "The Quibbler" that week!
Mike was not surprised at all, he had seen too many such things in his previous life. Readers and viewers don't need your articles to be reasonable at all, they just need an opportunity to release their long-standing dissatisfaction with the Ministry of Magic.

To put it bluntly, they just want to criticize the Ministry of Magic, and this article is just an excuse.

Coupled with a group of bystanders who voted with their feet, for a time, the truth of the Black case and the incompetent Ministry of Magic became the biggest gossips people could hear recently.

The consequence of such great public pressure was that Professor Lupin, who was a "Black accomplice", was released that night.

This made the Hogwarts classmates cheer, but also made Snape a little disappointed.

The students had long been fed up with Snape's teaching methods. In his classes, this guy only taught them about werewolves.

However, since the knowledge about werewolves is near the end of the textbook, it is quite advanced, which results in many people not being able to learn it at all.

But Snape insisted on his own way and even assigned a lot of homework, which made the students miserable.

To be honest, Mike felt that Lupin's teaching level was just so-so, but what to say?

It all depends on the support of peers!

Mike was not surprised at the Ministry of Magic's actions. In modern times, with a lot of deliberate exaggeration, the law has become justice in the hearts of the people!

But actually?
If you search the word "law" on the Internet using any search engine, you will be able to see from its entry that "Law is a tool to maintain rule."

According to this theory, most of the time, public opinion is absolutely more important than justice.

In the current situation where the whole society supports Black, Black will not be punished even if he is really guilty.

There is nothing we can do, this is public opinion.

Even Mike thought that the fact that the Ministry of Magic did not immediately declare Black not guilty after the public opinion explosion was the result of poor Mr. Barty Crouch's efforts.

This is indeed the case. Fudge has not been idle in the past few days.

Peter Pettigrew didn't hold out for long under the even more terrifying torture of the professional interrogators from the Ministry of Magic, and he confessed the whole truth.

Fudge, the Minister of Magic, lacks ability in other aspects, but as a true master, he is absolutely professional in the struggle of truth.

In the past few days, Fudge has used this incident as an opportunity to attack Barty Crouch many times and asked old Barty to retire.

And old Barty was not jealous. He had worked in the upper echelons of the Ministry of Magic for so many years and had accumulated a large number of connections. Relying on these connections, he was able to survive in such adversity, resulting in a tendency for things to turn from big things to small things.

Although Fudge's original goal had been achieved at this point, he was not satisfied. He wanted to make sure that old Batty would never have a chance to make a comeback!
As a result, public opinion exploded under the push of a big hand.

Mike believed that old Batty was really finished this time.

After something like this happened, even if he didn't plead guilty and retire, at least his position as director would be untenable.

"Ding-ling-da-ding-dang..."

A living yellow bird suddenly flew out of the magic clock in the Room of Requirement. It sang a magical tune and flew around the round table where Mike and the others were sitting. After reminding everyone that it was time for dinner, it returned to the clock. Upon hearing the sound, Mike and the others put down their textbooks, walked out of the Room of Requirement, and came to the auditorium.

The Christmas holiday was over and the auditorium had returned to its former bustle.

But in this auditorium filled with a joyful atmosphere, the three saviors led by Harry looked very depressed.

Harry and Ron sat side by side, staring at the empty plates, as if waiting for the teleportation magic to transfer the food from the kitchen to the plates, but from their dead fish eyes you could tell that they were completely in a daze.

Both of them learned the truth about the Blake and Peter incident through Mike and various newspapers, and this incident was a huge blow to them.

Ron couldn't accept that his lovely mouse Scabbers was actually Peter Pettigrew. When he thought about how he had slept with a greasy middle-aged uncle countless times over the years, and he even kissed it...

After seeing those disgusting and hideous photos of Peter published in the newspaper, Ron completely lost his appetite and even felt like vomiting.

The situation on Harry's side is not optimistic either.

The first and most important point is that his Firebolt is ruined. What Malfoy said was really right. The group of Aurors had no ability to restore the Firebolt at all. What they returned to Harry was just a pile of fragments!
If that were all, that would be fine.

The key is that Mike told him the truth.

Blake, the evil man whom I cursed countless times, turned out to be a good man? My best friend Ron, his pet rat, turned out to be the real murderer who killed my parents?

Not only that, but Blake is actually my godfather? Even this Firebolt was actually a Christmas gift from him?
Wait, things took a sudden turn, and Harry said I couldn't react at all.

Not far from the two of them, Hermione, with dark circles under her eyes, a pale face and even a hairline that seemed to have risen a little, was holding a law book that looked like a dictionary and reading it seriously. From time to time, she would take out a pen to make some notes.

In order to help Hagrid with the lawsuit, she could be said to have been studying with her life during this period of time. The Christmas holidays, which could have been used for a good rest, were all used to study law.

As a result, her body began to gradually become unable to bear the strain due to lack of adequate rest for a long time.

Unfortunately, Mike thought that what she did was completely useless.

Because she, like many people, did not understand the nature of the law at all.

This was the scene Mike saw when he came in front of the three people. Harry and the others didn't even notice Mike's arrival.

Mike didn't care about it. He just waved his hand and Franklin put a cage with an owl on the table in front of Ron.

This owl was specially selected by Mike, so it is extremely handsome. Its gray and brown feathers, coupled with its sharp big eyes, make it look even more handsome than Harry's owl.

The appearance of such an owl in front of Ron naturally drew his attention back.

Ron's originally dilated pupils refocused, stayed on the owl for a while, and then fell on Mike.

Seeing Ron's mouth open with an expression of ignorance, Mike smiled and said:

"This is for you, do you like it?"

As soon as these words came out, Ron's eyes lit up immediately, and he stood up and asked excitedly:

"Really?"

"Of course, I'm sorry about what happened to Banban." Mike said sincerely, "So this little guy can be regarded as my apology. I hope it can make you happy again."

There were faint glimmers of tears in Ron's eyes. He had never used anything new since he was a child. Whether it was wearing or using things, they were all second-hand goods given away by his brothers. Even the rat, Scabbers, was discarded by his brothers.

He sincerely felt that Mike was a really good person.

Seeing that Ron was speechless, Mike didn't say much. He patted him on the shoulder gently and turned his gaze to Harry.

At this moment, Harry's mood became nervous, and he even had some expectations in his heart.

You know, Mike is a rich man now, so will he take out another fire crossbow and give it to me?

Harry suddenly felt a little ashamed when the thought came to his mind.

I shouldn't think like this. Although Mike is rich, he has no obligation to give me such an expensive gift for free. The damage to the Firebolt has nothing to do with him.

"Harry, I have some good news for you," Mike said. "You should have known that Black is your godfather, right? He should be out soon, so you don't have to be sad about your Firebolt. When he comes out, he will definitely give you another one.

Oh! Don't feel bad for his money. If you ask around, you'll know that the Black family has a long history. Sirius is the only direct heir of the family, and he has so many gold Galleons that he won't be able to use them all in his lifetime."

After Mike finished speaking, he no longer looked at Harry's complicated expression and turned to look at Hermione.

Although Hermione was still reading a book at the moment, what happened to Mike just now still attracted her attention.

Out of curiosity, she instinctively glanced towards Mike a few times. She thought no one would notice her, but she was caught by Mike at this moment.

In a panic, Hermione could only continue to pretend that she was reading, but her slightly trembling hands had already betrayed her inner thoughts.

'Will Mike give me something too?'

As she was thinking this, she found that Mike had come to her and placed a long box in front of her.

"I noticed that you started wearing a necklace, Hermione." Mike opened the box and saw a glittering gold necklace inside. "But if you ask me, the one you are wearing now really doesn't match your temperament, so I prepared this for you."

Hermione instinctively touched the chain around her neck.

She knew very well that the pendant around her neck was not an ornament at all, but a time converter!
'Mike knows? No? Impossible!'

Hermione was screaming wildly in her heart. You know, Professor McGonagall had an agreement with her that if others knew the existence of the Time Turner, she would take back this treasure.

However, the next moment Mike leaned close to her ear and whispered:

"You'd better use the Time Turner less often. It achieves its effect by overdrawing your life. The most important thing you should do now is to have a good rest. To be honest, you look terrible now."

(End of this chapter)