Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 254 Changes in the Student Mutual Aid Association
Benjamin was walking down the aisle the first weekend after Christmas break.

As it is only 7 o'clock now, this corridor which was once very bustling seems a little deserted. I guess most people are still sleeping in bed at this time.

Hogwarts was exceptionally cold in January, and even the bright sunshine outside the castle couldn't melt the stubborn ice and snow.

Although the weather was cold, Benjamin's heart was hot.

Benjamin's dream is to become a pharmacist.

But he was just an ordinary Muggle wizard. He didn't have a remarkable family, nor did he have amazing talent. If nothing unexpected happened, he should get a graduation score that was neither low nor high, and then get a job that could barely make a living.

But now it’s different because an accident happened!

Los Santos Corporation's scholarship program!

Because of its existence, Benjamin now finally has money to conduct potion experiments outside of the classroom!
Although he had not taken any exams, Benjamin believed that his performance in Potions class was steadily improving after receiving the loan from Los Santos Corporation.

Because Professor Snape hasn't scolded him for a long time!

This didn't make sense, because Professor Snape's expression had been very sour recently, and you could tell he was in a bad mood, but he didn't scold himself.

Then there is only one answer, that is, my potion skills are really improving!

There are definitely more than one people who have the same experience as me. Although Hogwarts is nominally a completely free school, in reality, all they can receive for these Muggle-born wizards is just a basic education. Unless you are extremely talented, you can never learn the most advanced knowledge!
Because the advanced knowledge of Hogwarts is only open in the last two years, and all of it is knowledge like alchemy, which is both expensive and obscure!
No talent and no money?

You should just take a shower and go to bed.

When Benjamin thought about this, a fire burned in his heart!
Benjamin walked quickly, but he froze when he passed the auditorium.

At a corner of the Ravenclaw table, a young man with golden hair was sitting there with his head propped up.

That's Mike, the boss of Los Santos Corporation and his sponsor.

Benjamin recognized the figure almost the moment he saw him.

It is this person in front of me who gives me the opportunity to become a better self!

Benjamin was so excited that he could hardly control himself. He wanted to rush up to Mike, hug him, and thank him!

But he finally held back. He took a deep breath, finally loosened his tightly clenched fists, turned around and headed for the agreed location with the beneficiaries at a faster pace.

Wait, Mike. I am not good enough now. I will repay you with practical actions after I become a better person!
Benjamin thought so in his heart.

Mike in the auditorium had no idea that he was almost hugged by a man.

At this moment he was waiting for Hermione.

Last night Hermione suddenly asked him to come to the hall early in the morning, but now the agreed time is almost up and Hermione still hasn't shown up.

Mike sighed, looked up at the clock, and then lowered his head to think again.

Recently, there seems to be some unexpected changes in his financial aid plan.

His actions of prohibiting lower-level students from taking out loans and setting up a stricter review mechanism have not only made those who were prohibited from taking out loans very dissatisfied, but also seemed to make those who were eligible for loans more united.

This kind of solidarity turned the student mutual aid association, which Mike originally thought was just a "debtors' exchange meeting", into a united and vibrant organization.

Those senior recipients of the grant not only organized study sessions every weekend, they even designed a logo for the student mutual aid association.

A pattern of a magic wand passing diagonally through a gear.

It is said that the wand represents the magic of wizarding society, while the gear represents the science of Muggle society.

The combination of the two represents that these Muggle-born wizards have mastered the supernatural power of magic, but have not forgotten science!
Mike was shocked when he got the news.

Good God! His own Freemasonry had no emblem yet!
But this also proves how much those members love this 'Debtors Exchange Meeting'.

They even have a sense of superiority!

If you don't join this student mutual aid association, you will be despised by them.

Because borrowing money from Los Santos's student aid program requires strict review. If the review fails, it means that the person being reviewed has no investment potential at all.

Can you believe this sense of superiority?
It was the first time Mike heard that being in debt could give one a sense of superiority!

But even though he complained about it, Mike was still happy to see this kind of thing happen.

This is because ever since these people developed a sense of superiority, their performance has indeed been steadily improving. Some of them have even improved their abilities at a speed that can be considered talented.

For example, for Benjamin, who wants to be a pharmacist, it is not easy for him to avoid being scolded by Snape in the near future.

On the other hand, it was because he found that these guys who owed him money seemed very grateful to him.

No, this was no longer something that could be described by simple gratitude. Mike felt as if they had begun to worship him!

They even collect his photos! Almost everyone has one!
The contributor of the photo was Harry's former die-hard fan, Colin, who used to take secret photos of Harry with a Muggle camera all day long.

That’s right, it was once upon a time, but now his idol has become Mike.

Of course, the subject of the secret photography also became Mike.

Mike was extremely annoyed by this, because Colin was even better than the most dedicated paparazzi in his previous life. You had no way of predicting when and where Colin would suddenly appear and take a picture of you.

The most exaggerated one was when Mike was squatting in the toilet cubicle solving a personal problem when he suddenly heard a click and a flash of white light appeared above his head.

Then when he looked up, he saw Colin holding a camera and looking at him fanatically.

There is no need to say more about the rest.

Colin was pinned down in the bathroom and beaten up by Mike. From then on, Colin never dared to take secret photos of Mike again. Whenever he wanted to take photos, he would always ask Mike in advance.

Apart from Colin, the weirdo, the other members of the Student Mutual Aid Association were relatively normal. At least no one suddenly rushed out to hug him.

So Mike didn't impose too much control on them, and even added some advanced knowledge into the shared library of the mutual aid society, including part of Snape's potion knowledge.

"I hope they won't let me down. They should work hard and try to become better people so that I can use them."

Thinking of this, Mike looked up at the clock again.

The moment he looked up, the minute and hour hands of the magic clock moved suddenly, and the time came to 8 o'clock as agreed with Hermione.

The next moment, Mike felt someone suddenly patted his shoulder.

"Hey, Mike, you're here so early." "Because I thought you would come earlier, but I didn't expect you to be so punctual."

Needless to say, the person coming must be Hermione.

Mike turned around after he finished speaking, and the person who appeared in front of him was indeed Hermione with darker dark circles under her eyes.

Seeing this, Mike frowned and asked, "You didn't get enough rest? Don't you have a time converter? Can't you just turn back time and use it to sleep?"

"Shh! Keep your voice down!" Hermione quickly covered Mike's mouth and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, she breathed a sigh of relief. "The time turner can only be used a limited number of times a day. If I use it too frequently, I will probably find out myself!"

"So you're desperately squeezing out your rest time in order to have more time to study?"

Hermione was silent now, she could hear the annoyance in Mike's words.

To be honest, she really wanted to rest, but there was too much homework, and she also needed to read a lot of legal documents to help Hagrid, so she had even less time to sleep.

Mike felt sorry for her as she lowered her head and said nothing, so he said:

"Okay, your body is your own, I don't care about you! What do you want from me today? Tell me now."

A smile immediately broke out on Hermione's face when she heard that. She knew that what Mike had just said was just out of anger.

"I discovered a big secret!" Hermione whispered in Mike's ear, "Professor Lupin is actually a werewolf!"

The hot air from Hermione's mouth when she spoke made Mike's ears itchy. He instinctively dodged back and heard the second half of Hermione's words.

Then, he reached out and scratched his ear, which was still a little itchy, and said nonchalantly, "Oh? Really?"

Hermione was obviously not satisfied with Mike's reaction. In her opinion, Mike should have been so shocked that he fell off his chair.

Seeing her deliberately turning her head away and pouting her lips to pretend to be angry, Mike smiled and said:

"That's not hard to guess, is it? Snape has already hinted at it in class, and he was just about to whisper it into our ears to tell us that Lupin is a werewolf."

"Yes! It's not hard to guess at all!"

After saying that, Hermione stomped her feet violently, turned around and completely ignored Mike.

Mike thought to himself when he saw this, why did he have to show off when he could do nothing else? Now Hermione was really angry.

"Hey, don't be angry, let's talk business." Mike began to change the subject, "Have you told anyone else about this?"

"no!"

"That's good. Lupin is a good teacher. I want to take a few more classes from him."

As soon as these words were spoken, Mike and Hermione fell silent. If Lupin's identity as a werewolf was revealed, then there was no need to say much about his fate, which would be expulsion.

Parents of students will not allow a werewolf to teach their children!
Although it was only a matter of time before Lupin's identity was exposed, Mike still planned to delay it as long as possible.

And the reason was not that he liked Lupin's class, but that he didn't want to take Snape's class.

There's no way. Ever since the last 'deal' with Snape, Snape has been targeting Mike with all his might. It's really a bit confusing.

After a moment's silence, Mike came out of his sad mood and said to Hermione seriously:
"Hermione, do you want to join my student mutual aid association? Although you must accept a loan from Los Santos Corporation to join, you only need to borrow one Galleon."

"Forget it. I'm already very busy now and don't have time to participate in other activities."

"Then don't regret it. The mutual aid association is now full of outstanding senior students, and they also hold study sessions regularly."

Hermione's eyes lit up when she heard that.

"Really? Then I'll join."

"Okay, they are having a meeting in the Charms classroom. It's a good time for you to go there now." Mike waved his hand and said, "If anyone stops you, just say I asked you to go there."

"understood!"

After that, Hermione left the hall in a hurry.

Mike looked at Hermione's back and shook his head with a smile. Hermione was good in everything except that she was too obsessed with studying.

But this is not a disadvantage. To Mike, as long as a woman is pretty and cute, that’s enough!

I don’t know whether male wizards in the wizarding society can have two wives?

Looks like I'll have to check it out later.

Thinking of this, Mike left the hall and returned to the Ravenclaw common room.

The clock had already reached ten past eight, but the Ravenclaw common room was still empty.

Mike stood in front of the Ravenclaw statue and whispered the familiar spell in a voice that only he could hear.

The moment the spell was recited, a blue light burst out from the Ravenclaw statue, and then Mike disappeared in the Ravenclaw common room.

By the time Mike stood firm again, he was already in a large indoor square.

The square was full of ruins, all of which were caused by his battle with the afterimage Geralt.

That’s right, this is the secret realm of Ravenclaw.

A year later, Mike finally came here again.

This time he came here not for sightseeing, but to build a base.

Currently, the headquarters of their Freemasons is the Room of Requirement. Although the conditions in the Room of Requirement are excellent and can almost meet all of Mike's needs, it has a shortcoming that Mike cannot tolerate at all.

That's not secret enough.

The Room of Requirement is a treasure trove, and a few students in almost every generation will find it.

In the eyes of many people, the Room of Requirement was not a secret at all over the years since Hogwarts was founded. The reason why they all kept the secret was just out of bad taste.

It's like the Sorting ceremony at Hogwarts.

Everyone would keep it a secret from the freshmen who had not yet enrolled, and would try to exaggerate the difficulty of the sorting ceremony so that they could see how nervous they were.

The same goes for the predecessors who discovered the Room of Requirement. They like to maliciously reveal some irrelevant or even seriously misleading clues to their juniors, and then let the juniors scratch their heads to find this treasure house.

Although they may not be able to see their juniors’ bald heads, it’s cool just to think about it, isn’t it?
(End of this chapter)