Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 275: No Fear
Watching the white-hooded people being slowly burned to death in front of him, Mike let out a long breath, raised his wand again, and extinguished the giant fire python transformed by the fierce fire along with all the ordinary flames burning in the camp.

It was not until this time that the spectators felt relieved. Harry, Ron and others rushed directly to Mike's side regardless of the danger.

"You are so cool! Was that fire snake just now also a fire spell? Isn't that too powerful?"

Mike remained silent and just smiled at Harry who asked him the question.

Hermione on the other side had an unpleasant expression on her face, and looked at Mike with complicated eyes, and said;
"That's Fiendfyre, isn't it?"

"That's right." Mike admitted without hesitation.

Hermione's face looked even uglier now. She seemed a little bit unbelievable and took two steps back involuntarily, moving further away from Mike.

"What is Fiendfyre? What are you two talking about?"

"Fire is a cursed fire, it's dark magic." Hermione gritted her teeth and said, "It's a very powerful and dangerous dark magic!"

Harry and Ron were both stunned when they heard this and looked at Mike in disbelief.

"But I saved someone with it, didn't I?" Mike said with a smile, "The murderer used a knife to kill someone, but it's not the knife's fault. The knife can also be used to do many good things, such as cutting vegetables and fruits."

"well said!"

As soon as Mike finished speaking, a cheer came from not far away.

When everyone looked in the direction of the voice, they saw a tall, delicate-looking girl with white hair as shiny as stars walking towards them, holding the hand of a little girl who looked very similar to her but was a little timid.

"The tools are innocent. The guilty ones are the ones who use the tools to commit crimes." Furong walked closer to Mike, smiled and stretched out her hand. "Long time no see, Mike. Thank you for stopping those thugs and saving my sister Gabrielle."

"Long time no see, this is what I should do."

Fleur's appearance instantly conquered all the men present except Mike. Harry and Ron quickly recovered from the shock of Mike's ability in the dark arts and looked at Fleur with wide eyes.

Suddenly, Ron seemed to be unable to control himself any longer. He walked up to Fleur and said foolishly:

"Hello, beautiful lady, can I invite you to have dinner with me? Oh! I forgot to introduce myself first. My name is Ron, Ron Weasley, the man who will become the Minister of Magic in the future."

I have to say, Ron is really a man full of funny points. Mike was so amused by his self-introduction that he almost couldn't maintain his brain occlusion.

Fleur seemed to be used to this kind of chat. She ignored Ron and looked at Hermione with interest.

"Are you...having a fight with your girlfriend?" Furong put her arm around Mike as she spoke.

Hermione on the other side was instantly furious when she saw this and said angrily:

"Mike! What you just said is completely absurd! You and I both know that the reason why black magic is black magic is not because it is often used for bad things! You'd better take care of yourself!"

After saying that, he stomped his right foot hard, turned around and left.

Mike didn't even try to chase after them, and he didn't even have the intention to refute because he found that the people from the Ministry of Magic had finally arrived.

"Mike, I can't believe we've met again after only being apart for a few hours."

Fudge, with half-closed eyes and looking a little tired, arrived at the scene with a group of Aurors. He greeted Mike and others with a smile and a kind attitude.

But then, when an Auror in uniform said something in Fudge's ear, the look in Fudge's eyes when he looked at Mike changed instantly.

"You actually used the Fiendish Fire Curse!? Do you know how serious the consequences would be if it got out of control? There are nearly 100,000 people around here!" Fudge screamed hysterically, "Merlin's beard! You must be crazy!"

"But I succeeded, didn't I? I killed those thugs and saved everyone."

Perhaps it was Mike's indifferent look that completely angered Fudge. His fat face turned red in an instant, and his expression became ferocious. He pointed his finger at Mike as if he wanted to teach him a lesson.

However, before he could finish his words, an explosion was heard in the woods in the distance.

When everyone heard the sound and looked, they saw a faint green light quickly rising into the air, and then suddenly exploded after climbing to the top.

A huge green skull appeared in the night sky. An enormous python crawled out of the skull, like an incredibly long tongue. This strange pattern looked like a new constellation against the backdrop of the night sky.

"Merlin's beard!"

Fudge opened his mouth wide and looked at the pattern above their heads. He muttered something and his legs went weak and he fell down.

The Auror beside him quickly supported him, preventing him from making a fool of himself in front of Mike and others.

However, Fudge obviously did not appreciate it. The Auror's support seemed to have made him react. His face flushed and he pushed the Auror away, roaring:
"Go and catch him! Catch the guy who released the Dark Mark! At any cost! You must catch him for me! This is a blatant provocation to the Ministry of Magic!"

Despite being spitted all over his face, the Auror did not get angry. He just wiped the saliva off his face silently and ran towards the woods with a group of Aurors.

Mike sighed. If it weren't for the fact that what those white-hooded men did was really unbearable to him, he should have caught the little mouse that released the Dark Mark in the woods by now.

Hearing the sigh, Fudge turned his head and looked at Mike, and said with a gloomy face:

"I'm very busy now and don't have time to deal with your affairs for the time being. Just come with me to the Ministry of Magic first!"

After that, two people in Ministry of Magic uniforms came over and stretched out their hands to signal Mike to hand over the wand to them.

This action undoubtedly treated Mike as a suspect. To be honest, this was too much, but Mike was calm inside because he knew that he would be fine.

However, Furong on the side obviously didn't think so. She pushed the two uniformed men away, rushed to Fudge and shouted:
"How could you do this? Do you know how critical the situation was? You didn't come when it was most critical, and now you want to capture the hero who saved us all? Don't you feel ashamed?!"

Furong was very excited, but Fudge opposite her had no expression on his face. He waited until she finished speaking before saying calmly:
"Are you done?"

"No! I tell you! I am a student of the Beauxbatons School of Magic in France. If you dare to arrest Mike, I will tell my classmates and teachers exactly what happened today and let them take a good look. Your Ministry of Magic in the United States..."

Before Furong could finish her words, Mike covered her mouth. In his previous life, he had dealt with many law enforcement officers and understood very well how stupid Furong's behavior was.

Think about it, law enforcement agencies are violent organizations. Do you have the guts to threaten violent organizations?

Isn't this seeking death?

"The little girl is ignorant. I'm sorry to make you laugh, Minister."

Fudge looked at Mike unfriendly and left without saying a word.

The two men in uniform extended their hands again.

Mike obediently handed over his wand and followed the two uniformed men to the direction where Fudge came from. Behind him, Fleur shouted:
"Mike, you'd better be careful!"

……

Perhaps because Fudge did not directly order the arrest of Mike, the two uniformed men did not control Mike's ability to move. They just escorted him on the left and right, and came to a prison with only dozens of cells through the teleportation fireplace, and stuffed Mike into one of the cells.

This is the Ministry of Magic's temporary prison, used to detain prisoners who have not yet been tried.

Mike is no stranger to this place.

Some time ago, after Victor and his friends were arrested for causing trouble, Mike came here to rescue them. However, he didn't expect that not long after that, he would be locked up here.

After lamenting the unpredictability of life, Mike lay down.

To be honest, the conditions of the cells here are pretty good. Although not as clean as the BT prisons I had stayed in in my previous life where prisoners were required to clean every day, at least they have what they need, like beds.

Because he had just been in a fierce battle and had consumed a lot of physical energy, Mike fell asleep before he had been lying down for long.

When he woke up again, the first thing that caught his eye was Fudge's smiling fat face.

It can be seen that our minister probably did not get any rest that night. In addition, he was busy with the Quidditch World Cup for a long time, so Fudge's face is no longer presentable.

Not only did I have bags under my eyes and dark circles, but my entire face was swollen and greasy, which was terrifying.

Behind Fudge followed a middle-aged man dressed like an old-fashioned gentleman. He was tall and thin, with a well-groomed moustache. At this moment, the wand in his hand was trembling slightly, and his lips were moving slightly, clearly casting a spell!
Seeing that Mike finally woke up, Fudge said kindly:
"Come on, Mike, tell us what happened that night?"

"Did you catch the guy who released the Dark Mark?" Mike answered irrelevantly and turned his gaze to the gentleman with the mustache. "And you, don't waste your energy. I know how to block the brain."

The wand in the mustache man's hand was shaking even more violently. This time he was not casting a spell, but was just angry.

However, just as he was about to explode, Fudge stopped him with a look.

"Hey! Looks like they didn't catch it."

Mike sighed deeply, while Fudge on the other side could no longer maintain the smile on his face after hearing this, and said seriously:

"Based on the Flashback Charm (a spell that allows a wand to release the most recently released spell) and the testimony of eyewitnesses at the scene, we have confirmed that you used the Fiendfyre to kill those white hoods. Now, we suspect that they are the ones who released the Dark Mark. You have fought with them, so I ask you, do you know who those people are?"

Mike lowered his head and thought for a moment, then sneered:

"Of course I know."

Fudge fell silent, and the wand in the hand of the mustachioed gentleman behind him stopped trembling and even began to aim at Mike.

At the same time, Mike's nerves were tense, and Papi, the raven living in his pendant, was ready to attack.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Since you know this, I will tell you directly. This matter cannot be known to the public." Fudge waved his hand to stop the gentleman with the mustache. "Moreover, you have to cooperate with us to minimize the impact caused by this incident."

Now it was Mike's turn to be silent.

He knew very well that the Ministry of Magic would never make the identities of those in white hoods public, because once the people knew that those in white hoods were the nobles who were once high and mighty, the entire wizarding society would be in turmoil.

This is something the Ministry of Magic cannot allow!
Although Fudge and his team guessed wrongly about who released the Dark Mark, their reasoning was actually quite reasonable.

After all, there were many of Voldemort's former subordinates among the group of people wearing white hoods, so it was not surprising that there was someone who still missed Voldemort and wanted to put up the Dark Mark to show off.

After a long time, Mike said slowly:

"can."

Fudge and Moustache both breathed a sigh of relief.

"But I want to make amends!"

Fudge's smile froze again.

The man with a mustache on the side started to curse:
"Don't push your luck! Just one..."

"Stop acting! You don't even dare to kill me to silence me! If I'm not mistaken, there's chaos out there right now, right? The thugs are at large, while the heroes who saved people are in jail. Haha, this is really big news!" Mike interrupted the man with the mustache, "You can say those three words you wanted to say but didn't, because the compensation I want is your life!"

The gentleman with the mustache panicked. He cast a trembling gaze at Fudge who was standing beside him. Seeing Fudge lowering his head and saying nothing, as if he was thinking about whether it was worth doing this, his legs suddenly went weak and he fell to the ground.

Now Mike felt comfortable. He sat on the bed, crossed his legs, and looked at the ugly look of the man with mustache with a smile.

"Stop making fun of Ahheng. Let's put it this way, Mike. You should know that the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin." Fudge said, "What do you think of the title of Triwizard champion plus the promise of those families not to attack you?"

"what do you mean?"

"Haha, cheating is a common practice in the Triwizard Tournament, and as the organizer of this tournament, we naturally have an innate advantage in this regard."

"Did you get something wrong?" Mike said with a teasing look in his eyes, "With my strength, I am just the champion of the top three tournament. Do I still need your help? As for the promise you mentioned, isn't this what should have happened?"

"Then what do you mean?"

"Don't you understand? Winning the Tri-Winner Tournament isn't enough. You have to pay more."

"Okay, tell me a number."

"I want you to give Los Santos Corporation a year's tax exemption."

"can."

Fudge agreed without hesitation, which surprised Mike.

You have to know that with the current size of the Los Santos Group, the annual tax is definitely an astronomical figure, and the behavior of exchanging tax-free policies as a condition is undoubtedly corruption!

But Mike soon realized it.

This money doesn't need to go through the Ministry of Magic's account at all. No matter how much benefits he can get from Fudge, Fudge will double it from the families of those white-hooded men. Naturally, he doesn't feel bad about spending other people's money.

So Mike laughed, stretched out his hand, and said:
"make a deal!"

(End of this chapter)