Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 284 The Incoming Guests
"That guy! He's a piece of shit! In my opinion, Mike, you should let him bang his head against the wall and die!"

In the corridor, Franklin complained to Mike as they walked.

Faced with Franklin's endless complaints, Mike shook his head helplessly.

Now it has been a whole week since that unique Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Ever since Franklin found out what Moody did to him, he has been complaining to everyone he meets, and Mike's ears are starting to get calluses from hearing it so much.

In Mike's opinion, the matter should end here. After all, he had taught Moody the lesson he deserved that day.

Because in that class, Mike pretended to be controlled by Moody before using the Imperius Curse on him, and everyone present thought that it was Moody himself who controlled Mike and cast the Imperius Curse on himself, so Moody had no way of saying anything.

Could it be that he was going to tell others that he, a former senior Auror who had experienced countless bloody battles, was ambushed by an underage wizard and was completely unaware of it?

Moody can't afford to lose this person.

So afterwards he could only swallow his anger.

But Mike's revenge is not just that.

He also revealed everything Moody had done during this period, including punishing students with spells at will and showing and casting the three unforgivable curses on students, to Rita Skeeter, who specialized in writing negative articles. Rita Skeeter did not disappoint Mike's expectations. The next day, an article titled "Shock! A madman actually used black magic on our children!" was published in the Daily Prophet.

As soon as this article was published, it immediately caused an uproar in society. That night when Mike and others were having dinner, they saw countless owls flying to the principal's office carrying one howling letter after another.

At the same time, Mike also submitted a real-name report to the Ministry of Magic in his capacity as the leader of the Los Santos Magic Group. The case included eighteen items ranging from arbitrary corporal punishment of students to the use of the Three-Step Forgiveness Spell on humans.

The last one, 'Using the Three Unforgivable Curses on Humans', can be said to be the most severe, because relevant laws stipulate that anyone who violates this law will be punished with life imprisonment in Azkaban or death (depending on the severity of the incident caused).

Not surprisingly, Moody was suspended from teaching due to his trial, and Snape was temporarily appointed as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Compared to the dissatisfaction everyone showed towards Snape when he was a substitute teacher last year, Snape was unexpectedly popular this time.

But this is not difficult to understand. After all, compared to Moody, who would cast the Imperius Curse on you at any time and make you lie on the ground and bark like a dog, Snape is simply a model teacher!

While Moody was busy with the lawsuit, Mike and others were living a happy and comfortable life.

First of all, there are the Freemasons. Benjamin gets along very well with Soraka. They spend all day together tinkering with potions. With Mike's huge financial support, they have produced many controlled potions such as Polyjuice Potion.

The Weasley brothers finally launched their first product, the Golem glasses.

This pair of glasses can store a video for a long time for the user to watch, and also has quick functions such as fast forward, fast rewind, and moving the progress bar at will.

In fact, the technology in this area has been researched a long time ago. The telescope used by Harry and his friends in the Quidditch World Cup has the same function, but that telescope can only store video for a short time. It costs a lot to store video for a long time.

However, the Weasley brothers made a technological breakthrough in this area, reducing the cost to an outrageous level, making this technology that was previously only available to wealthy families finally accessible to ordinary people.

Taking this opportunity, the Los Santos Magic Group immediately followed suit and sold the video of the Quidditch World Cup everywhere.

At the same time, Mike also obtained the exclusive broadcasting rights and video sales rights for this semi-final.

Although the cost is not small, it is a sure profit as they are the only dominant player.

On the other hand, Penelope has been gradually involved in the work of Los Santos Group. As soon as she graduates, she will directly enter the company's senior management and become Mike's agent.

And Victor, the most hardworking Freemason, finally mastered the three unforgivable curses as he wished.

Thinking of this, Mike suddenly realized something and asked Franklin, who was still cursing Moody:
"What is Victor doing now? I feel like I haven't seen him for a long time."

Franklin was stunned and replied, "I haven't seen him for a long time. I heard that he locked himself in his dormitory and studied alchemy all day long."

"alchemy?"

Mike was a little confused. He thought Victor would continue to learn more offensive spells, or consolidate the spells he had already mastered, but he didn't expect Victor to suddenly change his mind and go study.

'It seems I need to find an opportunity to talk to him.'

Thinking of this, Mike asked again:

"What about you? What progress have you made recently? I mean, have you learned any new spells or new knowledge?"

Franklin was silent.

He has done nothing these days and has been busy with Black Moody.

"Well, let's leave it at that." Mike sighed and said, "Anyway, Moody has received the punishment he deserves. It's time for you to get your mind back on track and do some serious work."

Franklin's mood obviously became depressed, but not long after, he smiled at Mike as if he had figured something out, and said:

"You're right. Moody is destined to spend the rest of his life in Azkaban with the Dementors. It's time for me to let it go."

"Who told you Moody was going to Azkaban?"

Mike looked at Franklin strangely, and Franklin was stunned for a moment before he said:
"Will that guy be executed directly? This... this is not good, right?"

Franklin began to panic. He just wanted to punish Moody, but he didn't want Moody to die.

Mike shook his head and continued walking towards the auditorium.

Moody is different from Black. He is Dumbledore's confidant and one of the only remaining powerful forces in the Order of the Phoenix. Under the current circumstances, Dumbledore will not sit idly by and watch him get into trouble.

As usual, the Hogwarts Great Hall was crowded and bustling.

But what surprised Mike was that at dinner time usually everyone should eat at their seats, but now people gathered near the bulletin board in the auditorium.

Just when Mike was feeling strange, a familiar voice suddenly called him.

"Mike!"

He looked and saw Ron running towards him, with Hermione and Harry following behind him.

"Mike! Hermione just said that Cedric will be the champion of Hogwarts. Give me some advice. With you around, how could Cedric be so arrogant?" Ron said breathlessly, but was pushed away by Hermione before he could finish his words.

"Don't listen to his nonsense!" Hermione's face flushed, and she kept twisting the hem of her shirt with her hands. "I'm saying that Cedric may also become a warrior! After all... after all, he is quite strong."

"Stop it! How can Cedric compare to Mike?" Ron shouted angrily, "You must like him because he's handsome! Don't be naive, he already has a girlfriend, you have no chance!"

After saying this, Hermione's face became even redder, and the hem of her shirt was twisted into a ball.

"You...you're talking nonsense! I don't like Cedric!"

As he spoke, his eyes continued to glance at Mike.

Ron coughed loudly as if he had grasped the truth. The sound was strange and sounded like Lockhart.

"Hey, why are you guys talking about this all of a sudden?"

Facing Mike's question, Harry finally stood up and answered:
"Because of that."

Harry pointed to the notice board.

"It says that representatives from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive at Hogwarts in a week, that is, at 6pm on October 30th, and we will hold a welcome dinner at that time.

Oh, yes. It also says that Professor Moody is coming back."

"what!"

Franklin, who had been muttering behind Mike just now, suddenly jumped out, yelled, came to the signboard, and rudely pushed the person in front of him away.

With him paving the way, Mike also slipped into the crowd.

The content on the notice board was exactly as Harry had described. The first thing that caught Mike's eye was the notice about the upcoming representatives of the other two schools in the Tri-Final Tournament. Below this notice, in smaller font, it was written:

'The trial of Alastor Moody, professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at our school, has concluded. The Ministry of Magic believes that Professor Moody committed XXX and 100 other crimes entirely for the purpose of educating students. Therefore, the Ministry of Magic Law Enforcement Department and the Wizengamot Council have decided to pronounce Professor Moody not guilty, but prohibit him from continuing to teach students in the same way as before, and fine him gold Galleons. Professor Moody will return to school tomorrow to continue his classes, so stay tuned.'

"I'm looking forward to you!"

Franklin punched the sign.

The notice board in the auditorium had been reinforced with magic, so it did not move at all, but the students watching around were still startled and all took two steps back, leaving a large open space.

Harry and Hermione seemed a little embarrassed. They were not used to the feeling of being in the public eye.

Mike didn't care. He ignored Franklin and directly pulled Harry, Hermione and others out of the crowd.

In his view, Franklin was now just raging with impotence.

This is not Muggle society, let alone the United States.

Since people of all races have their own powerful magic systems, such as Taoism and Yin-Yang magic in Asia and voodoo in Africa, the concept of racial discrimination does not exist in the wizarding world at all. They only discriminate based on bloodline.

This means that Franklin has no way to deal with Moody's at all.

"Harry, have you gone to see Dumbledore?" Mike asked Harry seriously after walking out of the crowd.

Harry was silent after hearing this, and said after a while:
"Sorry, Mike. I'm fine now. Maybe the headache is just psychological, so I don't think I need to go to Dumbledore again."

"This is not a joke, Harry. I suggest you think about it carefully." Mike's face darkened instantly, but he still said softly, "What about Blake? What does he say?"

"Black is busy with his own things. There are really too many things that need him to deal with recently." Harry pretended to be calm and said, "He said he wanted to come back to see me, but I refused. After all, I am fine now."

"Well, as long as you're happy." Mike said, "I'll help you with your problem with Blake. If nothing goes wrong, you two will be able to live together this summer."

"Really?" The fake smile on Harry's face disappeared instantly, and he jumped on the spot excitedly, "Thank you so much!"

"Don't say that, we are friends, this is what I should do."

As he spoke, Franklin, who had been furious just now, lowered his head and stood behind Mike without saying a word.

His arrival made Harry and the others feel a little uncomfortable. After all, Franklin's angry look just now was really scary.

Seeing this, Mike said no more. After saying goodbye to Harry and others, he took Franklin out of the auditorium.

But as soon as he walked out of the auditorium and reached a deserted place, Mike clenched his fists together, and the joints even made crisp cracking sounds due to excessive force. At the same time, the gentle smile on his face immediately disappeared, and was replaced by a cold and aggressive expression.

Franklin, who was originally unhappy, seemed to sense something and glanced at Mike.

Suddenly, Franklin's body trembled violently, and then he quickly withdrew his gaze, silently lowered his head and slowed down his pace, walking slowly behind Mike like a frightened quail.

At this moment, Moody's matter was nothing to him. Mike's current appearance was really too scary. Franklin had never seen him so angry since he knew Mike.

Franklin thought that it was what he had just done in the auditorium that made Mike angry, so he instinctively restrained his temper.

Mike was indeed very angry at this moment, but he was angry at Harry.

He didn't know whether Dumbledore knew that Voldemort had returned, but as long as Harry told Dumbledore about his headache, no matter how much Dumbledore knew about it, he had to take action against Voldemort.

In this way, with Dumbledore as a big Buddha to support him, Mike can save a lot of effort.

Unfortunately, Harry turned a deaf ear to everything Mike said before. The life in Hogwarts for a few years still did not cure Harry's original inferiority and sensitivity, which made him still choose to conceal it.

Now the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin, and without Dumbledore's help, Mike can only fight alone against the pure-bloods and Voldemort who are hiding in the dark and waiting for revenge.

This made him extremely irritated.

Sorry, I'm late!
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(End of this chapter)