Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 307 Hagrid's Love

Many things have signs before they happen. For example, animals in the forests will be very uneasy before an earthquake, and dragonflies will usually fly lower before it rains.

In the past, these signs were regarded as revelations from the gods to mankind. However, after in-depth scientific research on these signs, people began to understand a truth from them.

Everything in the world happens according to the law of cause and effect!

Goyle and Crabbe became Chris's followers, which is a result, and Mike is very interested in the cause of this result.

He felt that if he dug deeper, he would probably discover something interesting.

You know, everyone in Hogwarts knows that Goyle and Crabbe are Draco Malfoy's loyal followers.

People have even imagined many stories about the relationship between them. The most popular version is that Goyle and Crabbe's families both depended on the Malfoy family for their livelihood, and their fathers were old Malfoy's staunch followers, so their sons naturally became Malfoy's followers.

People always say that rumors are not to be believed, but there is one thing in this rumor that is indeed true.

That is, the Malfoy family has a very good relationship with the families of Goyle and Crabbe, and the families of Goyle and Crabbe have been flattering the Malfoy family for many years in order to obtain more benefits.

However, now even Goyle and Crabbe have given up Draco and chosen Chris. Does this mean that the benefits Chris can give them are far greater than those given by the Malfoy family?
Mike sent some core members of his mutual aid society to gather intelligence on Slytherin.

This is not an easy task. Slytherin is the most closed of the four major colleges. Their lounge does not welcome any non-Slytherin students, even if you are a pure blood. If you insist on entering, you will only be greeted with endless curses.

Although the task was difficult, the elite members of the mutual aid association did not let Mike down after all. On the second weekend after the Christmas holiday, a thick report was placed in Mike's dormitory.

After reading the report, a look of astonishment appeared on Mike's face.

It’s not that Mike’s Qi-cultivation skills are not good enough, but the content of the report is really shocking!
Chris! This guy, as a fourth-year student, actually integrated most of the power of the entire Slytherin Academy and became the uncrowned king of Slytherin!

Nowadays, even Snape, the dean, has to discuss with Chris in advance when making important decisions!
This would never happen in other houses, but Slytherin is different.

Everyone in Slytherin is a sophisticated egoist, and the only things that can make them bow down are interests and power that is so strong that it is desperate.

Mike really hopes that Chris conquered those Slytherins with the help of the former, because if that were the case, Chris would not be considered a strong enemy. After all, this world is ultimately ruled by strength.

But the content of the report ruthlessly shattered his fantasy.

Chris, in a private duel among Slytherins, he defeated everyone, including the prospective graduates, in a crushing manner, making all the Slytherins bow their proud heads to him.

"This is unscientific!"

Mike rubbed his temple. Chris's sudden appearance gave him a headache.

There is no description of this character in the original book!
God knows what kind of adventure he had to become like this!
Mike even suspected that he was also possessed by a time traveler!

Fortunately, Chris' current strength should be weaker than his own, which can be seen from the fact that the Hogwarts chosen by the Goblet of Fire is still Mike.

Of course, it would be a different story if Chris had never put his name into the Goblet of Fire.

and many more!

Could it be that Chris really didn't sign up for the Triwizard Tournament?
Mike's face darkened when he thought of this.

If this is true, then Chris is really too scary!

Mike began to write the letter, and after finishing it, he left the Ravenclaw common room directly.

He wanted to mobilize all his strength to find out more about Chris, including the attitudes of the families behind Chris' followers towards Chris.

For this, he would not hesitate even if it meant attracting Dumbledore's attention again!

However, as soon as he walked out of the Ravenclaw common room, he saw Harry pacing anxiously at the eagle-head door knocker.

"Mike! Thank God you finally came out!" As soon as Harry saw Mike come out, he immediately came over with shining eyes and said, "Hagrid is in big trouble! After thinking about it, I think you are the only one who can help him!"

Mike took the letter and did not ask the embarrassing question of why Harry did not come to the lounge to find him. He said directly:

"Let's talk as we go. As you can see, I have some urgent letters to post."

After that, Mike walked quickly towards the Owl Tower.

Harry trotted up and said:
"That reporter named Rita! She wrote another article saying a lot of bad things about Hagrid and that he was in love with Ms. Maxime!"

"Oh! I have to say, they are a perfect match, both in terms of physique and half-giant bloodline."

"You already knew they were half-giants!?"

Harry let out a surprised cry. Mike rubbed his ears which were hurt by the shock and looked at Harry as if he was a fool. He said:

"With Hagrid's exaggerated stature, this isn't hard to guess, is it? Hmm? You can't really imagine a normal person growing to the height and size of Hagrid and Maxime, right?"

Mike's question made Harry stunned for a moment and his steps stopped.

Mike ignored him and continued walking quickly.

After a while, Harry caught up and said breathlessly:

"That's not the point. The key is that many people are making fun of Hagrid for his half-giant bloodline. Now he stays in his hut crying all day and doesn't even go to class! What's worse is that those who hate Hagrid even asked their parents to write a complaint letter to Dumbledore, trying to kick Hagrid out of Hogwarts!"

Finally they arrived at the Owl Tower and Mike's pace slowed down, which made Harry breathe a sigh of relief. Mike's speed was really too fast and he could not handle it.

"So, what do you want me to do?"

Harry's face choked when he heard this. He opened his mouth slightly and watched Mike skillfully tie the letter to the foot of the public owl. After a while, he stammered:

"Emm, I... I don't know either. I just think you will always find a way. After all, you are always so omnipotent. Everything will go smoothly in your hands..."

The second half of Harry's words became unclear. Mike fed the owls some bread and watched them take off successfully before turning around. "I'm sorry, Harry, no one is omnipotent. I can't help Hagrid with this matter." Mike said seriously, "The most difficult thing to change in the world is people's thinking, just like blood discrimination. So many great people, including Dumbledore, have worked hard for so long, but now pure bloods still call people like me mudbloods.

There is no solution to Hagrid's problem. It is a fact that everyone doesn't like Hagrid. Even if I go to their homes and beat up every one of them, it will be useless.

So, I advise you to let Hagrid take it easy. At least Dumbledore will never drive Hagrid away. That's enough."

Harry lowered his head and remained silent. Although his face could not be seen, Mike knew without looking that Harry must be feeling depressed at the moment.

"Although I can't help you with this matter, at least I can still make a difference in another matter!" Mike patted Harry's shoulder and said, "Rita Skeeter, that girl is an illegal Animagus like Sirius, and her transformed form is a flying beetle. It is also because of this ability that she often turns into a beetle to spy on others, and then writes articles about other people's embarrassments and secrets to make a profit.

I handed this matter and the relevant evidence to the Ministry of Magic last week. I believe a week is enough time for the Ministry of Magic to arrest her.

If nothing unexpected happens, that article should be the last one in her life, and she will spend decades in Azkaban."

"Ah!?" Harry raised his head suddenly, looking at Mike in surprise and joy, "Why did you do this? Of course, I don't mean to blame you, but you don't seem to have any grudge against her, so I think it's a little strange..."

"Who said I have no grudge against her? The last time she wrote an article that implied that Fleur and I were in a relationship, it caused Penelope and I to have a big fight!"

Harry's face showed a look of realization when he heard this, and then he said viciously:

"People like her should be locked up!"

Mike smiled and didn't say anything. Instead, he put his arm around Harry's shoulder and slowly walked towards the Ravenclaw Tower.

Harry was very excited to know that his enemy had received the punishment he deserved. Along the way, he kept telling Mike how much trouble Rita's article had caused him. It was not until the two of them returned to the eagle-head door knocker that Harry seemed to remember something. He carefully pulled Mike to an empty corner and whispered:

"Mike, if you don't know the secret of the golden egg yet, maybe you can put it in the water and try. Oh! By the way! I suggest you prepare some gill grass, it will be useful in the future!"

"Oh? Who told you that?"

"How do you know someone told me?" Harry was shocked at first, but then he said helplessly under Mike's gaze, "Well, it was Mr. Bagman. He's such a good man. During the first project, he wanted to teach me how to deal with the dragon. Three days ago, he came to me and told me this. And it took me two whole days to figure out the mechanism. Seriously, Mike, am I really stupid?"

Mike did not answer Harry's question, but asked:

"You mean to say that Ludo Bagman has been secretly helping you?"

"Yes, he gave me full marks last time!"

"Then he is a really good man."

"Who says it isn't?"

Harry echoed excitedly, not noticing that Mike across from him had frowned.

Ludo's behavior seemed very strange to Mike. It was understandable for him to help himself, after all, that was Fudge's intention, but why should he help Harry?
Is there some other conspiracy, or has he opened "Duju" again and wants to make a fortune through trading?
Mike is more inclined to the latter, after all, this is not the first time Ludo has done this.

Thinking of this, Mike's frown relaxed.

After finishing the conversation with Harry, Mike returned to the lounge.

In the next few days, Mike finally received a response to the letter he sent.

However, all the replies stated that Mike's request this time was too difficult and they needed more time, even Abbott, who was a pure-blooded aristocrat, was no exception.

This made Mike very anxious.

He had a vague premonition that if he didn't figure this matter out, something very bad might happen in the future.

But Mike also has his own way of relieving anxiety, which is training.

Mike's original training volume was quite heavy, and the newly added silent spell training squeezed out a lot of his sleep time.

Mike's training has become even crazier now.

He simply started training in the secret realm all night, and used his sleeping time to study less important courses like Muggle Studies.

This made many professors very dissatisfied with him, and the gems in the Ravenclaw hourglass became fewer and fewer every day.

But there was nothing else the professors could do to Mike.

You have to know that Mike is a Warrior and doesn't need to take the final exam at all. These professors don't even have the chance to give him a low score on the exam.

As for confinement, there is no need to say more.

Nowadays, even Snape will not use confinement to punish Mike, because everyone knows that Mike's confinement punishment will only be carried out in Flitwick's office, and for Mike, that place is simply a second home!
Mike thinks it is true that appropriate pressure can make people progress faster.

Under the pressure from Chris, Mike's strength is improving at an astonishing speed.

Since wandless spellcasting is a complicated subject with very slow results, Mike temporarily put aside his research on wandless spellcasting and began to concentrate on practicing silent spellcasting.

By the time the second project arrived, Mike was already able to cast most of the commonly used spells silently.

Of course, many spell Mikes can only be cast, and most of them are not very effective when using silent casting. Not only will the effect of the spell be greatly reduced, but the casting speed will also be much slower.

However, combat spells like the Fire Spell, Wind Speed ​​Spell, and Disarming Spell are different.

Mike has put a lot of hard work into these commonly used combat spells, and his efforts have been sufficiently rewarded. Thanks to his deliberate practice, the casting speed of these spells under silent casting has become almost instantaneous, and the power has not decreased at all!

I believe that in actual combat he will definitely give his opponent a surprise.

At this time, the second project is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)