Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 34 Dolphin's Request
The Christmas holiday was over soon, and the students returned to school one after another. Hogwarts became lively again, and everyone was very happy, whether they stayed at school or went home. They exchanged their Christmas experiences with each other and had a great time chatting.

However, not everyone was happy, and Dolphin had a not-so-happy Christmas.

The Carrow family was once one of the 28 noble pure-blood families, but has now fallen. In the past hundred years, the Carrow family has always refused to marry Muggle wizards, determined to maintain their "noble bloodline", and only married direct pure-bloods from the same 28 pure-blood families.

However, after hundreds or thousands of years of intermarriage, the blood relationship between the 28 pure-blooded families is already very close, and continuing to intermarry would be no different from marrying close relatives.

The result of this is that the number of members of the Carlo family is decreasing, and the number of duds is increasing.

As we all know, the probability of giving birth to deformed and mentally retarded children from inbreeding is very high, but there is also a small probability of giving birth to super geniuses, which is why many people insist on the theory of pure-blood aristocracy. The vast majority of famous wizards in history come from extremely pure-blooded wizard families.

Originally, if the Carlo family did this, they would be able to give birth to a genius with extraordinary talents, and then lead the Carlo family to rise again. However, it is obvious that they do not have that kind of luck.

In fact, Dolphin was the only offspring of their generation, and the rest had almost lost their fertility. However, this was not the worst. The most urgent thing now was that the Carlo family had no money.

Pure-blood families like the Carlo family are still immersed in the glory of the past and cannot extricate themselves, pursuing the ultimate luxury in food, clothing and daily necessities. It is conceivable that with such descendants, no matter how much wealth their ancestors have accumulated for them, they will squander it all.

So Dolphin was brought by his parents to attend the Christmas dinner at Malfoy Manor. They hoped that the Malfoy family would be able to give them some help because they were all pure-blood families.

But things went against their wishes. At the dinner, a group of children led by Draco humiliated Thorfinn in every way. The reason was Thorfinn's magic drink. In Draco's opinion, since the magic drinks sold by Michael and the Weasley brothers were named after Thorfinn, their relationship must be very good.

So Thorfinn was miserable. He had no playmates of the same age as he was young. When he grew up, he was looked down upon by children from other wizarding families because his family was too poor. This made him develop an inferiority complex.

There is a saying that goes, either explode in silence or die in silence.

Under Draco's humiliation, Thorfinn chose to explode and punched Draco in the cheek. Draco staggered back a few steps but did not fall to the ground.

Then, Draco, who was furious, and Gowercrabbe gave Thorfinn a severe lesson, and later drove Thorfinn and his parents out of Malfoy Manor.

Thorfinn returned to Hogwarts with injuries all over his body, and the first thing he did when he arrived at Hogwarts was to find Mike.

"You were serious about your promise to help me, right?" Dolphin's face was bruised and he grimaced in pain as he spoke.

"Of course, just let me know if you have any trouble!" Hearing this, Mike stood up from the sofa next to the fireplace. He knew that business was coming.

"I want you to help me teach Draco a lesson. That guy beat me up like this! He also humiliated my parents!" Thorfinn pointed at the bruises on his face and said viciously.

Mike walked around Dolphin and observed his injuries. He said, "It seems that he hurt you badly. I won't ask the details. You are my friend and I will definitely help you. It's just that there is a problem of cost..." Dolphin flew into a rage when he heard what Mike said. He grabbed Mike's collar and shouted, "Didn't I give you the formula of the magic drink? Didn't you say you would help me? Do you know that it's because of you..."

Before he could finish, Mike raised his right foot and kicked Dolphin in the abdomen, knocking him out.

"Be polite to me, little brat!" Mike straightened his collar. "Don't you think about who is willing to help you now, Cedric? I'm afraid it's good enough that the guy doesn't cause trouble for you? In other words, if you want my help, you have to give me some benefits, otherwise, forget it!"

"But...but I have no money." Dolphin curled up into a ball.

"I'm not short of money." Mike smiled with a look of success. "I know your Carlo family is one of the 28 pure-blood families. Even if you have almost ruined it, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. You must have some good things in your family."

“Our family heirlooms have long been sold out.”

It seems that Mike used quite a lot of force in that kick just now. Dolphin is still lying on the ground. He struggled to get up several times but failed every time.

"So there's nothing to talk about?" Mike winked at Franklin beside him.

Franklin understood, nodded to Mike and walked over to Dolphin, ready to throw him out of the Ravenclaw common room.

"Wait! Wait! I know what to give you!" Dolphin thought Franklin was going to teach him a lesson again, so he quickly put his hands on his head and said.

Mike raised his hand to stop Franklin's action, sat back on the sofa and said, "Tell me about it."

"The Wind Speed ​​Spell! This is a spell inherited from our Carlo family that can make people move faster. I've learned it." Dolphin knelt on the ground with sweat all over his forehead. "The Wind Speed ​​Spell is very useful! Really!"

Mike stepped forward and helped Dolphin up, whispering in his ear, "Deal!"

After watching Thorfinn write down the method of casting the Wind Speed ​​Spell, Mike took Franklin to the Slytherin Common Room. This time Mike did not intend to use any conspiracy or trickery. This was the first time he stood up for his subordinates. He wanted to teach Malfoy a lesson in public. Only in this way would others know how loyal he was.

As for the school rules, Mike didn't care at all. With his relationship with Professor Flitwick, the school would never expel him for such a thing. Not to mention the house points, at first Mike even thought about getting the house cup, but then he realized that this year's house cup had been decided by Dumbledore for Harry Potter.

No matter how many points he earned for Ravenclaw, at the end of the grade Dumbledore would use various titles to help Gryffindor gain extra points until Gryffindor became number one.

(End of this chapter)