Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 35 Chris Closes the Door
In the Slytherin common room, Draco was telling his companions how luxurious the Christmas party held at his home was and how distinguished the guests were. Just as he was talking excitedly, he was interrupted by a voice.

"Draco! It's bad!" Chris said breathlessly, "That lunatic Mike is blocking the door of Slytherin and wants to cause trouble for you."

"What!" Draco was horrified, "Chris, close the door! Don't let him in!"

Draco really didn't want to deal with Mike anymore. Last time he only offended Mike with words. According to his expectation, Mike should be angry but helpless, but he didn't expect Mike to directly cast a petrification spell.

The most abominable thing is that afterwards, Michael did not receive any punishment, but was put in solitary confinement for half a month. Professor McGonagall was not his godfather, and Draco's half-month solitary confinement was actually half a month of facing the wall. Teenagers aged 11 or 12 are naughty and restless. When Draco was facing the wall, he was even fixed in front of the wall by Professor McGonagall with a petrifying spell several times because of his improper standing posture.

After half a month of confinement, Draco felt that the spell he hated most in his life was the petrification spell!

In Draco's eyes, Mike was a complete lunatic who didn't care about the school rules at all. If he was allowed to enter Slytherin and got beaten up in front of so many classmates, he would be too ashamed to face anyone.

"I think you'd better go and take a look." Chris looked strange. "There are already a lot of people gathered at the door. Mike said a lot of... uh, a lot of unpleasant things."

Draco couldn't help but clench his fists when he heard Chris say that. He understood what Chris meant. If he just let Mike shout at the door and he didn't fight back, the consequences would be no different from having him beaten in public. And he didn't necessarily lose to Mike.

"Good brother, you are really thoughtful." Draco patted Chris's shoulder vigorously, "Let's go."

When Draco and Chris arrived at the entrance of Slytherin, there were already a lot of people gathered there, all of them were Slytherin students, and in the center of the crowd were Mike, Franklin and Dolphin.

The moment Draco saw Thorfinn, he understood what was going on. It was nothing more than a case of beating the younger and then the older. Looking at the many Slytherin students surrounding him, Draco finally felt relieved. No matter how strong Mike was, he couldn't beat so many people.

So he said calmly: "Mike, don't go too far! And Thorfinn, you little glutton (glutton is a contemptuous name for Hufflepuff by Slytherin) actually have the nerve to show up in front of me. It seems that I didn't deal with you well last time!"

Hearing Draco talking about this, Thorfinn was furious. But with so many Slytherins watching him, he didn't dare to lose his temper, looking angry but unable to speak.

And then Mike spoke.

"Draco, don't you think your behavior is despicable? You call yourself a pure-blood noble, but you bully Thorfinn, who is also one of the 28 pure-blood families. And there are several people bullying one. Are you afraid that you can't beat Thorfinn alone?"

"Bullshit!" Draco was very angry.

"Thorfinn is my friend, I must seek justice for him. Since you are all pure-bloods, then use the pure-blood method to solve the problem, wizard duel! You decide the time and place!" Mike showed a mocking smile on his face, "But you won't be afraid to come this time like Harry did last time, right?"

"You're talking nonsense! Let's go to the same place tonight. Whoever doesn't come is a dog!" Draco was a little panicked. He was afraid that Mike would continue to tell Harry about how he fooled Harry last time, and then he would become a laughing stock.

"Okay, but you may be wrong. The one who wants to duel with you is Dolphin, and I'm just his assistant." After saying that, Mike pushed Dolphin up.

Dolphin didn't expect Mike to do this and almost fell flat on his face. After stabilizing himself, he wanted to say something harsh, but seeing Draco's murderous eyes, he finally backed off and shrank back to Mike's side. The people around him laughed when they saw Dolphin's cowardly look, but Draco couldn't laugh.

Michael was a student that Flitwick was very optimistic about. Needless to say, he was very strong. If he took Goyle or Crabbe with him, they would probably not be able to beat Michael. As for standing them up like last time, Draco would never dare to do so. Many people knew about it this time, and it would be more embarrassing for him not to go than to be defeated.

After much deliberation, Draco finally found a suitable assistant, Chris.

Chris' full name is Chris Flint, and he is also one of the 28 pure-blood families. He is different from those two idiots, Gower and Crabbe. The Flint family is not weaker than the Malfoy family. Chris's strength is needless to say. One word can describe it: fierce!
Malfoy looked at Chris for his opinion. The two had equal status, and Malfoy could not order Chris around like he did Goyle Crabbe.

Chris, who was standing by, received Malfoy's gaze and nodded gently. The Flint family and the Malfoy family had been friends for generations, and he and Draco had grown up together. He couldn't just turn a blind eye to his friend's troubles.

Seeing that Chris agreed to Malfoy's request, he was delighted and said to Mike, "My assistant is Chris! You are dead this time!"

When he heard Draco mention Mike, he noticed the black-haired boy who had been standing next to him.

The young man was about the same age as Draco, with short black hair that was naturally curly. He stood there straight as a pine tree, and it was obvious that he had received a good education.

Seeing Mike staring at him, Chris even smiled at Mike.

Mike nodded at him as a greeting, and said to Draco, "We'll see when the time comes."

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After leaving Slytherin, Thorfinn finally couldn't help but said, "Why is it me and Draco who are dueling? Shouldn't you help me teach him a lesson? This is different from what we agreed on."

"Don't worry, you won't lose as long as I'm here." Mike yawned lazily, "Then you will nominally be the one who defeated Draco, wouldn't that be great?"

Dolphin was somewhat tempted after hearing what Mike said, but his cowardly nature still made him very hesitant.

Mike didn't bother to say anything more to Franklin as he looked like a loser, so he told Franklin to go back to the Ravenclaw common room.

Before leaving, I left a message:

"Don't forget tonight. If you stand me up, you know the consequences."

(End of this chapter)