Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 416 Chaos

In the end, Lupin and Tonks' wedding was scheduled for July 7st, and the venue was set in an old manor in Castle Combe.

Strictly speaking, this is not a good day. The traditional auspicious day for marriage in Ying country is after the autumn harvest when food is plentiful and before Christmas. This is because if a woman becomes pregnant at this time, the child will be born in the autumn harvest season when food is plentiful, and the survival rate will be greatly increased.

Although we no longer have to worry about food in modern society, this custom has been preserved due to tradition.

The reason why Lupin and Tonks chose the date at this time was entirely because they took into consideration that Voldemort would invade the wizarding world on a large scale and war would begin again. Of course, this was also to make it easier for Harry and the others to attend the wedding smoothly.

After all, if the date is set on July 7st, Mike and the others don’t need to go home after the holiday at Hogwarts and can go directly to the wedding scene.

In addition, the location they chose for the wedding is also very interesting.

Although Castle Combe is called Castle, it is not a castle but a small town.

It is located in the south of the Cotswolds in England and is the best-preserved medieval town in England.

All the buildings in the town maintain the styles of the 12th to 15th centuries, and the environment is beautiful and the people are simple. Although it is not well-known now, it has become one of the best tourist attractions in Ying State in later generations.

Also due to the above reasons, the overall style of Castle Combe is very unique, like a town in a fairy tale.

Of course, that is the result of the buildings here being repaired and maintained in later generations. Today, Castle Combe is still a remote town so dilapidated that no one is willing to go there. Most of the buildings inside are dilapidated due to years of disrepair, and there are less than two hundred permanent residents.

Such a remote and backward town is now a completely desolate place.

The manor where Lupin and Tonks got married belonged to the Black family. Of course, it has now been given to Lupin by Black for their marriage and future life.

In fact, Black wanted to give his family's other property in London to Lupin and Tonks, because it was more prosperous and closer to him, but was flatly rejected by Lupin and Tonks on the grounds that they wanted to live in seclusion in the future, and in order to reduce the possibility of being discovered by Voldemort and the Death Eaters, this remote town was their best destination.

Mike's expression was very strange after hearing the news, because he knew very well that place would become a famous tourist destination, and Lupin and the others' wish to live in seclusion might be dashed.

Of course, Harry knew nothing about this.

Everyone maintained a tacit agreement, which was not to let Harry know anything about Lupin and Tonks' marriage.

This may seem a bit cruel, but there is no other way.

Harry has not yet fully mastered the art of Occlumency. If he rashly tells Harry the specific time and place of Lupin and Tonks' wedding, it would be equivalent to telling Voldemort, and the wedding scene would likely become another battlefield.

Harry was well aware of this, so he did not feel dissatisfied at all. After all, he did not want to see tragedy happen.

After discussing the relevant matters about Lupin and Tonks' wedding, Mike and others got up and returned to school, but the school was already in chaos at this time.

At this time of year in previous years, Hogwarts was always filled with laughter and joy. Everyone played around in the castle at will, and the professors turned a blind eye to the students' violations.

But now the Hogwarts Castle is silent. Students from almost all colleges hide in the lounge of their own college and dare not go out except for the necessary times of going out for meals.

Since Michael and others concealed the fact that Voldemort had also appeared during the Ministry of Magic Night, many people still naively believed that the Ministry of Magic Night was just an ordinary terrorist attack organized by the Death Eaters.

As for the man who cannot even be named, he should still be lying in his grave now.

But now that the report in the Daily Prophet came out, they all panicked. The consequences of the collapse of faith were quite serious. The whole Hogwarts was instantly filled with an atmosphere of panic. Many students ran to the professor's office crying as soon as they heard the news, saying that they wanted to go home immediately.

Of course, the professors would not allow such a request.

You have to know that at this moment, there is no place in the entire wizarding world safer than Hogwarts. After all, it is guarded by Dumbledore, the most powerful white wizard of the contemporary era.

If possible, professors and even students would not leave Hogwarts for the entire summer.

Of course, this is impossible, and the students' parents will not allow them to do this, especially in this uneasy period, parents always have to see their children in person to feel at ease.

However, there are always fools in any era and any group. Although the professors have tried their best to explain, their refusal to allow students to leave early has caused further panic among the student group.

The students had no choice but to turn to their parents for help when they had no other choice with the professors. As a result, in just one morning, Dumbledore's office was filled with flaming red Howler letters, all of which were sent by the students' parents.

While the entire Hogwarts was in a panic, one group seemed particularly comfortable: the Slytherins.

Looking at the faces around them filled with fear, the Slytherin students were so happy that they could hardly breathe.

Others are afraid of Voldemort, but they are not.

You have to know that Voldemort came from Slytherin, not to mention that many of their elders were once Death Eaters. In their eyes, the notorious Voldemort is actually one of them.

As soon as the Slytherin students learned of Voldemort's return, they started a party. They wandered around the Hogwarts Castle wantonly, celebrating Voldemort's return and intimidating everyone they met, even some professors who were not so powerful.

Because several major professors were busy dealing with the Howlers, the Slytherins' behavior was temporarily ignored by the professors.

However, the Slytherins obviously did not think so. They regarded the professors' behavior as a sign of their fear of Voldemort, which made them start to bully other students even more severely. Some excessive Slytherins even blocked the door of Hufflepuff House.

This was the mess that Mike and his companions saw when they returned from St. Mungo's. Hogwarts was empty, and the walls and floors were covered with various patterns painted with green paint. The most common of these was the snake pattern representing Slytherin College. But that was not all, because Mike even saw Voldemort's skull symbol in some hidden corners!

"Oh my God!" Hermione was so angry after seeing the green patterns that her voice trembled. "How dare they...how dare they do this? Where's Filch? In the past, he would be furious even if a student brought mud and water into the castle. What happened now?"

Mike patted Hermione's back to comfort her, while Harry and Ron were also very angry. They even started to use cleaning spells such as the Spring Water Charm on the patterns, but unfortunately, these cleaning spells that were effective in the past did not work at all on the patterns. It was obvious that the Slytherin tycoons used magical ink that was waterproof and curse-proof.

With no other options, they continued walking towards the auditorium. As soon as they arrived at the auditorium, they knew why Filch didn't clean up the damn graffiti.

Filch was seen hanging upside down in the air by a mysterious force, and around him were five or six senior Slytherin students. Some of them were writing on Filch's body with a feather pen dipped in green ink, while others were laughing.

Filch was in a very bad condition at the moment. He could only float in the air motionlessly and let the students do whatever they wanted.

If it weren't for the tears constantly flowing from his eyes, Mike and others would almost think he was dead!

Even though Filch was indeed an annoying guy, and even aided and abetted Umbridge during her time, Harry and the others did not feel any gloating when they saw this tragic scene. Hermione even couldn't help covering her mouth.

The Slytherins also spotted Mike and the others at the first moment. They were all stunned, as if they were surprised that people from other colleges dared to wander around outside at this time.

Then, almost instinctively, they began to approach Mike and others while laughing, but when they got closer, they finally found Mike standing in the front position.

The smiles on their faces froze in just a moment. Mike's notorious reputation had spread throughout Hogwarts and even in some circles outside the school. They didn't dare to provoke him.

The tradition of Slytherins is to judge the situation. It can be said that every Slytherin is a smart person, except for a certain emotional Malfoy, so those Slytherins who looked senior almost immediately turned around and ran out of the hall.

As if they felt it was a bit embarrassing to leave like this, one of the Slytherins even quickly gave Mike the middle finger before disappearing in the hall.

Mike was speechless, while Harry, Hermione and the other two walked forward quickly and freed Filch who was hanging upside down.

Only then did everyone see Filch's miserable condition. His face was flushed red due to excessive blood congestion, and his clothes were torn. One could even vaguely see the black bruises through the holes in his clothes.

"Why would they do this? Aren't they in cahoots with Filch?"

Harry asked with a frown. In his opinion, Filch and the Slytherins were all a group of bad guys, with no difference.

"The reason is very simple." Mike said calmly, taking out some distilled water from his package and smearing it on Filch's wound. "Because Filch is a Squib, and they are pure bloods."

Ron was fine after hearing this, but Harry and Hermione both looked confused and incomprehensible.

"Is that why?"

Hermione said with a frown.

"Yes."

"This is simply unreasonable!"

"No, this is easy to understand." Mike said, "The pure-blood supremacy theory promoted by Voldemort will further improve the social status of pure-bloods, allowing them to more easily exploit half-bloods and Muggle wizards. As vested interests, it is understandable that some pure-bloods unconditionally support Voldemort. After all, this is good for them. You have to know that due to the passage of time, many ancient pure-blood families have declined, and Voldemort's actions are likely to allow them to regain their glory!"

Hermione's expression suddenly became complicated. As a top student, she easily understood what Mike meant, while Harry next to her was still confused.

But Mike didn't want to explain it to them further at this time. Others might not understand it, but he knew it very well.

Those Slytherins who had just left were not simply running away. Given the temperament of Slytherins, they were most likely going back to call for help. So after applying some medicine to Filch to keep him alive, Mike looked up and said:
"Okay, we should go."

After saying that, Mike waved his arm, causing Filch to float behind him again and began walking towards the Ravenclaw common room.

……

In the Ravenclaw common room, Mike's return immediately eased the tense atmosphere in the common room. Everyone came out of their dormitories and gathered in the common room, looking at Mike who was in the center.

As Mike's college, almost everyone in Ravenclaw has a mysterious confidence in Mike.

This confidence made them feel that as long as Mike was there, they would not be harmed in any way, even if Voldemort himself came!
In a sense, Mike's prestige in Ravenclaw College has even reached the level of Professor Dumbledore Flitwick.

Of course, this is exactly what Mike wanted and what he has been working hard on for the past five years.

After arriving at the Ravenclaw common room, Mike handed Filch, who was still in a state of confusion, to other students for treatment. He also learned from his classmates about the changes in Hogwarts that morning.

"How could they...how dare they..."

Hermione said this over and over again, her body shaking constantly, obviously angry.

To be honest, Mike thought she looked really like Professor McGonagall, which was quite funny.

But at this point he obviously wouldn't joke about this.

So Mike coughed and suppressed the corners of his mouth that had been slightly raised, pretending to be serious and said:

"Looks like it's time for the army to go to work again!"

After these words were spoken, Harry and the others were all confused, while the faces of the other people around them all showed excited smiles.

They are all members of the mutual aid society. They originally missed the Ministry of Magic Night because of Mike's order. Now there are finally a few of them who can prove themselves in front of Mike!
(End of this chapter)