Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 418 Conflict
In fact, it didn't matter who cast the disarming spell, because it was like a launcher. The moment it hit the target, everyone behind Mike took out their wands and fired all kinds of spells at the Slytherins.

The Slytherins at this time were all confused.

You should know that using spells to attack classmates outside of the classroom is a serious violation of school rules. Remember that Mike had used this method in the lower grades to put Malfoy in detention for several days. That's why the Slytherins were so surprised when they found out that their friends were actually injured by the Disarming Spell from the opposite side, because usually they would do these things to others.

It has to be said that the individual strength of Slytherins is indeed higher than that of students from other colleges. Their good family background has given them stronger strength, and with a little bit of alcohol, they reacted quickly, took out their wands and started to defend themselves in an instant.

Unfortunately, they are not facing ordinary students, but a group of rigorously trained mutual aid association members and army soldiers.

You know, what they learned in Mike's long-term training was not only more and stronger magic, but also the belief in unity and various formations!

These mutual aid societies and the army hidden in the crowd almost instinctively formed a battle formation that had some mistakes but was still acceptable, and in unison, they fired the first offensive spell they had learned, the Disarming Spell!

With the cooperation of the team members, those fiery red beams actually connected into a dense light curtain in the air, covering the Slytherins directly.

Even though the Slytherins have put up their armor to protect themselves, what use is it in the face of such a dense light curtain?
In just a moment, dozens of Slytherins were all knocked away, and various debris were also blown away with them.

But this is not the end, because at this time the curse of other people has also come.

I saw light beams of various shapes and colors raging in the Slytherin lounge, blowing all the furniture, decorations and other items in the lounge to pieces!
On the curtain wall above the Slytherin fireplace hang several large portraits, which are magical portraits of various outstanding Slytherin figures over the centuries.

In the past, these portraits usually looked down upon every student who passed by them, and the Slytherins respected them very much, which made them very proud.

But today their pride was shattered!

Looking at the messy lounge in front of them and Mike and others who were still wreaking havoc, the portraits roared angrily, and all kinds of dirty words kept pouring out of their mouths.

But maybe because it happened too long ago, Mike didn't understand a single swear word they said.

But their voices still attracted Mike's attention. Mike frowned, raised his wand towards the portraits, and turned all of them over.

Are you kidding? Mike can still tell what he can and can’t do.

A magical portrait with such symbolic meaning must never be destroyed at will, because doing so will not only cause resentment from the school, but may even cause hatred from the family of the original owner of the portrait.

In these tense times, it's not Mike's style to make enemies everywhere.

The riot in the Slytherin lounge continued. With the help of the army and the mutual aid association, the coalition forces of the three major colleges had completely defeated Slytherin's resistance.

Although there were still Slytherins outside who were constantly breaking into the lounge to prepare for reinforcement, it was obvious that these people could not make much waves due to the huge numerical advantage of the coalition forces of the three major colleges.

As the riot went on longer, more and more people came to see the transparent ceiling of the Slytherin lounge.

Giant octopuses, fishmen, and even many creatures that Mike couldn't name were all lying on the transparent ceiling, looking at the scene in the Slytherin lounge curiously.

Mike even found that several fishmen were pointing at them and laughing, as if they were mocking them, the humans, for killing each other.

Raising his eyebrows, Mike cast an Expected Guardian without any hesitation!
The huge silver-white eagle flapped its wings and flew high, rushing out of the lounge and attacking the underwater creatures outside the ceiling.

Of course, the guardian angel has no lethality.

However, this huge scene obviously frightened these creatures. They were seen running in panic under the pursuit of the giant eagle, and disappeared into the dark lake in a short while!

Seeing this, Mike chuckled and stepped into the largest and most luxurious dormitory in the Slytherin common room - Chris's dormitory!
That's right, the reason why Mike broke into the Slytherin common room this time was largely to check Chris's dormitory to see if he would find anything.

But to his disappointment, Chris's dormitory was completely empty. Not to mention any clues, there was not even a piece of furniture except for the fireplace in the dormitory.

Apparently, Chris had taken everything with him when he left Hogwarts.

Mike shook his head in disappointment.

Chris is such a shrewd person. It is said that he left Hogwarts as soon as the OWL exams just started. He didn't even take part in any exams. He hasn't shown up until now, as if he had disappeared from the face of the earth.

According to Mike's guess, he is most likely returning to his family to prepare to deal with Voldemort!
After looking at Chris' dormitory unwillingly again, Mike finally returned to the lounge, but at this time there were several uninvited guests in the lounge!
"Mike Townley!"

Snape gritted his teeth and muttered Mike's name, his bloodshot eyes staring at Mike, with a ferocious expression, as if he would pounce on Mike and bite him hard the next moment.

However, his appearance obviously did not scare Mike. Mike turned his head and looked at the three deans, McGonagall, Flitwick and Tefalpura, as if he had not seen him at all, and said respectfully:

"Good afternoon, the three deans and professors."

"Hello to you too, Mike."

Professor Sprout said with a smile, while checking the status of the Hufflepuff students in the crowd.

Besides her, the other professors all looked unhappy, and Professor McGonagall's face was even more gloomy. Obviously, they were very dissatisfied with the serious incident during such a tense period. "I think you must be very proud now, Mike Townley! Because you are the first person in thousands of years who dares to bring people into the Slytherin common room to cause trouble!" Snape said with gritted teeth, "But you may not have considered how serious the consequences of doing so would be!"

This statement was immediately echoed by the Slytherin students. It was already a great shame to have someone break into the lounge and cause extensive damage. All they could do now was to make the culprit receive the heaviest punishment possible.

So they used their usual tricks and started to talk about their family background, such as my uncle was so-and-so in the Ministry of Magic, etc., hoping to use this method to force Mike to be afraid, or make other professors cautious, so as to increase the punishment.

Facing the questions from Professor Snape and the threats from the Slytherins, Mike remained calm, but it was different for other students. There were quite a few pure-blood students in Ravenclaw and Gryffindor who had strong family backgrounds. All of them jumped out at this time and started to confront the Slytherins intensively.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control again, Professor McGonagall finally couldn't help it. She waved her wand, and with a deafening bang coming from her wand, everyone's eyes were focused on her.

"That's enough!" Professor McGonagall said sternly, "McTomley has seriously violated school rules and instigated his classmates to attack the Slytherin building. Ravenclaw will be deducted 100 points, and McTomley himself will be punished with a one-semester detention, starting from next semester!"

"That's absolutely not possible!"*2
As soon as Professor McGonagall finished speaking, Professor Flitwick and Professor Snape shouted in unison.

Then Snape and Flitwick looked at each other, and the former spoke first:
"This punishment is too light! You know, he has brought endless humiliation to Slytherin. I suggest expelling him!"

"Are you crazy, Snape?" Professor Flitwick snorted. "Are you serious about expelling my students for such a trivial matter?"

After saying this, Professor Flitwick took out his wand, and the meaning was self-evident.

But Snape was obviously not afraid in front of his students. The two glared at each other and were about to fight.

Professor McGonagall, who was standing by, also felt a headache when she saw this. You know, this kind of cross-college punishment of students should be handled by the deans of their respective colleges. Now that Flitwick was unwilling to accept her proposal, she had no choice.

While the professors were making a mess, Mike came out and said loudly to the professors:
"I don't think I have done anything wrong. Everything I have done so far is for justice!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Slytherin students immediately started cursing loudly, while Snape sneered in response.

"Professors, do you know what these Slytherins have done? Over the past year, the demons in their hearts have been slowly taking root and sprouting under Umbridge's protection. It was not until today, when the Daily Prophet announced the return of the You-Know-Who that the evil consequences officially came to fruition!" Mike said righteously, "They spread fear in Hogwarts and humiliated anyone who was not a pure-blood. They even tortured Filch, just because Filch stopped them from carving Voldemort's symbol on the school wall! Excuse me, what is the difference between their actions and those of the Death Eaters?"

Mike's words immediately aroused the emotions of the students, and even the professors looked suspicious, but Snape was obviously not among them.

Snape sneered again and said slowly in his signature cold tone:

"You are just quibbling, Mike. Let's not talk about whether what you said is true or not. Even if it is true, it is not a reason for you to make a scene in Slytherin House! Because you could have told the professors about it and let them solve it!"

"How do you know I haven't reported it to the professor?" Mike snorted coldly, "I asked Harry to find you as soon as the incident happened! But the fact is that your office door is closed, and no one is willing to come out to solve the matter!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mike's expression changed again, as if he had suddenly realized something, he stared at Snape with wide eyes and said:
"Oh! I see! Perhaps this is what you want to do? Train all the Slytherins into Death Eaters and provide a new army for the You-Know-Who! You have never betrayed that You-Know-Who, am I right? Former Death Eater, Mr. Snape!"

The classmates were completely furious. Everyone knew that Snape was not a good person, but now that Mike suggested that Snape might have always been a subordinate of the mysterious man, almost all the classmates felt terrified.

Everyone instinctively moved away from Snape and gave him strange looks, which made Snape's body tremble even more violently.

Professor McGonagall couldn't help herself when she saw this. She said sincerely:
"Mike, we really didn't know what happened at school this morning, and I'm very sorry about that. The yelling letters from parents were so excessive that we had to get together and reply to them one by one."

"I understand that you are busy, Professor McGonagall." Mike nodded, "But I suggest that you really remind Headmaster Dumbledore that former Death Eaters like Snape really cannot be trusted. In fact, I am very puzzled as to why a person with such a serious criminal record can serve as the dean of a college. I believe other parents must also want to know the answer to this question, don't you think?"

Professor McGonagall was silent. Mike did hit the point.

In such an extraordinary period, Snape's identity as a former Death Eater is indeed very easy to be used as a topic. It is foreseeable that if Mike really uses this topic to hype it up, the situation at Hogwarts will become even more difficult.

Mike looked at Professor McGonagall in front of him with a smile. From the other party's performance, Mike was very clear that this time, he won again.

At this time, Professor Sprout finally calmed down the Hufflepuff students and learned the whole story from them.

He walked slowly to Mike and said:
"Mike, I'm very grateful for your help. If it weren't for you, my children would have been bullied by these bad guys!"

"It's my duty to help my classmates, professor."

Professor Sprout nodded with satisfaction, then changed the subject and said:

"But right now, I think we should not be too judgmental about some things, right? This will be good for everyone."

"Yes, I think we still need to think about this matter carefully." Professor Flitwick agreed. "How about this, let's leave here first and hold a few meetings before deciding on the outcome of this matter? "

As soon as these words were spoken, Mike instantly understood what the professors meant.

He had not originally intended to make things too difficult for the professors, and when he saw Professors Flitwick and Sprout taking the initiative to give him a way out, a smile appeared on Mike's face, and he nodded in agreement.

As a result, everyone left in unison, leaving the Slytherin common room in a mess.

(End of this chapter)