Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 485: Bird Taming
Slughorn once again looked across the crowd towards the entrance of the Great Hall, and this time, a familiar figure appeared in his sight.

It's Mike!
Slughorn was shocked. He casually stuffed the goblet in his hand into the arms of a boy next to him, and then walked towards Mike with a smile on his face.

Everything he did today was to be able to have a good emotional exchange with Mike. After all, what Mike showed was so amazing, which led Slughorn to directly place Mike in an extremely high position.

Slughorn walked with his arms open, as if he wanted to hug Mike, and muttered something like "You're finally here."

But as soon as he approached Mike, Slughorn's body paused, and the warm smile on his face stiffened.

"Good evening, Professor Slughorn."

Mike nodded and greeted the other party very politely.

However, Slughorn's forehead was covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat, and the corners of his mouth kept twitching, as if his muscles had stiffened due to laughing for too long.

After a while, Slughorn stammered:
"Good evening, Mike."

Mike chuckled and walked past Slughorn towards the center of the auditorium, while Slughorn breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

He took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead with trembling hands.

Although Mike was smiling just now, there was no smile in his deep blue eyes. Instead, they were cold and without any kindness.

Being stared at by those eyes is a feeling that is hard to describe. It's like... like I'm going to be eaten by them in the next moment!
Slughorn shuddered, remembering those blue eyes.

Turning his head to look at Mike's back, Slughorn secretly made up his mind that he must not get too close to Mike in the future and just maintain their current relationship.

This guy Mike is definitely not a good person. It’s better not to get too close to people like him.

Caution, that's the secret to Slughorn's survival!

While Slughorn was daydreaming, Mike had already arrived at the center of the auditorium.

He didn't even need to say anything, everyone in the auditorium fell silent, staring intently at the blond boy in the center of the auditorium.

"Everyone, thank you for your hard work."

Mike's voice was not loud, but it was heard by everyone present.

There was a deafening round of applause in the auditorium, and it was as if Mike had just given a moving speech.

Mike raised the corner of his mouth and raised his right hand, and then the whole auditorium became quiet again.

He looked around at the expectant faces around him and continued:
"This time, everyone who participated in the operation will receive a bonus of 10 Galleons. You can go to Franklin to claim it tomorrow. I'll take my leave now. I wish you all a pleasant evening."

After saying that, Mike walked out of the auditorium without looking back, and behind him, there was another thunderous cheer.

Mike is definitely a good boss. This is almost a consensus among everyone present. He doesn't talk about ideals at all, but just gives money to them when they meet. You know, ten Galleons is their entire week's salary. If such a boss is not a good boss, then what kind of boss is it?
Suddenly, the atmosphere at the banquet in the auditorium became even more heated. If this trend continued, they might have to stay up all night.

Mike left the auditorium and walked back into the darkness.

At this moment, the smile was gone from his face, instead there was only endless chillness.

The behavior of the man behind Clark really angered him, but it also made Mike confirm one thing, that is, in addition to him and Voldemort, there is indeed a third-party force on the field who is ready to make a move.

This forced Mike to rethink his next plan. After all, the third-party force was obviously hiding in the dark, waiting to take advantage of him.

"Mike!"

Hermione's slightly anxious voice suddenly came from behind. Mike paused, then put on a fake smile again and turned around to ask:

"Hermione, is that you?"

"Of course it's me!" Hermione came up to Mike breathlessly, "Huff, huff, huff! You ran too fast, I almost couldn't catch up with you!"

"Excuse me, what do you want from me?"

As Mike spoke, he looked towards the light again, where Harry and Ron were running towards him.

"What's the current situation of the assassin named Clark?" Hermione asked cautiously, "Or, how do you plan to deal with him?"

"What are you..."

Before Mike could finish, Hermione continued:
"I think you shouldn't lynch him. Instead, you should hand him over to the Ministry of Magic and let the law punish him. This is the most correct choice!"

In the darkness, the smile on Mike's face gradually disappeared. He pursed his lips and continued in that gentle tone:

"He nearly killed me."

"I know. I am also very sad and angry about this matter!" Hermione said excitedly, "But..."

"It's nothing!"

Ron's voice suddenly came from behind Hermione. He and Harry grabbed Hermione's arm, and one of them covered Hermione's mouth.

"Don't worry about it, Mike." Ron continued, "Hermione wants to work in the Ministry of Magic in the legal field after graduation, so she has read a lot of books on the subject recently. People who read them are a little stupid."

Mike nodded to Ron. He had a different opinion of Ron now. He thought that Ron's emotional intelligence might not be as low as he seemed.

Ron also had a smile on his face, but it didn't last long before it became distorted, and finally he opened his mouth and started screaming.

"what!"

Ron suddenly pulled his hand away from Hermione, leaving two rows of deep teeth marks on it.

"Mike, listen to my advice and hand Clark over to the law, otherwise you will be in trouble... wooooooo!"

Before Hermione could finish her words, Harry covered her mouth again.

"Hiss! Mike, you better go back first." Ron covered his hands and took a breath, "We can handle this here."

Mike nodded, said nothing, and disappeared into the darkness.

He was in a bad mood and didn't want to continue talking to Harry and the others. As for Hermione, it was impossible for Mike not to be angry. Although her behavior was not wrong, it was definitely inappropriate.

It's like you picked up a priceless antique and someone persuaded you to exchange it for a pennant.

But I wouldn't say I was that angry. After all, they had been friends for such a long time. Besides, Hermione was just that kind of person, and she was still young, so it was understandable.

……

The next day, when the students who woke up early arrived at the auditorium, what they saw was a messy venue and students scattered all over the floor.

These people actually had a real party last night.

This made Professor McGonagall so angry that her nose was crooked. Such a huge chaos had just happened in Hogwarts not long ago, and now that things had just started to get better, someone was already doing these things again?

This is simply a challenge to their authority!

There must be severe punishment!
Otherwise you won’t be able to convince the public!

As a result, the hourglass of the four major colleges, which had just obtained some gems, was emptied again.

And all students who stayed overnight in the auditorium received a 7- to 15-day detention.

On this day, the sky outside Hogwarts was overcast, as if heavy rain would fall at any time, and the weather was just like the mood of the students at the moment.

But this is not the worst. What really makes these students miserable is that Mike, as the boss of Los Santos Group, has also issued a series of training tasks for these new employees. These tasks are so heavy that these people lose most of their extracurricular life.

Those who were in solitary confinement naturally could not participate in training, and Mike's approach to dealing with absentees was very simple.

If you don't train, you don't get paid.

Mike is not a philanthropist. He spends money to see the results. Those people want to just take the money without doing any work? That's just daydreaming!
As for taking leave? Workers' rights?
It's no use telling me these things. You have to know that the wizarding world doesn't even have basic social security. In the past, these labor disputes were mediated by the Ministry of Magic, but now the Ministry of Magic can hardly protect itself, so it has no time to deal with these trivial matters.

In other words, Mike is actually quite conscientious, because in this period when the Ministry of Magic has basically lost its function, he can even make a fortune by exploiting his employees!
But he didn't do that, he just didn't pay the salary.

Although these people's experiences were somewhat miserable, other people in Hogwarts were very happy.

Because at this stage Hogwarts has finally calmed down. Except for Hogsmeade which is still not open to the public, everything in Hogwarts has returned to its previous state - calm and peaceful.

Every morning, everyone went to class with sad faces, and then ran out of the classroom with laughter in the afternoon. Those who needed to review for the exams reviewed, and those who needed to play wizard chess played wizard chess...

The tense hearts of Mike and others also temporarily relaxed. Mike rarely gave any new tasks to others, but let them have a good rest for a while.

This should have been a good thing, but Benjamin, Zhou Hong and others were very uneasy.

You know, in their impression, Mike has always been a black-hearted capitalist who desperately exploits his employees, but this time this black-hearted boss actually showed mercy and gave them a long vacation?

Does this mean that more work will be directly placed on their shoulders in the near future?

For a moment, Benjamin and others began to avoid Mike, fearing that he would do something weird again.

Mike didn't seem to care about this situation at all. He went to class and went home like a normal student every day, enjoying this rare leisure time.

Sometimes he would choose an auspicious day to enter the Masonic secret realm and have a love date with Penelope.

When Mike and Penelope are dating, basically no one will stay in the secret realm. After all, no one wants to be a third wheel, except Franklin and Victor.

Among them, Victor is a otaku for life, there is nothing much to say about that, but Franklin is different. He doesn't play Quidditch anymore and comes to see the captured Thunderbird whenever he has time!
Mike already knew that Franklin loved birds.

He remembered that Franklin had previously thought of a laughing owl, the kind that hooted as if it was laughing at you.

When Franklin first got the owl, he kept it on his head to show off all day long. Finally, Mike couldn't stand the mocking laughter anymore and gave some advice. Franklin finally gave up and kept the owl in the owl tower and went to see it every day.

And now, he apparently has a new love.

But his new love was not in good condition at the moment.

After being defeated by Mike, the Thunderbird became unwell. It lay there motionless all day long with a look of despair. At the beginning, it even refused to eat. Mike thought the bird was depressed and suggested killing it and selling it.

You should know that the thunderbird is full of treasures. Its feathers are extremely popular material for wand cores in North America, its blood is an excellent magic solution, and its internal organs and flesh also have different effects.

This adult ptarmigan is quite large, which makes it a great asset in this era when ptarmigan are endangered.

The Weasley brothers both agreed with this suggestion. They had been shocked by the Thunderbird before and had long wanted to taste what Thunderbird meat tasted like.

Unfortunately, Franklin jumped out to stop it. He hugged Thunderbird's thighs and cried, asking for a chance and he would definitely be able to cure Thunderbird.

Seeing this, Mike and others' plan to kill the birds had to be postponed.

Of course, it was just postponed because no one believed that Franklin could cure the thunderbird.

But what shocked everyone was that after two days and two nights of Franklin's persuasion, the Thunderbird, whose pupils had dilated due to lack of sleep, finally took the first bite of meat.

Mike strongly suspected that the Thunderbird was annoyed by Franklin. After all, anyone would succumb if they were annoyed for two days and two nights without sleep.

But Franklin didn't think much of it. With dark circles under his eyes, he proudly became the Thunderbird's trainer and declared that he had found the trick to tame the Thunderbird, and that soon he would be able to make the Thunderbird as obedient as the owl he kept at home!
Looking at Franklin and Thunderbird's listless and sleepy appearance, Mike and Benjamin had strong doubts about this, but since Franklin said so, they were willing to let Franklin give it a try.

As for the Weasley brothers, they have been looking at Franklin with resentful eyes these days.

The two of them have not given up the idea of ​​eating bird meat, and even have the idea of ​​secretly slaughtering the thunderbird.

Unfortunately, they didn't stand a chance under Franklin's watch.

And most importantly, under Franklin's unique training method, the Thunderbird became increasingly thinner, and now it is almost skin and bones!

Mike just smiled after knowing this. He had no intention of stopping this. On the contrary, he really wanted to see who would succeed in the end between Franklin and the Weasley brothers.

After all, although the peaceful Hogwarts is peaceful and happy, it always makes people feel a little boring.

(End of this chapter)