Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 563 Surrender
"We're having some trouble."

Mike was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Penelope and said:
"What trouble?"

"After statistics, I found that not all students came to the Masonic Secret Realm voluntarily." Penelope said, "Some of them were forced to come here. They would rather stay in Hogwarts than here. Of course, these people are only a minority, but there are still some people who are not willing to stay here to help us. They want to go home as soon as possible."

As soon as these words were spoken, Franklin's expression became grim.

In his opinion, those students were the epitome of ungratefulness.

But after experiencing the battle at the Ministry of Magic, Franklin's temperament became more stable. He did not directly attack, but looked at Mike who was thinking beside him.

"What are you going to do, Mike?"

"Those who want to go home, just send them home. We don't need to be enemies with these people." Mike said after a moment's silence. "As for those who want to go back to Hogwarts, haha, you can't just come and go as you please here. Lock them all up."

After saying this, everyone looked at each other, with ferocious smiles on their faces.

Anyone who still wants to go back to Hogwarts at this time is undoubtedly their enemy, and when facing an enemy, they have to be polite to them!
Penelope did not show any surprise at Mike's decision. She nodded silently, then returned to the crowd and began the remaining work.

After chatting with everyone for a while, Mike left the platform and prepared to visit his long-lost friends, Harry and Hermione.

As good friends of Mike and others, Harry, Hermione and Ron were naturally given special care, so it was not difficult to find them.

When Mike found them under the guidance of several Los Santos wizards, they were helping the wounded together with the Masonic medical team.

Of course, although it was said that there were three people helping, in reality only Hermione was the one who really helped. As for Harry and Ron, they were mostly just watching.

But it's okay this way. After all, given Harry and Ron's level, it's already good enough not to make things worse.

Mike's appearance startled the three of them. Ron immediately dropped his chores and rushed over, shouting to Mike in surprise:
"Mike! You were so cool in the auditorium just now!"

Mike joked:
"Am I not cool normally?"

"Oh! Of course you are cool!" Ron waved his arms and shouted, "No matter what time, you are the coolest in my mind!"

Hearing this, the muscles at the corners of Mike's mouth twitched twice. He always felt that Ron's words were a little strange.

Shaking his head, he turned his attention to the other two.

Unlike Ron, Harry and Hermione's reactions were somewhat special.

The latter had a complicated expression. She didn't go up to talk to Mike, but concentrated on her work as if she didn't see Mike.

However, her trembling hands and slightly red eyes let Mike know that at the moment her heart was not as calm as she appeared.

Harry's expression was one of fear mixed with some vigilance, and while looking at Mike, his right hand unconsciously protected the bag of Traceless Stretching Spell around his waist, as if he was afraid that Mike would suddenly pounce on him and snatch it.

"Harry, Hermione, what's wrong with you?"

Mike asked confused.

Harry reacted immediately after hearing this. He touched his nose nervously, then forced a smile and said:

"Nothing! Mike, it's great to see you again!"

"me too."

Mike smiled and hugged Harry, but felt that Harry's body was very stiff, which was a reaction humans would have when they were in extreme fear or tension.

This made Mike feel a little depressed.

He felt that the reason why Harry and Hermione behaved like this was entirely because he killed Dumbledore.

After taking a deep breath, Mike let go of his hand and said sincerely to Harry and Hermione:

"Hey, listen, Harry, Hermione, and you, Ron. I know you all resent me for killing Dumbledore, but please believe me, I didn't want to do that either. I had my reasons."

Looking at Mike's sincere expression, Harry opened his eyes slightly, wanting to say something comforting.

But before he could say anything, he heard a choked female voice behind him.

"What difficulties can you have?" Hermione blushed and roared at Mike, "Did Dumbledore force you to kill him?"

As soon as these words came out, Harry's expression suddenly became strange. As one of the very few people who knew the truth of the matter, he really wanted to tell Hermione at this moment that it was really Dumbledore who asked Mike to kill him.

Mike's face darkened when he heard this.

Like Harry, he also wanted to tell Harry, Hermione and others the truth.

But based on Mike's understanding of Hermione, Hermione would not believe such things if he said them. Instead, she would think that this was an excuse Mike made up to get away with the crime.

After all, people are naturally suspicious of the murderer's excuses. Besides, asking someone to kill you is just too unbelievable.

Thinking of this, Mike sighed deeply and said:
"I'm very sorry."

After saying that, Mike left without looking back.

Seeing this, Hermione seemed to want to chase after him and ask more questions, but she stopped as soon as she took a step. She stood there gritting her teeth, staring at Mike's departing back with a pair of red eyes.

At this time, Harry breathed a sigh of relief and released his right hand that was protecting his waist.

He always kept Dumbledore's instructions in mind and kept the Invisibility Cloak close to his body.

That's why Harry acted so strangely when Mike showed up just now. He thought Mike came to ask him about the whereabouts of the invisibility cloak.

You have to know that Michael is a master of Occlumency. With Michael's skills, even if Harry has mastered a shallow level of Occlumency, Michael can still easily invade Harry's brain and find out the whereabouts of the invisibility cloak.

With Mike's current strength and power, taking the invisibility cloak from Harry is as easy as breathing.

Fortunately, Mike did not directly snatch the invisibility cloak as Harry had guessed. He didn't even ask.

There can only be two reasons for this situation, either Mike is not interested in the Deathly Hallows, or Mike does not know that the Invisibility Cloak that Harry has is the Deathly Hallows.

As a friend, Harry naturally prefers to believe the first option, but the second option is not impossible.

As for the third option that Mike didn't know what the Deathly Hallows were, it didn't exist, because Harry clearly remembered that Chris had discussed the Deathly Hallows with Mike before when they were at Hogwarts. The rationality in Harry's heart kept reminding Harry to stay away from Mike, because only in this way could he fulfill Dumbledore's instructions to the greatest extent possible and protect the invisibility cloak.

But looking at Mike's lonely back getting farther and farther away, Harry just couldn't bear to do it.

He always felt that compared to himself and others, the pain in Mike's heart, who killed Dumbledore with his own hands, should be more intense.

Dumbledore was also his headmaster, after all.

So should I tell the truth about the matter?
This is a very difficult decision.

For a moment, Harry was deeply entangled.

……

Mike didn't care about what Harry and the other two thought.

No, it can’t be described as not caring.

To be precise, he didn't want to have too much contact with Harry and the other two.

After all, the three of them are now in adolescence, and based on Mike's previous experience, it is useless to explain to the boys and girls of this age what they believe no matter how much you try.

Instead of going to great lengths to explain to them, it is better to just ignore the situation. After all, time will wear away everything, and when the time comes, the misunderstanding will naturally be resolved.

Moreover, after Voldemort's death, Harry and his two companions actually lost contact with the main storyline of this world. As their friend, Mike was actually reluctant to involve them in this series of events. After all, it was too dangerous.

Of course, the most important point is that Mike is too busy.

In the next two days, Freemasonry was operating at almost full speed. A large number of students were sent back home, and more supplies and manpower were sent into the secret realm through the teleportation array as capital for the subsequent decisive battle with Chris.

This was a very important matter, and Mike had to take time out of his normal practice to manage it.

While Mike and the others were all busy, an unexpected guest came to the Masonic secret realm.

"You mean, Chris is now madly suppressing minorities?"

Mike asked in surprise as he looked at the nervous Kingsley in front of him.

Kingsley swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said:
"That's right. The former head of the Department of Magical Incidents and Catastrophes has been executed by Chris Flint for treason. The new head is Flint's confidant and an absolute hardliner.

Under his instruction, all the Muggle wizards who had been employed in the Ministry of Magic were dismissed, and even the witches who had entered the Wizengamot Council were stripped of their status as councilors. As for the non-human creatures, the tax rate of Gringotts was raised to a higher level than before, and the mermen and centaurs also lost their autonomous regions.

Not only that, the Auror team also took action, and they began to use force against those who were disobedient and causing trouble, which caused a lot of negative reactions in society. However, it must be said that the effect of this was really very good. Those Muggle wizards and non-human creatures were all bullies who only feared the strong and bullied the weak, and they calmed down after being severely beaten. "

Hearing this, Mike fell into deep thought.

Without a doubt, this is another wave of suspicious behavior by Chris.

Mike had already found it a bit strange when the Ministry of Magic began to please those minority groups at all costs. After all, even if you want to win over the other party to attack Mike's power, there is no need to offer such a huge benefit.

This is obviously extremely uneconomical.

But at least the Ministry of Magic's efforts have paid off. After receiving the benefits, those minority groups are indeed not willing to pay attention to Mike anymore.

But now, the other party has suddenly taken back all the things that were previously given to the minority groups, and started to treat them even more harshly than now?
Is this the reverse operation of giving a sweet date after a slap in the face, giving a sweet date and then giving a slap in the face?

Wouldn't this make those minority groups hate the Ministry of Magic even more?
Mike couldn't understand the meaning of this at all.

However, even though they don't understand, it doesn't affect Mike's use of this opportunity to restore his influence among minority groups.

Anyway, based on Mike's understanding of those guys, they will never allow the benefits they have obtained to fly away so easily.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will probably find me soon.

At the same time, Kingsley was sweating profusely as he looked at Mike who was lost in thought.

The reason for this effect was largely because there were a dozen fully armed Los Santos wizards staring at him hungrily, as if they were about to attack him at the next moment.

This puts him under a lot of pressure.

To this day, the image of Mike in his mind is no longer the scheming student he once was, but a young hero who is equal to Chris Flint.

If possible, he really didn't want to come. After all, it was too dangerous to deal with people like Mike and Chris.

But now the Order of the Phoenix is ​​on the verge of collapse. Without its protection, his career has basically come to an end with his abilities. Now he urgently needs to find a new master.

And Freemasonry is obviously a good choice.

After hesitating for a long time, Kingsley finally wiped the dense beads of sweat on his forehead, forced a smile and said to Mike:

“Is this news helpful to you?”

Kingsley's voice finally pulled Mike back from his contemplation. Looking at Kingsley's awkward smile, Mike's mouth corners slightly raised and he said to him:

"Yes, that's some useful information. What do you want?"

"I, I, I... I don't want anything!" Kingsley blushed and stammered, "I just want to be loyal to you and work for you!"

"Really?"

Mike hummed softly and instantly understood Kingsley's idea, and the smile on his face immediately became interesting.

"Haha, I think I already know what you want. So from today on, you are one of us. Please continue to work hard in the future. I believe that one day, we will all get what we want."

Hearing this, Kingsley immediately became excited, and stood there and began to thank Mike profusely.

Mike waved his hand, indicating that he could leave immediately.

Mike didn't want to chat with him. In Mike's eyes, Kingsley was just a tool, so much so that Mike was unwilling to give him any substantial benefits and just sent him away with a big promise.

Now, Mike's focus is still on the minority representatives who may arrive next!
(End of this chapter)