Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 590 Pure-blooded Noble Cruz

"Who are you? How did you get in?"

Looking at the yellow-haired Asian man who suddenly appeared in front of everyone, Benjamin asked loudly.

Franklin and others behind him also drew their wands and pointed them at the other party. Arthur had already circled behind the other party and blocked their retreat.

Mike looked at the scene coldly, feeling a little unhappy.

A private cocktail party of such a high level was actually sneaked in by an unknown person. It seems that the Los Santos wizards who were responsible for the alert had neglected their duties.

Facing such a scene, the man was not nervous at all. Instead, he smiled, took out a gold coin from his jacket pocket, held it in front of everyone and said:
"Don't be nervous, it's me, Victor."

Benjamin extended his mental power and checked the psychic in the other party's hand. Then his face was full of suspicion. He did not believe what the other party said, because Victor had been shut down before the battle started, and was still dormant in the secret realm of Freemasonry.

But the gold coin that the other party took out now was the identity gold coin issued by the Freemasons to every member. This kind of gold coin was attached with a special mark magic. Benjamin swore that he would never make a mistake.

After frowning and thinking for a moment, Benjamin turned his gaze to Mike.

Mike's expression was a little ugly at this time, but he did not worry too much about the other party's identity. In fact, he confirmed Victor's identity almost the moment the other party took out the gold coins. What really puzzled Mike was how Victor escaped the shutdown penalty.

After staring at the other party for a moment, Mike said in a deep voice:

"Victor, why are you here?"

"It's a long story. I used some very complicated methods to be able to stay active even when my main body was turned off." Victor carefully put away the gold coins, then spread out his hands and said, "Even if I explain it to you, I guess you won't understand it, so forget it. In short, I am indeed Victor, and I am not restricted by the shutdown."

Upon hearing this, Benjamin and the others looked at each other, but none of them put down their wands and swords.

Although Mike has now confirmed Victor's identity, it is also a fact that he escaped the shutdown penalty by selfishly going out. If Mike gave the order, they would still capture Victor, even if he is also a member of the Freemasons.

Mike did not stop Benjamin and the others from doing this. He closed his eyes and rubbed his brows before continuing:

"So what did you do when you ran away? And why are you here now?"

"That's exactly what I wanted to tell you." Victor scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Mike, I'm in trouble."

Mike sighed deeply, with an expression that said "as expected" on his face.

Benjamin and others around him also looked at each other in confusion.

"Well, this matter is also a bit complicated. It's hard to explain it in a short time. You should come with me and take a look."

After saying that, Victor turned and walked towards the small room next to the hall. After getting Mike's approval, Benjamin and others surrounded Victor and followed him.

In the small room, a 'corpse' was lying motionless on the floor.

The moment he saw him, Mike's eyes narrowed and his look became somewhat dangerous.

Because that 'corpse' was Professor Snape.

"You killed Professor Snape?" Benjamin screamed, "Victor, I know Professor Snape is not a good person and he bullied you a lot when you were in school, but you wouldn't do that, would you?"

"No... I didn't... Okay, I admit that I almost killed him, but he's not dead yet. I saved him!" Victor began to get a little agitated, and his voice rose a little unconsciously. "Besides, he was asking for death himself. I originally just wanted to borrow Harry Potter's invisibility cloak to study it. Who knew Snape suddenly jumped out and started to kill me without saying a word."

Hearing this, everyone looked down at Snape on the floor again.

Sure enough, although Snape's face was pale and he looked like he had been dead for a long time, his chest was still slightly rising and falling.

"So you attacked Harry again? You still haven't given up on the Deathly Hallows!"

Zhou Hong suddenly jumped out and pointed at Victor and cursed him. Perhaps because he was too angry, his face turned red and his body was shaking.

Victor ignored him, just shrugged and spread his hands.

This was Mike's old signature move.

Zhou Hongji was so angry that he stared at Mike with red eyes and said loudly:

"Mike! Look at him!"

Everyone's eyes were focused on Mike again. Victor didn't dare to act weird anymore. He lowered his head slightly, looking like a primary school student who had done something wrong.

Mike's expression was very scary at this moment. The days he spent as the president of Los Santos and the head of the Freemasons in the past few years had given him some of the aura of a superior. Especially now that he was in a very bad mood, all of this aura was aroused, making everyone a little afraid, and it seemed that the temperature in the small room had dropped a little.

There was silence for a long time, until Benjamin and others began to sweat on their foreheads, and then Mike finally spoke.

"How is Harry now?"

As soon as the words fell, Victor could not wait to answer:

"Don't worry about that. I didn't touch a hair on Harry Potter. Nothing happened to him."

Mike nodded, but didn't ask any more questions.

Victor and Harry are both good friends of Mike, but now these two are fighting each other.

The palms and backs of the hands are all flesh, which makes Mike very embarrassed.

At the same time, this is also the reason why Mike did not impose severe punishment on Victor before, but only temporarily shut down the phone.

In addition, Victor is also a member of the Freemasons, and they were previously bound by an 'Unbreakable Vow'.

Mike originally wanted to wait until the battle was over and then find a time to get the two of them together to have a good chat and resolve the conflict.

But Victor had a surprise for him!

After taking a deep breath, Mike finally made a decision.

Regardless of Victor's identity or how much he has contributed to Freemasonry.

But his behavior of completely disregarding Mike's orders has touched Mike's bottom line.

If he doesn't punish them severely even in such a situation, then others will inevitably have some concerns, and it will be difficult to lead the team when that happens.

Having made up his mind, Mike no longer hesitated and said:
"Victor, I think I have forgiven you enough."

"I know, Mike. I know I've let you down, and I'm sorry." Victor said sincerely, "I'll accept whatever punishment you want to give me, really."

Seeing Victor's sincerity, Mike's expression eased a little, but this did not affect his decision. Sighing, Mike shook his head and said:
"I'm afraid you'll be shut down indefinitely. I'm sorry, Victor, but I'll be personally supervising the process this time. There's no chance you'll get out again."

Victor was also stunned when he heard this. He knew very well that with the strength of the legendary wizard Mike, even if the other party did not have much knowledge about the relevant knowledge, it would still be very easy to shut it down completely.

I'm afraid I really need to take a long nap.

After gritting his teeth, Victor finally nodded and said:

"I see, Mike, thank you."

Everyone knew what Victor was thanking for, but no one stood up to plead for Victor, even though they were all members of the Freemasons.

Because as Mike just said, Mike has given him enough forgiveness.

"Then let's start with your current clone."

After saying that, Mike slowly raised his wand.

A large ball of shining light engraved with ancient magic runes spurted out from the tip of his staff and wrapped Victor into a mummy.

These light bands are the curse that ends all curses. When entangled by these light bands, all the magic circuits in Victor's body will be eliminated, and his body will naturally be scrapped.

Just as Victor thought, although Mike didn't know anything about alchemy, the legendary wizard's powerful magic was enough for him to defeat the wizard with force!
As Victor's eyes lost their luster and he fell to the ground, the atmosphere in the small room became dull again. Everyone could see that Mike was in a bad mood at the moment, so they remained silent.

After a long time, Franklin, who had the best relationship with Mike, finally couldn't stand it anymore.

He coughed twice, and after attracting Mike's attention, he pointed at Snape on the floor and said:
"So what should we do with this guy now?"

Mike glanced at Snape and said directly:
"Just treat him if he needs it. Give him alchemical prostheses if he needs them. Snape is not a bad person."

After saying that, Mike pressed the door key switch on the Masonic gold coin without hesitation and returned to the Masonic secret realm.

Too many things happened today and he was tired.

Benjamin and others in the small room also left the room on their own, with no intention of caring about Snape at all.

In the end, Franklin sighed, and reluctantly came back to carry Snape.

……

three days later.

A middle-aged man wearing a yellow and black plaid striped shirt was walking alone on the streets of Diagon Alley.

His walking posture is very strange. He doesn't look like an ordinary person. Instead, it is somewhat similar to the goose step of a soldier. Combined with his weird clothes, he looks particularly funny.

His name was Cruz Boggart. He was a pure-blood wizard. Although his family was not as rich as the Malfoy family and had a small population, it could only be described as an ordinary family at best.

But this does not affect his very good self-image.

In his mind, only the wizard Haruyuki is a real wizard. As for those guys who are half-blood or even of Muggle descent, they can only be regarded as humanoid creatures who can perform magic at best, and are on the same level as magical beasts.

As a noble wizard, he naturally has to behave and wear clothes that match his status.

So Cruz would usually choose a sunny day every week to come to Diagon Alley, take good care of the old-fashioned suit that cost him a year's wages, and then go to the cafe to enjoy afternoon tea.

Cruz called this day Pureblood Day, meaning a day to remind himself that he is a pureblood noble.

To be honest, as a noble wizard aristocrat, such activities at such a frequency are indeed a bit shabby.

But as a small supervisor in a potion workshop, his salary could only support him to this extent.

Cruz came to Diagon Alley this time to enjoy Pure Blood Day.

The only difference from before is that this time Cruze seems particularly excited.

Because he had missed Pure-Blood Day four times in a row. There was nothing he could do about it. At that time, those Muggle wizards were making a lot of trouble in Diagon Alley, and these pure-blood nobles were under strict control from the Ministry of Magic, requiring them to stay at home, otherwise they would be thrown into prison.

Not being able to celebrate Noble Day was a torture for Cruz, but fortunately the Minister of Magic who imprisoned them fell three days ago.

Cruz saw this news in the Daily Prophet and was very angry about it.

Because the new Minister of Magic was a Muggle wizard, and he also announced many Muggle-friendly policies in the Daily Prophet, including "Any discrimination based on bloodline is a crime, and offenders will be sent to Azkaban! Note: Azkaban will no longer be guarded by Dementors, but by Los Santos wizards."

These policies are total bullshit in Cruz's opinion!

But this crappy minister lifted their curfew, which was the best news Cruz had heard in the past month.

He rushed to Diagon Alley as soon as possible, and now, before enjoying Pureblood Day, he had one more thing he had to do.

That is to go to Gringotts to withdraw money.

This is inevitable, after all, the cost of maintaining a dress and enjoying aristocratic afternoon tea is not small.

Diagon Alley had now regained its prosperity and was no longer as miserable as it had been a while ago.

The streets were crowded with people coming and going. It was summer vacation, and from time to time, children would run by quickly grabbing ice cream.

Cruz moved carefully among the crowd, trying his best to avoid any contact with the people around him.

This is a very difficult operation, but Cruz does it very skillfully. After all, he has been doing this for so many years.

The reason why he did this was because he couldn't figure out the ancestry of the people on the road. If he were to meet a wizard of Muggle descent, he would feel sick all day long.

Although most of the workers in the small potion workshop where he worked were Muggle wizards.

Besides, the shirt he was wearing was very expensive, and it would be bad if it was soiled by others, especially children.

After making an awkward journey all the way to the entrance of Gringotts, Cruz finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He carefully adjusted his collar, which was slightly deformed due to excessive movement, and then looked towards the direction of the Gringotts entrance.

And this sight made him frown.

(End of this chapter)