Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 67 Franklin is an American

As the sky gradually darkened, the Hogwarts Express finally arrived at its destination. Mike and Franklin got off the train under the guidance of Penelope. This year they will take another route to Hogwarts Castle.

Every year, only freshmen need to take a boat to the castle by water. It is said that this is to pay tribute to the four founders of Hogwarts. These four great wizards originally rowed a boat to the cliff where Hogwarts is now located.

Draco didn't agree to Mike's request after all. He was shocked after hearing Mike's whisper. He had guessed what Mike wanted, maybe gold galleons, powerful magic props, or control spells, but he didn't expect Mike to want to learn the three unforgivable curses.

Although the Ministry of Magic had long defined the Killing Curse, the Imperius Curse and the Cruciatus Curse as three unforgivable spells once cast, most pure-blood families did not take them seriously before Voldemort was born.

At that time, these three simple and rough spells were widely circulated in pure-blood families, to the extent that even teenage wizards could learn them at will. Only the Mudbloods did not have the opportunity to learn them.

However, after the bloody and dark period of Voldemort, people deeply realized the harm of these three spells, and the Ministry of Magic began to strictly control these three spells. Now, any book that records the method of releasing the three unforgivable curses will be destroyed as a black magic item, so most of the black magic families, including the Malfoy family, teach the method of the three unforgivable curses by word of mouth.

It was impossible for Draco to learn how to cast the three unforgivable curses, because his parents would never allow him to learn such dangerous spells at such a young age.

Mike didn't care about it. If the plot went well this year, the conflict between Draco and Harry would become more serious. Then there would be no doubt that Draco would fall into the trap.

This year, the person who guided the freshmen to board the boat was still Hagrid. His large stature was very noticeable among the crowd. Next to him stood a red-haired boy who was helping him get the freshmen on the boat obediently. That was Percy.

Hagrid was very grateful to Percy for coming to help him. In previous years, at this time of year, Hagrid felt that his beard would turn a few gray hairs because these naughty kids were too difficult to discipline. This year was different. Percy, a good boy, volunteered to help him maintain order. This was simply great.

Thinking of this, Hagrid excitedly patted Percy's shoulder to show that he was optimistic about him.

Mike saw with his own eyes that Percy's face became extremely distorted the moment Hagrid's palm hit his shoulder. It seemed that Hagrid used quite a lot of force in that hit.

Taking a deep breath, Mike took a few quick steps to catch up with Franklin and Penelope in front of him.

The three followed the large group to an open space. The weather was very good tonight, and the bright moonlight made everything on the open space clearly visible. There were a large number of carriages parked on the wide open space, and the reins of these carriages were strangely suspended in the air, as if they were tied to some transparent creatures.

Of course, this is in the eyes of other little wizards.

In Mike's vision, he could clearly see two strange creatures standing at the front of these carriages. These creatures looked very much like the legendary Pegasus, but had dragon-like heads. They were pitch black and skinny like skeleton warhorses from hell, exuding an ominous aura.

This is the Thestral, a creature that can only be seen by those who have witnessed death. And for this reason, many people think that the Thestral is an ominous creature that will bring disaster, but the Thestral is actually an extremely excellent mount, loyal, fast in flight, and comfortable to ride.

"What the hell is this?" Franklin asked in surprise, pointing at the Thestral.

Mike looked at Franklin in surprise. He didn't expect that Franklin had actually seen real death. "Thestral, only those who have seen death can see it. What, you have seen death?"

"My parents are dead..." Franklin's tone became very sad when he heard this.

"Oh... I'm sorry." Seeing his expression, Mike didn't intend to ask any further questions.

However, Franklin was not ready to stop. It seemed that he had not confided these things to anyone for a long time, and he told the whole story in one go, like pouring out soybeans.

"I am an American. I believe you can tell from my name. My parents were originally... Oh! Damn, I can't remember! My head hurts!" Franklin suddenly covered his head.

"Oh! Oh! Oh! Are you okay? If you can't remember, just don't think about it. Do you want me to ask someone to take you to Madam Pomfrey?" Seeing this, Mike stepped forward and supported Franklin who almost fell and asked.

"No, I feel fine. Anyway, my parents died in front of me. I can clearly remember the feeling of their blood splashing on my face, but I can't remember how they died. It's really strange.

After my parents died, a person who claimed to be my aunt appeared. I swear I never knew I had such an aunt. She took me to England, and you should know what happened next. I received a letter from Hogwarts. I thought racial discrimination in the United States was serious enough, but I didn't expect it to be worse in the UK, especially in the damn wizarding world, where there is even discrimination based on bloodline! What a bunch of barbarians! "

Although Franklin claimed that he was fine and did not look like anything was wrong, Michael and Penelope helped him into the carriage and asked the head of the male and female student union who were maintaining order among the senior students for permission to leave for Hogwarts immediately.

"But a carriage can only be driven if there are four people sitting in it, and the number of carriages is determined by the number of students. If the three of you leave like this, it means that some people will have no carriage to sit in." The male student union president said with some embarrassment.

"My friend is not feeling well! If anything happens to him because he doesn't get treatment in time, it will all be your fault! You old-fashioned old fogy! I say it again! Drive!" Mike roared.

The newly appointed male student union president seemed very embarrassed. Just as he was about to say something else, he was stopped by the female student union president next to him.

"Well, since someone is feeling unwell then you may leave immediately. I have your permission."

The female student union president said to Mike with a smile, and then winked at Mike and Penelope, signaling them to leave quickly.

From the tie of the female student union president, it can be seen that she is also a member of Ravenclaw. Mike didn't exchange pleasantries with her. He thanked her and got back into the carriage. Franklin's health is the most important thing now. As for someone who might not be able to ride in the carriage because of this, Mike didn't care.

PS: I slept from 8pm to 5am the next morning, it was so refreshing. By the way, I would like to ask for a recommendation vote, hehehe.

(End of this chapter)