Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 71: Night Visit to Ravenclaw (Part )

Stimulated by this cold force, Mike's sanity began to return rapidly. The blue sea of ​​light where Mike was located was gradually becoming unstable. The blue lights were no longer as stable as before, but began to twist and stretch like the aurora.

The figure of the woman in front of him began to distort and fade. She seemed to have sensed something and became very anxious. She stretched out her hand to grab Mike.

At this moment, the raven on the woman's shoulder once again made a shrill cry. As the cry reached Mike's ears, the figure of the woman in front of him seemed to become more solid.

The icy power in the body seemed to sense the crisis Mike was in, and it gathered from his limbs to his chest, eventually forming an ice dragon that rushed straight to Mike's brain.

The ice dragon was raging in his mind. Mike felt like his head was about to explode. He screamed in pain, and with the scream, the woman's body, which had become somewhat solid, quickly dissipated.

She seemed to realize that the situation was hopeless, so she gave up trying to grab Mike's hand and stared at Mike with her blue eyes.

There was no kindness in her eyes at this moment. Instead, she was filled with astonishing resentment, as if she had endless grievances to tell Mike. Mike's scalp was numb when he saw her. Fortunately, the woman and the raven on her shoulder soon turned into nothingness.

As the woman disappeared, the blue sea of ​​light in front of him quickly dissipated, and the light around Mike quickly dimmed, and finally returned to the appearance of the Ravenclaw common room.

Mike was breathing heavily, his face covered in cold sweat. He looked up and found that he was less than one meter away from the statue of Ms. Ravenclaw, and the light gate on the statue had closed silently.

At this point, Mike didn't know what had just happened. The light gate had the ability to deceive other people's minds, and he was almost lured into the light gate. And that woman, wearing a crown and a raven on her shoulder, could she be Ms. Rowena Ravenclaw?

Shouldn't it be possible? Whether in "Hogwarts - A History of the School" or in the mouths of those ghosts, the description of Ms. Rowena Ravenclaw is powerful and kind. Mike can't associate her with the woman who just tried to bewitch him into the light gate.

Shaking his head to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind, Mike knew that he didn't have time to think about these things now because the danger was not over yet.

The blackthorn wood wand had quietly appeared in Mike's hand. Mike held the wand and observed the surroundings vigilantly. The cold power that pulled him out of the illusion just now must have come from the real world. Maybe the person who helped him was nearby.

No matter what purpose he had in helping me, that person must know something about the light gate, and I must find him out and interrogate him clearly.

In the Ravenclaw common room, the moonlight shining through the arched windows had changed its angle. It seemed that he must have been immersed in the illusion for so long that even the position of the moon had changed.

All the portraits of celebrities on the wall had fallen asleep, even Lockhart, who loved to show off the most, had fallen asleep and was now drooling beside the picture frame.

Apart from that, everything in the Ravenclaw Common Room was exactly the same as before Mike fell into the illusion. Mike scratched his head, still worried, and began to carefully search every corner of the Ravenclaw Common Room.

However, Mike checked the entire Ravenclaw common room and found nothing suspicious. Looking at the gradually brighter sky outside the window, Mike had no choice but to return to his dormitory.

It wasn't long before dawn, so Mike decided not to sleep. He lay on the bed and started thinking about what was going to happen tonight.

Everything that happened tonight was strange, starting with the light door. Mike had no intention of entering the light door. He was a cautious person, and the origin of the light door was still unclear. Even if there was a high possibility that Ravenclaw's treasure was inside, Mike would not risk entering.

But what I didn't expect was that the light gate had such a bewitching power. If it weren't for the mysterious person's help tonight, I would have been trapped in the light gate and my life or death would be unknown.

Mike felt bitter at the thought of how easily his mind was bewitched. If he could learn Occlumency, the situation would certainly be much better. However, Mike had to practice Occlumency almost every night during the summer vacation, but he would fall asleep easily every night, as if it was not Occlumency training at all, but a way of daydreaming that helped him sleep.

After a month of not finding the trick to Occlumency, Mike was very distressed. Did he really not have the talent to practice Occlumency? The next time the light door was opened, the bewitching power would most likely appear again. It seemed that he would never be able to use the light door before he completely mastered Occlumency. And the woman in the illusion, Mike thought that woman looked like Rowena Ravenclaw. The crown on her head was the best proof. The crown of Ravenclaw was the most precious treasure of Hogwarts. Although it was nominally lost, Mike knew very well that it was hidden in the Room of Requirement.

Mike even ran to look for it before, but as soon as he got close to the crown, before he reached out to touch it, he felt a very evil force tempting him to put on the crown. He was so scared that he immediately fled from the Room of Requirement. Now it seems that the power of Voldemort's residual soul is far inferior to that of the woman.

Although he didn't get the crown, Mike saw its appearance clearly, so he was sure that the crown on the woman's head in the illusion was definitely the legendary Ravenclaw's crown.

But what if that woman was really Lady Rowena Ravenclaw and was so eager to walk into the light gate? She even resorted to deceptive tactics.

The strangest thing tonight is the cold force that pulled him out of the illusion. Why is he willing to help him but not show up?
Mike rubbed the greed pendant around his neck, his mind was in a mess, and he felt as if he was caught in a big conspiracy.

Before he knew it, it was already bright outside the window. Looking at the light coming in through the gap in the curtains, Mike flipped off the bed. At this point, he could only take things one step at a time.

Thanks to his strong mental strength, not sleeping for a night doesn't have much impact on Mike. If necessary, Mike can now even stay in an alert state for three days and three nights, but he will be weak for a while afterwards.

But too many things happened last night, and Mike still felt a little depressed. He ran to the bathroom and wiped his face with cold water, and then he became much more sober.

After cheering himself up, Franklin came to the restaurant. When he saw Mike coming in, he waved to him and motioned him to sit here.

This morning's meal was completely different from yesterday's dinner. It was just a loaf of bread, a glass of milk and a plate of mashed potatoes. Mike sat in the seat reserved for him by Franklin and looked at the breakfast in front of him without any appetite.

Franklin didn't care about all that and gobbled up the food in front of him. Every morning was the time for owls to deliver messages. If he didn't finish his breakfast quickly, when the army of owls arrived, there would inevitably be some owl feathers and bird droppings on his plate.

Franklin's guess was correct. As soon as he finished eating the food in front of him, the owls that delivered letters flew into the restaurant one after another. They circled over the restaurant for a while, found the recipient, and then dropped the letter they wanted to deliver. Of course, some feathers and bird droppings were also dropped along with the letter.

Mike's milk and mashed potatoes were ruined. Looking at the feather floating in the milk and the indescribable thing in the mashed potatoes, Mike shook his head. It seemed that these two things could not be eaten. Fortunately, the bread was hidden in Mike's arms when the owl army just appeared, so it was not ruined.

The army of owls came and went quickly, except for a few extremely shameless ones who were still stealing the breakfast of the little wizards on the dining table, the rest flew back to the owl house next to the Ravenclaw Tower. After flying all night, these owls needed a good sleep.

As soon as the owls left, a deafening roar of anger came from the Gryffindor table:
"... for stealing the car. I wouldn't be surprised if they kicked you out. You'd be in trouble if I caught you. I don't think you've ever thought about how worried your parents would be if they found out the car was missing..."

Mike was startled by the sound and almost dropped the bread in his hand.

Franklin, who was standing by, came up to Mike and whispered, "You don't know yet, do you? Harry and Ron stole Mr. Weasley's flying car and came to school last night. We've seen that car before."

Mike nodded calmly, motioning for him to continue.

"Unfortunately, they didn't have a pilot's license yet. In the end, they didn't land properly and crashed into the Whomping Willow in the school. I heard that the Whomping Willow is an extremely rare magical tree, and the professors in the school were furious." Franklin's voice was getting louder and louder. "But even though they made such a serious mistake, they didn't get any points deducted. The punishment they received was just detention? Of course, I don't mean to say that I hope Harry and Ron will receive a heavier punishment. It's just that Professor McGonagall is too partial to her students. It wouldn't be too much to deduct 100 points for such a mistake."

Franklin's words instantly resonated with the students around him. They all started discussing last night's events. They were all very dissatisfied with Professor McGonagall's favoritism towards Harry and Ron. Looking at their indignant expressions, they wanted to go to Principal Dumbledore to protest.

(End of this chapter)