Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 95 Fog
Looking at the petrified Penelope Mack felt like his lungs were about to explode. He had given Penelope Mack so many warnings and instructions, but he didn't expect that something bad would still happen in the end.

"Isn't she dead?"

"No way? Shouldn't people fall down when they die?"

People around were talking about it.

There was no expression of extreme fear on Penelope's face. On the contrary, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and she seemed to be in a very good mood.

The strange thing is that Penelope was not wearing a Hogwarts school uniform or pajamas, but a thick khaki windbreaker and a pair of black trousers.

Mike took the letter from Penelope's hand. What surprised him was that the letter was signed by Mike Townley. Judging from the content of the letter, it should be a love letter inviting Penelope to go out on a date in the middle of the night.

Now Mike understood everything. Someone had asked Penelope out in their own name. No wonder Penelope was dressed like this. It seemed that she must have dressed up carefully before going out and was very much looking forward to this date.

On the wall behind Penelope was a line of words written in blood: The secret room has been opened. Enemies of the heir, beware.

The surrounding students' attention was mostly focused on the row of bloody words, and most of them looked confused, while the few senior pure-blood students present were proudly telling others about the legend of the secret room.

The Muggle-born young wizards listened with great interest at first, but their faces suddenly changed when they heard that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets would slaughter Mudbloods.

An atmosphere of panic quickly spread among the crowd.

"Everyone, be quiet!" Mike began to maintain order. "Go and inform Dean Flitwick. Also, who was the first to discover Penelope?"

Mike still had some prestige in Ravenclaw, and several people immediately rushed to Professor Flitwick's office after he gave the order. A pockmarked blonde girl also came out timidly, indicating that she was the first person to discover Penelope.

With Mike's maintenance, the order at the scene was finally restored to normal, and Professor Flitwick quickly came over, along with Dumbledore and Professor Snape.

Mike went up to the girl with the pockmarked face, recounted the whole story in detail, and finally handed over the letter.

Dumbledore looked at the crowd gathering, took out his elder wand, waved it lightly, and the bloody words on the wall disappeared. He said, "Filius, take Penelope to the infirmary first, and maintain order. Mike, you and the lady come with me, I need your cooperation in the investigation."

Upon hearing this, Professor Flitwick immediately ordered the other prefects who had arrived late to disperse the students at the scene, and he took Penelope to the infirmary. Before leaving, he patted Mike's arm to show encouragement. He was very satisfied with Mike's handling of the situation today, and he did not doubt whether Mike was the murderer.

Mike nodded to Professor Flitwick and followed Dumbledore to the headmaster's office.

No one spoke on the way, and the scene was very awkward. The girl with pockmarks on her face was sweating from nervousness.

Mike was happy to be free, and entered a closed-brain state after a long period of preparation. According to today's situation, Dumbledore might use Legilimency on him. Although Mike was not the murderer of this attack, he had a big secret in his brain that he was a reborn person. Who could guarantee that Dumbledore would not find out?

After following Dumbledore all the way to the headmaster's office, Dumbledore spoke: "Sit down, everyone. Would you like some cockroaches? You know, sweets are the best way to relieve tension."

The girl with pockmarks on her face looked at the cockroach that was still crawling in front of her and shook her head like a rattle.

Mike and Snape's reactions were very similar. Both had no expression, their eyes were empty and deep, and they were completely indifferent to what Dumbledore said.

"I have a general understanding of what happened, but I still need to confirm it." Dumbledore was not angry when he saw that everyone refused, and continued, "Did you send this letter written with a magic automatic shorthand pen to Penelope, Mike?" "It wasn't sent by me, Dumbledore..."

Before Mike could finish, Snape interrupted, "He's lying!"

Mike looked at the expressionless Snape in front of him and knew that he had seen through his closed-brain state.

Mike's Occlumency skills were far from being mastered at the master level, so he couldn't hide anything from Snape, the master of Occlumency.

However, Mike had no intention of hiding it from them. Although doing so would make him more suspicious, it was nothing compared to the secret in his mind.

"I believe that the observant Headmaster Dumbledore will definitely make the right decision, Professor Snape."

Mike, who was in a closed-brain state, did not hesitate to answer Snape's questions. He ignored the cold aura he exuded and answered word by word.

Snape stared at Mike for a long time, and when he saw that Mike's expression didn't change at all, he ignored him.

"This matter is very serious, Dumbledore." Snape said to Dumbledore, "I suggest using unconventional means to interrogate Mike. If necessary, I can provide truth serum."

Just as Dumbledore was about to say something, a man suddenly burst into the headmaster's office.

"Snape! You actually want to use truth serum on my student! Do you want to turn him into a fool?" Professor Flitwick suddenly appeared and stared at Snape with bloodshot eyes.

In the face of Flitwick's questioning, Snape's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't understand anything. He just stared at Flitwick silently.

Professor Flitwick, who was only a little over one meter tall, burst out with a brutal aura that was extremely inconsistent with his short stature, giving people the feeling that he was a hungry tiger that might eat anyone at any time.

The pockmarked girl at the side was already so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth. Professor Flitwick's current appearance was completely different from his previous kind and gentle image of smiling at everyone. It was only now that she remembered that Professor Flitwick was once a duel champion.

Seeing the two people who might start fighting at any time, Dumbledore tried to mediate: "Filius, Severus just wanted to scare little Mike, he didn't mean any harm."

"To scare you? Are you kidding me?" Professor Flitwick roared, "Everyone knows that the Chamber of Secrets refers to Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets! I think the real murderer must be a Slytherin! We should give all the students in Slytherin House Veritaserum!"

Dumbledore looked at the furious Flitwick and knew that he would not be able to get anything out of him today.

"Well, I also believe that Little Mac would not do such a thing. After all, the letter was the only thing left at the scene after the attack. It smells too much like a frame-up." Dumbledore said.

When Flitwick saw that Dumbledore began to defend Mike, his expression became much better.

"That's all for today. The most urgent task now is to cure Miss Penelope. You need to follow up on this, Filius." Dumbledore continued, "Severus stays, and the others go first. I have something else I need to discuss with him alone."

PS: I'm just kidding, I won't transform. I hinted so clearly about the silver sword, don't you understand?

(End of this chapter)