Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 345 School Opening Dinner

Just as Pansy was laying on the ground and apologizing tearfully, the door of the prefect's carriage was suddenly opened, and two people, a man and a woman with the badge of the student council president pinned to their chests, walked in, looking at the scene inside the carriage with surprise.

"How is this going?"

The female chairperson's eyes fell on Pan Xi, and she asked with a frown.

It's a pity that the current Panxi has been completely frightened, just laying on the ground and crying, and has no intention of answering at all.

Seeing this, the female chairperson shifted her unkind eyes to Mike again.

Mike looked at him without fear.

Mike's attitude annoyed the female chairperson, she instinctively reprimanded her, but the male chairperson next to her suddenly grabbed her and whispered in her ear:

"Don't worry about it! Who do you think you are? Who is he?"

The male chairperson's words made the female chairperson's body tremble, and she stopped talking.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on the boy chairman's face, and he opened his hands to everyone and said:
"Okay, everyone, go back to your seats, and then we will arrange the work for a while."

It's a pity that he didn't receive any response to his words. Slytherin and the prefects of the other three colleges were all looking at Chris and Mike with questioning eyes, as if they were the most noble people here .

Mike and Chris didn't speak. They looked at each other coldly for a while, and finally retreated to their original seats without saying a word.

The other prefects then returned to their seats.

The male chairman's expression was a bit unsightly, and the smirk on his face could hardly be maintained.

But he still bite the bullet and walked to the middle of the car, and began to announce the next work of the prefects.

At Hogwarts, the student union is an organization that helps professors manage students, and the prefects, as the most basic part of this organization, enjoy certain privileges and must also undertake quite heavy work and responsibilities.

Just like on the Hogwarts Express today, the main duty of the prefects is to maintain order and mediate various disputes at the same time.

Mike didn't intend to do these things. In his opinion, it would be better to read books for a while instead of doing these boring tasks.

So, after lightly entrusting his work to another female prefect in the same grade as him, Mike left the prefect's carriage directly.

It is worth mentioning that the girl who became a prefect this year like Mike was Ron's previous dance partner at the Triwizard Tournament ball, that Indian girl, Padma Patil.

The girl was obviously very disturbed by Mike's commission. She frowned and caught up with Mike, asking anxiously:

"Mike, I don't think I can do it alone. You know, those boys...they won't listen to me, even if I reveal the identity of the prefect, they won't care."

Patil's hands were clenched tightly. She was not a very good student in Ravenclaw, and those prickly heads would never obey her orders.

And if she forcibly wants to use the prefect's authority to suppress them, then what awaits her will only be the humiliation of the other party.

"You can, Patil, I believe you." Mike said without turning his head. "If any boys don't want to listen to your orders, you can tell them. I'm also one of the prefects this year. If they don't want If I'm going to find them myself, I'd better be honest. Got it?"

Hearing that Patil's face looked better, she lowered her head as if she wanted to continue talking to Mike, but when she looked up again, she found that Mike had disappeared around the corner.

Biting his lip, Patil could only helplessly walk towards the freshman compartment.

On the other side, Mike originally wanted to go directly to Franklin's compartment after getting rid of Patil's entanglement, but was blocked by the other two.

"Thank you, Mike."

Ron lowered his head and muttered in a voice that was so soft that it was almost inaudible.

Seeing this, Hermione who was standing next to him nudged him quickly, cleared her throat urgently and said:
"Thank you just now, Mike!"

"Small." Mike waved his hand and said, "What about Harry, I haven't contacted him since we left in the Magic Department last time. How is he doing now?"

"he's good!"

Upon hearing Harry's name, Ron raised his head abruptly, and said to Mike in a deliberately amplified voice,

"He's been living with me since then, and Sirius thought it might be fun to have him with me. And that's exactly what happened. Harry was a little uncomfortable at first, but now he's completely fine. !"

Ron raised his head, his expression looked like a general who won a battle and was claiming credit for the king.

Seeing this, Hermione bumped her elbow again.

This time Hermione used significantly more force than the first time, and Ron, who was hit, let out a burst of pain, covered the part of himself that was hit, and gasped for air.

But although Hermione used a little more strength this time, she did remind Ron.

I saw Ron panting, showing a painful smile to Mike, and said:
"Mike, do you want to go find Harry with us?"

"Yes, Harry will be very happy!"

Hermione also chimed in.

Mike frowned and thought for a while, feeling that he really had nothing to say to Harry, and finally refused:

"Forget it, I think we'll see you at school. Well, I'll go first, and you should hurry up and go to work."

After saying that, Mike went straight through the two of them and walked towards his original compartment.

The two people behind him looked at each other. After a while, Ron gritted his teeth and shouted at Mike's receding figure:

"Mike! Thank you!"

Mike didn't answer, he didn't even mean to stop at all, he just raised his hand and waved it, signaling Ron not to care.

But it was such an action that brought smiles to both Ron and Hermione's faces.

……

In a certain compartment of the Hogwarts Express, Hong Zhou and Benjamin are playing Gobstones, an ancient magic game similar to marbles, where every point lost, the winner's stone will face the loser's face A foul-smelling liquid spewed out.

In this respect, Benjamin is obviously not Zhou Hong's opponent. Following the crisp sound of stone impact, several red stone balls belonging to Zhou Hong's side suddenly ejected a thick, foul-smelling liquid. A straight jet hit Benjamin's face.

"Oh! Shet!"

Benjamin cursed instinctively.

But then, he quickly covered his mouth as if remembering something terrible, and looked at a carriage door not far away with a look of horror.

And just behind that door, Mike was concentrating on flipping through a big book as thick as a dictionary alone.

He naturally heard the commotion outside the carriage, but he didn't say anything. The noise still couldn't affect his reading.

The book he was looking at at the moment was a forbidden book called "Self-Defense and Counterattack-Details Must Be Remembered 1990 Revised Edition".

This book is a professional book used by the Ministry of Magic to train Aurors. The Ministry of Magic almost regards it as a family heirloom and protects it very closely. Unless you become an Auror, you will not even find this book on the black market. The shadow of the book.

Even Mike got such an old book through the relationship of the Foley family, and it was an old book from several years ago!
But it was such an old book that fascinated Mike.

This book records a lot of seemingly trivial things, but it is the experience summed up by countless people with their blood and lives.

For example, don't use the Explosive Charm (Thunderbolt Explosion) in a narrow space such as a room or cave, because the Explosive Charm has a fatal flaw, that is, it will rebound aimlessly when it touches an object. If you use the explosive spell in these terrains, there is a high probability that you will hurt yourself.

As if to remind readers of this warning, a large number of magical pictures are attached below the description of this item.

Most of them are disabled people with missing arms and legs, and some are horrible corpses, or simply a pile of minced meat.

And the annotations of these pictures are uniform: I was injured by the rebound of my own explosive spell!
I don't know how long it took, but a siren sound suddenly woke up Mike who was engrossed in the book.

In a hurry, along with a crisp knock on the door, Benjamin's familiar voice also came from outside the door.

"Mike, the train has arrived, we should get off."

"understood."

Surrounded by everyone, Mike got off the train.

As in previous years, the freshmen had to leave with the old students on the platform, and went to the pier to take a boat to the school.

It's a Hogwarts tradition, every year.

It's just that unlike previous years, this year's leading teacher who is in charge of guiding the freshmen is no longer Hagrid, but a strong female professor.

Harry was obviously very concerned about Hagrid's disappearance, and kept chasing after the professor to ask questions, while Mike and the others followed the large army to the camp of the Yeqi carriage, and arrived at Hogwarts in a carriage.

Today's weather is very good, the ceiling of the auditorium is dotted with stars, and from time to time there are thin clouds slowly drifting past.

Under the ceiling, there are countless burning candles floating, illuminating the entire auditorium.

When Mike and the others sat down on the long table covered with the tablecloths in the colors of their respective colleges, Professor McGonagall also put out the treasure of Hogwarts, the sorting hat, as in previous years.

As the clock struck the hour, the door of the auditorium swung open.

The freshmen neatly lined up in two rows according to male and female, while looking at the magic auditorium curiously, they walked briskly towards the direction of the sorting hat under the leadership of the professor.

Compared with previous years, the number of new students this year is only about [-]% of previous years. Mike knew that this should also be affected by the news of Voldemort's return.

And when all the freshmen entered the auditorium, all the teachers and students in the school kept their beards and waited.

Immediately afterwards, on the old-fashioned wooden chair in the center of the auditorium, a hole suddenly cracked beside the long brim of the Sorting Hat, and then, the distinctive voice of the Sorting Hat came from it:
"The students we teach must be courageous and fearless... I have sounded the alarm for you... Now, let's start sorting. (No water, please see the next chapter for detailed lyrics.)"

At the end of the song, there was applause immediately from all around, but there were still whispers mixed with it.

The songs of the Sorting Hat this year are very weird. Generally, the school songs of the Sorting Hat are just to introduce the characteristics of the four colleges to the freshmen, but this year's school songs carry a sense of encouragement.

Mike, Benjamin and the others looked at each other in blank dismay. They naturally knew the meaning of the song the Sorting Hat sang.

It is nothing more than wanting to unite the students to face this disaster together.

And with the end of the sorting ceremony, Dumbledore, like in previous years, came to the podium to give this year's speech under the expectant eyes of everyone.

"Welcome our new students." Dumbledore's voice was extremely loud, with his arms open and a bright smile on his mouth, he also welcomed our old students, welcome back!There is plenty of time for speeches, but not now.Eat it as fast as you can! "

Dumbledore's simple opening speech once again won warm applause from all the teachers and students, and as Dumbledore sat down upright, throwing his long beard over his shoulders, the originally empty table in front of everyone Suddenly there were huge chunks of meat, pies, plates of vegetables, bread, and drinks of all kinds.

"Great!"

A freshman sitting not far from Mike couldn't help cheering. They were already starving after sitting on the train for so long.

Mike, on the other hand, frowned, staring straight at Dumbledore on the teacher's bench.

In Mike's guess, Dumbledore's speech this year should also be an extremely positive chicken soup quotation like the Sorting Hat song, so as to further stimulate the morale of the students.

But Dumbledore didn't do this, but chose to say a few words casually as in previous years and ended.

This made Mike really puzzled.

At the same time, the sharp-eyed Mike quickly discovered the abnormality of this year's Hogwarts teacher lineup.

Moody, who was the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts last year, did not appear in the auditorium. Instead, he was replaced by the Ministry of Magic official who had met Mike in the court where Harry was tried.

Dolores Umbridge.

That's right, it was the woman who looked exactly like a toad.

The moment he saw this woman, Mike's eyes narrowed.

The appearance of this woman means that the Ministry of Magic has begun to intervene in the internal affairs of the Ministry of Magic.

In the bright auditorium, everyone's faces were filled with excited smiles, and the freshmen happily enjoyed their first meal in Hogwarts.

The old students mingled with the freshmen, and while piling up the dinner plates in front of them with various steaks, they introduced everything about Hogwarts to the freshmen.

And the name they mentioned the most was Mike Townley.

The praise of the old students made the freshmen full of curiosity about the legendary Townley senior, which led to a lot of curious eyes gathered around Mike.

But under the gaze of these gazes, Mike was looking at Umbridge on the faculty seat.

"It looks like this year will be very interesting!"

(End of this chapter)