Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 414
After returning to Hogwarts from Dumbledore, Mike sat alone in the dormitory for a long time.

At this moment, his mood is very complicated.

Generally speaking, the purpose of his trip to the villa in the forest has been achieved. First, he can use Dumbledore's power to solve the problem of the Slytherin pendant without bloodshed, and Dumbledore should set off to find the resurrection soon. stone.

At that time, Dumbledore, who is longing for his relatives, will definitely not be able to resist the temptation of the resurrection stone, so he will step into Voldemort's trap, and time is running out.

Even Dumbledore's attitude towards Harry was exactly as Mike expected. It can be said that everything developed as Mike planned, but despite this, Mike just couldn't be happy.

Was it really worth sacrificing the lives of two old friends, Dumbledore and Harry, for those cold interests?
Mike fell into deep doubts.

Fortunately, Mike's entanglement didn't last too long. After some thinking, he quickly came to a conclusion.

Of course it's worth it!

Otherwise, what is my previous effort?

At the same time, he also had a clearer understanding of himself in his heart.

In a way, he was the same kind of guy as Dumbledore.

In order to destroy Voldemort and restore peace to the wizarding world, Dumbledore was willing to sacrifice Harry, the son of an old friend, and Mike was willing to sacrifice the lives of two old friends, Dumbledore and Harry, for the greater good.

Of course, this is not to say that Mike has been ruthless enough to decide to trade the lives of Harry and Dumbledore for victory.

Just as in the original book, Dumbledore tried his best to find a way to get the best of both worlds, and finally succeeded in destroying Voldemort while also saving Harry's life.

Mike will also do his best to avoid the sacrifice of friends around him, just as he persuaded Dumbledore to let Lupine retire so that he and Tonks can have a happy ending, Mike hopes from the bottom of his heart that every friend of his can There is a happy end.

However, who knows what will happen in the future?All you can do is do your best.

Thinking of this, Mike, who regained his fighting spirit, took a deep breath, sat down at his desk and started post-war statistical work.

After communicating with Dumbledore, he already had a detailed understanding of the battle situation during this trip to the Ministry of Magic.

In this battle, the loss of the Los Santos Wizard Legion was not heavy, with only 6 casualties, of which one was slightly injured, four were seriously injured, and one was killed.

The original casualties should have been smaller. After all, only two seriously wounded were injured in normal battles. The remaining one was slightly injured, two seriously injured and one killed in battle, all due to the negligence of the defense team.

For this reason, the leader of the defense team voluntarily resigned from his position as the team leader and expressed his willingness to accept any punishment.

It's just that Mike didn't punish him too much. After all, these Los Santos wizards were cultivated by Mike at a high price. Before they help Mike earn more than their cost, Mike will never be random. fire them.

But there must be some punishment, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public, so Mike deducted his one-year bonus and all the proceeds of this operation as punishment.

For this punishment, the defense captain naturally agreed with it.

After all, his life was saved, and a fine was nothing.

The rest of the members are also very satisfied, because Mike promised to give the team leader a monthly bonus of up to 500 Galleons, and the bonus for this operation is as high as 1000 Galleons, which means that Mike fined him 1500 Galleons at once. Long's huge sum!

And Mike did not take the money into his wallet, but gave it all as a pension to the family of the sacrificed team member.

In general, the loss of the Los Santos Wizarding Corps this time is much less than Mike expected. After all, wars always end in death. Mike has even prepared himself for the loss of more than half of the entire Wizarding Corps, so now he can get He is already very satisfied with this result.

On the other hand, the Death Eaters are far from ideal.

Although Voldemort successfully took the prophecy ball, his Death Eaters suffered heavy losses.

First of all, the entire werewolf army was wiped out, and even the commander Fenrir did not survive.

Then the casualties of human wizards were also very serious. With the first attack of the Los Santos wizards and the later siege and pursuit of the Aurors, Mike estimated that most of the Death Eaters were already in the Ministry of Magic.

And even if a small part of the rest are not dead, there will only be a very small number of people who dare to continue to join Voldemort.

In other words, Voldemort today, except for the main core members such as Bellatrix, his Death Eater army is almost exhausted.

Mike slowly wrote down such a conclusion in the notepad, and the corners of his mouth slowly raised.

The action organized by himself undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to Voldemort, which greatly hindered Voldemort's progress in notifying the wizarding world.

It's just that the loss of the Order of the Phoenix is ​​equally serious.

First, the whereabouts of Kingsley, an official from the Ministry of Magic who colluded with them, is unknown. He was absent from the beginning to the end of the entire operation, and he is suspected to have been captured by the Death Eaters.

After that, Black, Lupine, and Moody were all seriously injured, and they had no fighting power at all in a short period of time.

However, Mike estimated that even if they recover from their injuries, it is unlikely that they will continue to return to the Order of the Phoenix.

After all, Lupine has already been arranged to retire, and Black has distrusted the Order of the Phoenix because of Moody's matter, and it is not impossible to pull him to Los Santos if he works harder. .

As for Moody, he should be the worst one in this operation, because Mike and Black both ignored Moody's existence when they evacuated, which led to him being fermented by the Aurors in a coma !

According to Dumbledore, he also went to the Ministry of Magic to try to rescue Moody afterwards, but the Ministry of Magic rejected his request mercilessly.

He also said that Moody had recovered after undergoing the treatment they provided, but he himself was unwilling to follow Dumbledore back to the Order of the Phoenix.

For this, Mike strongly suspects that Moody has already been bought. After all, he was originally a senior Auror, and he knew all the senior officials in the Auror office (although the relationship was not very good). There is a high probability that he will rejoin the Ministry of Magic instead of returning to the Order of the Phoenix, an organization where someone will throw a black gun in the back.

In this regard, Mike is naturally happy to see the results, after all, he doesn't like the old guy Moody himself.

As for your saying that the Phoenix society will not decline after losing so many capable men?

Mike says you're totally joking.

Who is Dumbledore?

He is the most powerful white wizard in the world today, and he has so many honorable titles that you can't even count them!

For such a person, it is too easy for him to replenish the manpower of his organization!

……

When the morning sun fell on Hogwarts Castle, Mike finally sorted out the relevant information.

Although Mike's mental strength is very strong, he still felt a little tired after going through a big battle and not sleeping for two days.

In order to cope with the next exam, Mike still drank some Dolphin magic drink to refresh himself.

Perhaps due to the fact that there must be sunshine after a storm, the weather around Hogwarts has been very good during the week of the exam, which is very rare, especially in the UK.

The beautiful sunshine and fresh air greatly relieved the anxiety of the students about the exam, so when Mike came to the restaurant, he found that the atmosphere here had improved a lot compared to the previous two days.

Although the students still maintained the attitude of studying hard while eating, at least their expressions were not as ugly as they were in the first two days.

Mike easily found Harry, Hermione and others, and told the three of Lupine's situation and Dumbledore's follow-up arrangements for him.

The three reacted differently to this.

Among them, Ron and Harry both had ugly expressions, and both expressed regret about the incident.

From their euphemistic words, Mike can probably understand what they mean.

Ron was sympathizing with Lupine for being too seriously injured this time, while Harry's focus was that Lupine was likely to lose a large part of his spellcasting ability in the future.

As for Hermione, her reaction can be said to be the most normal for Mike, because she danced happily after hearing that Professor Lupine could finally retire and get married, and even ignored the review notes that were inseparable from her during this time up.

Mike is also quite impressed by this.

In his previous life, Mike had heard a conclusion that in terms of mental age growth and development, girls are always three to five years ahead of boys.

Mike thought this was nonsense before, after all, his daughter in the previous life was hard to explain, but now from Hermione's performance, what the scientists said is true!
Both Harry and Ron saw things too one-sidedly, only seeing what Lupine lost, but not what he gained.

Fortunately, Hermione is still relatively mature. After Hermione broke down all the uncomplicated twists and turns and told the two of them, Harry and Ron showed a sudden understanding expression on their faces.

In the end, the four made a decision to visit Professor Lupine together after the holiday started.

After making this decision, everyone's life has finally returned to the original track.

This is painful for many people, because it means that they will face endless exams.

Among them, Ron even said brazenly: "This is more difficult than me fighting and winning with eighty Death Eaters alone in the Ministry of Magic!" '

Mike was very speechless about this, but the thing that made him speechless the most was yet to come.

Because after Ron uttered such outrageous remarks, many members of the Da Army joined him, saying that the exam was much more difficult than fighting the Death Eaters.

Thanks to their efforts, the record of Mike and others in the Ministry of Magic immediately doubled that night, and the number of Death Eaters killed reached an astonishing [-]!

Mike was stunned, because this number was a bit too exaggerated. If Voldemort really had an army of [-], he would have already flattened Europe, and he would not continue to entangle with Dumbledore in the country.

But those people who eat melons eat this way, and they even formed a chain of contempt. Among them, the Da soldiers who took part in the operation that night are at the top, and the bottom are those who have a little black background Slytherins.

In this regard, the Slytherins dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

The anger was because to some extent those students were right. Some of their parents and elders were indeed killed by the Los Santos Wizards and Aurors in the Ministry of Magic.

And dare not speak because their two big backers, Chris (yes, you read that right, Chris did not take the owl exam) and Umbridge are not at Hogwarts these days!

But the difficult days will always pass, and before the last week of the semester, all the exams are finally over.

On this day, the whole of Hogwarts was boiling, and the students rushed to tell each other, wantonly venting their suppressed lively nature during this week.

Some graduates have shown their distaste for studying by tearing up all their books in the immediate aftermath of their exams.

Such behavior is very irrational, because these old books should be donated to the school as a second-hand book for other poor students according to the normal procedure.

Among the remaining graduates, there are even at least three student couples who announced their relationship immediately after the exam and said they would get married during the summer vacation.

As a matter of course, everyone offered their heartfelt blessings to them, only Mike was stunned.

After asking Benjamin and others, Mike learned that it is already a Hogwarts tradition to announce their relationship and announce their marriage immediately after graduation.

It is said that this tradition started with a member of the Black family hundreds of years ago. At the graduation dinner, he announced the date of his marriage to a girl from another pure-blood family at that time, and invited all the students to participate.

Of course, such traditions mostly only belong to wealthy pure-blood family members, including the three couples who announced their wedding dates this year are no exception.

As for ordinary students, due to face and economic reasons, they seldom follow this tradition, because if they do so, they are likely to be ridiculed by their pure-blooded classmates.

All the students' faces were filled with happy smiles, even those who did not perform well in the exam.

After all, they still have a whole week of vacation. During this period of time, they don't have to worry about their test scores, and they don't have to worry about the discipline of their parents and teachers. They can play around in the huge Hogwarts castle wantonly.

It's just that the professors are not so happy anymore, even Professor Flitwick, who is usually the most optimistic, has a serious face.

The students didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this, or in other words, they were already playing crazy now, and they didn't care what the professors were like at all.

But this situation is bound to not last long.

In fact, on the morning after the exam, a report in the Daily Prophet put a cruel reality before everyone's eyes and took away everyone's good mood.

(End of this chapter)