Chapter 307 Hagrid’s Love
Many things have signs before they happen. For example, animals in the forest will be very restless before an earthquake, and dragonflies usually fly lower before it rains.
In the past, these signs were regarded as revelations from gods to mankind. However, after in-depth scientific research on these signs, people understood a truth from them.
Everything in the world proceeds according to the law of cause and effect!
Goyle and Crabbe became Chris's followers. This is a result, and Mike is very interested in the cause of this result.
He felt that if he dug deeper, he might find something interesting.
Everyone at Hogwarts knows that Goyle and Crabbe are loyal followers of Draco Malfoy.
Everyone has even imagined many stories about their relationship. The most recognized version is that Goyle and Crabbe's families depend on the Malfoy family for their livelihood, and their father is the elder Malfoy's. He was a die-hard subordinate, so their son naturally became Malfoy's follower.
People always say that rumors are not trustworthy, but there is one thing in this rumor that is indeed true.
That is, the relationship between the Malfoy family and the families of Goyle and Crabbe is very good, and the families of Goyle and Crabbe have been kneeling to the Malfoy family for many years in order to obtain more benefits.
However, now that even Goyle and Crabbe have given up on Draco and chosen Chris, does this mean that the benefits that Chris can give them are far greater than those given by the Malfoy family?
Mike sent some core members of his mutual aid club to find out about Slytherin.
This is not an easy task. Slytherin is the most closed house among the four houses. Their lounge does not welcome any non-Slytherin students to enter, even if you are pure blood. And if you insist If you enter, you will only be greeted by endless curses.
Although the task was very difficult, the elites of the mutual aid association did not let Mike down after all. On the second weekend after the Christmas vacation, a thick report was placed in Mike's dormitory.
After reading the report, Mike's face immediately showed a hint of surprise.
This is not because Mike is not good at nourishing qi, but the content in the report is really amazing!
Chris! This guy actually integrated most of the power of the entire Slytherin Academy as a fourth-year student and became the uncrowned king of Slytherin!
Nowadays, even Dean Snape has to discuss with Chris in advance when making some major decisions!
This would never happen in other houses, but Slytherin was different.
Everyone in Slytherin is an exquisite egoist, and the only things that can make them bend are interests and despairingly powerful forces.
Mike very much hoped that Chris would rely on the former to conquer the Slytherins, because if that were the case, Chris would not be considered a strong enemy. After all, the world would still rely on strength to speak for itself.
But the content behind this report ruthlessly shattered his illusions.
Chris, in a private Slytherin duel, he defeated everyone, including the graduates, with a crushing attitude, making everyone in Slytherin lower their arrogant heads to him.
"This is unscientific!"
Mike rubbed his temples, Chris' sudden appearance gave him a headache.
There is no description of this character in the original work!
Who knows what kind of adventure he encountered to become like this!
Mike even wondered if he was also possessed by a time traveler!
But fortunately, Chris's current strength should be weaker than his own. This can be seen from the fact that Mike was still selected for Hogwarts from the Goblet of Fire.
Of course, it would be another story if Chris didn't put his name into the Goblet of Fire at all.
etc!
Could this guy Chris really not have signed up for the Triwizard Tournament?
Mike's face darkened when he thought of this.
If this is really the case, then this guy Chris would be too scary!
Mike began to immerse himself in writing a letter, and after finishing it, he left the Ravenclaw lounge.
He will use all his strength to find out more about Chris, including the attitude of the families behind Chris' followers towards Chris.
For this reason, he would not hesitate to attract Dumbledore's attention again!
However, he had just walked out of the Ravenclaw lounge when he saw Harry pacing anxiously back and forth at the eagle-headed door knocker.
"Mike! Thank God you finally came out!" As soon as Harry saw Mike coming out, he immediately came over and said with bright eyes, "Hagrid is in big trouble! After thinking about it, you are the only one who can help him!"
Mike took the letter and said directly without asking the embarrassing question of why Harry didn't go into the lounge to find him.
"Let's talk as we go. As you saw, I have some urgent letters to send."
After saying that, Mike quickly walked towards the Owl Tower.
Harry, on the other hand, trotted after him and said:
"That reporter named Rita! She wrote another article that said a lot of bad things about Hagrid, and also said that he and Ms. Maxim are in love!"
"Oh! I have to say, they are a perfect match both in terms of physique and half-giant blood."
"You already knew they were half-giants!?"
Harry let out a surprised scream. Mike rubbed his sore ears, looked at Harry like he was an idiot and said:
"With Hagrid's exaggerated figure, it's not difficult to guess, right? Huh? You can't really have normal people who can grow to the height and shape of Hagrid and Maxim, right?"
Mike's rhetorical question made Harry stunned for a moment and his steps stopped.
Mike ignored him and continued walking quickly.
After a while, Harry followed up and said breathlessly:
"That's not the point. The crux of the matter is that many people are laughing at Hagrid about his half-giant ancestry. Now he sits in the hut crying all day long and doesn't even go to class! What's even worse is that those who hate Hagrid Some people even asked their parents to write letters of complaint to Dumbledore, hoping to expel Hagrid from Hogwarts!"
The Owl Tower finally arrived, and Mike's pace slowed down, which made Harry sigh in relief. Mike's speed was really too fast, and he couldn't bear it.
"So, what do you want me to do?"
Hearing this, Harry's expression froze. He opened his mouth slightly and watched Mike skillfully tie the letter to the public owl's feet. After a while, he stammered:
"Emmm, I...I don't know. I just think you will find a way. After all, you are always so omnipotent, and everything will become smoother in your hands..."
The second half of Harry's words became unclear. Mike fed some bread to each of the owls and watched them take off smoothly before turning around.
"I'm sorry, Harry, no one is omnipotent, and I can't help Hagrid with this matter." Mike said seriously, "The most difficult thing to change in the world is people's thinking, just like blood discrimination, including So many great people, including Dumbledore, have worked hard for so long, and now purebloods still call people like me a Mudblood.
There is no solution to Hagrid's matter at all. It's a fact that everyone doesn't like Hagrid. Even if I come and beat up every one of them, it won't help.
Therefore, I advise you to keep Hagrid's mind open. At least Dumbledore will never drive Hagrid away. That's enough. "
Harry lowered his head and remained silent. Although he couldn't see his face, he knew without looking at Mike that Harry must be feeling depressed at the moment.
"Although I can't help you with this matter, at least I can still make a difference on another matter!" Mike patted Harry on the shoulder and said, "Rita Skeeter, that guy and Sirius She is also an illegal Animagus, and her transformed form is a flying beetle. Because of this ability, she often turns into a beetle to spy on others, and then writes articles about other people's embarrassments and secrets to make money.
I handed this matter and related evidence to the Ministry of Magic last week. I believe that one week will be enough for the Ministry of Magic to arrest her.
If nothing else happens, that article should be the last article in her life, and she will stay in Azkaban for decades. "
"Ah!?" Harry suddenly raised his head and looked at Mike in surprise and joy, "Why did you do this? Of course, I don't mean to accuse you, but you don't seem to have any grudge against her. So I feel a little strange..."
"Who says I don't have any grudge against her? Her last article suggesting that Fleur and I were getting along caused Penello and me to have a big fight!"
Harry heard a look of surprise on his face, and then said viciously:
"People like her should be locked up!"
Mike smiled, did not speak, but put his arm on Harry's shoulders and walked slowly towards Ravenclaw Tower.
Harry was very excited to learn that his enemy had been punished as he should have. He kept telling Mike how much trouble Rita's article had caused him along the way, until the two returned to the door in front of the Eagle's Head Knocker. Only then did Harry seem to remember something. He carefully pulled Mike to an uninhabited corner and whispered:
"Mike, if you don't know the secret of the golden egg, maybe you can put it in the water and try it. Oh! By the way! I suggest you prepare some gillweed, you will need it in the future!"
"Oh? Who told you?"
"How do you know someone else told me?" Harry was surprised at first, but then he said helplessly under Mike's gaze, "Well, it's Mr. Bagman. He's such a good guy. The first project When he was there, he wanted to teach me how to deal with the fire dragon. Three days ago, he came to me specifically and told me this. And it took me two full days to understand the mechanism inside. To be honest , Mike, am I particularly stupid?"
Mike did not answer Harry's question, but asked:
"You mean, Ludo Bagman has been secretly helping you?"
"Yes, he gave me full marks last time!"
"Then he's a really good guy."
"Who says it isn't?"
Harry echoed excitedly, not noticing that Mike opposite him had frowned.
Ludo's behavior seemed very strange to Mike. It was reasonable for him to help him. After all, that was Fudge's intention, but why should he help Harry?
Is there some ulterior conspiracy, or is he trying to make a fortune through trading?
Mike is more inclined to the latter, after all, this is not the first time Ludo has done this.
Thinking of this, Mike's frown relaxed.
After ending his conversation with Harry, Mike returned to the lounge.
In the next few days, Mike finally received a response to the letter he sent.
However, all the replies stated that Mike's request this time was too difficult and that they needed more time. Even Abt, who was a pure-blood noble, was no exception.
This made Mike very anxious.
He had a vague hunch that if he didn't figure this out, something very bad might happen in the future.
But Mike also has his own way of relieving anxiety, and that's training.
Mike's training volume was already quite large, and the newly added silent spell training squeezed out a lot of sleep time from him.
Now Mike's training has gotten even crazier.
He simply started training in the secret realm all night long, and his sleep time was moved to less important courses like Muggle Studies.
This made many professors very dissatisfied with him, and the number of gems in Ravenclaw's hourglass became less and less day by day.
But these professors have nothing else to do with Mike.
You must know that Mike is a warrior and does not need to take the final exam at all. These professors have no chance of giving him a low score on the exam.
As for confinement, there is no need to say more.
Nowadays, even Snape will not use confinement to punish Mike, because everyone knows that Mike's confinement punishment will only be carried out in Flitwick's office, and for Mike, it is simply a second place. Home!
Appropriate pressure can make people progress faster, and Mike thinks this is absolutely true.
Under the pressure from Chris, Mike's strength is improving at an alarming rate.
Since wandless spellcasting is really a complicated subject with extremely slow results, Mike temporarily put aside his research on wandless spellcasting and concentrated on practicing silent spellcasting.
By the time the second project arrived, Mike could already cast most common spells silently.
Of course, many Magic Mikes can only be cast. Most of them are not very effective when using silent spells. Not only will the effect of the spell be greatly reduced, but the casting speed will also be much slower.
However, combat spells such as the Fire Curse, Wind Speed Curse, and Disarming Curse are different.
Mike has put in a lot of hard work on these commonly used combat spells, and his efforts have been sufficiently rewarded. The silent casting speed of these spells has become almost instantaneous with his deliberate practice. It is released, and its power is not reduced at all!
I believe he will definitely surprise his opponents in actual combat.
At this time, the second project is about to begin.