Chapter 311 The Mermaid Queen’s Apology

After lunch with Professor Flitwick, it was afternoon. Mike returned to his dormitory to rest for a while, but as soon as he returned to the dormitory, he found an owl anxiously tapping at his window.

After letting the owl in, Mike opened a can of sardines for it, then took off the letter from the owl's leg and looked at it.

‘Mike, the thing you asked me to do last time has finally made some progress. An old friend of mine told me that the Flint family had declined since they had a head of family who was only fourteen years old. They have been shrinking their business recently. Apart from potions and some special alchemical materials, the Flint family now has no other source of income. So your worries are completely unnecessary. With the current situation of the Flint family, it is too late for other families to annex the Flint family's industry. How can they form an alliance with them? And according to the speculation of my old friend, the Flynn family will be completely annexed by other families in the next three years. By then, no matter how strong Chris is, he will be unable to save himself.

The above is the first thing. In addition, when I was investigating this matter, I also discovered another thing that made me very anxious.

Nowadays, many families want to kill you.

I don't know why they did this, but there is no doubt that being targeted by so many big families at the same time will definitely put you in a very dangerous situation. Especially now that you are participating in the Triwizard Tournament, they are likely to tamper with the Triwizard Tournament events, so please be careful!

If push comes to shove, the Foley family door will always be open for you.

Your friend: Abbot Foley. ’

Closing the letter, Mike smiled and nodded.

The decline of the Flint family made him greatly relieved. What he was most worried about was that the Flint family had done the same thing as Chris in Hogwarts, integrating the power of the entire Slytherin family.

This will make his subsequent actions very passive.

But based on the information provided in Abbot's letter, his worries seem to be unnecessary. Although Chris has amazing talents in magic, he is obviously not a good family leader. Now the entire Flint family He was almost defeated.

In this case, Mike can rest assured. After all, Mike has absolute confidence in his own strength. Chris is making progress, and he, Mike, is also making constant progress.

On the other hand, Mike had already expected that those pure-blood nobles were going to attack him. After all, every pure-blood family that has been rich up to now is very large, and their network of relationships is intricate, and there are even some. Many people who are not even part of their family are willing to sacrifice their lives for them for something.

Therefore, the unbreakable oath that Fudge signed with the new patriarchs actually does not have much effect, because even these new patriarchs cannot fully control the power of the entire clan, and signing a contract with everyone in the family is not It's unrealistic, so revenge on Mike will happen.

But Mike didn't care about their revenge.

Not to mention that his strength has surpassed that of most adult wizards. You must know that this is Hogwarts, where the strongest white wizard in the world is stationed. Those people want to kill him here. It's just a fool's errand.

But people can be so stubborn sometimes, and Mike was now almost certain that the reason why he was attacked in the Black Lake was most likely because of the actions of those people.

This is a bit powerful. You must know that this is under Dumbledore's nose. It is equivalent to slapping Dumbledore, the legendary white wizard, in the face. If the matter is exposed, all of them will be killed or killed by Dumbledore. Was thrown into Azkaban.

To be honest, Mike really admires their courage.

This is a group of true brave men who are willing to abandon everything for a chance of revenge.

These people can already be called dead soldiers.

Even so, since the target of these people is him, Mike will never show mercy to them.

Ever since, a smile appeared on Mike's face. While writing a reply to Abbot, he made up his mind to tell Dumbledore all about this matter and let his old principal Go help him get rid of those annoying ants.

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In the evening, Mike walked briskly to the monster statue.

"Honeycomb cake."

"The password is correct!"

There was a noise inside the monster stone statue, and then it obediently moved to the side to reveal the winding stairs inside.

Climbing up the stairs, Mike finally arrived at Dumbledore's office.

In the office at this moment, Dumbledore was entertaining a mermaid suspended in a giant water balloon with his favorite sizzling bees and piles of cockroaches.

This is obviously the mermaid king.

Judging from the bulge on this mermaid's chest, this should be a female mermaid, but Mike couldn't find anything that could be called beautiful on it. Hehe, the mermaids Mike had encountered in the Black Lake were much better. It looks extraordinarily huge, and its appearance is also extraordinarily fierce.

After seeing it, Mike even began to wonder whether the succession of kingships among mermaids was decided through duels. Otherwise, how could he explain why the mermaid queen in front of him looked so fierce.

But despite her ferocious appearance, this mermaid queen obviously still loves beauty, which can be seen from the dazzling array of luxurious jewelry and a large number of shell ornaments on her body.

Especially the sapphire necklace it wore around its neck. The huge size and gorgeous color of the sapphire on it made Mike lose his mind.

"Mike! You came just in time, we are enjoying the dessert!" Dumbledore invited enthusiastically, "Sit down and have something to eat together. You must know that you are growing up now and you are always hungry. It’s extremely fast, so instead of braving the cold wind in the middle of the night to trouble those house elves in the kitchen, you might as well eat more at my place!”

Mike couldn't refuse the kindness, so he said thank you and stuffed a pile of cockroaches into his mouth.

He actually quite likes this kind of coffee-chocolate-flavored cockroach pile, but the appearance of this kind of candy is really weird. In order to protect his image, Mike will never buy it. He only eats some when he is here with Dumbledore.

When Dumbledore saw that Mike agreed to his invitation, the smile on his face became even brighter.

He enthusiastically poured another cup of hot water for Mike, and then pushed a plate with a honeycomb-shaped cake in front of Mike.

"Just drink hot water. You won't be able to sleep at night if you drink tea at this time." Dumbledore smiled kindly, "In addition, I would like to recommend this honeycomb cake to you! This is a good thing. I have been crazy about it recently. Got the taste of it!”

The corners of Mike's mouth trembled, and he suddenly remembered a rumor.

It is said that Dumbledore always used to use the most delicious food he had recently as the password for his office, until he encountered something more delicious.

Now it seems that this rumor has a high probability to be true.

He cut a small piece of cake and put it in his mouth to chew. A strong aroma of honey swept over Mike's taste buds, but the cloying sweetness that followed made Mike frown.

"I thought maybe it wasn't for me, it was too sweet."

"Okay, I can see that you prefer a pile of cockroaches to this." Dumbledore said with a smile, "You can take some with you when you leave later. You know, I never lack candies here."

"Thank you so much, Professor!"

Mike pretended to be surprised as he answered, but his eyes couldn't stop glancing at the mermaid beside him.

"Oh! Look at my memory!" Dumbledore patted his head and said, "Let me introduce to you. This is the Queen of the Mermaids of the Black Lake, Ms. Merkus."

Mike politely saluted the giant mermaid, and the mermaid queen in the big water balloon didn't look angry at all because she had been ignored before. She also made a strange courtesy to Mike.

"We asked you to come here precisely because of the mermaid attack you encountered in the Black Lake today." Dumbledore clasped his hands together and said seriously, "Ms. Mercus and I confirmed after detailed investigation What you said is true. Some mermaids were indeed bewitched by some wizards and attacked you. But it is a pity that all the mermaids involved in this matter have died at the hands of the lake monster, so we The real culprit behind the scenes hasn’t been found yet. But don’t worry, I promise you, Mike! No matter who is behind the scenes, I will make him pay the price!”

The mermaid queen on the side lowered her crowned head and saluted Mike again apologetically.

Mike pretended to be flattered and quickly returned the salute, and then said to Dumbledore:

"I think I can provide some clues about the person behind this."

The look of surprise on Dumbledore's face flashed away, and then he stretched out his hand for Mike to continue.

"As you know, I accidentally killed many terrorists wearing white hoods at the Quidditch World Cup. I believe you also know their identities. And now that I have received reliable information, someone wants to help these Dark wizards seek revenge, so I suspect that this incident is also their work."

"Where did you get the news?!"

"My good friend Abt, who is the heir to the Foley family, just sent me a letter today explaining this matter." Mike said, "I'm sorry that I can't show you my letter, but you can personally Confirm this with Abt.”

"I understand, I will confirm this matter."

After saying this, Dumbledore looked at the Mermaid Queen in the water polo with complicated eyes and said:

"Then the next thing is another thing. Hogwarts has a contract with the mermaids. The mermaids cannot attack any Hogwarts students who fall into the water. This time the mermaids violated the contract. According to the regulations, they will be expelled Out of the Black Lake.”

As soon as these words came out, the mermaid queen in the water ball suddenly became excited. She twisted her body and lay on the surface of the water ball and begged in a muffled and weird English:

"Please, Mr. Dumbledore, don't drive us away! In this attack, more than a hundred of our clansmen died, and there were more wounded. If you drive us away, we won't be able to survive at all. , we will all die by then!"

Although the Mermaid Queen's eyes were looking at Dumbledore when she spoke, her body and mouth were facing Mike. This made her posture look particularly weird, but it allowed Mike to clearly see the look on her face. A pitiful look and its pair of round peaks.

Mike was naturally not interested in the mermaid queen who was like a dominatrix. He quickly looked away and looked at Dumbledore.

But I saw that Dumbledore was not moved at all by the Mermaid Queen's plea, and he still had that expressionless and cold look on his face.

But suddenly, Dumbledore asked:

"Mike, what do you think?"

"ah?"

Mike was stunned for a moment, and then he understood.

Dumbledore, this old guy, doesn't want to drive the mermaid out of Hogwarts at all. The reason why he is acting like this now is just to show himself.

This is really a good strategy. On the one hand, I am the party involved, and I am also the victim.

If he didn't speak, Dumbledore couldn't let the mermaids stay in Hogwarts.

What happened on the other side can also be regarded as a test for Mike. If Mike still wants to let the mermaids leave even after the Mermaid Queen said those words, then there is no doubt about Mike's impression in Dumbledore's heart. will be cleared directly.

‘What an old fox! ’

Cursing secretly in his mind, Mike immediately put on an anxious expression on his face and said:

"I don't agree with driving the mermaids out of Hogwarts. They are also intelligent beings. It is too cruel to drive them out of their homes and let them die! Besides, I was not actually injured. No, just forget it, right?"

After saying that, Mike silently gave himself a thumbs up.

This wave of his acting skills is simply explosive. Not only are his expressions and tone all on point, but even the vocabulary used to address the mermaids has been changed from the usual "it" to "him".

On the other side, Dumbledore pondered for a moment before saying in a hoarse voice:

"However, the mermaids did make a mistake, and this is too unfair to you."

Just when Mike was about to reply that it was okay, the Mermaid Queen on the other side said first:

"I am willing to compensate Mr. Townley!"

After saying that, he took off the sapphire necklace from his neck with a painful look on his face and handed out the water balloon.

"This is our treasure that has been passed down for thousands of years. I call it the Heart of the Ocean!" The Mermaid Queen looked at the necklace reluctantly and said, "It can keep people young forever and will not grow old until the moment of death."

Hearing this, Mike moved his eyes away from the necklace and turned to the Mermaid Queen's face. Sure enough, he found that the half-human, half-fish face had some wrinkled lines.

After looking at the sapphire necklace and the expressionless Dumbledore, Mike decided to act to the end, so he pretended to look at the necklace in fascination, and then hurriedly looked away, speaking with firmness. said loudly:

"No! I can't have it! This is your family heirloom! Besides, Aunt Mercus needs this necklace even more. When she takes off the necklace, her wrinkles appear!"

Merkus had a happy smile on her face at first. She really didn't want to give away the Heart of the Ocean. This thing is a priceless treasure for any woman, but when she heard the second half of the sentence The smile froze, what Mike said really deserved a beating.

Dumbledore on the side finally showed a smile when he heard this. He laughed loudly, took out the Heart of the Ocean from the Mermaid Queen's hand and put it into Mike's hand and said:

"Just take it, you deserve it!"

"Can I really take it? Do the mermaids still have to move it?"

Mike clutched the necklace tightly, pretending to look half happy and half worried.

Dumbledore smiled even more happily when he saw this.

"Don't worry! The mermaids will not be driven out of the Black Lake!"

When Mike heard this, he pretended to be relieved again, looked at each other and laughed together with Dumbledore.

Although the Mermaid Queen on the side lost the Heart of the Ocean, she could not hide her inner joy at having saved her tribe.

For a moment, the principal's office was filled with laughter, and even the old principals in the portraits on the wall opened their eyes curiously.