Chapter 176 Raven’s Claws

So more than 20 years ago, Professor Flitwick, who was very quiet and restless, suddenly had the ambition (with a fever in his forehead) to found Ravenclaw's own wizarding society.

But it is obvious that although the academic spirit of Ravenclaw is wisdom and erudition, this can easily lead to their indifferent attitude towards worldly affairs. The recruitment process of the Raven's Claw organization is not very smooth.

But the main reason is that Professor Flitwick has been staying in the school for the past few decades and rarely goes out for activities. The only people he comes into contact with on weekdays are only school students.

But which students at school would be interested in this inexplicable wizard association? Coupled with Professor Flitwick's lame recruitment pitch, few students would respond to Professor Flitwick's invitation.

For decades, Professor Flitwick has only successfully recruited (fooled) Lockhart. This is more because Lockhart wants to gain greater fame and more attention.

Lockhart saw his dean's appearance and understood immediately. This old professor, who is always a little dull except in his own professional field, has achieved nothing in the past ten years, so the "Raven's Claw" is still just the two of them.

So if this is the case, why did Mr. Dean create this organization in the first place? And he also chose the very boring name "Raven's Claw" (the literal translation of Ravenclaw is "Raven's Claw").

Shaking his head silently, Lockhart asked again: "Dean, do you have any preliminary personnel choices? Don't tell me that you don't have this one either."

"Yes, yes," Professor Flitwick said quickly, finally finding a topic that he could talk about. "I am going to recruit the third-year Wright. He is the best person I have seen in the past few decades." A talented little wizard.”

Why did my name suddenly come up? Wright, who was standing outside, felt his heart skip a beat. I'm just an innocent melon-eater!

Besides, the name Raven's Claw is such a bad name! Wright complained in his heart.

Wright? Lockhart naturally knew this name.

Not to mention Wright's outstanding performance in school, for Lockhart, the fact that he once asked the manufacturer of chocolate frog pictures to print his name on the chocolate frog pictures but was always rejected will always be in his heart. One of the scars that cannot be opened.

Therefore, Lockhart has always been very concerned about new characters who can appear in the chocolate frog cartoons. Forget about Harry Potter, there is no second person in the wizarding world who can survive the mysterious man's death curse. Lockhart didn't want to compete with him at all.

But this kid, Wright, appeared in a chocolate frog cartoon when he was in first grade because of riding a broomstick.

Why didn't he think of such a good idea in the first place?

In contrast, asking Dumbledore to start the school newspaper and becoming a writer for the school newspaper (note); signing his name on the Quidditch pitch in twenty-foot-long letters; putting his name on it like the Dark Mark. Projecting your own portrait into the sky; sending yourself eight hundred Valentine's Day cards... all these methods seem too low-level!

However, Lockhart, who was reminiscing about the past, remembered another thing.

"Dean...the most talented little wizard in decades..." He looked at Professor Flitwick with great sadness, "I remember you told me the same thing back then."

Professor Flitwick twirled his white beard a little uneasily, but as he always stayed with books and lacked enough experience in dealing with people, he still chose to tell the truth: "But Wright's talent is much higher than yours before. Much, that's why I want to recruit him into 'Raven's Paw'..."

"..." Lockhart was speechless for a moment. He had not heard such straightforward and unabashed words for many years since graduating from Hogwarts.

After taking a deep breath and letting go of his inner depression, Lockhart continued to ask, "Have you told Wright about this, Dean?"

"Not yet," Professor Flitwick shook his head and said, "I plan to talk to him about this matter after he takes my advanced class."

Improvement class? Lockhart remembered that Wright was a third-year student, so that meant he had to wait another two years? So what is he going to do this year?

Lockhart also directly asked the question in his heart: "Professor, what else am I going to do in Hogwarts this year? Am I still pretending to be stupid as before?"

This is something Lockhart has never understood.

As a wizard who has been traveling around the world since graduation, although Lockhart thinks that he is not as good as the top combat wizards or the chief silencers of the Ministry of Magic in various countries, he is not unable to defeat a group of Cornish elves, or even The magic wand related to his life was also taken away.

A real fool and parallel importer cannot become a celebrity!

But Professor Flitwick allowed him to continue in this foolish disguise.

But why?

Even if Dumbledore's Legilimency was unparalleled, it might not be able to break through the memory magic that Lockhart had spent decades painstakingly studying to perfect. If Dumbledore could directly and quietly break through the memory trap carefully set by Lockhart, then he would not have been unaware of the existence of the "Raven's Claw" organization, nor would he have let him go so easily. Recruit the school.

"Dumble..." Professor Flitwick said half of a person's name, but immediately fell into silence.

As a working partner who has worked with Dumbledore day and night for decades, Professor Flitwick naturally knows how powerful Dumbledore is. Although it has not been confirmed by anyone, Professor Flitwick still feels that just like the mysterious man in the past, Dumbledore has also placed a curse on his name. He does not want to expose the discussion here to Dumbledore. in the eyes.

Although Raven's Paw is still an unsuccessful organization for the time being, it has already sprouted! It must not be discovered by the Order of the Phoenix! As for Lockhart, although I feel sorry for him to always pretend to be stupid, for the future of the organization, this sacrifice is still worth it!

This stubborn little old man! Lockhart, standing opposite, was so angry that his liver ached.

Lockhart was very grateful to Professor Flitwick for taking care of him during his time at school, and also grateful for the help Professor Flitwick provided him on the road to perfecting memory magic, but if he really continues to act stupid like this, then he Your path to becoming a celebrity may come to an end after this semester ends, okay?

Students are the future. How can you continue to be a celebrity if you have no prestige among students?

Lockhart doesn't want to be just a temporary symbol in a decade, he wants to be the mark of an entire generation! Even two or three generations, or even the mark of the wizarding world! Just like Dumbledore now.

"Headmaster!" Lockhart suddenly looked at Professor Flitwick with a very serious expression.

"Huh?" Professor Flitwick looked back with some confusion.

"Can I handle the matter regarding Wright?" Lockhart asked. "Can I show my true skills in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class from now on?"

"But Deng..."

"Never mind Dumbledore!" Lockhart suddenly said loudly, "If Dumbledore could really hear what we are saying here, he would not have let You-Know-Who live for so long! We all know that Mystery-Man The only thing people are afraid of is Dumbledore! But in my opinion, you are also very afraid of him! This is completely unnecessary!"

Professor Flitwick was momentarily shocked by Lockhart's aura and did not speak.

"Is it illegal to create your own wizarding association? Is there any wizarding law that stipulates that people cannot create their own wizarding association?" Lockhart said angrily, "It's time for the 'Raven's Claw' organization to absorb some fresh blood! An organization of only two people cannot match the name of Ravenclaw College, nor can it be called a 'greedy predator'!"