Chapter 226 The train starts

In the next few days, Mike began the busiest period of his vacation. Because school was about to start, the two Weasley brothers who originally served as company leaders to manage the factory, including Mike, all had to go to school, so Mike was in urgent need of someone. Someone who takes his place.

Although the two house elves, Shuke and Beta, are capable enough to manage the factory, they are also very loyal.

But their social status means that they cannot serve as leaders in such large factories.

Don't think that the employees in the factory are all Muggle-born wizards and they don't care about social class. In fact, many wizards here care more about blood and class than pure-blood wizards.

In short, in one sentence, whenever it harms their interests, they will jump out and hold high the banner of blood discrimination. Whenever it is beneficial to their interests, they will act like deaf-mute people.

This is similar to some people in today's society.

So Mike needs an agent, and this agent must be a human being. Even if he can't do anything, it is enough as long as he is a human wizard. Otherwise, the workers below will definitely be dishonest.

So, after careful consideration, Mike selected a few of the most loyal employees from each team to form an administrative department, with Harris Carter as the minister.

That's right, he was the good young man who acted bravely.

On the other hand, Mike is still seizing every moment to practice the Patronus Charm.

Having said this, I have to emphasize again that Mike is really busy right now.

Sword training, meditation, spell practice, Occlumency practice, Transfiguration practice...

One thing after another left him with almost no time to rest. In desperation, Mike had to compress his sleep time. He now only sleeps four hours a day, which is far below the sleep indicators released by the United Nations.

Fortunately, Mike is a wizard, and a very powerful wizard. He can rest well now with only two hours of sleep a day, let alone four hours.

Regarding the Patronus Charm, after practicing alone for two days and finding that the effect was too low, Mike approached his teacher, Flitwick.

Flitwick had no doubts about Mike's motive for wanting to learn the Patronus Charm. As a professor at Hogwarts, he had already known about the news that dementors were about to settle in Hogwarts and told Mike about it.

What surprised Mike was that Professor Flitwick was very familiar with the usage and various tricks of the Patronus Charm, as if he was a master of the Patronus Charm.

But when Mike looked down at Professor Flitwick with admiration and asked excitedly what his patronus was, Professor Flitwick was silent.

Mike asked a stupid question. Although Professor Flitwick knew the Patronus Charm, he had not practiced it to the point where he could release the complete Patronus Charm.

This is very uncomfortable.

However, Professor Flitwick was not a stingy person. After being silent for a while, he still told Mike the reason.

It turns out that Professor Flitwick has been learning the Patronus Charm since he was young, because in addition to its practicality, the Patronus Charm also represents high status and virtue. However, no matter how hard he tried, how many teachers he consulted, and how much information he collected, he could not release a complete patron saint.

This made Professor Flitwick very hurt. He even suspected that he had no so-called talent for magic at all, and the Patronus Charm became a thorn in Professor Flitwick's heart.

So when Mike came to him for advice, he agreed without hesitation. He wanted to fulfill his wish on his apprentice.

It's a pity that Mike's situation is similar to that of Flitwick.

In the few remaining days of the vacation, Flitwick, the master of theory, launched a brutal hell-like training on Mike and taught him countless tips he heard from hearsay.

Under this intense training, Mike's Patronus Charm improved by leaps and bounds, and the brightness of the Patronus Charm released was directly upgraded from a flashlight to a white lantern.

But he still couldn't release the physical patron saint.

Finally, Professor Flitwick gave up.

Mike was also very guilty about this. He felt that he had let Professor Flitwick down. Although Professor Flitwick didn't say anything, Mike still felt very sad.

But he had no choice but to say that magic spells require talent, especially extremely difficult spells like the Patronus Charm. Once you know it, you will be good at it. If you don't, it will be difficult to master it in your life. .

But Mike hasn't given up completely yet. Although he didn't say it out loud, he still feels that this is because Professor Flitwick's teaching is not good. After all, a person who can't cast the physical Patronus Charm will teach you the Patronus. Damn, that's hard to believe.

So he decided to wait until he got to Hogwarts to consult the Patronus Charm masters in the school.

With this in mind, Mike, Harry and the Weasley family walked through the platform pillars again and arrived at Nine-Three-Quarters Station.

Today is the first day of school, and the platform is bustling with activity, filled with little wizards dragging their luggage and parents worried about them.

Harry looked at the Muggle freshmen who were looking around with their mouths wide open in surprise, and sighed to Mike: "Look, another new student. Remember? Mike, we were like this back then."

Mike nodded perfunctorily and walked towards the train without looking back.

Hogwarts will have a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year, Remus Lupin.

The new professor is a powerful wizard, a master of the Patronus Spell, and his patronus is a wolf.

He was the Patronus Charm teacher that Mike had found for him. Mike was confident that as long as he had a good relationship with him, it would be trivial to ask him to teach him the Patronus Charm.

However, just as Mike hurriedly wanted to run onto the train to find Professor Lupin, a voice suddenly sounded from beside him.

"Mike, is that you?" Lucius Malfoy's voice sounded, "What a coincidence, we are about to send Xiao Long (Draco's nickname) to school."

Although he was very impatient, Mike put on a smile and said hello to the Malfoy family.

"Good day, Mr. Lucius." Mike nodded.

"It's been so long since I last saw you, and you've grown so tall. You're such a handsome young man. I don't know how many little girls will send you love letters in the future." Narcissa praised Mike with a smile, and then touched her. Lacko's head said, "Our little dragon is too picky about his food, otherwise he would have started to grow taller."

"Mother!"

Draco shook his mother's hand away uncomfortably. It was obvious that he was uncomfortable with his mother doing this to him in front of Mike.

At this time, the Weasley family behind also noticed the situation on Mike's side. As the sworn enemy of the Malfoy family, Mr. Weasley's first reaction was that Mike was in trouble, so he led a large group of people around him. Come up.

"Are you okay, Mike? Are they giving you a hard time?"

"Don't worry Mike, they can't do anything to you with us here!"

Before Mr. Weasley could say anything, the Weasley brothers were already anxious to help Mike.

The smile on Lucius's face disappeared as soon as he saw the Weasley family, and he once again put on that imposing and proud look and looked at the Weasley family.

"Oh, look who this is, isn't this the poor Weasley family?" Lucius glanced at the Weasley family's luggage, and then chuckled, "It looks like your good-for-nothing father It’s still somewhat useful, at least he can afford to buy brand new books this year. Congratulations, you finally don’t have to use second-hand books anymore.”

Noticing his gaze, Ginny quickly hid the book she had placed on the top of the suitcase. She did not have the slightest fondness for Lucius.

Mr. Weasley was immediately angry and stepped forward to grab Lucius's collar.

Seeing that a physical fight was about to begin, Mrs. Weasley quickly stopped him.

If they had fought elsewhere, they would have fought, but this was Hogwarts Station Nine and Three-Quarters, and a fight here would probably affect their children.

And Lucius was secretly relieved when he saw this. He was really afraid that Weasley, a reckless madman, would fight him here.

This is not to say that Lucius is afraid of Weasley, but that there are so many people watching here. The Malfoy family, which they regard as noble, mainly fights with others here, or fights hand-to-hand. It's really a loss of face.

Lucius was a smart man and knew what it meant to take advantage of him, so he stopped entangled with the Weasley family too much, put on a smile again and turned to look at Mike.

"Mike, you are a smart man, but it seems to me that your understanding of this world is still too shallow. In fact, there are differences between pure-blood magic families. Some families have pure-blood names but no pure-blood names. The strength and wealth of the blood nobles. Regarding this, I think I can help you."

Although Lucius didn't mention them by name, his eyes couldn't help but glance at the Weasley family. Some of the families he mentioned were self-evident.

Faced with this shame, the Weasley brothers had reached the limit of their patience, and when they were about to go up and beat up Lucius in front of them, Mike stretched out his hand to stop them.

"Mr. Lucius, I think I can tell who is the most suitable friend for me. Thank you for your kindness."

As soon as they heard this sentence, the faces of the Malfoy family turned dark. Narcissa and Lucius were a little better, they were adults after all, but Draco was different. He was even so angry that his whole body was shaking.

Mike found it a little funny. Draco and Lucius were really a father and son. They even said the same things when trying to win over people.

Yes, the words he just used to answer Lucius were exactly what Harry said to Draco in their first year.

"let's go!"

The dark-faced Lucius felt that he had no face, and he couldn't do anything to Mike and others now, so he pulled Draco and left.

As soon as they left, the Weasleys and Harry started cheering.

"Mike, you're so cool!"

"Did you see the expressions on the Malfoy family just now? Oh my God, it was so funny!"

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They did not suppress their voices at all. When Lucius heard the cheers behind him, he suddenly stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

Delayed by this small episode, the train was about to start by the time Mike and others checked in and boarded the train.

Looking at the crowded carriages, Mike shook his head in embarrassment. It seemed that it would be difficult to find Professor Lupine today.

However, he still had to look for what he needed to find. Mike searched the carriages one by one. Unexpectedly, Lupine did not find him, but he found Hermione and Penello, who was maintaining order next to Hermione's carriage.

At work, Penello changed from the delicate one when she was alone with Mike. Her sonorous and powerful voice showed off the aura of a strong woman in every move she made.

Seeing this, Mike suddenly had an idea, thinking that maybe Penelo, an official, would know where Lupine is, so he asked: "Penelo, do you know where the new Professor Lupin is?"

"Lupin? You mean the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?"

"That's right."

Penello thought for a moment, and then said apologetically: "Sorry Mike, I didn't see him. But I can ask other students, and there should be results."

Mike nodded with satisfaction, found a seat and sat down, feeling very emotional as he watched Penello busy.

It would be great if I could have a secretary like Penello, who is strong and beautiful. When the time comes, the secretary will do something, and it will be fine.

As he was thinking about it, Mike suddenly felt like there was a furry creature in his arms. When he looked down, he realized that it was Hermione's ugly cat with a flat face.

Perhaps because he noticed that Mike was looking at him, the big ginger cat meowed twice at Mike.

Although the cat looked a bit ugly, Mike didn't dislike it at all and picked up the cat with a smile.

"Crookshanks!"

Hermione hurriedly ran out of the box and immediately saw Crookshanks, who was turning his belly and being fucked by Mike.

"His name is Crookshanks? What a weird name."

Seeing Hermione suddenly freeze on the spot, Mike took the initiative to say hello to avoid embarrassment. However, his words offended the kitten in his arms.

Crookshanks rolled his eyes very humanely, then jumped out of Mike's arms, and even grabbed Mike's hand before leaving.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I said the wrong thing."

The interaction between one person and one cat made Hermione laugh out loud, and the atmosphere between the two became much more harmonious. Hermione picked up Crookshanks again and asked:

"Do you like pets too?"

"Of course, I like pets very much. My favorite is dogs, especially black dogs."

Mike suddenly stopped here and swallowed.

"Then why don't you get a pet?"

His question stopped Mike. He couldn't tell her that he was afraid that she would have feelings after a long time, right?

Mike thought for a moment and finally said: "Actually, I have pets."

"Oh? What is it? Can you show it to me?"

Hermione's eyes suddenly lit up. She loved furry animals very much. When Mike saw this, he stopped inking, touched the pendant around his neck, and said softly: "Come out, Papi."

A flash of black light flashed, and Raven Papi flew out of Mike's shirt, landing on Mike's shoulder accurately and gracefully.