Chapter 239 The ill-fated Halloween

Mike still underestimated the attraction of Hogsmeade Village to Harry. Although Mike repeatedly persuaded Harry, when the two of them returned to the secret passage and prepared to return to Hogwarts, it was already past the scheduled time.

As a result, Harry's pace became faster and his mood became anxious.

When you are in a hurry, you will ignore some things.

Such as the two house elves following behind them.

Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, and hurry up. Mike and Harry finally returned to Hogwarts before the big troops. After that, the two said goodbye to each other and went to the lounges of their respective colleges.

Mike waited until he reached his dormitory to relax. It was not an easy task to lead two invisible house elves through the common room, but luckily he succeeded in the end.

"Is it okay?" Mike said calmly as he sat down on his bed.

After hearing this, Shuke and Beta did not speak immediately, but looked around Mike's dormitory. It was not until they had all the surrounding scenery firmly imprinted in their minds that they replied respectfully:

"Dear Master, we have recorded the location and scenery here, so next time we can directly use shadow transformation to come here."

Mike casually opened three bottles of Dolphin's magic drink, threw two bottles to Shuke and Beta, and then ordered again:

"That's right. Don't go back right away. Stay here and wait for my notice. I have a task for you tonight."

"It's our pleasure! Master!"

Nodding with satisfaction, Mike stood up and walked towards the door. Today, he dragged Harry's 'fu'. The Halloween dinner will start soon, and he will now meet up with his friends and head to the auditorium.

When passing by Shuke and Beta, Mike suddenly noticed that the two house elves were looking at him expectantly, and he couldn't help but smile.

He gently stroked their bare foreheads as a reward, and left the dormitory again, no longer caring about Shuke and Beta who were trembling with excitement in the dormitory.

When Mike arrived at the auditorium, it was already packed.

The third-grade wizards excitedly talked about what they had seen and heard in Hogsmeade today. The first- and second-grade students were their loyal listeners. They watched their seniors bragging with envy while thinking about when they would go there. To the scene in Hogsmeade.

The senior students are much more reserved. The increasing academic pressure means that they don't have much thought about having fun. Even at such a happy banquet, the thing they talk about the most is still the future Advanced Wizarding Examination. .

Of course, this does not include the Weasley brothers.

At this moment, they are showing off to everyone the new dung eggs they just bought today. I heard that this new product from Zuko's Joke Shop can make a 100-meter radius smell like a cesspit after being fired.

It was naturally inappropriate to handle such dangerous items at the dinner party, so the Weasley brothers were quickly carried out by the angry Professor McGonagall.

When they came back, not only were the dung bombs in their hands gone, but even their ears were red.

It seemed like they had been trained quite hard.

Mike thought so and sat down on the long table in Ravenclaw.

Today, the auditorium was decorated in a Halloween atmosphere. All the candles that usually floated in the air were replaced by pumpkin lanterns. From time to time, bats flew across the sky.

But to be honest, this kind of scene may still feel novel when you first enter the wizarding world, but now Mike is tired of seeing it.

The same goes for the various delicacies that were served later.

Mike is not a person who advocates appetite, and the cooking skills of the house elves at Hogwarts are actually just that. It cannot be said to be unpalatable, but it is definitely not as good as the top chefs in the Muggle world.

But Mike still eats a lot.

This is not because of the law of true fragrance of human beings, but because Mike is now in the period of rapid development of adolescence.

Teenagers in this period always get hungry quickly, and when people are hungry, as long as the food is not bad to a certain extent, it will become delicacies in their eyes.

After a while, Mike felt that he was full, but the party did not stop. Many idiots kept stuffing things into their mouths as if they had never eaten at the buffet, even if they were full. Be willing to stop.

It was impolite to leave the banquet midway, so Mike could only sit in his seat in a daze.

People's thoughts will wander as soon as they are full, and what Mike, who was in a daze, thought about most was about Halloween at Hogwarts.

Mike didn't know the origin of Halloween, nor did he know why Hogwarts held a Halloween dinner every year. The only thing he knew was that something sensational had happened every Halloween since they went to school.

The trolls invaded in the first grade, and the basilisk attacked the cat in the second grade.

And today is no exception.

At this moment, a great soul, a tragic and heroic figure, Sirius Black, is watching in the dark corner, preparing to attack his enemies tonight and complete his refreshing revenge like the Count of Monte Cristo. !

Mike knew all this, but he was not prepared to stop him.

A stable Hogwarts with Dumbledore in charge would have no chance for Mike to rise. Only by letting Black muddy the waters of Hogwarts could he have a chance to profit. And in order to maximize the profits, Mike I don't mind taking the initiative to make the water in the small pond of Hogwarts a little muddier.

Mike liked Blake very much, so he was not prepared to kill him.

He even thought about letting Blake live a better life without affecting his plan, and finally get rid of the tragic ending of heroic death.

In his previous life, many people thought Black was a fool. He could have avoided so many years of jail time by telling the truth, but he just admitted it so shamelessly.

Mike doesn't think so. He thinks Blake is a hero and a loyal knight.

He believed that the death of the Potter family was entirely the result of his own cleverness. The reason why he was willing to stay in Azkaban for so many years was actually an act of self-punishment, an act of self-mutilation to alleviate his inner guilt. .

Blake is an illegal animagus like Rita Skeeter, who helps Mike write soft articles. His transformation is a huge black dog.

For the above reasons, Mike believed that he could escape from Azkaban at any time if he wanted to. This was proved by the fact that he escaped as soon as he knew that his 'friend' Peter Pettigrew was not dead yet.

In fact, there are many illegal Animagus in this world. In addition to Black and Peter, there is also Harry's father, and his transformation is a male deer.

Three of the four members of the Marauder group had all completed Animagus transformation, a super-difficult transformation technique, when they were students. It was obviously abnormal, and Mike had reason to believe that they had mastered some special technique.

The value of this skill is inestimable and can be said to be priceless.

Compared to the Potter family and the poor Peter family, Mike is more willing to believe that this skill comes from the Black family.

After all, the Black family can be said to be the true holy aristocracy, and the family heritage that has been passed down for thousands of years is completely beyond Mike's imagination.

Therefore, even though the Black family has been robbed by those vampire-like nobles, Mike is still very interested in the Black family's collection of books.

Maybe in addition to the Animagus transformation skills, there may be other magic spells such as the Fire Curse?

"Mike, Mike! What are you thinking about, smiling so evilly?"

Franklin's changing drake voice called Mike back from his reverie, and when Franklin saw that Mike seemed to have come to his senses, he continued:

"Let's go back, the party is over."

"oh oh!"

Mike shook his head vigorously, then stood up and followed the Ravenclaw team back to the dormitory.

In the dark dormitory, two pairs of green eyes were staring at Mike who had just walked in.

When Mike saw this, he smiled, lit the candle, and took out the food in the Traceless Stretch Spell bag for Shuke and Beta to eat.

It wasn't until the two of them finished eating that they told Shuke and Beta's mission tonight with a smile.

"I need you to provoke those dementors outside the school tonight. Of course, I don't mean to let you fight with them. I just need to lure them into Hogwarts. If you encounter them, If it's in danger, just apparate away."

Mike's words made the look of expectation disappear from Beta's face, replaced only by fear.

And all of this was taken in by Mike. When he saw this, Mike pretended to say: "I know that this mission has a certain degree of danger, so let's forget it. To me, you are not slaves, but relatives. I I don’t want my relatives to be put in danger.”

Mike's dream in his previous life was to be a Hollywood movie star, so he had studied some acting techniques, which made him feel that his performance just now was very successful and what he said was very sincere.

This feeling became even stronger when I saw Shuke and Beta wiping their tears while choking up and begging him to agree to let them complete the task.

In the end, Mike reluctantly agreed to their request despite Shuke and Beta's repeated pleas. Seeing the two of them happily walking out of their dormitory, Mike's lips curved into a handsome arc.

"Tsk, tsk, it's so easy to lie! No wonder your ancestors were deceived into becoming slaves!"

After speaking slowly in a voice that only he could hear, Mike lay quietly on the bed, waiting for someone to knock on his door.

Not long after, the knock on the door that Mike was waiting for came.

When Mike opened the door with a smile on his face, he saw Penello's eager face and grabbed his hand to drag him out.

"Hey! What's wrong with you baby?"

After being pulled by Penello for a long distance, Mike asked aloud, and Penelo responded breathlessly:

"Black has invaded Hogwarts! Professor Dumbledore asked us to gather in the Great Hall!"

An imperceptible smile appeared on Mike's face, and then he frowned and asked: "How is this possible? There are all Dementors outside Hogwarts, why can Black still come in?"

"I want to know too! I have to take the Potions quiz tomorrow morning! Damn Fuck!"

Seeing Penello's rare swear words, Mike wisely shut his mouth.

When Penello pulled Mike to the auditorium, the Halloween decorations were still there, but the original four long tables were gone, replaced by small bunks and sleeping bags one after another.

After the magical experiences of the past two years, the students of Hogwarts actually no longer have much fear of this kind of emergency gathering. They gathered together in twos and threes and talked excitedly about the reasons for today's gathering.

Mike learned the truth from their mouths.

Black attacked the Fat Lady, the Gryffindor common room guard, while they were all attending Halloween dinner.

Unlike Ravenclaw, if you want to enter the Gryffindor common room, you must give the password to the guard, and the guards guarding the door are usually intelligent magical portraits.

"The Fat Lady was so dedicated that she didn't let Blake into the lounge until the last moment."

"Who says otherwise? I always thought she was just an ugly and stingy fat woman. I didn't expect her to be so brave!"

Listening to everyone in Gryffindor discussing the Fat Lady, Mike's expression became more and more strange.

"Wait! Are you saying the Fat Lady is dead?"

Mike asked.

"Nine times out of ten, the Fat Lady's portrait was torn into pieces when we arrived. I don't think the Fat Lady can escape with her fat body."

"He must be dead. Black is the most vicious murderer!"

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The Gryffindor girls chattered and answered Mike's questions, looking very attentive.

This is not surprising. Mike has become the idol of many girls since he won the duel championship. After the start of school this year, when they got Mike, who is now a rich man, even more people of the opposite sex surrounded him.

After finally getting rid of the entanglement of these girls, Mike saw Harry hiding in the corner with his head lowered, Ron was comforting him, and Hermione was missing.

"Harry, how do you feel now?" Mike walked up to Harry and said, "I seem to remember that some people told me not long ago that Black could not sneak into Hogwarts."

Harry raised his head and glared at Mike in shame, then lowered his head and said nothing.

He really didn't know how to argue with Mike.

Ron frowned and looked back and forth between Harry and Mike. He felt that the two men might be hiding something from him.

"Hahaha, don't worry, Harry." Mike laughed and said, "It's safe here. There are all dementors outside. Black will be caught by them as soon as he appears."

In response to what Mike said at the beginning, Harry stiffened his neck and said:

"I don't think so! Those dementors are totally unreliable! They might break into the auditorium and attack us the next moment!"

As soon as Harry finished speaking, there was a scream from the crowd in the distance. Mike and others heard the sound and saw several dementors coming in from the open window in the distance.

Harry stared at all this with his mouth open. After being stunned for a moment, he slapped himself hard with his backhand, and then said in a sleepy tone:

"Oh God! My crow's mouth..."