Chapter 241 We are in the same boat

Fudge was right, he was the Minister of Magic. Although Dumbledore could easily overthrow him, he was still the Minister until he was overthrown.

So when the students in the auditorium woke up, they were shocked to find that instead of disappearing, the dementors hovering outside the castle had increased in number.

Mike sat with his legs crossed on the sofa in the Requirement Room. He was not surprised that this happened.

As he had previously believed, the society of wizards was too small, which made it difficult for truly outstanding politicians and big shots to emerge among them.

And Fudge is obviously an incompetent person.

Mike smiled and reached out to pick up the tea cup on the coffee table to take a sip, but found that the tea inside had been drunk long ago.

Franklin leaned forward very clumsily and filled Mike's cup with tea again.

What happened last night proved that Mike was right in asking them to learn the Patronus Charm and the Divine Edge Shadowless Curse. Franklin's admiration for Mike now has simply reached the sky!

"Thank you."

"You're welcome! You're welcome! Is there anything else I can do?"

"Please sit down, I'm going to say something very important next."

After hearing this, Franklin immediately sat back in his seat, and Penello beside him also sat upright.

Seeing that the two of them were ready, Mike said, "What do you think of the future?"

Hearing this, Franklin looked confused. He was living very comfortably now and had no time to think about the future. But Penello's face darkened. She was not a simple person like Franklin. She had made very careful deductions about her future, and the results were not good.

"We are all Muggle-born wizards, and the future is bound to be a thousand times more difficult than others! It may not be obvious now in school, but as long as you get to society, you will understand that the discrimination against us by purebloods is engraved in our bones. It cannot be changed without unforgettable pain!" Before the two of them could answer, Mike continued, "One arrow can be easily broken by someone, but no one can break hundreds of arrows put together. So I think we should unite, unity is strength! This power is steel! This power is iron! This power can defeat all darkness!"

"I want to bring all talented people together to form a mutual aid organization to achieve greater benefits!"

"The name of this organization is Freemasonry, which means we are in the same boat! And now, I sincerely invite you to join the Freemasonry."

After speaking, Mike took out two gold galleons and threw them at the two of them. The two gold coins quickly deformed in mid-air, and when they landed in front of the two of them, they had turned into two olive branches covered with emerald green leaves.

Franklin looked at Mike with admiration, and without hesitation raised the olive branch above his head with trembling hands, singing in a voice that was almost deformed with excitement:

"I would like to follow you forever, Your Excellency!"

Penello on the side didn't seem to have reacted yet. He looked straight at the olive branch in front of him. After a while, he smiled sweetly, picked up the branch and said, "I want to do it too!"

"Very good! Then I will give you this thing as a token!" Mike waved his wand, and the olive branches in their hands turned into gold coins again. "This gold coin has the functions of positioning and communication, so be sure to keep it."

"Next, let us make an unbreakable oath!"

After speaking, Mike motioned for the two of them to hold their hands together, and then put the wand against their hands.

"Recite after me!" Mike said while activating his magic power. "I volunteer to join Freemasonry, support the interests of the organization, fulfill the obligations of members, implement the organization's decisions, strictly abide by the organization's rules, and keep the organization's secrets forever. regret!……"

Since the 'unbreakable oath' requires every oath to be detailed to the extreme, Mike recited it eloquently for a long time.

And every time Mike recited a sentence, Franklin and Penello followed it. As they recited, a golden flame appeared from the tip of Mike's staff, wrapping around their connected hands like a chain, and, As the chanting continued, the tongue of fire continued to stretch and gradually spread all over the two people's bodies, binding them tightly together.

As the two said the last note, Mike withdrew his wand, and the flame chain disappeared in an instant, continuing to exist in an even weirder way.

Seeing the two people heaving a sigh of relief and separating their clasped hands, Mike smiled and said:

"Now, we are a team."

Franklin smiled like a child and shouted, "That's right!"

"From now on, all the knowledge I have will be open to you. I will build a small library here for you to check. At the same time, I will provide the resources you need as much as possible!" Mike Said, "In addition, I will also establish a peripheral organization. This organization will absorb all those who want to join. After that, we will select people who have the same ambitions as us, are talented, and are trustworthy to join our mutual aid." meeting."

"And what we have to do next is to do our best to expand the influence of this peripheral organization and recruit more people to join!"

"I understand! I will go to the first and second grade students tomorrow to promote it. I believe there will be many people willing to join!"

Franklin said excitedly.

"No, no, no, you just need to follow my instructions regarding this matter." Mike stretched out a finger and shook it in the air and said, "People are cheap, but if you ask him to join, he will I think you are cheap, so we have to set the threshold appropriately. After all, it is much easier to find gold from gold ore piles than from sand."

Franklin and Penello looked at each other, their eyes shining with excitement.

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"Harry, do we really have to have classes here?" Ron grabbed Harry's arm on the eighth floor of Hogwarts and said with some fear, "This place looks eerie."

"I'm not sure, but this opportunity is rare. As long as we learn the Patronus Charm, we won't have to be afraid of Dementors anymore!"

Harry cheered for Ron, glanced at Hermione who was deliberately lagging behind them, and sighed unconsciously.

He felt that the friendship between his two friends was coming to an end.

The relationship between Ron and Hermione was very tense because of the incident between Crookshanks and Scabbers. Although Harry had tried his best to adjust it, things were still going in the wrong direction.

Now Ron and Hermione are no longer talking! Even if they meet by chance, they will pretend not to know each other!

Harry felt that if Hermione hadn't been very interested in the Patronus Charm, she would never have come with him today along with Ron.

While Harry was worrying about his friendship, a door suddenly appeared on the wall in front of the three of them. Then the door opened, and Mike walked out with a gentle smile on his face.

"Welcome, my friends!"

The three of them were startled by the sudden appearance of Mike and the door. Ron suddenly hid behind Harry. After hearing Mike's voice, he timidly stuck his head out to take a peek.

Seeing that the person speaking was Mike, Ron was no longer afraid.

After what happened last night, Ron regarded Mike as his idol and publicized the fact that he and Mike were friends. He gained the admiration of many little girls. I heard that a girl named Lavender seemed to have some differences with Ron. idea.

By the way, Hermione was extremely disdainful of Ron's behavior.

Mike introduced the three of them into the Room of Requirement. Everyone was surprised by the existence of this secret room. Even Hermione opened her mouth and looked around at the layout inside.

Penello and Franklin were sitting on the sofa chairs looking at Mike and others.

Franklin played with the gold galleons that Mike gave him in his hand. The gold coins bounced up and down in his hands. Coupled with the smile on his face, the meaning of showing off was self-evident.

Unfortunately, all three of Harry's attentions were on the Room of Requirement. Even Ron, the most greedy of money, didn't pay attention to Franklin's actions, which disappointed him.

"This is the Room of Requirement. He can become what you want according to your wishes. We will practice the Patronus Charm here in the future." Mike said, "But please be careful not to tell the secrets of this secret room. Reveal it, this is our secret base."

After speaking, Mike looked at Ron specifically and said, "Especially you, Ron. I hope you can keep the secret."

"I don't know how..."

Ron was a little embarrassed. He also knew that he had a big mouth, so he could only mutter a few words.

"As far as I know, the Patronus Charm is a very difficult spell. I'm curious how you learned it in third grade!"

Compared to Ron, Hermione's focus was a bit strange. After being slightly surprised for a while, she withdrew her attention from the Room of Requirement and turned her attention back to the real purpose of the trip, the Patronus Charm. .

Mike was not surprised by this. He had a deep understanding of Hermione's desire for knowledge, so he waved to Penello and Franklin to re-tell the key points of the Patronus Charm.

The Patronus Charm sounds simple, but in fact it contains a lot of tips. After Mike sorted it out for these people, the time was approaching the curfew unknowingly.

During the teaching process, Mike also noticed that there was a real quarrel between Ron and Hermione. This was reflected in the fact that Ron always stayed farthest from Hermione intentionally or unintentionally, and he and Hermione were always in the same position. You can tell by interrupting Ron's speech.

It is actually very simple to resolve the conflict between the two people, just change Ron to a new pet.

It is true that you are sad when you break up with your girlfriend, but if a girl who is thousands of times better than your ex-girlfriend turns her back on you, will you still be sad?

I'm afraid you will forget your ex-girlfriend in a short time, right?

This is true for adults, and it is certainly true for teenagers like Ron.

Mike was confident that if he could give Ron an owl, or even a magical creature, his rat Scabbers would be quickly forgotten.

However, Mike wouldn't do that.

In fact, he wanted Hermione and Ron to have a complete falling out.

In the original book, Hermione, the designated female pig's trotter, finally married Ron, which made him uncomfortable for a long time. Now that he is here this time, he will not let this happen again.

In the end, Mike asked several people to try to cast the Patronus Charm one after another.

As expected, Franklin did the best, followed by Penelope and Hermione, while Harry and Ron could only emit an extremely weak white light that could not even be seen in a bright place.

I have to say that Franklin and Hermione's magic talents are really good, and in terms of the Patronus Charm alone, Franklin's talent is obviously better. His simple temperament adds a lot of points to him in this aspect.

As for Penelo, although she is not very talented, Mike is not prepared to train her into a female war goddess.

Mike positioned her as a senior business talent and administrator so that she could help him manage his increasingly large industry in the future.

The day after Mike taught Harry and others the Patronus Charm, things began to develop in the direction Mike expected.

It was impossible for Ron, a big mouth, to not reveal the secret at all. From the next day on, he had been spreading the news about last night in Hogwarts.

Basically, except for the secret base of the Room of Requirement, he told everyone almost everything.

He even found a dark place to cast the patron saint spell of his three-legged cat on others.

Harry was dissatisfied with this. He felt that Ron had betrayed Mike's trust by doing this.

Ron obviously didn't think much of it. He felt that he was helping Mike expand his influence, and Mike should thank him.

In fact, Ron was right. Mike had already decided from the beginning to let Ron be his publicist and publicize the matter without even Ron himself knowing.

The effect of this was very good. Since the main target of Ron's pretense was the same grade students and junior students, many junior students soon found Mike, hoping that he could teach them the Patronus Charm.

Many people here are not interested in the Patronus Charm at all, they are here entirely for Mike, and some are even just here to join in the fun.

But Mike refused to refuse anyone who came, and with Professor Flitwick's permission, he borrowed the Charms classroom to teach these students the Patronus Charm in the evening.

Mike originally thought that only lower-grade students would come to listen to his lectures for the time being, but he didn't expect that an old acquaintance also came.

"Hey! Mike! I heard that you held a study class, and I specially brought people to support it!"

After his personality change, Cedric looked like a gang leader and walked into Mike's classroom with a lot of Hufflepuff students.

Time was running out, so Mike agreed, hugged Cedric and let them find their own seats to sit down.

Mike's first class went well, basically everyone present got what they wanted, and it wasn't until after class that Mike and Cedric had time to sit together and start chatting.

"I'm grateful to you, Cedric."

"Don't say that, we are brothers!" Cedric waved his hand very boldly and said, "And your lectures are really good, I was fascinated by them! Hahaha!"

Mike couldn't tell whether what he said was a compliment or the truth, so he could only muddle through it with a haha.

When the clock in the classroom rang the music that marked the curfew, Cedric said goodbye to Mike and returned to the Hufflepuff common room with a large group of people.

Before leaving, Cedric suddenly stopped, turned around and said with a smile:

"My first Quidditch match this year is about to begin! Come and watch when the time comes!"