Chapter 253 The vacation is over

In the Room of Requirement, Mike and others were sitting around a round table, carefully looking through the notes provided by Snape.

Everyone was studying very seriously, and the room was quiet except for the sound of turning pages and the occasional crackle of candles burning.

In the recent confrontation between Mike and Snape, Mike finally won.

After taking back his secondary school notes, Snape took out several textbooks again, which were densely filled with many notes. In many places, the original contents of the textbooks were even directly obliterated and then rewritten.

It seemed that Professor Snape was very disdainful of the content in the Potions textbook.

It's just that the quality of these textbooks is quite new compared to the Half-Blood Prince's textbooks, and the handwriting on them is also very different from the Half-Blood Prince's textbooks.

So these should have been written by Snape later.

Moreover, Mike could tell from the contents of these textbooks that these were actually Snape's personal preparation materials and research materials.

This is a bit awesome.

Snape was able to improve a variety of advanced potions including Felixir when he was a teenager. Now that he is middle-aged, it goes without saying how powerful his personal research data will be, right?

What's more, due to Mike's request, the information provided by Snape ranged from grades 1 to 5. These things, coupled with the professional preparation materials of Snape, a senior professor, were completely understandable by Mike and others. .

This caused Mike and others' potion levels to increase geometrically.

In addition, Mike also plans to use this information to open a potion factory to specialize in manufacturing these high-quality potions.

Of course, the establishment of the factory still requires long-term planning, and at least it needs to obtain drug production qualification certification from the Ministry of Magic.

Among those present who were studying such a precious piece of information, in addition to the three original members of the Freemasonry, there were also three new members, the Weasley brothers and Soraka.

Mike held an oath-taking ceremony for these three people as soon as the Christmas vacation ended, and after the ceremony, they started researching the information non-stop.

Regarding this information, the person who enjoyed reading it the most was Soraka. This disemboweling medical girl with a somewhat perverted heart even regretted not joining the Freemasonry earlier.

You must know that wizard medicine is a complex technology that combines healing spells, potions, and herbalism, so this Snape's information means far more to Soraka than everyone present.

On the other side, no news came out in the first few days after Blake and others were taken away by Fudge, which made Mike think there was another accident in his plan.

Fortunately, on the fourth day, public opinion in the entire wizarding society exploded.

All media, including the Daily Prophet, are rushing to report on this matter. Among them, the official mainstream media, the Daily Prophet, is relatively restrained. It only made speculations and hints about the truth about Blake, saying that Blake had been arrested and that the public We can rest assured that Blake is innocent.

But other tabloids don't care so much.

The gossip media, mainly the Quibbler, which has been acquired by Mike, fully demonstrated their nature as so-called stinky media in a 'democratic' society, and began to use various extreme speculations to whitewash Black. and attacks on the Ministry of Magic.

Among them, "The Quibbler" went to the extreme, and he directly named the matter:

"The Incompetent Ministry of Magic!" A hero who has been surviving in front of the dementors for more than ten years! 》

There is no substantive evidence in this article to prove that Black is innocent. There is only ridicule and ridicule about the incompetence of the Ministry of Magic.

But just such a nonsense report doubled the sales of "The Quibbler" that week!

Mike is not surprised at all. He has seen this kind of thing too many times in his previous life. Readers and viewers don’t need the rationality of your article at all. They just need an opportunity to release their long-standing hatred of the Ministry of Magic. dissatisfied.

To put it bluntly, they just want to criticize the Ministry of Magic. This article is just an excuse.

Coupled with some spectators who voted with their feet, for a while, the truth of the Black case and the incompetent Ministry of Magic became the biggest issues that people can eat in recent times.

The consequence of such huge public pressure was that Professor Lupine, a 'Black associate', was released that night.

This made the students at Hogwarts cheer and also made Snape a little disappointed.

The students had long been unable to tolerate Snape's teaching methods. This guy only asked them to learn about werewolves in his classes.

And because the knowledge of werewolves is at the end of the textbook, it is relatively advanced, which has resulted in a situation where many people cannot understand it at all.

But Snape insisted on going his own way and even assigned a lot of homework, which made the students miserable.

To be honest, Mike felt that Lupine's teaching level was just like that, but what should I say?

It all depends on the support of peers!

Mike was not surprised at all by the Ministry of Magic's approach. In modern times, with many deliberate exaggerations, law has become justice in the hearts of the people!

But actually?

As long as you search for the word law using any search engine on the Internet, you will see from its entry, "Law is a tool for truly maintaining rule."

According to this theory, most of the time, public opinion is absolutely greater than justice.

In the current situation where the whole society is supporting Black, Black will not be punished in any way even if he is really guilty.

No way, that's what public opinion is.

Mike even believed that the fact that the Ministry of Magic did not declare Black innocent immediately after the explosion of public opinion was the result of poor Mr. Barty Crouch's efforts.

In fact, this is exactly the case. Fudge has not been idle these days.

Under the even more terrifying torture from the Ministry of Magic's professional interrogators, Peter Pettigrew didn't last long before he revealed the whole truth.

Fudge, the Minister of Magic, lacks abilities in other aspects, but he is really awesome! When it comes to the struggle for truth, he is definitely at the professional level.

In the past few days, Fudge has used this incident as an opportunity to attack Barty Crouch many times and asked Barty Sr. to retire.

And old Barty is not jealous. He has accumulated a lot of contacts in the Ministry of Magic's senior management for so many years. Relying on these contacts, he managed to survive in this adversity, which led to the matter becoming a big deal. The trend of trivial matters.

Although Fudge's original goal has been achieved at this point, Fudge is not satisfied. He wants to prevent old Barty from ever getting ahead again!

As a result, public opinion exploded under the impetus of a big hand.

Mike believed that Old Barty was really finished this time.

Even if he doesn't plead guilty and retire after something like this happens, at least his position as director will be unstable.

"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding..."

A living oriole suddenly flew out of the magic clock in the Room of Requirement. The oriole sang a magical note and flew around the round table where Mike and others were sitting. After reminding everyone that dinner time had arrived, it flew again Back to the clock.

Hearing this, Mike and others also put down their textbooks, walked out of the Requirement Room and came to the auditorium, chatting and laughing.

At this time, the Christmas vacation has ended, and the auditorium has returned to its usual bustle.

But in this auditorium filled with a joyful atmosphere, the trio of saviors headed by Harry seemed very depressed.

Harry and Ron sat side by side, staring at the empty plate, as if waiting for the teleportation magic to transfer the food in the kitchen to the plate, but from their eyes like dead fish eyes, You can find that they are completely in a daze.

Both of them learned the truth about the Blake and Peter incident through Mike and various newspapers, and this incident hit them hard.

Ron couldn't accept that his cute mouse Scabbers turned out to be Peter Pettigrew. When he thought about sleeping with a middle-aged greasy uncle countless times over the years, he still kissed him...

Then when he saw those disgusting and ferocious photos of Peter published in the newspaper, Ron lost his appetite at all, and he even felt like vomiting.

The situation on Harry's side is not optimistic either.

The first and most important point is that his Firebolt is finished. Malfoy really got it right. Those Aurors had no ability to restore the Firebolt at all, and what was returned to Harry was just a pile of fragments!

If that's all, forget it.

The key is that Mike also told him the truth.

Blake, the evil person he cursed countless times, turned out to be a good person? My best friend Ron and his pet rat were actually the real culprits who killed my parents?

Not only that, but Blake is actually my godfather? Even this Firebolt was actually a Christmas gift he gave me?

Wait, things took a turn a little too fast, and Harry said I couldn't react at all.

Not far away from the two of them, Hermione, who had dark circles under her eyes, pale face and even her hairline seemed to be raised a little, was holding a dictionary-like law book and reading it carefully, and occasionally I will take out a pen to make a note.

In order to help Hagrid with his lawsuit, she could be said to have spent her life studying during this period of time. The Christmas vacation that could have been a good rest was all used to study law.

This caused her body to gradually begin to feel overwhelmed due to lack of adequate rest for a long time.

It's a pity that what she did was completely useless in Mike's opinion.

Because she, like many people, does not understand the nature of the law at all.

What Mike saw when he came to the three of them was such a scene. Harry and the others didn't even notice Mike's arrival.

Mike didn't care about this either. He just waved and Franklin placed a cage with an owl on the table in front of Ron.

This owl was specially selected by Mike, so it was extremely handsome. With its gray and brown feathers and its sharp big eyes, it looked even more handsome than Harry's owl.

The appearance of such an owl in front of Ron's eyes naturally drew his attention back.

Ron's originally dilated pupils were seen regrouping, and after staying on the owl for a while, they fell on Mike.

Seeing Ron's mouth wide open as if he had never seen the world, Mike smiled softly and said:

"This is for you, do you like it?"

As soon as these words came out, Ron's eyes immediately lit up, and he stood up and asked excitedly:

"real?"

"Of course, I'm sorry about Banban." Mike said sincerely, "So this little guy is my apology. I hope it can make you happy again."

There were faint tears in Ron's eyes. He had never used any new things since he was a child. Whether he wore or used them, they were all second-hand goods that his brothers had replaced. Even the mouse Scabbers was eliminated by his brothers. down.

He truly felt that Mike was a really good person.

Seeing that Ron was speechless, Mike didn't say much. He patted his shoulder lightly and then turned his attention to Harry.

At this moment, Harry's mood became tense, and he even had some expectations in his heart.

You must know that Mike is a rich man now, so will he take out another Firebolt and give it to himself?

Harry felt a little ashamed at the thought.

He shouldn't think this way. Although Mike has money, he has no obligation to give him such an expensive gift for free. The damage to the Firebolt has nothing to do with him.

"Harry, I also have good news to tell you." Mike said, "You should already know that Blake is your godfather, right? In fact, he should be out soon, so there is no need for you to worry about your anger. Crossbow is sad, he will definitely give you another one when he comes out.

oh! Don't worry about money for him. As long as you inquire a little bit, you will know how long the Black family is. As the only direct heir of this family, Sirius has more gold Gallons than he can use in his lifetime. . "

After Mike finished speaking, he no longer looked at Harry's complicated expression, and instead looked at Hermione.

Although Hermione was still reading a book at this moment, what happened to Mike just now still attracted her attention.

Out of curiosity, she instinctively glanced at Mike a few times. She originally thought she would not be discovered, but unexpectedly, she was caught by Mike at this moment.

In a panic, Hermione could only continue to pretend that she was reading a book, but her slightly trembling hands had already betrayed her heart.

'Will Mike give me a gift too? ’

As she was thinking this, she found that Mike had come to her and placed a long box in front of her.

"I noticed that you started wearing a necklace, Hermione." Mike opened the box and saw a sparkling gold necklace placed inside the box. "But let me tell you, the one you are wearing now is really similar to Your temperament doesn’t match, so I prepared this for you.”

Hermione instinctively touched the chain around her neck.

She knew very well that the pendant hanging around her neck was not an ornament at all, but a time turner!

‘Mike knows? No? This is impossible! ’

Hermione was shouting madly in her heart. She must know that Professor McGonagall had made an agreement with her. If others knew about the existence of the time turner, she would take back this treasure.

However, the next moment Mike leaned into her ear and whispered:

"It's better to use the time turner less. It achieves its effect by overdrawing your life. The most important thing you should do now is to take a good rest. To be honest, you look terrible now."