Chapter 302 A loving father and a filial son

In the dormitory, standing in front of Mike were the two Shukbeta brothers and four house elves, Winky Dobby.

Shining is currently staring at Shuke and Beta with envious eyes.

There is no way, compared with Shining and Dobby, Shuke and Beta's appearance is much better.

They were all dressed in neatly scaled-down butler uniforms. They stood there with their backs straight and looked very energetic.

Although house elves are slaves of wizards, and wizards are also sensitive about giving house elves clothing, the appearance of house elves used to entertain guests can also highlight the financial resources and moral level of the owner.

In Twinkle's opinion, Mike must be a new owner with abundant financial resources and a very kind heart.

Dobby, on the other hand, didn't think so much. At this moment, he was already so excited that he just signed a magic contract with Mike with the help of Hermione. He is now a glorious employee of Los Santos Group!

Weekly salary of 2 gold galleons! You only need to work 8 hours a day and have weekends off!

Dobby felt like he could wake up from his dreams laughing.

But the Shukbeta brothers and Winky didn't think so. They despised Dobi, a house elf scum who needed wages for his work, which could be seen from their positions.

All three of them stood as far away from Dobby as possible.

"Then, Beta, I will leave Dobby to you first. You can take him to the headquarters of the Los Santos Group later. He will be responsible for the cleaning work there in the future."

Shuke bowed and said yes, and then apparated away with Dobby looking like he was constipated.

At this moment, Mike finally focused his attention on Shining again.

"Oh! Winky, I'm very happy that you can join my family." Mike sighed, "I'm very glad that you are different from Dobby. Really, the salary is on the other hand, mainly vacation. Maybe you don't know, There is really too much work that I need to deal with here, and it will be too difficult for me if you ask for an 8-hour working day and two days off every week like Dobby!"

"Winky is a good elf! Winky will work hard and will never let her master down!"

Twinkle shouted excitedly, and upon seeing this, an unknown smile appeared on Mike's face.

"It seems that you can't wait to get into work, but there is one more thing we need to figure out before that." Mike paused and continued, "I remember you used to be the house elf of the Crouch family. ?Then do you know where Barty Crouch Jr. went?"

Hearing this, Shanshan stiffened suddenly and trembled all over, with a look of fear on his face.

"Little...young master, he...he is missing! Shining doesn't know where he has gone!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Winky started banging her head against the wall, which was a common way for house elves to punish themselves.

Mike nodded slightly. He still believed what Winky said. Traditional house elves would never deceive their masters.

"Tell me in detail, Winky, how did Barty Crouch Jr. disappear?"

"No! Winky can't say that!" Winky continued to bang her head against the wall, "Winky is a bad elf! Winky actually revealed the secret of the former master!"

Upon seeing this, Mike did not choose to continue persuading, but took out a bottle of translucent potion and handed it to Shuke, and at the same time ordered him:

"I want to know everything about the Crouch family. Take Twinkle back and persuade her. If it doesn't work, use this thing. By the way, you know how to use this thing, right?"

Scribing the words "Veritaserum" written on the bottle with his thin fingers, Shuke nodded firmly, and then forced the painfully weeping Twinkle to leave Mike's dormitory.

Nodding, Mike also took out the Masonic gold coins and went to the magic training ground in the secret realm.

Here he would practice silent and wandless spellcasting.

It is well known that children with wizard talents will have at least one burst of magic power before the age of eleven. The reason for the burst of magic power is that at this time, the magic power in the little wizard's body is still in an active but difficult to control stage, so he is often affected by emotions. The influence in turn caused all kinds of abnormal supernatural phenomena to appear around them.

Strictly speaking, this is considered a silent and wandless spell.

But after the age of eleven, as the body and personality gradually mature, this natural ability to cast spells silently and without a wand will disappear from the young wizard.

If you want to regain mastery of these two abilities, you will need great talent and hard work.

The techniques of silent spells and wandless spells are actually not a secret, but there are only a few wizards who have truly mastered them.

Because if you want to master these two spell-casting techniques, you must fully understand the principles of spell formation, but this means that you must learn spells one by one, because each spell works in a completely different way.

At the same time, you also need to have strong control over the magic power, because the act of waving the wand and chanting the magic spell is actually guiding the magic power to run according to the set trajectory to become a complete magic spell. This is a fool-like way of casting spells, and now that you have lost the guidance of the two, the magic power completely needs to be controlled by you. During this period, if your magic power is insufficient, there will be slight errors in the trajectory of the magic power. In addition, Without the super powerful increase in the power of magic wands, the power of the magic released will be greatly reduced.

But if you want to perfectly reproduce the curse, the control required is extremely exaggerated, and the current Mike is still far from it.

Therefore, Mike's research on silent spells and wandless spells is actually a thankless act.

Because the silent spells and wandless spells he is releasing now are much weaker than the ones he releases with a wand.

But there is no way. Mike's current strength has reached a stable and slow rising period. He can no longer find any way to make his strength skyrocket again, so he can only practice the silent and wandless spell to strengthen himself when facing special situations in the future. How to respond to situations.

At the same time, he exercises his ability to control magic by frequently using silent and wandless spells. The power of magic control when it reaches the extreme can only be described as terrifying!

According to Mike's speculation, if he can really reach that height that only exists in theory, then he will not need to understand its mechanism and principles to release the magic spell. The magic power in his body will be automatically generated according to his thoughts. Supernatural phenomena are equivalent to having the ability to have your wishes come true to a certain extent!

For example, there is a big river without a bridge in front of you, and you can't cross it.

You thought about it and wanted to fly over.

Then the next moment you will find that you are floating.

Or maybe what you were thinking was that it would be nice to have a bridge.

Then the next moment, the surrounding soil and stones on the shore will automatically deform and reorganize, turning into a bridge.

Or take it a step further and you want the river to disappear.

Then the next moment this big river disappeared inexplicably!

Of course, this is only a theoretical ideal state. Mike estimates that he will never reach this level in his life.

But he still needs to continue to practice his magic control. After all, this ability has improved, and it will also increase the power of his spells.

Now that the decisive battle is imminent, he must make good use of all his spare time and improve his strength as much as possible.

When Mike returned to the dormitory after completing a day of practice, he saw the house elves Shuke and Winky already waiting for him.

Shining's appearance looked the same as before, but in addition to respect, there was also a bit more fear in the eyes he looked at Mike.

"Master! Twinkle has told everything she knows."

After that, Shuke respectfully handed the truth serum and a roll of parchment back to Mike.

Looking at the completely unopened Veritaserum, Mike was a little surprised.

He really didn't expect Shuke to be able to get Winky to speak without using Veritaserum. Is this because Shuke's interrogation skills are too superb or is Winky's loyalty to the Crouch family not as high as it seems? ?

Although he thought so in his heart, Mike, who was exhausted after a day of practice, did not ask, but directly unfolded the parchment.

As expected by Mike, what was recorded above was the story of Crouch and his son, a loving father and a filial son.

After Barty Crouch Jr. was imprisoned, Mrs. Crouch Sr. was heartbroken and forced Barty Sr. to take her to Azkaban on the grounds of visiting her son.

However, they used the civet cat to replace the prince plan. Mrs. Crouch took the initiative to take Polyjuice Potion and turned into Barty Jr., then committed suicide and died in Azkaban.

Barty Jr. transformed into Mrs. Crouch Sr. and escaped from Azkaban.

Although old Batty knew about this matter in advance and agreed to it, he still inevitably hated his son after his wife died.

In addition, little Barty was too deeply brainwashed by Voldemort and remained evil even after being rescued. Old Barty used the Imperius Curse to control him and locked him up.

This caused Barty's already poor mental condition to continue to deteriorate, almost to the brink of collapse.

Winky, the house elf who had been taking care of little Barty, couldn't stand it any longer, so he suggested that little Barty go watch his favorite Quidditch World Cup, promising that it would improve his mental condition.

Facts have proved that Barty Sr. still loves his son. Although he repeatedly cast the Imperius Curse on Barty Jr. several times before letting him go to the game, he finally let Twinkle accompany him to the game.

Unfortunately, due to being controlled by the Imperius Curse for a long time, little Barty has become resistant to the Imperius Curse.

He took advantage of the riots at the Quidditch World Cup and escaped!

This is all recorded on the parchment.

Mike already knew what happened next.

Little Barty couldn't bear the joy of regaining his freedom. As soon as he escaped, he picked up a magic wand and released the bones to reappear to announce his return.

Then he hid in the shadows and chose to continue serving Voldemort.

‘This is truly a loving father and a filial son! ’

After reading the parchment, Mike sighed deeply and said to the shivering Twinkle:

"In the future, you should also go to the Los Santos Group headquarters and help the staff there, serving tea and water. I believe the people there will welcome you very much."

Shining bowed gratefully to Mike and then disappeared into the dormitory with Shuke.

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As the time gets closer to Christmas, news of the Christmas ball gradually spreads, and it is only then that everyone understands what the dress they were asked to prepare in this year's admission notice is for.

For this dance, everyone showed unprecedented enthusiasm.

You must know that this dance is different from the usual Christmas dinner. In this dance, you need to dance with your dance partner!

This is a good opportunity for many couples to enhance their relationship, and it is an excellent opportunity for singles who are eager for love to get out of singles!

Everyone started to move, and people could be seen everywhere in Hogwarts inviting others to be their dance partners, as if they were afraid that if they were slow to start, their partner would be snatched away.

Mike and other warriors are the focus of invitations from others.

Harry, Fleur and Krum were all single, so they were immediately besieged.

Among them, Fleur and Krum received the most invitations. After all, the man was tall and handsome, and the woman had a beautiful figure.

As for Mike on the other side, although everyone knows that he has been with Penello for a long time, the number of girls who have invited him has not decreased at all. After all, as the saying goes, if you wield a hoe well, there is nothing that cannot be dug out. corner.

But they still underestimated the relationship between Mike and Penello.

No matter how hard they tried, Mike's response to them was still a polite refusal, which disappointed them.

As for Harry, a warrior who is neither high nor low, he has received far fewer invitations than the above three.

Regarding this, Harry was very happy at first.

After all, although Mike and the others are relatively popular, those fanatical female fans have seriously affected their lives. Krum even hid in Durmstrang's ship in order to avoid those female fans. It can be seen that sometimes being too popular is not a good thing.

When facing those rare girls who came to invite him, Harry also chose to decline.

He already has someone he wants to invite.

That is Cho Chang.

Harry still remembered that afternoon, he had just finished Quidditch practice, and the smell of sweat all over his body made him eager to go back and take a shower.

But at this time Qiu Zhang appeared.

She smiled and came over to say hello to him.

Harry couldn't remember everything that happened after that. He only remembered that Qiu Zhang's body smelled good, and Qiu Zhang's smile was so beautiful. Whenever he saw her, his heartbeat would suddenly speed up!

Mike has known Qiu Zhang for a long time. As a Gryffindor seeker, it is necessary to know the seekers of other teams.

But he really didn't expect that Qiu Zhang would be so beautiful after taking off his Quidditch equipment!

During that time, Qiu Zhang's smile would appear even in Harry's dreams.

"Perhaps Ron is not the only one who has reached puberty."

Harry muttered, and his thoughts couldn't help but go back to the afternoon when he met her. He felt that he had fallen in love with Qiu Zhang.