Chapter 98 The entire school is under martial law (thanks to Global Cold Air for the reward)

The next day, when Mike woke up, he was shocked to find that instead of lifting the martial law, Hogwarts had more people patrolling it.

Mike was very confused about this, because in the original Hogwarts, except for the late second-year plot when the number of casualties continued to increase and it was almost closed, the attitude towards the basilisk and the heir to the Chamber of Secrets was not so tense.

However, after careful analysis, Mike also understood the reason why Dumbledore did this.

In the original book, since the victims were all petrified, Dumbledore may not know that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a basilisk, or he may know that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a basilisk, but he is confident that he can deal with the basilisk. Therefore, in order to allow Harry to accumulate adventure experience and prestige again, there was no martial law on purpose.

The current situation is obviously different from that in the original work.

The news that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a basilisk has spread. Other professors and school directors at Hogwarts will not allow such a magical creature that may cause huge casualties at any time to continue to stay in the castle.

You must know that almost all the children in the British wizarding world go to school in Hogwarts. These children are the future of the wizarding world. If they are slaughtered by the basilisk, it will cause a huge blow to the wizarding world.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that Dumbledore initiated martial law throughout the school.

After being discharged from the hospital, Mike joined the temporary management team that protects and maintains student order. This temporary team is composed entirely of outstanding senior students. Dumbledore gave them the ability to deduct other people's college points, but set a limit. The maximum deduction limit for each person is 50 points. In order to make up for their wasted study time, Dumbledore promised that as long as they joined this team, they would get extra points in the subsequent exams.

Mike was originally not qualified to join this team, but after his persuasion, Professor Flitwick finally agreed to his request to join.

However, Professor Flitwick was still very worried about Mike. Although Mike had the experience of escaping from a basilisk, he still gave him the task of protecting his classmates and did not let him participate in dangerous patrols.

So Mike's current job is to stay in the Hogwarts auditorium with other team members to protect the students gathered here.

In order to distinguish Mike and other team members from ordinary students, Mike and others wore an H-shaped metal brooch symbolizing Hogwarts on their school uniform robes.

The function of this brooch is not only beautiful decoration, it also has an instant warning function. Once someone encounters danger, just use magic to slightly stimulate this brooch, and it will issue an early warning to all brooches within 5 kilometers. This early warning not only allows the person who receives the warning to know the location of the danger, but also has a special reminder function. .

After receiving the warning, the needle of this brooch will deform and pierce the chest of the wearer shallowly. Although it will not cause any harm to the wearer, the pain will ensure that you will feel the pain immediately even if you fall asleep. react to.

Mike heard from senior students in the same team that this brooch is a simplified version of the Auror brooch, so its function is relatively simple. In addition to the early warning function, the special brooches equipped by Aurors also have other practical functions such as real-time communication, which surprised Mike very much.

Mike thought that the wizarding world's research in this area was very shallow. Now it seems that alchemy in the wizarding world has developed to a very high level, and even portable communication devices have been developed.

And Dumbledore also made a promise that after this incident is over, this brooch will be given as a medal of honor to Mike and other warriors who are willing to stand up in critical moments at Hogwarts. This is what many seventh-grade pure-blood students are willing to do. Reasons for joining the interim management team.

In the eyes of these pure-blood students, honor is far more important than extra points.

Time passed like this day by day, and the professors and the temporary management team still did not find the basilisk.

The students locked in the auditorium also knew about the existence of the basilisk, and what Dumbledore was most worried about finally happened.

"The heir of Slytherin will kill all the Mudbloods, and you will be next!" a Slytherin boy shouted at a Muggle-born Hufflepuff student.

The Hufflepuff student was munching listlessly on the dry food distributed by the school. These days, the Hogwarts kitchen was shut down under the invisible threat of the basilisk. He was almost vomiting from eating this dry food every day. And the Slytherin student suddenly burst out and roared, startling him so much that he even dropped the dry food in his hand to the ground.

The Slytherin students on the side burst into laughter upon seeing this.

The little Hufflepuff wizard looked at the laughing crowd and his eyes turned red. Amid the laughter of the crowd, he quickly leaned over, picked up the dry food that fell on the ground, and left as if running away.

His move triggered even more intense ridicule, and one of the Slytherin boys even lay on the floor laughing.

But what they didn't know was that the little Hufflepuff wizard's family conditions were very poor. His mother had taught him not to waste food since he was a child. The reason why he came to Hogwarts to go to school was not because he was interested in magic. , but because Hogwarts has no tuition fees and includes room and board.

As long as he comes to Hogwarts to study, he can greatly reduce the pressure on the family and leave more food for his younger brothers and sisters.

There are many people like him in Hogwarts. Britain, as an old zibenist country, is not as glamorous as outsiders seem to think at this time. The rise of the empire on which the sun never sets is based on the efforts of countless workers. On the bones.

Mike, who was guarding the auditorium, had a panoramic view of everything that happened. Seeing the Muggle-born wizards around him who dared to be angry and dare not speak out, the anger in his heart surged uncontrollably.

"50 points from Slytherin!"

Under the gaze of everyone in the auditorium, Mike came to the side of the Slytherins and said coldly.

Everyone in Slytherin didn't seem to care about Mike's deduction of points. In fact, they were all real smart people. They had already sent letters to tell their families about what happened at Hogwarts, and most of their family members were An established noble in the wizarding world with great influence.

Now the families of these Slytherin students have united to put pressure on the Ministry of Magic. If Dumbledore still cannot find the Basilisk in the next week, Hogwarts may be closed for rectification. Of course, house points are irrelevant when Hogwarts is about to close.

"Oh! Who did I think it was? It turned out to be Mike from Ravenclaw." The leader of the Slytherin said in a sinister tone, "What? You want to be a hero and stand up for your fellow Mudbloods again?"